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How can I retrieve a photo from my backup or contacts


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Posted by anish
I deleted a photo from my phone and now I want to restore that. I am sure it is in one of the back ups I have made but can't see the individual files in the back up folder on my computer and hence can't take the photo back. I don't want to restore the entire back up since it will replace some applications I have now. Even though I deleted the photo since it was attached to a contact I still has a copy of it in the contact partition of the phone (I suppose). I can't find the file though . Is there any way to transfer this photo to the phone memory from the contacts section when I click the photo attached to the contact it only gives me a delete option.

Any help will be greatly appreciated


Posted by plevyadophy
I think I (and others) have already answered this one.

Please do a search here on Esato. If you cant find it then it must be on HowardForums or My-Symbian (as I am a member of all three).

Right now I cant remember which site it is on (but it is pretty recent like within last six weeks)

Hope that helps.

Posted by anish
@plevyadophy

Thanks for the reply but I did search the Esato before asking that question here and couldn't find an answer for my query. I think now a days, if we don't state in the post that "I have already done a search" people just assume that the poster have'nt done any search. And I am not a memeber of the other forums so obvioulsly haven't searched that.

EDIT: Hey I found a way to get the photo from the back up with out restoring the whole back up. Actually you can open the .ecs file in a computer using WinZip and then you can see all the files listed just extract or copy the photo you needed to your computer and then to your phone whey.. now its on your phone again.
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[ This Message was edited by: anish on 2003-10-15 15:42 ]

Posted by n.evil
I too have a similar query. I've got a picture embedded in an MMS, but deleted the picture by mistake when transferring to my new MSD. Can I extract the picture to my Pictures folder ?

Posted by haydnw
@anish

Where did you find the pictures in your backup file? I have looked all over and still can't find them! Are they in normal picture format or are they part of the contacts.cdb file?

Posted by anish
@haydnw
Yes mate its in .jpg format. All you have to do is to go to the folder >file on your computer where the back up is stored and right click and >open with > WinZip then you can see all the files including the .sis files of the applications justt select the jpg ones if that is what you are looking for, and copy to the computer.Let me know whether this helped.

Sorry if I sounded patronising was just an attempt to help


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