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Backup SMS messages

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...

angel1st said:
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.

Please HELP with deleted contacts!!!!!!

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?***

[Q] Converting SPB to vcf or csv files / Importing SPB without Kies

Hello, guys, i recently backed up my contacts using Samsung Kies.
after that i flashed my galaxy with some stuff.
now. whenever i connect my galaxy it takes tons of time for Kies to load my galaxy and at the end it - when i try to import my contacts from the pc back to the galaxy it shows the error: "Stopped saving contacts to GT-I9000". also when i try to show my current contacts using Kies it says "Device not responding...".
So I thought - maybe I can convert the SPB file of the contacts to the vcf or to csv file and sync it with my gmail contacts?
I saw this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129091
but I cant seem to find any export to vcf file in Kies 2.0
Thanks in advanced,
Sorry for my bad English.
Din.

anyone? please.. i need this fast..

I too am having problems
I lost my phone ... and all I have is the Kies software on my PC and when you do not have a phone connected then you do not have option to export to .vcf ... so very annoying as I want to move my backed up contacts to an older phone till I can afford to buy a new smartphone. So what to do ?
Is there any way to convert kies .spb format to .vcf format? I have searched the forums and the solutions offered need the phone to be connected to Kies. The other solution something about spb2xml is for something else not kies .spb formatted files. Also this is not a clean solution.
HELP PLEASE !!!! I am very upset at being tied to SAMSUNG ... given this they will never get me to buy a smartphone from them again and any friend I have will also not purchase one! Open development platforms please !!!!!
If all else fails I will borrow a friend's samsung and do the conversion ... however why not allow an export to work without a phone attached to Kies ... really!!!
My questions again ... Is there any way to convert kies .spb format to .vcf format without having to plug in a phone using Kies? Please only tested solutions.

I have a similar issue. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347559
Any assistance would be appreciated.

amatesic said:
I lost my phone ... and all I have is the Kies software on my PC and when you do not have a phone connected then you do not have option to export to .vcf ... so very annoying as I want to move my backed up contacts to an older phone till I can afford to buy a new smartphone. So what to do ?
Is there any way to convert kies .spb format to .vcf format? I have searched the forums and the solutions offered need the phone to be connected to Kies. The other solution something about spb2xml is for something else not kies .spb formatted files. Also this is not a clean solution.
HELP PLEASE !!!! I am very upset at being tied to SAMSUNG ... given this they will never get me to buy a smartphone from them again and any friend I have will also not purchase one! Open development platforms please !!!!!
If all else fails I will borrow a friend's samsung and do the conversion ... however why not allow an export to work without a phone attached to Kies ... really!!!
My questions again ... Is there any way to convert kies .spb format to .vcf format without having to plug in a phone using Kies? Please only tested solutions.
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Open Kies
Open your saved spb file
Select all the contacts
Click SAVE
Select a location on your PC, create a directory called Contacts.
Browse to this directory and save the file using VCF as your file extension
Yes it doesn't give VCF as a file type option so just manually type it.
Check the directory and it should be full of vcf files.
Copy the directory to your Phone SD Card and import using contacts import.

It works just fine
All I did was follow the steps as describe, remane the extension to .cvf and its going to create as many VCF as U have as contacts....I put it inside my I9000B-ICS4.0.4 and that's it... easy as looks like....

