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BA Backup with WM5

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?

Backup problem with 2 identical programs

I've searched in the forum for my problem and i came up empty.
Anyhow, i just got my Kaiser last monday and ive been reading up on all the tweaks and what not. My phone came with sprite backup and i've been doing some regular schedule back up.
Today i decided to do a hard reset and learn how to do a restore from a card. I was successful, but there was a snag. I noticed that i have 2 programs of Video and pictures and Audio manager.
I tried deleting it under Remove programs but i figured this is from the ROM. Is there anyway i can get rid of the 2 excess programs? Or is this just 2 shortcuts?
If its the latter, how do i get rid of it?
thanks in advance

It's just two shortcuts. File Explorer to Windows-Start Menu-Programs and blow one away from there or the sub-folders.

Figured it out. Thanks.

I had the same problem, but my device is only thwo weeks so I decided to do a hard reset and to put everything again.
What is this problem, because I saw that there was also problems to change the items in the start menu.
This is a problem of backup or restoring and what can I do to not have this.

Sprite Backup ver 5 didn't do as well with restoring start menu items. Also, ver 5 was never fully WM6-compliant. Sprite Backup 6.x is the first WM6 compatible. Ver 5 works but it has some funny things left over after the restore. I also had issues with dup email and contacts with ver5. Using ver6 takes care of it.
And no, you can't get 6 for free. You have to buy the full version. One note, if you have purchased ver6 for smartphone, the license keys and the installer is the same for both SP and PPC, so you don't really have to buy again. I was lucky, I had bought sprite backup 6.1 for my blackjack, and sure enough I can use the same key on my Tilt.

Restoring from Sprite after ROM upgrade???

Well, I thought I'd done everything right here. Obviously not.
I have a HTC TyTn II which I downloaded the 6.1 ROM for from the site. Prior ro upgrading I did a back up using Sprite. I have the back ups on noth PC and Storage card.
After I did the upgrade I restored using Sprite back up and got a message saying the back up was made on a different system and could cause problems. I went ahead and really messed up. The device locked at the boot stage after the restore but luckily binned all its data and started again but was wiped.
While I could enter all the info/settings again it willl be a pain and I am wondering if there is a way to now restore from the back up (which i only did earlier using the same Sprite and everything)?? I have looked all over the place for some answers but seem to be getting more confused???
Also my sprite was on the HTC disc and is WM 2005 version. Shouls I get/be using 6.2.2????

A search found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=14582521
I tried the same with Sprite ROM upgrade option (full version) but I had to reinstall my apps manually.
Hope it helps and good luck.

Believe me I did loads of searches :-( That link doesn't go to a post? I'm 90% certain that I should have gone through a process of getting an upgrade file made BEFORE I did the ROM upgrade. Case of RTFM!!! God knows why I didn't RTFM in this case!! So engrossed on installing this, creating that etc I just asssumed that, having a back up on Sprite, I could just Restore after a ROM upgrade. WRONG!!!!!
No major problems as all the Outlook stuff will synch from there and luckily I did back ups of all my data in SPB Wallet, Phat Notes and List Pro. Just a bit of a pain wityh going through all the settings etc again with e-mail, Bluetooth, wifi and preferences. Still, at least it'll be a clean system (ish).
I'm still pondering if it's worth upgrading to Sprite 6.2.2 instead of the freebie WM 2005 version that came with the HTC.

I would recommend upgrading, had nothing but problems with the free one.

Phone functionality died this morning

I've had my Tilt running pretty smoothly on the stock firmware since I bought it over the summer (camera stopped working, but that's a different story). Anyway, I did a backup this morning (SPB Backup), and after the reboot I couldn't get a voice signal. If I pushed the phone button, nothing would happen! Now here's the weird thing: I'm able to get a data connection (was able to get new email), but the phone icon still says no service. Has anybody experienced this before, or know of any fixes? I've soft-booted a few times, but didn't want to hard boot if there was a simpler way.
And yes I did search this entire forum for similar posts, but didn't find any.
Thanks in advance!

have you tried a different SIM from a different operator?
you might want to try a different SIM from a different operator just to be sure your SIM and/or operator is not the problem.
if it works with another SIM, you can be fairly certain that it is NOT a hardware issue...in which case, a hard reset will more than likely resolve your problem.
also, are you able to receive incoming calls? what kind of a message does the caller get in case your phone doesn't even wake up and ring? finally, have you tested sms text messaging? try sending a message to someone and also try to receive an sms text message from someone...these little steps will help you confirm whether or not you are experiencing a hardware issue...in which case you might want to consider having it checked/fixed under warranty.
keep searching...cheers !!!

