Wow. I had no idea Qtopia could sync with Outlook. That's going to make my life much easier.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Lorn Potter <<a href="mailto:lpotter@trolltech.com">lpotter@trolltech.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tuesday 20 May 2008, <a href="mailto:community-request@lists.openmoko.org">community-request@lists.openmoko.org</a> wrote:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Michael Shiloh wrote:<br>
> > I've just posted about the software update that has been discussed here<br>
> > today, so I figured I'd take this opportunity to tell you all about my<br>
> > blog:<br>
><br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> Cool!<br>
><br>
> Here is another FAQ entry (with a few holes to be filled in):<br>
><br>
> ------------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>
> Q) How do I preserve my Contacts, Calendar etc information when<br>
> re-flashing to a later snapshot?<br>
><br>
> A) Bearing in mind that this is early-access software, we do not<br>
> recommend that you store large volumes of valuable contact or calendar<br>
> information in your phone. However, some people have used the following<br>
> procedures for their most immediate contacts.<br>
><br>
> If you're using a pre-ASU snapshot, all such files are stored in<br>
> ~/.evolution (/home/root/.evolution), and are in "Evolution Database<br>
> Format"; you could in theory copy this information to your desktop and<br>
> access it via Evolution or EDS (or vice versa).<br>
><br>
> If you're using ASU, this information is stored [WHERE???], and is<br>
> stored in a QTopia-specific format.<br>
><br>
> Copy the appropriated directories someplace safe BEFORE re-flashing the<br>
> phone. Either scp -r them from the phone to your desktop, or, cp -r them<br>
> to the micro-SD card (assuming you put the card in and that it still has<br>
> space): cp -r [directories listed above] /media/card/.<br>
><br>
> Then re-flash the phone, and copy the files back.<br>
><br>
> Note: the format of these files is subject to change.<br>
><br>
> Or, [THIS IS UNTESTED] download the QTopia Desktop and synchronize your<br>
> phone with your desktop. The download site is<br>
> <a href="http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/desktopdownloads/" target="_blank">http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qtopia/desktopdownloads/</a> for<br>
> common platforms; for unsupported platforms, you could maybe get the<br>
> "QTopia Open Source Download" and extract and build the QTopia Desktop<br>
> from that.<br>
><br>
><br>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------<br>
><br>
> If anybody knows the location of the files that QT contacts uses, or has<br>
> actually tried the QTopia Desktop with the new ASU image, please pipe<br>
> in! (Please don't guess, because you might cause somebody to waste a lot<br>
> of time, or lose data :-))<br>
<br>
</div></div>Qtopia contacts are stored in the sqlite database. They can also be copied to<br>
the sim card.<br>
<br>
Qtopia Desktop is too old and will not work with Qtopia version 4.<br>
<br>
Currently Qtopia will only sync to Outlook (I think). Someone could write<br>
plugins for others.<br>
<br>
<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Ian Darwin<br>
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--<br>
Lorn 'ljp' Potter<br>
Software Engineer, Systems Group, MES, Trolltech<br>
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