i8910 sms to android - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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.

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How can you download SMS texts to Desktop PC?

Hi.
Has anyone been able to download SMS messages to their Desktop PC. I can't seem to find the SMS files anywhere!
Many Thanks
Just found this program on the site.
It works a treat!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=7636&highlight=download+sms
You can use Jeyo mobile companion, it´s definitly a MUST HAVE if you own a pocket pc phone edition
It imports and exports, sms, sent, received, outbox, etc, save call history, missed, incoming, etc save contacts, a real alternative to outlook, manage sim card and more.
It rocks!
Sms to desktop PC
You can export all of your messages (sms, mms, e-mail) with allexport.exe. And you are able to move the exported .txt files anywhere (desktop pc too) with your activesync (explore function).
You can set the autoexport function too: automatic export on every incoming messages.
It's FREEWARE!!!
You can download this program from:
xpocketpc.fw.hu
And you can find more informacion about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=120429#120429
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=120605#120605
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=123377#123377

Split SMS Thread

Does anyone know how to split/archive an sms thread (or perhaps start a new thread for my wife, keeping the old one). I have imported all my sms from my Windows Mobile using Sprite Migrate (cool free beta software).
My wifes thread has 4k sms messages, and takes a few seconds to load, does anyone know if I can split the thread into chucks? It would be cool if they were split by date.
Does anyone know if I could backup all sms using some tool, and modify the file to split the sms, and re import?
I own MyBackupPro, does anyone know if these file are easily manipulated?
Thanks
looks like nobody can help you. afaik these things are stored in sqlite databases, maybe you can look into that. my layman's guess would be that the first problem is to seperate the two threads, maybe you need to create a contact WIFE2 or smthng, and alter the number in the database for a few (thousand) sms.
btw, WTF? i once tried to restore a backup of my sms with ~35 msgs in the largest thread, made the sms app FC... yesterday i had to delete a thread with 32 apps because it always showed me one unread in the summary, but all read in the thread...

Transfer all messages from OLD handset to NEW 1

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!
AGREED!!!
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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

[Q] Deleting duplicate SMS.

