At 23 Jun 2008 22:37:05 +0100 People wrote:
> Having not used my ppc (HP4150) for some time decided to turn it
> on only to find out that all my data had gone. Managed to load some
> of the programs back on. Loaded ppc onto cradle and 'new partnership'
> wizard appeared. Selected the option to use an existing partnership
> but a message comes up saying 'the selected backup file was made
> from a different type of mobile device'. I have another device but
> the device name I've selected is definitely the correct one for this
> ipaq. Does anyone have any ideas what could be going on?
> 3.71 active sync used


Activesync is a funny beast. If you try to reselect an existing
partnership after a hard reset, it assumes it's a new device. (Why? I
can't tell you! Probably because the device "tells" the PC it's never been
sync'd yet.)

To restore a backup to an "empty" device, DON'T create a partnership,
connect as a guest, then run the backup/restore utility and the device will
"become" it's old self again, and the partnership shouldn't need to be
recreated.

Intuitive, huh? ;-)

At this point, you've probably already messed up the old partnership trying
to repartner the post-reset 4150 with the old name, so starting from
scratch (new partnership name, sync PIM data from scratch and reinstall
programs) might be simplest.