[jp] migrating from one pda to another: moving data

On Thursday 12 April 2007 23:01, ubunt2 at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I've backed up my files of my current pda in 2 ways
> 1) pilot-xfer -b {some_dir}
> 2) clicked the backup button in the GUI jpilot program
>
> Now I'm ready to move data from my current pda (Palm) to my
> newer/fresh pda (sony).
>
> How do I do this? I don't have any special programs that need to be
> transferred. Just the major 4: datebook, phonebook; to do list;
> memopad.
>
My guess is that the JPilot "Restore Handheld" button will do this. You might 
look it up in the JPilot manual ("Restoring a Palm Pilot") and figure out 
which .prc files to exclude, if not all of them. And I would first back up 
the applications which exist on the new PDA (in a separate {some_dir}!).

BTW, I wonder what happens when a database gets restored to a PDA without the 
associated application. Perhaps, since JPilot uses the pilot-link library for 
restoring, this information exists in the documentation for pilot-link. Or 
perhaps it depends on the hardware and Palm version.

I hope that's enough information to safely attempt the operation and be able 
to get back to where you started if everything doesn't go right.

-TR