Wow. I had no idea Qtopia could sync with Outlook. That's going to make my life much easier.
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Lorn Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 20 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Michael Shiloh wrote: > > > I've just posted about the software update that has been discussed here > > > today, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to tell you all about my > > > blog: > > > > Cool! > > > > Here is another FAQ entry (with a few holes to be filled in): > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Q) How do I preserve my Contacts, Calendar etc information when > > re-flashing to a later snapshot? > > > > A) Bearing in mind that this is early-access software, we do not > > recommend that you store large volumes of valuable contact or calendar > > information in your phone. However, some people have used the following > > procedures for their most immediate contacts. > > > > If you're using a pre-ASU snapshot, all such files are stored in > > ~/.evolution (/home/root/.evolution), and are in "Evolution Database > > Format"; you could in theory copy this information to your desktop and > > access it via Evolution or EDS (or vice versa). > > > > If you're using ASU, this information is stored [WHERE???], and is > > stored in a QTopia-specific format. > > > > Copy the appropriated directories someplace safe BEFORE re-flashing the > > phone. Either scp -r them from the phone to your desktop, or, cp -r them > > to the micro-SD card (assuming you put the card in and that it still has > > space): cp -r [directories listed above] /media/card/. > > > > Then re-flash the phone, and copy the files back. > > > > Note: the format of these files is subject to change. > > > > Or, [THIS IS UNTESTED] download the QTopia Desktop and synchronize your > > phone with your desktop. The download site is > > http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/desktopdownloads/ for > > common platforms; for unsupported platforms, you could maybe get the > > "QTopia Open Source Download" and extract and build the QTopia Desktop > > from that. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > If anybody knows the location of the files that QT contacts uses, or has > > actually tried the QTopia Desktop with the new ASU image, please pipe > > in! (Please don't guess, because you might cause somebody to waste a lot > > of time, or lose data :-)) > > Qtopia contacts are stored in the sqlite database. They can also be copied > to > the sim card. > > Qtopia Desktop is too old and will not work with Qtopia version 4. > > Currently Qtopia will only sync to Outlook (I think). Someone could write > plugins for others. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Ian Darwin > > > > -- > Lorn 'ljp' Potter > Software Engineer, Systems Group, MES, Trolltech > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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