Hi, see subject.
Can I unlock the bootloader without a concomitant wipe? I don't want to loose contacts and agenda data and don't want to backup first. (My pc doesn't recosnise the p9 thru HiSuite)
Thanks, vicenza
vicenza said:
Hi, see subject.
Can I unlock the bootloader without a concomitant wipe? I don't want to loose contacts and agenda data and don't want to backup first. (My pc doesn't recosnise the p9 thru HiSuite)
Thanks, vicenza
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Unlockung or (re)locking Bootloader triggers low level Factory reset, you cannot avoid it
But you don't need HiSuite, just use the stock Backup app and. make backup to the SD card.
Besides, you can sync/backup your Contacts and Calendar with your Google account, and later sync/restore them back.
You can also export contacts to the CSV file on the SD card, and later import it back
Finally, Calendar and Contacts can be also backed up to the Huawei cloud
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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
copualt3 said:
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 ?
copualt3 said:
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
I always backed up the settings.
After I installed cyanogenmod I restored all my apps using Titanium backup manager.
When I open Go SMS Pro it does not show any of my messages. I tried restoring from previous back ups.
Please help Thanks
Trystan34 said:
I always backed up the settings.
After I installed cyanogenmod I restored all my apps using Titanium backup manager.
When I open Go SMS Pro it does not show any of my messages. I tried restoring from previous back ups.
Please help Thanks
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If you have Titanium Backup Pro....think you can extract from the Nand backup...I would suggest you to try MyPhone Explorer where you can backup your apps, messages and contacts+files to the computer easily via wi-fi, USB, BT as well.
Hope this helps.
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If you have Titanium Backup Pro....think you can extract from the Nand backup...I would suggest you to try MyPhone Explorer where you can backup your apps, messages and contacts+files to the computer easily via wi-fi, USB, BT as well.
Hope this helps.
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I have tried extracting from nandroid and still not appearing.
I had saved a message in private box and it is there but the other messages are not.
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I have tried extracting from nandroid and still not appearing.
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This feature is only with TB Pro and not in the free version.... u have that?
I know I have the pro version and have restored the app from it and it's still not there.
I think I backed up settings and not the actual messages.
I thought titanium backup would restore it though
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I know I have the pro version and have restored the app from it and it's still not there.
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Did u do the batch restore?with apps+user data?how was it?
yes it did not work. On the stock rom there was a app that backed up I think messages, contacts, calander etc. Do you know what it was? Maybe I could use that to get them back?
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yes it did not work. On the stock rom there was a app that backed up I think messages, contacts, calander etc. Do you know what it was? Maybe I could use that to get them back?
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I am not sure if I used it.I agree there was something which used the battery and drained it fast....think the devs removed it as we can use the TB for almost all things....
My sim contacts don't show up in cm also.
Titanium doesn't save sms, at least for Go, I've never had them restored except for private box. The only way is to save them from within Go. Try Appextractor that can retrieve sms from nandroid.
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My sim contacts don't show up in cm also.
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Open the Contacts and I remember there is something to be selected, to show the SIM+Phone contacts....if not, only the phone contacts are only shown. Check the CM thread...you will get some answer there....
BTW perhaps Go just read sms in stock sms app that's why they are not saved by titanium. Try to restore stock sms app's data.
If you backed up the sms you will find them in GOSMS/backup just take the latest backup and paste it into /sdcard/GOSMS/backup/SmsRestore and then from GO SMS app restore the msges.
Hello!
For backup of your SMS, calendar and contacts use MyPhoneExplorer – as already stated - it is free and will backup those including all SMS.
Titanium backup is good for your apps – but since you contact/sms/calendar app has changed it with the update to CM7 – Titanium won’t help you cause it only restores data for specific apps – and if they aren’t there it doesn’t restore the data for them.
As for the contacts from SIM - did you do import from SIM?
Striatum_bdr said:
Titanium doesn't save sms, at least for Go, I've never had them restored except for private box. The only way is to save them from within Go. Try Appextractor that can retrieve sms from nandroid.
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THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! I used Appextractor and it worked!!! You are the best!!
I am so happy now!
Medizinmann said:
Hello!
For backup of your SMS, calendar and contacts use MyPhoneExplorer – as already stated - it is free and will backup those including all SMS.
