Data loss following empty battery

[Guest sophist]

My MPx200 ran out of power at about 5pm yesterday evening and I didn't get around to charging it until 7am this morning - 14 hours.

When I switched it back on after the charge was complete, huge chunks of data seem to have disappeared - eg contacts, email & GPRS settings, wallpaper, ringtones.

All my programs still seem to be there although most of them now tell me that they are unregistered.

I guess I'm going to have to perform a hard reset and then invest in some backup software in case it happens again.

However, I'm curious as to whether anyone else has come across such a partial loss of data following a short loss of power?

[Guest squall]

This is fairly common, its brought on by very low batterys or corrupt registry.

A hard resets a good idea as your phone will still have some of the old information/ apps / files. Best to clean start.

Outlook can backup contacts etc. I install everything else to the storage card. I also hard reset as a matter of course every couple of months

[Guest abatis]

I do not work for Sprite Backup, but if you used Sprite this would be a push of a button to restore your phone to the last backup. Programs and data ,everything right back to where it was before. Simple and usefull.

[Guest Vector]

Apparently Sprite Backup doesn't work on the MPx200 normally....

but if you disable the radio on the phone while installing it, it does work :)

But there is also All-Backup you could try if it doesn't work...

[Guest squall]

that doesnt seem to be correct david.

It appears sprite backup does not work regardless of state of battery.

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

As the other post regarding sprite backup in this section the

problem could be that the app only works on AT&T and not Orange supplied mpx200 phones. This needs to be confirmed, also another possibility is that it may work on the new Orange ROM image.

[Guest beersoft]

sprite backup does work, its just there are 2 programs in the sprite backup folder

"setup.exe" moans that the phone is wrong

and

"Sprite Backup for SmartPhone.exe" which does work

later

OWen

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

Nice spot beery :)

EDIT yep works for me :lol:

now to notify the author.