yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] faz3ah:
You can select the folders, thats right, but still don't get the sent messages in that folder. Thats killing me :mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] huangcer:
It's will be greater to Trans this App. into more languages, And I'll honoure for this job.……and however , I'm free!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uran235:
about when will mms restore be possible?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nickhoge:
Very nice piece of software, really helped me out here :) thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fldude:
I wasn't able to restore my SMS's and get them to show using PIM Backup and using the trick. They would always be shown as being there but not show up in the threads. So what I did was restore them, disable the threading through the registry and then move the Inbox to a temporary folder. Then I moved the Sent Items to a second temporary folder. I turned threading back on and then moved the items from the temporary folder into Sent Items and then into Inbox. I had to move them back to Sent Items first or it didn't work.

The messages still are not threaded by date properly, but at least I have access to them and can use the threading without having hidden SMS's. Worse case scenario I can just turn off threading if I need to.

Anyway, I tried and restore a few (Inbox and Sent Items) by date order like you said and it does seem that is the key to getting the messages threaded properly. It was a pain because you have to switch back and forth between the two and check the date and time manually but it worked. I actually probably would have given it a shot as I don't have a ton of SMS's. But I tried making a backup after my test and clearing my messages and the same thing (messed up dates threading) happened on the restore, so I don't want to go through that much work and have to do it over again in case I need to flash a new rom.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LeoDH:
It seems a great backup app., going to give it a try :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bhannemann:
I used to use this on my Touch, but now I have a Q9c and the screen is a much different shape. Some of the options are impossible to see on the screen now. The program seems to work fine, but is pretty difficult to use because of this. Is there a setting for WM6 standard vs. professional? Or should I use another program?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] babaq:
I wonder - is the software still maintained? I had some notes and ideas and I sent them to this forum and after some time even to the author's e-mail, but till now I have no reply... So I would like to know if the author will address the problem(s?) which are still here.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] t0mmyr:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=66752&d=1200914604
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bhannemann:
That is the version for 2003SE phones, not WM5 or 6. It has the same interface and doesn't support some of the newer backup features. Because it has the same interface, it retains the problem I mentioned of not being built for the wider, but shorter screen.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blausand:
Is PimBackUp the simpliest way to get SMS on my PC?

Hi dotfred, and thanks for your engagement!

I can't believe mircosoft delivers a Pocket OS without transfer functionality other than via f**king outlook! And i can't even access my SD-card without installing ActiveSync on someone else's computer, right? Do you know an alternative to that? I tried to separate the RNDIS-driver, but failed so far.

So, i am really happy to have found PimBackup as

"THE ONLY TOOL TO GET MY INFORMATION IN MY PC WITHOUT OUTLOOK."

Thanks!

Maybe you could give us a better freeware alternative to synchronizing with mozilla thunderbird/sunbird? The free finchsync is not handy, and birdiesync is a commercial product.

However, keep up the good work!!

blausand, Germany
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] d199068j:
Version compatibilites

Hi,

Just USPL'd my XDA to 4.02 TouchFlo with Pim Backup v2.8 from 3.01 TouchFlo with (I think) Pim Backup v2.6(?). However, now I can't see my old backups on the SD card to restore all my data (aaarrrrggghhh!)

Anyone any ideas of how to get this data back! :eek:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drakkahn:
Try Wm5torage http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=349143
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dillsnik:
I am not sure what i am missing, but i feel as if active sync restores all of my pertinent information after i flash or hard reset. Besides the messages, what will this app help me with?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
For starters you can also backup:

*Files / Folders

*Call History (you'll be suprised how much ou miss it, if you always dial from your history).

If you don't own an Microsoft based PC this will be very useful indeed.

And of course, just as a backup incase your PST gets shagged. Outlook is like that sometimes :D

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dillsnik:
I don't dial from history that much, I think the 2 biggest things I'd like restored after a hard reset are my personal settings and tweaks (custom ringtones, choices for alarms and tones and such) and my MMS...but it looks as if that is the thing that doesn't work:eek:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
For your settings/tweaks have a look at UC by Sleuth255.

