Re: Partnership problem

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At 23 Jun 2008 22:37:05 +0100 People wrote:
Having not used my ppc (HP4150) for some time decided to turn it
on only to find out that all my data had gone. Managed to load some
of the programs back on. Loaded ppc onto cradle and 'new partnership'
wizard appeared. Selected the option to use an existing partnership
but a message comes up saying 'the selected backup file was made
from a different type of mobile device'. I have another device but
the device name I've selected is definitely the correct one for this
ipaq. Does anyone have any ideas what could be going on?
3.71 active sync used


Activesync is a funny beast. If you try to reselect an existing
partnership after a hard reset, it assumes it's a new device. (Why? I
can't tell you! Probably because the device "tells" the PC it's never been
sync'd yet.)

To restore a backup to an "empty" device, DON'T create a partnership,
connect as a guest, then run the backup/restore utility and the device will
"become" it's old self again, and the partnership shouldn't need to be
recreated.

Intuitive, huh? ;-)

At this point, you've probably already messed up the old partnership trying
to repartner the post-reset 4150 with the old name, so starting from
scratch (new partnership name, sync PIM data from scratch and reinstall
programs) might be simplest.


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