i have trouble syncing the device with my pc, and as a last resort, i thought to delete the partnership and start from scratch.
last time i ve done this, i lost all my contacts from the phone, and i want to back them up in case it happens again.
What program should i use?
PIMBackup
PIMBackup is the best option for use on pda imo. and it's free
thank you very much for the program. sadly the problem still exists, it tells me to reconnect the device and try again, and that doesnt do anything
Use sprite backup to keep everything safe, do a hard reset and then see if it's still doing the "reconnect thing"
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How can i make back-up after the WM2K5 upgrade? In Activesync 4, there is no longer the backup tool. And I tried Sprite Backup Premium, no chance! (it worked before with WM2K3SE).
Vincent
BA backup with WM5 upgrade
OK, I have tried the Sunnysoft Backup Manager, so far the back up process seems OK and the file stored in the SD storage card (.exe) . When I have time, I will hard reset, then test the Restore function, to see its effect as well as the impact with "persistant RAM". Vincent
Brilliant! I've asked the same question in the forum, and I didn't find any way to fix it. I'm crossing my fingers. Please post when you have tested it!
OK, I have tried the same, and I'm suspicious. A full backup of the unit only took 9 meg, and I have a lot more software on it than that. How big was your backup?
The suspicion was unfounded! It works!!! Just did a hard reset and then restored the backup, and even the TomTom GPS was where it should be! Only thing I see this far is that I have to set up a new partnership in Active Sync, and that the Today theme isn't shown correctly, but those are minor problems.
Edit: Warning: The contacts and calendar info doesn't seem to have survived. I keep them in my PC, so I'm not that worried, but of course that would be a problem on the road...
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The suspicion was unfounded! It works!!! Just did a hard reset and then restored the backup, and even the TomTom GPS was where it should be! Only thing I see this far is that I have to set up a new partnership in Active Sync, and that the Today theme isn't shown correctly, but those are minor problems.
Edit: Warning: The contacts and calendar info doesn't seem to have survived. I keep them in my PC, so I'm not that worried, but of course that would be a problem on the road...
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Worked here too flawlessly, I'm so happy, but... I need a full version of SunnySoft Backup Manager 3.5
Mastiff said:
The suspicion was unfounded! It works!!! Just did a hard reset and then restored the backup, and even the TomTom GPS was where it should be! Only thing I see this far is that I have to set up a new partnership in Active Sync, and that the Today theme isn't shown correctly, but those are minor problems.
Edit: Warning: The contacts and calendar info doesn't seem to have survived. I keep them in my PC, so I'm not that worried, but of course that would be a problem on the road...
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I have emailed them about the contacts and calendar issue, I also found that it doesnt back up emails either, maybe you could also send them an email as well so they get on with finding a fix?
I am wondering if there is any way to salvage my contacts. I formatted my computer and resync it and it deleted everything. Every other time I connected it before it would ask before or it would merge them.
I doubt there is a way but I would like to know if so.
do you have a backup of your phone that you can reload?
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Hello,
I had the same problem on older devices running WMobil 5.0 and 6.0
becauce i have syncroniced with 2 computers i got all back. so it is nessesary to make a contact backup in outlook for that case. anyway its good to have
IN OUTLOOK FILE/IMPORT and EXPORT/EXPORT TO A FILE/Personal Folder File/ Contacts/CHOOSE Lokation and Filename/finish ok
if you make that periodicly, so you can get old contacts back you allready erased.
Greetings
Michael
lost Contacts
and allways create backups on a separate made partition and put importend files also on external drives
No I do not have any backups. I figured between the phone and the PC that there was no reason for another backup. I never thought that active sync made for mobile phones would think it's ok to erase someones entire phone book and replace it with nothing. I think that is a serious design flaw it should have at least had a warning before it did it. Anyways I figured all was lost as soon as it happened. I found an old phone and got some of the contacts back but I lost everything that I added in the last year unless I have a saved txt msg which I only keep a weeks worth usually. O well SPB Backup is installed now Lesson learned.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Heya guys, what would you suggest in terms of a program that is a good alternative to active sync. i'm getting really really pissed off with active sync claiming that some of my stuff is not matching and it resyncs and wipes all my special ringtones as well as my contacts in my Peoples tab in tf3d.
I share your frustration but have found a sort-of solution. When you get the error "There has been change made on your server that requires re-syncronize all items on your device" I do a hard reset. You will loose all your changes since the last sync, plus you have to reload everything.
Many may dissagree with me on this, but here is how I have deleted this problem.
1) Hard Reset
2) Set Owner Name
3) Connect to PC and Sync. Do not disconnect from PC.
4) Open Active Sync or WMDC and change your Sync content to your preferences and let it sync again.
5) disconnect from PC and turn off "Advanced Network Conection or Enable faster data synchronization" (depends on WM version) on the phone: Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC
6) Soft reset, and you are good to go.
