Does anyone in here know if I can safeley reload my Sprite Back-Up after a ROM Upgrade without screwing-up details of the ROM-Upgrade ?
I mean: If I understand this right, after Booting parts of the ROM ar loaded into the RAM, which could be overwritten.
Or am I totally off here ?
After a rom upgrade, you should never restore a complete backup, regardless of the backup program you use. With sprite, it is easy to do a restore of individual databases (appointments, contacts, email, sms etc), as well as the document folder. The other option is to use the "device upgarde" functionality of Sprite Backup, but for that to work, you will need to make an image of the machine with the new rom I believe, and without anything installed. (but for that you need to check the manual).
You should never restore a full backup, since you will be restoring parts of the old ROM in the process.
I only use Sprite backup as a fall-back in case of a problem with a Rom update.
Even if you select the "allow upgrades" option, it can overwrite some of the data that you have just changed in the upgrade.
I have loaded all of my apps and data that I must retain on a memory card and I just reload them from it.
Hope this helps........Later
quote="jofeuerstein" ]Does anyone in here know if I can safeley reload my Sprite Back-Up after a ROM Upgrade without screwing-up details of the ROM-Upgrade ?
I mean: If I understand this right, after Booting parts of the ROM ar loaded into the RAM, which could be overwritten.
Or am I totally off here ?[/quote]
Here is how I see it: Any file that is not ROM-based will be pulled by Sprite Backup.
Even though a hard-reset will reload all the Extended ROM CAB files, they are still in the Storage/Program Memory and can still be replaced, deleted, etc. They are supplemental to the ROM files from the CE ROM core.
A good experience is when I upgraded to Build 3900 on my Extended ROM and restored a Sprite Backup file afterwards and noticed it went back to 3500. The BT*.* files in the Windows directory were backed up, and thus restored, overwriting the work done by the Extended ROM load.
The best thing to do is "move along" your backup file with your upgrades.
If you decide to recook your Extended ROM, upgrade CAB files or builds, then keep that upgrade CAB file handy to run again. I would highly recommend using a program such as OCP Software's WinCE CAB Manager to look into the CAB files you are replacing to see what files and registry entries get directly affected.
Bottom line method for me is 1. backup your PPC, 2. update the Extended ROM, 3. hard-reset, 4. restore the PPC, 5. reapply any new CABs from the Extended ROM, 5. rebackup the PPC.
By the way, the Upgrade works especially well when you have a new CE ROM that has new ROM files, such as Windows Media Player 10 (if and when it comes out). According to the instructions on Sprite's site, you run the Upgrade utility on the clean (hard-reset) image with the OLD ROM, perform the upgrade, then restore your backup WITH the Upgrade Data.
Thank you. Sounds very logical. A complicated process, but it beats reconfiguring the MDA after an Update by several hours ...
Good that all the people who envy us for our "MDAIII" don't know how much time we waste getting these machines to work ....
hdbueller said:
I have loaded all of my apps and data that I must retain on a memory card and I just reload them from it.
Hope this helps......
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you mean copy the "program files" folder to SD-card and the load it back ? or how :?:
You can copy all the CAB files from the C:\Program Files\Microsoft ActiveSync folder onto the SD card for safekeeping, or look for a program called CabBackup, which has been proven useful in many a situation.
I want to backup my WIZARD ( aka QTEK 9100). But I faild to find accurate guide to this. I have downloaded romupdate_115.exe, I know that I have to use r2sd command ... but with wich options ? what and where will be stored ? How can I found exact addresses ?
It will be nice to me and other if anyone with REAL experience on this phone puts here a little guide step by step - Backup and Restore from/to ROM file on SD.
I have been wanting to try out some of the newer ROMs out there, but I also have my WM5 ROM nice and customized (and working).
Is there a way to make a ROM dump of my current config, which is flashable back to my Wizard via RUU?
This method would save TONS of time as an RUU ROM update only takes 5-6 minutes as opposed to flashing a ROM and restoring a backup and hoping all went well.
In summary, I want to:
1. Make an OS ROM dump
2. Convert the dump to an OS.nb file
3. Flash the newly created OS.nb file to my Wizard
I think this method would make backup apps pointless, as in 5 mins you could be back up and running without worry.
Is it possible?
Thanks,
Lowkee
lowkee said:
I have been wanting to try out some of the newer ROMs out there, but I also have my WM5 ROM nice and customized (and working).
Is there a way to make a ROM dump of my current config, which is flashable back to my Wizard via RUU?
This method would save TONS of time as an RUU ROM update only takes 5-6 minutes as opposed to flashing a ROM and restoring a backup and hoping all went well.
In summary, I want to:
1. Make an OS ROM dump
2. Convert the dump to an OS.nb file
3. Flash the newly created OS.nb file to my Wizard
I think this method would make backup apps pointless, as in 5 mins you could be back up and running without worry.
Is it possible?
Thanks,
Lowkee
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NO. I don't think it's possible because the personal settings aren't stored in the OS partition. In fact the OS partition is only used upon boot, when it's loaded to RAM; after that the systems runs completely from RAM.
So you'd have to backup the ROM and also the User Area, which is possible except about the writing part; The UA isn't mapped in the boot loader, meaning the RUU couldn't know where to flash it to and when using a RAPI tool like pdocwrite after writing the UA the phone executes an hard-reset (cleaning all the info )
hi there,
i just wondered where i can find the windows directory.
its not on the first disk and not on the internal disk.
i wanted to know if i loose my "original bought" windows version, when i flash a system rom like aztor or something.
what happens when i flash a newer original htc rom from the htc site like 2.03, is windows included in the updated rom file ?
so i just bought a "license" for windows mobile 6.1 prof. ?
thanks for a fast answer (before flashing a rom)!
raY
the windows dir should be located on the main memeory, not the internal memory.
when you flash a new rom you will looose everything currently on the device, and it will install a new version of windows, you done need to buy anything, and if it does not work, you can get the origional rom back and install that again. although this will not bring back your files etc.
Hey guys, i have been searching endlessly trying to find a method where i do not have to put my memory card into my laptop or pc to flash rom, this is becuase i do not have another device of which is compatable with the micro-sd, i was just wondering, is it possible to connect my x1 to the laptop (using active sync), and then transfer the rom to the memory card that way, would this make a difference, please help thank you. p.s sorry if this has previously been posted else where!
Here's the ROM library:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477801
Scroll down to:
II - FLASHING TOOLS & UTILITIES
Choose:
- ROM Update Utility (RUU) for X1 with instructions - App to flash ROMs from PC
Follow instructions:
DONE!