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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pupakota:
nope, but i experienced nonexistent TICKS IN checkboxes(i mean i can tick things, but i cannot see them ticked), which is wm 6.5 bug, someone even had solution, but i lost it(sth with adding position to wm res with reshack, etc)..

it is not occuring in ANY of 6.1 roms i made, and with EVERY 6.5, and 6.5.x i tried.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kainppc6700:
SMS BACKUP AND RESTORE Reply

Hey there all, it's 2 Bunny again.

A lot of you may remember the Diamond repair disaster of October 2011, when I managed to break the screen while attempting a repair. At this point, it just wasn't worth it to fix, and I ended up getting a Samsung Epic on a whim. It's a decent device (with a custom ROM, that is ;)), and ended up working out better for what I planned to use it for than I would've thought, but I still haven't completed the "migration" process completely. I have managed to sync my contacts and tasks and calendars (kind of) with various (lousy) sync "soulutions" for Android, but one thing I have not yet managed to move to the Epic yet would be my messages. I knew I had an older (but very much working) backup of my SMSes from one of my favorite Windows Mobile programs called PIM Backup. After a little reading, I found you could rename that ".PIB" file into a ".ZIP", which ended up working just fine. I was able to find a file inside with my messages backed up called "msgs_[date].PBM".

The question now would be, how can I get that msgs_xyz.PBM file migrated into Android? I have a program on Android called "SMS backup and restore" which takes XML files, so I was wondering if maybe there was software that could organize and convert PBM files into the XML files that "SMS Backup and Restore" is hungry for to help me get my old messages back.

Thanks.

- 2B
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
2B:

you can try to open the msg-file with a text editor.

case 1: the file was not saved in plain text but in binary mode (which is of course the faster way to backup).

solution 1: then you would have to investigate how WinMo saves their files, and work out an application that converts the binary file to plain text. [EDDIT/ADD] since dotfreds PimBackup is able to do the same on your device, maybe he could give some help here

solution 2: restore your old pim file to a windows mobile phone, and then backup again, with unselected "binary backup" checkbox.[EDIT/ADD] to receive the plain text file

move on with case 2

case 2: you can open it successfully in a text editor and you can actually read all the messages.

solution 1: write an app / batch / whatever-you-are-able-to-work-with to make an xml patterned file.

solution 2: look for an application that can do that
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kainppc6700:
SMS IMPORT AND EXPORT Reply

Thanks. My experiment led me to finding that all my messages were actually in plain text when I opened that file in notepad, although I discovered that between every single letter was a space, and between every word were three spaces, and they didn't appear to be in any kind of organization whatsoever. Just to make sure, I checked the XML files that "SMS backup and restore" in Android had created for my more current messages, and it looked quite different (and very organized).

I'm guessing that with this I'll need to do "solution 2". I've never built a program or batch before, and I'm not sure if anyone has really made one. Maybe this is a long shot here, but are there any other Windows Mobile SMS export software? I have access to a spare Windows Mobile device for experimenting with that if anyone has any ideas.

Thanks.

- 2B

PSUpdate: I did a bit more reading, and someone had actually created a program to do just what I'm looking for, described in this blog post. Unfortunately, I get the infamous "'python' is not recognized as an internal or external..." blah blah blah problem when I try to run it from the command prompt. Some further research led me to modifying the template in this program and exporting from there. I will try this tomorrow, but I'm still curious what the community had to think.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] krispp:
thank you, update now
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
the blog seems to be a good solution, maybe you try to get python working on your machine.

cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pupakota:
..unicode...

i told you.

open it in total commander(on pc), press f3 then choose menu, options, unicode.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ramkal:
hello

I got a backup in windows mobile with PIM Backup.

Now, How does I open my file (pib) in Android ?

Meanwhile, I'm not used of import Gmail , because was not possible

plz help me
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] soyab0007:
thanx it was great
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
new version available

at PIM Backup Website
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 2 Bunny:
NEW VERSION OF PIM BACKUP Reply

That's great. If I ever need to do any backup or restore work with my Windows Mobile devices, that'll be a great start.

+1

- 2 Bunny
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
Some great updates, just a shame so many people have moved on.

Will be loading this on my hd2 WM6.5.3 powered device & having some fun the old way :-D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
seems not to work on my HD mini (WM 6.5.3),

neither the 6.5.3 version nor 6.5 version.

it seems to load , but doesn't show up and the phone lags a lot.

Task manager shows it as a process, taking up to 90% of CPU usage.

:silly:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pupakota:
awesome.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jb789:
I have not tried the newer release, but maybe you've got to clear out everything from an older release 1st? Not sure if any prefs get written to the registry.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
New version works on my HD2.

Menu could be better & option at end would be best put in main selection at start of backup, also backing up sent message folders would be good.

