Wifi Media Backup

Automatically upload photos, videos and voice-notes from Blackberry to PC – wirelessly and in the background.
“Take photos and videos all day, arrive home, and have them waiting on your PC in minutes.”
“Think Eye-Fi for Blackberry – with no extra hardware needed.“

Wifi Media Backup is available from MobiHand and App World

Already have Wifi Media Backup?:

Download free Media Server for PC (0.5mb)
Detailed Setup Instructions
Troubleshooting

Support and FAQ:

What’s the fuss about?:

1) Take a photo, video or voice-note on your Blackberry, anywhere.
2) Return home or to the office – anywhere where you have a wifi network and PC (our free Media Server must be installed on this PC).
3) Your photos, videos and voice-notes will auto-magically be uploaded to the PC over WiFi – all seamlessly in the background.
You can now view all your Blackberry media on your PC – no cables, no Media Manager, no hassle!

How can I use Wifi Media Backup?:

- Take photos, videos and voicenotes all day, arrive home and have them waiting on your PC in minutes.
- Backup all existing photos, videos etc to your PC at WiFi speeds.
Plus: Transfer any file (even whole folders) from BlackBerry to PC at WiFi speeds – even non-media files.

How it works:

Wifi Media Backup is made up of two parts: the BlackBerry application, and a simple lightweight PC application – the Media Server (Mac is currently not supported).
After installing the Media Server and setting up a connection to the BlackBerry you are ready to go.
Any photos, videos or voice-notes you take will be automatically detected by the application, and will be added to the waiting list.
Once your home wifi network is detected, the application will automatically start uploading these files to your PC.
Note that you can install the Media Server on as many PCs as you would like.

Features:

-Files transferred locally over wifi – so no data charges and super fast uploads.
-Works for all files on your Blackberry: on SD Card or internal Blackberry memory.
-Animated UI to see waiting transfers and transfer progress in real time.
-Use the send option to send any file directly to your PC: great for quick BlackBerry->PC file transfers.
-Inbuilt file explorer: delete, rename or select any file on your Blackberry (internal memory and SD Card).
-Install our free Media Server on multiple PCs on different WiFi networks.

Screenshots:

Main Application Screen: As Photos, Videos and voice-notes are taken, they are automatically added to the upload list.

Once the “Home Wifi Network” is detected, files in the upload list are automatically transfered to the PC.

Even large video files are transfered in minutes at wifi speeds. Remember – this all happens in the background.

Files and whole folders can also be manually added to the upload list with the inbuilt file browser. Any type of file can be sent!

Selecting individual files.

Save multiple connections on different wifi networks.

Edit indiviual files

Detailed setup instructions:

1) Download the BlackBerry application from here, and the PC side Media Server from here.
(The PC Media Server requires the .NET framework 2.0 to be installed. If this is not already installed on your PC, it can be downloaded here (20mb))
2) Install the Media Server and note the IP address and port written in the top left hand corner.

Media Server IP address and port seen when starting PC server application

Note for Vista/Windows 7 users: On starting the server application, if you see the following error:

Server Error: Access is Denied

You will have to change the permissions of the application. This can be done by going to the application folder (c:\program files\CCApps\Wifi Media Backup\), right clicking on the Wifi Media Backup application  (make sure you are not clicking on an image file with same icon), then clicking “Run As Administrator”. See below:

Changing permissions in Vista

Additional Note for Vista/Windows 7 users:

If the displayed IP address looks like a long string of letters, and not a normal IP address…

This means that your IP version 6 address is being displayed. In order to get your standard IP address (which is needed for the BB application), go Start -> Run, then type in “cmd” to start up the Command Prompt.
From here, type in “ipconfig” to get your IP address in standard format.

3) From the BlackBerry application, press the “change/add PC” button.

4) Type in the IP address and port from step 2), and give the connection a name. The “Home Wifi Network Name” is the SSID of your wifi network. If you are connected to the wifi network, press the “Use Current Network” button. Press “add”.

5) Press the test connection button. If the test fails, the problem is probably a Windows Firewall setting. See below for instructions on how to fix this.

Connection testing

6) You are now ready to send your media – try taking a photo.

