I'd like to extract the MMS messages stored in an old Lumia 650 Windows Phone.
Many of them are not available on the cloud since Microsoft stopped synchronizing the messages at some point.
The "contacts+message backup" applet crashes when performing an MMS backup (OK for SMS).
How can I extract the data from that phone?
(The ultimate goal is to inject those messages into the Android phone that succeeded the user's Lumia 650)
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Hello
I wanted to backup my sms and data and reflash my xda II, since it gives me trouble with the sdcard and other stuff. For the data no problem but I am not able to sync all of my sms. I have no "extra" folders just the standard ones but all the apps I tried just manage to backup the Inbox folder.
I tried the following apps:
- Jeyo Mobile Companion (sync inbox but only 50 sms from sent folder)
- Jeyo Mobile Expander (with outlook 2003/ just syncing inbox folder)
- SmsBackup (giving me an not readable error)
- SP Studio (not reading any directory)
Any help would be very apreciate
I have recently upgraded my Touch HD to RTT'S Leet R5 (WM 6.5) and had to find out the hard way that the messaging client in WM 6.5 doesn't seem to support user-defined subfolders. Text messages backed up with SPB Backup can be restored on the device (well, apparently, at least - see below), however, messages located in user-defined subfolders (in inbox as well as sent items) cannot be accessed.
As for "apparently": PIM Backup does show the additional folders and the number of messages in them, however, the few text messages which still resided in the inbox and haven't been filed away prior to backup don't show up either in the WM 6.5 text messaging client. They do show up briefly in TF3D but disappear as soon as the messaging client is launched.
I'm a bit lost here. The problem doesn't seem to be just the lacking support of user-defined subfolders in the messaging client but something more - after all, why then would even the text messages NOT in subfolders disappear as well?
I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this. The backup file itself is intact.
I've always kept a copy of all my text messages in my desktop email archive using an Outlook plugin from Jeyo. However, after switching to Gmail, I'm really trying to avoid using Outlook altogether. That's why it would be great to have a program that automatically uploads all my text messages straight from my phone to my Gmail account. Kinda like MyPhone but with Gmail.
This is what it would do:
* Automatically copy every text message to Gmail;
* Upload messages from different folders: inbox, concepts and sent items, each to the appropriate Gmail locations.
I believe there's a program for this on the Android platform, but not on Windows Mobile.
I'm just posting this here as a suggestion, hoping a handy developer likes my idea, since I don't know how to do it myself.
Services like MyPhone and Dashwire let you do it to the cloud.
You can use Windows Mobile SMS Sync ( not Free ) / PIM Backup to back it up to your PC and manually send it to gMail.
Another alternateive ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=324684 ) I think its no longer actively developed
hope this helps
Thanks for the suggestions. Some of them I hadn't seen before.
I'm already using MyPhone, which works automatically and does very well as a plain backup solution, but I'd really like to keep a complete archive of my correspondence (email and sms) in one place on Gmail.
On the other hand, I'm currently using Jeyo Mobile Companion to transfer my sms to gmail manually. The result is exactly what I want: each message is listed individually and chronologically among my emails. Unfortunately, this only works through desktop Outlook, and I'd like to avoid using my pc as a go-between.
So I'm still hoping for some new developement that will do this automatically and over the air. Such a program already exists for Android phones:
http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/
this would be nice
There's a Symbian program like this as well:
http://shop.psiloc.com/en/Application,262287,Psiloc+GSync
Why should Symbian and Android users have all the fun? Couldn't anyone port the Android version to Windows Mobile? It's open source...
Damn, I wish I was a developer myself.
I have been thinking about this too and I very much applaud the development of such an application too. Everything backed up to one place.
The basic idea is pretty simple, queuing a message to a specific folder on a pop3 / imap / exchange server. Restoring or syncing data from the server is more difficult, I suppose.
Sprite used to have (= not anymore) an application that continuously sent received text messages and calls as an e-mail to a specified e-mailaddress. Unfortunately, however, it was unable to restore from it.
Also, backing up messages for the first time will pose problems. Most e-mail services are capped at a maximum amount of messages per day (e.g. 1000 receive / send)
If you have an Exchange server, version 2010 wil have sms synchronisation features in it.
Cheers
Sprite Archie actually looks pretty good! I had no idea this ever existed. Too bad it's gone.
Seems like it simply forwarded text messages (and call logs) to a specified e-mail address. Ideally, I think a program could copy the messages directly to a specific e-mail folder via IMAP, right?
I see how restoring would be a problem, but I wouldn't really use this as a backup method anyway. I already have MyPhone and Sprite Backup for that.
To me, the main purpose would be archiving. Gmail just seems a natural place to store your text messages along with your e-mails: it gives you a complete overview of all your written correspondence.
Glad to see some enthousiasm for this idea!
This would be a good program, so Im putting my hand up for it as well....
