NV Backup is a free, thorough and easy-to-use backup/restore solution for newer (NVFS) Palms: Treo/Centro Series, T5, TX, LifeDrive and TE2. It will not work on older (non-NVFS) devices (including Treo600).
NVBackup is free and may only be used AT YOUR OWN RISK WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL. It uses a different (undocumented) method for accessing data that theoretically should make it be more reliable than commercial backup programs on crash-prone newer PDAs (e.g., ones unstable because of incompatible third party software or buggy operating system).
Key Features:
- Daily (or nightly) scheduling of backups.
- Backs data up directly from the internal non-volatile memory. This should prevent crashes that may happen with other backup programs.
- Does not require a hard or warm reset before restoring data.
- Precise restore of saved state.
- Compresses and checksums backup data.
- Fast update mode that replaces backed up files changed since last backup.
- Selective restore function to restore one or more specific databases from a backup set.
- Encryption (128-bit AES).
- FTP server support: copy your backups wirelessly to your desktop (even automatically after each backup), and fetch them from there (wireless network access required).
- Atomic clock support: set your device time/date from atomic clocks on the net, either manually or after every scheduled backup (wireless Internet access required).
- Full source code available under BSD license (i.e., unlimited commercial use permitted, though I would appreciate being told about what use you make of it).
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jdnorton2: Great product! I have my backups timed nightly, and there is an option to reset after backups are complete. Came in handy when I had to restore, which is extrmely easy. Fantastic free program...MUST HAVE!!!
maenagri: Two thumbs up!
jaizpurua: where is the file
Jaygerwolf: Works great on a 700p. Love it, it so nice after a hard reset to just run the last backup and be right back to were I was. The only thing I knock is the Licence splash screens, I get it, use at your own risk, now let me turn them off.
shinemontano: very good program! it works great with my treo 680. thanks a lot!
mitchoh1: this has been upgraded
ghostofcain: fantastic little program get in now, BEFORE you need it
egadgetguy: Has saved my butt more times then I can count.
Only wish I could schedule more the once a day.
d1hamby: Seems to work great with the Treo 700p, it even has OTA backup with FTP server support.
CosmicTrickster: I have had my Treo 650 reset itself oddly on a few occasions and screw up my programs. Usually, I would have to do a hard reset & resync. On a couple of occasions I had to wait a day or more before I could do it, being away from my PC. Annoying when you also have to use it to make notes in the menatime. I had it happen again today, but this time I could just restore from the SD card straight away! Fantastic! And I love how you can schedule backups. Definitely a required app for any Treo owner.
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Version history:
1.22 b9 (31 July 2008)
- Possible fix for clickthrough issue
1.22 b8 (17 July 2008)
- Fix for restoring from locked SD card
- Fix for scheduled backup dialog
1.22 b6 (21 June 2008)
- fix bug when updating time
1.22 b5 (11 June 2008)
- fix comment edit bug
- fix reset on unselect
- imported code from AtomClock: replaced TIME by SNTP protocol for atomic clock sync, and updated list of time servers
1.22 b4 (1 June 2008)
- New feature: you can select an alphabetic range when doing a selective restore
1.21: No info available
1.18: Use official Palm function for turning off display.
1.17: One-handed navigation in main form. Possible more reliable restore.
1.16: Help prevent freeze after backup.
1.15: Fix potential crash problem!
1.14: Alert after a bad scheduled (or crashed manual) backup.
1.13: Fixes minor interface issues (warn if no card inserted, better selective restore, fix refresh on return from details form).
1.12: should be able to do a scheduled back up of locked device without the need for NVBackup to store your system password; added security and OS upgrade warnings--see readme.txt
1.11: ftp bug fixes
1.10: encryption; ftp server support for saving backups; time server support for setting time from atomic clocks; ability to automatically enter password to do scheduled backups on locked device (this may be a security hole)
1.05: "trust dates" option for faster updates; fix a restore bug; fix a crash bug
1.04: Fix max cycle length bug. Add option not to copy self to card.
1.03: Try to fix a crash bug on exit.
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