7) reload all apps.
Personally I do not reload from a back-up as I find the problem can reappear. Others may find this overkill, but this problem bugs me so much, I am wiling to go to consderable effort to get rid of it for good. If you ever turn on the fast/advanced connection again, the problem will resurface.
I think the problem has to do with the high speed data transfer. Probably a polling timing or something. I think the PC or Phone is looking for a response and not getting it fast enough which causes the full resync. By disabling the advanced or faster USB connection, it works fine for me.
Other uses have also reported that syncing via BT eliminates the problem,but I have never tried this.
I used to get this about every 4-5 weeks, but since I maded the changes described above, I have not had the problem for over a year unless I forget to turn off the advanced/fast usb sync after a ROM flash.
Hopefully this will work for you as well. It is frustrating when you cannot trust the phone to keep your data entered between syncs.
Doug M.
I would suggest using PIMBackup, it runs from your phone and saves everything or just the items that you choose onto your storage card. It is way faster saving and retrieving your contacts than active sync, It also allows you to restore without a computer so if you mess up your phone and have to do a hard reset when you are away from your computer you can get your contacts back without going out of your way to get to a computer
Morning all,
I simply cannot believe my eyes! I soft reset my phone this morning because it got stuck and upon restart it deleted all my contacts and all my settings. I have lost allllll my contacts!!! I am soo annoyed!! aarrghhh!!!
I feel like breaking this phone right now!...
Ok calm down calm down!!...Right is there any way to bring my contacts and other settings back? I mean anything which can bring things back to normal. I don't want to loose my 300 contacts on it.
I am using Himalaya_21189WWE from Sun_dream ROM Date: 09/18/08
Any help will be highly appreciated!
Regards
hi . .
have you backup your PIM files?
usually before hard reset/change my rom
i've copy my PIM.vol to my storage card . .
so after finish i just copy paste the PIM.vol by using resco explorer and soft reset . .
but in your case i've no idea, it's just like got bad sector in your computer hard drive . . maybe using data recovery software help you . . (just 'lil idea)
a few days ago I've used Wm 6.5 21189 cooked by nuvoelegance nothing happen at first until 2 days ago all my Ramdisk files automatically erased . . maybe this is 21189 bugs . . now I'm using 21502cht so far no problem i've got (besides the language problem, coz I'm indonesian ).
Regards
no back ups here man, well i didnt think I'd need it as I was not planning to re-flash my rom. It just hard reset itself! I am so annoyed right now and cannot think how to bring back numbers other then asking people their numbers.
Regards
Sorry to hear that... the only way for you is to find a technician who will open your phone, take out the flash element and connect it to a custom-made flash reader that is connected to PC and then undelete the PIM file if you haven't overwritten that area on flash already
my condolences .. wow.. 300 contacts and never sync it to any computer and never back up the PIM file.. man, you're brave..
Do not press your finger too deep into the wound.
I'll think, it's nothing he is very proud of. I'm sorry for him, but I do not see any help. (than to weep)
This has happened to all of us before so we understand your pain. So the main lesson that we all have to learn is BACKUP YOUR DATA frequently even if you think everything is running ok. Even a simple application like PPCPimBackup is worth having in your phone. I setup mine to backup my contacts and schedules every day. Am sorry friend.
Often I sync my contacts with PC MS Outlook. Maybe you too would have some contacts in one of the PCs that you synced with. Worth a search there too..Just my tuppence.
im having real problems with activesync. I used to be able to sync fine but recently i get 'connected' but it wont sync. ive tried removing the sync connection and setting it up again but it still 'connects' but doesnt sync
if anyone has any thoughts (im probably doing something very stupid) theyd be much appreciated .... its driving me mad
Try removing partnership on both desktop and phone.
That's what helped me once.
BTW: Did you restore your device with some backup tool?
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Try removing partnership on both desktop and phone.
That's what helped me once.
BTW: Did you restore your device with some backup tool?
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nope - no backup tool. have restored the partnership on the PC but not sure how to do this on WM 6.5
I actually mentioned removing partnership, not restoring it.
So if you want to remove partnership on WM , you should start ActiveSync
and go to Menu->Options.
You should see your partnerships there.
You can select the partnership,and delete it. You have a button for that.
Good Luck.
I have had problems with ActivSync and Windows Mobile Device Center with the last several versions of 6.5. You have to play with it to get it to work. Sync has been very unreliable. Just when I think I have it working, I have to delete the partnerships and start over.
I have been hoping somebody would find a solution to this problem. I have missed some meetings, because I can not sync and have no reminder. I use thephone for work and need sync to work. I have given up on 6.5 for now and went back to 6.1. No problems with sync since I went back to 6.1.
hmmm. i have a sneaky feeling it thinks its already set to sync to another machine. is there something on the raphael, some wm 6.5 setting, that tells it which PC it syncs with > maybe a registry value i can blank out or reset ?