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Unable to delete SMS after restoring with MyBackup Pro

Hello,
I've got a problem with my phone.
I'm not sure it is ROM related, but, I have VilainROM 1.1, and this kernel : CF-Root v3.7 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399)
I restored my SMS/MMS with My Backup PRO, and now, I'm unable to delete totaly the thread of messages... It remains always an empty message that I cannot delete.
Those messages are dated on the 01/01/1970 @ 1h00
So, How can I delete those messages without wiping the phone and not restoring the SMS ??
Thanks for your help
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Miles

Finaly, it was restored MMS that caused the problem !!
If I don't restore MMS, no ghost messages...
So, what application do you use to save and restore MMS ?

MilesTEG1 said:
Finaly, it was restored MMS that caused the problem !!
If I don't restore MMS, no ghost messages...
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THx, I had the same problem after restoring sms/mms with MyBackup.
I just tried to backup sms/mms right now --> delete all threads --> restore only sms, without mms = WORKS. Now I can delete sms without leavin empty thread.
I always used MyBackup and I never had any problems, but maybe its time to change backup habbits

paffo said:
THx, I had the same problem after restoring sms/mms with MyBackup.
I just tried to backup sms/mms right now --> delete all threads --> restore only sms, without mms = WORKS. Now I can delete sms without leavin empty thread.
I always used MyBackup and I never had any problems, but maybe its time to change backup habbits
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Hi
Glad to see it helps someone
I try few days ago, Titanium Backup Pro, when I change from Litening Rom to VilainRom. And you know what ??
Backup / restore SMS AND MMS works
Without leaving empty threads when deleting one !!
So Exit MyBabkup Pro for me...
I just be sad to have bought it...

Hello
I have tried to do the same thing (backup with TB) but i always get ghost sms/mms
How did u do please?

I'm running into the exact same symptoms.
I've uninstalled the apps that I downloaded for backup purposes.
Delete Old Messages Free
Titanium Backup (Free)
SMS Backup+ Free
MyBackup Root (Free)
Nothing worked. I don't know how some of you got the options that you have discussed, but I'm not seeing them.

[Q] SMS restore

Hi all,
Unlocked and installed CM10 ROM on my Desire S yesterday,all went well and its great having Jelly Bean on my phone. Few bugs here and there but nothing too serious. My problem is restoring my old text messages to the device. Before the installed i backed up my messages from within the Desire S stock messaging app. This created a folder on my SD Card with a file in it,after i unlocked my phone i was able to restore the messages from within the stock app.
After installing the CM10 ROM i cant restore from within the messaging app preinstalled or from any program(SMS Backup etc) in the app store. I take it the HTC stock messaging app can only restore the backup file it made. So is there any work around or are messages gone for good.
Thanks in advance.

You could restore the stock rom, flash SuperSu or superuser to get root access, and backup your messages with titanium backup (preferably xml), then restore cm10 backup and restore messages with titanium backup.
Quite time-consuming, but you would have your messages again.
Or maybe you could extract them straight out of the nandroid backup with titanium backup, but i don't know if that's possible.

A better bet - although it still involves restoring your old ROM - would be to use SMS Backup & Restore. I paid for the full version as I have it set to automatically backup all my text messages at 2am every day, sync the backup with my Dropbox account and keep 3 days of backups.

Yeah thought I'd have to install the old ROM bit of a pain,should of backed them up with a proper app first. Didn't backup the stock ROM take it I can find it somewhere if I decide to go that route..
New to all this,still getting my head around all the terminology. Live and learn. Thanks.
Sent from my Desire S using xda app-developers app

[Resolved] Titanium backup extract SMS/MMS from nandroid

Device info (just in case it is needed):
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (toroplus)
ROM - Slim Bean
Kernel - Lean Kernel
App - Titanium Backup Pro (purchased key)
My problem:
I have A LOT of SMS/MMS messages on my phone. I like to restore ALL of them between ROM flashes. I usually use Appextractor, but now it is NOT working and does not restore my SMS/MMS. (I am not flashing from MIUI/CM to MIUI/CM so that isn't the issue.) I want to use Titanium backup as my go-to backup and restore app. The only problem is, restoring my SMS/MMS the traditional way (backing up the "app" icon with the sms // backing up to XML) takes WAY too long. Appextractor did this in seconds. Now, I would like to restore my SMS from my nandroid backup from within Titanium backup. I have tried enabling migrate system data, and restoring "Messaging" from the nandroid backup but it does not restore my SMS/MMS.
My question is: How can I successfully restore my SMS/MMS from a nandroid using titanium backup? I have emailed their support and have not gotten a reply in a few days. OR if you know why Appextractor (not the beta) has suddenly stopped working, that would be appreciated too.
PLEASE DO NOT:
I don't mean to sound like a ****, but I am not interested in hearing replies/comments like this:
Why do you have so much SMS/MMS?
Use "this app" to do it, it works! (UNLESS it can restore tens of thousands of SMS quickly, as Appextractor did)
Or suggest not keeping them. I am going to keep them, and would like to find a solution to this problem.
Thanks!
RESOLVED: (thanks to nobody on XDA)
Needed to restore Messaging data in Titanium and NOT messaging. Did not see the actual SMS/MMS before.

