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Screen broken. Contact retrieval?

Rather annoyingly my screen has broken (it's cracked, I think -- coincidentally only two days after my brother's did the same thing). I'd like to somehow get hold of my contacts from within the phone. My brother has done this using some sort of device emulator thing to open the file in which they're kept, however he's on a different version of Windows, and I don't see that file on my phone.
I'd be very grateful if anyone could explain how I can do this.

first of all, try connecting it with activesync. Then go to options and select contacts(make sure u save the current contacts on outlook first and delete them so that the PPC contacts takes the place of them)
Then, Simply sync ur PPC

Thanks a lot. However, I'm not entirely sure what you mean. I connect up, go to options... but I don't see what I can do to select contacts. I see it in the list of "types of information", but it doesn't have a box next to it that I can tick (unlike some of the types), and clicking on it doesn't seem to do anything.
Also -- and this is going to sound very stupid -- what's outlook? All I can remember that has outlook in the name is Outlook Express, but I expect that's not it. I tend to avoid that sort of thing, see.

Active Sync Always running

Everyone in a while i check to see what programs are running and Active Sync is always on! I close it and later on it comes back on. Is there something that can be done to close it and only use it when i connect to pc?? I have the ATT Tilt 8900 incase that matters.

Same here on a TyTn II. I sync with exchange and have peak times set. So in the evening or on sunday the AS still starts when I power up the phone. And also when I close it it starts again...

Goto Start>Settings>Phone then to the "Time Zones" tab and un-check "automatic time zone change and clock".
Active sync will quit it's crazy auto launching madness, plus you won't get the "hey, my clock just jumped ahead for no reason" bug that many have seen.

This also will help:
Do the ActiveSync workaround now and you won't be sorry later. Thank you to the original poster in HowardForums for this workaround -- I did it on my older HTC TyTN and now on my Cingular 8525 as well as Tilt and found it to resolve the weirdness all around:
1. Turn on your 8525/8925
2. Go to Start > Programs > Activesync. This will open the Activesync program.
3. Tap Menu at the bottom right hand corner of the screen. This will bring up the Options Menu. Notice the option Schedule... is greyed out? This is the all-critical option we need to get access to. But as it's disabled we can't change Activesync's default synchronisation schedule.
Ok, so how do we enable the Schedule option? Easy!!! Fool Activesync into thinking there is an Exchange Server to sync with:
1. From Activesync's Menu tap on Add Server Source.
2. In the following screens you can enter any old garbage. It does not matter, but just in case your unsure, just type the following in the indicated boxes:
Server Address: fake
Tap Next
User name: fake
Password: fake
Domain: fake
(Ticking save password or going into the Advanced menu makes no difference, so no need to bother).
Tap Next
Untick all of the 'Data you want to synchronise' options
Tap Finish
3. Ok, we're done creating the server. You should now see in Activesync's main screen your normal Activesync connection(s), and a new connection called Exchange Server.
4. Go back into the Menu, and lo and behold the Schedule option is now enabled! Go ahead and tap it!
5. You will see that both options in the Schedule screen are set to Every 5 Minutes (A01 Rom), or Every 10 Minutes (A06 Rom). This simply will not do! ( * Advanced users - please see my note below * )
6. Using the drop downs, change both the Peak times and Off-peak times boxes to Manually.
7. Press the OK button at the top right of the screen.
Congratulations! Activesync is now gagged from opening on it's own and ruining your life! Your work is not done just yet though - time to clean up and get rid of the now unwanted fake Exchange Server.
1. Go back into Activesync's Menu, then Tap Options.
2. Highlight Exchange Server, then tap Delete. A warning message will appear about removing files etc, but as you have no files associated with the fake Exchange Server, it's nothing to worry about - just tap Ok.
3. The list will now only show your remaining PC Sync connection(s). Obviously do not delete these!
After you sync your 8525/8925 with a PC and have removed it from the dock, you must manually close ActiveSync on your pda or it will remain running and defeat the purpose of the fake exchange server hack (n.b. if you are not using a 3rd party program that will close apps permanently e.g. Magic Button or Wisbar, you will need to go to Start > Settings > System > Memory > Running Programs and Stop it manually). This could be why some people have had no luck with the hack.

