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I've quested a long time to find a program that just works for this exact purpose. I've pulled my hair out trying to convert csv files in excel and coming up short with random programs that are shareware for the simple act of transferring text files from my phone to my computer - a feature that should be a no-brainer for any and all mobile devices. This program does this so elegantly (and is, AFAIK, freeware). Hie thee hence, ye'all who are searching for an sms export program go here: http://www.smsexport.com/ and be amazed.
This program will take your entire sms archive and put it into a text file. It won't put it into any fancy dandy exotic file that you can't read or have to sort or cut you off with only a few txt messages "for a trial". This is the real deal.
If this is a re-post, double post, known info, w/e then I do apologize. But having scoured these forums and not finding too many complete solutions I figured I'd oblige. Also be sure to choose the PDA version.
Discuss.

Very cool prog!
I also searched for a possibility to save sms on my pc

The best document editor

Is Documents to Go the best document editor for android? Or is QuickOffice?

INeedYourHelp said:
Is Documents to Go the best document editor for android? Or is QuickOffice?
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For me I found the best document editor is "Polaris Office". Unfortunately until today I could not find the document apk to install it.
Anyu developers here could help?
I need the apk file to install it.
Thanks.

found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045522&highlight=polaris+office
But when I installed it on my Nexus1 it only lets me log in to a Box.net account to see docs I guess.
No GDocs settings, no way to create new documents.

The Google Docs app has been released, which may be a decent, powerful tool one day, but in this first version needs some polish. Has a great scan ability using your camera which, after some improvements, could be the ultimate feature.

[Q] movie collection app that syncs

looking for a setup like this, but for android http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3389957&postcount=3
summary: an android collections app (movies mostly) that syncs with a windows program... ideally I could use the barcode scanner to enter new stuff with the phone
ideas?
thanks

Maybe the My Movies app will do what you want.
http://www.mymovies.dk/products/my-movies-for-android.aspx

screwyluie said:
summary: an android collections app (movies mostly) that syncs with a windows program... ideally I could use the barcode scanner to enter new stuff with the phone
ideas?
thanks
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Check out GCstar for the desktop and GCstar Viewer for android (in the market)
Gcstar is a cross platform collections management tool. It imports and exports loads of formats. Works for games and books and whatever it us you collect. Currently the android app is just a viewer. I hope it gets some love as an input device soon...

I use Movie Collector from Collectorz.com
I had the iPhone version of it for a few years and recently switched to the Android version. It has a desktop app that you can scan barcodes into and then the phone app that you can sync your collection to.
You can't scan the barcodes with the phone yet, but they say that they plan to add that feature.

pietro_spina said:
Check out GCstar for the desktop and GCstar Viewer for android (in the market)
Gcstar is a cross platform collections management tool. It imports and exports loads of formats. Works for games and books and whatever it us you collect. Currently the android app is just a viewer. I hope it gets some love as an input device soon...
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although lacking the scan feature, otherwise this will work great, the fact I can enter the name and it will search all the other details makes it almost as easy as a barcode scanner anyways.
I could use some help figuring out how the csv import feature works... other then that, I thank you much for the input guys

screwyluie said:
although lacking the scan feature, otherwise this will work great, the fact I can enter the name and it will search all the other details makes it almost as easy as a barcode scanner anyways.
I could use some help figuring out how the csv import feature works... other then that, I thank you much for the input guys
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Did you sort out your CSV issues...
I notice that the default separator is a semicolon when I open the importer. If you have a bunch of data in a comma separated file then you should change the semicolon to a comma. Also, you have to make the appropriate adjustments to the "fields to be imported" to let it know what is what.
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Some note applications to use with S-Pen

