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How to cleanup P800 storage fast and safe (and clean)? |
SonyForever
Joined: Jul 18, 2003
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Hi all,
Is that a way to clean P800 storage fast and safe? Just wanna get rid of those little ini of apps I no longer use (some even left ini behind even i uninstalled them). Can master reset do that? I don't mind to reinstall all I need.
thx in adv.
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zed
Joined: Jul 09, 2003
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I did a full format of the phone. It cleared all the unwanted stuff and I started back to square one.
Reinstalled everything that i needed and the phone feels much faster now. |
psikey
Joined: Jan 31, 2002
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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If you have uninstalled the application and only the folder and .ini file are still there in you apps folder (sometimes others) then it should be safe to just delete the folder.
Thats what I do and have done on previous EPOC/Symbian devices I have had without any problems.
You do at your own risk of course and do a backup just before to be safe.
Doing a full format and reinstall of everything is a bit extreme. |
SonyForever
Joined: Jul 18, 2003
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thx for the reply.
May i ask how to do a full format for C: ?
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epscilon
Joined: Apr 02, 2003
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If you want a totally fresh start, which I would recommend maybe twice a year just to keep your p800 running on top condition, you have to do a mater reset.
Make a note of all the apps you have installed and download the sis files again and keep these safe for next time you want to master reset. Make sure you keep a seperate copy of all your photos, mp3's, ringtones etc so you dont lose them as you will not be using a backup. Also remember to sync your contacts and stuff so you can get these back easily.
Then master reset the c:/ and format the ms. Then just start again as if it is a new phone.
Good luck.
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__spc__
Joined: Apr 04, 2003
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If you don't ahve Outlook 200x, is there anything I can use to back up my P800's contacts?
Steven. :?
This message was NOT posted from my P800 that I no longer have |
epscilon
Joined: Apr 02, 2003
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I think you can use windows address book as well? But I am not sure if that comes with windows or another application.
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Lordmike
Joined: Apr 29, 2003
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You can use windows address book. That's the one I use. And by outlook, you should be able to use the free version you get with Internet Explorer (if you got that one).
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SonyForever
Joined: Jul 18, 2003
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thx for the reply from all.
lol, I just followed Lordmike signature and go to the system info. menu and found a 'format internal disk' function there. what it does? Just out of curiosity, don't think i gonna try it 
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Yoeppie
Joined: Mar 28, 2003
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On 2003-08-08 11:48:38, __spc__ wrote:
If you don't ahve Outlook 200x, is there anything I can use to back up my P800's contacts?
Steven. :?
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U can always rip out the contacts.cdb file from ur backupfile by renaming it to ****.zip and put that back on ur phone
c:\system\data\contacts.cdb
make sure u use a copy of the backupfile
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psikey
Joined: Jan 31, 2002
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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@Yoeppie
I must have missed that tip somehow & I've been coming here ages!!
Thanks for that |
Jah
Joined: Jun 22, 2003
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From: UK
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Yoeppie you're a star - wonderful tip. |
mannequin
Joined: Apr 17, 2003
Posts: 60
From: london
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how about sms? |
baz
Joined: Feb 18, 2003
Posts: 282
From: Ireland
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@mannequin
do you mean smsing all your contacts. if so it maybe a whole lot of smses and you might have to send it to another p800 as a lesser mobile would lose some of the individual contact info.
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Yoeppie
Joined: Mar 28, 2003
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@psikey
@Jah
Ur welcome i did post this trick before in some other thread but i cant remember where
@mannequin
If ur asking would the same trick olso work on sms yes this trick should work on nearly everything in ur p800 the only prob with sms is the that some files might be locked so the only way 2 get that job done is with p800 pc filemanger make sure ur flightmode is on
make a backup before doing this.
Start the program p800 pc filemanager
again start making a new backup, but When u see the P800 saying "backup in Progress" cancel the backup. dont start the phone
leave it in cradle.
this will allow u 2 access the p800 from pc filemanager and control the p800 and be able 2 copy what ever u want.
ur sms files are stored in the c:\system\mail\ on ur p800
so from the backup in \system\mail\ u could then put them back
make sure u have a good backup before doing this
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Posted: 2003-08-08 05:10