Windows Firewall Settings:

If the connection test fails, and the IP address and port are correct, please try changing the Windows Firewall settings:

1) Open the Windows Firewall settings  by going Start -> Control Panel clicking on “Security Center”. You should then see the window below:

Windows Firewall Settings

2) If your firewall is already set to off, then your connection problem is not due to the firewall. Please double check your IP address and port settings in the BlackBerry application.
If the firewall is on, click on the “Windows Firewall” button at the bottom of the window to edit the Firewall settings. You should see the window below:

3) To see if the firewall is causing the problem, try temporarily turning the firewall off and then restarting the PC and the BB (with a battery pull). Then re-test the connection again from the BlackBerry.
If the connection works with the firewall turned off, then turn the firewall back on again and follow the steps below to add an exception for the Media Server.

4) To add an exception, click on the “Exception” tab from the window above, then click “Add Port”. You should then see the window below.
Fill in the name and port number (in this case, the Media Server is set to port number 8080, but this may be different) and press OK.

5) Restart the PC and start the Media Server program one more time and test the connection.

Trouble Shooting:

If you are having trouble connecting the Blackberry and PC, or are seeing a “java.io.IOException” popup:

1) First Checks: Make sure that you have gone through the above setup instructions thoroughly, installed the PC server, and added an exception to the Windows firewall. Check that the IP address and port are correct. They should look something like “192.168.1.21″ and “8080″. Make sure that you have correctly selected either WiFi or BES.
Important: If you have not already done so restart the PC and the Blackberry (with a battery pull). This will often solve the problem.

2) Test the connection between the BB and the PC using the following steps.

• First check that your device actually suppports WiFi (Storm 1 and Tour do not have WiFi, so cannot use the WiFi connection.)
• Make sure that the BlackBerry and the PC are on the same WiFi network: check the name of the wifi network (SSID) from both the BlackBerry and the PC.
• Now test that a connection between the PC and BB can be made by following the below instructions to send a Ping. Note that this test has nothing to do with the Wifi Media Backup application itself, but will be testing the connectivity of the WiFi network.

Get the IP address of both the BlackBerry and the PC

To get the IP address of the BlackBerry, go to “Manage Connections” on the BlackBerry home screen, then “Wifi Options”. Click the menu button and select “Wi-Fi Tools” -> “Wi-Fi Diagnostics”. The field called “Local IP Address” will give the devices WiFi IP address.
The PC’s IP address should be exactly the same as the BlackBerry’s IP address except for the last digit – in this case, something like: 192.168.0.
(If this is not the case, please check again whether the BlackBerry and PC are on the same network).

Check the connection between the PC and Blackberry by sending a Ping

Send a ping to the PC from the BlackBerry by going to “Manage Connections” on the BlackBerry home screen, then “Wifi Options”. Click the menu button and select “Wi-Fi Tools” -> “Ping”. In the “Ping to” field, insert the PC’s IP address and start.

Send a Ping from the PC to the BlackBerry by typing “ping 192.168.0.3″ (replacing the IP address with your BlackBerry’s address) from the command prompt.

If the ping is not successful in both cases:
- Try turning the BlackBerry’s wifi connection off then on again.
- Try turning the PC’s wifi connection off then on again.
- Check your wifi router’s settings and make sure communication between members of the network is enabled.

If this test fails…

This means that the PC and Blackberry cannot make a connection over your wifi network. Note that this has nothing to do with the Wifi Media Backup application  itself, but is a property of your WiFi network (In fact, it is not necessary to have the Blackberry application, or PC Server application running during this test).
The test could be failing for a number of reasons, here are a couple of  things to try:
- Make sure that Wifi is turned on properly on your BB. Try turning off all connections except Wifi.
- Try turning the BlackBerry’s wifi connection off then on again. Try restarting the Blackberry with a battery pull.
- Try turning the PC’s wifi connection off then on again. Try restarting the PC.
- Try disabling all firewalls on your PC, including the Windows firewall and the any 3rd party firewalls.
- Confirm that the BB and PC are actually on the same WiFi network by comparing their IP addresses (The addesses should be the same until the last ‘.’).
- Check your wifi router’s settings and make sure communication between members of the network is enabled.

3) Other things to check:

• The IP address and port number inputted into the Wifi Media Backup application are exactly as listed in the PC Media Server application.
• Restart both the PC and the Blackbeberry (with a battery pull).
• Try changing the port that the Media Server is waiting on (via the settings tab), then restarting the server, then adding an exception for this port and updating the connection settings in the Wifi Media Backup Blackberry application.
• There are no other 3rd party firewalls active on your PC which could be blocking the connection.