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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rikyulin:
smsBackup cannot work on 8107?

Thank you for great app.

It worked perfect on my Mozart 7740.

But when I upgraded my phone to 8107, it didn't work anymore.

It say that "Import failed, Cannot copy sms from system".

When i usung "Test", it say that "Cannot get contact index sample".

My phone is HTC Mozart and interop-unlock, all other apps work well.

Please help me, i really need this app!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] X1-owner:
Is it still not possible to back up/restore MMS messages? I haven't tried the latest version, but when I tried an earlier version I couldn't find even the text of my MMS messages in the backed up files. It is of course possible that the entire multimedia message including the attachments are packed together in a compressed BLOB, that could be the reason I cannot search for the text of the MMS.

Anyway, does anyone know if MMS messages can be backed up/restored with this app?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] D@vide:
Here is my string

05-00-00-00-02-00-07-00-A1-03-00-00

Htc Mozart, Nextgen+ 2.6 full (7.10.8107.79)

Thank you :)

D@vide
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] iky10:
Get Contact Index Format

Get Contact Index Format String

01-00-00-00-02-00-07-00-76-07-00-00

Deepshining v7.2

Thanks for great app :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
There are three possibilities:

1. There are no CommsBackup.xml in the corresponding folder, so it can not copy the file.(For exampe, if you flash a new rom, the phone may haven't generated the file)

2. Your CommsBackup.xml is too big, the app can not finish copying within 15 seconds.(this situation is rare, because you run it successfully before)

3. Your phone updated certain HTC update which may break the provisionxml way to copy files.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
It is very common situation. Because windows phone generates the CommsBackup.xml every one or two days or even longer cycle(at random time).

After backup, you can use any IsolateStorage tool to download these files to your computer. For example Windows Phone Power Tools(http://wptools.codeplex.com/)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
We can only restore information stored in store.vol. But the texts and pictures of MMS do not store in store.vol...so we can not restore them.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lordmago:
Hello Shinichi!

First of all thanks for your answers!

I downloaded Windows Power Tools, as you suggested, but when I try to install it, I get this message:"Impossible to install or execute the application. It's necessary to install before the assembly microsoft.visualstudio.ole.interop.dll,

7.1.40304.0 in the global assembly cache.

I was able to find version 7.10.6070.0 of this dll, copied into windows\system32 path. But when I launch command regsvr32 I get that the file was loaded, but the input point DllRegisterServer wasn't found. So the file can't be registered... :eek:

Any suggestion???

Thanks in advance
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rikyulin:
Thank you for your respond.

Maybe the 3rd is my problem. Because i have a HTC update after 8107 update.

2 updates come continuously, and then i cannot using smsBackup anymore.

Do u have any ideas to solve that problem?

I still have a backup before HTC update.

Many thank.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] X1-owner:
OK, so they are not stored in store.vol, but does anyone know where the MMS messages are stored? And if the location is known, is there any chance it could be backed up at least on a fully unlocked ROM?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Maledict:
My string: 01-00-00-00-02-00-07-00-06-03-00-00 ¨

Hope it helps. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] totalcmdext:
I have made the restore of store.vol and PimIndex.vol without any problem.

After sync the phone with the live account, in the people i have the contacts 2 times and the one double isn't possible to delete it.

I didin't have this issue in the past!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
You should sync your accounts before running the restore. The phone stores contacts by association with an account. If you do it in the wrong order, you're adding a bunch of contacts with invalid account info (because that account doesn't exist).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Use Zune (or one of the backup tools) to restore the phone to before the update. That will roll back the HTC firmware.

If you want to get 8107 without the HTC update, and can't do this using Zune (normally you can hit Cancel between updates, but sometimes they are bundled together), use the CAB Update Sender (see the Offical CAB List thread) to just install 8107. You may also need language packs for 8107; a guide is available in the thread. This will probably work just fine, though it might put your phone in a technically unsupported state - at a minimum, if you want to get future updates without receiving the HTC update again, you'll need to install them with the CAB Sender too.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] totalcmdext:
Than you very much for your info's.

It is working with this way!!!!

So OP please change the

Important Note: If you flash a new ROM, please restore store.vol and PimIndex.vol first and then sync live account!

in the first post!!!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
kahiro have made some tests before http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22198889&postcount=95

If you sync with live account first you may encounter some strange problem. For example: photo for contact A will show as contact B (I also had this problem before)

So I'm not sure the order which sync live account first will always work correctly because I have restored successfully in the reverse order.

Anyway, thanks very much for your experience and feedback:). More feedbacks on restoring feature are welcome.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
Odd, that it works better one way sometimes and the other way the rest. Still, I'm glad the problem was resolved. Perhaps it's best to just say that some people will get better results with one order, and other people with the reverse order.

