Can I move my stuff from one 7135 to another with Hotsync?

This is a recap of moving all data from one 7135 to a new one, NOT moving from a 6035, Palm, Treo, or something else.

Today after activating my second brand-new 7135, I popped it into the Hotsync cradle and pressed the Hotsync button.

EVERTHING that was originally on the FIRST 7135 transferred. Here are details: <ol><li>All "expected" data (Phone Book, Date Book, To Do, etc.) synched completely on the new 7135, as well as Palm PDA preferences (number formats, etc.).</li>
<li>All PHONE Preferences were restored perfectly. This INCLUDES the file restore of MP3 files used as sounds (for example, an MP3 used as a sound when the flip is opened was restored, as well as that phone preference.</li>
<li>JPEGs, WMFs, etc. were also restored and in their original "directory. </li></ol>FYI I just found out that there are TWO items which ARE NOT restored to your configuration when restoring a 7135: <ol><li>The first was ONE phone preference -- for some weird reason, the Keypad preference I had of using "Tones" reverted back to the System default of "Clicks." </li>
<li>The SECOND setting that DOES NOT get restored is Voice Dialing. ALL Voice dial entries AND training ARE NOT restored to the 7135 during a Hotsync. So ... you WILL have to retrain Voice Dial and MANUALLY ADD Voice Dial entries. </li></ol>
But other than that -- in short, if you sync your 7135 and later have to do a hard reset (or in my case, get a new 7135) ... the first sync will restore your phone as it originally was. [/siz]

UPDATE!!!!

It seems that a modification to my original FAQ on a 7135 restore from Hotsync is in order.

IF you perform a Hotsync Restore to a NEW 7135 -- then Phone prefs such as keypad sound and Voice Training WILL NOT port to the NEW unit.

HOWEVER ... IF you perform a Hotsync restore on the SAME 7135 handset -- then it appears that ALL data AND preferences (including Phone) WILL be restored.

It SEEMS that Hotsync will restore your phone preferences IF the s/w sees that you're restoring to a 7135 with the identical ESN. FYI I don't think the phone number of the handset matters ... because I had OTA'd the new 7135 BEFORE performing a Hotsync restore.

However, yesterday as a test I cleared ALL data from the 7135 by removing the battery for 2 hours. Upon doing the Restore, EVERYTHING was as it was before.


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