05-20-2003, 03:54 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Pocket Backup Saves the Day - Again...
Last night I was working with my wife's iPAQ 1910 (what an amazing little machine!), and I connected it to the desktop PC using a Gomadic Sync 'N Charge cable. For some odd reason, when I connected the cable, the screen on the iPAQ went blank. The screen was still on, but it was displaying nothing but black. I tried soft resetting it - no luck. I pulled out the battery, put it back in, and still couldn't get it to boot. Was I stressed out about losing data or having to set everything up again? Not at all. :mrgreen: I knew Pocket Backup has run earlier that day, so I left it overnight with the battery pulled so the backup battery would drain (it takes about 60 minutes or so), and when I woke up this morning, the iPAQ had hard reset. I put in the battery, the device came up as it should (the screen problem was fixed somehow), and I had the device restored from the daily scheduled backup within about three minutes total. Perfection!
Again, I highly recommend this tool - you never know when your Pocket PC will decide to throw a fit. If you haven't already, download the trial version or buy the full version. I'm not sure if the 20% discount coupon still works, but you can give it a try: 6AXBXDF2. [Affiliate]
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05-20-2003, 04:16 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 416
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I'm becoming more and more convinced to buy this software, especially when I test software I wrote on my own Jornada -- makes me a little :worried:
Also, I don't have a 1910, but can't you do a hard-reset somehow? Do you really need to drain the backup battery?? (is the backup battery rechargable also or did you have to go buy a new one?)
Hmm..
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05-20-2003, 04:41 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 116
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Hey Jason... it's so rare to get GOOD news about "Backups"!!!
:lol:
I do wonder though, whether the software is $40.00 CDN better than the
standard OS Backup utility or a standalone CF card for backups?
Noel
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05-20-2003, 04:57 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 62
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1910 hard reset
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Originally Posted by lurch
Also, I don't have a 1910, but can't you do a hard-reset somehow? Do you really need to drain the backup battery??
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You can do a hard reset of the 1910 by holding the power button while doing a soft reset (i.e. by pressing and holding down the power button while pressing the soft reset button with your stylus)
BTW Jason, what happened?, I'm curious to know since I have a 1910. Was this the sudden unexplained battery drain problem that some people have reported on?
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05-20-2003, 05:04 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by lurch
Also, I don't have a 1910, but can't you do a hard-reset somehow? Do you really need to drain the backup battery?? (is the backup battery rechargable also or did you have to go buy a new one?)
Hmm..
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Yes, you can hard reset it with a button combo, but I didn't remember how. The backup battery is internal and rechargable.
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05-20-2003, 05:05 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Noel
I do wonder though, whether the software is $40.00 CDN better than the standard OS Backup utility or a standalone CF card for backups?
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Well, I can only say that although I got the software for free as a reviewer, I would absolutely buy this software regardless - and I don't say that for many software packages. It's simply solid, and it works.
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05-20-2003, 05:08 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,162
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Originally Posted by Noel
Hey Jason... it's so rare to get GOOD news about "Backups"!!!
:lol:
I do wonder though, whether the software is $40.00 CDN better than the
standard OS Backup utility or a standalone CF card for backups?
Noel
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Well if you're using an iPAQ then it's essentially just an upgraded version of the same software. I"m not sure about their upgrade policies for that, but I think you can upgrade for free to the regular version and pay $10 for the Pocket Backup Plus edition.
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05-20-2003, 05:08 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Re: 1910 hard reset
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Originally Posted by Ivan
BTW Jason, what happened?, I'm curious to know since I have a 1910. Was this the sudden unexplained battery drain problem that some people have reported on?
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I have no clue. :| It was fully charged, working fine, but as soon as I connected the cable, wham, it went funky (black screen displayed) and it wouldn't respond to a soft reset push, which is VERY odd.
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05-20-2003, 05:09 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 87
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I bought Sunnysoft backup manager for 11 bucks, and its probably the best 11 bucks spent for a program! Its saved me a time or two on my e310. And the best part of this program is that you can put a small version of the program on the sd card so that if you need to backup from a hard reset, all you have to do is run the program from the storage card.
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05-20-2003, 05:13 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 116
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Re: Pocket Backup Saves the Day - Again...
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I'm not sure if the 20% discount coupon still works, but you can give it a try: 6AXBXDF2.
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It DOES!
:lol:
Noel
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