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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Iahuff:
Good afternoon,

I’m having an issue with PIMBackup, and was hoping you would be able to assist me.

This morning I backed up my WM 6.0 Dash and a PIMBackup_20080815.pim was added to my phone. I took the PIMBackup_20080815.pim file and saved it to my PC along with the PIMBackup.exe.

I proceeded to upgrade to WM 6.1 and after the install completed, I added PIMBackup_20080815.pim and PIMBackup.exe to the phone. The problem is, when I attempt to do a restore I can’t find the PIMBackup_20080815.pim file. Is this the PIMBackup_20080815.pim the right backup file?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated, thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
I've been using PIM Backup 2.8 with my HTC Touch Diamond (WM 6.1 Pro). I've backed up _everything_ successfully before a ROM flash and restored it afterwards.

Although, I've ran into an issue. My SMS conversations ain't saved... or, I see my OWN messages, but not my friends SMS.

For example a conversation looked like this before:

19:00, Me: Hi! What's up?

19:03, You: I'm drinking tea. Care to join?

19:05, Me: Sounds nice. I like tea. Coming over.

No looks like this:

19:00, Me: Hi! What's up?

19:05, Me: Sounds nice. I like tea. Coming over.

Is there any way I can get my conversation back? :o I'm pretty sure the incoming SMSes is saved in the backup...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
There is a fix I suggested below, it doesn't always work, but it is worth a shot.

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

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1912418&postcount=753 (DotFred's simplified version)

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
Wow, followed your instructions and it certainly did the trick. I'm pressed. Thanks for your time! Now I can keep on flashing my phone w/o crying over lost SMS:es ;)!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Iahuff:
Ok, I attempted to create a new backup file and restore it to the phone, which worked fine. For some reason the old one still won't show up. Is there a compatibility issue with 6.0 and 6.1? Would it be possible to open the .pim backup file on my PC and copy and paste the data into the working backup file?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
I'm experiencing the same problem!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Iahuff:
Seems like I n00bed it up! My old backup file's extension was .pim and not the correct .pib!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
Include in first post?

Hmmm, that might explain some recent issues I had when doing a restore. Should this info be included in the first post until it can be resolved?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
Should be, but I think DotFred has left xda, he has his own site now. I just monitor and re-advise when needed :D

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] allynm:
It seems the 6.1 messaging app performs some sort of sort function on the messages that is apart from what was stored in the DB in 6.0. The trick above only works if the messaging app is *closed* (not minimised). I've noticed when doing this it takes a bit longer for the messaging app to launch after the restore, presumably because it is sorting and filling in the missing fields. I suspect there is an extra field added to the DB within 6.1 and pimbackup might be able to be updated to capture the extra field on backup.

Alternatively, pimbackup could kill the messenger app as part of its messaging restore process...

HTH

Al
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pangyatry:
thx bos. it will help full
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zeb crs:
Hi is there a way to backup Favorites on my Diamond?

Else this is a superb program:-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hsanghavi:
I have noted some problems since I have been using it from a very longtime.

When I had a WM-5 phone it had no problems with PIM backup

When I got a WM-6 and the data from WM-5 was restored if there were some Voicemail numbers preinstalled the Speed dial numbers would not restore. Same thing also happened now between WM-6 and WM-6.1

I have also tried to restore the message from WM-6 would not restoe on WM-6.1 it would show no message backed up.

I think you need to update the version considering WM-6.1 which is the latest.

[Edit]

I have also noted during automatic backup mode the date of the previous days file also changes to the current date. Not the file name but the file date

[EDIT]

Someone below mentioned to clear the temp file settings in PIMBackup and that helps a lot to restore the messages but the other problems still remain.

DOTFRED why are there no updates or clarifications are you busy making a newer version or stopped to update. Please respond atleast all of us are waiting some clarifications and shooting in the dark.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] myshinynewtouch:
pls help - For some reason - my text msg inbox is not getting restored.. i flashed my phone yesterday - didnt like it - went back to my standard operator version - and pimbackup is not restoring my messages - it was working until yesterday with the same operator version - its just restoring my sent messages to both inbox and sent message folders..... pls help....i always do a delete and re-insert and everything works fine usually - but today its not working - same 2.8 version of software - can anyone help me with this....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
Got any solution coming up for this? Would be great if PIM Backup could restore threaded SMS:es upon backup restoration directly, instead of restoring, clearing all SMS:es and then restoring again...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rockhound53:
Hi guys, an girls!?

can i Backup my Contacts from My HTC Kaiser (WinMob 6.0) an restore it on my new HT Touch Diamond (WinMob 6.1) without any Problems? I need only the Contacts, no SMS, eMail or Calendar!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
Should be fine. The only problems I've seen is with restoring SMS.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GuzuGuzu:
Hi, I am looking for support...

