SMS Backup - MDA, XDA, 1010 General

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dated before January 19th 2003
Subject: SMS Backup
From: Anthony Newman
Date: 26 Dec, 2002 20:08:08
Hi Folks,
Thanks again for all your great work on the site. I was just
wondering if I could pick your brains on an issue that's been
bugging me.
I've searched google with every possible permutation of this
query, and it astonishes me that no-one's covered it - have I
been missing something really obvious?
I'd like to back up my text messages. Inbox doesn't sync them
with Outlook, nor does it offer any kind of backup tool. Short
of copying and pasting the text, date and recipient of each
message into a text file or email, is there a database I can
backup and use?
The reason I ask is because I'm trying to cover every
eventuality for when I flash my generic Spaceneedle with the
T-Mobile ROM that was released recently. I've carefully
catalogued every preference, program and file on my device ready
for fresh reinstallation with the exception of my text messages.
I could, of course, do a backup with Sprite's excellent
software, but I'd rather not do even a partial restore of a
backup from an old ROM version.
Any ideas, folks? Many thanks in advance!
Subject: Oh, never mind.
From: Anthony Newman
Date: 26 Dec, 2002 20:37:18
Having studiously backed everything up, made note of all my
settings and got everything set up just perfect...
... the T-Mobile utility won't let me upgrade my device. I
receive a check error showing device differences, and the only
difference appears to be the following:
My model: PW10B1:100
The upgrade's model: PW10B1:002
Can anyone let me know what the differences between the numbers
after the colons are?
This is really frustrating, as in terms of actual hardware my
device is the same as the T-Mobile, and I'd love the increased
speed and stability of the new ROM. Any help?
Subject: Oh, and just another thing...
From: Ant
Date: 26 Dec, 2002 20:41:57
I'm aware that I can try flashing with the bootloader method,
but I wanted to check that there weren't any known issues first
Subject: To continue my monologue...
From: Ant
Date: 27 Dec, 2002 00:21:39
My update went perfectly well, and I now have the new T-Mobile
ROM working nicely on my generic Spaceneedle with my O2 UK SIM.
Even GPRS works as well as it used to (which is intermittent at
best). Thanks for XDArit!
Subject: ROM Hack
From: mike
Date: 27 Dec, 2002 07:15:31
I was able to hack a ROM file with a hex editor to change its
version number. The version number is found within the first 32
bytes of the ROM file.
You also have to alter the checksum which is a number also found
in those first 32 bytes... three or four hex digits. IT should
be fairly obvious, since
If you increment an ASCII digit, you must also increment the
checksum. Decrement ASCII digit, decrement the checksum. Since
you'll change a 1 to a 0 (-1) and change a 0 to a 2 (+2), your
net change is +1 and you must add 1 to the checksum.
That said, whatever this ROM does to your phone is your risk. I
already screwed up my T-mobile phone, granted that was due to me
flashing the US radio with a European update, this shouldn't be
so bad, but do cross your fingers.
mike
Subject: .nbf files in RUU upgrade
From: XDA developers
Date: 29 Dec, 2002 14:21:29
You'll find that the XDArit already supports reading these files
and parsing out the bootloader and WinCE image. (We ignore the
checksum, but write the correct one for the bootloader on the SD
card...)