HELP! I need help to keep from losin MY GAL::::

lysolflow · #1 (**permalink**) 06-29-2008, 11:32 PM

is there a way that you can view ya contacts on ya PC from the PPC Pim Backup...

i lost ma phone, and i need to call someone that has it.. the problem is, i dont know the number. i saved the file and the PPC Pim Backup on my computer... but i cant access it... can anyone help me out?...

somebody help quick cuz i aint tryin to hear ma gal mouth... she keep sayin a girl is pickin up... and not sayin anything...

**Darkness231** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 09:18 AM

The .pib file can be opened with winrar and there will be 4-6 files within named contacts/appointments etc. You are supposed to be able to open them with excel, but whenever I try I just get gibberish. I have also tried not using the binary backup and still get the same thing.

per www.dotfred.net
"There are two kinds of backups. The binary based backup has been implemented in order to have a backup/restore process which is fast and more reliable, the disadvantage being that the backup contents cannot be easily modified or viewed.
The text based backup has been implemented in order to see/edit the contents on a pc for instance."

"There is only one file type now, which is .pib (Personal Information Backup), in fact it is just a zip file (so you can open it with a zip application) which contain the different text files used in PPCBckpContacts, so you can still extract these files, edit them on a pc using Excel or Notepad and eventually restore them without putting them back in the .pib file."

anythingbutmine · #3 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 11:28 AM

This is my new favorite thread ever.

lysolflow · #4 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 11:42 AM

i got it, bro... i was able to look it up, called up the girl's phone and told her to NOT ANSWER ANY CALLS ON MY FONE... lol.... i think i'm safe... lol...

Twinsen · #5 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by anythingbutmine

This is my new favorite thread ever.

Pretty much sums up my thoughts on this thread as well.

akastixx · #6 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 11:57 AM

left phone at gf's house -1 pimpstatus
phone is too complicated for her to look at the contacts +1 pimpstatus
backing up files so you get out of a "pimp down!" situation - that's just ultra pimp. level up.

neodorian · #7 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 02:54 PM

You lost your phone and don't know the number? How does that happen? Was it stolen?

vesty16277 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 05:09 PM

Ever try callin your provider?

hardwyre · #9 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 05:18 PM

Wait... he lost his phone and some girl is answering it when HIS girlfriend calls... or he left it at his second girlfriends house and now his first girlfriend is trying to call it?

lysolflow · #10 (**permalink**) 06-30-2008, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by hardwyre

Wait... he lost his phone and some girl is answering it when HIS girlfriend calls... or he left it at his second girlfriends house and now his first girlfriend is trying to call it?

the first one is correct bro... i love my gal... but sometimes... well, yall know... plus, i got a crazy *** g/f that stays on ma ***...