Just make sure your ROM is UC compliant.

Ta,

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blausand:
@drakkahn: You are just an angel, just an angel are you. And to make it clear: mircosoft is just the devil again, for dropping those basic functionalitites - en masse and on purpose ;(

Include WM5torage by Ingvarr with all that ROMs and toprank it in every forum!

PS for everybody: WM5torage makes the SDcard available on every Computer as a normal USB-drive, just WITHOUT activeSünd OR ANY OTHER DRIVER!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tobias1981:
After restoring my backup there is one unread SMS in the folder, it is from "unknown" and arrived at the time and date when I restored the file. I can not delete this file. Why?

How can I get rid of this single message? It now always appears at the today screen and drives me crazy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] propagandax:
This is the best backup program i have ever used. The only issue I have is when i sync with activesync after performing the PIM backup i get duplicate everything.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mrnamster:
:eek:

That would be awesome!

I manually run PIM Backup after flashing EVERYTIME and if SDAutoRun can automatically execute PIM Backup and run a restore command then that would save us a LOT of time!

Something like:

EXEC:\Storage Card\PIM Backup.exe \Storage Card\PIMBackup.pib

in sdconfig.txt

Cheers!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dc_striker:
anyone else have this problem when restoring everything it sends the last text message
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blausand:
use .pib.zip instead of .pib!

I strongly suggest not to use a custom extension for data accessible in a standard way.

Here's the situation that makes the problem clear:

I backupped my Pim.vol with PimBackUp onto my SD-card.

I flashed my phone, but had no time for proper restoration.

Two minutes before scheduled arrival, i got lost somewhere in Ruhr Area -

I needed a phone number, which was only in the Backup.pib

Opening with the built-in Zipper could have been easy, if only renaming wasn't restricted to the trunc of the filename!

I had no chance to get to the content of the pib.

So: Why not using a double file name extension like .pib.zip as used with linux?

That would keep the possibility to distinguish matching zip files from foreign ones,

without blocking access for Zipper Software.

Greets,

blausand
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] niobos:
You are describing a problem with the Ms File Explorer (not being able to change the extention) and the Ms Zip-program (not being able to open arbitrary files); this is NOT a problem of PimBackup.

And to give some counter-examples: .odt (the open-document text file) is also a .zip, but isn't named that way to avoid confusion.

FYI: TotalCommander (free) DOES allow to change the file-extention.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] denap:
Not 100% a PIMbackup question but I'm trying the follwoing...

I flashed a xv6700 from the original AKU to verizons 3.3. I saved off the original pim.vol thinking I could simply restore it...

I've tried to copy the old (good) PIM back to the device, soft reset and then PIMbackup to try and use that backup to restore the contents. It looks like everything *but* the contacts are restored. So it seems like the backup is talking to the Contacts app (which can't read the file) rather than reading the db directly?

Any ideas/advice as to how to get my contacts out of a pre-3.3 pim.vol?

many thanks...

-Tom
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lauraine:
I really hope someone here can help me!

I have a .csv file with messages on my laptop (backup from Missing Sync)... Is there a way to restore these on my device (HTC Touch) ???

Please help me! I need my messages back!!!

Bye :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jckf:
I backed up my messages (SMS, MMS and Mails) before flashing a new ROM. But now when I want to restore I get a message that tells me the profile "MMS" doesn't exist, so the messages can't be restored. This is because on my previous version of WMobile I had two accounts for these (one for MMS and one for SMS), but now I have one called "SMS / MMS". How can I restore my MMS to this new profile?

EDIT: I partially solved this by creating a mail account called MMS, so now I've got my old messages restored. Only problem is that I now have two MMS accounts. One with new messages and one with old. How can I move them between the two?

