Restore the messaging app? - Captivate General

So I did a bad thing, in my ultimate conquest to remove things I didnt need/want/care for, I deleted the default messaging app as I use handcent.
Here is the issue:
Now since this is my first android phone I dont know if this is standard across all overlays or just touchwiz, but in the phone/contacts app, when you touch someones picture, it opens up a popup of all the ways you can contact someone.
Before it showed messaging, and when I hit it I could use handcent as the default. Now nothing is there. I have the same issue with the launcher pro People widget.
Am I screwed and its time to restore (again ><) Any way to get this functionality back?

You could try grabbing the messaging app's .apk from a rooted stock system backup (I think there's one in the Captivate dev forum), and then sideloading it onto the device to see if it fixes your problem. You can sideload using the Sideload Wonder Machine (just google it, it's the easiest way I've found to sideload apps so far).

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[Q] App back up Prior to system reset

other than Titanium and Astro methodology for back up, is there any setting of the Android OS (perhaps something I'm missing at Market?) that allows app back up for re-install in the case of a system reset?
HTC Sensation on T-Mobile. Not rooted.
If available I'd use it, but in general I don't care about password bu.
Perhaps it would be useful to have bookmarks backed up for the HTC Internet app.
I don't use a 3rd party browser.

[Q] Deleted email app in Titanium, messaging app no longer works

Hey everyone, been working on this for a couple hours and think I'm pretty well stuck. Coming from an EVO, where I deleted the stock email app with no problem, I then backed it up, and proceeded to delete it from my brothers D2G in titanium.
Upon deleting, I found that the stock messaging app would open far enough for you to see the inbox for a split second before closing on itself and making texting unusable.
To replicate, I grabbed my sisters D2G and backed the email app, email authenticator, and one more email related thing that I can't recall at the moment, then deleted them and caused her the exact same problem.
Now that I knew my issue, I thought I could just restore everything happily in titanium and it would be fine, but it's not happening. Titanium says it's restoring, but just sits there and works forever without doing anything. I'm trying to find the email.apk and see if I can just reinstall that and bring everything back, but I'm not sure.
One of the fixes in titanium was to buy the pro version and change the app processing selection to auto, indirect, but I don't want to buy the pro version on something that may or may not provide a real solution.
Any ideas anyone?
There's a high chance you'll have to flash the SBF image to restore everything. Make a backup of everything, flash the SBF, update to 4.5.608, and restore with TiBu.
In the future, do not delete stock apps with TiBu. Use the Freeze function.

Help with 3rd Party Facebook Contact Pictures

After updating to 4.1.2 using Matt's Utility, I am no longer able to see contact pictures in 3rd party apps such as Handcent and Google Voice. The fix I used before can be seen in this link: ICS / Handcent / Contact pictures. It basically just unrestricts the Facebook data for use in other apps. On my phone, the process seems to run and complete (I just use a terminal emulator on the phone), however it does not work. My Facebook contact pictures are on my phone, 3rd party apps just cannot access them.
I am currently running 4.1.2 stock rooted.
I was wondering if anyone else has had this issue, and what methods can be used to remedy this.
Thanks!
Well after messing around some more, I finally found a solution that works pretty well (and seems to have high-res pics).
The method I used can be found in this thread: [APP][2.1+]SyncMyPix - ICS-JB and Facebook Fix-(Better High Res Pic Update). Thanks to Deadknight for coming up with this solution (modifying the SyncMyPix app).
For me, the instructions were a little confusing since it seems that some of the steps have changed on Facebook's side (and my own misinterpretation), so here is how I did it (modified from the thread above):
Create an application on your Facebook account from developers.facebook.com. A video showing how to do so can be found here: Create Facebook application. Some of the layouts and stuff has changed but it is the same general process (mainly relevant from 0:45 to 3:40).
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Download the APK from the thread above and install it on your phone. Once installed, open the app and click on "Settings" -> "Application Id" and then enter the Application ID from the application you created on your Facebook account (see Application ID Example).
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While still in "Settings," scroll down and check "Maximum Quality" and uncheck "Crop".
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Go back to the main screen of the app and click "Sync". The first time you do this a Facebook log in screen will appear and ask for you to authorize the app. Once you do so, your Facebook contact pictures will begin to sync to your device.
That's pretty much the steps that I followed to get pictures to work on 3rd party apps like Handcent, Google Voice, etc. Hopefully no one else runs into this issue (I'm still not sure why I ran into this issue yet...), but if you have any questions, please reference the main thread above or let me know.
** Again, all thanks should be given to Deadknight for coming up with this solution!

