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Audemars02 · 04:16 PM

EDIT: The new version of the program is up and posted, and working better now!

While this is not a sync solution, user xybyre has made a nifty little program that will actually backup your Palm Profile Contacts, as well and any other contacts that you have linked on to your Pre (e.g. Gmail, EAS, LinkedIn, etc). Check out this thread ( http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-...ml#post2020224 ) and go to Post 57 to details on how to download the program (link here: http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-...ml#post2032355 ). (Make sure you do not download Version 1 on post 23)

Oh, and the best part is that you do not need a lot of technical help to do this. Here's how simple it is:
1. Using either Internalz or webOS Quick Install, extract the file var/luna/data/dbdata/PalmDatabase.db3 ... If using Internalz, connect to USB mode and copy to your computer
2. Download and run the ExportPreContacts program and provide the location of the .db3 file
3. Open up the resulting .csv file in Excel (or some other program). Voila, you have a backup of all your contacts with most of the data for each of those people...

Note that each linked contacts are not linked in the file. Each contact from each account will appear on a separate line in the file, but there is a "Person id" that will be the same for each contact that is linked.

I would also like to thank user ronniebrasco for offering (and paying) the $100 reward to get this going! I have added $5 to that and would recommend anyone else give a donation to xybyre if this is a help for you until Palm creates a true sync or backup that you have access to!

11/13/2009, 04:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Audemars02 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,487 Likes Received: 13 Thanks: 252 Thanked 405 Times in 238 Posts	Palm Profile Contacts Backup is now available... and it's easy, too!!! EDIT: The new version of the program is up and posted, and working better now! While this is not a sync solution, user xybyre has made a nifty little program that will actually backup your Palm Profile Contacts, as well and any other contacts that you have linked on to your Pre (e.g. Gmail, EAS, LinkedIn, etc). Check out this thread ( http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-...ml#post2020224 ) and go to Post 57 to details on how to download the program (link here: http://forums.precentral.net/web-os-...ml#post2032355 ). (Make sure you do not download Version 1 on post 23) Oh, and the best part is that you do not need a lot of technical help to do this. Here's how simple it is: 1. Using either Internalz or webOS Quick Install, extract the file var/luna/data/dbdata/PalmDatabase.db3 ... If using Internalz, connect to USB mode and copy to your computer 2. Download and run the ExportPreContacts program and provide the location of the .db3 file 3. Open up the resulting .csv file in Excel (or some other program). Voila, you have a backup of all your contacts with most of the data for each of those people... Note that each linked contacts are not linked in the file. Each contact from each account will appear on a separate line in the file, but there is a "Person id" that will be the same for each contact that is linked. I would also like to thank user ronniebrasco for offering (and paying) the $100 reward to get this going! I have added $5 to that and would recommend anyone else give a donation to xybyre if this is a help for you until Palm creates a true sync or backup that you have access to! Last edited by Audemars02; 11/15/2009 at 04:16 PM.
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