yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Legend Themes and Apps] qzem:
Does any one know how to make a theme (apk) that will work with theme chooser? Or does any one knows for some nice themes? Any links would be great. I found some nice themes on EVO section, but they are onl for HDPI devices.
[Legend Themes and Apps] [Jules]:
Have you checked the XDA-developers forum?
[Legend Themes and Apps] qzem:
Thanks Jules! Ofcourse I've been searching on xda, but silly me haven't search under T-mobile theme engine, only Theme chooser.
[Legend Themes and Apps] waterpolo:
Some HDPI themes can be used on our MDPI device.

I have the following themes installed:

Rover

T-MO ENGINE Themes

You can find more on the Android Development and Hacking [Android Themes] forum.
[Legend Themes and Apps] qzem:
Thanks for the links, themes under first link are awsome :). I just want you to ask if you have orginal DPI settings (which is 160), or you have modified it on a lower number?
[Legend Themes and Apps] waterpolo:
I didn't anything. I installed the Theme and apply this with the Theme Manager.

Only the right side of the notification area is not correct (small black rectangle)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jamietuffen:
I have noticed that there is an android update 2.3 out. What is it called? I am currently running froyo android 2.2.1 mod version froydvillain 1.7. What does the new update have that the 2.2 does not?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] fulltank:
Gingerbread...

Refined the user interface, improved the soft keyboard and copy/paste features, and added support for NFC....
[Hero, G2 Touch General] jamietuffen:
Awsome. Would you recomend swapping from froyo to gingerbread? And if so are there any recomended roms to use?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] iHero96:
Froyo now is faster on our Hero...

But you can try Cronos Ginger is quite fast and frequently update
[Hero, G2 Touch General] bigsatan:
you can also give a try to Elelinux :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=932377
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arranmc182:
I will second that i have found Cronos Ginger to be the fastest and most stable out and i have tried CyanogenMod 7 but it just didn't feel as clean.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backstor:
Hey guys,

its me again :).

I have a simple question maybe anyone knows bout it.

First of all, like always i searched like ****.

I have the darkyS v9.3 and a speedmodkernel.

Now i tried to get my Samsung i9000, work with Kies 2.0.

But in the uper Corner, its just trying to get Connection, i let it search about 10min now.

When i do it on with just USB its connecting imediately.

Thx 4 sa HelP.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sean2476:
Kies is **** mate so don't worry about it. Kies connects for me on Darkys 9.3 rom
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Kies its a known problem and i never found an actual workaround bar a different computer .

However its no loss as you can do everything without Kies and the only reason for Kies is the genuine firmware update route and you have locked yourself out of that with non genuine rom anyway .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Backstor:
Hi @all.

ThankZ for all those Answeres so i see clear now :D.

Is there another good Software with wich i can sync stuff?

Cuz i find it better to copy stuff over such an Software.

If there´s not, then it wouldnt be a prob :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sean2476:
Titanium back up

Clockwork recoveryMod

SMS back up and restore

Export your contacts to the external sd card or sync them with Gmail.

Now delete Kies as its ****!
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MoxFulder_CH:
Hello !

I root my tab using z4root. I want to install a recovery, if possible using Rom Manager. I have no windows computer, so no knies or odin possible.

I have to choose between a US Provider (T-mo, At&t, etc). My tab is unbranded and there is no sim lock. Is it safe to use "T-mo" or another one to install a recovery?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rangercaptain:
From the market? That recovery isn't a complete version. There's no way you can download a kernal that will flash the recovery? Like overcome or mocado?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloggan:
Hello

Some days ago my Galaxy S got stolen, but I made a full backup a week back.

Now my problem is to open the .sbu files, since Kies wont open em, without a android device connected to the computer, it seems.

I have tried to search google and samsungs site for information,with no result.

Does anyone know an alternative way to open the .sbu files so I get the most important backup'ed up data back, such as contacts and images?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sloggan:
No one who has a clue? I really need the informations in the backup file.. its weird u cant open it without a phone connected to the computer :S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kf999:
In my opinion, this is just one more place where samsung is a bit **** (pardon my french). Same happened to me. I backed up my Galaxy S last week, and this weekend it was lost/stolen. Now I'm stuck with some .sbu files that won't open. I want to avoid having to reverse engineer those damn .sbu files, but hope is fading.

I've just called Samsung Support, and the dude on the phone apologetically explained that it's only possible to restore this information to a new Samsung phone, there's no other tool to extract the information from these files. I told him this was pretty useless, and he agreed.

In addition, I fear the backups are pretty incomplete, and I think a lot of stuff won't be restored.

