Hi..
I was wondering if it is possible to save my contact onto my SD card.
I want to save them, before I wipe the Hero to install Modaco's new ROM.
Non of my contacts are google-contacts, so that is not an option.
My Hero is rooted, and I have been playing around in the filesystem, using "File Explorer".. I have come across a file called: "htccontacts.odex"
It is a file in system/app.
It uses 1MB.
I haven't been able to open the file in notepad or wordpad, with readable result.
My question to you, my dear android-lovers, simply is:
Does "htccontacts.odex" contain my contacts, their picture aswell as their facebook-link?
Because that could be an easy way to dbackup contacts..
Maybe to easy??
Regards
Tazimn
i dont know, but what you could do to test it is:
boot in cyanogen mod, and rename the file (with adb shell), then boot and look if your contacts have been gone (afterwards name it back to original name)..
or check whether the size of the file increases when you add some contacts.
Yeah... that could be a way to to it.. and maybe it will.. but I am holding my breath to see, if anyone in this forum knows exactly what the file contains..
Thank you for the idea..
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I know it sounds like im trying to sell you something well fear not this is free ok so i know you can use sprite backup or pimbackup but this can all be done using any uc complient rom and since there are becomeing alot more roms i thought i would share the way i do it so that after a hard reset everything includeing push mail, connections and contacts with assigned ringtones are all there and your ready to go. In the zip files there are several files. the cingular file is for network connections if you already have cingular/att then you don't have to touch this. the next one is for push mail you open it up in word pad and put in the correct settings i use mail2web so if you have this then just put in your user name and password and your good to go. ok the pop mail, which i have gotten from sleuth255 (thanks to sleuth255) is the same as push mail however you must create a new guid and replace it with the one already in the characteristic type go to this link to get the guid http://www.guidgen.com/. ok last is the pim.vol inorder to copy this vol or anyother you need to change this reg HKLM\System\Platform\DataPath the default is "\" you can change it to anything you want but i changed it to "\My Documents" also you might have to restart sometimes i don't have to and other times i do. copy pim.vol to the root dir of the storage card and place vol1 restore.xml and vol2 restore.xml on the storage card and make sure the path in sdconfig.txt is correct as it might differ from mine. well thats it, if you have any questions just post
Best post of the month.
I am wondering if it is possible to keep a copy of my contacts on my storage card, and maybe how to use UC to load it should I have to hard reset on the fly I will have a contacts list.
I have beat my head against the wall searching this site, PPCGEEKS and others looking for an answer or a tutorial.
Honestly with all of the reading I have done if I missed it I will slap myself in the face.
Any Ideas? Any comments welcome.
um, i think everything is stored in pim.vol, so if u could copy that to the appropriate folder along with any related files; i don't see why it wouldn't work... it would probably require a reset afterwards though.
Try contact backup
Try ppc contact backup application..
It creats backup of contacts and save all the contacts in a file with .csv extension.
just keep this file and contactbackup exe (does not require installation) on ur storage card
And u can restore ur contacts anytime....
Get it now
U can download from www.freewarepocketpc.net
having hacked many phones prior to my titan, I know how to export the phonebook via activesync, in .csv format. Thanks for the tip, I guess I need to figure how to load that automatically, without any software.
Thanks for the replies.
I copied the pim file over to my storage card and hard reset and was able to move it back over to the phone and it loaded my contacts. I had to rename the new pim file before I transfered the old file over. Then after a soft reset I was able to delete the renamed pim file.
My phone is rooted, i've cleaned out most of the bloatware and i'm starting to customize it to my own, but i'm trying to find out where to put my music/ringtones/pictures/wallpapers and i'm kind of lost.
When I mount and open it to view files, these are the folders in my internal storage
Android
ClockworkMod
data
DCIM
FeebeRings
layar
TitaniumBackup
newsImage
update.zip
Can someone please tell me exactly where to put all of my things? It would be GREATLY appreciated, thanks!
For your Music,, you can put them in any folder,, the OS does a screen on the SD Card on every boot and it will detect your music. So basically just put them in a folder named Music.
The Ringtones go in \system\media\audio\Ringtones
Pictures Goes in DCIM, wallpapers can be put in the same directory cuz when the OS scans the SD Card it will detect your wallpapers as pictures.
The built in wallpapers are in an .APK so you can not have your wallpapers added to the built in...
^ I think you could probably take the TWwallpaper .apk and extract it to find the pics and delete/add them and then rezip it?
system/app/twwallpaperchooser/res/drawable-hdpi
this is where the backgrounds are. I wonder if you could just add/delete them in this folder using root explorer?
I have never done it.. but it seems like it could be done.
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The Ringtones go in \system\media\audio\Ringtones
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So, I have the same question (having just successfully flashed), but am confused about the answer. In the poster's question, as in my phone, there is no "system" directory.
I still have bionix-v-1.3.1.zip in the root directory of the internal memory. Apparently the poster had already removed the .zip file of whatever version he/she flashed from the root directory. The only place I can find a \system\media\audio\Ringtones directory is in that zip file. I see all of my currently available ringtones there, and can't find them in any other directory. (This seems odd, as I'd have expected them to be created somewhere else in phone's internal memory, as part of the flashing process).
Are you saying to just go ahead and treat bionix-v-1.3.1.zip like a directory, and drag a file into the directory in that file?
P.s. I have that "is this so obvious to everybody but me?" feeling, since xKrazYx626 seemed to have no problem understanding your answer
You guys need to get root explorer to view these directories
Project-V 6/11/11
Shortbus-Driver said:
You guys need to get root explorer to view these directories
Project-V 6/11/11
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+1 to that shortbus
On my other Android devices I can simply put a . in front of folders that I don't want the gallery to display (such as avatar pics and shortcut icons and what not) and it wouldn't. Then I could use eStrongs file manager or similar to browse to them when I needed them. I popped a 2GB MicroSD card I had laying around that already had some files on it from another Android device and ALL of the folders with images are showing up in the gallery... even those with a . in front of them.