I had applied the "fake" server trick but it had no effect on the Kaiser's active sync madness (although I also reccomend that it be done on all phones not using servers), the time zone fix nailed it.

Timezones trick does not work by me. I also have no problem with the clock jumping...
The Exchange trick, well I am using an Exchange server to sync with, so my peak times is set ot as items arrive, and non peak hours to manual... peak times are set only ot weekdays between 08:45 and 19:00 so I am afraid I have to live with the bug. Well it is not that bad since there is a load **** of memory on the kaiser.

How to Ungrey Schedule Permanently
If you want to be able to have the Schedule item ungreyed permanently, and therefore available for use, follow the procedure described by Pruben above, but don't delete the fake server. Now click on Schedule, select the Options tab and deselect all boxes in the Microsoft Exchange section. Press OK and you're done.
I haven't been able to test this out fully because Pruben's solution doesn't work for me, so maybe someone can test this and post results.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322673&highlight=repllog.exe+apprunaftertimechange
This trick worked for me w/my Tilt, ATT rom

Email contacts...

Hey does anyone know how to get all the contacts that are listed in my Gmail account onto my phone so that when i compose new messages i dont have to type a person's entire email address?
It seems like there has to be a way but i can't quite figure it out.
Thanks!

I'm sticking my neck out a bit here, but I think this will work
Load up your Gmail account on your PC, and go to Contacts; over on the top right of the contacts display is an "Export" link. This opens a new window, with two choices - pick the one that says "export to Outlook" and then save the file it generates somewhere on your PC. If you don't want every single contact imported to the phone, edit the .CSV file with Notepad (or whatever) and delete the lines containing the contacts you don't want. When you're done editing, save the file back as a .CSC file with the same name. That's the easy bit, now comes some fun
Use ActiveSync to copy the .CSC file to somewhere on your phone - the Storage Card is probably as good a place as any......then,
....use DotFred's "PPC PIM Backup" utility - get it from HERE - on your phone and select "Restore" from the drop down list on the first screen. Then navigate to where you saved the .CSC file on your phone and select "Next". You will then see a screen similar to the one attached - make sure you select "Comma" as the field delimiter and then tap Next to import the contact data...
CAVEAT: If you have contacts already stored on your phone, use PPCPIMbackup to take a backup of them first.....just in case this procedure f*&ks things up completely (as I said at the beginning, it should work!!).
You should now have all your Gmail contacts on your phone and you can edit them with the phone's Contacts application so they look (maybe) a bit more presentable...
Hope this is of some help
Mark.

WM6.1 ActiveSync with 2 PCs error code 86000107

Hi, there,
Since i upgraded from t-mobile's original WM6.0 to WM6.1, my ActiveSync 4.5.0 (build 5096, Date Published: 2/13/2007) can no longer sync properly with a second PC for Outlook PIM (contacts and calendar), and gives the error message "ActiveSync encountered a problem on the desktop. Support code: 86000107). It has no problem with the first PC (whichever is sync'ed first), only when sync'ing with the second one.
i'm also sync'ing with an exchange server on both PCs, and no problem there. i've also tried to set up the exchange sync on the phone (as well as on each of the PCs initially), the local PIM sync problem still persists.
I've tried all versions of Dutty's 6.1 ROM and many radios. I'm currently on Dutty's 19199 Lite and NIKI Radio's 1.58.16.27 (seems to be the best combination for me, TomTom nearly as good as WM6.0 + good phone reception, although a bit power hungry and adding speed camera warning to the map noticeably slows TomTom 6.032 build 8351).
i suspect that this is not a problem to do with the cooked ROM or radio, but something to do with Microsoft - perhaps compatibility between WM6.1 and ActiveSync 4.5 that is not fully tested yet?
Is there anyone who has encountered a similar problem? I've tried all search, but no luck.
any fix would be appreciated.

