Message/Screen Protector/Theme Questions..
 

Forgive me if this is the wrong area for posting this - It's my first post here :)

But, I have 3 questions...

1) Is there some program that can back up your sent and received text messages on your computer? I want one so I can update my phone and put them back on there..

2) What type of screen protectors would you recommend for the phone? I need a new one and I'm not sure of which to get.

3) I'm having some problems when I change my today theme.. Whenever I change my theme, it changes the theme of the phone, but I have to open my phone and close it in order for my backround to change. I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem and/or has a fix for it.

Thats all, thanks for reading...
P.S. If this helps with the answer to #3, the only programs I have installed on my phone were the X-Button and the PocketCM. But this started happening way before the PocketCM was installed

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4) How would I synchronize the items that are on my computer back to my phone...? That still puzzles me....Sorry if its a dumbish question...

2) http://www.seidioonline.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=226 worked excellent for me
3) soft reset after changes

2. I've had this one for about a week now...http://www.martinfields.com/US/dis_p...od_type=screen

Seems like it will do the trick...A little pricey though...

Thanks for the link hAvAAck...Will try one of them when I make another purchase...cheaper too....

Thanks for the protector sites.

Also, with the third thing, the phone used to change the backround + today theme whenever I would select it from the list.. I was just wondering if there was an explanation for why I have to take it an extra step now to get it to change.

Still looking for other answers

I love the stuff from www.shieldzone.com. I have their screen protector on my Mogul and it is pretty much bulletproof. They come with a lifetime warranty too. I am on my 3rd mogul and they have sent me a replacement for each. I use them on my PSP and Ipod Touch too. I use that with my Seidio hard case and never have to worry about a thing. They are on the expensive side but the lifetime warranty is sweet.

Do you notice any glare with this protector when looking at the screen in the sunlight?

They are not anti-glare per se but they are about the same as an unprotected screen. I live in Phoenix so I have lots of sun and rarely have any problems seeing my screen.

for question 1
you would pretty much need spb backup to backup the phone 1:1, thats the only text message backup method i know...

Question 2
I have never found a screen protector that didnt piss me off, im super anal about it...
http://www.nushield.com/

question 3
i belive there is a refresh setting the the reg for the background somewhere, but it should change if you put the phone to sleep and wake it, or if you open the keyboard


Question 4
IF the data is still actually on your computer and not overwritten in some activesync way... Just go to this on your phone
Start:Programs:Activesync:Menu:Options:
In there if you see that Windows PC has any checkboxes, you can CLICK hold on the windows pc title, and delete it and try to resync...
IF you use an exchange server, you would have to first delete that, sync with the computer, then re-setup the exchange server
(do not do this during a sync or while connected to the pc, as it wont allow you to do anything)

But usually just deleting "Windows PC" and re-syncing works...
Sorry thats written so poorly, but activesync sucks, so there is alot of problems with
it you just need to understand, and are hard to explain, im defiantly a hater of active sync, if you dont have an exchange server id just do the following, and forward all your emails there, so you have push mail AND constant backups of all tasks, calenders, notes and contacts...

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=2

Its free, its fast, its push, its awesome...

If I were to do the Spb Backup, then install the new ROM - Would I be putting the old rom back on if I loaded the stuff that I backup?

Yea, you can select JUST to backup texts and other data like that, and not system data... that should work during a rom change... Its an option that lets you deselect system items and applications and just save your person files like text and emails and stuff... but i just know it does that, i have never done it, so don't take that as 100%...
But yes, if you did a full backup, if you changed roms you would be downgrading back to the backed up rom if you restore, but usually when this happens a lot of shit gets fucked up cause of file problems and shit, so i dont recommend doing that...

http://www.thepocketsolution.com/PSI-35208.html

the protectors from this site work great for me. cheap too and it comes in a pack of 3. not the best in the world but it does the job and it comes with a cool alcohol pad to clean your screen prior to putting the screen on...

Any other screen protectors people would recommend?

And...Are there any other explanations on how to sync the data on your computer back to your phone

Yes, depending on how you set up SPB
Try PIM backup, it only backs up the information and not the systems data
I have Sprite, when I do major mods to save system data and I use PIM daily for contacts emails and text messages

I tried searching on here for it...Couldn't find it.
Do you have any links where I could get that from?

As far as syncing info back to your phone...this is how i did it...

when active sync is open your looking at what computer it is connected to, and what items you have synced...ex PIM data and system data...

If you double click the computer name that you have chosen...ex mine says laptop...then it will bring up a little window asking you whether or not you want any differences in data to be overwritten on the phone or computer... I had synced my phone with my laptop before checking this off and lost all of my contacts... luckily i backed them up with SPB Backup..so i restored all of the contacts and then when my PPC started to sync i pressed stop right away, and changed the option to overwrite differences onto my computer. So that way all of my calendar and contact info was transferred to my laptop from my phone. Its alot easier to edit contacts in outlook then on your ppc.

So...seeing as how you want your info from your comp back to your phone, you need to connect your ppc, stop the syncing right away, double click your computer and change the option telling it to change any differences it finds on the phone so that way any data on your computer will be transferred to your phone...

i hope this made sense, i went a little crosseyed myself writing it..if you dont get it let me know and ill throw some screenshots up

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Are you talking about changing "If There Is A Conflict: Replace Item On Device" to "If There Is A Conflict: Replace Item On Desktop"?

If not, could you put up some screenshots please :)

Yes..thats the wording i was looking for...i couldn't get active sync to work when i was writing that...

thats exactly what i was talking about...