-- do i need to specify full path of directory(as I have done), and it needs to be enclosed in < > ? Yes, full path of directory is ok. But no need of “<” and “>”. -- is template name "nokias60" or "Nokia S60" , In GUI drop down it shows as "Nokia S60" I think it shouldn’t be template name. It should be config name. Because the config contains the information about where to restore the data(such as evolution). '--restore' option is used to restore the data saved before or after a sync to your local database, like evolution. So make sure you have a config which specify the database you want to restore to. 1) syncevolution --template Ovi myovi #create a template, its default database is evolution 2) syncevolution --restore /home/suyog/.cache/syncevolution/virus-2010-07-28-01-13 --before myovi memo #restore data from 'virus-2010-07-28-01-13' to your evolution specified by config 'myovi' *warning: please remember that your memo of your evolution will be overwritten by the memos in your "/home/suyog/.cache/syncevolution/virus-2010-07-28-01-13" once using '--restore' command. Cheers, Yongsheng From: Suyog [mailto:suyog@ovi.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 2:29 PM To: Zhu, Yongsheng; Ohly, Patrick Cc: syncevolution(a)syncevolution.org; Zhu, Yongsheng Subject: Re: RE: Please help - restore from backup syncevolution   I tried above command without "--dry-run" but nothing happened. Data was not restored to Evolution. I cant not see log directory also being created for this.Please confirm if I am using correct syntax here. -- do i need to specify full path of directory(as I have done), and it needs to be enclosed in < > ? -- is template name "nokias60" or "Nokia S60" , In GUI drop down it shows as "Nokia S60" Your quick reply will be highly appreciated. Best Regards, Suyog   From: Suyog [mailto:suyog@ovi.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 5:03 AM To: Ohly, Patrick Cc: syncevolution(a)syncevolution.org; congwu.chen(a)intel.com Subject: Please help - restore from backup syncevolution   Patrick, Today I had very bad day with sync, initially normal sync from my Nokia E52 with ovi.com messed up many contacts with numbers from different contacts getting into different people. So i decided to clean phone, ovi.com and restore from PC. Then I did sync with phone and PC with Ovi.com Somehow I forgot to set sync direction for Notes and Notes were deleted from both phone and PC(Outlook) I still have contacts, Calendar but not sure if it's all well. So my only reliable data was in Evolution which I had synced few days back. I decided to try that with syncevolution on bluetooth. To be on safer side I decided to start with calendar+todos and memo(notes) Since I wanted to restore these to my phone, I had disabled "receive changes from phone" but when i did sync it was completed with no change log in main screen. But I found that now data was gone from both phone and Evolution. I thought as if I lost everything. But then i released that there is some backup. When I checked log directory, i indeed found that before/after states being recorded for each sync. I then tried your suggestion as in following link. http://www.mail-archive.com/syncevolution@syncevolution.org/msg01286.html But it didnt help. actually i couldnt understand it to be honest. could you please help me here? I am attaching my screenshots of log directory. Please let me know how to enter command. i want to restore before states in directory  virus-2010-07-28-01-13, i tried in following command with memo but when i used this command nothing happened syncevolution --restore </home/suyog/.cache/syncevolution/virus-2010-07-28-01-13> --before --dry-run "nokias60" memo Also in syncevolution GUI , i cant see any backup which i can restore. see screenshot attached. Could you please help me? I am really in trouble as I have lost all notes, calendar, contacts and Evolution logs are only last hope. Best Regards, Suyog -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com   -------------------------------------------------------------- Ovi Mail: Making email access easy http://mail.ovi.com