I've backed up via ActiveSync all my information prior to upgrade to sinmerged2.0 (i had the previous version). But now that i've upgraded (with no problems) I cannot restore my information via activesync! I have a "Device mismatch" error window and telling me my backup file was created for a different type of mobile device!
Any fix to this? Please help!
Thanks
make sure the device id is the same.
settings -> system tab -> about -> device id.
delete the old partnership but not the data.
only restore contacts calander and other data NOT applications
after a rom update (not sure if thats what ur doing)
good luck
R
Thanks rob. Solves the problem. Funny thing: when i restored my backup information the rom version went back to my previous one (sin merged v1.0) and not 2.0...
when you update the rom its best not to restore. as it over writes some of the newer files from the rom update.
your best reinstalling each app and syncing to get ur data back
good luck
R
where is the download link ?
here: http://twosx.net/ppc
The file with the higher number is the latest
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i just SCID my phone and installed rom version 1.35.255.2 11/14/06
everything is fine.
Then i use sprite backup and restore my old configuration and programs. Now version shows 1.20.xxx.x.
I am sure i restored the file which holds the version number.
I also understand that cross-rom restores might cause problems. but everything else seems to work fine after the restore.
Can i actually restore my backup without losing the Version information?
You should better not do it because you restore system files from the old rom.
You need to use device upgrade mode, you cannot just restore to a new ROM there is a special proceedure, check the Sprite FAQ for details
MrMiguel said:
You need to use device upgrade mode, you cannot just restore to a new ROM there is a special proceedure, check the Sprite FAQ for details
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Yes, it might be a bit hard to find but here's the link: https://spritesoftware.crmdesk.com/answer.aspx?id=272
HTH,
Richard
Here is the main FAQ page
http://www.spritesoftware.com/faq
If your device is WM2005 PPC, then choose Restore After upgrading WM 2005 for PPC... its pretty self explaintory but alot of ppl go ahead and upgrade their ROM then make posts on forums asking why its not restoring everything, it takes like 1min to read thru the faq...These details are in the user guide too...
MrMiguel said:
Here is the main FAQ page
http://www.spritesoftware.com/faq
If your device is WM2005 PPC, then choose Restore After upgrading WM 2005 for PPC... its pretty self explaintory but alot of ppl go ahead and upgrade their ROM then make posts on forums asking why its not restoring everything, it takes like 1min to read thru the faq...These details are in the user guide too...
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Thanks...i tried it again according to the faq and it works.
hi all need urgent advice as ive killed my hd2
i was fearful of upgrading to new rom from htc website (v-1.66...)
was using 1.48.405.2 (71294) wwe
I made sure i researched everything 1st. i downloaded trial of spb backup. installed to phone. did full backup, saved to sd card. closed all progs, phone & pc
opened rom update and followed instructions. update then finished, went through setup on phone.
all seemed fine. basic clock, time settings (few new features etc)
I then went to file explorer/storage card and opened spb backup file. clicked next throughout. device reset on its own and loaded with new rom number on startup.
Problem!!!!
have my background image up pictures seem to be back, as are messages. cab files ive installed are present but I cant access contacts and a few other features.
repeated messages are 'a problem has occured with cprog.exe' please tell microsoft blah blah!!!
Htc sense will not launch despite how hard i hit the screen.
Ive no signal at all and cant sync with my pc. i guess suggestions of a hard reset will follow this post but will i not be in the same boat as i will need to restore my settings etc from sd card and spb backup.
please help!!!
try to flash the rom again or try to use your old one.
if you dont wanna hear the word "hardreset" i dont tell it to you
DN41
DN41 said:
try to flash the rom again or try to use your old one.
if you dont wanna hear the word "hardreset" i dont tell it to you
DN41
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ok. will try
shouldprob mention that i got a strange message when trying to restore
'this device is different from one which this backup was made. please choose upgrade mode'
then a dropdown menu with
'normal mode'
'rom upgrade mode'
'device upgrade mode'
with a check box 'overwrite existing files' (this is checked)
seems strange but the message before states that the backup was created on an t-mob leo device.
something wrong here maybe???
yeah could be.
sorry mate, i'm not very knowledged about spb backup
DN41
sp backup has a "rom upgrade" option i'm guessing you usedthat? in which case that's the problem, because it really means upgrade of the same rom, whereas you have a totally new rom, so should use the individual settingsoption, and reinstall your programs manually.
(based on reading, i've never done it myself, nor used sp backup)
re flash your original rom, restore your backup and think again how and what you are backing up.
just tried a 'normal restore' as the description says restore to original device backup was made on.
phone has now turned on with everything the same as i left it but looking at the software description its gone back to the original rom 1.48.405.2
do i have to run the update again?
what the hell is going on with this phone!!!
no, the rom is the new rom, but thats a fine example of whats wrong.
