I just updated my Xperia using the update service and when prompted to backup data, I made a full copy of the Mobile Content via USB to my PC thinking that this is an "Update" so contacts, SMS, installed programs should remain.
Of course everything was deleted, and fortunately enough I was able to sync back my contacts, but I have totally lost all SMS.
Is there any way to restore the SMS back to Xperia from the copied files I made? Are Messages stored in the file directory in a way to make it possible to copy back?
I'll refresh this to ask if messages are kept in a specific file/folder in phone ?
same question with email/calendar actually
would be worth to know for a manual backup
przemke said:
I'll refresh this to ask if messages are kept in a specific file/folder in phone ?
same question with email/calendar actually
would be worth to know for a manual backup
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messages are not kept in a specific file or folder in phone!
read here
BTW: I don't know exactly if that was you, but in the last days someone posted the same question allways 2 times in seperate threads and now I saw that you have post a similar question in other thread, please post in one thread and don't post same question in multiple threads. When you did that the first time, just see that as a hint, when you do that more often please reduce that. That improves the overview.
Same Question (from you): here, here, here and here.
Thanks in advance
neofoox thank you for help & your remarks. I realized I repeated the question perhaps too many times, that was because I thought there's not too many people visiting these forums now. I wanted to delete the unanswered topic but seems there's no such option.
I've also repeated myself in some topics regarding hardSPL through SD card which I did succesfully because I thought it was an unknown method (at least someone confirmed so) so it might help others but not all of them interested are subscribed to every similar topic.
btw as I have full access now to my old broken-lcd X1 though PC so I can do workaround to backup messages: pim backup in phone so I can transfer it to SD/PC and then to my current one
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Hi...
This is probably a very "noob" question, but I was just wandering if there were any free tools for backing up my phone (want to update my ROM, but dont really want to shell out for a tool to back up)
All I want to back up are my contacts, pictures, programs and possibly SMS(if that's possible?
PIM Backup - Contacts and SMS
Pictures - Are they not set to Internal Storage by default. Which is not touched by ROM upgrades
Programs - Install to Internal storage and keep cabs in a directory in Internal Storage. I have found that in the main a reinstall of a cab to Internal picks up settings
boch501 said:
Hi...
This is probably a very "noob" question, but I was just wandering if there were any free tools for backing up my phone (want to update my ROM, but dont really want to shell out for a tool to back up)
All I want to back up are my contacts, pictures, programs and possibly SMS(if that's possible?
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Even though you might call yourself a "noob" you can still search for answers, before posting something you know has been discussed plenty.
PIM works great for contacts and sms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
Enjoy!
As the answer was easy to find; and also provided by helpfull members:
Thread closed.
Hi Guys and cracks
I've just a little question...
i already tried to find the answere on my own, but i didn't find anything...
Here's my question:
Will every data on my Xperia get lost (sms, contacts, mails, attachments, etc.), if i flash it?
I hope not....
Greetz
ArA-X
anything saved on the phone will get deleted so contacts saved to sim will be safe and anything on your memory card won't be deleted.
Sothe short answer is yes.
Thx a lot for the reply...
Could u please tell how i could backup all data and restore it after flashing?
Greetz
ArA-X
Search this forum for dotfred's Pimbackup, the current version is 2.8 I believe. It let's you backup and restore contacs, short messages, emals etc.
THX A LOT!
This forum is really great!
Greetz
ArA-X
Some poeple are the meaning, that the place for this thread will be better here: OK, lets following this issue here. Here is a copy from the previews one:
CM 4.2.1 / CM4.1.99x Exception with contact group
Exception with Contacts - so like as in 4.1.99x
I have the same problem as in 4.1.99x, that I can not add a contact in my group (there is still ony one, which was working after some crashes in 4.1.999) without a crashed application
If I look into the exception Monitor, I can found a lot of:
Quote:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to find the My Contacts group"
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What can I do or must do ?
History: I have had the G1 not so long time, but modif. it via WIPE to the 4.0.x ( stable )
After this (2 days later I upgrade to 4.1.111)
from this status I was following the description with the 2 Step to 4.1.999, where I have see the error the first time. With 4.0.x / 4.1.111 I haven't recognize this problem, because I have add some friend in my contact-list. For my meaning, this one was coming in, during upgrade in the 3 steps: WIPE, Google-Recovery, CM-Update 4.1.999.
Hint: If I update the phone, I start the phone WITHOUT a Mobile-Card: because I have had one time a bill over 200€ for data connection, and nobody knows why. So I boot the phone after update without card, check APNdroid, if 3G etc. disabed, shut down the phone, insert the casrd and boot again.
Maybe this handling calls the error ?
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YES, I have use the search function and didn't found any usefull infos.
