Greetings,
Ive just upgraded to the latest xcelencin ROM without issue.
When I attempted to restore (using SPB) from the backup taken just before the ROM upgrade SPB complained that the restore was not responding, so I cancelled it.
Now the machine will not boot past the Windows Mobile 5 splash (afer the Tmobile splash).
Any ideas?
Thanks
if it gets to the win mobile screen, u can probably re flash it. should work then.
Did the same on mine , had to hard reset using comms manager and voice dial buttons and reset button. think it was caused by using spb backup after changing rom.
Guys and gals, NEVER restore with Spb backup (or, for that matter, ANY backup app unless it's called Sprite Backup) after an OS upgrade!!!!
Read http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1270&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 for more info on all this (you may want to search for (Ctrl-F) "device upgrade" to find the relevant info ASAP.)
had the same exact problem - upgraded from xelencin's 2.24 rom to the 2.26 rom - and tried a restore - no go - had to hard reset and start from scratch
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HI,
I HAVE A PRESENT ROM VERSION: 1.22.00WWE FOR MY PDA2K..
AND AM GOING TO UPGRADE THE WHOLE PHONE WITH 1.40WWE...
I HAVE TAKEN A COMPLETE BACK UP ON MY SD CARD(XBACKUP). MY ONLY DOUBT IS ONCE I DO THE UPGRADE..CAN I RESTORE MY BACKED DATA FROM XBACKUP OR NOT? PLS HELP..IF NOT I HAVE A LONG PROCESS TO GO BY BACKING UP EVERYSINGLE BIT SEPERATELY.
REGARDS
FYI, based on what I have experience with the 1.40.00WWE ROM, if using xBackup, the data can be restored completely, HOWEVER, for some strange reason, the camera will not work. I did this upgrade sometime back and and had to re-install every application I had once the flash was complete just to get the camera to work.
FYI, based on what I have experience with the 1.40.00WWE ROM, if using xBackup, the data can be restored completely, HOWEVER, for some strange reason, the camera will not work. I did this upgrade sometime back and and had to re-install every application I had once the flash was complete just to get the camera to work.
Same experience
I had the exact same experience with my PDA2K. Everything restores and works great, except the camera. It gives an error when you start it. Since I never use the camera, I just left it as-is so I have no camera.
Restoring from a backup after a ROM upgrade is possible, however it is highly NOT recommended.
I have recently been successful in using Sprite Backup to perform a complete backup of all applications without any camera issues. This seems like the safest method to go following a hard reset.
Hope this helps.
hi
KyuZo said:
I have recently been successful in using Sprite Backup to perform a complete backup of all applications without any camera issues. This seems like the safest method to go following a hard reset.
Hope this helps.
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after i use sprite back up. i cant receive text message.
HELP . I was updating the ROM of my QTEK 9090 and during the procedure the SYSTEM of CLIENT froze and I had to interrupt the updating.
Now I have on the screen of the QTEK a "USB - V2. 07" line and the QTEK doesn't react to any imput.
I tried also the soft reset and the hard reset (soft reset + ON/OFF button ?)
What can I do?
i actually just recently tried to restore my device after doing an EXT ROM upgrade and in brought my EXT ROM back to the original one that i had before.....which if you think about it makes sense since your extended rom is within the windows file system if you restore from a back up it puts back whatever was in that file before....so, thats probably why some things won't work properly....i decided not to do the upgrade agian cuz i don't have the time to reinstall everything at the moment....cheers....
The SMS bug is caused by Sprite Backup. If you use an old version after a hard reset of the PPC, you will loose the SMS function.
Solution:
Get the latest Sprite Backup and backup using that and than hard reset the PCC, upgrade the ROM en restore all data.
But I guess it is too late now...
Eternity
after upgrade ti tmobile 26 Rom when i tried to restore my Spb backup file after soft reset my mda freezes on the welcome screen showing "windows mobile" witha blue background i also removed the battery and tried but that also did'nt work pls can any one help me with this.
try to hard reset the phone, and remeber that when You restore from backup on other version of rom (when You change rom) cannot restore system data, because You update registry and files with information from other version of WM.
Hi,
I want to upgrade my Wizard to WM6 but want to backup/save my original factory rom, the one that came with the phone when I bought it aka the one that Cingular installed just in case I need to revert. I looked everywhere for this issue before posting but did not find a clear answer. I saw that you can backup to mini SD but once again, the instructions were not clear. What I essentially want to do is, backup the original ROM and in case I do not like one of the WM6 roms (hard to believe), I would revert back to the original rom. Can anyone out there provide a clear answer and if so, provide instructions? I know some people have done it with something called "mtty" but I have no knowledge of this program and therefore, do not know how to use it. Thanks in advance for your time and your help!!