One of the main reasons for getting this tablet for most would be to make use of the s pen.
This is a short review of the note apps that make use of both handwritten and typed notes.
1. Samsung apps - snote and smemo .. really good apps and lots of editing options... Its default and I am sure every one knows about it
2. I have both lecture notes ( paid) and freenote( donate version ) .
Both are good but I like freenote more as it offers more editing options and easy to make quick notes.
Both devs are very responsive to requests..
3. If you use evernote, it has an association with skitch. Works well but very limited editing options...
4. Onenote - Best note application ever.. Nothing can beat it but in android it not well implemented yet...
In android i use onenote from microsoft and mobilenoter . Both these onenote applications needs more updates.
Onenote from Microsoft app - you will a internet connection all the time to get it working smooth... Offline access is kind of limited. No handwritten notes.
Mobilenoter is expensive but give more options to editing and viewing notes. It was terrible with handwritten notes. With the recent mobilenoter updates ( in the past few weeks) it looks much more promising. Again editing options of individual notes are very limited.
(If you ask me one app that i want in my tablet, it would be a fully working version of onenote)
Unfortunately except for evernote none of them provide a desktop syc for the handwritten notes.. If there was an app that would do this ,
There are plenty of apps out there, like phat note and so on....
please tell us more about what you use and your experience..

aalupatti said:
One of the main reasons for getting this tablet for most would be to make use of the s pen.
This is a short review of t
he note apps that make use of both handwritten and typed notes.
1. Samsung apps - snote and smemo .. really good apps and lots of editing options... Its default and I am sure every one knows about it
2. I have both lecture notes ( paid) and freenote( donate version ) .
Both are good but I like freenote more as it offers more editing options and easy to make quick notes.
Both devs are very responsive to requests..
3. If you use evernote, it has an association with skitch. Works well but very limited editing options...
4. Onenote - Best note application ever.. Nothing can beat it but in android it not well implemented yet...
In android i use onenote from microsoft and mobilenoter . Both these onenote applications needs more updates.
Onenote from Microsoft app - you will a internet connection all the time to get it working smooth... Offline access is kind of limited. No handwritten notes.
Mobilenoter is expensive but give more options to editing and viewing notes. It was terrible with handwritten notes. With the recent mobilenoter updates ( in the past few weeks) it looks much more promising. Again editing options of individual notes are very limited.
(If you ask me one app that i want in my tablet, it would be a fully working version of onenote)
Unfortunately except for evernote none of them provide a desktop syc for the handwritten notes.. If there was an app that would do this ,
There are plenty of apps out there, like phat note and so on....
please tell us more about what you use and your experience..
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Is it possible to take a whole page of notes using handwriting on the Note 10.1 and then convert to text?
May be a dumb question but I'm thinking if I take lots of notes at a meeting then I would like to be able to convert them to a document.

Alabama978 said:
Is it possible to take a whole page of notes using handwriting on the Note 10.1 and then convert to text?
May be a dumb question but I'm thinking if I take lots of notes at a meeting then I would like to be able to convert them to a document.
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I am exactly in the same boat. In a meeting last week I took 13 pages of notes using S-Note. I can export them to PDF but thats about it. Mobilenoter seems to be the best thing to bet on. But the reviews seem to be very negative. I don't have a problem maintaining a live account with only onenote 2010 notebooks, so if they fix their handwriting issues I'll be a customer!

redviper666 said:
I am exactly in the same boat. In a meeting last week I took 13 pages of notes using S-Note. I can export them to PDF but thats about it. Mobilenoter seems to be the best thing to bet on. But the reviews seem to be very negative. I don't have a problem maintaining a live account with only onenote 2010 notebooks, so if they fix their handwriting issues I'll be a customer!
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If you. want to send the notes as text from S-note, use the share via option as opposed to export,however you will not be able to send drawings.
If you want to write in your own handwriting, there is an app called 7notes on Google play that will let you take notes and convert them later into text. The app has really good handwriting recognition too if you want the notes converted on the fly.