Very odd indeed.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] totalcmdext:
Strange Issue

I am using the application with HD2 (WP7.5)

It isn't possible to import the SMS when the application is start it and also isn't possible to run the TEST.

But the backup/restore of store.vol and PimIndex.vol are working without any problem.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Yes, it is a strange thing. If we restore store.vol and PimIndex.vol first, our primary windows live account doesn't appear in the phone but other accounts such as twitter and facebook are restored and appear. Maybe there still exist other file(s) contains primary account information. We need to find how WP manage accounts and their relationships with contacts.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
After hard reset or flash a new rom, the phone may not generate CommsBackup.xml immediately so it will show "... no sms can be imported".

Maybe there are no index items in your PimIndex.vol.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
Possible to convert WM6.x SMS messages to match CommsBackup.xml format?

shinichi_wtn,

Thank you for this wonderful tool!

I've began using v.0.5 & will be upgrading to v.0.6 to discover the full potential of restoring SMS & contact information across WP7 devices.

I'm exploring the possibility of converting WM6.x SMS database to match the database structure of WP7 according to the CommsBackup.xml format.

Do you know of any way by which I can achieve this goal?

I hope to be able to transfer my wife's SMSs from her WM6.x phone to the Samsung Focus SGH-i917 v.1.3 that I got for her.

Please advise me accordingly.

Thanks!

Konker
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
The CommsBackup.xml format isn't the important one here - what's important is the CE database file that is used to store the messages. While you might be able to get the OS to restore the "CommsBackup" file (one assumes so, or else why does it exist and why is it called "backup"?) I don't think anybody knows how. The actual file that is used for storing messages is a binary database. You can read and write it using the WinCE APIs for accessing such databases, so all you'd need to do is figure out the database structure and write an app that pulls the message from the old phone, puts them in the format WP7's database needs (which would require things like matching contacts and such), and then write it into the database.

Not easy, for sure. Quite probably possible, though.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
Can not find file store.vol [& PimIndex.vol]?

GoodDayToDie, thanks for your feedback.

I've not met with success in restoring the store.vol & PimIndex.vol from my HD7 to the Samsung Focus even when I've copied these files I obtained from my HD7 to the Focus' BackupVols folder.

The app indicated that it 'Can not find file store.vol [& PimIndex.vol]. please make sure you put the store.vol [& PimIndex.vol] in BackupVols folder.'

What could be wrong?

Konker
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] dhruwal:
shinichi_wtn:

Please check this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1530342
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@konker: Unless both phones are using the same primary WLID (i.e. they are both yours) and are connected to the same accounts (mail, LinkedIn, etc.), I can not recommend copying your store.vol to the other phone. It will quite likely break your contacts/People hub in exciting ways.

That said, if you're willing to risk that, we'd be interested to know how it goes. However, I'm not the developer or maintainer of this app, and can't relly help debug an unexpected behavior of it on your phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
GoodDayToDie,

Thanks for pointing that out.

Both the phones are mine & both have been registered with the same WLID.

I wanted to test restoring SMS from my primary device (HD7) to the Samsung Focus. Both of these are currently running DFT Freedom ROMs.

Perhaps I understood wrongly where the IsolateStorage actually is.

I use WMDC enabler to browse the phone's storage & made manual backups from the HD7 & copied them to the Samsung Focus.

Is that correct?

Konker
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Yes. Before you restore, you should install and open SMSBackup app first. Then you can use any IsolateStorage tool to upload your backup store.vol and PimIndex.vol to BackupVols folder of my app's IsolateStorage(09125ea9-95de-469a-aedc-22e35389ab0a).

I've attach an image to show where you should put your backup files, hope you understand.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
Success!

shinichi_wtn,

Thanks for the tip!

I was able to immediately restore the HD7 SMS to the Samsung Focus & the date/time stamp appears to be correct!

I discovered my original email accounts & contacts disappeared. I subsequently restored the PimIndex.vol but that did not bring back the information.

I'm curious when I discovered a sms.xml file in \Applications\Data\09125EA9-95DE-469A-AEDC-22E35389AB0A\Data\IsolatedStore which was all the SMS that was on the Samsung Focus before I restored the Store.vol.

What does that file do?

Konker

Update

:

Got all my emails & contact information back after resetting up the accounts. Did notice the anomaly that was mentioned here, that the contacts are not associated with the SMS in the Messaging Hub even though the contact information is identical. Better than nothing.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] NOOB4ALL:
Hi

thx for da job seems nice

I have some questions :

Does da erased text messages are in da CommsBackup.xml file ?

I try to recover some erased messages

Can the backup be automatic ?

So if i erased a message by mistake without doing backup manually i'll still be able to restore it ?