[email protected] said:
All I did was follow the steps as describe, remane the extension to .cvf and its going to create as many VCF as U have as contacts....I put it inside my I9000B-ICS4.0.4 and that's it... easy as looks like....
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Glad it works for you
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Import contacts from SPB file without Kies Software
Hi ApriliaM3,
I exactly did the same set of instructions as directed by your forum post. But it doesnt seem to work.
My phone retailer, reflashed my phone with DarkyRom Extreme edition 10.2 Gingerbread. Due to this Samsung Kies wont recognize my phone.So i did all you have instructed including appending the manual file extension of vcf. while saving Kies contacts. This nicely created as many VCF files as there are contacts. However I get this error message "Reading of VCard data has failed. One or more files could not be read....."
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The individual VCF files are opening nicely including contact photos if any and favorites mark etc in Outlook, suggesting they are valid VCF files. Just that they wont be imported in my Phone's contacts. I tried the Android app 'Import Contacts' this also did not work. Is there any other way around it please. I have thousands of contacts and manually reentering is very difficult so I want to keep that as the final option.
Would highly appreciate your pointers please.
Cheers and thanks in advance. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S happily running on Froyo. This nightmare is since the upgrade to Gingerbread.
ApriliaM3 said:
Open Kies
Open your saved spb file
Select all the contacts
Click SAVE
Select a location on your PC, create a directory called Contacts.
Browse to this directory and save the file using VCF as your file extension
Yes it doesn't give VCF as a file type option so just manually type it.
Check the directory and it should be full of vcf files.
Copy the directory to your Phone SD Card and import using contacts import.
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guppeey said:
Hi ApriliaM3,
I exactly did the same set of instructions as directed by your forum post. But it doesnt seem to work.
My phone retailer, reflashed my phone with DarkyRom Extreme edition 10.2 Gingerbread. Due to this Samsung Kies wont recognize my phone.So i did all you have instructed including appending the manual file extension of vcf. while saving Kies contacts. This nicely created as many VCF files as there are contacts. However I get this error message "Reading of VCard data has failed. One or more files could not be read....."
The individual VCF files are opening nicely including contact photos if any and favorites mark etc in Outlook, suggesting they are valid VCF files. Just that they wont be imported in my Phone's contacts. I tried the Android app 'Import Contacts' this also did not work. Is there any other way around it please. I have thousands of contacts and manually reentering is very difficult so I want to keep that as the final option.
Would highly appreciate your pointers please.
Cheers and thanks in advance. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S happily running on Froyo. This nightmare is since the upgrade to Gingerbread.
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It looks a bit like SOME of your vcf contacts might be corrupted? Have you tried deleting the files reported in the error window and then re-import again?
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Thanks for the prompt reply ApriliaM3.
I did make couple of attempts making sure not to open the file after conversion fearing further format changes/collapses. Despite that no luck.
If VCF is an universally accepted standard, dont know why Samsung need to come up with their own spb format. Its too late to lament though.
Luckily i had a CSV of the same file too. Got it imported to Gmail that did a nasty job of putting everything as a comment/additional info. Also pictures of contacts lost. Google has imported them all with a label 'Imported<importdate>' So I am filtering the contacts by this label and rectifying the entries by putting them in the right fields and removing the label before saving. This way I know i am working with just the ones I had on my phone. On the upside, all phone contacts got into gmail. Which means I am safe in another disaster including losing the phone.
Its about a step short of totally re entering manually. but worked. Samsung/Android phones need to mature a lot.
Despite google, Android is still not as versatile as other Google products. Especially in a recovery situation like mine.
Wish Google made VCF mandatory for all vendors.
Anyway, thanks once again, ApriliaM3. Help much appreciated.
Cheers.
ApriliaM3 said:
It looks a bit like SOME of your vcf contacts might be corrupted? Have you tried deleting the files reported in the error window and then re-import again?
SGSII GT-i9100 via Tapatalk
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ApriliaM3 said:
It looks a bit like SOME of your vcf contacts might be corrupted? Have you tried deleting the files reported in the error window and then re-import again?
SGSII GT-i9100 via Tapatalk
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Not able to Unlock SPB kies file
I have created a backup of contacts using kies 2.0 from my samsung monte S5620 and set the password to open the contact file . But now when I am transferring the contacts back to my new phone samsung galaxy y duos GT S6102 phone its asking for the password and not accepting the password which I had given during contacts' backup creation.....Please help me to unlock this contact file. The contact file is in .spb format. :crying:

problem with kies
ApriliaM3 said:
Open Kies
Open your saved spb file
Select all the contacts
Click SAVE
Select a location on your PC, create a directory called Contacts.
Browse to this directory and save the file using VCF as your file extension
Yes it doesn't give VCF as a file type option so just manually type it.
Check the directory and it should be full of vcf files.
Copy the directory to your Phone SD Card and import using contacts import.
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I tried all this but my kies doesn't save anything to my folder I tried csv & vCard :crying:
Can I send you my spb & send me back a csv or vCard file please ?
thanks in advance

