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Way to Backup Connection and Email settings??

Hello,
Does anyone know a way not only to backup PIM, but also Email settings and COnnection/VPN settings/Exchangeserver settings?
It is quite annoying jotting them down everytime I try a new rom.
No tools for this? Must be some reg keys only aren't they?

Why not back the registry up using sprite or a reg tool?

New Roms have other Registry settings I guess?

Riel said:
New Roms have other Registry settings I guess?
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This is what I would like to know too

I doubt it's in the registry: I searched for my account name and it wasn't found. Try looking into the "Documents and Settings" folder; that seems promising to me!

Ok, since you dont want to do the work, try exporting these hives:
wifi conn - HKCU\comm\EAPOL\Config
Sounds/notifications - HKCU\control panel\notifications
Exchange activesync settings - HKLM\system\activesync
To start off with.
Most of those keys should be fairly standard, roms should only change HTC and other software/hardware specific entries for tweaks.

This would really help! I have no idea where to look for those settings... Also I would like to save the settings about my favourites (people shoving up in manila) so that I dont have to add them every time I reflash. Thanks

Riel said:
Hello,
Does anyone know a way not only to backup PIM, but also Email settings and Connection/VPN settings/Exchangeserver settings?
It is quite annoying jotting them down everytime I try a new rom.
No tools for this? Must be some reg keys only aren't they?
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Not in the Registry - It's WAP Provisioning.
For the Email definitely (and perhaps some of the other settings you want) you can use RapiConfig to export your email settings to Provisioning XML. See the UC thread - post #17 for details.
Use this option when exporting.
Code:
<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic-query type="EMAIL2" recursive="true"/>
</wap-provisioningdoc>
Also it is not obvious until you think about it - but when you run the RapiConfig utility on your PC - you must have your phone connected via USB to said PC at this time so it can extract the info from it.
Oh and you could of course just write the ProvXML your self without extracting/creating it with RapiConfig.
You can then either just import the ProvXML with Regedit v3 or convert the ProvXML to a CAB so it will import standalone.
I have done the latter. So I can reinstall all four of my email accounts with a single click on a cab. The process is a little convoluted to create. But you only have to do it once and then you can just keep using it. I originally created mine on my Kaiser 6 months ago and it works perfectly on the Diamond.
Also same UC thread post #3 scroll to the EMAIL2 CSPs bit to see the syntax. which is like this..
Code:
<wap-provisioningdoc>
<characteristic type="EMAIL2">
<characteristic type="{7B3D74EC-35D9-45e3-B8F3-E38F4B90D174}">
<parm name="SERVICENAME" value="Gmail" />
<parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="IMAP4" />
<parm name="INSERVER" value="imap.gmail.com" />
<parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.gmail.com" />
<parm name="NAME" value="Username" />
<parm name="AUTHNAME" value="[email protected]" />
<parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="password" />
<parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />
<parm name="REPLYADDR" value="[email protected]" />
<parm name="LINGER" value="15" />
<parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />
<parm name="KEEPMAX" value="-1" />
<parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />
<parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />
<parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="1" />
<parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="[email protected]" />
<parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="password" />
<parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="smtp.gmail.com" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
<characteristic type="EMAIL2">
<characteristic type="{877e6100-cd6d-4a44-bd4c-3edf4b901480}">
<parm name="SERVICENAME" value="Gmail1" />
<parm name="SERVICETYPE" value="IMAP4" />
<parm name="INSERVER" value="imap.gmail.com" />
<parm name="OUTSERVER" value="smtp.gmail.com" />
<parm name="NAME" value="Username" />
<parm name="AUTHNAME" value="[email protected]" />
<parm name="AUTHSECRET" value="password1" />
<parm name="DOMAIN" value="" />
<parm name="REPLYADDR" value="[email protected]" />
<parm name="LINGER" value="15" />
<parm name="RETRIEVE" value="-1" />
<parm name="KEEPMAX" value="-1" />
<parm name="DWNDAY" value="3" />
<parm name="AUTHREQUIRED" value="1" />
<parm name="SMTPALTENABLED" value="1" />
<parm name="SMTPALTAUTHNAME" value="[email protected]" />
<parm name="SMTPALTPASSWORD" value="password1" />
<parm name="SMTPALTDOMAIN" value="smtp.gmail.com" />
</characteristic>
</characteristic>
</wap-provisioningdoc>