Thx
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] VNavratil:
Hi, I uploaded my backup on the skydrive in txt. only, but I dont know how to restore them. Or if I backuped them correctly. Is it possible to restore sms´s with txt. only?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
The TXT & XML files are merely for backup purposes only. The utility is currently not capable of using this data to restore the SMS. For that, you would have to use the Restore function in the Backup & Restore menu & place the store.vol (& PimIndex.vol) in the location shinichi_wtn showed a few post back.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kahiro:
same contact linking problems

hi shinichi,

tried v0.6 but still have the same problem as previously. tried to restore both before and after syncing and same problem. duplicate contacts created in the people hub but when clicked on nothing happen. I guess these are coming from the backup. Also problem with wrong contact photos being assigned.

anyway, my contact index using the test option is 05-00-00-00-02-00-07-00-59-00-00-00. hope you can find the solution soon as this is one of the most need tools for us flash junkies.

keep up the good work. thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
CommsBackup.xml is generated by the phone every day or every two days but not at regular time. So it is very likely to have your deleted messages because new CommsBackup.xml is not generated yet. But the real database store.vol never contains your deleted messages(erase it immediately after you delete), so can not restore them.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Yes, restore feature is not perfect at now. Since we do not know how WP manage accounts and other infos, so different problems may happen after restoring. But at least we can keep our sms in the computer:)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] jcsy:
OK

I am using 0.7

I selected BACKUP STORE.VOL

I navigvate into here;

\Applications\Data\09125ea9-95de-469a-aedc-22e35389ab0a\Data\IsolatedStore\BackupVols

I can see this file now, store.vol

so I copy paste this (within windows) to my Laptop

and when I want to restore, I restore it to

\Applications\Data\09125ea9-95de-469a-aedc-22e35389ab0a\Data\IsolatedStore\BackupVols

and upload the store.vol there

(using Windows Phone Device Manager, or any Isolated Storage explorer)

and now enter the app, and select "RESTORE.VOL" correct?

honestly, i think these instructions would be easier ^_^

and also, not so technical (though I understand that there are many technicalities prior to 0.7 version :) )

good job mate

going to give this a go :D

43 thanks, 44 posts

AWESOME :)

on another note, i just restored store.vol , after syncing live account

do i need to backup and restore the pimindex? i just need my SMS's
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lordmago:
Numbers don't add up after backup

Hello all

Yesterday I made backup of store.vol and pimindex.vol with 0.6 version, because I wanted to install different custom rom (from NewTech 8107 22L TU to Dynamics7 v1.0 8107, for HTC 7 Pro). Then I made backup in my pc using Wp7EasyBackup.

I installed ROM, new 0.7 version and all other application using Reinstaller (this imply I set up my Wi-Fi connection and Live account to download from marketplace).

Then I restored files backup in my pc with Wp7EasyBackup.

I started SMSBackup V0.7 to restore store.vol and pimindex.vol and most recent sms I found was 19/02/2012!!! :confused: and yesterday was 10/03/2012... :eek:

Did anyone experienced something like this??
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
Are you sure you can use Wp7EasyBackup to restore your ROM backup to a new ROM? I use the same utility but not across different ROM. I cannot comment on the date/time stamp though. I successfully restored the Store.vol & PimIndex.vol from my HD7 to my Samsung Focus (v.1.3) & the date/time stamp was preserved. Only issue I observed was the SMS did not associate with the contact database thus I was not able to view my contact's SMS from within the contact...but this is expected.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] andreacorti:
I have a problem.. it worked correctly 'till some weeks ago.. then.. I opened it and "error copying messages" or "import failed no sms to import"... also manualy refreshing.

I have an Omnia 7 interop unlock on 8107.

I'm able to copy manually with WP7 root tools the store.vol or the commsbackup file.. but sms backup doesn't work anymore...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lordmago:
Hello konker!

This wasn't a ROM backup but applications' backup: in fact, I had a look into each directory in my laptop and found IsolatedStore directory for each application with content inside... :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
That is very strange...& definitely not the intended design of this application (as far as I've understood & used it)!

If you look at C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Phone Update\Device_ID\RestorePoint\RestorePoint_ID\Data, you will find that the data folder contains files that are labelled Data.X.dat & Data.X.dat.hash. These are pieces of the ROM image that the application backsup & store at the exact location where Zune would store the backup image.

I'm not aware that this application is capable of backing up applications & data wholesale in situ.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] 转身沧桑:
must be supported.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
@andreacorti: Did you recently update your phone? You may have installed Samsung's KK2 firmware update (for some phones, it installs at the same time as 8107 if you update using Zune). This update breaks the way that homebrew apps have been using provxml on Samsung phones (which this app uses to copy the message store files). I don't know if there's a work-around for Samsung phones currently.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] andreacorti:
actually, no.

I installed the 8107 with the cab posted here some months ago.

if I installed that samsung update, why WP7RootTools is still working? :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lordmago:
Sorry... I wrote the wrong application name... I used WPV App Data Backup...