ApriliaM3 said:
Open Kies
Open your saved spb file
Select all the contacts
Click SAVE
Select a location on your PC, create a directory called Contacts.
Browse to this directory and save the file using VCF as your file extension
Yes it doesn't give VCF as a file type option so just manually type it.
Check the directory and it should be full of vcf files.
Copy the directory to your Phone SD Card and import using contacts import.
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work fine, thanks

ICS + Kies + Contacts

Hi everyone,
Recently upgraded to ICS and had all my contacts saved in Kies from Gingerbread. I understand ICS will not work with Kies and therefore I cannot use it to restore my contacts. However, I was wondering if there is another way to use my existing saved contacts from Kies and import it to the phone using another method. Hope that makes sense.

Jsick said:
Hi everyone,
Recently upgraded to ICS and had all my contacts saved in Kies from Gingerbread. I understand ICS will not work with Kies and therefore I cannot use it to restore my contacts. However, I was wondering if there is another way to use my existing saved contacts from Kies and import it to the phone using another method. Hope that makes sense.
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is there anyway to save contacts from Kies as a CSV file? If yes, then you can export contacts as CSV and then import it to you google account and then sync..
(I don't use kies so don't know whether it can be done so asking back )

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ishangoyal said:
is there anyway to save contacts from Kies as a CSV file? If yes, then you can export contacts as CSV and then import it to you google account and then sync..
(I don't use kies so don't know whether it can be done so asking back )
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totally cool~ kies can export contacts as csv file and can be uploaded to Google and sync to phone.
However, i've not figure out how to get the mobile number to appear in correct correct column. It is now appear as NOTES in my phone contact. Any advise?

[Q] Contacts - help

Hello everyone
I just installed MIUI V5 rom and i'm trying to insert contacts from LG PC Suite to mobile phone...
Now LG PC Suite don't recognize the phone and all my contacts was saved there...
I found file on computer were PC Suite backed it up (Contact.ecbk) but don't know how to or where to put that file on the phone...
Thx,
tony_roma

MIUI is based on CM10. Only stock roms support PC Suite connection.
Sent from my LG-P880

tony_roma said:
Hello everyone
I just installed MIUI V5 rom and i'm trying to insert contacts from LG PC Suite to mobile phone...
Now LG PC Suite don't recognize the phone and all my contacts was saved there...
I found file on computer were PC Suite backed it up (Contact.ecbk) but don't know how to or where to put that file on the phone...
Thx,
tony_roma
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Why on earth don't you have all your contacts tied to your Google account for auto-backup and restore?

thx but don't want to...
is there a way or not?

tony_roma said:
thx but don't want to...
is there a way or not?
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As @Adam77Root stated, LG PC Suite only supports 'Stock' ROMs - so, no, there is no way. Not letting Google back up your data removes a huge part of the point of having an Android phone.
You can look at the contacts file yourself and see if you can extract the data manually and then input it again by hand.

thx
then get to work...

Problem solved
I finaly found a way but u need an extra phone (LG) with android
1.Open LG suite with (other LGmobile) and make a backup only contacts
2.Save others phone contact.ecbk somewhere else expample desktop.
3.Go to C:\Users\PCname\Documents\LG PC Suite\backup\LG-P880\2014-05-28T10_00_49\PCSuite_backup_20140528T100052\Contact
and put ur phone contact.ecbk
4.Go to LG suite and make restore (the other phone have your contacts now!!!!)
5.Try with any android program to backup em now correctly or gmail em!!(i used super backup)
6.After that copy others mobile contact.ecbk to C:\Users\PCname\Documents\LG PC Suite\backup\LG-P880\2014-05-28T10_00_49\PCSuite_backup_20140528T100052\Contact and restore (other phone now have their original contacts
7.Go to your LG phone now and from gmail or the backup program that u used and restore normaly your contacts!!
Finaly i restore 300+ contacts :laugh: :laugh:

It's a very nice app.
Thanks

Need Very Urgent Help
I didn't understand your method. I have LG L80 model phone contact backup files. And I have LG G2 mobile phone. How can I open my lg gl80 phone's backup files on my lg g2 phone?
Can I have any method for do that?

HI
My LG phone is broken down. I have all my contacts saved in ecbk format can please help me convert it to vcf format.
Please contact me on my e-mail : [email protected]