Backup hangs at gprs backing up if select option for GPRS settings backup.

All in all a great tool & even better to see it still being worked on ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pupakota:
works perfectly.

some may have ****ty ROM's, and ****ty pseudoPDA's, that's all.

PIMB reg removal is not neccesary, if there's ANY reg to remove.

even so, it should be compatible(or replaced by this version).

both 6.1 and 6.5 versions run fine on 21916(it is not surprising at all ,imho).

f android, wp7 and salarymen, that's all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anon1811:
the list of new features is amazing and it's great to see that development has not stopped yet. The only thing that I'd love to see is the new version 3.0 with the old UI. The new interface confuses me somehow. :silly:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pupakota:
agree, classic is classic.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] philioma:
i was using omnia i900 and i back up my contacts using pimbackup. my omnia i900 got dead and unable to be repaired so i purchased Nokia x2 as temporary mobile.

i want to ask that is their any mean to restore my contacts form pimbackup file (.pib) to nokia x2??

any help will be appreciated in advance

regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jb789:
This info should help some:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455309

Getting your info out of the pib file is relatively easy. Your biggest hurdle will be figuring out what the X2 offers in terms of sync. Worst case, you type it in from scratch.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gringosbe:
thnx dude
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SAbboushi:
Export to XML seems to crash and close PIM Backup

Tried to export Appointments and Call logs to XML file. The export begins, and then PIM Backup closes

The xml files only have a few lines in them:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<Appointments Count="9">

<Appointment Item="1">

<Subject>Greg Pin</Subject>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<Calls Count="300">

<Call Item="1">

Exporting to csv works fine... any thoughts on what the problem might be?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
new version available (3.10)

at PIM Backup Website

---------- Post added at 10:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:40 PM ----------

And this time it's not working either.

task manager shows just a process of PimB, that needs about 90 to 100 percent of CPU;

maybe dotFred implemented something like a startup routine that collects information or sth. ?? dunno:eek:

I hope you guys enjoy the new release.:good:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
new version available (3.20)

at PIM Backup Website
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YoLoLo:
Nice to see some more development onto WM machines...

Please, note that 3.2.0.1 is out
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Larry Brent:
Where is it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
3.2 is the 3.2.0.1 as downloaded & tested myself. wm6.5 below ...

http://www.dotfred.net/PIM/FdcSoft_Pim_Backup_wm6.5_v3.2.zip

http://www.dotfred.net/PIM/FdcSoft_Pim_Backup_wm6.5_v3.2_cab.zip
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Larry Brent:
Thougt there is a new version available, i did not realize that the version 3.2.0 on dotfreds website is the same as 3.2.0.1

thx :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
new version

new version available (3.30)

at PIM Backup Website
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cyberdyne:
Am I the only one who has problems with the new version(s). I still have to test if it is only 3.3.0.1 or all the 3.x versions.

When I start PPC Pim Backup the first time it shows up and then it does not only looses focus (the last activ program should get the focus) but gives focus to the starting page of Manila. Now I can use a Taskmanager to give it the focus back or I can start it a second time. With PPC Pim Backup already running in background starting it again will just give it the focus. When closing the program or killing it with a taskmanager the next start it will give focus to Manila again.

Tested with HTC Rhodium (Energy ROM / WM 6.5.5 + Manila3D) and HTC Kaiser (My own ROM / WEH 6.5 + Manila2D).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cyberdyne:
I did some more testing:

This bug occurs with all 3.x versions of PPC PIM Backup. I have tested 3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 for WM65. I also tested 3.3 for WM6 and 3.3 for WM5. All of them change focus to Manila todayscreen if not already running in background.

I also tested version 2.85 and that works like a charm without this bug!

Please let me know if everyone has this problem, if I am the only one with this problem or if it depends on something like ROM language, WM version or something like that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] poyensa:
yes it hapens to my Leo WM653. Also with new df task manager.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cyberdyne:
Is noone else using this tool?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
latest version works fine for me in term of launching & staying as active window on ROM in sig.

Don't use PIMbackup much as much prefer spb for pim backup & contacts are also backed up via other software to more versatile vcf format.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khali34374:
my backup contact when import to new phone is chinese character.

please help me. i'm using s4 now.. I' improting my contact backup file but all its charact is chinese character..how to change it no my normal character? another thing. all my messages backup, didn't work when import to my s4..how to make it?

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i use it..but when try to backup to android..not working.. how to fix it? do you have the spb for pim backup & contacts software?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
Message format is wrong for import to android so would need to be altered or other solutions such as sprite migrate.

Contacts is generally simple & many many tools are available to save contacts & use vcard format for easy import to new device.

Do a search on this as loads of threads & solutions are already written.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] -Jonny-:
Happens with me too. My ROM in sig.

