Hello,
As my HTC One was going to be sent off for repair, I backed up my SMS and using the Backup/Restore feature on the HTC One I then moved the file over to my PC and renamed it.
I have now received back a replacement HTC One as they could not repair mine, I then created a backup of the new phones texts in order to create the folder SMS_Backup in the phones memory. I then copied the backup into this folder.
When I try to restore the SMS it just says "unable to restore the sms". It is password protected, but i am very sure that i am using the correct password.
Is it because I have renamed the file? If so how could I get the old name back?
Any suggestions on how to fix this?
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Does Sprite Backup, backup your contacts? I'm not sure of your contacts are stored in the WM6 File system or not anyway. If Sprite Backup doesnt backup your contacts can anyone recommend a way of doing this as I have to many to store on the SIM card so i store them in the phone.
(I did search the forum for this but nothing of use came up)
Here is an easier method with no applications needed.
go to my device and copy the pim file using file explorer and when you do need to get your contacts back, simply copy the pim file back under my device.
If I flash my kaiser rom with a newer one will I lose my contacts, and just need to copy this file back or do my contacts remain untouched?
your contacts will remain the way it was when you copy it.
HUH? So i do need to back them up before I flash the rom or not?
bazzatron said:
HUH? So i do need to back them up before I flash the rom or not?
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Here is also a good idea. If you have Windows Outlook just sync your phone with that and it will place all of your contacts in outlook. That way when you flash to a ROM of your choice you will always have your contacts saved. That's what I do.
copualt3 said:
Here is an easier method with no applications needed.
go to my device and copy the pim file using file explorer and when you do need to get your contacts back, simply copy the pim file back under my device.
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copy pim to storage card and paste it back to my device with your new rom flash.
yes, sprite does back-up your contacts if you specify in it's setting.
but for backing up just the contacts (as my fail-safe plan), i have always used a tiny app called PPCBackupContacts v1.6 authored by the great dotfred which can be found in this forum. it had always worked perfectly 100% each time. you can even select delete all contacts from it and restore the whole database again whenever you please to avoid duplicate contacts when restoring.
i hope this works for you too.
regards,
myownregister
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copy pim to storage card and paste it back to my device with your new rom flash.
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Done that, AND contacts won start any more?????
I use PIM Backup (you can find it here)
copualt3 said:
copy pim to storage card and paste it back to my device with your new rom flash.
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to avoid the shared file error. how do u paste back the copy of the pim file? Pim is locked whenever the phone is on and I can't delete it
I like PIM Backup as well. I use it not only to backup my contacts, but also my call history, ringtones, alarms, and various other custom files and folders. That way, when I flash a new ROM or do a hard reset, I just install my software and then use PIM Backup to restore all my customizations. It's great! And it'll do scheduled backups, so I get a nightly backup without even thinking about it.
Hello all
I have a At&t Tilt
After we sync phone with comp & have contacts on PC
is there a way to save that as a FIle on the computer for backup ?
Cos when i did hard reset & make my phone back to factory settings
& then when I sync the phone again with latop it copys all
contacts from Device to PC & Cleans out all contacts on PC
luckyly I had a Sprite back up
But do want a back up for just my contacts & SMS messages
Any Suggestions ?
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copy pim to storage card and paste it back to my device with your new rom flash.
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hello all, i backup my contact(some contain contact pic) in this way,too, and perfect on my kaiser
KAKTUS CAR said:
Done that, AND contacts won start any more?????
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sometime i met this issue, i repeat the step to cover pim.vol file with ur backup one ,softreset, and u can make the contact work again
Hi guys, here's the thing:
Yesterday I was given my friend's HTC Dream and told to get the CM6.1 working. Since that she used to have a 1.6 ROM called Bonsai. I was told to get as much data from it as possible. The reason to change the ROM was that the phone was unable to import contacts from a SIM card and some other minor problems, so the girl said that Bonsai is crap and she wants to go back to Donut Of course I suggested the CM6.1 instead. I also told her that we can copy the contacts via SIM card reader, upload them to Gmail and get them back to Dream, but she kinda liked the idea of having a working Froyo on her device, but that's not the point.
So what I did was:
1. Titanium backup
2. Nandroid backup
3. New 2.22.28.25 radio, recovery (recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0-cyan).
4. CM 6.1 DS + gapps.
5. Titanium restore.
I restored all of the apps, previously installed on Bonsai, the phone finally started importing the contacts and messages from SIM card, I got all the apps settings and data as well. But I can't get the SMS and MMS messages from the phone's memory back to the inbox...
Is there a way to get them back?
I got the nand backup and the Titanium backup. I didn't set it to run automatically yet, so I think it didn't overwrite the old copy with a new empty one or something Is there a way to recover the messages?
Thank you in advance for any help.
Anyone have an idea?
You are probably hosed. Switching between ROMs sometimes the saved SMS/MMS and Call Log data doesn't get loaded correctly. My guess is they may use a different version (maybe an earlier AOSP release) of the application, so it won't read the backup properly.
I did find other's who's had the problem here.
It does blow, but at least the phone is in working order, right?
EDIT: I was talking with a buddy of mine who dev's for the Vibrant forums (Br1ck'd). He said since you haven't created an additional backup yet, you can go back to the original ROM (Bonsai) and then do a restore. Once the restore is done, use a different SMS backup method (for SMS and for call log) and then reflash to CM 6.1. Then use Titanium Backup to restore all information, and then restore the SMS/Call Log using the respective application.
