yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] h-u-y:
about a problem of restoring deleted contacts from pim.vol

Dear Dotfred!

I found your PIM Backup application very-very useful (the BEST) for keep data in safe backup. I understand that all of data is stored in pim.vol edb-file. I think you are working through POOM with it. So, has this API functions to manipulate with deleted contacts? My problem is simply stupid: ActiveSync was delete ALL of my contacts when partnership was broken. I’ve open this “empty” pim.vol via HEX-editor and FOUND ALL deleted phone numbers….I think contacts simply marked as deleted and how “unmark” my contacts?

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P.S. I wrote your a letter from stepan_k[at]nt.kirov(dot)ru to your 'dotfred@dotfred.net'
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fatfishycell:
Email account that was restored cannont login

I backed up my email messages then restored without adding the same email display name. I now cannot connect to imap with this gmail account other accounts work fine. It seems as though the password is stored on my device somewhere when I restored and this is overriding the one I enter. Is there a way to clear out account info manually in the registry. This was with version 2.5. I'll try and back up then restore again with the new version see if some how this unsticks it. Any suggestions?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
Email backup restored with issue

I got the same issue. All email backed up and restored, all headers/subject can be seen but no email can be clicked open. Also viewing from TF3D or M2D shows empty content.

My solution (temporary) is to clear all the mailboxes and redownload everything from my GMail.

I hope this bug is fixable.

All in all, SMS and all contacts, call history, etc. works well (email can always be redownloaded, not a big issue for me).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joncgde2:
Does this back up Pocket Informant or other PIM software?

Quick question...

Will PIMBackup work with Pocket Informant, or other PIM software?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Brenee10x:
what Now?

so i installed this on my phone bcause i am getting a replacement due to my memory card reader malfunctioning and many other flaws...i saved the backup in my documents [on the phone]. and saved the folder to my pc. when i get my new phone how do i go about loading the backup data to it? and does this app backup the registry also?

your help and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
Partial investigation (using Sprite backup) shows that email cannot be restored just the content. There should be some registry setting associated to the mailbox that requires to be restored too. So if I restore system using Sprite backup, then restore email (also backed up with Sprite), it will work 100%

Unfortunately, using Sprite (bundled with my Kaiser) it means restoring everything else (system) :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatarasi:
Schedule backup - does not hold

Hi, please, someone help me

I am using v2.8. I am trying to schedule a daily backup at 3am (which I was able to have before the last hard reset). Now, I am having difficulties, it's not holding.

These are the steps I take:

- open app,

- Next

- click on Schedule

- set the proper time

- Validate

- it says ok

- Next - and I make a backup

When I open the app again, and go Next - Schedule, there is no more my 3am scheduled time.

I did even this:

- Options - Schedule - Load, and did another backup (I did it without backup, also), but, still, when I checked my schedule, it was not there.

I checked in Notifications, there is there a SchedBackup, but it's not active.

Please, help me here - I know it did work last week.

thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uiskibum:
check where you tell it to save the backup files, are they showing up (number specified at the time specified)? once you set a schedule you can only see it/modify it be choosing options->Schedule->Load. I've flashed many roms, and had many hard resets and have not had an issue with PIM Backup not working again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatarasi:
ok, let's see:

1. yes, when I make the backup, it shows on top the name: PIMBackup_20090317

2. you say "once you set a schedule you can

only

see it/modify it be choosing options->Schedule->Load" - Does that mean that if I go:

- open application

- Next

- Schedule,

that shouldn't show the scheduled time for my backup (e.g. 3.00 am)? In other words, if I just Load the schedule (in Options), this should be enough, and there is no way to actually verify that the schedule is loaded or not?

Checking Notifications, I see that the 3.00 am appears for PIM, although as Not Active. However, in the same time, the Sprite backup (which is scheduled for 3.30 am), appears also as Not Active, and last night it worked fine. Basically, what I am saying is that I have no idea what "Not Active" means when referring to Notifications. :)

thank you for your answer, please confirm #2, to give me some peace of mind. I like this program too much....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qanda6900:
PIM 2.8

Having a bit of a problem with 2.8, and WM6 on an HTC 6900

As I find, PIM 2.8 does not install, but rather operates as a

self-contained application

from wherever it is located in the device.

Right? :confused:

If so, then the PIM website should clarify that the .exe file does not install the file but rather the file IS the app itself.

NOW, if I wish to remove the app, do I simply delete the application file from the device, and any backups created on the storage card, or is the other files that need to be removed.