EDIT2: MMS messages in an mail account won't work. They get listed, but aren't readable.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Vibein:
Hi,

Has any one worked out how to view/read the mms attachment folder contents?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hav0c:
Is there a way to see the data in the backup file when your pocket pc is not working anymore?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jckf:
I'm bumping this. Don't kill me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shadeyhk:
Version 2.8 - Restoring SMS - from WM6.0 rom to WM6.1 rom

dotfred

First of all thank you for such an excellent piece of software.

Issue [1/2]

= = = = = =

I am sorry to report I am having some problems with the (sms) restore process

I was using a WM6 [OS 5.2.1938 Build 18538.0.7.0] (without sms threading) rom previously and backed up everything and (1051) sms messages in particular with pim backup 2.8 . . .

After moving to the new WM6.1 [5.2.19209 Build 19209.1.0.2] (with sms threading, but turned off in registry) rom, i found it was not possible to restore every single sms, many were skipped and I couldn't find them in the sms account folders . . .

= = = BACKUP FILE = = =

(1051 records found in file)

+ [ ] Text Messages

- - - [ ] Deleted Items (4)

- - - [ ] Drafts (1)

- + - [ ] Inbox (99)

- - - - - - [ ] Backup (504)

- + - [ ] Sent Items (188)

- - - - - - [ ] Backup (255)

= = = After the restore = = =

+ [ ] Text Messages

- - - [ ] Deleted Items (4/4)

- - - [ ] Drafts (1/1)

- + - [ ] Inbox (99/99)

- - - - - - [ ] Backup (504/504)

- + - [ ] Sent Items (58/188)

- - - - - - [ ] Backup (0/255)

For some reason . . .

the messages in

/sent items

were only partially restored and

the messages in

/sent items/backup

were not restored at all . . .

If I understand correctly, the backup process parses the file from head to bottom, so it restores everything from the first few folders until it seems to have run out of space to restore the items at the end of the process

but I never had a issue with how many test messages I could restore before, in the past I could restore more than 1600 text messages, this times its only 1051

This has never happened to me before when I backup in WM5 and restoring to WM6 roms

So i am assuming it has an issue with the threading options in the WM6.1 rom, but I am just hazarding a guess.

Are there quick changes I make to resolve this, like registry changes

Issue [1/2]

= = = = = =

I tried to be clever and restore only the "

/inbox/backup

" and "

/sent items/backup

" but then I noticed that I cannot select any sub folders (

/backup

) without having to select the primary folder (

/inbox

or

/sent items

), (neither can you select the primary folder (e.g.

/inbox

) without being forced to select the sub folder (e.g.

/inbox/backup

"

Is it possible to make a selection of the primary folder without force selecting the sub folder(s) or vice versa ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
Hi,

This is a problem with Threaded SMS in WM6.1

Have you tried this workaround of mine for WM6.1 restores. It does not always work, but I found that in some cases it would restore my messages in WM6.1

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1903404&postcount=749

@DotFred, I know your busy but if you don't have time to support this app, might it be worth chucking it on source forge and opening it to the community. This WM6.1 issue is a real ball ache for some.

Thanks

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lover:
Dear dotfred there is a serious issue with PIMBackup

when i restore the my PIMs i can not run Garmin Mobile XT anymore

and it gives me this error or it close itself after opening

i think it is caused of a menu in contacts which garmin creates to send coordinates to!!!

Edited: only if i choose to restore my sms this issue would happen
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] carlisle:
Some issues with 2.8

Hi guys,

Two problems I am having. Firstly, i use the software to backup sms and emails so they can be viewed on my pc. Hence i convert them from the csv file to an excel sheet. Now the two problems:

1) The body of emails does not show at all; and

2) Some sms's are randomly placed with no date or name, just the body of the text.

