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Hi All,
I am considering upgrade from 1.6.7.1 to 2.16.9.101. The only think that still hold me is backup of my sms messages.
My question is - Is there are way to back up sms messages without any backup SW (e.g. spbBack etc.)?
I know from Outlook that it holds all its mails in single file, which I can just copy to DVD and after fresh install import. I suspect that it should be the case with Pocket Outlook as well. And as long as SMS are part of Pockect Outlook, they should be kept in the same file. Where is that file and can I replace it after new ROM installation?
Thanks in advance
helo there, brother.. am here with a solution for ur problem and yet, another question aswel..
u can use jeyo mobile companion 1.1 to backup all ur sms's.. i use this to backup my sms if i hardreset my fone or reflash my rom.. really useful software.. hope this helps..
now heres my question, jeyo mobile companion doesnt allow me to back up sms's in folders, ie, i have a specific folder in my inbox for the sms my girlfriend sends me.. but wen i do the backup with jeyo mobile companion, it does not backup the msgs in the folder.. i'l hav to move the msgs to the inbox folder b4 i backup and after i restore them, i hav to move them bak to folders.. so i wud like to kno an application that would backup sms and folders as well.. thanx in advance
Well,
Your proposal is solution, however not exactly into the direction I am looking for... jeyo usage means that I have to use third party SW to backup my SMS messages and restore them afterwards.
So let me repeat what I want to do:
1. Take from my PPC file where all my SMS are stored (using file explorer and Active Sync);
2. Save this file to my laptop;
3. Flash ROM;
4. Replace new, empty file created by fresh Pocket Outlook on PPC with mine.
If somebody can tell me how to perform that sequence it will be really appreciated,
Thanks in advance
I guess they are in the root of the mobile device.. one of those .vol files maybe? You could try these files. (After you've secured your sms-messages with a third-party program of course - as a temporary solution)
Yes, I thought the same. Unfortunately I am not able to copy any of those files (cemail for instance). I have got the message "Cannot copy "cemail". There has been sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use."
I suspect that this file is already locked by some system applications running. Any ideas are welcomed,
Regards
angel1st said:
Yes, I thought the same. Unfortunately I am not able to copy any of those files (cemail for instance). I have got the message "Cannot copy "cemail". There has been sharing violation. The source or destination file may be in use."
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I have the same problem. angel1st, how did you manage to get around this problem?
regards...
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Hi All,
I am considering upgrade from 1.6.7.1 to 2.16.9.101. The only think that still hold me is backup of my sms messages.
My question is - Is there are way to back up sms messages without any backup SW (e.g. spbBack etc.)?
I know from Outlook that it holds all its mails in single file, which I can just copy to DVD and after fresh install import. I suspect that it should be the case with Pocket Outlook as well. And as long as SMS are part of Pockect Outlook, they should be kept in the same file. Where is that file and can I replace it after new ROM installation?
Thanks in advance
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With spb backup you can backup only your contacts, E-mail and SMS messages if you want to, works great. I have mine backing these up every night in case of crash.
I found if you use the file explorer in the mda to copy everything to a mini sd card you overcome the "sharing violation" error.
Hello all,
Somehow today while trying to reset my Exchange/Active Sync connection on my Tilt I lost all my contacts. Since this was going to be a new Exchange account I did not have any on the server yet, I was hoping that it would copy all from the device to the server like it had before but some reason this time everything got wiped out.
On my device I had a 2 year old backup of the file pim.vol and I copied it to the root of my device as per I read somewhere on line but now when I try to open my contacts nothing happens.
I think that I have a backup in the Sprite Backup that I made shortly after getting the Tilt. The problem is where should the file be? I don't want to do a full restore but I'm not sure where the contact file is in the tree.
Can anyone please advise when running a Sprite Backup if the contacts get backed up and where they SHOULD be?
Thanks
Hi guys,
Can you help me?