Moving SMS from one app to another?

I have a lot of SMS that I have from running CM12 with the bundled SMS/MMS app, but now I want to use another rom and that thing comes with the google Messenger app. So does anyone know how to tranfser sms from one app to another, I can get the .db file from SMS/MMS but I don't know how I should go about importing it to messenger. Also I tried titanium backup but trying to restore the App + data just says restore and it never finishes restoring.
I've tried a google search, but there isn't very much to find. I guess people aren't as sentimental as I
samsins34 said:
I have a lot of SMS that I have from running CM12 with the bundled SMS/MMS app, but now I want to use another rom and that thing comes with the google Messenger app. So does anyone know how to tranfser sms from one app to another, I can get the .db file from SMS/MMS but I don't know how I should go about importing it to messenger. Also I tried titanium backup but trying to restore the App + data just says restore and it never finishes restoring.
I've tried a google search, but there isn't very much to find. I guess people aren't as sentimental as I
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The TiBu restore takes quite a long time. You need to set TiBu as your Messaging app (it should ask you to do this), otherwise you will keep getting pop-ups.
There is also an app called SMS Backup & Restore, which I have used several times to copy SMS/MMS from phone to phone.
Aerowinder said:
The TiBu restore takes quite a long time. You need to set TiBu as your Messaging app (it should ask you to do this), otherwise you will keep getting pop-ups.
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I don't think it asked me to do that, anyway... so I didn't ill try restoring the ROM and giving it a shot again.
There is also an app called SMS Backup & Restore, which I have used several times to copy SMS/MMS from phone to phone.
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THats the app i used when i transfer from iPhone to Android but does it work between different apps within android? I'll give it a shot if the above doesnt work
samsins34 said:
I don't think it asked me to do that, anyway... so I didn't ill try restoring the ROM and giving it a shot again.
THats the app i used when i transfer from iPhone to Android but does it work between different apps within android? I'll give it a shot if the above doesnt work
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Apps themselfs has nothing to do with SMS/MMS storage. They just read them and show them up to you. If you are using TB, then backup in xml format, because if you do in regullary way you will have some force closes. Or you just use SMS Backup and Restore app from Play store.
EDIT: If you restore app + data you won't get your SMS back, because they are store somewhere else. Actually, when you restore an app, you will get just the app itself and settings off it. Also TB can't restore system app yet in Lollipop.
zagorteney said:
Apps themselfs has nothing to do with SMS/MMS storage. They just read them and show them up to you. If you are using TB, then backup in xml format, because if you do in regullary way you will have some force closes. Or you just use SMS Backup and Restore app from Play store.
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SMS Backup and Restore did not do MMS (group/picture messages) the last time I looked. TiBu does this nicely, MMS too, though it does take a long time as others stated above.
SMS Backup & Restore does MMS messages if you check that option in the settings.

Possible to get the Pixel sms backup on other phones? (Google Drive app data)

On Pixel phones, there's a new backup and restore option which includes sms.
Even though I have Android 7.1 on my Nexus 5X, I don't have this feature. It seems to be a Pixel exclusive for now. However, it should be possible to replicate it somehow I think. Could this be part of Google Play services - or Google Drive, where we lately saw some new backup options in the hamburger menu and settings menu? I'm not rooted, but I still have my hopes up this piece of functionality could be activated on other phones. Did someone look into this?
As an example, we have a backup solution for call history and blocked numbers. It's been there for a few Android versions. The sms functionality seems to be very similar to those. Can't someone find out if it's done through Drive, Play services or some system component, and then begin experimenting?
Otherwise, if we can't replicate the Pixel functionality, then could something similar be built using the Google Drive app data backup? Sms backup apps typically have a solution of their own, such as file export, Gmail import or creating a folder in Google Drive. But what if my sms messages could be backed up as app data instead (from a homemade app, released to the play store for this purpose), using the Google Drive app data backup tool? Could someone write an app for that? Or are there limitations, perhaps the sms container on the phone can't be reached in that way?
I'm curious about what you have to say about this!
EDIT:
To clarify, I know there are many good backup solutions out there. What I'm asking for, is to have that task done as natively as possible in the OS. That's why I'm curious about the things above! Cheers

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