I hope someone reads my samsung review and buys something other than a samsung, to be honest. Just my way of getting back at them for wasting a lot of my time.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] armomurha:
I had this problem, because I changed the firmware to CyanogenMod and did not want to change back.

As I could not find any program to do this (only this or similar threads), I wrote small "program" (targetted for my self) to extract contacts (VCard data) from SBU file. It actually does not extract the file just finds VCard start and end tags, and writes VCard items into file (or files). This generated VCard-file can be used to import contacts to phone.

I only needed the contacts, so this "program" is not capable extracting anything else. It should not be hard trick to extract the file as it seems to be somekind of uncompressed archive file with UTF-16 encoding.

To execute the program you need Java JDK as the attached package contains only the source file. Detailled compile and execution instructions inside the file.

Hopefully this helps someone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donstylez:
Thanks!! took me awhile to figure out, but it did what it was supposed to do!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4rK.F0rcE:
Can you please explain what you did? I downloaded JDK, but still don't know how to open it...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brijir:
Me too please.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D4rK.F0rcE:
What a coincidence, the last version of kies gives you the opportunity to recover backups although you have a not supported firmware, see where to download it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1278347
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcnqw:
Eureka!

I found that running Kies Restore does a seemingly complete .sbu file extraction to a temporary directory such as:

C:\Users\{LogonName}\Documents\samsung\Kies\sbu\temp\{NumberID}\{Files Extracted}

One can copy the files one seeks from there.

I hope this helps some people!

It is a shame this is such a crummy part of the Samsung Galaxy S2 Experience that is not user friendly, is not efficient, and does not work well enough.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wetwetwater:
Thanks for the brilliant tip! Managed to get my media files out from the .sbu

I backed up using kies, after restoring, the media files were missing. Sigh..

Another disappointed(a little bit) S2 user.

Thanks again!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennydk87:
Hey I got a .sbu file from a backup from a Samsung Galaxy S, and I would like to extract the files from the .sbu file, and I dont got a phone to restore it on to. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dzakic:
Awesome! Thanks heaps. A colleague made a full backup (310MB) but the restore only extracts 10KB contacts onto his Galaxy S. We used this trick to save all his photos, and apparently his marriage ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarianG:
Hello,

I also encountered an problem with an i9100 while I backuped it when the phone has 2.3.3 version and after I upgrade it to 2.3.5 I can't make restore to it :(

I also take a look into the the temporary folder and I saw all the informations but the phonebook is in bk extension exactly like this: 'phonebook.bk'

How can I restore this contacts?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psallitesapienter:
Very nice little program!! I finally got my contacts back! If you have any further findings in how to open the .sbu file, please share them with everybody!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
Thanks, you only ever posted this but it just helped me.

Fantastic effort.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CovXX:
dose anyone know how to get sms back? i went to skyicecream sandwhich and it wont put back my texts or anything besides contacts and music
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KevIRL:
Help with the java program

Anyone who isnt sure how to use the brilliant little program for extracting Vcards here is a tutorial I found.

mobilecon.info/restore-data-inside-sbu-file-using-kies.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morfinrider:
Unable to use Kies Restore

--------

Apologies for sounding noob, but how can I run "Kies Restore"? My phone has gone for repairs and I need to get contacts out of the .sbu file. I am running Kies version 2.1.1.11124_17 and it does not give any "Restore" option, unless a phone is connected. Can someone help? Should I try an older/specific version of Kies?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
Just use the application in this thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] koooowweeee:
does anyone know if the newer versions of kies fixes this?

2.1-2.2

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] levon1905:
Hi thank you for your information.

uuhm i actually did everything what you said but i dont understand how to execute. please could you help me.

by the way i have a backup with media files and contacts but i just need the contacts. is there maybe an other way to get the contacts except using kies or ssv cardextractor?

thanks anyway :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
You run it from the command line.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] everon3336:
Execute SSVCardExtractor

Hi there I have the same problem as most people here.

I have downloaded the SSVCardExtractor and followd the instructions of mobilecon.info/restore-data-inside-sbu-file-using-kies.html[/url] website.

but when I run the command "javac SSVCardExtractor.java" it gives me the following error message.

"SSVCardExtractor.java:40: error: error while writing VCardWriter: SSCardExtractor$VCardWriter.class <Acces denied>

private interface VCard Writer

1 error"

I would like to use the temp method, but i have kies installed on my MACbook.

