keep loosing all my informatio/contacts etc please advise...

[DJHicks]

hi i have a xda 2 o2 pay and go with the following rom info

Rom Version: 1.72.00WWE
Rom Date 03/15/04
Radio Version 1.17.00
Protocol Version 1337.28
ExtROM Version 1.72.181

as we all know its hard to keep up the fone fully charged.. im always out n randomly doin dj sets here n there.. n sometime dnt have the charger.. the battery gets flat...

then i finally put it on charge and then thing starts a fresh install!

i loose everything except wats on the storage card!

is there anyway this can be solved? i think its very very stupid of o2 or whoever to develop a pocket pc that looses this information so easily!

dnt loose everything off a pc jut because the powers been turned off... even when the battery in the motherboard goes flat u only loose the date and time settings and a few settings that the machine just auto runs if the batterys flat!

so y cant i turn the pocket pc off... or can i??? if i turn wireless of and then press the power buttin and the screen goes off - is it then fully off? consuming very little power?

wats the easiest way to update the xda 2 and with what files... although this is my 1st post i do and have many a times searched around the forum for solutions to things its just i never have anything informative to post so i dnt thus not filling the forum up with crap! lol ... and although im usualy very technically minded what ever is mentioned in posts is quite baffling lol!

is the a simple way to update? if so wats the best update?

oh and how can i back up contacts without using outlook as i dnt have it... i dnt use it never have so dnt have it... and again if i cant backup the contacts again someone in development of the xda 2 made another fuck up!

Thank you very much in advance to anyone that can help! its very much appriciated!!!

[DJHicks]

oh yes this problem with the fresh installs has happened 3 or 4 times now!

also once the screen sort of half froze... the top half looked off but i had a dull box with so txt in it... i first thought it was screen burn etc bt it was frozen... and nothing would correct it till i took the battery out

i put it back in after about 2 seconds and its started up and ran a fresh install!

please help its so annoying to loose over 160 contacts everytime... also having to keep writing them onit etc!

[ianpac]

DJ

Go to your settings and use Xbackup - you can select contacts only or all data and save the backup onto your storage card, assuming you have enough space. The contacts only option will produce a small file which can easily fit into your Storage folder in case you like swapping storage cards. Data in Storage is persistent and will survive dead batteries.

The XDA will not lose its data if you have a flat battery. The battery level does not show all the actual charge. Even when it drops to zero, there is still enough charge left to keep data good for 72 hours. Recharge within 72 hours to have everything back to normal. Just do not remove the battery or else your reserve battery will run out in 20 mins and you will lose everything!

If this is not happening for you then you may have a defective battery.

Sometimes your XDA will completely crash with a frozen screen and the only option is to remove the battery to force a hard reset. Its Windows afterall....... If you have backed up using Xbackup or Activesync then it is only an irritation. Regular backup is key to happy usage!

[DJHicks]

thank u very much!

also noticed ive had the fone on the side for 3 days with everything off like fone facility off, bluetooth etc

and the batterys hard dropped!

again cheers for ur help