Anyone have any solutions?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nuron:
The previous time I tried to restore my threaded messages, it worked but now it doesn't. dotfred, are there any updates on this issue? This really sucks I've been reinstalling my ROMs and following the 'trick' steps for about 6 hours back and forth now to no avail...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] carlisle:
Also, the program exits when you try to save emails with attachments!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Wesociety:
Does not work on HTC s620/Excalibur/Dash

It looks like this program does not work at all on the HTC s620/Excalibur/Dash.

The program will not fit the screen correctly (320x240) and there is no option to adjust the view.

The app also fails to add data to the backup file for all data types. Example error: "The contacts file "\Application Data\Volatile\contacts_20080519.pbc" couldn't be added to the backup file, an internal error (2) occurred."

I have emailed dotfred and asked him to support the Dash screen resolution. Hopefully he can fix the errors as well.

Sorry s620 users, but for now it looks like we are stuck with using Outlook/Exchange & ActiveSync again. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] stoker:
great suggestion!!!

+1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mastersm13:
Treaded message problem

I'm having the same problem, this is a great app. In the interim does anyone know another app that does backup threaded text messages?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kerryshen:
It's a very nice tools. I like it.:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lasombra79:
This worked for me

Thanks. This worked perfectly for me
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ThunderRoad:
Anybody knows how to translate the strings of this fantastic app ????

I have translated the menus, but I can't see the strings...:confused::confused:

Thanks,
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jansfotos:
restore, lege e-mails

Dag, ik heb PIM backup gebruikt. Nu na restore zijn alle terug gezette mails leeg. In het overzicht van bijv de in box wordt wel de grotte van het mailtje an gegeven maar als ik die open is het een blanco mailtje. Iemand een idee hoe ik dit kan oplossen?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
In English please.

Forum Rules - Naked Chicks

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] joncgde2:
Message Threading

hmm yes i have had the same problem... it worked for me ONCE... but then you know how it is - you get tempted to flash and flash again, and after that threaded messages never worked again :(

what seems to happen is all the inbox items are located at the VERY TOP of the conversation... and the outbox items are at the BOTTOM

that's why people see only their responses

so looks like it's not threading them through

although, strangely enough, it worked for me once :confused:

i've tried another 5 times to no avail however... go figure

EDIT: i got it to work again! hooray!

seems like the issue MIGHT be for those of us that have the date format differently, e.g. 15 June in short form as 15/6, NOT 6/15 :p

i selected the correct date in the initial start sequence, and then restored straight away

only AFTER THAT did i change the format around

i haven't flashed again to make sure this works, because i'm worried it's a once-off and it won't work again :P but if anyone else has the same issue, might be worth trying

cheers

jon
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] leopardone:
delete this post. sorry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chevy454:
when i try to restore my files its get stuck in the middle of the process..any reason why thins keep happening
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mccune:
You might provide the reader with some extra info.

What has changed?

Did you try a partial restore?

Are you restoring on a different device?

Maybe a different ROM?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chevy454:
i backed the files up when i had a rom from dutty now i trying to restore them on the L26 Kaiser_Diamond V7
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nuron:
jon, can you explain how you got it to work more in depth? I had the same problem, worked once and never again...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jpflaw00:
Problem restoring calendar.

When I try to restore my appointments it gives me the error "Invalid appointments backup file type, Nothing done." Is there anything I can do or is there some kind of incompatibility issue between the calendar of wm 6 & vm 6.1?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] prototypedc:
how long did u wait some times it hands but it will pick back up after a few mins
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] imanextreme:
I installed the TNT Mar 17 Touchflo rom and then changed to a Diamond rom and now i can't restore the info I backed up from the touchflo rom....the backups have different extentions?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marciton:
There is no way to backup the account configuration itself?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 7s7:
Thanks Man, this has been driving me buggy, After Flash or Clear Cache (before original restore, or just cleared out all mail) went to regional settings, changed date format to d/M/yy, restarted PPC, then did a restore. Now have threaded SMS's in correct order. Then was able to change date format to whatever I wanted.