Can someone help me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toinso:
everon3336, I was having the same problem as you, so I ran the Command prompt as administrator and now I can get to the next step but am getting "Error: Could not find or load main class SSVCardExtractor.java" upon entering the following:

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03\bin>java SSVCardExtractor.java 20120412T154306

.sbu output.vcf

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thehangman:
I recently had a freak incident with my phone and it is not useable anymore. I had made a backup previously using KIES and have a .sbu file.

However, after much searching, I was only able to extract my contacts from the file using the java tool found here. I need other data in the .sbu file such as memos, smses and photos but KIES does not give me the option to restore without a phone. :mad: I am using the latest version of KIES (2.3).

Would be great if someone can direct me to a tool to extract all the other data. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hsotnas:
This is AWESOME. Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marc18:
where with the .vcf file be extracted to one this process is done ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speyer:
SBU Smasung File Format

SBU file - need to open the sbu file and pull out my contacts -my outlook data contact file corrupted and i only have an old backup. i gave my phone to my daughter. she's out of town.

i'm not a techie so i need a laymans fix - anyone know? Samsung can not help - you need the "same" phone to restore.

do not ask me to download the Java SDK file and extract. I'm to old to figure this out -

---------- Post added 3rd May 2012 at 12:13 AM ---------- Previous post was 2nd May 2012 at 11:48 PM ----------

Whoever replied to my thread - appreciate the feedback. As I said, I'm not a techie so don't ask me to download Java SDK's and run scripts and codes. I downloaded the newest Kies version - you still need the or a phone. I don't have it. And even then according to Samsung the restore option will restore to the Samsung device without a preview. I need the info before the restore. That's why I need to find a way to extract the SBU file to get to my contacts. I guess I have to wait until someone writes an extracting or conversion application.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zodiaxe66:
Can't help with I never use lies myself.I do the backup directly to PC or to dropbox.

Next time just copy your files to a folder on your pc .I named the folder galaxy.but u can name it whatever
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diggia:
Same problem for me too. I need to open the .sbu files because i installed the Clean Blank ROM in my S2 and now Kies doesn't connect to my device....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sharkster1021:
i too am curious as to how to extract an sbu file using Kies. Recently backed up via Kies and upgraded to Resurrection Remix v1.8.1 and only managed to restore contacts using the info on this thread (which is still great so thank you)...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caravagio:
Nobody use Kies as a backup... don't you never hear about Titanium Backup for programs and Google account for synchronize contacts!!! Use it and you never will loose again contacts/programs installed.

best regards...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahbazmi1:
as learnt from other forum, please take out your sim card and then connect your mobile to the computer and then open kies. it will definitely work as it worked for me and able to restore my contacts
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
THANKSS !!

Youre just so awesome :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C.Balboa:
I really tried to recover my contacts from sbu file using java but i cant do it, i read some pc cant do that cause several windows issues. i need your help, anyone can do this for me please?

This is my mail c.balboa3@gmail.com

I really need my contacts back, thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
I'm willing to help you but it will be later today.

Is that rat file your sbu?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C.Balboa:
I had to compress it cause i could not upload a sbu file.

Thanks you so much
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
OK. I'll try to get this done for you tonight.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leenukes:
Done and emailed to you.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mambros84:
Hi,

i can't get my contacts back with this method.i get the following error :

"SSVCardExtractor.java:40: error: error while writing VcardWriter: SSVCardExtractor$VCardWriter.class <access denied>

private interface VCardWriter <

1 error"

i'm using windows 7 64bit .

if anyone can help me my e-mail address is mambros3@msn.com

Thanks in advance ^_^
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calle1756:
ssvcardextractor wont work

This is what I'm writing in dos prompt:

I've got windows ultimate7 64 english. And the latest jdk. Any clue what I'm doing wrong?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] talk2anuj:
need help to extract notes

I upgraded Samsung Galaxy S2 from Gingerbread to ICS 4.0.4. before upgrading, I had taken a backup with Samsung Kies. Now Kies does not recognize my phone. I had backed up my contacts to google account also, so I have managed to recover those. I need to recover the notes, but cant figure out how to do it. Please help.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crimmc:
Here are the commands I've used to run the java class:

1. Copy both files in the same folder (e.g. e:\TestExtractor);

2. Compile the class:

E:\TestExtractor>"c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin\javac.exe" SSVCardExtractor.java

2. Run the class:

E:\TestExtractor>"c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\bin\java.exe" SSVCardExtractor 20120520T011105.sbu output.vcf
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord_Luncher:
Wrote a program to extract SBU

Hey Guys,

I just wrote a program which extracts Contact data or Calendar and Todo data out of a SBU file. So try it and give me a response!

w w w . l o r d - l u n c h e r . d e

And if you are familiar with the SBU fomrat please send me some hints how to find other data in this file to improve the program!