>>> ( how does I love this answer! If you found time to write this one, than I think, you know the answer - pls give me this one )
YES. I have reflashed the 4.2.1 with the card inside the phone: No change
Btw.: I was falling also in the error with the ext2 and ext3, so I change this one on the PC via tune2fs. But normaly every program, which need a DB and did not found it, create one. Or isn't it ?
Push > because its still avail and a Java exception is not a handling error
Just to bump this a bit and to pretend like it is actually useful to post in this forum...
Have you tried backing up your contacts via the browser, deleting them, sync the phone and then restoring?
Have you tried backing up your contacts via the browser, deleting them, sync the phone and then restoring?
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No I haven't, because I have not so much contacts... So I was starting with a brand-new phone, "root" them, wipe them and change to CM4.0.x (Stable), jump to CM 4.1.11 and after a few days following the instruction to move to 4.1.999 with WIPE, 1st paket and the CM-paket.
Here I see the problem and also in 4.2.1.
About a missing Backup, I try only to create a contact manual on the phone.
THe first time, if I want to add the contact, the phone ask me to syncronise - but I was offline at all. So I reject this message ( there are also no datas to sync online )
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Dears, I need help !! I had HTC One M7, I usually backup my phone using HTC Sync Manager as a backup option and store the files in my local hard disk. I lost my HTC phone, but luckily I backed my contacts to the local HDD but the mistake I did was, I did not completely backup the contacts to my Gmail account. Now, I am now using a non HTC android phone. I see the files are backed up in my local hard disk under the folder HSMBackup with some sub folders with junk names.. when I enter into each sub folders I see different files with .xml format. I tried to rename then to .CSV, .XSL, .VCF etc.. but it does not work for any of them. I am not sure how to recover these files. when contacted HTC support they said I need to use another HTC phone, then connect it to my PC and then backup my contacts.
Is there a way out to exact the files from these HSMBackup folder?
Hey! I'm looking for the same. Please let me know if you were able to recover the contacts! For starters, I tried a method similar to : http://blog.interrupt3h.com/?p=328 but no luck
euler74 said:
Hey! I'm looking for the same. Please let me know if you were able to recover the contacts! For starters, I tried a method similar to : but no luck
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Yes, I managed to fix this problem by myself, I had written the steps on what I did exactly and remember posting it elsewhere.. let me check of that and get back to you
Same state
durga1510 said:
Yes, I managed to fix this problem by myself, I had written the steps on what I did exactly and remember posting it elsewhere.. let me check of that and get back to you
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Please let me know ,how to recover those contacts. I am in similar situation
Was there ever a way to get the contact data from the HSM Backup folder? Thank you
After the update last night, all my folders with data files (files I created, documents, shortcuts, etc.) are gone. My program files are OK. I have searched and cannot find a way to get them back. I believe I have backed them up somewhere like Google cloud or the Samsung option. But I can find no way to restore them. So, I am lost...
did you update via Odin or OTA ?
3mel said:
did you update via Odin or OTA ?
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Sorry, I'm not sure what those mean. The update happens overnight oh, so if OTA means over-the-air it would be that way
3mel said:
did you update via Odin or OTA ?
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I'm getting the feeling that night ended up in a developers forum. Maybe this was not the right place.
ADKRKV said:
I'm getting the feeling that night ended up in a developers forum. Maybe this was not the right place.
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this is the exact right place to ask.
if you have backups made the check the settings menu or use the search to look for backup restore
Thanks for the replies. I think I know the problem. I found one of the back-ups on OneDrive. It restored all programs and settings. It did not restore data files. I believe that is because they were not backed up, my bad. I can't seem to find a back-up on Google, so I must not have done that. At least I didn't lose anything critical, just a lot of shortcuts and websites I bookmarked.
ADKRKV said:
Thanks for the replies. I think I know the problem. I found one of the back-ups on OneDrive. It restored all programs and settings. It did not restore data files. I believe that is because they were not backed up, my bad. I can't seem to find a back-up on Google, so I must not have done that. At least I didn't lose anything critical, just a lot of shortcuts and websites I bookmarked.
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oh right, I understand you more clearly now. I don't think you can backup app data in such a way. the only method that can do this without root is by ADB which has to be done one app at a time. some apps can be backed up by copying there folders from /storage/emulated/0/Android/data or /Android/media but even then that might not be everything you need for a full backup.
any folders apps create outside of the Android folder can be copied to external memory and copied back later. I have to do this to guarantee that my messaging apps will have all the media I've previously downloaded.
I downloaded a program called GoodLock which saves the items on your home screen and supposedly back them up. I don't know if that just means the icons or it backs up the data. I hope I never have to find out