(Hope that if this is done it would be compatible with the android way of doing it, thus allowing you to move texts from one platform to the other)
I've added this as a sugestion to Nuevasync as well, being that the activesync platform does allow for selecting SMS as an option to sync.
probably not what your looking for but i have my phone setup to sync my contacts and calendar through google and i run a program called phone log which puts the text message i reciever in my calendar as an event but through i would through it out there i would be interested in a program that did this though
I second this idea, it's works a treat on my Hero and I'd love to have to my sms's pushed to my SMS label in gmail on my HD2
I've actually found a copy of Sprite Archie (mentioned higher) and it works perfectly fine... At least, it did until I bought an HD2. There, it doesn't detect incoming messages. So no luck...
See also http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=584610
SMSSyncUp
See this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625378
Dear experts,
could anybody suggest me how to sync SMS on my Treo 750v to PC ?
any software able to do that ?
thanks a lot !
Jeyo Mobile Companion is your answer
But Jeyo Mobile Companion, cant see sms...I see nothing in sms folder in Jeyo MC....please I need transfer sms to my second mobile HTC Touch 2
sorry for my english
Try this attachment, I don't know why curent version can not download SMS from phone but this one work well.
Or you can try this:
http://www.jeyo.com/extender.asp
It better run with MS outlook2007 (OL)
Close OL before you install it.
then open OL, connect and Sync with PPC and you can see your SMS in a folde on your OL
another choise is MobileArchiver: http://mobilearchiving.com/
http://www.godswmobile.com/index.html
try more
this trial soft help you can backup 20 SMS
erik.aragorn said:
But Jeyo Mobile Companion, cant see sms...I see nothing in sms folder in Jeyo MC....please I need transfer sms to my second mobile HTC Touch 2
sorry for my english
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I found that Treo have themself SMS format, differrent with other PPC, that why we can not saw SMS on JMC.
hungdq3 said:
Try this attachment, I don't know why curent version can not download SMS from phone but this one work well.
Or you can try this:
http://www.jeyo.com/extender.asp
It better run with MS outlook2007 (OL)
Close OL before you install it.
then open OL, connect and Sync with PPC and you can see your SMS in a folde on your OL
another choise is MobileArchiver: http://mobilearchiving.com/
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I tried this, but it didn't work!
apparently Jeyo cannot sync sms on the Treo 750!
is there any app that will allow u to backup and view SMS on the computer for the 750???
Treo and SMS
Hello,
I am the CEO for SynergeTech Solutions, the makers of Windows Mobile SMS Sync. For some reason, Palm decided to build their own proprietary SMS software for their Windows Mobile phones. Any application built to use the default Windows Mobile SMS data store will therefore return zero messages as they are not stored there for these devices.
At one time, Palm offered an SDK that possibly would have contained the APIs needed to interface with their proprietary message store for SMS. Unfortunately, they seem not to offer it anymore and I have been unable to get a response form them for guidance on obtaining it.
To the best of my knowledge, there are no backup/export applications in existence that can interface with these devices. If I am incorrect, or if anyone has the Palm Windows Mobile SDK, I would love to be corrected. My company is actively working on adding support for Palm devices and I will be sure to update this thread as soon as a Palm compatible version of Windows Mobile SMS Sync is released.
Thanks,
Brian P. Hamachek
President & CEO
SynergeTech Solutions
SMS Backup
I too have been looking for a "sync" utility for SMS for the Treo 750.
Haven't found one yet, but I backup my messages to my PC simply by copying the message database. The SMS database is one file named PalmMsgV001 in the windows directory. Using ActiveSync Explorer on your PC it's as simple as "copy and paste".
synergetech solutions is a joke!
crappy customer service. mostly all reviews of their products seem like "paid" reviews. f'n crap company.
mr. "ceo" wannabe. step up your game.
I have a Nokia Lumia 920 (Windows Phone 7.8) and need to backup the contacts from the device to the PC. I don't want to sync it with a Microsoft account or use an app or do anything like that. What I need is a way to backup the contacts a computer. Does anyone know of something that could help me do that? If you have any other solutions please list those too. One thing I did see on a different thread was the "WP7 Easy Backup tool Beta" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1379571&nocache=1). I thought this might work but the download link wouldn't work; just gave this error message: "404 - File or directory not found."
I would appreciate any help. Thanks.
My Lumia 900 upgraded from 7.8 with 7.10.8862.144 OS Bluetooth allowed me to pair to my LG 90 with CM11 and seamlessly transferred about 600 or contacts if that helps at all. It however does not support sharing internet that way.
@arahmy Lumia 920 is WP8, not 7.8 and you cant use any WP7.8 tool because WP8 not full unlocked (jailbreak)
to backup live contacts (from microsoft account) go to https://people.live.com and login with your account.. select Manage and export for Outlook and other... you get CSV file with contacts...
for import to Android go to https://mail.google.com/mail/#contacts select "more" and import CSV file