I synced my T-mobile Vario 3 for the very first time with Outlook 2003 on Windows XP. Done the usual install and plugged in device. The sync wizard appeared and ticked all PIM info contacts calendar ect ect - it stated that all was synced and connected. Went into outlook and no info was there. Disconnected and checked the partnership on the phone and noticed only files were ticked as an option to sync. Re-plugged the device into the PC and said syncing and it wiped my device of all my contacts and calendar entries. Its like the partnership removed options from the phone partnership after first contact was made and when I disconnected contacts and calendar became unticked in the options and second connection deleted them off the device. I see this happening with WM6 devices, this is happening quite regular on my friends MDA touch plus. Any ideas on this guys?
hmm did u do a pimbackup on ur phone before syncing? cuz if u did u can always restore it back to ur phone...and outlook shouldnt delete any contacts...play around with the settings
The settings on activesync are defaulted to put whatever you have on your computer onto the device.
I use Vista so its a little different, but you need to go into settings and make sure you have activecsync to replace items on the computer and not on the device.
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Thing is there wasnt anything on the PC to begin with, its like the partnership that was set on the wizard didnt take because when I disconnected the device and checked the partnership on the device after I lost everything Contacts and Calender and tasks changed from ticked to unticked on its own. So when I reconnected it wiped the details off the device because they were unticked as this is what happens if you untick an option in the partnership and re-sync. However i never unticked these, it happened on its own, decided to replicate and it happened again tonight.
Always backup "pim.vol" before doing anything!
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Thing is there wasnt anything on the PC to begin with, its like the partnership that was set on the wizard didnt take because when I disconnected the device and checked the partnership on the device after I lost everything Contacts and Calender and tasks changed from ticked to unticked on its own. So when I reconnected it wiped the details off the device because they were unticked as this is what happens if you untick an option in the partnership and re-sync. However i never unticked these, it happened on its own, decided to replicate and it happened again tonight.
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And that is why I never use outlook!
Next time, before experimenting with anything make sure you copy the "pim.vol" file located in the root directory of your device, that is the file that contains all your contact and calendar info!
Then if something like this happends again you can just copy the file back to the device and do a soft reset, and all your contacts and calendar info will be back!
Also the file is only about 3 to 400 kb so it is really no sweat to copy!
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Thing is there wasnt anything on the PC to begin with, its like the partnership that was set on the wizard didnt take because when I disconnected the device and checked the partnership on the device after I lost everything Contacts and Calender and tasks changed from ticked to unticked on its own. So when I reconnected it wiped the details off the device because they were unticked as this is what happens if you untick an option in the partnership and re-sync. However i never unticked these, it happened on its own, decided to replicate and it happened again tonight.
branko.savic said:
And that is why I never use outlook!
Next time, before experimenting with anything make sure you copy the "pim.vol" file located in the root directory of your device, that is the file that contains all your contact and calendar info!
Then if something like this happends again you can just copy the file back to the device and do a soft reset, and all your contacts and calendar info will be back!
Also the file is only about 3 to 400 kb so it is really no sweat to copy!
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Thats a great idea - I didnt think of that - are tasks part of this file also? One other thing - Do I copy the pim.vol file onto the PC or put it somewhere else on the device such as documents folder on the MDA?
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Thats a great idea - I didnt think of that - are tasks part of this file also? One other thing - Do I copy the pim.vol file onto the PC or put it somewhere else on the device such as documents folder on the MDA?
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I am not sure if the tasks are a part of that file, have to test that first
To be sure I would recomend you to save at least one copy of the "pim.vol" file to your PC, that way if something should happend to your device you still have it!
Also, you can copy the file to other wm5 and wm6 devices and get all your contacts to that device too!
It is a much quicker way of transfering contacts to othe devices then to copy one contact at time! And all your contact pictures is imbeded in the "pim.vol" file, so you will still have the contact pics without having to copy the pics too!
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Mmmmm... Just tried that - Went to Start>File Explorer>My device seen a file called pim without a file ext around 648k it allowed me to copy it to my documents on the device - then tried to replace it after deleting all contacts off for an experiment and got the following error when trying to copy the pim file back to where it was. Cannot copy pim access is denied - Be certain that there is enough free storage memory, that the destination is not write protected or not in use.