Look for Supernote ..its made by Asus and is similar to freenote in that you can handwrite anywhere and moves it to the top. Link...... http://www.everbot.com/files/Asus_Supernote_v_1.4.apk

I also use 7notes. My HW is horrific and it does a great job of converting it. You can use it anywhere, in pretty much any app that uses a keyboard.

aalupatti said:
One of the main reasons for getting this tablet for most would be to make use of the s pen.
This is a short review of the note apps that make use of both handwritten and typed notes.
1. Samsung apps - snote and smemo .. really good apps and lots of editing options... Its default and I am sure every one knows about it
2. I have both lecture notes ( paid) and freenote( donate version ) .
Both are good but I like freenote more as it offers more editing options and easy to make quick notes.
Both devs are very responsive to requests..
3. If you use evernote, it has an association with skitch. Works well but very limited editing options...
4. Onenote - Best note application ever.. Nothing can beat it but in android it not well implemented yet...
In android i use onenote from microsoft and mobilenoter . Both these onenote applications needs more updates.
Onenote from Microsoft app - you will a internet connection all the time to get it working smooth... Offline access is kind of limited. No handwritten notes.
Mobilenoter is expensive but give more options to editing and viewing notes. It was terrible with handwritten notes. With the recent mobilenoter updates ( in the past few weeks) it looks much more promising. Again editing options of individual notes are very limited.
(If you ask me one app that i want in my tablet, it would be a fully working version of onenote)
Unfortunately except for evernote none of them provide a desktop syc for the handwritten notes.. If there was an app that would do this ,
There are plenty of apps out there, like phat note and so on....
please tell us more about what you use and your experience..
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I have the new Samsung galaxy note 10.1 and it just came with the Snote and not the Smemo. Can you tell me or have a link to get the Smemo app?
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smooches680 said:
I have the new Samsung galaxy note 10.1 and it just came with the Snote and not the Smemo. Can you tell me or have a link to get the Smemo app?
Sent from my GT-N8013 using xda app-developers app
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S memo has been replaced with S Note, you can bring up the mini app version by clicking the small arrow on your status bar at the bottom to make a quick note.

I will Quill and Papyrus from the market. They both provide vector based pdf output.

aalupatti said:
Unfortunately except for evernote none of them provide a desktop syc for the handwritten notes.. If there was an app that would do this.
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Probably not exactly what you are looking for, but i use foldersync lite, with my drop box, to backup and sync my notes. I currently use lecture notes and have the folder with my notes synced every 2 hours.
Just an idea for you.

Did you do the schedule from within LN or using an external app?

ratindahat said:
Probably not exactly what you are looking for, but i use foldersync lite, with my drop box, to backup and sync my notes. I currently use lecture notes and have the folder with my notes synced every 2 hours.
Just an idea for you.
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But are those editable in PC and sync back with the device ?
Galaxy Note @ mobile

aalupatti said:
But are those editable in PC and sync back with the device ?
Galaxy Note @ mobile
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Probably not in the way you are thinking. They are png's so they should be editable, but it wouldn't be a clean solution.
toenail_flicker said:
Did you do the schedule from within LN or using an external app?
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I used an external app to schedule it. the external app is foldersync lite.

ratindahat said:
Probably not in the way you are thinking. They are png's so they should be editable, but it wouldn't be a clean solution.
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I should be trying that
Galaxy Note @ mobile

aalupatti said:
I should be trying that
Galaxy Note @ mobile
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Dropsync is the tool I use for autosyncing. Also LectureNotes allows export and import via .pdf, so if you can edit .pdfs you're food. Finally, Lecturenotea can export direct to Evernote.

I haven't seen it mentioned here but I like it more than Lecture Notes - Writepad Stylus works great with S Pen (and I prefer setting the pen in it to be the only input - you can do that in settings).

