Help! I broke it, but need the calendar data

[johniemi]

I dropped my HTC wizard and it broke. How can I access the calendar that I have activesynced on my PC? It powers on so I could probably connect it to my PC via activesync but I have no idea how I could get the calendar app running on my PC.

I used to own a Sonyericsson p800 once and it had a great utility which let you manage calendar and phonebook items via pc, is there one for windows mobile?

So basically all I want is to view the calendar items via my pc because I have every appointment and important reminder in my phone's calendar :(

-John

[abubasim]

ActiveSync will sync calendar entries, notes and tasks to Outlook.
I had a similar problem with my JAMin. I bricked it while trying to flash with a customized ROM. I installed the WM5 emulator from Microsoft and managed to restore my last backup (SPB Backup) on the emulator and then sync this to Outlook.

(The local phone dealer is unbricking the phone under warranty!)

[johniemi]

Where can I find the backups on my PC? I looked in Program Files/Activesync/ but couldn't see anything resembling a database file... Note that I'm not very technical with these things... :oops:

EDIT: I have the WM5 emulator and Outlook installed so I just need to find where the activesync backups are located.

[johniemi]

UPDATE: Just got activesync working, so although the phone screen is busted, I can activesync it.

So please, anyone, let me know how I can get the phonebook and calendar info into my pc. I can view all the files on the phone via activesync -> Explore.

[raymonds]

have you made any prior backups in your pocketpc?

whether you did or did not, here's an alternative method...

with activesync open, choose tools>options, then place a tick mark on contacts and calendars. press ok.

when you click on "sync", the contacts and calendar items will be placed in microsoft outlook. when you open outlook, you can view them, along with inbox, etc.

[johniemi]

Ok, tried that and it synced them all... so they should be in my pc now, but where? Which directory??

[raymonds]

start > programs > microsoft outlook

[johniemi]

Can't see anything, I have Outlook 2002, maybe it does not support WM5? I did get an error when syncing:

"Cannot synchronize with the Outlook profile you are using, because a different profile was previously set up or the profile is password-protected. Please open Outlook using the appropriate profile.

Support code:8503001f"

I have never used Outlook on my PC before...

EDIT: Just to clarify: Outlook opens fine, but all the calendar entries and notes etc. are blank.

-John

[raymonds]

i also have outlook 2002... i'm sorry, i cannot help you past this point (i understand zilch about "profiles"). i'm sure there are others who know what to do next.

[johniemi]

There has to be a simple way to just yank out the calendar data from my phone just by using Explorer on my desktop pc, right? Please say it's so because now I uninstalled Outlook and I'm getting more errors than before, now I really don't even know where to start.

This is really driving me nuts... I know I have at least four job appointments for tomorrow, and it's now 11pm and I can't get them out of my phone, and I can't sleep because I know that I'm going to be really royally screwed tomorrow if I have to go to work and don't know where I'm supposed to go during the day.

I think I'll revert back to using a pen and paper calendar in the future...

[johniemi]

I have to bump this up... I really need help in getting the calendar entries out of my phone.

[abubasim]

If this was the first time you synchronised calendar data then ActiveSync should've taken you through the configuration of a new Outlook profile. If not, then you may already have a profile configured. Outlook's mail profiles can be managed from the Mail icon in the Control Panel on your PC.

[hanmin]

I can't give you the details, but this is what I can vaguely recall.

There are a few files in the root directory of your phone that can be copied via activesynced-explorer (e.g. the mobile device on your My Computer). The file is something like PIM.xxx. If you have a spare phone to use, you may want to try copying these files into the other phone and see if the calendar stuff is in there or not.

Else, try to do activesync on another computer and transfer all calendar stuff into Outlook. when you have your new phone, just plug the phone in and have everything synced into the new phone.