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SMS Backup

Does anyone know of a way you can back SMS to your computer?

I also would like to know......
Please tell us!

Yorch has a sms backup proggie on his website.

go sms has a back up feature...

Go sms lets you backup to your SD. Good app and free.
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backup to you gmail,from the gmail export to pc.

what i do is use mybackup and create a backup of my sms and use myphoneexplorer to copy it from my sd card to my pc so i always have a backup of my phone

why do you want to back up your sms's anyways?

SMS backup - in market. Backs up to GMail.

Any app in Android can restore contact from PIMBackup backup file

Any app in Android can restore contact from PIMBackup backup file

have some problem with u, n i wasn't found any application to convert that file..
(i want migrating from winmo to android)
try this way, (sorry i can't write link in this forum coz newbie)
search on google with key "sprite mobile" (migrating contact,messaging,log call data)
it's like PIM backup on winmo

Hello,
I had solved the problem by
- deleting exchange account on winmo iphone
- setting up my gmail account as imap in winmo
- sync contacts etc. Between phone and gmail account
- using the gmail account w/ my new android device.
You can find some guides w/ a google search about how Toso configure gmail with winmo.
Regards,
G.
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I just moved from WinMo to android and faced the same situation.
I first made a fresh PIM backup in case anything went sour. I setup activesync to sync with gmail (Google has a step by step tutorial that's based on WinMo 6.1 but it's fairly easy to figure out) This is where things can go sour, like doubling of contacts or appointments. If all goes well you'll have everything in your gmail account (it might take a while though).
If you have any pocket notes, and aren't synced with Outlook, you'll need to manually copy and paste them into OneNote Mobile. Then copy them to your desktop and open them in One Note.

use Sprite Mobile
i was successfuly transfer all contact and their field, messaging and call history

unohebat said:
use Sprite Mobile
i was successfuly transfer all contact and their field, messaging and call history
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hai can u plz tell me how u did that. means full procedure.
thanks

lovalim said:
hai can u plz tell me how u did that. means full procedure.
thanks
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Or, try this.
1. Open PIM Backup on your Windows Mobile device. Select the Backup action and unselect everything but contacts, then hit Next.
2. At the "Select backup filename and folder" screen, unselect the "compress backup" and "binary backup" options, then hit Next.
3. Transfer the BACKUP.PIB file that you just made from your phone to your computer. Change the extension from .PIB to .RAR, then extract the file.
4. The extracted file should be BACKUP.CSC. Simply change the extension to .CSV and import the file to your gmail account. All your contacts can now be imported to your phone through gmail - just follow the instructions given in the phone's contact menu.
or activesync with google http://www.google.com/support/mobile...&answer=138636

Hi
As a noob to android, I wanted to ask step by step converting winmo PIM backup file to android. Which includes migrating contacts, messages, log call data etc)
Is this doable. Can any one advice. PLZ.
Thanks in advance.

Hi, i have a HTC HD2 running WM - Energy ROM and Android - Core Droid HD V0.2 and i want to use my contacts in Android.
I did as Dblfstr said, but the file i got from PIMBackup was contacts_20101206.pbc
I use PIM Backup v2.8.0.0
I did not mark "compress backup" and "binary backup" but still the file is some how binary and it shows garbage when opened by an editor.
Does somebody have another solution to this problem?
ThX!

forget about using pimbackup,i already tried everything and did nothing...
try using outlook,simply export the contacts to CSV and import them in google
or send them via bluetooth (for those who have 2 devices)

there were quite a few contacts that were saved on my phones internal memory before i switched to android. Unaware of these contacts, and unaware of proper procedure to restore the pim backup once android was up and running. I created the standard backup with compression enabled and all default specifications. Can I restore the contacts with the default pimbackup method?
thanks

1chris89 said:
there were quite a few contacts that were saved on my phones internal memory before i switched to android. Unaware of these contacts, and unaware of proper procedure to restore the pim backup once android was up and running. I created the standard backup with compression enabled and all default specifications. Can I restore the contacts with the default pimbackup method?
thanks
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I have the same problem in that I didn't know about the compression. Is there any way to uncompress and will I be able to restore text messages as I'm not really worried about call logs, emails and contacts?
EDIT: I found the solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12975806&postcount=13

Is there a way to keep my text messages when I install another ROM?

I'm sick and tired of loosing my conversations whenever I want to flash a new ROM. I've heard there are ways around that, but I do not know any of them.

Try "SMS Backup & Restore" in the market. It allows you to save all your texts to your SD card and then reload them. And if you have any more questions, please direct them to the Q & A Section - this section is meant for development purposes.
Peace

I use Titanium Backup to backup my both messages and Handcent. When I restore those 2 things everything is back where I can use it for blackmail
I just wish dialer would back up too.

trindy said:
I use Titanium Backup to backup my both messages and Handcent. When I restore those 2 things everything is back where I can use it for blackmail
I just wish dialer would back up too.
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For dialer use Call Logs Backup & Restore, made by the same person who made the aforementioned SMS Backup & Restore.