Titanium backup is good for your apps – but since you contact/sms/calendar app has changed it with the update to CM7 – Titanium won’t help you cause it only restores data for specific apps – and if they aren’t there it doesn’t restore the data for them.
As for the contacts from SIM - did you do import from SIM?
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Yes I have and it says "No contacts on your SIM card." I have tried my sim card in another phone and there is contacts.
I have tried AppExtractor and it restored contacts!! They still not showing from sim though
Hello!
I don't use contacts from SIM since my old Nokia 3210-days - so I don't know any other methods...sorry...
You could try to bluetooth the contact using your other phone - if it is able to or try to export some other format (i.e. vcal).
I used Thunderbird with plugin for vcal to import my old contacts from my SE P1i.
Me too, I use only google sync.
Ok. Thank you for all your help.
I have got them back using AppExtractor. On the stock rom contacts there was a option to import facebook contacts. Is it possible in cm?
Hello!
I don't use facebook - so I will guess...
I am pretty sure it should be automatic if set it up in...
setting > accounts & sync
...if you have installed the facebook app - that is - of course...
When you set it up to sync with calendar/contacts it should do so automatically - at least this is the way it does with my MS Exchange and WhatsApp account.
Hi,
My phone Xperia V, recently update my firmware to 9.1.a.0.492 from 9.1.a.0.490.
Before i do so i use Backup and Restore software in the phone to backup everything on my SD card.
After updated to 9.1.a.0.492, i tried to restore all stuff from SD card, everything restored but only the Contacts can't be restored.
I tried many time and restart my phone too, still no luck. Anyone can help me retrieve my contacts list back? Is there anyway way I view the backup data file on my computer? so at least i can see it and copy them down in other way.
thanks.
are your contacts synced to google account? if so just go sync it back to your phone with your google account.
if nothing else works then i would suggest you start saving all your contacts to google. Best way to keep anything (calendars, contacts, tasks, etc...)
I change phones, root, roms etc.. and i get everything back with just one click. Believe Google! lol
and btw
wrong section, Questions should be posted in "Xperia T, TL, TX, V Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting" section
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I used the backup contacts menu in contacts app, it restores properly with mine..
Hello everyone,
Just updated my actual version to the latest weekly xiaomi eu rom and I lost all my notes (only).
I tried to sync and did not obtain them.
Is there any way to recover them? Tried with some software without success...
Thanks in advance,
Regards.
Anyone in the same situation?
You didn't make a backup of your data partition by any chance?
Or synced them anywhere in the cloud?
Or used Titanium Backup or alike?
What do you mean with losing notes only?
Is data from (all) other apps still there?
Maybe a detailed flashing procedure explanation would also help.
Although I think if you did neither of the backup solutions above, it looks a little hopeless...
Phil_Smith said:
You didn't make a backup of your data partition by any chance?
Or synced them anywhere in the cloud?
Or used Titanium Backup or alike?
What do you mean with losing notes only?
Is data from (all) other apps still there?
Maybe a detailed flashing procedure explanation would also help.
Although I think if you did neither of the backup solutions above, it looks a little hopeless...
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Hello mate, thanks for reply.
I synced all with MIcloud, then upgrade xiaomi.eu version to latest (as always as did to keep all data).
Keep all data of all apps, contacts, images and so on.
Only notes app, it's empty, I started to sync and (seems a bug) all my data has been deleted.
I want to know if is possible to recover the notes...I did not use any backup solution because I always kept my data when upgrade in this way.
Anyone can assist on this? Thanks in advance guys.
Hey, I also thought for once that since I haven't synced my account so my notes might not have saved anywhere.
But I was wrong....
Rather than looking on my trash from the notes app...
I rather go on the chrome browser, log into my Mi account & BOOM !!!
All my notes were there.. Thnx me later
I have always synced my Notes with Mi Cloud and always lost my notes while I factory reset or updated etc because the mi account doesn't retrieve and recover your data back. I logged in to my mi account on browser and it shows empty apps, nothing there, no sync files.
actually there is nothing like Cloud Backup without paid subscription although in my own sense I was always backing up my data to later recover. They want money to backup your data.
HELP]
I lost all my notes, sync with micloud does not retrieve any.
The notes are shown on web version but not synced on the app.It thorws an error(check screenshot)
Device :RN9S rooted Curtana.
Please help
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