Do you try other WM6.1 cooked ROM(s) from Schaps, Sleuth, Alex, Kyphur and many more?

i tried Schaps, Sleuth, Alex before, as well as Vodafone's original (cannot remember though if this one was OK)

I've just flashed Dutty's WM6.1 Lite (released on Mar 08) few minutes ago and I did have the same error 86000107. It can be synced with either the 1st or the 2nd PC w/o error but not both. Whenever I fix the one then I have a trouble on the other.

I just did a quick search for error 86000107 and a few people solve the problem by doing this:
Uncheck all items in activsync then connect / sync.
Check and re-sync the items 1 at a time.
The problem appears to recur when tasks are selected for syncing. I haven't had this problem myself but have had something similar with syncing notes which I've resolved in a similar manner.
Hope this helps.

ach2, clever that, search for the error code! i tried search for all sync probs...
anyhow, i do not sync Tasks, nor Notes. I believe i tried what was suggested above before, in desperation.
shall try again tonight on the home machine. cheers.

You can this:
1 Changed registry HKLM/System/Version from .dutty to .4.0.2
2 renamed Device Name
3 deleted partnerships in PC and PPC (I had 2 of them, do not know how I got 2nd one)
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Credit taiseer999
There are also a lot of discussion on the Artemis Forum re this.
Thanks
Dave

cheers, Dave. did try all sorts of deleting partnerships (inc renaming device name), but shall try the registry tweak tonight...
why .4.0.2 though? hec, well, if that works, then it works and is worth a try.
shall report back.

4yunweb said:
cheers, Dave. did try all sorts of deleting partnerships (inc renaming device name), but shall try the registry tweak tonight...
why .4.0.2 though? hec, well, if that works, then it works and is worth a try.
shall report back.
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Not my fix mate.
Have to ask taiseer.
Dave

I fixed it by opening new PST file and importing the old one. If it'll not help try to sync under brand new profile in Windows. This helped me...

How I resolved the 86000107 code error
I had this problem also, it occurred with all 6.1 ROMs I tried, did not occur when I went back to 6.0 ROMs. But I was able to fix it in 6.1 ROMs by opening a new .pst file on the second computer and then syncing the files with this new .pst file. I can now go back and forth between the two computers without problem and the error does not recur. I have not tried to reload the old .pst file or its backup from computer 2.
BTW the fix mentioned where you uncheck different information types, sync and then recheck them and sync did not work for me after the first successful sync.
Hope this helps!

sadkosk/safe as milk:
cheers. shall try.
have to admit that i also sync the .pst files at the 2 locations, using Briefcase.

I'm using last Ranju ROM. And this method helped me.
Code:
Uncheck all items in activsync then connect / sync.
Check and re-sync the items 1 at a time.
Interesting...

Code:
Uncheck all items in activsync then connect / sync.
Check and re-sync the items 1 at a time.
Very interesting! I believe i did this before, but now I've re-investigated again. Still not fully working for me, but this works if i sync two, not all three, of the following:
1. push email sync with exchange server (PDA overwrites server if conflict)
2. contacts sync with home PC (PC overwrites PDA if conflict)
3. calendar sync with home PC (PC overwrites PDA if conflict).
NOW EVEN MORE INTERESTING!
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Do #1 and 3 first, then no problem adding #2!!! All other combinations will cause a problem how can one explain that?!
Now the only ultimate test left is to see if this still works at work tomorrow...