It has restored the rom version info from your registry backup.
The rom version is not a problem, of course, it just says teh wwrong thing, but there are likely to be loads of reg settings that ARE a problem.
Basically, using backup software can be a pain, till you know its pitfalls. Thats why i dont bother. Contacts/calendar via outlook, and thats it. Everything else i setup manually myself. (Well, i dont cos by now i've made cabs for all my tweaks and what not, but tyou get the idea.)
This is one of the main reasons I don't backup Settings and Programs. I only back up my PIM, and sometimes even that plays up.
You are better off just syncing your phone with Outlook, hardreset, sync again to get your PIM information, and reinstalling your programs one by one.
I can tell you this I use SPB backup all the time, but ...
1.) Normal restore is only for restoring to the EXACT same ROM that you had on before ..
2.) ROM upgrade mode is only good for ROMs in the same series*
*ROM upgrade mode only works correctly on "upgraded" version of the same ROM you had on it , for example, in my case I use Energy ROM CHT 23569 JUL 1st, I make a backup, then upgrade to Energy ROM CHT 23569 JUL 16th, then ROM upgrade mode should work, but if you go say from a Stock TMO rom to a custom rom or a 21xxx series rom to a 23xxx series rom you will have "ISSUES".
If you plan on flashing ROMs often , you either need to learn to use something like XDA_UC, Sashimi, or Toms Autoinstall, and make frequent PIM backups ..
As well as keeping all your program cabs in a safe organized place so you can put them back on ...
I hope this helps you get it sorted ....
The issue:
I upgraded to Jelly Bean 4.1.2. Eventually (within hours) I was unable to open the Gallery to view photos; the error message: "Not enough space. Delete unnecessary items such as downloaded software, pictures, videos and documents"; screen shots cannot be saved to the internal memory; images from within MMS messages cannot be viewed; neither Kies or TitaniumPro will allow me to perform a backup.
After attempting to "Clear data" (successful) and "Clear cache" (unsuccessful; cache remains full after hitting radio button) from Application Manager --> All --> Gallery, I noticed that my cache supposedly contains 88.17GB of data, which is WAY more storage than my phone has available. I went searching for these files, and their location is /sdcard/Android/data/com.sec.androud.gallery3d/cache.
Assumptions (and we all know what those do...):
-If I'm able to delete these files, it will solve the aforementioned issues.
-This is as a result of the auto-syncing of photos within my Google account; I believe this is supported by the fact that I was initially able to open the gallery post-update, but as the files continued to sync and the cache got too large, it disallowed my opening of the gallery.
-Other folks have had similar issues, and a factory reset did not resolve their problem (so it won't resolve mine).
Attempted fixes:
-I disabled syncing Picasa and photo albums from my Google account.
-In addition to the offending files (a parent folder and files named with symbol/wingding characters; many of the files supposedly contain 3.5GB worth of data... totaling the 88+GB of data), I was unable to delete anything from within the cache folder (which included Picasa folders) in MyFiles. As a result, I rooted my phone with Framaroot 1.6.0, enabled Root Explorer in ES File Explorer and changed all the permissions available to RW and restarted the phone. The files still "cannot be deleted".
Please help.
Phone info:
Samsung Galaxy SII i777
Android version 4.1.2
Baseband version I777UCMD8
I don't want to make any assumptions before I offer suggestions. So...
Did you upgrade via Kies?
What kind of experience do you have modifying phones, if any?
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Did you upgrade via Kies?
What kind of experience do you have modifying phones, if any?
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I did upgrade via Kies. I've little experience modifying phones, but I'm willing to put in a little leg-work to figure out how. If I could save my SMS/MMS messages and phone log in this process, that'd be great. That said, I'd rather put off buying a new phone, so I can live with it if I lose the data.
I'm not sure what went wrong with the Kies update, but as far as I know, there is no easy way to correct the problem. Actually, most of the people who frequent this forum are using custom firmware, rather than stock. In general, when things go wrong with a flash, (or update in your case), it is much easier to just re-flash. Of course, if you are an experienced developer, you can look at the log files and determine what went wrong, but even then fixing it is questionable.
You will most likely find that if you perform a wipe data/factory reset in 3e recovery and then perform a fresh Odin install of the firmware, you will have no problems. You can stay with the stock 4.1.2 UCMD8 firmware, or you can install the custom firmware of your choice. If you opt for custom firmware, there are a number of choices. Since you are accustomed to running stock, you may be more comfortable with a rom that uses Samsung Touchwiz as a base rather than one that is based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). I run SHOstock3 which is modified from the latest Samsung firmware for the International SGSII and is also 4.1.2 based. It is extremely stable and has many many features that you do not have with stock.