Bit naff, but I get around it by using a mortscript

Run( "\Windows\PPCPimBackup.exe" )
WaitFor( "PIM Backup", 10 )
Show( "PIM Backup" )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AxxlPPC:
Greatest Tool for Backup EVER ! (Windows Mobile)

PIM BACKUP 2.85: ABSOLUTELY the GREATEST app of its kind !

I have tested several others in order to move al SMS from one WM6.1 device to other WM6.5. I have to manage more than 10 000 SMSes.

I spend more than two days in only reading and testing. Started with Power SMS as its backups was made in minutes.

Power SMS 1.3 did only the Inbox and did it for.. 8 hours !

And after fter that I found it is not possible to join newer SMSes to already restores ones (also the missing Sent items).

Nor iMobile neither IWM tool were able to do this.

Only PIM Backup 2.85 had this option.

And did the resore of the same 10 000+ SMSes in some 15 minutes.

the only lack was that the Call Logs was restored without their addressees (i.e. as anonymous), so I deleted them. But that was not my point, at the end !

Hats Off !

for you: DotFred !

I have just one general question:

Am I right, in thinking, that versions 3.xx and above are NOT compatible with Windows Mobile (5.0 + 6.x) phones, but only with Windows Mobile Professional devices (as noted at the site's description) ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] przemke:
Dude, I am sorry for you. Are you a no-lifer ? How come you want to keep your 10 000 sms ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
Best option for complete sms and mms backup of all folders including sent etc is SPB Backup

PIM Backup is a great tool & for free no complaints but does not do all I need hence why I use SPB ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cheque:
new version available (3.5)

at PIM Backup Website
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mister B:
v3.61 is latest (says 3.6 on site but downloads are 3.61), worth checking out > http://www.dotfred.net/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dan1967:
Speeddial no's

dotfred

I have solved my speeddial restore issue using this:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms890552.aspx

I made a cab with everything I need and runs perfectly!

Hope it helps for others too.

dan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheSmoker:
Hello,

Please correct the zip file as it is corrupted. I've tried with 7zip, Total Commander and Windows Explorer and all reported the archive corrupt.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allynm:
Call history under WM6 issues

When restoring call history under WM6, the history associated with each person becomes disassociated with the contact for that same person.

- Prior calls (before the time of restoration), appear under call history with the contact name, yet selecting these calls does not pull up the contact - it only pulls up the history common to that name (not the contact).

- Future calls sent / received are filed under the contact call history.

End result - there is a 'split' that begins at the point where the backup was restored. Future calls are filed in a different group than the previous calls. User has to look in 2 places to see the complete call history. Once a past and future call exists, there will be 2 grouped entries under call history when looking up that person - one for the prior calls and one for the future calls. Attempting to 'add contact' from a prior call as to try and relink both groups of calls does not work.

Each time call history is backed up / restored, all calls that were within the contact are shifted / added to the same name under call history, meaning that the split begins again the next time a call to/from that person is made.

I believe the cause is the way WM6 handles call history, as it integrates it with the contacts database. The links are broken when backing up / restoring the call history - I suspect that since PIMBackup is restoring some of the contact-specific fields, WM6 thinks the contact is already linked, and therefore takes no further action.

I've managed to manually work around this by backing up everything, deleting all contacts, backing up call history (now missing contact names), restoring contacts, then finally restoring the call history backup (made without names). Call history will then re-associate the numbers with their contacts, refiling them all under the contacts' call history (if you are quick, you can actually watch the history list change from numbers to names).

Possible solution - a check box for restoring call history options, where if checked, the extra name/other data is specifically ommitted from the restore. As an alternative, this could be an automatic feature for WM6.

Hope this info helps improve PIMBackup.

Al Malventano, ETC, USN
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zgembo:
@dotfred:

First, thank you for your great software! Keep up the good work.

There is one small bug with contact backup /restore. It only seems to appear on Japanese ROMS, where some contact fields (last name, first name & company) info have "Yomi" field (way of reading of Chinese characters). This info is important for sorting the names in contact list and should be preserved as well...

Good luck!

Z
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] greyhavens:
dotfred, help. i would really like to download pimbackup however, the link is dead. pls pls hope you can upload it again. thanks in advance.

or hope you can email it at greyhavens2004@yahoo.com.

thanks in advance. really appreciate it. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Hi Al,

Thanks for your findings, (bugs reports , explanation, tips...) I will see what should be changed in WM6, in order to avoid that problem.

Best regards,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Hi Z,

You're right, I'm deeply sorry for this. I forgot that part. I will add it to next release.

Cheers,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Hi Al,

Once again, thanks for the discovery of the bug and work around.

I checked in the DB what was left after the deletion of the contact, and I successfully managed to reproduce what you've done. So the call logs will be fixed in next release.

