Which Backup program can I use since Spb Backup doen't seem to work ?
BerreZ said:
Which Backup program can I use since Spb Backup doen't seem to work ?
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I hope it will be SpriteBackup 6.5.2, but i haven't see any positive reply about it yet working on the Touch HD!
SPB Backup works fine. Just set it not to shut down processes before backup.
Thanks
First thanks to Rick , that seems to work . on the other hand I tried Sprite backup 6,2 and that seems to work also.
sprite backup 6.5 works fine
There's no backup program inside the cd like the cd from Touch Pro, right??
Can also confim Sprite Backup works fine. (It's also listed in the working programs thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442663 )
I think Sprite is also good for restoring to different rom versions (after rom upgrade for example) which other backup programs I've tried fail miserably at.
Anyone tried scheduled backups with SpbBackup?
I lost my contacts because SPB wouldnt restore to a different rom version, haven't touched it since!
Sorry to hear that. I'd like to use SpbBackup because AFAIR it is able to restore single registry items (very useful sometimes). Already tried but didnt convince me, took ages to backup the HD and sometimes didnt even start. Sprite runs fine, registry restores can be done but not single item based.
6Fg8 said:
Sorry to hear that. I'd like to use SpbBackup because AFAIR it is able to restore single registry items (very useful sometimes). Already tried but didnt convince me, took ages to backup the HD and sometimes didnt even start. Sprite runs fine, registry restores can be done but not single item based.
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All comes down to your usage then really
If your hacking the registry that could be quite useful!
I leave the registry alone, except it's absolutely necessary. Wouldn't consider it hacking, but just to give you an idea: my company runs a hidden wifi and they keep the password a secret. I know the network admins well so i asked them to enter the password directly into my device without telling me (they wont, so i didnt even ask). Yesterday the profile suddenly vanished when i was trying to connect. Not a big deal, under normal circumstances. But as i dont know the password i'm unable to recover. Restoring the corresponding registry hive would have saved me. Anyway, i'll show up in the admins room again
6Fg8 said:
Anyone tried scheduled backups with SpbBackup?
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Yes, works fine.
6Fg8 said:
Sprite runs fine, registry restores can be done but not single item based.
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I gave up Sprite a few versions ago because that version allowed full restores or nothing, no single file restores. I assume they've fixed it by now, that was useless! But I've restored Contacts across ROM versions and across different machines with SPBBackup many times. Perhaps I'm a bit paranoid, but I have PIMBackup scheduled daily too, just in case...
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I have searched the net looking for a way to back-up my TXT messages on my Universal.
I have finally found a way but its not brilliant and hard work.
If I use SPB Back-up and back up just E-mails it backs up the TXT's as well.
I wanted to know if anyone else knew of any other ways of doing it.
I would really like to be able to see them of the PC.
PPC Backup or something like that does it, its free and the developer is on these forums, I may have got the name wrong, but it should be easy to find.
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
3guk said:
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
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Yes, it's pretty useless to use Spb Backup for this task when there're much more lightweight and, mor eimpotantly, free tools.
In addition to the highly recommended PIM Backup, I also recommend http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/in...edition_sms_organizer_to&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
I use Jeyo, which works absolutley perfectly!
http://www.jeyo.com/extender.asp
3guk said:
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705
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This is by far the best, better than Jeyo.
I use EasyHelper Contact+SMSBackup... u can backup & restore from PPC to yr SD without using any PC...easy and convenience...
when i flash new rom and need to restore my SMS..i have prob with jeyo..
Jeyo is excellent
Jeyo is just what I wanted I was looking every where for a program that does just what Jeyo does.
I must say I obviously didn't look hard enougth because I never knew there were any programs that did msm massages untill a few days ago.
Thanks so much every one!
your all great
Hi guys..
I just got my first ever smart phone, Touch Dual, and I wish to look into it, so I have a few questions.