If you dont understand how to use MTTY to backup your rom to sd card, then simply go onto the cingular site and download the rom for your device.
Then backup all your data with active sync(XP) or Windows mobile device center(VISTA). Install Sprite backup and use it to backup all data on your phone. it will be a trial version, but it enables you to make backups and restore them, even when the trial has expired you can still restore the backups you just cant make any more new backups unless you buy it.
then make sure your device is cid unlocked and download the WM6 rom you want to try and flash it, if you dont like WM6 you can reinstall the cingular rom and restore the backup you made using sprint backup.
Major note You CANNOT restore a FULL backup that you made from your cingular rom onto the WM6 rom, if you do, the device wont boot and you will have to reflash again.
You can restore a partial backup though ,of say your messages and PIM data and any files in my documents but do not try to restore the windows files.
Hope this helps
Oh i forgot to mention, it is a Pain in the arse trying to flash cooked roms in Vista, so if you have Vista i would recommend using an XP machine to flash, flashing original roms works fine in Vista though
I see, thanks for answering man. That helps.
i just flashed my Tilt from ATT wm6 to HTC wm6.1
I created a backup file on Sprite Backup. Now i want to restore it and it says that it can cause significant problems if i restore from a different ROM. And wants me to select a Device Upgrade File. Where do i find a Device Upgrade File?
You shouldn't do upgrades from ROM to ROM (especially if it's from 5 to 6 or 6 to 6.1). There's a whole new registry usually and a lot of different things. Just add the program files back and stuff like that, but not the registry. Better yet, reinstall everything manually.
Okay, darn. lol
Now Im learning.
Thanks
starclassic said:
i just flashed my Tilt from ATT wm6 to HTC wm6.1
I created a backup file on Sprite Backup. Now i want to restore it and it says that it can cause significant problems if i restore from a different ROM. And wants me to select a Device Upgrade File. Where do i find a Device Upgrade File?
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Just thought i'd share, the latest version of SPB backup does let you
restore after ROM upgrade (ROM upgrade mode) & also restore a backup on another device (device upgrade mode)
here's the link: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
Cheers.
The Reaper said:
Just thought i'd share, the latest version of SPB backup does let you
restore after ROM upgrade (ROM upgrade mode) & also restore a backup on another device (device upgrade mode)
here's the link: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
Cheers.
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Warning: spb does not yet fully support WM6.1 for his Backup. With Kaiser (WM6.1) it does not work properly (lot of device hangs).
I Think its bricked
I when ahead and downloaded the new rom with WM6.1 for the ATT TILTfrom the HTC website and did everything to the bone and used sprite backup to backup my files but upon restoring them, my screen just boots through att logo and then shows the flying 3G symbols and then blank screen. I can get to the boot loader and but when I try to reflash my phone, using hard spl it says it cannot find my phone. I have spl 3.56 on my phone. Can anyone help me?
When you're in bootloader mode, just flash to the stock ROM and you should be fine.
Thanx all!
I just want to say thanx to everyone who responded and great thanx or asfoor for the wonderful solution for this problem which can be found here.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=348659
Usually I am writing about some PDA problem that I need the experienced users here to bail me out with.
Today I am writing about a positive review. I just loaded Sprite Backup software, that came with my TouchPro. I wasn't sure it would be worthwhile, but it works very well. It does a full backup of EVERYTHING on your PDA either onto your PC or onto the microSD card. Three times in the past three years, my PDAs would suddenly hard reset themselves while I was traveling overseas. So this feature is awesome.
With the option to backup to the microSD, the backup file, which is an .exe file can be run right after a hard reset to bring the PDA back exactly where it was before the hard reset. Wow!
I haven't used the recovery yet, but the backup process is simple, quick and easy. If recovery works as well, it makes this a "must have" app.
I feel SPB Backup much better and stable. Read my backing up pocket pc guide.
Regards,
Carty..
I agree that Spb is the better program. I ran both Sprite (came with Fuze) and Spb. Sbp was much faster and easier to use.
However, Sprite is a no cost extra for those who have the new Touch Pro.
Sprite versus SPB Backup
Carty,
Thanks for the added opinion. SPB does sound pretty good. How much does it cost?