Developers
So will anyone look into this and create a tool which creates the ability to restore email settings after a ROM update? Highly appreciated.

use a back-up utility like spb backup. restore PIM and e-mail only! the registry and system of the new ROM is not the same with yr old one!!
i get not only my PIM and e-mail accounts but also my favorite ppl (pics), last calls and SMS and all my settings (password not included) for WIFI and Internet connection. all in under 1 min!

logger: Great guide, I managed to make an regout.xml, but I dont know how to make a cab out of it. Any help is appreciated!

logger said:
Not in the Registry - It's WAP Provisioning.
For the Email definitely (and perhaps some of the other settings you want) you can use RapiConfig to export your email settings to Provisioning XML. See the UC thread - post #17 for details.
Use this option when exporting.
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thanks for this! what is this string of numbers:
Code:
<characteristic type="{7B3D74EC-35D9-45e3-B8F3-E38F4B90D174}">
like where do i get that from?

laser21 said:
logger: Great guide, I managed to make an regout.xml, but I dont know how to make a cab out of it. Any help is appreciated!
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Use makecab. For info look more here. Makecab should already be on your WIN system
Syntax is
Code:
makecab _setup.xml Provisioning.cab
Make sure you either append "_setup.xml" to the end of, or rename your input XML to just _setup.xml as makecab needs that in the input filename. Output name can be whatever you want.

racerx_ said:
thanks for this! what is this string of numbers:
Code:
<characteristic type="{7B3D74EC-35D9-45e3-B8F3-E38F4B90D174}">
like where do i get that from?
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It is the GUID that makes the email account unique (at least thats the way I understand it but my knowledge here is very limited). Go back and look at UC Thread Post #3 and in the EMAIL2 CSPs section read the second line which explains that you simply go to http://www.guidgen.com/ to create a new one that you can use.

thanks thanks thanks!
so i need a different one every time i restore this account, or just generating one that i use every time should be ok..

Thanks. I knew about the regular windows makecab...but wasnt sure if its the same for ppc

racerx_ said:
thanks thanks thanks!
so i need a different one every time i restore this account, or just generating one that i use every time should be ok..
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Just create the GUID once for each account. I have probably used my "AllFourEmailAccs.cab" more than 50 times now, unchanged from day one and it works perfectly.

KukurikU said:
use a back-up utility like spb backup. restore PIM and e-mail only! the registry and system of the new ROM is not the same with yr old one!!
i get not only my PIM and e-mail accounts but also my favorite ppl (pics), last calls and SMS and all my settings (password not included) for WIFI and Internet connection. all in under 1 min!
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Hello mate- by favourite ppl- do you mean it actually backs up the list of favourite people you've setup in TF3D??? I've been looking for something to back up my TF3D people list since ROM flashing became possible (which is now why way behind as we know )

Hi, I just tried my new cab, it does import the email settings, but doesnt import the password. Also it doesnt import the wifi password. Any suggestions?
PS it wrote after installing the cab, that the installation was unsuccessful.
Thanks for any tips

I also need a way to backup connections (wap & mms)...

Changing branded bookmarks in Internet tab

Is it possible to change the bookmarks in the Internet tab?
I have branded ones as the first 4, with a branded larger logo at the top, and I really have no use for all but one of them. The ones I want to replace don't even work, as they connect via a proxy I'm not using.
Can I replace them?

tap and hold and select delete on the ones you don't want

hi,
i had the same problem with my t-mobile mda and here is the answer of your problem! patrickw_mdav explained the hole thing.
my internet tab looks now like this:
cu

I just tried to find the folder referenced to in that post and can't find it on my Diamond.