I have been using Cingular's WM6.0 3.62 ROM and decided to upgrade to 6.1. I've done a full backup and flashed fine. But... when I got to the point of contacts restore, PPCPIMBackup restores only the first 134 contacts out of 445. I've tried all available options that program offers (i.e. update existing contacts, add only new etc.) and still no effect, only 134 contacts added.

It's pitty, because I have just recently updated many contacts, including contacts photos, and I have deleted all my previous backups I have had (as ppcpimbackup never failed on me and I could not know that something like that will happen).

If anyone can give me a hand how to proceed in this situation, I would greatly appreciate).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
Try flashing back to a WM6.0 ROM and then restoring the contacts. If that works, sync with Active Sync to back them up and upgrade to WM6.1.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GuzuGuzu:
Thanks Dave! I tried and flashed back exact same ROM with WM6.0 from Cingular. Restore process starts, and says that 445 contacts read from file, but it still restores only the first 134.

May be there is another way of extracting the contacts, as messaging, tasks, files restores just fine?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tadasu:
hi, im using WM6.1. i cant open the exe file on my PDA, it says:

The file "PPCPimBackup" cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. If the problem persists, try reinstalling or restoring this file.

any ideas y??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lit2fly:
It doesn't allow you to backup "system" file (it just can't display the file in the "Custom" Screen

Please help!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jldiablo:
question!

hi all,

I'm just getting bored with my WinMo6.0 rom, wanna try some of the exciting WinMo6.1 roms out there, but I don't want to lose any SMS and contacts.

Will this program help me backup all my SMS and contacts from my current WinMo6.0 rom and restore them back to my new WinMo6.1 rom?

thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] GuzuGuzu:
Well, I guess I found it... not the problem, but the reason and I thought I should share it with you...

The reason why the only 134 contacts are restored is... because there aren't any in the file any more...!!! (saw that throug WinHex)

For some reason, PPCpimBackup backed only 134 contacts, and stopped on half way on 135-th contact. The rest, messages, tasks, etc., were backed up very well.

I have another file, made two days earlier, and it has exact same story. I make back-ups every two weeks, but... unfortunately, I have deleted them. My activesync has only 423 contacts, and on the phone I had 445. I guess, I have to remember now who was new...

Of course, it's pity, but what can I say... this program never failed on me in the last 20 months.

2 Dotfred... I don't really know why the program stopped at 134-th contact, but can it be that the file with contacts has gotten too big because of the pictures? I use S2V for storing 240x320 pictures for contacts and I guess I had little over 50 contacts with pictures having in size between 12-22 kb. each.

Fred, if you can do a little research on that, and find a possible problem, I would greatly appreciate that.

Thanks to Fred for his program and to everyone else who was thinking on my problem and tried to help me!

added later on...

well, for those who have a large amount of contacts with pictures, do the following before making a backup. in the program menu before continuing with "Next", untick the option of "Create temp files in memory". The process goes little slower, but you will have a good backup for sure. I have tested it twice already; all contacts were intact.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mexy:
Phew!!!

I forgot to read about this before upgrading to WM6.1 and totally relying on this software to backup my messages and contacts .... thankfully everything worked fine. 591 contacts restored!! Yeiiiiii!!!!

;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mexy:
Hi All,

Unless I'm mistaken, my quick search through the thread revealed that a lot of people were talking about accessing the backuped data using Outlook.

My problem is rather the reverse. I dont sync (and would prefer not to) my phone with outlook. I've had lots of issues in the past with contacts getting deleted, but I would like to get all my calendar appointments onto my phone. Now I read in the user guide that the text back up uses CSV so I was hoping I could just export my calendar info into a CSV file and then import it using the PIM Backup ... unfortunately, either I got it wrong and it doesnt work that way or I did something wrong .... has anyone tried this succesfully?

Thanx for any help.

Cheers

Mexy.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sergio PC:
Works great thanks a millionnnnn.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mexy:
Importing CSV Files

No Ideas for importing CSV files using this software?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cushcalc:
Speed Dial #10 Missing

Using PIM Backup v2.8, on Tilt running WM6.1 (but the following occured with WM6.0 also)

In many Restore's that I've done, log says all Speed Dials restored, but only #1 shows up. In every Restore I can think of, Speed Dial #10 is missing. After doing a Restore, I often have to go back to one particular Restore I've saved that reliably puts all Speed Dials in except #10, and use it to restore Speed Dials only, then I replace #10 by hand. When this Restore runs, the log says it is deleting 14 or 17 or however many, and then indicates successful restore of all Speed Dials.

