Saving/Restoring a Myles database
Break the screen on your Pre? Step on your Pixi? What do you do when you need to move to a new webOS Device? How do you save your Myles data?
Myles does not have the capability to import data. However, there is a manual method of copying/restoring the application database.
The database is stored in a subfolder of the /media/internal folder (where all your photos, music, etc. is stored) on your webOS device. The folder is called .app-storage, and you can access it directly in USB mode. You can copy the database to your PC, and then restore it to the new device as follows:
Connect your old phone to the PC in USB mode. The .app-storage subfolder is hidden by default, but you can use Windows Explorer’s “view hidden files and folders” feature to see it. The database will be in a directory called:
file_.media.cryptofs.apps.usr.palm.applications.com.tigers.app.myles_0
0000000000000036.db
The actual numbers may vary, but there will be a .db file. That is your Myles data. Copy that file to your PC.
When you get your new device, or your profile is restored by Palm, you can install Myles (make sure it’s the same version that was on your old device). It will create a database in the same location (/media/internal/.app-storage/…
THIS IS IMPORTANT: The new database may not have the same name. For instance instead of 0000000000000036.db, it might be 0000000000000022.db.
Rename the database from the OLD device to the database name that Myles is using on the new device. Make sure the Myles app is not running. Copy the renamed database onto the new device into the myles database directory:
file_.media.cryptofs.apps.usr.palm.applications.com.tigers.app.myles_0
When you next run Myles, your old data should be restored.
Step by step:
- Copy Myles database from old device & save.
- Install Myles on new device.
- Rename old database to new database name (if different)
- Copy old database onto new device.
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