I recently got a new touch pro from sprint since my last one took a bath in a cup of water. It still works, the screen just won’t stay on and I really need my old messages. I copied the directory: Application data/PictureMail from old to new and it more or less worked fine (lost maybe 2 messages). I tried going in the windows/messaging folder and copying the entire directory to my new phone but it won’t show a single message in my inbox whether in threaded view or standard. Any Suggestions?
the software i use is microsoft myphone but you would have to put it on your old phone and the sync it then put it on the new phone and it will stnc all contacts and text and documents email etc. There are other programs out there that will use your computer to transfer your info to the computer then to the other phone but I havent used it in forever but I found it through google.
PIM Backup!
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PIM Backup!
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I Agree!!! PIM BACKUP!!! Find it attached....
transfer messages from pc to optimus black
Hello! I have an lg p970 (optimus black) and i want to transfer messages from pc-suite to my mobile... As i've seen, there's only choice to transfer them from mobile to pc...Is there any other way that i can do it? Thank you in advance
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Hello,
I've done some digging both through XDA Developers and the Internet in General.
I can't seem to find a decent program (or combination) that may effectively backup up only my sms and call history--the only 2 things I keep losing every time I flash. I went on a blitz last week and tried about 4 apps, but non really worked when I tested. Once again, I only care about sms and call history. I pull everything else back in with activesync.
JTG
JerrytheGreat said:
Hello,
I've done some digging both through XDA Developers and the Internet in General.
I can't seem to find a decent program (or combination) that may effectively backup up only my sms and call history--the only 2 things I keep losing every time I flash. I went on a blitz last week and tried about 4 apps, but non really worked when I tested. Once again, I only care about sms and call history. I pull everything else back in with activesync.
JTG
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Have you tried PPCPimBackup? It works great, and you can specify what you want backed up.
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Have it and love it!
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It's the only program I use for backing up and restoring my stuff when flashing.
http://handheld.softpedia.com/progDownload/PIM-Backup-Download-35107.html
I've been using Dashwire.com. I am not saying that it is better than other PIM backup software. I just like the fact that I can access my info from work and from home. I haven't tried it yet but I am hoping that I am able to restore info from one phone to another.
It backs up contacts, pictures, videos, calls, history, contacts, messages, sms, speed dials, ringtones, bookmarks, and voicemail. And is user configurable to backup only the items that you want.
It is in beta right now and it looks like it may want to be a social networking site. It let's you update your status to Twitter and Facebook simultaneously. I'm not into that so much. But the backup and restore process was painless.
After upgrading my ROM, it was a simple download and install of the Dashwire cab, log into my account, and it was as if my phone was never wiped clean. So far that's the program that I am using. I also backed up using SPBbackup and activesync to Outlook. But those were just to cover my bases.
p.s. did I mention free?
Boomstick's right on the money. Using Dashwire you can currently transfer from phone to phone your contacts, web favorites, and speed dials (with plans to include much more). All of your photos, videos, calls, and text messages remain backed up and available in your secure web-based account. If you switch phones, all of your content continues to sync and is backed-up (as long as Dashwire is installed). We make it really easy to search through all of your content too.
Check it out: www.dashwire.com
i use PPCPIMBackup just for my sms and call history, and have gone thru several DCD rom updates with my call and sms history intact.
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I went on a blitz last week and tried about 4 apps, but non really worked when I tested.
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You should tell us which crappy ones you already tried.
Thanks all--that PIM Backup is PERFECT!!!
And sorry, I don't even remember all the apps I tried--I blew up my PC last week, and had to restore the HD to 3 months ago, so I don't have it.
jtg
I used PIM Backup to backp my text messages, but it is ridiculously outdated at this point and development seems to have stopped forever ago... and appears to have a major flaw, it doesn't save threaded messages.
Whenever I do a restore, not only does my pone remain unresponsive for practically a day after the restore finishes as it gets it's bearings.... but the messages only show my side of the conversation, even though it appears to have restored both sides (I think their responses come before the very first reply of mine).
So first of all before I even find a better backup tool, I first need a way to re-organize and re-thread my messages. Is there any way to do this?
And of course, what (preferably free) backup tool would you recommend? Since I am experimenting with different roms, I just want my contacts, call logs, text logs, etc to be backed up, not my settings or apps or anything like that.
resco backup, but it's not free
use Microsoft Myphone. It's free, it's easy, it's auto-scheduled, viewable from the internet using any web browser, works on any wm phone and works great even if you're using a ROM.
Well, first of all I want to know if there is any way to fix this unthreaded messages issue.
And doesn't MyPhone just sync contacts and e-mails? I want all my of call and text logs saved too.
myphone syncs text messages.
can also backup mydocument folder and others as well.
I have been using it since it came out.
Works great. My syncs every morning at 4am.
Hey, i have just got an s2 and was wondering if theres anyway to export the texts from my i8910 to my s2. I haven't been able to find any way currently so any help would be great.
Thanks
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dont think its possible but maybe im wrong!? (try to save em with samsung sync programm (maybe need some converter))
thanks for the suggestion, but yeah kies doesn't recognise the i8910 only PC Suite or whatever it's called does. And i have the messages exported in both .txt and .xml format but any programs i've found crash at trying to import the .xml. I might email the dev of the app I was using to import. As it would be a shame to loose all my texts (I have over 2000)
Thanks, john
Just bumping this up again as just received my S2 yesterday having had the i8910 for 2 and a half years!