Anyone else have something similar occur?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] scotchua:
Here is a copy of what i have posted in my thread here: I thought i'd share it in this thread as well, in case you guys don't all browse the Kaiser General forum ;)

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

Since threaded sms arrive with WM6.1 it seems that it has been difficult to get PIM Backup to restore your messages properly threaded on a consistent basis. Now many people will advise you to just delete your sms, but if you are a person who likes to keep them (like myself) then that simply is not an acceptable option. Through a lot of trial and error i have arrived at a process that seems to work well and work consistantly across many roms. Below is a brief tutorial of the steps I follow in order to restore my sms messages using PIM Backup:

You will need Kaisertweak to follow these instructions, and as such i have attached the cab to this post. Please remember to donate the the developers who bring you all of this fine software as a sign of your appreciation for all that they do for you.

Perform the following steps:

1) Disable threading using Kaisertweaks.

2) Kill sms/mms process using task manager (tmail.exe)

3) Restore messages using PIM Backup

4) Open to see they were restored correctly (meaning the right number of messages are in the inbox/outbox)

5) Soft-reset your device.

6) Enable threading using Kaisertweaks.

7) Open sms/mms, if the inbox appears empty then messages start appearing then do nothing as the device is threading your messages. Just wait till it is done. If this is not happening then go to step 8.

8) Kill sms/mms process (tmail.exe) using task manager, and open sms/mms again. This time you should definitely see the message threading.

Please let me know if this works for you, or if you have any suggestions of what to add or how to make this post clearer (for suggestions i'd prefer them by PM)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pauldgroot:
Ah thanks, that worked for me. imported 769 of 780 messages. I don't think i will miss those last 11.

At least a lot better than I had before (around 400 were imported)

Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sledutah:
Wow :eek:

PIM backup was loaded with the rom I just put on my Wizard. I thought I'd give it a try, it backed up everything fast and thought "wow, this is great". Until I tried to get something off my storage card and found that EVERYTHING was deleted :mad::eek::mad:

There was nothing in the program that says you may/will lose any data. I didn't read through all of the post, so this is probably already been covered.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ravenlord:
dotfred, can you optimize PIMBackup for WM6.1, please? It's very slow to start. And if it is possible to increase the speed of job in general.

I have a lot of messages (10000 inbox; 9000 sent) and it's very long to restore all. The process of backup is very faster in comparison to that of restoration.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kastchei:
Hey there. Likewise, I am finding the restore process to 6.1 incredibly slow. I have about 3000 messages and after 4 hours it was only a third finished. I cut the backup files down to about 50 message chucks and currently it's still taking ~20 min. to restore each file.

Thanks for the hard work though! Without it, I wouldn't have any of my messages!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] webdk:
hey guys i am not sure what happens but i made a packup of all my messages/contacts and flashed my phone to Laurentius26_KaiserDiamond_V12. I then updated the version of PIM backup and trying to restore. However it seems the program just "dissapears" while restoring contacts. (most important to me). Also in the old version the was no way to map fields (tab, ; ) Does this have something to do with it? is it possible to extract the contact names into CSV file ? please help
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] yeeeekkk:
can i use pimbackup to transfer contacts and sms/mms from one device to another device. WM6 device to different device wm6.1??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Keland44:
yea it should work without any problems the only thing though is that i think 6.0 to 6.1 there is that i think sms and mms are combined and if you have mms you want to back up you might want to save the mms information (video, pictures, music) using the custom backup feature in PIM so it can be restored when you install on 6.1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hadi8125:
Is there a .CAB version of this anywhere? It would be nice to have it in programs instead of as a .exe file...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheChampJT:
Applications are .exe files, the .cab file would just place the .exe file in your Program Files directory. If your trying to add it to your programs list, create a shortcut of the .exe file under \Windows\Start Menu\Programs.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] greatbal:
One feature I would like to see on this great app is the option to restore just the messages on a a time frame, say FROM DATE - TO DATE.

I love this app. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Orbitter2:
Hello dotfred,

first of all, this app is the best I ever used. It's the only one that is able to backup the contact pictures.

So why I write this message? It's because of your file format. I wish to have an application to edit my contacts on my PC. I'm searching for a datasheet of the MS pim.vol format, but I can't find. Is it possible for you to share your knowlege about this fileformat, or maybe about your file format that I'm able to write an windows application?

waiting for your answer ...

Orbitter2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shootydogthing:
-----Sorry, found a solution to this----
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Clues:
Thanks!

PPCPimBackup is awesome, real time saver, real easy, Thanks!

I wanted to backup a claunch.dat but it wouldn't show, I added it to the list of extensions in the 'add files' screen. So I had to copy one file manually to backup :P sweet.

Delete and overwrite are the defaults, I'd like to have 'add/update' and 'ask before overwrite'. I'd hate to see someone (like me) hit next too fast.... (Easy fix for most of that screen, use arrow down all the way down, autoselects add/update for most things. Doublecheck!)