DRatJr said:
Device info (just in case it is needed):
Samsung Galaxy Nexus (toroplus)
ROM - Slim Bean
Kernel - Lean Kernel
App - Titanium Backup Pro (purchased key)
My problem:
I have A LOT of SMS/MMS messages on my phone. I like to restore ALL of them between ROM flashes. I usually use Appextractor, but now it is NOT working and does not restore my SMS/MMS. (I am not flashing from MIUI/CM to MIUI/CM so that isn't the issue.) I want to use Titanium backup as my go-to backup and restore app. The only problem is, restoring my SMS/MMS the traditional way (backing up the "app" icon with the sms // backing up to XML) takes WAY too long. Appextractor did this in seconds. Now, I would like to restore my SMS from my nandroid backup from within Titanium backup. I have tried enabling migrate system data, and restoring "Messaging" from the nandroid backup but it does not restore my SMS/MMS.
My question is: How can I successfully restore my SMS/MMS from a nandroid using titanium backup? I have emailed their support and have not gotten a reply in a few days. OR if you know why Appextractor (not the beta) has suddenly stopped working, that would be appreciated too.
PLEASE DO NOT:
I don't mean to sound like a ****, but I am not interested in hearing replies/comments like this:
Why do you have so much SMS/MMS?
Use "this app" to do it, it works! (UNLESS it can restore tens of thousands of SMS quickly, as Appextractor did)
Or suggest not keeping them. I am going to keep them, and would like to find a solution to this problem.
Thanks!
RESOLVED: (thanks to nobody on XDA)
Needed to restore Messaging data in Titanium and NOT messaging. Did not see the actual SMS/MMS before.
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how do I get this done? can you help me please

bajanbullet said:
how do I get this done? can you help me please
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Restore "Phone/Messaging Storage" with DATA only in Titanium backup. And make sure migrate system data is checked in preferences.

DRatJr said:
Restore "Phone/Messaging Storage" with DATA only in Titanium backup. And make sure migrate system data is checked in preferences.
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I found through trial and error why all the apk and nandroid extractors only work on certain parts of image,if you are trying to for example extract your text messages, only the application the phone has registered as the default application for texting is able to make mods. if you switch whatever extracting program you are using in settings to default sms program it will work as it did before kitkat. hope this helps......
P.S
make sure you remember to switch the default back to normal as soon as you are done and reboot your phone before you text anyone,

haydy1234 said:
I found through trial and error why all the apk and nandroid extractors only work on certain parts of image,if you are trying to for example extract your text messages, only the application the phone has registered as the default application for texting is able to make mods. if you switch whatever extracting program you are using in settings to default sms program it will work as it did before kitkat. hope this helps......
P.S
make sure you remember to switch the default back to normal as soon as you are done and reboot your phone before you text anyone,
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I made a nandroid using TWRP on my Moto X running 4.4.2. Now I am updated to 4.4.4 and want to extract my texts messages from my 4.4.2 nandroid. I selected the Phone/Messanging Storage for extraction, data only. Titanium B/U extracts the texts fine and the messanging app works fine UNTIL I reboot - after rebooting I can send texts but not receive them anymore.
Any thoughts on why Titanium B/U is messing with my 4.4.4 messanging app?

Wansanta said:
I made a nandroid using TWRP on my Moto X running 4.4.2. Now I am updated to 4.4.4 and want to extract my texts messages from my 4.4.2 nandroid. I selected the Phone/Messanging Storage for extraction, data only. Titanium B/U extracts the texts fine and the messanging app works fine UNTIL I reboot - after rebooting I can send texts but not receive them anymore.
Any thoughts on why Titanium B/U is messing with my 4.4.4 messanging app?
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They're in the format for whatever you exported them for. Soooo 4.4.2 in your case.
For example, restore the 4.4.2 Nandroid, export with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&hl=en , install 4.4.4, reimport with that too. Or restore 4.4.2 Nandroid, update to 4.4.4 'normally', then you got them in 4.4.4 format.

Luckz said:
They're in the format for whatever you exported them for. Soooo 4.4.2 in your case.
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The text restore fine, it is just that after I restore them I can't receive texts. I can send texts, just not receive them. So Titanium B/U is doing more than just restoring my texts, it is messing with the messanging app somehow. I suspect it may have something to do with the APN.
I have seen others post on other forums about having this problem.
Luckz said:
For example, restore the 4.4.2 Nandroid, export with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&hl=en , install 4.4.4, reimport with that too.
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FYI - when I used SMS B/U and Restore I could send and receive texts but it couldn't restore all of my texts, either.
Luckz said:
Or restore 4.4.2 Nandroid, update to 4.4.4 'normally', then you got them in 4.4.4 format.
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You mean return to 4.4.2, unroot and then take the 4.4.4 OTA? I am likely going to try that. Since my Bootloader is already 4.4.4 it should be fine. From what I recall being posted here in the past, the OTA installer will recognize that my bootloader is up to date and move on to the next item and not try to patch a 4.4.2 bootloader.
I will search the thread to make sure I am remembering this correctly, but IIRC the poster who first posted this was very knowledgeable.
I also could try doing it through the Motorola Device Manager.