Since I would like to edit registry settings, edit the cube etc. I would like to know what I should be aware of? What software would come to my aid if something fail and I need to restore the phone?
And which application could you recommend for edit registry, and other settings?
Sorry for these newbie questions, but as soon as I get these things up and running, I would do anything to contribute to this forum.
Sprite backup is the way to go for..backups, 10 day trial period if memory serves, you can restore forever;
To edit the registry, you can use the regedit module of Resco Explorer.
if your worried that anything you do might completely kill your phone then dont worry... apart from flashing a new and it going wrong, a hard reset of the phone will factory reset it and fix most problems
my touch dual is shipped with sprite backup (on a software cd). maybe you can also check whether any other useful utils available on yours.
Thanks for the replies..
My phone was shipped with the backup software, just installed it - seems to work like a charm, except it couldn't save some Messenger Live files, but they didn't seem important anyway.
Anyone other recommendations?
sprite backup
JanHartmann said:
Thanks for the replies..
My phone was shipped with the backup software, just installed it - seems to work like a charm, except it couldn't save some Messenger Live files, but they didn't seem important anyway.
Anyone other recommendations?
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yeah..its so cool that they give a registered copy & not a trail for the sprite backup...its a life saver for us folks who flash & tweak a lot!
(btw...the sprite backup is a HTC version....whatever that means)
I think thats because you can only use it on a htc device?
Hi!
Please i have just downloaded the Spb backup tool but need to know whether it will restore all my programs,settings and the like becuase i had a nasty experiance with Sprite backup, it does not restore all my data.Thanks.
hey, I use spb backup all the time. I've done a full backup of everything, programs, contacts, sms, registry etc and restored perfectly.
It also produces log files so you can see if anything looks wrong after backing up.
This is my experience anyway, hope it helps
hmillhouse said:
hey, I use spb backup all the time. I've done a full backup of everything, programs, contacts, sms, registry etc and restored perfectly.
It also produces log files so you can see if anything looks wrong after backing up.
This is my experience anyway, hope it helps
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are you using SPB Backup on the HD? I have tried it and keeps crashing over and over again. I am really desperate for a similar app, that would, at least, restore data without prompting.
same!! I've not been able to do a single back up to my SD card, because keeps crashing, any idea?
anyway I can do it to my PC
i am using SPB for my Athena, Diamond and HD with no problems at all but when using it with Diamond and HD before you are starting the backup you have to go to menu\options and untick the "stop processes before backup". If you forget to do so the SPB will try to stop the TF3D resulting in a crash.
SPB Backup always crashes for me and then after you kill it, services.exe crashes repeatedly.
KukurikU said:
i am using SPB for my Athena, Diamond and HD with no problems at all but when using it with Diamond and HD before you are starting the backup you have to go to menu\options and untick the "stop processes before backup". If you forget to do so the SPB will try to stop the TF3D resulting in a crash.
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Oh my god, thanks for that tip. I purchased a lot of the SPB stuff and was really mad that backup kept locking up. I unchecked that in the settings and now it looks like it is working like a charm. Will do further testing to see if it works 100%, real helpful since I am really testing tons of software I own for WM.
thx for this very helpful hint, my spb backup always crashed on my HD many times. now it works perfectly~
Hey, I have a problem with my incoming text message notification as well as the reminder notification.
No matter how many times i tap the 'Display message on screen' option it unchecks itself after a cerrtain time. same issue for the reminders.
Anyone else 'suffers' from the same symptoms ?
yes, i have the same problem, i guess its with the Dutty 2.1 extreme rom, also, i have strange problem where sometimes, the ringtone changes to some other then the one that we have set. and sometimes it doesnt ring as well.
any help?
rikin said:
yes, i have the same problem, i guess its with the Dutty 2.1 extreme rom, also, i have strange problem where sometimes, the ringtone changes to some other then the one that we have set. and sometimes it doesnt ring as well.
any help?