Sometimes this occurs due to a bad or corrupt item in the calendar, email or other outlook item.
Sometimes it helps to export the whole PIm (Calendar, EMail, Tasks, notes, contacts, etc) and re-import them and sometimes you need to run the outlook repair pst file utility. I know a lot of people will not believe this, but it truly works if you are having sync issues.
If you are using only Exchange sync, you may have to export your data into a PST File.
Inbox Repair tool
If you can't open your Personal Folders file (.pst) or your Offline Folder file (.ost), or you suspect that your .pst or .ost data file is corrupted, you can use the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) to diagnose and repair errors in the file. The Inbox Repair tool scans only the .pst or .ost file, not your mailbox on the server running Microsoft Exchange. The tool determines whether the file structure is intact. If it is not intact, the Inbox Repair tool resets your file structure and rebuilds the headers.
The Inbox Repair tool works on both the Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.
Scanpst.exe is installed when you install Outlook. It is located at:
drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.
Repair errors by using Scanpst.exe
Exit Outlook if it is running.
Double-click Scanpst.exe, located at drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.
In the Enter the name of the file you want to scan box, enter the name of the .pst or .ost file that you want to check, or click Browse to search for the file.
To specify the scan log options, click Options, and then click the option that you want.
Click Start.
If errors are found after the scan is complete, you will be prompted to start the repair process to fix the errors.
A backup file is created during the repair process. To change the default name or location of this backup file, in the Enter name of backup file box, enter a new name, or click Browse to look for the file that you want to use.
Click Repair.
Start Outlook by using the profile that contains the .pst file that you tried to repair.
On the Go menu, click Folder List. In the Folder List, you may see a folder named Recovered Personal Folders that contains your default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. The recovered folders are usually empty, because this is a rebuilt .pst file. The Lost and Found folder contains the folders and items recovered by the Inbox Repair tool. Items that are missing from the Lost and Found folder cannot be repaired.
If you see a Recovered Personal Folders folder, you can create a new .pst file, and drag the items in the Lost and Found folder into the new .pst file. When you have finished moving all the items, you can remove the Recovered Personal Folders (.pst) file, including the Lost and Found folder, from your profile.
Notes
If you are able to open the original .pst file, you may be able to recover additional items from your damaged .pst file. By default, the Inbox Repair tool creates a file called file name.bak, which is a copy of the original .pst file with a different extension. The .bak file is located in the same folder as your original .pst file. You may be able to recover items from the .bak file that the Inbox Repair tool could not recover. Make a copy of the .bak file, and give the file a new name with a .pst extension, such as bak.pst. Import the bak.pst file, and then move any additional recovered items to the new .pst file that you created.
A copy of the log file is written to the same location as the .pst file.

I think is wm6.1 not fully compatible on now WMDC or AS.
Try many wm6.1 here.
Similar problem on Vista WMDC, after u sync with 2nd computer, than sync back on 1st computer, it say error on sync.
After I del 2 partnership on both computer, no any problem on both PC sync independently.

eagle 1:
i suspect what you said is correct.
i think i've sorted the problem by re-building a new .pst. when i ran the scan, no problem was found on this newly built pst, but when i ran it on the old one, it reported that there were some minor errors found.
so i guess either the scan or a new build will correct the sync problem. what left now is to test it syncing on my office PC tomorrow.
many thanks for the tip.

sadly, i have to say, none of the above work for me after back and forth a few times (home->office->home).
guess it's something to do with my old outlook (2002)?

Sadly that you waste your time trying to fix this. I posted the result on post #4.
BTW, nothing wrong w/ Outlook 2002, either. I could duplicated your issue while running 2003 and 2007.

Nghiem said:
Sadly that you waste your time trying to fix this. I posted the result on post #4.
BTW, nothing wrong w/ Outlook 2002, either. I could duplicated your issue while running 2003 and 2007.
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so you're going to live with it, then.........

Reconfiguring ActiveSync, and creating a new relationship without deleting anything?

Hey everyone,
I want to synchronize my phone but it wont let me without first deleting the "other pc" it's synced with. Here's what happened:
About a year ago when I first got my AT&T Tilt, I setup a profile, bleh bleh.. But then I needed to re-image my desktop because I had done some hardware upgrades. In doing so, I lost my synchronization profile thing.
I do have a entire copy of my old drive, if there's somehow a way to get the files from there and/or the registry or whatever I need, please point me in the direction. But I would consider this a last resort.
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So, my question is: How can I clear out all of the ActiveSync data on both the Windows Mobile Phone and my Windows XP? Start over fresh without losing any data on the phone while being able to resync EVERYTHING.
Thanks?
~XGhozt

To be absolutely sure, backup your data with "PimBackup", search on this forum. When disconnected, open ActiveSync on your device and PC and delete all partnerships on device and PC. It will only remove partnerships, not your data. Connect your device and it will create a new partnership and synchronise.