Wansanta said:
You mean return to 4.4.2, unroot and then take the 4.4.4 OTA? I am likely going to try that. Since my Bootloader is already 4.4.4 it should be fine. From what I recall being posted here in the past, the OTA installer will recognize that my bootloader is up to date and move on to the next item and not try to patch a 4.4.2 bootloader..
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Did this, ended up with the same problem.

Noob/idiot alert.....
I've just tried to restore my SMS's by TiBu, but I think I've f'd up a bit.
I ticked 'data only' in TiBu and restored 'phone/messaging storage', but it seems restoring from a HTC M7 Sense backup to an M7 5.1 GPE rom doesn't quite work. (I stupidly thought data would be compatible)
Now the phone just keeps popping up com.android.phone has stopped. no matter how many times I click it keeps popping up.
Unfortunately I didn't make a backup in TiBu before trying this out.
I'm sure I can fix it with a factory reset, or at worst a re-flash, but I'm away from my computer and wifi for a few more hours yet.
Is there a way I can un-do what I did, or fix this in some way, in the mean time?
** IGNORE **
I remembered I had a backup of the original rom, so I've just restored that for the mean time.

[Q] Is there a way to restore SMS messages from GMail? (backed up using SMS Backup+)

I was and have continued to use SMS Backup+. As you probably know, the app is no longer being updated. It will still backup messages to GMail but the restore function stopped working with the release of Android 4.4. Is there an app out there that can restore those messages?
I'm using a Nexus 5 with Android 5.0 if that matters.

If there is no app that can do this, Could I do a clean install of 4.3, restore my messages then back them up using a more current backup utility, then reinstall 5.0? If so, which 4.3 build should I use on a Nexus 5? The developers page only goes back to 4.4 for the Nexus 5.

Found Solution.
Get App Ops. In SMS Backup, enable Write SMS/MMS. Restore works.

Titanium backup - SMS/MMS XML backup & restore - MMS causes restore to fail

I created an XML backup of my messages (SMS & MMS) in titanium backup. However, when I try to restore the file, I get an error, "Data restore failed for "Messages (SMS & MMS)"."
Interestingly, if I delete all my MMS messages and do another backup and then try to restore, it works. It seems that the MMS messages are somehow corrupting the data restore.
Does anyone have any ideas around this? I'm utilizing auto/indirect app processing mode, for the record. It seems like titanium is just having trouble reading it's own files if they contain MMS... not sure why that would be though.
Also for the record, I can't use SMS backup & restore (sorry!), I'm limited to titanium for what I'm trying to do.
[FWIW I'm trying to migrate from hangouts/project fi to native sms - see https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/comments/5s53vf/tool_export_and_convert_hangouts_smsmms_to/ which outputs a titanium compatible XML file. This file was what was originally giving me trouble restoring in titanium. However, I tried backup & restoring my own sms/mms messages to troubleshoot, which led me to the situation above, completely unrelated to this tool I'm using].
Sorry for the text blob, but I figured I'd give some more info in case anyone cared... Thanks in advance!!

I just started facing a similar issue. SMS/MMS backuped by "SMS Back up and Restore app" on one phone. Restoring on another phone fails. If I do not restore MMS, it works with no issue.
Did you find a solution?
Thanks,
Kyral said:
I created an XML backup of my messages (SMS & MMS) in titanium backup. However, when I try to restore the file, I get an error, "Data restore failed for "Messages (SMS & MMS)"."
Interestingly, if I delete all my MMS messages and do another backup and then try to restore, it works. It seems that the MMS messages are somehow corrupting the data restore.
Does anyone have any ideas around this? I'm utilizing auto/indirect app processing mode, for the record. It seems like titanium is just having trouble reading it's own files if they contain MMS... not sure why that would be though.
Also for the record, I can't use SMS backup & restore (sorry!), I'm limited to titanium for what I'm trying to do.
[FWIW I'm trying to migrate from hangouts/project fi to native sms - see https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/comments/5s53vf/tool_export_and_convert_hangouts_smsmms_to/ which outputs a titanium compatible XML file. This file was what was originally giving me trouble restoring in titanium. However, I tried backup & restoring my own sms/mms messages to troubleshoot, which led me to the situation above, completely unrelated to this tool I'm using].
Sorry for the text blob, but I figured I'd give some more info in case anyone cared... Thanks in advance!!
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It's been a while, but I managed to figure this out at least: For some reason if I long press on the xml file to restore in titanium, it works. If I just tap it, it doesn't. Trying long pressing... it worked for me. Can't guarantee it will still work this far in the future though, but worth a shot.
joseph230 said:
I just started facing a similar issue. SMS/MMS backuped by "SMS Back up and Restore app" on one phone. Restoring on another phone fails. If I do not restore MMS, it works with no issue.
Did you find a solution?
Thanks,
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