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Haven't experienced the ringtone changing, but the problem with the ringtone sometimes not ringing is a well documented bug with no fix as yet. Strangely it appears to happen mostly with Duttys 2.1 inc MSVC and not Dutts V2.1 WITHOUT MSVC. If you read the thread on Duttys V2.1 you will see this.
V2.2 is due for release soon and hopefully this bug will be fixed.
I'm using the original ROM and have the problem
I have the problem too, with the original ROM.
Is there a solution ? with mortscript?
Fallen Spartan said:
Haven't experienced the ringtone changing, but the problem with the ringtone sometimes not ringing is a well documented bug with no fix as yet. Strangely it appears to happen mostly with Duttys 2.1 inc MSVC and not Dutts V2.1 WITHOUT MSVC. If you read the thread on Duttys V2.1 you will see this.
V2.2 is due for release soon and hopefully this bug will be fixed.
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Great , Thanks, wow, 2.2 is due, man, i need to do something as i want new roms but cannot afford installing all softwares and doing settings. any way around for it, as i usually install some usefull software, backup sms and restore and its a 4-5 hours process. any method you know using which i can just dump all my settings on the new rom . contacts emails are quick as i use exchange 2007, so they are synced pretty fast.
but what about settings like Advance Config, and Xt9 words , and IE and Opera Favourites etc. please help me for this.
Thanks Rikin
rikin said:
Great , Thanks, wow, 2.2 is due, man, i need to do something as i want new roms but cannot afford installing all softwares and doing settings. any way around for it, as i usually install some usefull software, backup sms and restore and its a 4-5 hours process. any method you know using which i can just dump all my settings on the new rom . contacts emails are quick as i use exchange 2007, so they are synced pretty fast.
but what about settings like Advance Config, and Xt9 words , and IE and Opera Favourites etc. please help me for this.
Thanks Rikin
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There are different ways of doing this. You can use PIM, SPB Backup or Sprite
In future instead of working hard to reinstall everything, why not just use a backup program like SPB Backup 2 or Sprite.
SPB Backup & Sprite are basically the same. You can use either of these to backup all your settings, including programs, ringtones, contacts etc, then if any problems materialise or you hard reset you use the backup file created to restore to your previous settings.
I have been advised by noris08 that when flashing to a new ROM each of them may have some issues and when you restore the apps, some of them will not work and some will generate some new conflicts
This issue has been explained before but either in this forum or somewhere else.
Another option is to backup personal things with PIM and to reinstall all apps from scratch
yves.alexis said:
Hey, I have a problem with my incoming text message notification as well as the reminder notification.
No matter how many times i tap the 'Display message on screen' option it unchecks itself after a cerrtain time. same issue for the reminders.
Anyone else 'suffers' from the same symptoms ?
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I found something that may help. will test and report.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-sound-manager.html
yves.alexis said:
I found something that may help. will test and report.
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-sound-manager.html
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this software simpy does not work on my Touch HD ...bummer
Fallen Spartan said:
There are different ways of doing this. You can use PIM, SPB Backup or Sprite
In future instead of working hard to reinstall everything, why not just use a backup program like SPB Backup 2 or Sprite.
SPB Backup & Sprite are basically the same. You can use either of these to backup all your settings, including programs, ringtones, contacts etc, then if any problems materialise or you hard reset you use the backup file created to restore to your previous settings.
I have been advised by noris08 that when flashing to a new ROM each of them may have some issues and when you restore the apps, some of them will not work and some will generate some new conflicts
This issue has been explained before but either in this forum or somewhere else.
Another option is to backup personal things with PIM and to reinstall all apps from scratch
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You can also check out SASHIMI. After the initial input, it's amazing how easy it is. I just came accross it and I'm still trying it out, but it seems to do the trick atm.
rikin said:
Great , Thanks, wow, 2.2 is due, man, i need to do something as i want new roms but cannot afford installing all softwares and doing settings. any way around for it, as i usually install some usefull software, backup sms and restore and its a 4-5 hours process. any method you know using which i can just dump all my settings on the new rom . contacts emails are quick as i use exchange 2007, so they are synced pretty fast.
but what about settings like Advance Config, and Xt9 words , and IE and Opera Favourites etc. please help me for this.
