restoring data after updating the rom

[ashby]

If I apply the latest ROM upgrade, obvously I will lose all the data on the system.

Will I be able to restore from Sprite Backup my:

Contacts?
Events?
Tasks?
documents?
applications?

Yours

Ashby

[ednap]

No not exactly but all is not lost.

You cannot simply use either xBackup or SpriteBackup to do a backup and then a restore.

If you sync your PIM data (contacts, tasks, appointments etc.) with MS Outlook you will be able to restore them easily enough with a simply sync once you have restablished the partnership after the ROM upgrade.

However you will need to reinstall all 3rd party applications again.

To save the data from any 3rd party applications manually copy the respective data files to either your memory card or your PC's harddisk and then manually copy them back once you have performed the ROM upgrade and reinstalled your 3rd party applications.

Ed

[ashby]

gutted,

sounds like a few hours work. I will wait until the sytem is so clogged up that i would need to do a hard reset.

thanks for your quick response

ashby

[Rudegar]

when i do a hardreset
i afterwards go into activsync when i connected the device once more
and choose add remove programs
and just tick the all the 3th party programs i used to have installed and wish once more on and it autoinstall them

of cause this dont work with programs that i installed from the xda itself as cab files

and ofcause hardresets if it's because one upgrade the rom may end up with some programs not working like from 2002 to 2003
and maybe with 2003SE aswell if programs mess up with the res aware stuff

[Pete]

Pardon my ignorance, but why can you not just restore from xbackup or using a backup file via activesync. What about sms. I have over 1000 sms that I do not wish to loose.