[Q]converting from PIM.vol to vcf - Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey guys my brother have samsung omnia which is windows phone , he got his new galaxy tab p1000 , and the problem is with contacts in the windows phone it backup contacts in PIM.vol and android only reads .vcf ... if anyone could help i would be greatly pleased

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Changing Pim.vol from other wm5 devices to trinity

Hi!
I've got some problems with my pim.vol
while using windows vista my contacts haven't been saved to my pc.
i flashed my rom and they were gone....
so i tried to copy the pim.vol from a friend's htc wizard , wm5, too...
but the new contact list doesn't open any more....
any suggestions to fix that problem?
i think that pim.vol is not compatible to my device,is there a converter?
or could i read the wizards contacts to my pc and transfer them to my trinity via active sync??
greetz
oppa

Big Problem with Contacts ( please help )

hello, i am using Kaiser now , i had over than 300 contacts on it , yesterday formated my desktop pc and reconect the kaiser to the active sync software , it asked for relationship , so i made it normaly , when done , all my contacts gone away !!!! cz the outlook on the pc was new after formating !!!!!!! , how i can get them back !! i tried to search on ( Parament save ) icon in the setting like i was doing with w2003se in pda2k before but its not availabe on this windows 6 !!
p.s i was using pda2k for long time and i have a backup made by active sync with pda2k and active sync that time ( before 10 days ) then the pda broke completely , ,, its .stg file , 30 mb ,,,
can we do something guys ? i really need that contacts
waiting for help
regards
come on guys , i need your help up
This is a commond problem. Try this solution. After you synch (during which time I presume you have no contacts on your Kaiser), go to tools-->options and uncheck contacts. Sync again. Then reenable contacts. Good chance the contacts will now transfer. Do not remove the USB cable during the process.Hope this works for you.
its me said:
hello, i am using Kaiser now , i had over than 300 contacts on it , yesterday formated my desktop pc and reconect the kaiser to the active sync software , it asked for relationship , so i made it normaly , when done , all my contacts gone away !!!! cz the outlook on the pc was new after formating !!!!!!! , how i can get them back !! i tried to search on ( Parament save ) icon in the setting like i was doing with w2003se in pda2k before but its not availabe on this windows 6 !!
p.s i was using pda2k for long time and i have a backup made by active sync with pda2k and active sync that time ( before 10 days ) then the pda broke completely , ,, its .stg file , 30 mb ,,,
can we do something guys ? i really need that contacts
waiting for help
regards
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Umm, im not 100% sure what your saying, Did you have your contacts on the phone already or only on outlook?
Neurodoc said:
This is a commond problem. Try this solution. After you synch (during which time I presume you have no contacts on your Kaiser), go to tools-->options and uncheck contacts. Sync again. Then reenable contacts. Good chance the contacts will now transfer. Do not remove the USB cable during the process.Hope this works for you.
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Got ya now, Yeah this is a common problem, I did the same thing and i was able to get my contacts back.
thank you a lot dear bro.
its already unchecked , i told you , when first sync with new-formated pc i unchecked it , so i lost the contacts , i don't know exactly why that happend , but i need to restore them back , plz guys anyone has any idea to solve that problem
thanx Again Neurodoc , i will try to check and uncheck it again and let you know anyway
waiting for solution
dear ManTheDan it seems we were writing in the same time ,
i am trying my best , i told you what happend exactly
, i formated my pc , outlook got empty contacts , then when the first sync i didn't check anything in the wizard connection , i thought that i wanat it only for charging , and i noticed that my outlook is empty cz pc formated , so i didn't check anything ...... when got CONNECTED on active sync ,, all contacts has been gone ,,,, empty on kaiser as well as outlook !
any other ideas guys ? plz
thank you too much
Since it sounds like your contacts are no longer in Outlook on your PC because it was re-formatted, I think the ony way to get them back is via a back-up you had done before this problem existed. Reading your post, it sounds like you had done a back-up, but that it is "broken". I am not sure what that means, but I would try it.
Well if you do have the .stg file try setting up outlook again and restoring using that file via active sync restore option under tools i think. Not sure if you reformated your computers after you had saved your contacts, sorry if i dont understand, just trying my best
Check your deleted folder in outlook, thats where it puts everything after you synced, if you empty it entirely(a lot or daily) then your doomed if not copy paste them back in to the contacts and sync, happened to me but a different way of it happened.
(had contacts then synced, then deleted them off the sim and somehow out of my stupidity I deleted both. . .and then I was looking and looking and then someone told me that and I did what I said and then they synced back and I put them back on both and just used kaiser tweak to hide sim contacts.)
outlook has no contacts , cz the pc completely has been formated , and i installed new outlook ,, so its empty !!!! and got the kaiser also empty even i didn't check the contacts when sync it for the first time !!
stg file is good , but i got from the pda2k before break the device , i mean i broke the device completly ( destroied pda2k ) so noway to get it back again as working device , ,,