Been trying for hours to try and transfer the SMS from the i8910 to the S2 but no luck at all despite using all the recommended software from all the forums around the net!! I use the firmware where you can have the phoneID as a Nokia N8, 5800 or a Sony Vivaz so not sure if anyone has managed to use other backup software for their i8910 to get the SMS transferred to the S2??!?
Does anyone have an idea if the i8910 SMS messages can be transferred to the S2?
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any help of pointers!!
Hi there,
Yeah I had the same problem as you and spent ages trying loads of different methods. The only one that worked for me in the end was the SPB Migration Tool which you get from the android market store. it is not free however. After you have done that you have to download the symbian app and back everything up to their server, then you have to redownload it on your s2. See here for more information: http://spb.com/android-software/migration and then migrate from symbian near the bottom.
Good luck!
Being a cheapskate I tried to transfer over the SMS messages for no cost!
The way I did it was to firstly use Samsung PC Studio 7 (you can also use Nokia Suite) to backup the i8910 phone - you get a .nbu file(s) using either program.
I then downloaded "NbuExplorer" which reads the .nbu files. Using NbuExplorer I then copied over the text messages to my laptop hard drive into different folders - Inbox, Sent and Drafts etc. You get loads of .vmg files for each individual SMS.
Then downloaded a program called "ABC Amber Nokia Converter". Used this program to convert the .vmg files into a .csv file which can be read by Microsoft Excel - you get a spreadsheet with various headings for an SMS message.
Then I downloaded a free Android app called "SMS to Text". I only had two texts on my Galaxy S2 - one inbox and one sent. Used this "SMS to Text" program to export a text file with these two SMS messages on them. The resulting .txt file I opened up in Notepad - this .txt file shows you what way the data is arranged by "SMS to Text" for it to import via a .txt file. Copied and pasted what was displayed in Notepad into a new Excel spreadsheet - this would now be the template to import my i8910 SMS messages.
With the .csv file I got from using ""ABC Amber Nokia Converter", I made sure this .csv file was in the exact way that the .txt file from "SMS to Text" had been displayed in Notepad. You've got to play around with the cell formatting options in Excel to get the right hh:mm:ss for the time of the SMS column etc.
When the Excel spreadsheet has been formatted in the right way, copy and paste what is in the cells to Notepad. Save the Notepad as a .txt file. Transfer this newly created .txt file to a microSD card or onto the Galaxy S2 phone and then use "SMS to Text" on your phone to import this newly created .txt file.
To say this was a long hard struggle would be an understatement!!
I have a suggestion for future reference.
Get SMS Backup+ (Market link).
It will backup all your SMS to a label/folder in your Gmail account, called SMS. You can do this manually or set it to do it automatically. Then, you can restore your messages back whenever you want, whether it be because you've flashed a new ROM or got a brand new phone. You'll have your SMS intact for as long as you have Android and that software is supported.
It's a great bit of software - one of the first things I install after a flash.
My old phone is Sony Ericsson Cedar and I want to transfer all my text messages to my new one - HTC Desire X. I've been looking for a solution to this for a few days now only to come up empty-handed. I tried saving my sms to the sd card but the desire can't read them and I can't even find them in the file explorer. Any ideas?
There is an application preinstalled on your desire x named "transfer" use that for importing contacts, sms etc.
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My old phone is Sony Ericsson Cedar and I want to transfer all my text messages to my new one - HTC Desire X. I've been looking for a solution to this for a few days now only to come up empty-handed. I tried saving my sms to the sd card but the desire can't read them and I can't even find them in the file explorer. Any ideas?
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Theres Many apps you can use for this the main one i used was "Sms backup & restore" which is Free in the playstore
You could Also save the desired texts to your sim card and theyll automatically show up on your DesireX
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Theres Many apps you can use for this the main one i used was "Sms backup & restore" which is Free in the playstore
You could Also save the desired texts to your sim card and theyll automatically show up on your DesireX
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First of all thanks for the quick reply guys.
And now to the point - the "SMS backup and restore" didn't resolve anything since my old phone doesn't even run android. And saving the texts on my sim isn't really an option since my old phone is locked to a different service provider.
And as to sushant's suggestion i would but i'm but the Cedar is not on the supported list and I can transfer only my contacts.
Did you say that can you save the messages to your SDcard ? If so then we can restore or import them from your SDcard later on through a Third party app
How to Transfer SMS from Android to Android
To transfer SMS from Android to Android, there are many tools available to help, for example, Jihosoft Phone Transfer. With both your Android phones connected to your PC, this tool will help you transfer text messages from Android to Android in a few simple clicks.
Every time I get a new phone I am baffled by the fact that no tool exists that can accurately transfer my sms messages to my new phone. "Sure there is, use SMS Backup and Restore"....that is a fantasy... I must be the only one for whom that software is useless given how much people like to recommend it, as I have tried using it many times only to have it restore a mangled up train wreck version of the messages it backed up. Isn't there some way to grab the sms database from the old phone as an intact file and swap it out with the new one, or some other way of that simply puts the messages that were on phone #1 exactly onto phone #2? Why can not even Google do that?
I'm going from chomp sms on a non-rooted pixel 2 running android 11 to chomp sms on a rooted oneplus nord 10 5g running android 11. have thousands of messages in a 2gb file generated by sms backup and restore.
any advice would be greatly appreciated
Hi, do you want to transfer text messages from one Android phone to the other one? If yes, try Coolmuster Mobile Transfer. It allows you to do that easily on the computer via USB cable. It's easy and safe. You just need to install it on your computer, start it. Connect both of the two phones to the same computer via USB cables. It will need you to enable the USB debugging on them when using it. A short time scanning later, you can transfer text messages between them directly. Please do remember that it's not free. Hope this will be your help.