Thanks Rikin
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i install my programmes to the storage card, then use total commander after a rom install to create short cut links to programme folder, (although only installed one rom so far, and happy with it, so dunno if this would casue problems with other roms?)
i was worried about re-installing all progs, but took couple mins to create the shortcuts, much happier
hey im going to flash my rom to the latest one stated on the HTC website.
i have a HTC HD2 and i was wondering what one out of all the WM back up software there is out there is best and will back up the most..
what im really looking for is one similar to the symbian one by nokia where it restores your phone exactly how it was including settings and programs.
i know there is Sashimi, spb backup, Sprite backup, SKTools, PimBackup, spb clone, Resco Backup.
i have loads of reg tweaks and modified files and would like them to be restored after my rom update.
i know that sprite will not allow you to restore after an upgrade the rom..
spb clone looks good but not sure if it work and don't want to buy it if it dose not do what i want..
thanks
Phattypab said:
hey im going to flash my rom to the latest one stated on the HTC website.
i have a HTC HD2 and i was wondering what one out of all the WM back up software there is out there is best and will back up the most..
what im really looking for is one similar to the symbian one by nokia where it restores your phone exactly how it was including settings and programs.
i know there is Sashimi, spb backup, Sprite backup, SKTools, PimBackup, spb clone, Resco Backup.
i have loads of reg tweaks and modified files and would like them to be restored after my rom update.
i know that sprite will not allow you to restore after an upgrade the rom..
spb clone looks good but not sure if it work and don't want to buy it if it dose not do what i want..
thanks
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The best thing to do if your flashing a new rom is to re-install all programs/tweaks. do not restore them after flashing. Restoring is only ok as a back up on the same rom if you for example messed up something & had to Hard reset.
Although you can backup & restore yor PIM data & messages with any of the apps you mentioned. I pesronaly use SPB Back up.
What about favorites, and email settings, ring tones.. or registered apps?
Phattypab said:
What about favorites, and email settings, ring tones.. or registered apps?
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Favorites ok.
The rest not recommended.
will any of the above software enable me to reinstall purchased software (like items from the marketplace)? otherwise i don't see how to do it.
I use Microsoft MyPhone
Does contacts/messages/pictures/documents... does not do applications - but if you've got a large enough SD Card you can just keep a back up of the cab files you've installed in a folder (that's what I do anyway).
With the registry - why not make a back up of the registry and pop it into the backup folder or something?
yeah i like Microsofts MyPhone, its realy handy and with free data i sync up every morning.
with programs i just try to install as much as i can on my micro SD card and with the new markedplace version you can default that nice one.
registry tweaks is not that bad to restore for me, so not a problem here
Phattypab,
A 2 second search of this forum got me this...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633387&highlight=backup
WB
PIM backup? you can add as much or as little to backup.
TBH settings and configs are relatively pointless. If you only have a couple or so email accounts then it is little trouble - especially with nice HD2 keyboard.
I know it's nice to have it all setup, but just write down a list of the things you have to do - hopefully you will not be flashing all that often - and things can go wrong if you try to apply a bad registry setting or general setting.
STill, back it all up then selectively restore is another option. Bit by bit until it messes up.
Messages+contacts are key IMO. everything else is not critical, especially if you keep cabs and use Tom's auto-install.
fakker said:
I use Microsoft MyPhone
Does contacts/messages/pictures/documents... does not do applications - but if you've got a large enough SD Card you can just keep a back up of the cab files you've installed in a folder (that's what I do anyway).
With the registry - why not make a back up of the registry and pop it into the backup folder or something?
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Registry backup across a ROM flash is definitely not a good idea.
Hi guys, I wonder if SPB backup's "full backup" also backups the softwares that are installed on storage card?