While browsing on the device, I see two files called "InternetPortal" that are XML that will open within Opera.
How can I back them up and edit them? I can't see them when browsing the device on my laptop.
*EDIT*
Nevermind, I'm logged into to a different OS than usual on my laptop, and didn't have system files viewable.

pomfiedel said:
my internet tab looks now like this:
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How have you managed to customize it like that? At the moment I'm only able to get it to remove the banner (which it replaces with I'm assuming a default "launch browser" image) and it the one link I want remains.
My XML looks like this
HTML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<InternetPortal>
<IncludeUserFavorites>True</IncludeUserFavorites>
<!--<Banner
DefaultImagePath="\Windows\_Telstra_banner.qtc"
SelectedImagePath="\Windows\_Telstra_bannerH.qtc"
Text="BigPond"
NavigateUrl="http://wap.telstra.com/wap?entry=g"
Width="480"
Height="200" />-->
<OperatorLinks>
<!--<Link
Text="Yellow"
NavigateUrl="http://waprd.telstra.com/redirect?target=yellow-g"
ImagePath="\Windows\_Yellow48.qtc" />
<Link
Text="Sensis Search"
NavigateUrl="http://waprd.telstra.com/redirect?target=sensis-g"
ImagePath="\Windows\_Sensis48.qtc" />
<Link
Text="Facebook"
NavigateUrl="http://waprd.telstra.com/redirect?target=facebook-g"
ImagePath="\Windows\_Facebook48.qtc" />-->
<Link
Text="Google Mobile"
NavigateUrl="http://m.google.com"
ImagePath="\Windows\google.jpg" />
<Link
Text="YouTube"
Executable="\Windows\YouTube.exe"
ImagePath="\Windows\HTC\Assets\Images\InternetPortal\youtube.qtc" />
</OperatorLinks>
</InternetPortal>
You see I've commented out everything but the YouTube link, and added a custom Google image and link. Is it that it doesn't support JPG? I've got no info on qtc files, otherwise I'd use one of them to keep the convention.
Cheers.

my .xml looks like this and i´ve used .jpg and png (both works):
HTML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<InternetPortal>
<BrowserExe>\Windows\BrandedBrowser.exe</BrowserExe>
<IncludeUserFavorites>True</IncludeUserFavorites>
<Banner
DefaultImagePath="\interner speicher\google.png"
NavigateUrl="https://www.google.com/accountsxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/"
Text="Click Here"
Width="371"
Height="123" />
<OperatorLinks>
<Link
Text="XDA-Developers"
NavigateUrl="http://www.forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=429/"
ImagePath="\Windows\Mobile-TV_48X48.qtc" />
<Link
Text="Telefon-Treff"
NavigateUrl="http://www.telefon-treff.de/"
ImagePath="\interner speicher\tt.jpg" />
</OperatorLinks>
</InternetPortal>
i only changed the banner to my asked adress and picture!
my .xml is called "InternetPortal-de-de.xml" an the path is \Application Data\Manila
i´m just searching for a nice picture for my devs shortcut
cu

Hmm.
The syntax in both our XML is fine. The only difference is the <browser> tag, which my original XML files didn't have, so I didn't think to include.
Do you happen to know the properties of your jpg? 48x48 is the standard dimension, I'm using 96DPI, but that shouldn't make too much difference.
Do you know when the XML is loaded? Is it on startup, or when the tab is accessed?

papalazarou said:
Hmm.
The syntax in both our XML is fine. The only difference is the <browser> tag, which my original XML files didn't have, so I didn't think to include.
Do you happen to know the properties of your jpg? 48x48 is the standard dimension, I'm using 96DPI, but that shouldn't make too much difference.
Do you know when the XML is loaded? Is it on startup, or when the tab is accessed?
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i don´t have any idea about .xml. i only displaced the things i thought it schould work
the xml is loaded when the tab is accessed. i didn´t have to restart.
my picture is 41x48 pixel and 24bit true color.

