I have recently upgraded my Touch HD to RTT'S Leet R5 (WM 6.5) and had to find out the hard way that the messaging client in WM 6.5 doesn't seem to support user-defined subfolders. Text messages backed up with SPB Backup can be restored on the device (well, apparently, at least - see below), however, messages located in user-defined subfolders (in inbox as well as sent items) cannot be accessed.
As for "apparently": PIM Backup does show the additional folders and the number of messages in them, however, the few text messages which still resided in the inbox and haven't been filed away prior to backup don't show up either in the WM 6.5 text messaging client. They do show up briefly in TF3D but disappear as soon as the messaging client is launched.
I'm a bit lost here. The problem doesn't seem to be just the lacking support of user-defined subfolders in the messaging client but something more - after all, why then would even the text messages NOT in subfolders disappear as well?
I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this. The backup file itself is intact.
I've always kept a copy of all my text messages in my desktop email archive using an Outlook plugin from Jeyo. However, after switching to Gmail, I'm really trying to avoid using Outlook altogether. That's why it would be great to have a program that automatically uploads all my text messages straight from my phone to my Gmail account. Kinda like MyPhone but with Gmail.
This is what it would do:
* Automatically copy every text message to Gmail;
* Upload messages from different folders: inbox, concepts and sent items, each to the appropriate Gmail locations.
I believe there's a program for this on the Android platform, but not on Windows Mobile.
I'm just posting this here as a suggestion, hoping a handy developer likes my idea, since I don't know how to do it myself.
Services like MyPhone and Dashwire let you do it to the cloud.
You can use Windows Mobile SMS Sync ( not Free ) / PIM Backup to back it up to your PC and manually send it to gMail.
Another alternateive ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324684 ) I think its no longer actively developed
hope this helps
Thanks for the suggestions. Some of them I hadn't seen before.
I'm already using MyPhone, which works automatically and does very well as a plain backup solution, but I'd really like to keep a complete archive of my correspondence (email and sms) in one place on Gmail.
On the other hand, I'm currently using Jeyo Mobile Companion to transfer my sms to gmail manually. The result is exactly what I want: each message is listed individually and chronologically among my emails. Unfortunately, this only works through desktop Outlook, and I'd like to avoid using my pc as a go-between.
So I'm still hoping for some new developement that will do this automatically and over the air. Such a program already exists for Android phones:
http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/
this would be nice
There's a Symbian program like this as well:
http://shop.psiloc.com/en/Application,262287,Psiloc+GSync
Why should Symbian and Android users have all the fun? Couldn't anyone port the Android version to Windows Mobile? It's open source...
Damn, I wish I was a developer myself.
I have been thinking about this too and I very much applaud the development of such an application too. Everything backed up to one place.
The basic idea is pretty simple, queuing a message to a specific folder on a pop3 / imap / exchange server. Restoring or syncing data from the server is more difficult, I suppose.
Sprite used to have (= not anymore) an application that continuously sent received text messages and calls as an e-mail to a specified e-mailaddress. Unfortunately, however, it was unable to restore from it.
Also, backing up messages for the first time will pose problems. Most e-mail services are capped at a maximum amount of messages per day (e.g. 1000 receive / send)
If you have an Exchange server, version 2010 wil have sms synchronisation features in it.
Cheers
Sprite Archie actually looks pretty good! I had no idea this ever existed. Too bad it's gone.
Seems like it simply forwarded text messages (and call logs) to a specified e-mail address. Ideally, I think a program could copy the messages directly to a specific e-mail folder via IMAP, right?
I see how restoring would be a problem, but I wouldn't really use this as a backup method anyway. I already have MyPhone and Sprite Backup for that.
To me, the main purpose would be archiving. Gmail just seems a natural place to store your text messages along with your e-mails: it gives you a complete overview of all your written correspondence.
Glad to see some enthousiasm for this idea!
This would be a good program, so Im putting my hand up for it as well....
(Hope that if this is done it would be compatible with the android way of doing it, thus allowing you to move texts from one platform to the other)
I've added this as a sugestion to Nuevasync as well, being that the activesync platform does allow for selecting SMS as an option to sync.
probably not what your looking for but i have my phone setup to sync my contacts and calendar through google and i run a program called phone log which puts the text message i reciever in my calendar as an event but through i would through it out there i would be interested in a program that did this though
I second this idea, it's works a treat on my Hero and I'd love to have to my sms's pushed to my SMS label in gmail on my HD2
I've actually found a copy of Sprite Archie (mentioned higher) and it works perfectly fine... At least, it did until I bought an HD2. There, it doesn't detect incoming messages. So no luck...
See also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584610
SMSSyncUp
See this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625378
is there good SMS software for windows mobile, I dont mind paying for it. as long as its good to use.
have threaded sms conversations, etc.
245 view and not a single reply?
Havent used it on the HD2 yet however used it on my Touch. Vito SMS Chat is a great program. Loads fast, threaded convo, many skins available, scrolls fast etc. Overall i think its a great app to use for sms.
Unlike resco contact manager etc which is a great app as well containing threaded messaging, Vito purley is sms, it allows you to use your standard dialler etc.
yes vito sms chat is the best alternative to htc message, but....
if you don't disable htc sense (or at least htc message with this cab ) you can use alternative sms programs just to see incoming and outgoing messages, 'cause htc message "rules" over any other related program, so you can't send anything with the alternative program.
However, I've tried vito sms chat after disabling htc message and it works fine on my HD2
Last thing: if you disable htc message, you need also another app for mms (vito sms chat doesn't manage them)...arcsoft mms is the most recommended on this forum
Greetings
Is there similar application like Psiloc GSync is for Symbian phones?
http://shop.psiloc.com/en/Application,262287,Psiloc+GSync
"Psiloc GSync allows you to automatically archive all of your SMS and MMS messages on the Gmail™ account. The SMS/MMS messages appear as e-mails, are marked as read and labelled as SMS/MMS. Messages exchanged with the same people are grouped into threads. You can configure how often the messages are archived."
At the short search I did not find anything like that...
Hi there,
Since I bought my first android phone year ago, I'm looking for good email client without any success. I'm subscriber of many mailing lists, so every day I receive hundred mails. I'm looking for client which can sort incoming messages into separate folders, show emails in threads, and have an option to answer below quoted text.
I tried:
MailDroid - looks good, conversation view and sorting works in newest version, but something is wrong with marking messages as read and inside thread newest mails are on the top.
ProfiMail - Very good functionality, It can show full threads tree! but looks like a prehistoric application, and price... 20$ per device.
K-9 Mail - there is not threading view. There is an issue on forum and 250 people starred it, but no hope... Issue is about one year old.
AquaMail - there is not threading view.
Enchanced Mail - there is not threading view also.
Any ideas? I don't believe nobody don't need functionality like in every desktop mail client.
I started to think, about Ubuntu on my TF101, because of mail client application.... it's unbelievable...