Any ideas?
Cheers
herrlip2000 said:
Mmmmm... Just tried that - Went to Start>File Explorer>My device seen a file called pim without a file ext around 648k it allowed me to copy it to my documents on the device - then tried to replace it after deleting all contacts off for an experiment and got the following error when trying to copy the pim file back to where it was. Cannot copy pim access is denied - Be certain that there is enough free storage memory, that the destination is not write protected or not in use.
Any ideas?
Cheers
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Oh yes, that will happend becouse windows is using the file!
What you need to do is to simply rename the "pim" file to something else, let´s say "pim1" then you can try it again!
Remember that you have to reboot your device before you can see the contacts again!
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Is there anyway I can transfer that file to my PC so I can hard reset the device and then transfer it back to the PC or is my only option is to copy it to the memory card for safekeeping so I can wipe the device and then restore the file?
herrlip2000 said:
Is there anyway I can transfer that file to my PC so I can hard reset the device and then transfer it back to the PC or is my only option is to copy it to the memory card for safekeeping so I can wipe the device and then restore the file?
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As I mentioned before you can copy the "pim.vol" file to your pc, then you will be able to restore it if you have to format your device and even copy to another device so you can have your contacts there too!
Also "pim.vol" holds all your contact pics, so you dont have to take new pics again or even copy the pics if you only use them as contact pics!
You can copy the file using activesync or if you have a card reader you can copy the file to your memory card and to the pc from there!
Hope this helps!
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Thank-you guys for all your responses - you've all been very helpful
Hi everyone,
help me! I see something very strange that I've never seen before. I go into my contacts and there are 5 contacts there called "Unnamed" and there's a sim card icon next to them with a lock. I can't delete them, I can't do anything! What are those? There's nothing in the sim manager. Oh and I'm using the original wm6.1 rom with an at&t sim.
Thanks!
help meeh
anyone? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?
try deleting from another phone?
Do they appear in Outlook when synced to your PC? If so, can you delete them there? If not ChumleyEX's idea sounds like the best course of action...
I had a similar thing happening on an iPod, corrupted songs which can't be deleted
strange
thanks for your replies! i tried to put my sim into another phone and there were no unnamed contacts there. i don't have outlook (ew, i don't like to use it), so i can't look there. i dunno what are those.. agh
Anyone?? I have the same issue and nothing works... Happened when switched to Aserg ROM and then was frequently switching between SIM cards from different countries..
right,
yeah it happened to me when switching between sim cards from different countries too!
does someone know how to delete Outlook databases?
I have old crap there, spb Diary was able to show me a email account folder which doesnt exist anymore for months! All uneccessary data is still stored in \*.VOL files(
solved it by trick I already used before:
1. backup contacts etc
2. rename \pim.vol to \pim.vol1
3. reset
4. delete \pim.vol1
-> Contacts is empty, <Unnamed> entries are gone
doggydog2 said:
solved it by trick I already used before:
1. backup contacts etc
2. rename \pim.vol to \pim.vol1
3. reset
4. delete \pim.vol1
-> Contacts is empty, <Unnamed> entries are gone
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awesome! thanks, that did it for me too. strange bug or whatever though
this is making me nuts. i have them again. i just switched my sim cards and tadaa.. now i can backup restore again.. is there any way to stop it?
I have the same problem. They showed up after upgrading to WM 6.1 and I can't get them to go away.
I have unnamed contacts on my phone but am a bit confused by what to do to get rid of them
1. backup contacts etc
2. rename \pim.vol to \pim.vol1
3. reset
4. delete \pim.vol1
-> Contacts is empty, <Unnamed> entries are gone
Can anyone please tell me where I am supposed to rename pim.vol? Do I do that on the phone and if so, where do I find it? If I do it on the computer can you please let me know where I locate this \pim thingy
yup, I'm a newbie
pinkdiamonds said:
Can anyone please tell me where I am supposed to rename pim.vol?
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You can rename it on the phone...use your file explorer and go to "My Device" scroll down till you see a file called pim...rename that...
use PIM backup to backup your contacts, messages etc...