Forgive me, but I am a bit dense when it comes to PPCs. Fine with PCs though.:)

Thanks

NEVER MIND, I FIGURED IT OUT. NOTHING TO INSTALL. IT'S THE APP ITSELF THAT IS IN THE ZIP FILE. WORKING OK NOW.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaHiA:
I wonder if v. 2.8 works fine with call log backup on Sonyericsson X1

I have frequently notice that it only backs upto 300 call log entries, nothing more

I'm not sure if its the device/WM fault or PIM backup one's.

Kindly advise
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
Any news here? The only thing I really need is to get a backup of my MMS's.

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
I wanted to check if the email restore issue also affecting OEM ROM and yes, it did. Didn't work also on Kaiser HTC ASIA HK WWE 3.34.721.2.

Just to confirm so that dotfred can look into it. I almost got it work on Josh' new 6.5 ROM, so I'm also wondering if it's specific to 6.1 ..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kwiateusz:
I'm think i may find a bug in that great app. After doing a backup of contacts they birth date is withdrawn by one day. I'm im GMT+1 timezone maybe there is a problem. Someone have that problem too?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cobynano:
HTC-dash MMS

hi,

I'm just wondering if the PIM app works for MMS, I seem to have trouble with that part only.

THanks for the app!! it's been great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
No it doesn't, sorry.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bajok!:
PIM Backup 2.8 on WM6.5 ROM

Hi guys, need help. I can't backup my PIM using this application on WM6.5 ROM. Always saying Internal Error blah blah..., but restoring my backup file from WM6.1 runs smoothly. I've been using this application since WM6 to WM6.1 without any error. This is the best backup software I've ever used... Please help... Thanks in advance...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
I suggest you consult your CHEF. I uses Josh' ROM (6.5) on my Kaiser and I could restore all my PIMs (with exception of the email issue I mentioned .. )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] subzero7:
I just got an iphone and well I had the at&t fuze prior I used this program to back up my contacts on the fuze. Is there any way to view the .pib file on a desktop pc so i can retrieve my contacts? Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Quenteagle:
hi,

I have broken my touch diamond but I would like to retrieve some data in the .pib file.

I opened it with winrar and then I opened contacts_XXXX.pbc with excel.

I can see my contacts' names and their phone number but it is such a mess ! Is there any other way to proceed?

The aim is to put my contacts in Outlook and I don't have another PDA to do so.

Anyone can help me ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] contrabandkarma:
Hi guys,

I'm currently using a HTC Touch Diamond but for some time now PIM Backup has been giving me error messages whenever I try to backup. The messages read something like this:

I get the exact same error message for every single backup component, such as messages, call records, calendar dates etc!

Does anybody have any idea what's wrong?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eren.at:
thanks a lot for this life saver ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] enisdev:
Is this version compatible with wm 6.5 21501 ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] erwinpiero:
All ready try it on Kaiser WM6.5 Joshkosh, everything works fine...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ElectroV:
hi.. i need to recover data from a .csm file.. anyone knows how?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lay200:
CSV file restore

Hi all, Im new here..

Jux bought a HTC P3452 3 mths ago..

I hv a problem. I need to restore back my contacts.:(

However, I only found .csv files. No .pib file available..

Experts out there, can anyone show me some guide how to restore back my contacts??

Thank you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aceldama:
all messages restored but SMS inbox not refreshed [SOLVED]

i don't know how many of you guys have experienced a problem with the restore of your text messages, but i had the problem where the restore completed, but only displayed 1 message per contact in the messages even though all messages have been restored.

after about 12 hours of thinking i managed to fix the issue with a rather strange work-around. following are the steps of what i did:

open your favourite registry editor

navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Inbox\Settings\SMSAvailable

change the DWord value to 0

reboot your device

open your sms messages (will be slow because all the SMS items you have are now being loaded)

go to the same key and set the DWord value to 1

the issue should now be fixed once the OS has loaded

it's weird, but it worked for me. if anyone has a simpler way of making this work (for future reference) please let me know via PM

EDIT

: i'm not entirely sure whether this is relevant, but i'm using the WM6.1 original ROM with O2 UK's TF3D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
Pimbackup gives me Error :(

need something more reliable plz

If anyone remembers Yahoo 2.0 the Old one for PPC

it had a Very nice feature that we could sync the Contacts

I was soooooo happy with that until they came out with 3.0

& took out the sync funtion

Is there any other Freeware to do that ?

dont mind paying for a good software

I just feel i need a Better backup than sync with comp

so i dont need to depend on my comp

Thxs
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] entauba:
PIM Backup crash when restoring speed-dial

Thanks for the great utility for backing up the most important information in my Treo Pro! ... but PIM Backup (v2.8) keeps crashing when I restore my speed-dials.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
Which one do i use ?

wm2005.zip

wm2003se.zip

I have Att Fuze 6.1

Thxs
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
2005.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lrew9999:
Thanks,I like this app pretty much !!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Winshit:
internal error(2)

Hi there,

I had got the same error. Internal error(2) when trying to backup my data. The error was the same, despite of the version 2003Se or wm2005.