Hi, I have been using go SMS pro and I made some backups and made it auto backup by schedule..
I've noticed now that something probably went wrong and now I've got most of my SMS twice or trice, or even 4 times duplicate..
And if ill try to fix it handily by my self it'll take me 40 years, cuz I got over a thousand messages.. and each one is 2-4 times..
Is there any app that you know that could scan it and delete it by its own?
Like scanning the whole SMS and delete those who are the same..?
Please help. Its very important for me.
Thanks,
Yarden.
I'll second this one! Most other SMS apps have a way of sorting duplicates? They see sent or received dates. Would be cool if GOSMS could do this too. I noticed that a 3rd party sms app cannot back up GOSMS's SMS (geeze that's a mouthful to say lol)... the only way you can allow them to function is if you uncheck the box for disable other SMS apps inside GOSMS; but doing that in it's self causes other issues.
Hey
You said "most other app got way of.sorting duplicates.."
Can you name one please?
Although this is very old post and I already fixed the problem of duplicating the messages each backup, I still got a lot of old messages twice / trice...
Can you name a app that can scan and fix it?
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You could use "SMS Backup & Restore".
Make a Backup, Check if it was ok, Delete all SMS, Restore from Backup -> There you can choose if the Restore should check if the Message exists...
How do I choose such a thing?
Can you be more accurate please? I can not see such an option.
Do you talk about go sms?
Thanks.
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you can try my app BackupSMS. It has this feature (delete duplicate messages).
kAmMa's BackupSMS for Android - http://bit.ly/eVTEEn
Oh that's exactly what I was looking for!!!
It fixed my problem so easily!
God will bless you for inventing this simply genius app!
Thank you!
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Kamma I downloaded your app to try and remove some duplicate messages I have but I get a force close.
I have an HTC ONE X running ICS
Life saver! I used SMSBackupRestore to restore backups after my phone got factory reset, and it kept hanging about half way through. I ended up with three or four copies of all my messages. Your "delete duplicates" option saved the day! Thanks heaps
kamma said:
you can try my app BackupSMS. It has this feature (delete duplicate messages).
kAmMa's BackupSMS for Android - http://bit.ly/eVTEEn
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Your App does have the delete duplicates feature, which is the only thing I needed (due to a mistake using SMS Backup & Restore).
It was HELLA slow, > 2 hrs for 7500 SMS, but it did work.
Thanks'd
kamma said:
you can try my app BackupSMS. It has this feature (delete duplicate messages).
kAmMa's BackupSMS for Android - http://bit.ly/eVTEEn
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The delete duplicates function didn't work for me. Running CM11 on a i9305 S3. It just says "Error while deleting duplicate messages."
pizzaman79 said:
The delete duplicates function didn't work for me. Running CM11 on a i9305 S3. It just says "Error while deleting duplicate messages."
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Have you yet found a solution to this?
jewbydoo said:
Have you yet found a solution to this?
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Yes, but it's a bit of work. If I recall correctly, this is what I did.
- use titanium backup to export your sms messages to xml
- rename to .txt
- open in excel, don't import the xml, just the plain text line by line
- take a look at your file: are duplicates exactly the same? How to uniquely identify them?
- on column two, use a formula to extract part of the text that identifies a text message, use excel help or ask me by posting an example
- next column use a formula if(the identifier on column two = identifier of previous line, "", first column)
- copy column three, paste in column four data only
- sort column four to get rid of empty lines
- in titanium, delete all your text messages
- import the cleaned xml file.
- done
I'm a bit of an expert in this, so it took me maybe half an hour. Note that there may be text editing tools that remove duplicate lines, but that only works if the whole xml code of duplicate text messages is identical. Also not that importing xml files in excel is nice, but exporting them is difficult.
pizzaman79 said:
Yes, but it's a bit of work. If I recall correctly, this is what I did.
- use titanium backup to export your sms messages to xml
- rename to .txt
- open in excel, don't import the xml, just the plain text line by line
- take a look at your file: are duplicates exactly the same? How to uniquely identify them?
- on column two, use a formula to extract part of the text that identifies a text message, use excel help or ask me by posting an example
- next column use a formula if(the identifier on column two = identifier of previous line, "", first column)
- copy column three, paste in column four data only
- sort column four to get rid of empty lines
- in titanium, delete all your text messages
- import the cleaned xml file.
- done
I'm a bit of an expert in this, so it took me maybe half an hour. Note that there may be text editing tools that remove duplicate lines, but that only works if the whole xml code of duplicate text messages is identical. Also not that importing xml files in excel is nice, but exporting them is difficult.
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Hi, my backup file have sms and MMS inside, thats why editing it via txt file is pointless
do You have any sollutions how to delete duplicated sms messages from it ?
Because "kAmMa's BackupSMS for Android" didn't work for me - I get an error message...
azmo said:
Hi, my backup file have sms and MMS inside, thats why editing it via txt file is pointless
do You have any sollutions how to delete duplicated sms messages from it ?
Because "kAmMa's BackupSMS for Android" didn't work for me - I get an error message...
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Maybe you can separate the sms and mms and then use my excel procedure to delete duplicate sms messages and delete the mms duplicates by hand?
To behonest, I'm surprised anyone uses mms...

[Q] Is there a way to send ANY files via MMS?

I haven't used MMS much. I use Android (CM 7.1) and from what I can tell at least using built-in "Messaging" application one can only send pictures, sound files (AKA "ringtones"), videos and contacts.
Is there a way to send other file types? TXT or PDF for instance? I was able to select "Picture", then use third party file manager to select PDF file but then messaging application said something along "this is not a valid picture file" and rejected it.
JoeSchmoe007 said:
I haven't used MMS much. I use Android (CM 7.1) and from what I can tell at least using built-in "Messaging" application one can only send pictures, sound files (AKA "ringtones"), videos and contacts.
Is there a way to send other file types? TXT or PDF for instance? I was able to select "Picture", then use third party file manager to select PDF file but then messaging application said something along "this is not a valid picture file" and rejected it.
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Maybe just maybe, Don't quote me on this but here goes nothing, Maybe if before you send the file out to another person, You use a file manager and change the extension of the file to match a pictures like, .png or .jpeg and so on. Maybe it could work that way so long as it meets size requirements, Like i said, I have no idea if what i'm telling you will actually work or not, Just a shot in the dark here really lol

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