How to Backup Provider Settings?

drtigerlilly · #1 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 05:50 PM

I have a ppc6700 that i've had for about 4 mths now, and i find the rom that came w/ it very buggy, i wanted to try a new rom, but am afraid of losing the provider settings.

I'm not in the US, and my provider is Centennial Dominicana, so i basically want to know is there anyway that i can backup the provider settings, i gather that this is essentially information like MSL, MSID, and MDN values as well as the PRL?

How can i back up this information so that i can put a new rom on my phone, then put the settings back in, so i don't have to go back to my provider and pay them to reprogram the phone everytime i change the rom.

Thank You in advance

**luv2chill** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 05:58 PM

Install Total Commander... then run it and at the top of the screen type in:

\Extended_ROM

and hit Enter. That should take you to a new folder with a bunch of cab files in it. Copy those cab files to your storage card (if you have one) or just to "My Documents" on the PPC. Then connect your PPC to the computer and copy the files over with activesync.

If you want, upload them to the ppcgeeks ftp (you'll need an FTP client) @ ftp.ppcgeeks.com (username: ppcgeeks / password: ezupload) and I can (eventually) make a package for you that you can use to put them directly into the ROM.

Those files contain all of the provider-specfic stuff. So once you back that stuff up you're safe to install another ROM.

drtigerlilly · #3 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 10:47 PM

i extracted the extended rom, but it appears to be unchanged from the original sprint extended rom (the phone was a sprint phone that i'd activated on the Centennial Dominicana network)
These are the files that are included

Sprint_Logo.bmp
PPST_FILE_SPCS_1_19_003_with_PRL20224.sa.CAB
DirectShow.sa.CAB
RTPlugin_CDMA.sa.CAB
Cert_SPCS.sa.CAB
Cert_SPCS.CAB
Fetch.CAB
WTLAudiblePlayerPocketPC.arm.CAB
AudibleSample.sa.CAB
Getmail.ppc2003.ARMV4Rel.sprint.CAB
sprint_software_store.CAB
GetGL.CAB
IOTA.sa.CAB
Customize_SPCS.sa.CAB
ButtonLock.sa.CAB
Enable_RingTone.sa.CAB
Disable_RemoveProgram.sa.CAB
PhoneSetting_HelpFile.sa.CAB
PowerICON.sa.CAB
TimeSnyc.sa.CAB
HiddenDurationPage.sa.CAB
ResString.sa.CAB
PP_IOTA_v1_10_Apache_206300.sa.CAB
PP_ErrCodeForSPCS_Apache_206300.sa.CAB
PT_RemoveHTCBatteryICON_Apache_206300.sa.CAB
PP_Version_Apac_206303.sa.CAB
PP_HTC_CM_Guardian_Apache_206300.sa.CAB
PP_LockUp_Apac_212705.sa.CAB
PT_Ril_Apac_206301.sa.CAB
AddContacts.exe

Should i bother to upload these to the ftp?
is there another way i can back up the files?

**luv2chill** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-11-2007, 11:54 PM

Oh, nah then nevermind. Did you physically bring your phone in and they took it and programmed it? Or did they tell you how to program it over the phone?

Mainly I think what you're interested in are the #777 settings. Most carriers just use a generic dialup connection with no proxy and no user name and password. You can check yourself by going to Start->Settings->Connections tab->Manage existing connections.

That is assuming you use your 6700 for data. If all you do is voice calls then you don't need to save anything--your phone number and all the "phone stuff" is saved in a different chip than the one you're messing with when flashing the phone--this is by design so that you don't have to reprogram the phone every time you upgrade the ROM.

drtigerlilly · #5 (**permalink**) 08-12-2007, 07:13 AM

The phone was physically taken into the company and programmed, I don't use it for data, just for voice calls and sms.

drtigerlilly · #6 (**permalink**) 08-12-2007, 10:20 PM

i installed my first rom on the ppc 6700!!! then i made my 1st rom!!!, what a day its been.
Thank you so much for all your help.
The phone works fine on the Centennial Dominicana network. SMS & voice calls are fine.
Thanks again.