Comments on: Geek Guide: How to Backup and Restore Your 3rd Party Applications

By: Nigel

Nigel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:26:02 +0000

Great post! However I have a curve 8900 running 5.0.0.100 and use DM5 I got bricked this morning installing Opera5. I was able to reinstall the OS but when restoring the third party apps I get ” Error This application is not compatible with your device and cannot be loaded.” Any help?suggestions?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:46:24 +0000

This worked for me on my Bold.

By: david

david — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:24:10 +0000

thanks so much for this great tips, really want i need, just for peace of mind…cost there is some “application” that i need to backup, included those that only wish to stay in “old” version, cost if case need download again will be newer version…thanks :D

By: Cooper

Cooper — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:24:28 +0000

@steve @Joseph The method should back up all of your data associated with the application from what I can tell. I did not pay attention to that when I tested the process and I should have.

This process is the only way to snag those apps before os upgrades so there really is no other option besides not upgrading.

If you do go through with the backup and upgrades, please come back and comment here to let everyone know if you were successful in maintaining your 3rd party app data.

When I do my next upgrade I will test this out and leave a comment as well.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:31:21 +0000

I would also like to know if it does the above. I have googled and looked everywhere but no one has any solutions for backing up all that data which is the most annoying part to a new install, the 3rd party app data.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:47:03 +0000

The 3rd party app is being backed up, but what about the data? For instance, I take notes in my Bible SW. My experiece in the past, that the app is backed up, but not the data with the conventional route of using Desktop Manager. Also, when updating OS, I have to re-register products. Will the above solve this, bring over registrations and data?

By: Leonard AKA toadfacedfrump

Leonard AKA toadfacedfrump — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:50:12 +0000

Works great for my 8310 Curve, I hope. I’m freeing up space for more games and Bible apps, so I pray it works when I try to reinstall the software I’m deleting for now. Great job Cooper!!

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:19:56 +0000

Yes, I just verified this. If you have bluetooth enabled it will not write the PIN.alx file to the temp directory of the drive??? Must operate the function from RAM over wire for some reason. GOOD INFO TO KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:05:42 +0000

director above should be “directory”

By: Lance

Lance — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:04:25 +0000

Re: Curve 8330 on Sprint
Before I upgraded to OS to 4.5 from 4.3 I followed this procedure without a hitch.

Then I upgraded to DM 4.7 from 4.3 and was dis-statisfied with the speed of sync, so I uninstalled it and am back with DM 4.3 Not sure if that’s a variable in this equation or not. Just providing all info to solve the problem.

Next I enabled bluetooth on DM 4.3, and am wirelessly syncing to my berry. Backup/Restore Databases has an interesting message I never saw before about databases being configured for a wireless update, and I cannot restore individual ones. Interesting.

Anyhow, on to the pie. I repeated the exact steps I did less than a month ago, and there is no PIN.alx file being created on disk any more. I can still find the director PIN but no PIN.alx file anywhere to be found. Is this somehow related to bluetooth. I have both it and USB enabled at the same time?