After a few tries I found out that i only receive the error when i choose a different destination than my documents to store the file(and a different location [/storage card] is set by default).

So try using my documents as destination for your backup, and tell me if it works.

Best regards, have a nice weekend.

Win****
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
Any Contact back up Software

which will back up Contact Photos

& the Ringtones we set for them too

can it be backed up that way ?

Thxs
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] airmax1234:
Thanks~~i love this software
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LeoDH:
Just want to give some info.

I have no problem with the destination, I can choose to save the backup file anywhere, both in device's memory or SD card. BYW, I'm using Zinc WM 6.1 / 6.5.[/QUOTE]

Yeap, the photos and ringtones can be backed up (and will be able to be restored later) too, along with the contacts which they're set for.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LeoDH:
Thanks for the info. I myself had some experiences of restoring msg using this app. recently and want to share it.

Recently I upgraded my Zinc to WM6.5 and because of that, I had to use the PIMBackup to restore my old msg for the first time (previously I only used it for backup purpose only).

Firstly, I had the same problem like aceldama quoted here. After some failure tries, I guessed the problem might be caused by the threaded mode (the function is given by MS since WM6.1 that allow the sms to be threaded so they can be looked like a conversation).

Based on that guess, I tried to disable the threaded mode before restoring by using the soft Mode SMS (you can see more here). After restoring the old sms, i enabled the thread mode again.

And guess what? All my SMS were back like they used to be :D Although there're still some misarrange sms, the result was great.

So I put it here for some one who have the same problem can give it a shot.

Cheers :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
Threaded SMS

I think this will help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=420564

Also good tips :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=499230

BTW, DotFred,

Question: will the SMS have different format/structure that on Messaging it works, but not on M2D? Do you mind sharing the insight?

I have more detail here
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] raymondub:
Nice tool and i like a lot that you don't have to install it !

but i m trying to restore message without deleting the previous one.

In fact i have 2 Eten x500, so i wanted to backup the sms from the 1st and add them to the 2nd but without deleting the sms from the 2nd..

I tried the different options of restore for the message but all the time it deletes the old sms on the 2nd mobile...

is there any workaround ?

thx !

r.D.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
I want to do a Hard Reset

Will this software restore all my contacts

& its Nots back to my phone ?

Or is there a other safer way to do it ?

thxs
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] D25002011:
I have 4 backups. Now i'm using WM6.5. If I restore the first backup, it takes about 40min and it is oke. When I do the second backup after that, and choose the option to only add the new message it freeze (or something like that) after the first block (in the progress bar). How to fix this so I can restore all my backups? Or is there a way to join the files in Windows. Or view them? It's not super high priority to restore them, but I would like to view them at least.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zecanilis:
Disable Chome and try again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] D25002011:
No difference :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
Can anyone Suggest best Backup for Contacts

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kbcherry:
You have found the best one in this thread. I have been using PIM Backup forever and it is by far the best.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] band27:
I concur, PIM Backup v. 2.8 is very reliable and compatible with all ROMs...;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmckeejr:
Is there anyway to have this autorun after flash/hard reset? That would be the best. Then it would be possible to flash/HR and be set back up with minimal effort. I saw a suggestion for an autorun commandline, but was it ever incorporated? Maybe a mortscript then? Thanks

-jmckeejr
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
Does it also Copy NOTES in the Contact we have

Also there must be some Paid Softwares

that do that, If anyone knows

or used any ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
Problem with SMS across 6.1 and 6.5 - M2D

I backed up my SMS from 6.5 ROM and restored it to 6.1 ROM. After that, the M2D on 6.1 ROM (cooked, not self installed) won't load.

However, the SMS works fine. I'm not sure if Dotfred is willing to check on this, but that's the observation I have.