Yea!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sponzert:
Can the developer make this Beautiful program ready for the HTC Diamond? As it is now it only recognize one button and i and many others would like to have all the buttons again. At least the four buttons ad the front. (phone green, phone red etc) Please make this work because i miss my HButton :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
You might be better asking here: http://www.dotfred.net/

I'm not sure how ofter DotFred visits xda devs anymore.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] solomhamada:
hello every one ..

i love this app and have been using it embedded in many roms .. and it's great

though .. i'm now in terrible need to edit the pib file on my pc .. i'm looking for a certain name backed up .. but i dont know which file .. i have been backing up .. and now i have more than 20 files .. and i cant just check them one by one .. it's gonna take days

is there any way to help!

thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ssj5trunks:
Hi, I have the HTC Hermes (TyTN) with WM6 and i want buy the new Diamond.

If I save my PIM Backup from TyTN and copy the backup file to Diamond I restore all my Contacts, Appointments, SMS, ecc???

Bye
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lonchik:
Feature request:

For scheduled backups, add option to automatically email the backup to some address (possibly using one of the messaging accounts if it is possible to force connect and send). This way it will be a true backup, available offline from device perspective.

On a different note, why would daily backup file size vary between 2.10MB & 5.42MB? E.g. here is a sample of few consecutive days ..., 4.41, 4.41, 2.10, 4.29, 4.41, 3.86, 3.86, ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Develon:
It works great.

Thanks for the good work!

Regards,

Iver
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spinonino:
Problems Saving SMS and MMS

HI,

I'm having a problem with my NEW DIAMOND and I need to save all of my SMS , BUT there is a BIG PROBLEM, PASSWORD OF DEVICE it's not more recognize by the system so I need some one who helps me to find a correct folder to manually save sms or something to unlock DIAMOND with WM6!

Thanks so much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spinonino:
Problems saving SMS on my HTC DIAMOND

HI,

I'm having a problem with my NEW DIAMOND and I need to save all of my SMS , BUT there is a BIG PROBLEM, PASSWORD OF DEVICE it's not more recognize by the system so I need some one who helps me to find a correct folder to manually save sms or something to unlock DIAMOND with WM6!

Thanks so much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DeathAxe:
I have a feature request: Can you please turn all strings into resources? I wanted to translate PIM Backup to German, by extracting all the resources from the exe-file and creating a new *.mui with localized strings. I unfortunatelly had to discover not all of them appeared in german after translation, so I guess some of them are hard coded? Please change this. Thank you very much.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiki010:
THANK YOU!!

:cool:Thanks for sharing!!:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Chaos287:
help

So ive backed up my messages and extracted the .csm file. How exactly am i able to view them on my PC? Help would be much appreciated, THANKS!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pg1:
This a great tool. Thanks a lot
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] YanK34:
Is it possible to extract my contacts from a pim backup file ?

I rename pib to zip and i can see a contacts_20080407.pbc.

Is it possible to create vcf files with pbc file ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jon20usa:
Great program!!! Thanks so much.

I couldn't even get other programs (that you have to pay for) to work. This was a life saver.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gregoryx:
... been meaning to ask: does this back up signatures in WM6.1?

Haven't had a chance to try and see.

Tested it for the basics when upgrading a phone recently and it worked nicely. Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hamansan:
Yup..i totally agreed. This program is a live saver.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pitt71:
Insert Prog

Hi,

thank you for this fantastic program

How can i insert it into the "program" list of my diamond?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scotchua:
Under options it says "create shortcut"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CorruptedSanity:
Would be very kind of you to make it compatible with HTC Diamond.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djcedrr:
Hello!

The soft is great, thanks! I still have a problem though, only 166 messages would be backed up, on WM6 (TNYYNT 017), whereas it was working just fine with my old WM5... Any guess? (and the backup process takes like 20 min!!!)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Little_Boy:
Hi,

I have a problem, i use wm6.1 tnt.19213 and pim backup work later, But now i want backup and NEXT button in the second page is not enable. please help me