I quit using WS when Quill came out. I use Quill for vector and LN for all else. The LN dev rocks big dog. Working on keyboard and jpg/png image for background. Really pleased.

aalupatti said:
2. I have both lecture notes ( paid) and freenote( donate version ) .
Both are good but I like freenote more as it offers more editing options and easy to make quick notes.
Both devs are very responsive to requests..
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+1 on Freenote. I've tried LectureNotes, Quill, AntiPaper, PhatPad, and some others. Freenote offers a lot more flexibility in including ink, typed text, pics, paint, links, tags, "To Do" lists, ink calendar tracking, etc. It is the closest app to OneNote I've found on Android. I think its biggest liabilities are that the GUI is not "sexy" -- it looks clunky-- and that the range of options and tools make it confusing to figure out. Steep learning curve. But if you want to switch instantly between ink/text/images/paint, etc., I don't think it has any competition.
Best Freenote feature: The writing panel for inking. It lets me handwrite in large exaggerated strokes at the bottom of the page, which it inserts as scaled smaller ink in a straight line elsewhere on the page, and which it is smart enough to auto-wrap to the next line at the page margin. 7Notes/Mazec offers a similar feature, but I find it to be a bit more clunky since I have to hit "enter" at the end of each line before it inserts.
aalupatti said:
Unfortunately except for evernote none of them provide a desktop syc for the handwritten notes.. If there was an app that would do this ,
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I too consider this to be the 'holy grail' of app features, but it is sorely lacking. I found a work-around that lets me ink on my GNote in a Word doc via Polaris, and also ink the same doc on my tablet PC via Dropbox. But to be honest, the "inking" experience I show via Polaris is so limited (very few features beyond changing ink thickness) that I have largely stuck with Freenote.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856691&highlight=polaris

jchammerpants said:
I too consider this to be the 'holy grail' of app features, but it is sorely lacking. I found a work-around that lets me ink on my GNote in a Word doc via Polaris, and also ink the same doc on my tablet PC via Dropbox. But to be honest, the "inking" experience I show via Polaris is so limited (very few features beyond changing ink thickness) that I have largely stuck with Freenote.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856691&highlight=polaris
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Trans device inking is a big thing and unfortunately none of the apps support it well..
However, mobilenoter which was a terrible app before, has changed a lot especially with the most recent update.
I brought this app a long time ago and had many issues.
After the most recent update I tried it again and works great..
This is what I do
1. i have folder in my sd card synced with the onenote folder in pc
2. the onenote folder in pc is synced with skydrive
3. i edit and make notes in my android using mobile noter.
4. Now all changes are synced with my pc when i get home
Limitations of mobilenoter now are
1. Mobilenoter syncing option to cloud is still not great... Hence the work around i mentioned above
2. editing options are very limited
Workaround now is to make new notes in freenote and export to mobile noter
The benefit of cloud sync is that I can open the onenotes in another pc ( on a web browser) at work and do changes.

Thanks for the suggestions. I also dream of a robust OneNote app available on Android... Until then, can I clarify a few of your tips?
aalupatti said:
1. i have folder in my sd card synced with the onenote folder in pc
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Do you do this via Dropbox/Dropsync or similar tool, or another method?
aalupatti said:
2. editing options are very limited
Workaround now is to make new notes in freenote and export to mobile noter
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Do you export them as PDF, or is mobile noter listed as a menu option for "sharing," or another method?

WhatsApp Backup Transfer

I wasn't quite sure where to put this, and I did email their support but I figured there's such an untapped knowledge base here, that you guys would probably be more fit to help me better and faster.
I recently upgraded from my Atrix 4G to an iPhone 5, and I've been using WhatsApp for months if not well over a year on my Atrix. I have done regular backups and since my jump from Android to iOS, I lost those files. I understand WhatsApp doesn't have server side backups and all the backups are local to your device. I thought a mere grab and drop of the backup files would do the trick, but the architecture and structure of WhatsApp between these two operating systems is astounding. I have both the msgstore.db (Android) and the ChatStorage.sqlite (iPhone) backups, in my searches I found that the .sqlite file is is not encrypted like it's counterpart, .db. I was hoping and wishing that there was a way where I could decrypt the .db and rename it as the .sqlite, I'm not entirely sure if that is such a lost cause because the differences between how WhatsApp handles on Android as opposed to iOS or if it's something that is feasible. There's just too much information stored on my old chat logs that I can't lose from the jump.
I'd appreciate any type of help with this, thanks in advanced.