Too much work is melting me... :o
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
Make sense now!

That make sense now!

And I'm not aware of this app. Thanks for introducing it to me. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] soapbox23:
Restore report

just wanted to report some things that happened while using v0.7 (not sure if these were reported already or not)

I followed the tutorial on page 1: (backed up store.vol and Pimindex.vol to my computer) flashed Pdaimatejam's v7.5 rom (Mango, not the new Tango one) and restored the files to BackupVols folder. I immediately rebooted, and re-synced my live account as instructed but I noticed my Facebook account said "Attention Required" and my Google account was missing. I deleted the facebook account, and re-added it without a problem. With Google though, I re-created it, but kept giving me an error code and saying "Attention Required". Some of my contact's photos were also messed up.

I left my phone overnight, and when I woke in the morning my Google account synced fine and everything was back to normal. Strange. Also all my text messages were there (minus the MMS pictures) so I'd say mission accomplished!

Thanks to the Dev(s) for their hard work! Was waiting for this feature. Now I think I 'll use Mango over ICS :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] konker:
Got the 'Attention Required' too

I too experienced the 'Attention Required' warning repeated for one of my Google accounts. It also kept prompting me for my password even though I knew with absolute certainty that I have entered the password correctly.

I decided to login to that Google account using my computer browser & I was greeted with a prompt to ascertain my identity because according to the webpage, my account was recently accessed from another region other than the one I usually login from. After clearing that hurdle, I was able to login fine & almost instantly, the 'Attention Required' warning in phone went away.

So, I guess there is a temporary blockage in my affected Google account that was preventing my phone from logging in & syncing data with the Google server. Looking up the error code might have helped but I did not bother.

Konker
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] toshy971:
Hi,

I have a problem since the update to V0.7, I get this error message : "Import failed, No sms to import"

Please help me.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kevyn82:
Thanks to Heathcliff74, now it is possible to extract SMS also from LG optimus 7, using this app and granting root access with WP7 Root Tool 0.9!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] xyap:
Phone number mistaken by contact name

When exporting as a text file to skydrive, one telephone number is mistaken by a contact name not associated with this number. As I can see only one telephone number is affected.

Thx
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] darthveda:
I had flashed the new tango ROM for the focus and then restored the store.vol and pimindex.vol; this messed up the whole contact list, at first i thought it was the ROM then read through this thread and realized it was my actions of restoration :D

After syncing all accounts - windows live, facebook, exchange, google, hotmail. I restored the store.vol and immediately after reboot, the exchange/google/hotmail accounts went missing. I can still see the contacts in list but they don't open. The calendars still have the remainders from these non-existing accounts. All the contacts were also jumbled up.

I then restored the pimindex.vol and rebooted, this restored the order of contact list but not the missing accounts and non-working contacts.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] dremelofdeath:
I'm actually having the exact same problem. I believe that I am only interop-unlocked on a Samsung Focus (gen1) and I'm on AT&T with OS version 7.10.7720.68.

I'm thinking about trying 0.6 and seeing what happens. I'll update the thread if I do.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RezzZ:
hmm same here, it just stopped working..

Trophy with unlocked mango (thanx to ansar)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Diggia:
With WP7 root tools i can backup my sms but i can't backup "store.vol" and "pimindex.vol". Is the same for you ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
The app currently use provxml way to copy file, so backup "store.vol" and "pimindex.vol" will not work on LG phones, Samsung phones with 8107 KK2 update and also second generation phones.

Currently you can backup these file through WP7 Root Tools or other file browser manually. In the next version, I'll first try to use native file operation function to achieve this(this will work on fully-unlock roms and phones compatible with WP7 Root Tools) and then old provxml way.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
In some certain conditions, my current algorithm to match number to contact may fail and lead to wrong matches. For example, number 10086 is not your contact, but number 086 is in your contacts. Then contact of 10086 will be recognized as 086's contact.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Diggia:
THX for your useful reply. I know there are some problems with LG ProvXML. I hope and wait for the next version of SMSBackup. So you suggest to backup these files manually. Is it possibile with WP7 Root Tools ? Can you write me the path of these two files ? THX in advance ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MMauro:
Import XML?

Hi!

Thanks for your great work!

Is there any chance to import a previosuly created XML or TXT file?

Thanks in advance,

Mauro.
[Motorola Atrix 2] RickNY1971:
Curious if anyone knows if the Standard Dock with Rapid Wall Charger for the Droid Bionic (89497N) will work with the Atrix 2?

The reason I ask is because it seems that one of the other dock accessories is made to be compatible with both phones ("Motorola 89508N Battery Dock with HW4X Battery and Rapid Wall Charger for DROID BIONIC and ATRIX 2)

Anyone have any luck with this?

Thanks,

Rick