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Backing up your personal files

If you want to copy your phonebook or calendars to the computer this is a useful step.   I will be using the program Motorola Phone Tools (MPT).   This particular version is 4.3.6c.   This does not back up flashes or flexes.   Among many other great features, it allows you to synchronize your phonebooks and calendars and load, create and modify ring tones and work with video.





I previously had MPT installed but when I plugged in my phone and then started MPT, it needed to update itself and needed to create a new profile for my new phone, so I thought I'd document what I went through.   Click "Next >".

mobile phone tools




Highlight what I did here and click "Next >".

mobile phone tools




Click "Next >".

mobile phone tools




Click "Next >".

mobile phone tools




Click "Finish".

mobile phone





The program will now start with an interface that looks like the SLVR.   I want to back up my phonebook to the computer so I clicked on the "Phonebook" icon on the right.

mobile phone


At this screen you can see the program has read my phonebook from the phone and displayed it.   I've blurred the names.   Look to the left where there is a column of icons and click on the one labeled "Backup/Restore".

mobile phone




Now looking over to the options presented on the right, select "Backup".

mobile phone




Now you'll be prompted to name this backup so you can later identify it if you need to restore it later.

mobile phone




Then select what you want to back up.   Click "Next >".

mobile phone






When it's done backing up you'll get this screen.   Click "Finish".

mobile phone






Now if you ever want to restore this backup, click the "Restore" link you see below.


Then select the archive you saved earlier at this screen and it will restore it.   This is really useful if you have multiple phones and want to share phonebooks and other information.

mobile phone






Backing up the L7's system files

This is something to do as soon as you buy your phone so you can always restore it to like new condition and also for when you've got your phone modified just like you want it, to be able to restore that state should something catastrophic happen.   I will use the Flash & Backup program to backup everything.   If you are using the trial version of this program (you haven't registered it yet) it will NOT back up code group 2 which contains the phone's flex.   It will back up everything else, but I recommend buying the program so you can just start making your own monster packs right away.   There is another way to get the flex off the phone but it's much more tedious to do and I won't cover it.

Start Flash & Backup.   Note all my settings: "Active phone profile: Motorola L7 SLVR". Select all the code groups, do not select "Cut empty bytes at the end of code groups", select "SHX (S-Records file)" as the "Backup format:", enter any notes to distinguish this backup from others and click the "Read data" button.


flash backup




You'll get a status bar for each code group that is backed up.   It takes about five minutes.   It could take longer if you have added a lot of media content to your phone.

flash backup


Once it's done it will return you to the previous screen.   You have now backed up your phone with a monster pack that can be flashed using Flash & Backup 3 or RSD Lite.




Restoring the L7's system files

I tried to restore the backup I just made earlier with Flash & Backup 3 but had disastrous results.   Maybe it was the program, maybe it was my settings, but it didn't work for me.   I wound up taking the backup monster pack I made with Flash & Backup 3 and flashing it with RSD Lite.   It saved the day.   I'm documenting this so you can see what I did, what happened, and how I fixed my phone.   If I ever find a solution to this problem I'll change these instructions.

I started Flash & Backup 3, it recognized my phone and I made sure the drop down box at "Active phone profile:" had "Motorola L7 SLVR" selected, then below, I clicked "Select file".


flash backup





This brings the open file dialog box up and I found the file I wanted to flash and selected "Open".

flash backup




Now you see my monster pack and all the code groups selected.   I then clicked the "Write data" button.

flash backup




It sent the loader just fine.

flash backup




It sent the CG1 just fine.   It then froze when it got to the CG2 (the flex).   Looking at my phone I noticed that there was a SIG ERROR on my bootloader screen.   I had no choice but to force quit the Flash & Backup program.   The phone was stuck in bootloader mode even after removing and replacing the battery.   So I started RSD Lite.

flash backup



Notice now how my phone is identified only as "S Flash Neptune LTE2" in the first line of the program.   It finally restored my phone.  Moral of the story is Flash & Backup 3.0.058 is good for making backups, but not for restoring them.   I'd love to know what I did wrong.   Maybe someday we'll all find out.

flash backup







This ends the "backup" section of this tutorial.



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