Thanks again :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] OranGe0:
Thanks ~~ Good Job~~
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] IscreaMan:
Any progress on hacking Arcsoft MMS database and linking SMIL (.dat) attachments to it? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AndreaLarp:
Hi boys..... i need some support.

I'm a Nokia N80.. i have export all my contacts on Outlook express but now with activesync i can't import it in my TyTn.

I look in first post and with this programs it's possible to import a file CSV.... i have exportsall my contacts from outlook express in a .csv file but now how i can do for inport on my pda ??

Thanks for any suggestion.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] InTheAir:
Is there a WindowsXP version ?

HI,

great tool !!! I'm amazed how smoothly and effectively it runs, compared to better known and expensive apps...

One question though: is there a version of the program that runs under windowsXP (or VISTA), just in order to read the backup file ?

I've got my Tytn to be repaired and I need to retrieve info that is in the backup file while not having the device.

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tester2:
my guide to sync contacts

from Sony Ericsson K750i / W800i / D750i

into Windows Mobile using PIM Backup 2.8:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2725973&postcount=7
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] play8oy:
er...is it possible to print the sms once you back it up??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] play8oy:
Hey thx for the software..it's working great. Is there anyway to uninstall this?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Desmondo:
This software is great...it's the only one I use for backup. But....every time I do a hard reset, I lose all of the custom files that I've selected. Are these stored in a file somewhere that can also be backed up? That way, when I do a restore, I don't have to select or remember them all again :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sahuja:
using hyperdragon's oct 2 version(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2737035#post2737035)

I try to install PPC PIM Backup (ver 2.5 or v2.8) both do not install. Error: The file "PPCPIMBackupV2.8_wm2005.cab" cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found.

Any resolutions, i backed up messages from my earlier rom and now i am unable to restore.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Makaveli09:
Hello Dotfred,

Thank you very much for this application. It works like a charm:

I was able to backup and recover my sms within a OS update.

Makaveli
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tiwas2:
Any luck with the MMS backup/restore?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hsanghavi:
Any way to backup the data files of SPB Menu, Splash ID which are created. So we can restore when we change the ROM. We can do it with Sprite Backup but it is too complecated to select just the required files.

Awaiting someones comments and suggestions.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
I wonder this too?

And what about this BIG issue with WM6.1 and threaded messaging?!

Got any solution coming up for this? Would be great if PIM Backup could restore threaded SMS:es upon backup restoration directly, instead of restoring, clearing all SMS:es and then restoring again...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
Have you tried this method for threading: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2607594&postcount=931 ?

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
I guess the same thing can be achieved with many other apps like Diamond Tweak and Advanced Config (disabling threaded SMS) then? The key is just to disable threaded SMS and kill tmail.exe (the messaging process), then activate and (re)start tmail.exe again.

Haven't tried it though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
It seams to have had some success.

Any disable threaded SMS tweak is OK.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
Then, if Fred is aware of this perhaps he can add an option to restore threaded SMS in WM6.1 mode by killing tmail.exe and restart it once the restore is complete? Sounds great to me ;)

Still new that MMS restore function though. Forgot about it yesterday when I flashed to a new ROM, and didn't save my images manually. Well, never mind

^^
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
I don't think he visit's very often. He has his own website now and most work is on there I think.

Ta

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
Double Posted.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sibbor:
I've now been in touch with Frederic. He's busy finishing up with StartMenu 1.6, but will focus on PIM Backup development once it's released. He thought that a new version of PIM Backup won't be released until 2009.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DaveShaw:
That's good to know. Thanks.

Dave
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] studentjunk:
backup notifications

Is there a way of backing up notifications? I am trying to use a program called runeverday, and was trying to figure out how to back up that database.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Amande:
Great tool, thx :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Ravenlord:
Any upgrade of PIM Backup for WM 6.1? With the last builds in particular it's slow a lot and the schedule backup doesn't work correctly.

My rom is this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=437860
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xd1936:
6.1 PIMBKUP works fine for me... None of the above probs. You Rock DF!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] EnsconcE:
How can i make my backup contain the backup settings of PIM? If i put a backup on a clean rom, the backup settings i had on the previous rom are not set. So i have to add al custom items every time i put back a backup. I rather have PIM to restore his own settings. Is this possible? (i have set the settings that start with keep, for instance: keep defined custom items, but on a restore they are not set)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] studentjunk:
Are you running the backup when you schedule it? I believe that is necessary to put the call in the notifications log.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] studentjunk:
The backup schedule and settings are stored in the registry: HKCU\Software\FdcSoft\PPCPimBackup

If you backup everything in those settings, and then restore them, then you will have it. Restore your settings and files, and then afterwards, when you run your backup (which must be run manually once, I believe), be sure to click options\schedule\load schedule, which will load the registry settings