Although at some point it seemed that T-Mobile and Microsoft will not be able to recover that Sidekick lost data, the two companies figured out a way to recover stuff after all. The first thing to be fully restored is the contacts list of your phone. What you have to do is go to My T-Mobile webpage, download your contacts and restore them. While you’re at it you could also consider backing them up because who knows when this could happen again.

T-Mobile has provided detailed instructions on how to retrieve the lost contacts list so all you have to do is go ahead and get them. Before we declare Microsoft and Danger the heroes of the day we’ll have to also see everything else being brought back from the death and restored to your Sidekick phone.

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Last week we told you that due to server problems, T-Mobile had lost almost all of the personal data stored on Sidekicks everywhere. Today, we have some brighter news whih Microsoft’s Roz Ho tells us about below:

We are pleased to report that we have recovered most, if not all, customer data for those  Sidekick customers whose data was affected by the recent outage.  We plan to begin restoring users’ personal data as soon as possible, starting with personal contacts, after we have validated the data and our restoration plan. We will then continue to work around the clock to restore data to all affected users, including calendar, notes, tasks, photographs and high scores, as quickly as possible.

We now believe that data loss affected a minority of Sidekick users.  If your Sidekick account was among those affected, please continue to log into these forums for the latest updates about when data restoration will begin, and any steps you may need to take. We will work with T-Mobile to post the next update on data restoration timing no later than Saturday.

So folks, if your Sidekick was affected, did you get your data back? Let us know in the comments.

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We heard a rumor a few days ago saying that Microsoft is considering not to launch Project Pink phones anymore. After all, Redmond’s officials have always said that Microsoft will not launch their own mobile phone yet! And now, a week after the whole Sidekick mess started, more rumors have surfaced regarding Project Pink’s imminent termination.
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Now here’s something that is sure to give T-Mobile some bad press — The carrier has recently announced that due to a server failure personal data users may have had on their Sidekicks “has almost certainly been lost”.

Of course, they are in the process of attempting to recover this data but judging by the announcement there doesn’t seem like a very good chance they will be able to.

What will T-Mobile do to remedy this situation? Let’s wait and find out.

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After the quandary it had been facing over the past few months about the title for Danger’s newest device, T-Mobile has finally decided to simply call it Sidekick. That’s right, forget Gekko, 2008, and anything else you might have heard about what it was going to be called. But the name is the only thing that sounds plain here, as the new Sidekick has many improvements over the previous versions including user-customizable shells that can be obtained for $14.99 at sidekickshells.com, while the downgraded 2.6-inch WQVGA display might be a letdown for people used to the 3-incher on the Sidekick LX. Other features include:

• 400 x 240 WQVGA display
• 2 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• microSD card expansion
• 2.6-inch display

The new Sidekick is available now for just $150 with a two-year contract on T-Mobile.
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