There currently is no easy and comprehensive solution for migration from Android Whatsapp to Iphone Whatsapp.
You have the following options:
- Use Whatsapp Xtract. With this tool you will at least be able to browse your old messages in a browser, so they aren't completely lost.
[TOOL] Whatsapp Backup Messages Extractor
- ark0n3 is working on a Java tool called WhatsAppMigrator (however from iOS to Android, I think), you may contact him: ark0n3
As far as I know, the tool currently only manages to convert normal messages, but no media or group messages.
- You may wait for Whatsapp Xtract to include a conversion and/or merging feature. But currently it doesn't look like we will make it soon.
The problem is not only the encryption of msgstore.db.crypt (using Whatsapp Xtract you easily can decrypt it), but the completely different database structure between Android and Iphone Whatsapp data files.

ztedd said:
There currently is no easy and comprehensive solution for migration from Android Whatsapp to Iphone Whatsapp.
You have the following options:
- Use Whatsapp Xtract. With this tool you will at least be able to browse your old messages in a browser, so they aren't completely lost.
[TOOL] Whatsapp Backup Messages Extractor
- ark0n3 is working on a Java tool called WhatsAppMigrator (however from iOS to Android, I think), you may contact him: ark0n3
As far as I know, the tool currently only manages to convert normal messages, but no media or group messages.
- You may wait for Whatsapp Xtract to include a conversion and/or merging feature. But currently it doesn't look like we will make it soon.
The problem is not only the encryption of msgstore.db.crypt (using Whatsapp Xtract you easily can decrypt it), but the completely different database structure between Android and Iphone Whatsapp data files.
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some days ago I had to move the project from google drive to a public website (for some technical limitations imposed by google).
please not that this tool (at least at the moment) move your Whatsapp history from iPhone to Android, not the other way around.
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How to transfer chats Whatsapp from Android to iPhone ?
I'm willing to pay for help
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Is there any chance of making the conversion to reverse? From Android to iPhone? Thanks.

panchowatkins said:
Is there any chance of making the conversion to reverse? From Android to iPhone? Thanks.
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Any idea? I'm looking for this...

I'm also looking for any method to migrate my whatapps' history from android over to my next phone. Due to this is a company phone, therefore, there's plenty of important messages which I needs from time to time.
Please, if someone could help out on this.
Thank you very much in advance.

I guess all the Data are stored at WhatsApp server.
If you install a fresh and verify your old same number, it will sync your conversations...
Secondly, one can use WhatsApp Backup app.
I am not sure for the availability of backup and restore capabilities across multi platform.
But if that is not available today, some developers may go for that looking to the popularity and user base WhatsApp has got.

Hi all,
I also run into this problem. I really want to have my Whatsapp db on Android converted to the sqlite format for iPhone. Is there a way I can help ? I have some python coding experience and also some db knowledge. Not very much, but willing to learn !
shackks said:
I'm also looking for any method to migrate my whatapps' history from android over to my next phone. Due to this is a company phone, therefore, there's plenty of important messages which I needs from time to time.
Please, if someone could help out on this.
Thank you very much in advance.
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panchowatkins said:
Is there any chance of making the conversion to reverse? From Android to iPhone? Thanks.
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A program called Android WhatsApp to iPhone Transfer from Backuptrans can help.
How to transfer WhatsApp Messages from Android to iPhone?
iPhone WhatsAppp to Android Transfer is also supported. Hope it helps.

ark0n3 said:
some days ago I had to move the project from google drive to a public website (for some technical limitations imposed by google).
please not that this tool (at least at the moment) move your Whatsapp history from iPhone to Android, not the other way around.
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WhatsappMigrator switched name to WazzapMigrator and moved to a native Android app.
Check out (free on Play Store): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nbeghin.whatsappmigrator.lite
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