xBackup with JAM

[miteshparmar]

Hi
Just wanted to know if a backup was performed by selecting all data, would it save all the programs stored in storage memory too also my text messages and what else?

[cheshirecat]

The "All data" option of xBackup will backup all data in volatile RAM; since RAM is further divided into program and storage portions, both program and storage data will be backed up. To make is easy to remember, xBackup backs up everything that you'd lose if you do a hard reset.

Storage and Storage Card data are not backed up.

Hope that helps. :)

[Godyn]

I made a backup with Xbackup,
So you tell me, if I perform a hard reset, xbackup can place all my settings, docs and programs back???
that's great news !!!

[cheshirecat]

Yes, that's what xBackup is meant for. 8)

On a few ocassions when newly-installed software causes problems with my Mini, I will do a hard reset and restore from xBackup. :)

[solitary]

I used to use xbackup for my Magciain and had been able to restore all my programs and data from a hard reset.

But it recently failed me, twice! When I needed it after a hard reset, it gave me an error message and said the backup is not for this machine. Maybe it was due to the softwares I installed but I don't care. Now I've switched to Sprite Backup which is much much faster, takes up half the storage space and much more reliable. Looking back, xbackup is just crappy.

[cheshirecat]

I had just the opposite experience: I switched from Sprite Backup back to xBackup.

No doubt Sprite Backup is much faster and allows me to select what I would like to backup or restore, but this caused me to revert to xBackup:

1. Installed errant software, ending up with lots of DLLs etc in the Windows folder.
2. Decided to restore with Sprite Backup with an image prior to the software installation.
3. Still saw old DLLs in the Windows folder.

I concluded then that Sprite Backup didn't restore cleanly; the same scenario with xBackup worked wonderfully; no old DLLs.

Besides, I kept losing my custom ringtones and Contact ID photos (I am using a Mini) whenever I restored from Sprite Backup. xBackup works for me. :)

[Ineedtoys]

I used to use xbackup for my Magciain and had been able to restore all my programs and data from a hard reset.

But it recently failed me, twice! When I needed it after a hard reset, it gave me an error message and said the backup is not for this machine.

You get this error message with Activesync restore if your Regional Settings are different. e.g. you backed up while set to the UK but are trying to restore on machine with the default USA setting. It will also give this error if the OS is a different version (e.g you applied a firmware upgrade). Because of this, it's worth indicating the region and firmware level in the backup filename for future reference.

Maybe xbackup is the same? Try changing the region before you restore.