Here is the SMS Backup/Restore - http://www.appbrain.com/app/sms-backup-restore/com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
Call Log Backup/Restore - http://www.appbrain.com/app/call-logs-backup-restore/com.riteshsahu.CallLogBackupRestore
I have not tried call log backup, but if it's anything like SMS, then it won't disappoint

trindy said:
I use Titanium Backup to backup my both messages and Handcent. When I restore those 2 things everything is back where I can use it for blackmail
not true. i used titanium only backup programs, it didnt save messages for me. i learned that the hard way and lost all my messages.
use message backup to gmail, it saves all messages to ur gmail account under text label
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u should definately use titanium backup for this.
sms backup and restore is so slow if u have lots of messages as it restores 1 message at a time.

another vote for SMS Backup & Restore. I use this for my text, my apps are backed up with appbrain (and a few I keep handy with ASTRO backup), and everything else is synced in the land of google.

why not just NAND before flashing. It should save your conversations(sms)...then flash the old rom. It does like that for me.

t12icky0 said:
why not just NAND before flashing. It should save your conversations(sms)...then flash the old rom. It does like that for me.
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...what? If you restore a Nandroid you lose all of your current settings/ROM.

SMS Backup+ is great as well.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/sms-backup/com.zegoggles.smssync

MSK01 said:
I'm sick and tired of loosing my conversations whenever I want to flash a new ROM. I've heard there are ways around that, but I do not know any of them.
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I use SMS Backup to backup my txt messages to my gmail account. It seems development on this app has ended but a new developer has created an app called SMS Backup+ with the same funcationality as SMS Backup plus the ability to restore the backed up conversations to your phone (though I have not tried this). He is also working on adding the ability to back up your MMS as well.
A second option is to install the latest version of Handcent. One can now create a Handcent account (on their website for free) which allows users to back up their messages and all their Handcent settings.

Recover deleted SMS

Hey,
a friend has a Galaxy3 - the native Android client by default seems to be set up to delete messages when a certain limit is reached.
Is there some way to restore these messages? Maybe they just get moved off to a "temporary" folder for deleted items? Any help would be appreciated!

No you cant recover deleted sms. Download sms backup + from market and your current sms will be backed up in your gmail account, and you can restore them in case you delete them To prevent future sms loss, go in message settings and remove the sms limit...

Darkguy said:
Hey,
a friend has a Galaxy3 - the native Android client by default seems to be set up to delete messages when a certain limit is reached.
Is there some way to restore these messages? Maybe they just get moved off to a "temporary" folder for deleted items? Any help would be appreciated!
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Go to Sms app and press the menu button to open settings. First option is to enable/disable "Delete old sms".

If you backup up your files to Gmails, then you can easily restore them, but if you didn't , I think you need to try some professional Andriod data recovery tool, like Vibosoft, I used it, works, but if you create new files, it will cover your original data, in that case, it is impossible to recover.

It's awful to lose the photos of your precious memories from Android Phone due to accident deletion or other reasons. With Dr.Fone for Android, all the lost photos can be recovered at ease. Recover from SD card and phone storage; Retrieve JPEG, PSD, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, etc.
youtube.com/watch?v=EFb7L_ezLHw
Also it works on deleted contacts, text messages, video and more on your android phone.

BACKUP
Backup is the only way ......
If it is once deleted from your Phone ....... That's it ...
You wouldn't Get it Anymore .....
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[Q] WhatsApp backup? (Activation SMS each time I reflash)

Hi. I just arrived to HD2 world, and I can't find any info about some way to backup WhatsApp. I say WhatsApp not because of its data (conversations), but for the activation SMS, that means every time I reflash I have to reactivate paying for a SMS
In Android I had Titanium Backup so I just restored. I hope there is some way here in WP7, or a Registry key to save the code and restore or something.
Thank you very much, waiting for some light here.

JusThinK said:
Use WP7 Easy Backup Tool to take backup of your phone, it will take all data & application backup.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379571
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I was thinking more of a specific thing, not all in a pack, but I don't really care. Thank you very much! I'll try. Hope it works.

LOL I just installed WhatsApp after reflashing, updating, reset and reactivation, and it didn't make the SMS step. Just from input cell number to chats.
Sorry. I guess I was way too farsighted!

Sorry to bump this thread, but where does whatsApp actually store the messages? It doesnt seem to use Isolated storage so there is no way there is just a data file that we can download..
anyone else have any idea's?
trying WMDC/ActiveSync launcher as I post this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23064872#post23064872
EDIT:
WMDC/ActiveSync launcher allows me to go to the app directory
Microsoft Windows Phone\\\Applications\Data\218A0EBB-1585-4C7E-A9EC-054CF4569A79\Data\IsolatedStore
where 218A0EBB-1585-4C7E-A9EC-054CF4569A79 is the application ID (might not be the same for everyone but I assue it is just to make this easy
There is a file in Isolated Storage called messages.sdf. In my case its about 640k in size but I guess that varies with the amount of messages stored on the phone.
I havent tried my device and copying the files back, but at least I can store them on my PC
Opening the file with Notepad shows messages and they are unprotected/not encryped. There is a lot of wierd caracters inbetween the messages, but it also shows whatsapp IDs from the recipients.
As soon as I reflash my rom (if new HD2 rom comes out soon) I will see if I can restore the messages.
So if you have acces to the Isolated storage dirs, you are able to copy the messages to your PC.
Note that WMDC/ActiveSync launcher requires a fully unlocked device.