How to backup to install PR1.3 ?

[p900]

Hello,
Last time I upgraded from PR1.1 to PR1.2 I couldn't restore anything at all from the device. I backed up everything before upgrading but couldn't restore. All installed applications were missing and I had to reinstall them. Also all of my contacts were deleted.
I couldn't upgrade through wifi and I upgraded through USB cable and downloaded file.

How can I effectively backup before installing PR1.3 my applications AND my contacts, and install through wifi without any problems?

thank you

[James_Littler]

Use the backup application found in your menu.
Transfer this to a PC/MMC for safe keeping and just incase you have to flash the eMMC.

[p900]

I backed up with backup in the menu.
the problem is not that I couldn't find the backup file later. it was not backed up correctly.
I also couldn't upgrade with Wifi like many other people

[anandv76]

i would suggest a complete back-up using ovi suite. the backup on the N900 doesnt back-up the phonebook or the applications/settings...

[p900]

what kind of backup is it then? :P

[cfh11]

i would suggest a complete back-up using ovi suite. the backup on the N900 doesnt back-up the phonebook or the applications/settings...

Yes it does, at least on mine.

[anandv76]

what kind of backup is it then? :P

communication, calendar, bookmark , app list, some settings etc. certainly not the phonebook in my case. just to give you an example, the backup on the phone is a few megs whereas the full backup on pc-suite/ovi-suite is a few gigs...

[cfh11]

Are you sure your contacts are on your phone and not your SIM? The reason the ovi suite version is bigger is because it will back up the data on your eMMC (songs, videos, documents etc) I think...

[p900]

yes, the contacts are on my phone and not SIM.
I have just installed ovi suite and I see that is not showing the phone numbers of some contacts I have on the device. those phone numbers appear on my phone but not on my computer :(

[one1002]

I backed up with backup in the menu.
the problem is not that I couldn't find the backup file later. it was not backed up correctly.
I also couldn't upgrade with Wifi like many other people

hi, when you made a backup, connect your N900 via usb mass storage mode, then locate backup folder, your backup file is in the folder..

after you have flashed the device (assuming you flashed emmc too), create a folder named "backup"(all lower case) in MyDocs, then, connect your device via usb mass storage, and copy the backup file to the folder "backup".

unplug the usb, and go to backup application in the menu, and you should see the backup file.

what do you mean you couldn't upgrade with wifi?

[p900]

it was unable to upgrade PR1.1 to PR1.2 through wifi
I saw the yellow square notification to upgrade but it was not able to do it.
I had to download the upgrade file to my computer and install it through USB

[p900]

it was the same issue like this
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=53963

[anandv76]

Yes it does, at least on mine.

yep, have more than 500 contacts in my phonebook with multiple entries but none on my SIM. i backup on my sd card when i use the backup feature on N900 and it doesnt backup the phonebook. it doesnt mention phonebook either when you bring up the backup app on the N900

p.s.: (i keep saying N900 and not "the phone" since the argument about "phone" versus "mobile computer" isnt settled yet!)...

[p900]

I have installed Nokia Ovi Suite 2.2.1.23
As I was told before, backups from that suite might be some gb
my backup through the suite says 80mb
is that normal?
when I am in mass storage mode, I see Nokia N900 device is around 500mb
Also in settings / memory / details I see Total size 27,22mb
in use by system 228mb
user files 790mb

How is it possible the backup to be only 80mb ?
Also when I try to retrieve and backup messaging I get a message saying that "messaging not supported with this version of device software"

so, the 2 questions in brief
1. is 80mb of backup normal? (I removed all photos, videos, mp3 from the device manually)
2. how can I backup sms messages?

[anandv76]

mine was a few gb because of nokia map data and sygiic map data too, and other applications that i had installed. in case you dont have these, then it sounds about right. sms messages is part of conversations, and gets backed up when you back up either on OVI suite or the phone backup feature (which i would ask to do nevertheless)....

[p900]

it didn't allow me to backup sms because of "messaging not supported with this version of device software" message. I tried both OVI Suite and Nokia PC suite.
Finally I made the OTA update to PR1.3

next thing is to try meego and android :)