Getting a new phone - need help transitioning
I had my Palm Pre Plus for Verizon for just over a month when the phone overheated and became non-functional. The Verizon store was unable to restore the phone to operational status and I am being shipped a new Palm Pre Plus.
Anyway, before the phone became totally disabled, I connected the device to my computer via USB and backed up all of the internal directories and files contained on the Pre Plus. Question: Am I able to restore all of the text messages, attachments, and photographs to the new phone? I am not worried about the email, contacts, and calendar since these were synchronized with my Google account and am assuming I can do the same with the new phone.
It looks as though much of this information is store in the directories I backed up.
Thank you.
Post relates to: Pre Plus p101vzw (Verizon)
Hello and welcome to the forums;
Text messages, call logs, ringtone preferences, etc. are not backed up in the Profile, and are not stored on the USB portion of the drive. Pictures, mp3s, movies, and documents are stored in the USB drive, and those will be recovered.
As for attachments saved from emails, it depends on what type of attachment as to whether or not the file will be in the part of the USB drive you can access.
Hope this helps,
TreoAide
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positives?
whoever shelly in indiana is needs a raise/bonus/promotion. she actually SOLVED my problem in one sitting. she also seems like the only person who actually knows how to process and cancel orders.
cliffnotes
-you can swap contracts and their phone upgrades
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