Hi everyone!
On previous phones I've been able to use the extract from nandroid backup feature in Titanium to restore my messages by restoring data only to 'phone/message storage' app. When I look on the app list on the S8+ I can't seem to find 'phone/message storage' anywhere.
I can use the restore from xml, but its super slow and restores 1 text message per min and I have thousands of messages. Where as extracting and restoring data only via nandroid back up takes about a min because it moves the messages 'file' from the backup to the phone rather than restoring texts one by one.
Thank you ?
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I've flashed a couple of custom ROMs on my HTC Desire the last couple of days looking for one I was really happy with.
I first tried defrost 2.1
then opendesire 1.0
and then went back to defrost but installed 2.3 which came out yesterday.
On both defrost 2.1 and opendesire I used SMS backup to return all my text messages and it worked fine. Now when I use it I lose the last month + of messages. They are all gone.
Ive tried restoring it a number of times, turning my phone on and off again. Nothing gets them back. I have followed the instructions on the SMS backup site:
http://android.riteshsahu.com/misc/faqs-about-sms-backup-restore
but they didn't help. Anyone have any experience with this?
I use SMS Backup all the time and haven't had this issue. Are you sure you are restoring the most recent backup of the SMS' you originally saved?
SMS Backup creates files on your SD Card for all the SMS messages. You possibly could be restoring the wrong batch.
SMS Backup & Restore not recognizing the backup files
SMS Backup and Restore is not recognizing its own backup files. In its own backup directory its saying no backup files found but the files are there.
I have a full backup and If I select restore missing apps+system data I get FC after FC. If I just do restore all user apps and data all is fine. now the only thing I'm really missing is my sms/texts backups. Anybody know how to restore JUST those in titanium backup ? Our even just a forum and not a WIKI for TB ?
Thanks
Restoring your user apps plus data is fine but restoring system apps is never a good idea the only data I ever restore from the system is memo and bookmarks but ill give you a simple solution restore your user apps and data then if you want to use gosms to backup and restore your text messages I've been doing that for a long time
But if you must use titanium backup only backup the system data you need aka bookmarks memo and texts then just restore them
All you do to restore individual things is scroll through the list and tap on whatever u want then hit restore
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to retrieve the sms you have to restore data for [sms/mms/apn] dialer storage and reboot your phone
Get sms backup and restore its much easier to manage them
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I received a picture in a text message the other day and didn't save it to my sd card, my bad. I have since did a nandroid backup and wiped data and cache and flashed a new rom. I restored my messages with sms backup+ but the picture didn't get restored. I used Root Explorer to try and find the pic with no luck.
My question is, if I restore the nandroid backup I made, will I find the picture in there?
Might be in the folder named messaging on your sdcard? I've found many pictures left over in that folder that I thought I deleted!
rberry88 said:
I restored my messages with sms backup+ but the picture didn't get restored.
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Reason is, that backs-up and restore SMS, not MMS Yes, there's a difference.
If you did a nandroid restore, it should have restored EVERYTHING. In fact, you shouldn't even have had to restore your SMS using another tool, they should have already been there.
I didn't restore with the nandroid backup yet, wanted to make sure it was going to be there before I went through that process.
I'm going to hunt for the messaging folder now to see if it may still be there.
I don't believe pictures are downloaded from MMS until you tell them (or save them).
So I have a couple of whatsapp backups made in titanium backup.
The first one, the older one it was made before I reset my phone and wiped the whole system.
The second backup, was made after I installed the whatsapp application on the newly installed OS, you know how when you reactivate your whatsapp account you got all the messages that has been sent to your number from multiple contacts at once. These messages are a lot and from many contacts so I also backed them up.
The dilemma that I'm facing now, is that when I restore the first app data I lose the new backup and when I restore the second app data files I lose the chats and history from the first backup.
So is there any way to merge both backups and restore them at once.
Note, that when I added the files of the app data from both backups in the titanium backup folder and performed a restore, the application restored the recent backup and neglected the first.
I backed up my s22 today to google drive and smartswitch on my pc before factory resetting it. Everything was also backed up to my samsung cloud. I went to smartswitch and did a restore and it said it was successful but I don't have any of my text messages back and although it downloaded the app install files it didn't actually install anything. I'm not too concerned about the apps as I can do those manually but I really need my texts back. Any ideas? I have a backup on SMS Backup and Restore but want to see if I can figure this out before I go through that slow process. Thanks!
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I backed up my s22 today to google drive and smartswitch on my pc before factory resetting it. Everything was also backed up to my samsung cloud. I went to smartswitch and did a restore and it said it was successful but I don't have any of my text messages back and although it downloaded the app install files it didn't actually install anything. I'm not too concerned about the apps as I can do those manually but I really need my texts back. Any ideas? I have a backup on SMS Backup and Restore but want to see if I can figure this out before I go through that slow process. Thanks!
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Text messages have to be backed up via a separate process such as the SMS backup/restore that you used. If you want your texts backed up and restored, that is the process you need to use.
Long story short, restore your backup from the SMS Backup/Restore app that you already have. This is the generalized/generic way of backing up and restoring text messages. As far as I know, there isn't a simpler/more user friendly method of doing this other than using tools&apps similar to SMS Backup/Restore.