My original post on the 6.1 ROM thread here

Edit

Fixed:

I clean up my SMS's, saw a lot of Sent item shows as if it's draft item (icon with pencil on it) but it was actually Sent (my wife got it). So I delete a lot of unused item, cleaned up the trash bin and also removed all content from Spam folder (created using MagicCall). Back it up with PPCPimBackup as usual, and flashed Athine Jan 22. Restoring using 'Add only' option (suggested by Anryl) and It works! Now I'm a happy man :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] boril:
spb backup i tried and very impress, since i'm using pim backup for ages ;) but lack of MMS backup :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
thank you :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] troyxlr8:
THANKS HEAPS,

this program is by far the best backup program i have seen and so far is working great!!

:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KYLLC:
Hey guys,

I've got a quick problem....I did a backup in march, named the file March.PIB. I did a hard reset this weekend, and when i try to restore my contacts, i get this:

"The format of the file "\...\...\March.pib" is invalid.

Any help?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CorruptedSanity:
KYLLC,

Try an earlier backup? I hope you created more than one. You may be able to retreive info manually through MS Excel.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] KYLLC:
do i just change the file extention to xls? I dont have a previous backup....oh boy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] athena99:
I have problem since upgrade to WM6.5 with PIM 2.8 When click "Check box" no response. Any idea? Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CorruptedSanity:
Not quite sure, I think you need to find a way for excel to read comma seperated value files (.csm).

In the future, keep the past 4 days' worth of backups. Most backups allow you to select how many backups are kept before overwritten. I usually leave 5, so if yesterday's backup is corrupted for some reason, the day before yesterday should work...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rothferd:
does this work for the diamond? i haven't really found a straight answer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
Check with your chef. It's the ROM, not PPCPimBackup .. I have the same with Josh' earlier 6.5 ..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anagarika:
It should ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anubis.genix:
i can confirm ... it does :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ilordvader:
I have Att Fuze & want to do a Hard reset

After I have done Hard reset

Do I reinstall my Contacts with pim & then Sync with my Comp

cos I also have my contacts Sync with my Laptop

Hope I wont have 2 of each contact

whats the best & safe way to get my Contacts

back after my Hard reset on my phone

Please Help

Thxs
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmckeejr:
Nobody is interested in having all their info restored after hard reset automatically? Or nobody has a suggestion as to parameters to auto restore.

Can we somehow get the cemail.vol from the backup file? If I could do that, then might be possible to autorestore this file and PIM.vol. I think that is the most of it. Thanks for a reply.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chgrbt:
I generally re-syncronize with my PC if I need to restore the Contacts and Appointments after a hard reset or ROM upgrade. I use PPCPimBackup for messages only.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ralfwolf:
First of all, great app. Essential for anyone needing regular pim data backup or doing rom updates. I do have a couple of questions/problems...

This was asked a couple of times but I didn't see any answer. I even read the user guide. :) When I restore a pib with custom files, all the custom files get restored with the read-only attribute set. This seems like an oversight since any file that needs to be backed up will likely *not* be read only so setting them on restore would break things which is what happened to me.

Second thing is it really would be nice to do a self configuration backup of some sort particularly for backup selections, custom files, and schedules. I read the post pointing to the registry entries and I've now got a reg backup using dotfred's other tool taskmgr but that's two separate processes. It'd be great and I think universally desired to backup the configuration of PIMBackup as part of the backup and reinstate during restore.

Third thing is kind of an extension of the second. Would it be possible to include a custom registry backup for apps that store config data completely in registry. FlexMail4 does this and it's a pain to reconfig after flashing a new rom. Flexmail has a config export/import function but it doesn't save things like folder options which is pretty extensive in my case. If PIMBackup had this option, it'd be a total one stop shop kick ass rom flash/migration solution.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] VecH:
Backup from Tomal rom 8.71 (WM6.1)

Restore to Tomal rom 8.90 (Hybrid WM6.1 and WM6.5)

Messages restored

Files restoren

Tasks not restored

Contacts not restored
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Farmer Ted:
Ok, this is a really minor suggestion, but when you're doing a restore, when you select the restore file, 'Done' is the lower left soft button that you need to click. On the next page, where you select which data to restore, the lower left soft button is 'Exit.' Maybe I'm the only person who does this, but when I'm restoring all my pim data, I find it incredibly easy to click 'done' followed immediately by 'exit,' (instead of hitting 'Next>>>'). I was just wondering if the 'Exit' option could be moved, so it's not right where 'Done' was on the previous screen. I know, it's a dumb suggestion, but it would streamline things a bit.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d1359676:
is it possible to backup sms from commadline when sd (with autorun) is inserted?