How to backup ALL info on a Sidekick 3?

April 6, 2007 6:17 PM

How to FULLY backup/sync info on a Sidekick 3?

Basically, as stated above. I have a propensity for losing everything, and my life is on my phone. Phone numbers, text messages, e-mails (some to accts I've long since forgotten the passwords to...), pics... how can I protect this data from being lost? It was easy on my BlackBerry...

posted by ggypsy to technology (4 answers total)

You can't back it up with a card I don't think, but you can save each webpage on your t-mobile login, and that should have all pictures, phone numbers, text messages, and emails. It won't the passwords though.
posted by bigmusic at 7:53 PM on April 6, 2007

Don't know if SPP Backup would help? I can't tell what operating system the sidekick uses.
posted by powpow at 6:24 AM on April 7, 2007

All of your data is automatically backed up to the central Danger/T-Mobile server so long as you have a signal. This is how the web interface works.

Some items can be backed up to the SIM card, but if you lose the phone obviously you're shit out of luck.

I'd see what you can work through the web interface in terms of saving it locally to your computer. If you've never been there, just go to t-mobile.com, log into your account, and hit the "Desktop Interface" link.
posted by Remy at 9:18 AM on April 7, 2007

With the Sidekick 3 (as opposed to earlier Sidekicks) you can save your photos to either the Memory Card Album or the Device Album. The Device Album is automatically backed up to the central server. You can connect the Sidekick 3 to a computer with a USB cable and copy pictures off the memory card. Make sure text messages are also saved to device, not the SIM card.

Otherwise, as noted above, everything else - emails, notes, address book, are automatically synced to a central server the moment you save them on your device (assuming you have a signal). An early demo of the original Sidekick involved taking a device, putting some data on it, dropping a bowling ball on it, then signing into a new device and having all the data pumped to it.
posted by mikepop at 6:40 AM on April 9, 2007