Hello all!
I've been having a real nightmare moving my SMS messages from my Sony Ericsson P990 (running UIQ 3) to my beloved HTC Trinity.
I knew it will be a problem, but since I do a lot with computers I wanted to try it.
My first try was to export SMS messages on my P990i to a .cvs file. All went ok, I got the file and so far I made a quick script to convert it to xml file and later import it in my Trinity via SMS backup tool i've found. When trying to import all dates were messed up, even tho i saw them correct in the file, but the SMSes were actually imported!
Then, I changed a few things and now it doesn't accept my XML files - there must be dome special characters inside but it's just too hard to find them with 400 messages inside.
The next idea I came up with about an hour ago was to copy all sms messages to my SIM and then copy them back on my Trinity. So far, I discovered that my SIM card holds a maximum of only 18 SMS messages Even tho, I didn't have any of the SMS SIM->Phone software on my HTC.
I really want to keep these messages and am struggling a few days
Anyone has any ideas what else could I try?
How would I restore and migrate my SMS from iPhone to Android? I already got the SMS into CSV format in Missing Sync but I can't seem to find a way to get that CSV onto the Nexus One. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Here's what I got down so far. I can convert the sms.db in iPhone to CSV, but the CSV format isn't the standard Nokia, so when I use the Android csv2sms, it doesn't read it. Is there any more direct way?
I am building an CSV importer for Android. But I don't know how Missing Sync format is.
Could you please send me a sample file? (not your real content of cause, you can send me via my private box [email protected])
Thanks and Regards,
Bao
Update: please visit http a.baole.org /sms-migrator to see how migrate your sms from your old mobile to android phone. You can also download app from Android Market named "SMS Migrator"
That'd be awesome. Unfortunately, my SMS is a bit private and its quite large (20mb) so I cannot email it to you.
Code:
"Type","Date","Time","Number","First Name","Last Name","Company","Message","Device"
"Sent","3/19/08","4:59 PM","xxx-xxx-xxxx","Joe","Smith","","blah blah blah message here","So and So’s iPhone"
"Received","3/19/08","6:42 PM","xxx-xxx-xxxx","Jane","Doe","","whatever the message goes","So and So’s iPhone"
The xxx-xxx-xxxx is the phone number. Date and time is pretty obvious. Type is just send and received. Name is separated into first and last. I don't put any contacts by company, but I guess it exports it by that too. The message is the main part of the SMS. The device is the phone name defined in iTunes. I'm sure you're familiar with that if you have an iPod.
When you're done, I can test it for you if you'd like. I shot you an email too in case you don't visit here often.
I may extend my Nokia csv2sms if you wish, too.
Please send me a sample file of your exported sms if you have a special format. Thanks
I'm pleased to inform you of a new release of Csv2Sms !
This new version enables users to import their SMS messages from any format for FREE (0.00 $). (CSV, XML or even SQL !)
Check this out at shar.es/mb0OA
Goo'Luck !
Thats not even the original iPhone format but something else...
The original what you get out of "message" table from sms.db looks like this:
Code:
"ROWID","address","date","text","flags","replace","svc_center","group_id","association_id","height","UIFlags","version","subject","country","headers","recipients","read"
"1","NUMBER_IN_INTERNATIONAL_FORMAT","UNIX_TIME","TEXT_OF_THE_MESSAGE","2","0","","1","0","0","4","0","","COUNTRY_CODE","","","1"
The sent/received tag is contained in "flags" number 2 = received, 3 = sent
I've been struggling to get this working with your athg2sms script, but it doesn't still work...
I just wrote something that may help you, you need to install "SMS Backup & Restore" from the Android Market, though - then you can import the generated XML file.
hxxp://faked.org/isms2droid/
(can't post a link because my account is too new)
cens0r said:
I just wrote something that may help you, you need to install "SMS Backup & Restore" from the Android Market, though - then you can import the generated XML file.
http://faked.org/isms2droid/
(can't post a link because my account is too new)
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here ya go:
iPhone SMS to Android Converter: http://faked.org/isms2droid/
Please checkout "SMS Migrator" on Android Market
I can't seem to get the website to read and convert my sms.db file correctly.
when I use the drop down box at CSV i get an xml file which can't be read by my android
when I try the DB the website fails.
Can anyone help me out here
I have extracted the SMS.DB file from my iphone and have SMSMigrator installed on my andriod; just need to convert from the db file to an xml
Thanks in advance
gwoo_ca said:
... and have SMSMigrator installed...
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Hi gwoo_ca, please read the instructions on the page - there's a link to "SMS Backup & Restore", which can read the XML.
Yes, sorry that is the andriod program which I am using (not sms migrator)
I think the problem is the XML conversion website, doesn't seem to work when I choose db on the drop down menu.
Maybe I am just dumb but I just can't get it to work
Okay, give it a try now - i've reinstalled my server a couple of days ago, maybe there was something missing. Works for me now!
Awesome, that did the trick
Don't know what you did but it works great now so can't complain
Much appreciated
Hey guys , what if I wanna do vice versa ? Convert text from android to iphone ? any idea ?
For some time, I was looking for a solution.
Found some programs that export ALL messages to a TXT file,
mostly BACKUP ones.
None had option to export "conversation" like Leo displays.
None had option to export just one or some.
So, to You, programers, could You develop a program that shows all conversations that you have, with option to select one, some, all and export them to a TXT files?
It would be nice if it was not a single TXT file, just one for conversation.
It wold also be nice if in TXT file all conversation was in Leo style, and all contact data who writes was only on top, once, not every sms message in conversation.
Of course, nothing is for free, donation will be given
I am using Smsm-chat from vito. They have backup in one of their setting which will export all sms into a text file to your storage
...like I said, and like programs I already found, in TXT file exported is mess.
It would be nice if there was program that let us export just one conversation
I'd like to see my SMS conversations separated by contact (not just by number) on desktop. I'd rather not import all those old SMS into my new phone, but I'd like to archive them. I would not want to have everyone I used to text with as contact on the new phone. Therefore in the messagning app there would not even be names for them.
Every solution I found just creates one single big file (database, excel, xml, html, whatever), but it's often way too big, ugly, people merged, contact names not resolved, conversation means something entirely different. Is there a way to create many small files for everyone I have a conversation with? If not, this is a business gap.