i thought about to restore it into win2003 emulator sfotware , then transfer the contacts into outlook , then from outlook i can get them on kaiser ,, but also the mobile devie emulater software didn't read the stg file cz it got from other machine as said ...
now trying to get a pda2k from a friend and restore the stg file into it , to fill out the outlook , then get in back into kaiser , thats the only logic idea i think ,right guys ?
thank you alot ,, any other idea's or similler problem plz post , i would be thankfull
regards
you can extract the contacts from the stg file, i've done it before with my blue angel. search the forums, it has to be around somewhere. and you might wanna use google to search, cause any info will probably be way to old for a plain search
found this thread http://www.pocketpcmag.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18858 on extracting databased out of .stg files. dunno if it'll help, but hope it does. good luck
thank you too much dear , you are very helpfull
i already tried to open and extract the stg files , but couldn't !!
i tried some softs , wihtout results , only last one when somynex directed me to stg viewer I couldn't find it , i will try to find it , plz if you have other way to extract the stg file and get the contacts db from it let me know ,
by the way , the stg fle was taken from i-mate pda2k , its like ablue angel same same ,, so i just want to view the contacts to register them , even manually ,, thank you
regards
So you deleted contacts before you synced on outlook after you formatted? Or you deleted them after you synced on accident? Because you would check the deleted folder and then copy paste them back. I know you re-installed windows.
its me said:
outlook has no contacts , cz the pc completely has been formated , and i installed new outlook ,, so its empty !!!! and got the kaiser also empty even i didn't check the contacts when sync it for the first time !!
stg file is good , but i got from the pda2k before break the device , i mean i broke the device completly ( destroied pda2k ) so noway to get it back again as working device , ,,
i thought about to restore it into win2003 emulator sfotware , then transfer the contacts into outlook , then from outlook i can get them on kaiser ,, but also the mobile devie emulater software didn't read the stg file cz it got from other machine as said ...
now trying to get a pda2k from a friend and restore the stg file into it , to fill out the outlook , then get in back into kaiser , thats the only logic idea i think ,right guys ?
thank you alot ,, any other idea's or similler problem plz post , i would be thankfull
regards
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Hello there,
Check the "DELETED" folder of the outlook, sometimes the contacts can end up there.... doesnt harm to check..even if its a brand new outlook.
But the possibility of that to is very less, as the contacts have been deleted from ur mobile, not from ur outlook...
I mentioned that but he didn't listen. . .
Yeah...
What happened is you setup a new sync partnership and it deleted your contact since "desktop overwrites mobile" is the default in ActiveSync. This is common and unfortunately irreversable. For future reference, when you wipe out your pc make sure you go into Outlook and do a file> import & export > export to a file > .PST > and save that all important .PST file somewhere safe. That file will contain your mail, calendar, contacts, notes, to-do's.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I don't think your getting that info back unless you backed up your entire C: drive.
Well, they should be in the deleted folder in outlook then. If the OP doesnt want to look and see them in deleted then its his problem.
ok guys , i told you that i formated the desktop pc , and i got outlook empty , blank without any data ,,,, so i had them only on the mobile device , outlook gone , went away , installed new windows , new office , new pc ,,,,,,,
when first try on active sync , first try made a relationship between the desktop and mobile device ,,,, I DIDN'T CHECK ANY CONTACTS OR CALENDER OR APOINTMENTS WHEN RELATIONSHIP WIZARD WAS CREATING ,,,, after done " connected " all contacts has been gone , i think like the bro said up that the new outlook overwrite the device contacts with new list " wich is empty cz the outlook is blank " so got the device as blank contacts also .. thats the most currect answer ,,,
NOW GUYS I FOUD A SOLUATION , BUT NOT FOR ALL
cz i had stg file from my old pda2k device " imate " win2003SE , i did this :
1. found a friend who has the same device " imate - pda2k "
2. asked him to hard reset it without any personal data , and give it to me
3. i restored the full back up to the device and i got my contacts back as my old pda2k device
4. copied the contacts to my sim card , then put it in kaisaer and install them on the mobile normally ( could be also with any backup program or oulook if well configured )
5. done ...
sorry , mybe this solution would not affect other's problem in the same state ..
NOW PLEASE TELL ME WHAT TO DO : coz i have them normaly on the kaiser now , i am afraid to connect it to the desktop pc coz of the same problem ,,
FIRST : i want to make normal sync relationship with kaiser and pc , but first set must tell him to check the contacts or not ,,, i afraid to overwrite it or loose them again ( even the last time i am sure i didn't check the contacts to be syncED !!! )
i want to normal way to be without loosing the exesting contacts ,,
SECOND : how to make a full back up for this kaiser with active sync or other way , ( active sync when connect to kaiser doesn't show full/backup/resotre and i don't know why !!! ) , in case to restore it later if needed , give me good way plz
thank you so much guys , i don't wish this problem happen to anyone , you take care
waiting for ideas for the First and Second matters i talked about ...
cya