Thanks for the advice and links, I already though of restoring the 1.6 ROM and trying some other backup method, but I was hoping there is another method.
The CM6 was being used now for few weeks now, so I don't think wiping the call logs and messages AGAIN to restore older ones would be a good idea. Or is it? Will I be able to backup the data (CM6) now, then nand restore (to 1.6), sync the messages in another app (or any PC sync program), go back to CM and somehow sync it again to 'mix' the data?
Or is there any other way to read the messages from Titanium / Nandroid and covert them into any kind of a readable text file? A PC program to read this data from a backup file (without restoring it on the phone) or something?
Okay so I got a droid3 that shut off when i used the slider so I was expecting a new droid3 and thought id take a chance bricking a phone i was gonna send back via fedex anyways.
I rooted the first phone and got titanium backup (free)
I couldn't freeze anything with the free version so I wanted to see if i could delete things I wasn't usually allowed to, BYE BYE BLOCKBUSTER
my new phone is here and I already used the old phone to find what apps i like n wahtnot
before I send the 1st phone back I am trying to put the blockbuster back.
I thought I could back it up with titaniumBU on the new phone and restore it on the 1st D3.... It doesn't seem to be working.
does anyone know how I can restore the blockbuster in the system, I can't even figure out what folder it's suppose to be in or I'd just copy and paste it (if that even works)
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...tware-backup-assistance-dont-wipe-device.html
The guy has a link to where to download the system/app folder, you can take that apk and follow the instructions he has. Should work
i got the back up so i can use the "petes motorola root" tool
it has an unroot option and i downloaded the system restore but it says i have to save it in a certain file on my computer. /restore/ subfolder
where do i have to save this restore folder and do i just name the subfolder "subfolder" im so confused.
Make a folder called restore in the folder your root tools is in, and copy the contents of the dump's system/app directory into that folder
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Wow, I knew it was something simple. I can't believe that's not the first thing I tried
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows how to extract file that created by stock Sony backup and restore utility?
It seems like the file is encrypted as I have to enter password at time of creating them. I need to extract one chat history and restore it manually.
Thanks!
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xerothermic said:
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows how to extract file that created by stock Sony backup and restore utility?
It seems like the file is encrypted as I have to enter password at time of creating them. I need to extract one chat history and restore it manually.
Thanks!
Sent from my LT30at using xda app-developers app
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I too would be grateful to see if anyone has achieved this, i have flashed my phone and i have som app data in an stock backup i would need! =)
hey.
my simple trick to restore my sms messeages from a "Sony backup & Restore"-FullBackup was, that i backuped only the empty messages again to a new Restorepoint. than i replaced the created file with that one from the fullbackup folder. only replace the file and do not delete other files or folders!
when you restore now from the last backup, you will get the content from the fullbackup.
i hope, this will help you ... but you need the Sony backup App for this procedure
I have problem with backup . I've done it while i was on 5.0.2 with system app backup and restore . Now on 5.1.1 with same app i can not restore it back cause they are not compatible... Is there any tricks that could help me here to somehow extract and open files from .semc-fullbackup folder?
Hi guys!
I have a big problem with my backup. I created it in Huawei Backup app and save it in SD card. Now i can't restore messages, call log and even contacts. Password that I'm inputing is correct, because once I tried to input wrong password I get notification about it. Restoring photos, pictures and videos is working properly, but if it comes to contacts or messages it says there is only one contact and one message, but before wiping data I had over 600 contacts and thousands of messages.
What is interesting, size of file named "sms" in HuaweiBackup folder is 84 MB, so I guess all the messages is still there!
I have done backup not once on my P9, but this is first time when I got this problem. Sadly, Huawei Service Center says that something went wrong (like I didn't know that...), and they can't help me. Contacts was not syncronising with Google account...
Please help me
kleofaz said:
Hi guys!
I have a big problem with my backup. I created it in Huawei Backup app and save it in SD card. Now i can't restore messages, call log and even contacts. Password that I'm inputing is correct, because once I tried to input wrong password I get notification about it. Restoring photos, pictures and videos is working properly, but if it comes to contacts or messages it says there is only one contact and one message, but before wiping data I had over 600 contacts and thousands of messages.
What is interesting, size of file named "sms" in HuaweiBackup folder is 84 MB, so I guess all the messages is still there!
I have done backup not once on my P9, but this is first time when I got this problem. Sadly, Huawei Service Center says that something went wrong (like I didn't know that...), and they can't help me. Contacts was not syncronising with Google account...
Please help me
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Are you sure that you are using the same version of Backup app.
Maybe you backed up with the newer and now after wiping and reinstalling you have an older version...
Btw, now is too late, but from Contacts you can also easily export contacts to the VCF file on the SD card, and later import them back
zgfg said:
Are you sure that you are using the same version of Backup app.
Maybe you backed up with the newer and now after wiping and reinstalling you have an older version...
Btw, now is too late, but from Contacts you can also easily export contacts to the VCF file on the SD card, and later import them back
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Excuse me, but I don't understand why it should be too late. I think, as you've stated, the problem is due to that, but I think also that the user could
1) wipe and reinstall the system
2) update Backup app on the PlayStore
3) restore by the backup on the sd card