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Photo Restore Issue !

Empath — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:05:25 GMT

after flashing my JB update i went to PCC to restore my date but when i selected the Backup File and clicked restore the complete PCC hanged and stoped working ..now i managed to manualy restore my contacts using the steps provided in this thread http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/51298?start=10&tstart=0 but i really need a way to do the same thing with pictures PLZ HELP

P.S i tried reinstalling the PCC but still same Issue 😕

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Thommo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:11:59 GMT

Your option would be to rename the .dbk file to .rar or .zip etc and extract the contents to a folder then open that folder and then open Files then Content and then arrange by type and all your photo's will be there however you will have to rename the photo's as they will have names like {A5B171E0-FEB4-449A-8FB5-1720A328E01F}

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Empath — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:13:49 GMT

where can i find the .dbk file ?

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Thommo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:16:03 GMT

Try C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Sony\Sony PC Companion\Phone backups then there should be a file called something like Sony Xperia™ S (LT26).dbk right click this file then remove dbk and replace with .rar or .zip and choose yes to rename the extension then follow the above post to change back to .dbk you will have to go into control panel folder option view and untick the box for hide extensions for known file types then rename the .rar or zip etc to .dbk and apply choosing yes to rename then do the reverse in folder options to hide known extensions

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Empath — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:16:47 GMT

oh i mean after renameing the Back up file from pcc folder to .zip which folder contains the pictures ?

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Thommo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:19:59 GMT

C:\Users\YourName\Documents\Sony\Sony PC Companion\Phone backups\Sony Xperia™ S (LT26)\Files\Content

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Empath — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:22:40 GMT

so i should copy the files directly on my phone ..and they will appear in the album or there is something else i should do?

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Thommo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:25:47 GMT

If you have managed to find the photos it would be case of renaming them if you wish to do so then copying them to your phone - I don't know of any other way to restore .dbk files I only know how to access the .dbk file to extract the contents

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Empath — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:27:06 GMT

ok thx man i will keep u updated if something goes wrong

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Empath — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:06:24 GMT

photo's are back ..and everything went fine ( though i found some wierd stuff and pictures of unknown people in it O_o ) but thx man u SAVED my pic's :smileygrin:

Re: Photo Restore Issue !

Thommo — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:31:43 GMT

Glad you got it sorted