Since you are rooted, you should install Titanium Backup and do a complete backup of all your applications in it. You will then be able to restore application data so that you don't lose anything. With it you can also restore your SMS & MMS messages, and possibly wifi access points, call logs, and bookmarks of the stock browser. I'm not sure about the last three if you would be changing to a different base. I think the call log would restore from stock to SHOstock3 since they are similar applications.
If you will be flashing firmware in the future, you should consider purchasing Titanium Backup Pro, which gives you batch restore along with some other features. It is very tedious restoring things one application at a time.
Also, before you wipe and re-flash firmware, you could first install a custom kernel and do a nandroid backup. Titanium Backup will read and can restore things selectively from a nandroid backup so you would have access later to additional items if you need them.
Hope that's helpful and if you have any questions, just ask. You can find a lot of resources in my signature, including a link to the Download Repository.
Oh, and the call log is not your address book. Titanium Backup will not restore that, but you can save it in Google and restore it from Google which is what most people do, or I believe you can find a stand alone backup program for it.
Simple Solution:
1. Download your current ROM .zip file -- in my case ShoStock3 4.0 zip
2. Reboot into Recovery Mode
3. Locate your zip file -- in my case extSD card
4. Run your ROM .zip file -- no need to do a full wipe or anything.. Just run the zip file
5. Reboot once the installation finishes
6. ENJOY!
YEAH! to my first post!
Hi,
i have a Samsung SGII i9100 with android 4.0.3 basedband version I9100XXLPX and i would like to upgrade it to latest version... i saw 4.4.2 is available.
1. is it possible to upgrade it without issue ?
2. how can i backup actual ROM and all data in the memory into a file or browsable file structure for PC usage (contacts, notes, messages, or pictures,..) ?
3. where can i find information about backup procedures ?
thx.
1 - Yes it is possible to upgrade without issues, just make sure you have the right CWM installed. There are some links around.
2- Backup all your apps and data using a app, make sure your files, pics and other data are stored safely on your SD card and transfer it to your PC to make another backup incase your SD card goes caput.
3- Installation instructions for the ROM should be on the first page of the ROM.
Press thanks if I helped.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
It is possible to upgrade without issue, just like its possible to win the uk lottery (odds of 14 million to 1).
Read the kk threads so you are aware of any bugs etc.
This is a repost - the original is here but no one could forward me to a proper section of the forums.
Some update to the info below:
- on the initial 4.2.x version of the running android I had most of my apps moved to the external sdcard (sdcard0) - that was their location (.assec) when I did the adb backups
- in the meantime I checked more of my backups and they seem OK - I could uncrypt the ab to normal tar archives and see the contents of apps and shared folders
I would post more links to the device info but I am not allowed to post links.
Some forum posts related to the device:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639416
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2399708
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Hello there,
I need some info on how or if it is possible to make use of my full adb restore file or I just throw it away and restart fresh of my device.
Device is allview viper v1 (16Gb) -
NO ROOT and not interested in rooting it.
I believe I made a few versions of good back-ups including at least one good full backup including apks by using UBT (1.3.2 version if I am not mistaking).
My problem: I can't restore the phone by using any of the created ab files by using adb which drives me nuts.
It's worth to mention that in between I upgraded the phone software from 4.2 to 4.4 by using the producer's update images... I did a factory reset with 4.4 and re-installed most of the apps I had. I even copied most of the data from a file-sync backup...
Every time I try to use adb restore I get to the screen to input (now 2 passwords which basically are the same), I get the message "restore starting" and quite fast "restore finished" on the phone screen though while using the full back-up I definitely see that adb is still accessing / reading the file for longer time...
What I tried further: I used abe (android backup extractor by tweaking their .sh script) to create both standard individual .ab-s but also kitkat compatible ones (with abe pack-kk) with no luck in restoring the apps and their data.
It is quite annoying since after converting to .tar and un-tar-ing I can see that the backups seem ok and I can even see the sqlite data and xml settings for the apps but I do not know how to import those to the new OS running on the phone.
I tried this using both USB storage, picture mode, etc., input only the desktop pass and afterwards inputing both of the asked passwords.
So the question is: can I restore the data (about 32Gb including the pics and docs) or should I delete all the "working" files I created and put it on the "learn by error"?
Should I try to downgrade to 4.2. (if it is even possible..) and try the adb restore there?
Cheers and thanks in advance.
this is [not necessarly] a bump... but maybe a sad discovery...
are all the users of this portal just dumb script kiddies and no real user / developer of android (... use here all the smart-device-OS) apps and hackers?!
I am kind of disappointed that not even one "dev" tried to answer this post with valuable info...
i guess this is just a ad-catcher portal for the consumer-ignorant mass of users of "smart" devices...
sad, really sad.
take care and sleep well!