Ok, it really doesnt seem to like Dreamweaver, so I'm doing my editing in notepad.
So I've figured that if I have a corrupt or no XML file in Manila, it reverts back to a defaul "Launch Browser" banner, with a pretty cool image of a globe. For some reason the YouTube app is also in there, so that must be pulled in from elsewhere.
If I have the correct XML, it removes the banner and uses the settings from the XML, which has no banner set. So can anyone tell me the default banner properties? I really want that "Launch Browser" banner, with my own custom links.

can you just use my xml? maybe this works and you just have to edit the path to the pictures!? i use notepad too.
cu

pomfiedel said:
can you just use my xml? maybe this works and you just have to edit the path to the pictures!? i use notepad too.
cu
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No your XML has that iGoogle banner you created. I want the default one, but because it's pulling from custom XML, and no banner is specified in that, it isn't producing one.
If I remove my XML, it goes back to default, so I need to know what the default settings are (image location/name/dimensions, executable target) and then plug them into my custom XML.
But the earlier problem I was having was because I was using Dreamweaver. I'm not entirely sure why, but switching to notepad opened the thing up for me and everything works as it should, just without a banner.
If I get no info from anyone, I might post back in a new topic about it.

adesonic said:
tap and hold and select delete on the ones you don't want
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Try to only post suggestions that actually work.

Is it possible to add multiple application shortcuts to Internet tab?

I apologize if this is in the wrong section (although I'm pretty sure it's correct). I did search around, and wasn't able to find an answer.
I've been trying to add multiple application shortcuts to my internet tab, but so far I haven't been able to get anything in addition to the YouTube application to show. Here's what my InternetPortal-en-US.xml looks like:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<InternetPortal>
<IncludeUserFavorites>True</IncludeUserFavorites>
<Banner
DefaultImagePath="\Windows\HTC\Assets\Images\InternetPortal\banner.qtc"
SelectedImagePath="\Windows\HTC\Assets\Images\InternetPortal\banner_selected.qtc"
Text="Opera"
Width="480"
Height="215" />
<OperatorLinks>
<Link Text=”YouTube”
Executable=”\windows\youtube.exe”
ImagePath=”\Windows\youtube.jpg”/>
<Link Text=”Internet Explorer”
Executable=”\windows\iexplore.exe”
ImagePath=”\Windows\internetexplorer.jpg”/>
</OperatorLinks>
</InternetPortal>
All the paths are correct, so is there something else I'm doing wrong or is the internet tab just limited to one application shortcut? Thanks in advance for any insight!
-David

There is a possibility that your images are of the wrong dimensions. Try to use only 48x48 icons/images for the shortcuts. I have no problems with having 9 shortcuts in my internet tab.

XML Code help for BrowserFavs

Hi, please could someone point me in the right direction or tell me where I am going wrong.
I am trying to produce a cab that contains amongst other things the addition of some Browser Favourites and the removal of the default ones. I am using WinCE CAB Manager and currently trying to edit the PREXML Code.
I can add new Browser Favourites using the following code
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
<characteristic type="Test URL">
<parm name="URL" value="URL Test" />
</characteristic>
When I try to remove the current ones such as Windows Live, HTC etc I use this code
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
<nocharacteristic type="Explore Windows Mobile" />
</characteristic>
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
<nocharacteristic type="HTC" />
</characteristic>
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
<nocharacteristic type="Google" />
</characteristic>
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
<nocharacteristic type="AccuWeather.com" />
</characteristic>
<characteristic type="BrowserFavorite">
<nocharacteristic type="Windows Live" />
</characteristic>
So I use the nocharactristic type which then allows me to save code but then the CAB file will not install. They refuse to go. Where am I going wrong?! Thanks

HTML Forms question

I'm trying to put together a small HTML page that links to several reports I look at frequently so I'm trying to do something like this
USER ID [____________] [SUBMIT]
and whatever is entered will be tacked on to the end of a URL that is launched.
So something like this
http://blah/report=(whatever they typed in)
I've done a bit of googling but can't seem to find a way to do it.

Try this one
HTML:
<html>
<body>
<form action="http://forum.xda-developers.com/" method="get">
USER ID: <input type="text" name="report" /><input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
For USER ID: 123456
It will go to "http://forum.xda-developers.com/?report=123456