Is there any way on an Archos 101 to set the Gallery to NOT display items inside of a '.' folder? Seems this is default with other Android devices so I'm hoping it's at least an option on these.
Ideas?
Thanks for the help.
Moved to general as not android development.
OstrichSak said:
On my other Android devices I can simply put a . in front of folders that I don't want the gallery to display (such as avatar pics and shortcut icons and what not) and it wouldn't. Then I could use eStrongs file manager or similar to browse to them when I needed them. I popped a 2GB MicroSD card I had laying around that already had some files on it from another Android device and ALL of the folders with images are showing up in the gallery... even those with a . in front of them.
Is there any way on an Archos 101 to set the Gallery to NOT display items inside of a '.' folder? Seems this is default with other Android devices so I'm hoping it's at least an option on these.
Ideas?
Thanks for the help.
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Create a 0kb file called .nomedia. Place it in the folder of items you don't want shown. That should work.
blazingwolf said:
Create a 0kb file called .nomedia. Place it in the folder of items you don't want shown. That should work.
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Doesn't appear to work. I searched before posting this and found a few things about .nomedia and thought maybe you had to rename the actual folders w/the images within to .nomedia to hide them? Seems like this would be a PITA way to go about it.
Am I doing something wrong? Any other ideas?
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Doesn't appear to work. I searched before posting this and found a few things about .nomedia and thought maybe you had to rename the actual folders w/the images within to .nomedia to hide them? Seems like this would be a PITA way to go about it.
Am I doing something wrong? Any other ideas?
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It should work just fine. Did you name the file specifically .nomedia? No ext name. Did you reboot to see if that helps? Did you put the file in the folder of the items you don't want showing?
Here is some more specific instructions (I didn't write them):
1. On your computer, open Notepad or any other text editor
2. Save the blank file with the filename “.nomedia”, make sure that the Save as type is set as “All Files” instead of “Text documents”
3. Copy that file to the folder on your SD card containing picture files you don’t want to show up in the gallery. (Example: If you want to block aDyno image files from coming up, place the .nomedia file in the sdcard/aDyno folder)
4. Reboot your phone and hopefully the unwanted files should no longer be viewable.
blazingwolf said:
It should work just fine. Did you name the file specifically .nomedia? No ext name. Did you reboot to see if that helps? Did you put the file in the folder of the items you don't want showing?
Here is some more specific instructions (I didn't write them):
1. On your computer, open Notepad or any other text editor
2. Save the blank file with the filename “.nomedia”, make sure that the Save as type is set as “All Files” instead of “Text documents”
3. Copy that file to the folder on your SD card containing picture files you don’t want to show up in the gallery. (Example: If you want to block aDyno image files from coming up, place the .nomedia file in the sdcard/aDyno folder)
4. Reboot your phone and hopefully the unwanted files should no longer be viewable.
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Alright, w/more information I tried it again. I created a file just using a file browser on the device. This time around I created a file in Notepad on my PC called .nomedia and made sure the filetype was set to 'all files' before saving and that there was no extension (deleted the .txt) and then copied that file to my Archos 101. I first tried in the folder on the SD card that contained all the folders in question. I rebooted and it didn't seem to help. I then copied the file into each folder and rebooted. Still no dice. Whenever I open Gallery all the folders and images are still there. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to clear a cache or something or delete any tumbnails or ?? I'm sure I'm just doing something wrong but for the life of me I can't figure it out. I keep searching and am coming up with nothing. This was SO easier on my other Android devices as I just put a period in front of the name of the folders I didn't want to display and it was done. Simple as that. This is a royal PITA and I feel I'm not making any progress.
In the market search Studiokum or .nomedia. whit this app is easy control. Nomedia files
ramso said:
In the market search Studiokum or .nomedia. whit this app is easy control. Nomedia files
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Do either of these allow you to simply hide w/o signing in or encryption? I found two other programs & both required this which I don't want to deal with. Just seems odd that others are saying this is working for them & I'm not having any luck. I don't mind installing an app as long as it works but I'm not sure why my Archos 101 would be different than the rest.
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Do either of these allow you to simply hide w/o signing in or encryption? I found two other programs & both required this which I don't want to deal with. Just seems odd that others are saying this is working for them & I'm not having any luck. I don't mind installing an app as long as it works but I'm not sure why my Archos 101 would be different than the rest.
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This app working rigth for me, only add the .nomedia in the folders. Now the pictures in the folders i marked don't displayed in thr gallery
OstrichSak said:
Do I need to clear a cache or something or delete any tumbnails or ??
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Reset multimedia library in Settings - Repair & formatting.
lolo33 said:
Reset multimedia library in Settings - Repair & formatting.
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Yes! This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks!
Hello all.
I've recently had to repair my phone and as a result all the data I had on it was erased. However, the custom background image I picked is still there, although I can't find the original file in any of the folders.
I don't have a SD card, so it could only be on the phone itself.
Does anyone know how I can restore that image? My thoughts are that the system 'cached' it somewhere and I would like to find it. I can't remember it's name, but maybe there's a folder of cached images or something...?
Thank you!
In /system/framework/framework-res.apk there is also a wallpaper which the phone defaults to when booting up for the first time.
Inside framework-res.apk it's located in /res/drawable-hdpi and called default_wallpaper.jpg.
So if you're rooted you can extract it from there and save it somewhere more convenient