Regards

Lord_Luncher
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sandy_thegame:
Snote restore

i too have same problem need help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unicorn21376:
sms ffrm sbu file?

That looks great!

But I need txt messages, has someone know how to extract sms? Please

Claudia
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
dude I need to get back my backed-up Tasks. Memos and Bookmarks.. if you can please write a program to do that too.. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alokanand02:
thanks

:highfive: thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fits79:
Is there any program that i can completely extract everything one sbu file has inside?

From music, contacts, pictures, program e.t.c.

A lot of thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
Yeah I have the same Request too..

One "possible" solution I found is by Flashing your Stock "un-rooted" ROM.. Then connect your phone with KIES via your PC and it should Recognize your phone now.. Restore everything using KIES and then use another alternative Software like Moborobo or Titanium Backup or My Backup PRO to Backup your Data/Apps again...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phinni:
Its Working

Thanks man its working for me...:laugh:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tbind:
Extract and restore SMS messages from sbu file

like many here I couldn't get my messages back using kies after upgrading my phone (Galaxy Note) from gingerbread to ICS

Tx to some tips on this thread and others, I managed to get them back :)

To save others the time here are the steps I followed:

Get the messages part of the sbu file (tx to wetwetwater http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18430481&postcount=9 :good:)

I asked kies to restore the messages and it created the file structure as described.

As long as the finish button was not pressed the message.bk file was still there

Unzip the message.bk file (tx to adfree http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22059869&postcount=10 :good:)

Mind you I couldn't unzip it on windows (7zip nor winzip) but on the android using AndroZip

Now I had a file named mmssms.db and an app_parts folder.

The db file is an sqlite database with the messages

The app_part folder contains jpg files of MMS messages (without the jpg extension)

To read the mmssms.db file I used SQLite Manager add on for firefox (launch it from the web developer menu)

I used it to export the sms table, which contains extensive information of the messages including sender, to/from, text and such, to an xml file

I used SMS Backup & Restore to restore the messages back to the phone

To do so I had to change the xml file (created by SQLite Manager) to match the format of this tool (used back up of some dummy messages to get the format right).

This can be done in several ways. I did it using bulk replaces changing the structure "manually", though writing a program may prove easier.

Bear in mind I did not restore the mms messages only the sms messages. But I did the the image files in the app_parts folder.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guzelino:
Found it :)

Hi all,

This is my first post, and yes I watched the "noob registration video", so please don't be mad at me.

I was wondering how can I open .SBU files so I can restore my game stats (stupid of me to think I could do that with copy-pasting files).

Nevertheless, I came across a very useful program that can extract everything from the .SBU file (calendar/do to, contacts, pictures and files).

It is a freeware, and whoever likes it, he/she can contribute (donate) for it.

I would have post the link to the program but I'm a noob so I am not allowed to (limit of 10 posts so I can paste links).

The program is called: "SBU-Extractor 0.3.0" . I believe google would help :)

Peace ya'll
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlexGSII:
very useful!

runs like a charm ! Thanks a lot !
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Emeraldu:
It won't work for memo files.

I managed to restore all my contacts using the info on this thread but I really need to restore my notes.

If notes can't be restored atm (kies doesn't work anymore for me - tried all tips on the internet) at least is there a method to see the notes without Kies ? or..... can I use kies when not connected to my phone to restore the .sbu file ?

EDIT: the app from w w w . l o r d - l u n c h e r . d e actually worked. (extract to do list into separate files) . Now i have all the memos extracted on my HDD. Thanx Lord_Luncher
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gabriel959:
Extracting videos and photos out of a .sbu file

Hi,

I can see from other posts here that other users have had some success extracting contacts, calendar and similar kind of files out of their .sbu files.

I need to retrieve the image and video files out of mine as there are some treasured family photos in there from my daughter.

Does anyone know how to do this without having a Samsung phone?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScottyGin:
Thanks for this

Hey,

Thanks for the program! I created a new project in eclipse and used your source code. I did find one bug. I corrected an if statement that threw an error if the output file exists. I switched this to throw the error if doesn't exist (see below).

This:

if (outputFile.exists()) {

Became this:

if (!outputFile.exists()) {

After this change it ran like a dream! Thanks again for helping me get my contacts back!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azaxirus:
Anyone know a way to get texts off of a .SBU file? I've tried the SBU Extractor program but it doesn't have an option for texts/SMS messages..