Request: backup all ebooks

Thu, 09/18/2008 - 10:40 — Anonymous

I ran into the (not Stanza-specific) iPhone app update bug (where syncing produces an error message, saying the updated version of an app could not be installed because error number 0XE800002E occurred). There is a solution (reinstall the app after deleting it from the phone) but this makes you lose all data. And I have over 200 books in Stanza on my iPhone, that I downloaded, prepared myself from other sources, and so on.

It would really help to be able to save all Stanza ebooks on the iPhone to my laptop, and have the possibility to upload them again to the iPhone after reinstalling a virgin Stanza app.

Stanza Support

Fri, 01/08/2010 - 20:20 — leeanna

BACK UP FUNCTION

I AM A WORKING MOTHER AND I HAVE I DOWNLOADED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED EBOOKS, I AM FRUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH STANZA OR IPOD TOUCH/IPHONE THAT WE HAVE TO RESTORE FROM A BACKUP. EVERYBODY KNOWS RESTORING FROM A BACKUP CAUSES A MANY PROBLEMS AND END UP SETTING UP AS A KNEW IPOD TOUCH/IPHONE. I WOULD LIKE A SEPERATE BACKUP FUNCTION THAT YOU CAN DO FROM WITHIN STANZA. THERE ARE MANY APPS AVAILABLE WITH THIS FUNCTION FOR EXAMPLE AMBIANCE, IT IS A MP3 RELAXING MUSIC APP THAT BACKSUP YOUR DOWNLOADS INCASE OF ANY PROBLEMS. PLEASE PEOPLE KEEP ASKING FOR THIS FUNCTION AND MAYBY STANZA WILL LISTEN TO OUR NEEDS. THIS IS A FUNCTION I NEED NOT WANT. PLEASE STANZA MAKE THIS AVAILABLE AND I WOULD RATE YOU 5 STARS

Mon, 07/27/2009 - 09:56 — astroman

I'm a bit confused on the

I'm a bit confused on the problem you anticipated! Can't you just backup your Mobile Sync folder from your laptop or desktop, then go ahead and upgrade to the latest version of Stanza? If, for some reason, you lose the books, you should be able to restore from the Mobile Sync backup! Or doesn't that work?

While I share the preference that, as in the old days with Palm, it'd be great to see one's data, ebooks, calendars, etc. on the desktop, the iTunes synching is supposed to be backing up the stuff.

Sometimes when "disaster" strikes, it's an opportunity! You have a 2nd chance to rearrange books into different categories.

Thu, 01/08/2009 - 12:08 — Derek (not verified)

A solutions, if jailbroken

I agree with the need for a backup for Stanza and all AppStore apps that store any data on the iPod Touch or iPhone. I have been stuck on Stanza 1.6 for several weeks since I was getting the dreaded 0xE800002E error. Wouldn't let me upgrade to 1.7 via AppStore or iTunes, and I didn't want to lose the 76 books I'd downloaded.

However, I came upon a solution today that worked for me. You need to be jailbroken, but if you are, this worked 100% for me:

1. Open up Cydia and install AppBackup (it's in the BigBoss repo - and it's AppBackup NOT AptBackup). More info on it here - http://www.scott-wallace.net/iphone/appbackup
2. Open AppBackup (it takes a while on the launch to open). Select Stanza and have it back it up.
3. Wait. It's actually making a gzipped copy of the settings and ALL your books, so it takes a while to backup. Took almost 10 minutes to backup my 76 books. A progress notifier would be handy, but let it go. You can still SSH into your iPod Touch/iPhone and see that it is creating a file.
4. Once it has completed the backup, delete Stanza from your iPod Touch/iPhone. I had to unsync it from iTunes as well.
5. Once you've completely remove it, reinstall. I reinstalled from iTunes with version 1.7. I even opened it open after install to verify it was 1.7 and had only the 2 books that come bundled.
6. Now, run AppBackup again, go down to Stanza and hit Restore.
7. Wait - it's faster restoring, but still takes a few minutes.
8. Open up Stanza - all your books should be restored!

AppBackup has just gained a spot on my iPod Touch :-)

Sat, 07/25/2009 - 16:58 — macwoman

How do I get jailbroken?

>You need to be jailbroken...

OK, I'm sold on this idea. I have an iPod Touch - How do I get jailbroken?

>and I didn't want to lose the 76 books I'd downloaded.

I have my books backed up, but I don't want to have to send them back to my iPod and have to recategorize them all over again.

How do I get jailbroken?

Sun, 09/28/2008 - 17:19 — Homer J. Simpson (not verified)

yes I totally agree, this app

yes I totally agree, this app could definitely use a backup feature!!

it's one of my favorite apps!
keep up the good work.

Fri, 09/19/2008 - 13:36 — abe

We recommend performing a

We recommend performing a sync/backup via iTunes immediately before upgrading any app so that you can restore the lost data if the upgrade goes wrong.