So far Sprite seems to work well and is fairly quick, especially if I do not backup my photos and mp3's. Since these are on my microSD card, that hasn't been necessary anyway.
Have you ever done a restore with Sprite? How did that work out? Was it a seamless/painless restore back to the original state before hard reset?
How does the Sprite restore compare to the SPB restore?
Im planning to Flash a New rom onto my Fuze, and i noticed that it has included the Sprite Backup, that i can use.
I was thinking of using PIM Backup, instead of Sprite.
What are u guys thoughts on PIM Backup? has anyone used it after flashing a new rom?
If i use the Sprite Backup, that is included with my fuze, and i back up everything onto my MicroSD card/Computer...If the Rom that i install does NOT have Sprite Backup installed...can i still use the .exe backup file from the sprite program? Or would u have to install Sprite Backup onto the NEW ROM, for it to be able to restore my backup?
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....If the Rom that i install does NOT have Sprite Backup installed...can i still use the .exe backup file from the sprite program? Or would u have to install Sprite Backup onto the NEW ROM, for it to be able to restore my backup?
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Depends which ROM you intend to flash sir?
I would have to agree with Mrvanx that it depends on which rom you started with and which you are flashing to.
Sprite backs up EVERYTHING, so if you do a restore, I think it also restores EVERYTHING. Not certain if this is true or if you can do a selective restore.
However, you might wind up restoring files or settings that may be incompatible with the new rom. Check Sprite's website also as it may answer this.
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Depends which ROM you intend to flash sir?
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ohhh, ok well i planning on flashing NATF's ROM,
but if it might cause any trouble, then i think ill just use PIM backup...that would work with any ROM right?
Sprite Back-up gets my vote
While I'm an a die hard proponent of Sprite Mobile. It does comes with it's on limitations. Only this time the limiting factor is you. It does allow restore and back-up of specific of only portions of the ROM or device. It also has a ROM-upgrade restore feature. So without getting supper deep. If you are going to upgrade the ROM and only are interested in PIM information, I would suggest PIM backup. I have not used SPB much not sure that I have used it to restore ever. But Have used sprite since 1996.
i've used sprite countless times for years, and have never had a problem with it. i tend to mess my phones up a lot, so its great to do a hard reset, and then throw on a backup that i know works right. i tend to backup right before i do something that will most likely crash it lol
is there a cab for sprite? I tried using the version i had with my touch pro but get an error when i try installing it to my fuze it tells me to upgrade to the proper rom. and since i am currently on Monx's ROM it doesn't have it installed by default
Hi Guys,
I was using Sprite Backup for a while as it came with the phone, it seemed fine but as I installed more software the more unreliable it got. The main problem was that it would go through the whole backup process and then right at the end (after 2 soft resets) would report that an error had occurred.
This got better when I upgraded to the latest version but then I noticed that when I did need to restore all my speed dials were messed up.
Checking the Sprite website it looks like they have addressed the speed dial issue in the very latest version 6.5.2.
Saying this I've been using SPB Backup and have no problems at all, even after a restore and it also only soft resets once.
Hope this helps,
D.
Help Please
I did a verry dumb thing today. I installed a program, can't remember what it was, a skin probably or some sort of settings program and my Touch PRO crashed. It stopped booting and was not comunicating with the pc. After a sotf reset it started and showed the home screen but without any of the buttons and the start text. it only showed the windows icon in the top left and the calendar and contacts on the bottom of the screen. The dumbest thing i did was to do a hard reset (i think) by pressing the d-pad and the volume down and after that, the reset button on the bottom of the phone and volume up after the message). This obviously reinstalled the os and deleted everything that was on the phone. So far so good, but i had some photos made a cuple of days ago. Is there any way to access the phone memory as a flash via usb of some sort in order to look into the file system with some recovery programs? PLEASE HELP ME. My mail adress is [email protected]. Thank you verry much.
Sprite Backup, cab file, backup errors
yes, I'm using Ruppenthals rom and wantd a way to restore as I now have the device and programs liek I ant them. I found an old version of sprite-5.1.0. Guess it shipped with thte TYTN - found it on wiik. It backeu up but said there were erors. There were 4 files it said could not be included. Does this mean that if I choose to restore the os will be corrupted. They were wierd file names like eT9Rudb and eT9Cdb.cdb . Is there any way to get the version of Sprite that came with this device back? Is there anywhere to get a sopy of SPB backup?