Cheers,

Fred

btw.: if you could find a solution for the speed dials, it would be great!:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Hi dan,

Can you provide a sample, so I can check, maybe this could be a solution if I cannot find any other.

Thanks,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lpsi2000:
I guess I never ran into this issue because I normally sync my contacts via activesync then restore only the history. But I suppose, I could have just restore the contacts first then go back and restore the history.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dan1967:
sure Fred,

here it is;

just add the other needed, get into a cab (or simply keep as xml) and basta! Key is the entry no. in speed dial list.

Hope is useful!

dan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allynm:
I'm glad to be able to contribute! Do you have an ETA on the next version? I stand ready to try it out. :)

Al
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
I hope before the end of the week, but I want to fix a lot, so I'm not sure if it will be available so soon.:(

- fix in CSV parser

- fix for appointments

- Yomi included for contacts

- fix for call logs in WM6

Cheers,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] capzicco:
Tha backup don't 'backup' my contacts! All other like appointmente, task sms mms yes but It stop at my first contact.

I'm usin p3600 italian rom (original) Any help ? I like to update to the new rom but I beware to lost my 330 contacts.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Hi capzicco,

This is the first time I hear such a thing?!?! I could imagine a restore doesn't work, but a backup, that's strange.

Which rom do you have, are you using another pim manager, do you have anything special in the first contact? Which version of Pim backup are you using? Can you backup your contacts with PPCBckpContacts (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1033173)?

Cheers,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] capzicco:
I'm using the 1.5 and even ppcbackup halt on my first contact.... it stop (like your prog) on my first contact. any hint ?

I'm using spb mobileshell, pockebreeze 5.2 and agenda fusion
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marnnoi:
Thank you very much, this backup program has saved me tons of space. As I have about 8000 messages in my inbox (taking a large space from my memory) which slow down my pocket pc a lot!! I am quite a slow learner, so I am just wondering if there is any way that I could move these text messages to my laptop?

best regards,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] capzicco:
All resolved. I just leave the proggy to work it took 1 hour to backup all my contacts. Is the time ok ?

Let me know
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allynm:
Fred,

Noticed some more potential issues:

#1 - I've got a set of Tasks that absolutely refuses to restore. I get nothing but the following:

Preparing restore...

Starting tasks restore...

Retrieving file records... (this takes a few seconds)

Valid tasks CSV header format.

Retrieving file records...

0 record found in file.

No tasks found. Nothing done

Restore ended successfully in 00:00:03.052

There are no tasks on the device. I've tried the following:

- Deleted all other files from the zip (other than tasks), and attempted restoring. (this is where I discovered the additional issue below).

- Tried to restore a much older backup (also tried using PIM Backup 1.1)

Neither of the above worked. I've opened the CST file and the contents appear valid. I'm willing to send the CST file, but I'd rather not post it openly to the forum if possible.

#2 - The file dates present in the zip file are offset by one month (i.e. when renamed to .zip and opened with winrar, the files within the backup are dated for may, though they do properly appear within PIM Backup's restore dialog).

HTH

Al
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] netbars:
Hi Fred

Thank you for the really great tool!

Only a few comments/feature requests

1/ An option to find .txt files in restore file lookup. In current version i have to rename .txt or .csv file to .scs (contact), .csl and so on.

2/ Ability to save mapping scheme. Or an option to automatically map names like FirstName, First_Name and First Name.

3/ /strange bug/ Imported contacts from a txt file are named Unknown in Contacts.... But if you tap on them they display correct name inside.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marnnoi:
well, i tried using the program to backup my sms,

it tooks me 7 hours to finish the whole thing,

there are 8600 messages in my inbox, is the time okay? or its too slow?

ps. anyways, thanks again for such a nice program!!:cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
The file created by PIM backup with extension .pib is just a zip file. Inside you will find the different backup items you made. Each .cs file inside the .pib is a comma separated value file type so text file in UNICODE so every language is supported. Just take whatever you want to save on your laptop this way.

Cheers,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Thanks dan,

I solved the problem using your solution and it seems to work, but the restore part is a little bit slow, because I update each speed dial one at the time.

Cheers,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
No, it is too long, but I don't have so many contacts....

Normally backup is faster than restore, but it surely depends on several factors:

- the contents for each contact (picture takes time)

- the free memory available when doing backup (if too few, the system will swap, which slows down the backup process)

- the speed of the access to the sd card (write/flush)

Bear in mind that it is a text based backup, so it is much much slower than a binary backup.

Cheers,

Fred
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dotfred:
Hi Al,

I made only simple tests for tasks and it worked so far, so I don't know, I have to check...

Well, try with new version 1.6, tell me, because I made some modifications.

If the problems still appear, you can send me the cst file to dotfred@dotfred.net

Cheers,

Fred