Jackos, you always know something good to say.

Good morning Skrobel,
Once again thank you for taking the time to develop this application. Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I had technical difficulties.
Following our recent conversation I'm posting below my findings about version 0.1 beta.

Pros:

• Easy, intuitive UI
• 3 customizable registry patterns for different settings
• A lot of 3-rd party software patterns
• Thought-out set of settings

Cons:

• 90's looking UI
• No support for exporting Twitter and Youtube Account Manager settings
• Poorly implemented AppToDate support
• Partly Sense and CHT support
• No way to backup e-mail accounts and signatures (I know it's difficult to assemble)
• No file backup at all
• No support for all registry types (not really needed through)

I think you will agree that this app still needs further development. In my opinion Sense SDK is good enough to start with.

Yours truly,
Jackos

Hello,

Thank you all for your comments. I plan further development, so whatever you will find, I will at least try to solve.

@Jackos
You deserve special thanks. I don't wan't to defend myself but please remember I am still n00b if about programming And I'd like to comment at least some of your cons:

90's looking UI - I fully agree. This is still on my "to-do" list. Honestly I have already tried to run the Sense SDK from eboelzner (on an early stage of the app) and I just couldn't get the controls to appear on the form. I haven't spent much time on it though as this was not the most important thing to do. And there are only a few controls in this app which are big enough to operate with finger

Poorly implemented AppToDate support - honestly I did it same way as you did for your ROMs I know there is a possibility to download up-to-date cab directly from within the program, but I think the vital thing is to inform the user that something has changed. Nevertheless I will try to improve also here.

No way to backup e-mail accounts and signatures (I know it's difficult to assemble) - yes, you're right. And WiFi settings would also be fantastic to backup. I honestly don't know how to handle it. I did an extensive search among some developers forums and nothing up to now...

No file backup at all - this honestly was not in my plans. I use SettingsExporter in conjunction with PIMBackup in which I have my configuration (stored by the SettingsExporter by the way), and I backup all my files, contacts, messages and calendar within 2 clicks. I don't think any file backup is necessary...

No support for all registry types (not really needed though) - I've seen a tool written using NetCF where (according to the description) it is possible. I will ask the developer for help.


The rest of the "cons" concerns the configuration files which are subject to develop continously and independently on the tool itself. I was kinda hoping that this thread will grow with suggestions of other values of which I don't know and/or I don't use. So whatever you feel should be placed here, please post it hence help to improve for other users.

Originally Posted by Skrobel

No way to backup e-mail accounts and signatures (I know it's difficult to assemble) - yes, you're right. And WiFi settings would also be fantastic to backup. I honestly don't know how to handle it. I did an extensive search among some developers forums and nothing up to now...

There are some encryption algorithms that aren't reverse-able. I have no knowledge with one is used in WinCe so maybe it's not possible at all. You could try to backup settings without including passwords.

I guess we have to ask ultrashot. He knows nearly everything about nearly anything

Originally Posted by Skrobel

I guess we have to ask ultrashot. He knows nearly everything about nearly anything

He's disassembling WM and SE mobile systems since he stopped using chamber pot

Strange, 35 downloads and nobody reported further problems? I don't believe there aren't any.

I dig up the e-mail and WiFi backup, but no real results yet. On the other hand I know how to handle the Sense SDK controls, so the next release will probably have better look as requested. But I don't want it to be the only update, so report guys, report

Runs fine on my Axim X51V running WM6.5. I've been using an old app until now called SettingSavior. And for specific third party apps, if I was able to find a registry entry where the registration key was stored, I used SKTools to create a reg file for that. then I used Shashimi to import cabs and .reg files.

Will explore your app more.

Some suggested other 3rd party apps for setting backup:

Sprite Backup
Galarm
Resco Explorer
Pocket Music

I used similar method to store my settings. I used CeRegEditor to make an "image" of the registry, then I changed my settings (also for third party apps), then I compared the saved image with the current state.

But if you use these programs and you have your setup created with SKTools, could you share it with me? I could check what settings are used for these apps, and update config files with them.

Thanks for creating this useful application ,I use this application, PIMBack-up and XDA_UC_NET - portable to fully automate the restore. Now a Hard reset or ROM update is a breeze.

Regards w@p