pls help: restore pim.vol

hiho,
i need your help. it looks like that my pim.vol is corrupt.
i allways backuped my contacts, while i make a copy of the /pim.vol to my /speicherkarte/pim.vol. and restore it the other way. works like a charm (no active sync ...)
now i downgrade from win 6.5 to win 6.1 and i copied my pim.vol back to / , but i can't see my contacts.
is there a program where i can extract/read or something else a pim.vol file?
thanks
greetings
edit: i install win 6.5 again to read the pim.vol but same :-( no contacts
Could try pim backup on phone, would be a better way to back up in future

transferring contacts from xperia x1i to laptop without using active sync

hi m a proud owner of xperia x1i i'v the following problems:-
1) i've lost the original active sync cd which came bundled with the phone dur to which i'm not able to connect my xperia to my laptop via active sync or windows mobile device centre.
2) i flash roms regularly, so i need to save my contacts in my laptop or make a back up of my contacts.
pz help me out...thanx in advance...
you can download active sync at microsoft.com just google it , otherwise copy all contacts to sim card
There are several solutions for your problem: Backup software like SPB Backup, SK Tools... They create self extracting backup files or backup files that can be restored using the corresponding program (in case of SK Tools). Another possibility is to use a software that exports your contacts to a xml file. And of course you can download active synch from the MS website.
gauravinvouge said:
hi m a proud owner of xperia x1i i'v the following problems:-
1) i've lost the original active sync cd which came bundled with the phone dur to which i'm not able to connect my xperia to my laptop via active sync or windows mobile device centre.
2) i flash roms regularly, so i need to save my contacts in my laptop or make a back up of my contacts.
pz help me out...thanx in advance...
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you can use PIM manager. unlike spb backup, this is a freeware, and i have been using it for years now. below is the download link
www.freewareppc.com/database/pimbackup.shtml
this saves it on your sd card as

[Q] Get Contacts from sbu file

Hi, I have installed the ICS in my GT I9000 phone, and it's no more detected by Kies driver. Problem, I need to restore my contacts list, I have the sbu file (from the last back up before I clear the phone) but I can't read it. Am searching for any application, parser, etc to get the contacts.. Any help?
IoriYagamiOroche said:
Hi, I have installed the ICS in my GT I9000 phone, and it's no more detected by Kies driver. Problem, I need to restore my contacts list, I have the sbu file (from the last back up before I clear the phone) but I can't read it. Am searching for any application, parser, etc to get the contacts.. Any help?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983471
go through the above link.. maybe it'll solve your problem..
That helped a lot! Thank you! I did read the post, but the Kies didn't help, I didn't see the java application .. thanks now I have the VCard file
I'm going to search how to transform it into my contacts list in the phone now

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