TMobile says to Sidekick users we probably lost all your Sidekick data

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T-Mobile says to Sidekick users: we probably lost all your Sidekick data!

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Well, this is shaping up to be one of the biggest disasters in the history of cloud computing, and certainly the largest blow to Danger and the Sidekick platform: T-Mobile's now reporting that personal data stored on Sidekicks has "almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger." They're still looking for a way to recover it, but they're not giving users a lot of hope -- meanwhile, servers are still on the fritz and customers are being advised not to let their devices power down because anything that's still on there will be lost the next time the device is turned on. Another communique is promised from T-Mobile on Monday to give everyone a status update on the recovery efforts, but at this point, it's not looking good at all.

Update: Apparently T-Mobile has paused the sale of new Sidekicks, as all models are now listed as "temporarily out of stock" on the company's site. Additionally, a warning as been added to the post on T-Mobile's forum which reads: "Sidekick customers, during this service disruption, please DO NOT remove your battery, reset your Sidekick, or allow it to lose power." Scary stuff, Sidekickers.

[HTCxFOREVER]

LOL man that sucks for people with sidekicks ,,,, and to avoid this ever happening ever again, they should consider buying a tp or any other htc device !

[ronaldsdv]

My sister has one and I told her about it ... she told me that she knew because they sent her a txt with the news hahahaha ...

[claudius]

WTF that's 2 crazy I'll be upset cuz I sometimes let my phone battery go to zero... I have to say they r terable I'm glad I'm not a tmbile customer

[eklipz3]

Wow im soooo glad i didnt get a sidekick while looking @ new phones i was close 2 getting 1 but i opted for the myTouch. If i was a sidekick user i'd either demand that t-mo or m$ give me a full refund on my phone and service or a free upgrade to any other phone on the network with a few months free... lol.

[iamdasht19]

damn thats harsh but what can they do..... the sidekick was a good idea that they never got off the ground in my opinion.... many sites had the section but it was empty since there wasnt much interest in them by anyone.... they need to do something special with the os and or ui..... sucks for the sidekick users and why didnt they backup the server? it cant be that large of a server.

you think that they would have learned with what happened to blackberry and rim about 2 years ago.....

[Mike20PR]

the Palm WebOS guys must be shaking in their boots.... their lives depend on a cloud too

[iamdasht19]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

the Palm WebOS guys must be shaking in their boots.... their lives depend on a cloud too

yuppers but they have to have backups since palm is already on the edge of being done for.

[KJRain]

I'm glad I don't have t-mobile.