Ever used your SIM in another kind of phone ie Nokia?
Pal of mine had similar problem and it was due to his Nokia saving contacts to the SIM with group info added that is not compatible to other brands (non-standard).
Farsquidge said:
Ever used your SIM in another kind of phone ie Nokia?
Pal of mine had similar problem and it was due to his Nokia saving contacts to the SIM with group info added that is not compatible to other brands (non-standard).
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yes, but all i do is that i remove my at&t sim, put in a t-mobile sim (for checking sms and stuff) and then put back the at&t again. then it shows up. with other phones (can't try other pda) there are no "unnamed" contacts.
doggydog2 said:
solved it by trick I already used before:
1. backup contacts etc
2. rename \pim.vol to \pim.vol1
3. reset
4. delete \pim.vol1
-> Contacts is empty, <Unnamed> entries are gone
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It works for me, thanks a lot.
Just by following there steps and there, after a reload from a pim backup file the unnamed disappeard.
doggydog2 said:
solved it by trick I already used before:
1. backup contacts etc
2. rename \pim.vol to \pim.vol1
3. reset
4. delete \pim.vol1
-> Contacts is empty, <Unnamed> entries are gone
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This trick had worked for me too.
It actually deleted all SIM card contact that had been stored into the phone (device). The \pim.vol is in the root folder of the device. When you renamed it to \pim.vol1 and reset the phone, the phone will automatically create a new \pim.vol which is empty and therefore you are able to delete the \pim.vol1. It is impossible to delete the initial \pim.vol, so doggydog2 actually rename the file and ask the device to recreate another pim.vol.
Thanks a lot, doggydog2!
What if i backup contacts with "Unnamed" as well and after reset and deletion of file reimport backup file? Will i get "Unnamed" contacts again?
Check this out: milospjanic.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-get-rid-of-unnamed-contacts-in dot html
hi, my pc has accidentally deleted my outloock contacts on my htc when i did a new syncronization with activesync. There is a way or a software for restore/undelete the contacts?
please help me
thank you
............no one?
I think you're screwed, unless you can find them in your outlook deleted items?
I had this problem, deleted the contacts on the phone intending to re-create them from outlook... but activesync deleted them from outlook too.
Fortunately I had a backup of the .pst file.
Hi Deffez,
You say your PC has deleted your contacts from the 'phone. Are your contacts still on your PC or not? If they are still on your PC, proceed as follows:
1. Delete the relationship on your computer's AS or MCC, and on your 'phone's AS. This will remove all the existing settings.
2. Set up a new relationship with the 'phone, and it will resync them, together with any other files, calendar, etc that you want.
If they are not on your PC, have you got a recent back up of your PC? You will find them back as a .pst file or a .wab file when you run a restore, or when you search the backed up folders. If you don't have a PC back up, do a search for either .pst or .wab files on your hard drive.
Alternatively, you can run a Restore on your 'phone, if you have made a back up of the 'phone. The personal data file is kept in the Windows directory as a .pim file.
If contacts are deleted during activesync synchronization, they are always kept in the Deleted folder in PC's Outlook (not your PDA)
If they are not in your Deleted Items folder for outlook (and you don't make backups ) I think you are screwed.....even getting out the sledgehammer (if you have WinXP) and doing a complete System Restore to an earlier time/date willnot recover them (I think..... )
Fu*k m$ activesync bullsh*t
I connected the phone to a new computer, installed activesync, deleted (quickly without thinking consecuences) the 2 relationships, and now I don't have contacts on the phone
Hope I can recover them when syncing again in my work's PC
in future don't ever use AS
try dotfred's ppcPimBackup
I messed up too!!!
I did the same thing, erased the associations with my active sync on a new computer and I have no back up what so ever. Was in the process of updating my outlook. I do have some of the old sharing files between my other computer and active sync, is the file maybe in there? Could anyone tell me where the file is stored on my tilt, ***and is there a small program that I can install on my phone and then run to find deleted files on my sims card?***