Hm, yes, I have that already installed. I'll uncheck one thing at a time and test everything before I do the big ones.
I appreciate your reply.

Okay, I just unchecked tasks since I can re-sync that easily, and it deleted all of my tasks, this confirms that it will also delete my contacts and other content.
Can't I just manually delete the active sync data? Delete the registry entries and any files it uses to keep a record of the partnership?

When you uncheck tasks in ActiveSync (AS), it shouldn't delete any data on your PC or device but only stop the synchronization between PC and device. In my previous post, I wasn't talking about deleting any data on the PC or device (tasks, …). Everything is done within ActiveSync: without connecting the device, open the ActiveSync program on your PC, select and delete the name of your device's partnership. Still unconnected, do the same on your device. Then, connect your device and as there is no existing partnership, ActiveSync will create a new one, asking for your settings, then select the data you want to synchronize (tasks, …) and at the end, it will synchronize what you selected.

anoano said:
When you uncheck tasks in ActiveSync (AS), it shouldn't delete any data on your PC or device but only stop the synchronization between PC and device. In my previous post, I wasn't talking about deleting any data on the PC or device (tasks, …). Everything is done within ActiveSync: without connecting the device, open the ActiveSync program on your PC, select and delete the name of your device's partnership. Still unconnected, do the same on your device. Then, connect your device and as there is no existing partnership, ActiveSync will create a new one, asking for your settings, then select the data you want to synchronize (tasks, …) and at the end, it will synchronize what you selected.
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That's exactly how I thought it worked, but here's what happened:
When I deleted the partnership on the PC, then when I connected the device it asked to create a second relationship because it thinks it's a different computer.
When I try to delete the partnership on the device within active sync, I get prompted with: "Deleting this source deletes only the sync relationship and items exclusively used by that source. All others will remain on the device. Would you like to continue". All of the "items" are checked for that partnership, and like I said, when I just tried to uncheck ONE of them it deleted all of the data for that item.
Now I'm hesitant to click "Yes" in fear that it could potentially delete everything.

For the worst case, I would first make an Outlook or Windows backup of your data. Additionally, did you make a backup with PimBackup on your device, selecting all data? With this you shouldn't loose any data.
Deleting a partnership on an unconnected device should not remove your data on the paired PC, I believe the warning is only for data on the device.
What I would do after backing up is:
1) without being connected and within ActiveSync (AS), remove all existing AS partnerships on PC and device
2) connect device and create new AS partnership
3) synchronize and you should retrieve on your device all your data stored on the PC.

anoano said:
For the worst case, I would first make an Outlook or Windows backup of your data. Additionally, did you make a backup with PimBackup on your device, selecting all data? With this you shouldn't loose any data.
Deleting a partnership on an unconnected device should not remove your data on the paired PC, I believe the warning is only for data on the device.
What I would do after backing up is:
1) without being connected and within ActiveSync (AS), remove all existing AS partnerships on PC and device
2) connect device and create new AS partnership
3) synchronize and you should retrieve on your device all your data stored on the PC.
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The only problem with that solution is that, I don't have a backup of my data on my PC. This is why I need to re sync everything, to create a backup. But I can't because it's synced with my last installation, pre-hardware update (as previously noted). So, the data on the device is the only data I have, and I want to create the partnership without losing anything.

As mentioned earlier, you can back up your data with PimBackup (freeware)http://www.dotfred.net/ or Sprite Backup http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/download.php?pid=191 (trial version) on your device and restore it in the worst case.

I took a brave step and deleted the registry settings which looked like the partnership key's. I then restarted ActiveSync and the profile was gone, it didn't touch my files and it acted like it had never synced before. When I connected it to the computer after doing this, it syncronized everything without deleting anything.
Thanks for the help, but sometimes it just takes some hacking.