Happened to me once. I tried everything, but didn't work. If it's under warranty, AT&T will replace it. I went through 3 units in the 11 months I owned tilt.

hmmm have you tried flashing another Radio? (don't know what happened to your camera, but if you've got cam & phone issues, it's worth checking the Radio...

It's happened to me twicw also. This is an SPB Backup quirk. I'm afraid a hard reset is all that's left to do.

Well,
first of check if you're connecting to the correct network AT&T and not accidently logged on to the T-Mobile network - perform a manual network search / selection on your device.
If the above step does not help, try to restore your device with the SPB Backup you made. If that also does not work, well, then ... yeah ... hard reset! I would not really consider a RADIO FLASH on your device since it semmed to be working fine for you before that?

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I tried doing a full restore of the latest backup (that morning), and that seemed to bring back the phone functionality. However, the restore also eliminated a few of my main programs, which was very weird! So, I did a full restore from the previous backup and tested that one out. Everything was like it should be. Then I did a restore of the latest backup's tasks/appointments (only things that changed), and now I'm back to full operation
As a side question, since I'm running WM 6.0 and want to flash to 6.1, would I be able to do a full restore from SPB Backup... or would that be incompatible with the upgraded OS?

You won't be able to perform a FULL RESTORE. There are a couple of changes in WM6.1, so, just to be on the save side I would suggest that you back up your PIM data, then flash to 6.1, restore your PIM data and reinstall all of your application.
BTW:
I was running WM6.1 on my MWg Zinc II and couldn't find any real advantages other than THREADED SMS. The Pocket IE gets a whole bunch of new bugs (for example Frames in websites are not shown or not shown correctly) and experienced a couple of incompatibilities with 3rd-party software application. If you still want to take a chance, good luck! However, I do not believe that you can go back to WM6.0 once you flash to 6.1!

I wouldn't upgrade to 6.1 if you're running SPB software. I was running 6.1 without problems, then loaded SPB Phone Suite, Diary, and Pocket Plus, and suddenly Garmin XT couldn't locate satellites at all. It took several hard and soft resets, and a visit to the SPB forums to realize that 6.1 could be the culprit, and it was. All problems disappeared with 6.0. There was a post at the SPB forums that *seemed* to indicate that SPB apps hadn't been fully tested--they may have used the word "certified"--with 6.1. Good luck.

No, that's not it -- I'm running the latest versions of all of those SPB titles on a stock 6.1 with no problems.

i have no spb apps on this one and i have the problem...it just can't fix the network
it happened few days ago to a guy that isn't quite familiar with ppcs he somehow turned it off and when he turned it on he couldn't get the network...eventually he hooked up after half a day (i'm not sure for how long did this problem last because i don't know does he use soft reset and flight mode)...so i took the kaiser to test it and to see what happened..i messed with flight mode and SR it couldn't find the net at all
tried wm6 and two wm6 radios
tried wm6.1 and two wm6.1 radios
i'll try android...just to test the module itself..if there are any hardware issues

Weird problem with tilt. Please help.

I'm hoping the great folks at XDA-Developers can help me with this weird network issue. I have an AT&T Tilt with the stock WM6.1 ROM. It started this past weekend. Fortunately the important programs work like Skyfire, Opera Mini, IE, Outlook, and Google Maps. But nothing else can communicate with the internet. It started with QuickGPS. Press download to get the updates and in less then half a second pops up a message “Connection Failed”. I spent a lot of time searching and trying all the fixes for registry, remove hidden proxy, restore proxy, etc., etc. All no good. I suspect because the problem is not with QuickGPS because I have now found that other programs that I use to use don't work anymore either. I use programs like WeatherWatch, GPSRadar, OggSync, etc. Non of them are able to connect anymore. The errors pop up quick, like they didn't even try. I have tried everything I can think of. Checked all the settings, and options and all not good. There is something that I'm missing and I'm hoping someone can help. Thanks so much.

I don't know if I stumped everyone (77 views and no one commented) or if this was the wrong place to post this problem. If it was the wrong place, I apologize.
I did solve the problem, but not the conventional way I would have liked. I found a full system backup that was dated three weeks prior to the time this problem appeared. I made a current full system backup as well as a separate full PIM backup. Hard Reset. Restored the three week old backup. Restored the current PIM backup. Did some other miscellaneous updates that I had done in the last three weeks. All works perfectly now. Most of me is glad that I'm back 100%. But the IT part of me is frustrated that I don't know what went wrong and didn't get the chance to fix it properly.