So, I'm a new owner of an HTC Evo 4g LTE.
I'm currently running the CM9 ROM. Previous, was running Stock With Goodies (v.1.52 I believe?).
When I switched between the two, I guess GoBackup (the app I was using to backup all my stuff) didn't save my messages from the secure box. So, I had a friend send me the backup of our texts, and it's in the .hbk file format.
How can I restore texts from a .hbk file?
I haven't found any threads of the sort, so my apologies if this is a duplicate!
dominiquealexi said:
So, I'm a new owner of an HTC Evo 4g LTE.
I'm currently running the CM9 ROM. Previous, was running Stock With Goodies (v.1.52 I believe?).
When I switched between the two, I guess GoBackup (the app I was using to backup all my stuff) didn't save my messages from the secure box. So, I had a friend send me the backup of our texts, and it's in the .hbk file format.
How can I restore texts from a .hbk file?
I haven't found any threads of the sort, so my apologies if this is a duplicate!
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Try downloading a SMS backup app from the play store. Once you have downloaded it, go to the app and go to the location of the .hbk file and try and restore it. I hope I have answered your question.
Also, if you use Titanium for app backup it now supports backing up call logs and SMS/MMS across any ROM
.hbk is the file format for the sense stock sms app when you use it to backup sms.
I am also having a problem with it though, as when I try to restore my sms, it says internal storage unavailable..and no app I've tried supports hbk
No Idea what to do, but I suppose lesson learned, never trust stock.
Having the same issue , no app I have tried can read a .hbk file.
Has anyone had any luck with this. I have installed CM10 HTC one x jellybean and backed up the .HBK file from my previous ROM.
I really need to restore these SMS messages. Any ideas on how I can restore this?
Any help is appreciated guys!
Thanks
Cm9 lmao cm10 is in stable mode haha
cm10ed 3VO
the .hbk file needs to be in a folder called sms_backup on the sdcard.
Regards
bonhug
bonhug said:
the .hbk file needs to be in a folder called sms_backup on the sdcard.
Regards
bonhug
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Worked like a champ! Thanks to bonhug.
bonhug said:
the .hbk file needs to be in a folder called sms_backup on the sdcard.
Regards
bonhug
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I already have a .hbk file inside sms_backup but neither htc sms backup nor sms backup & restore app could not restore it.
Any other solutions?
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Hey XDA peeps!
Well, i knows noobs are not that well seen here, so im not really fond of asking this question (which prolly has been answered several times before), but now ive searched for quite some time, and checked alot of threads (looking thru many pages), havent found a good answer yet. So here goes
How do i backup my current setup before i apply a new theme? Im thinking about SMS/Contacts/Pictures/LauncherPRO + icons and so on? I need it if:
1. I dont like the theme
2. My phone gets bricked and i need to do a complete swipe.
Thanks in advance..
The good way is to backup by xrecovery it will backup everything or
you can also you launcher pro backup utility seen in preferences menu
for sms you can you backup and restore
If i use the xRecovery for backup, will it create a zip file or? And does it include backup of SMS, contacts etc. - or do i need a seperate program for that?
lanzealot said:
If i use the xRecovery for backup, will it create a zip file or? And does it include backup of SMS, contacts etc. - or do i need a seperate program for that?
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I can't see the extension of the file but I have already restored with that file via
xrecovery and it works great!!
I also there found the smss and the contacts!!
So my current conversation and contacts will also be saved there ?
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leminhnguyen0703 said:
So my current conversation and contacts will also be saved there ?
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for SMS use special app.
i think it's will save everything
how to backup all my contacts and messages from gb, then after i update to ics i restore it back?
i have use this app a million times https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5pZGVhLmJhY2t1cC5zbXNjb250YWN0cyJd
to backup my my contacts and messages from gb to gb roms.
but im not sure if i can backup from gb, then restore it when i was on ics.
Izzy Stinson said:
how to backup all my contacts and messages from gb, then after i update to ics i restore it back?
i have use this app a million times https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDEsImNvbS5pZGVhLmJhY2t1cC5zbXNjb250YWN0cyJd
to backup my my contacts and messages from gb to gb roms.
but im not sure if i can backup from gb, then restore it when i was on ics.
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When updating do not do a factory reset. So you'll have all your existing data even after the update. Now check if this app works in ICS and backup using it. Then do a factory reset(If u need one) and restore it again
usually backup/restore app save everything in a simple txt file, so i think there's no problem to backup in GB and restore in ICS
isn't google automatically update it? why do you need another app?
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When updating do not do a factory reset. So you'll have all your existing data even after the update. Now check if this app works in ICS and backup using it. Then do a factory reset(If u need one) and restore it again
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will try that
I thing google backup works only for contacts and this guy need all old love messages :-D
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madhouses said:
this guy need all old love messages :-D
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yup. you knew it
i used the same app to backup and restore when i moved to icslite. it works but i havent tested on official ics.
lolhalol said:
i used the same app to backup and restore when i moved to icslite. it works but i havent tested on official ics.
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i wish someone can test it though before me
madhouses said:
need all old love messages :-D
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For messages i usually use 'Backup to Gmail' app from Market.
I had no problems with restoring on ICS messages exported from GB.
To backup contacts
tap options key->backup contacts->memorycard(backup to) it will generate a xxx.vcf
To backup sms
download this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkuaW5mb2xpZmUuc21zYmFja3VwIl0.
just click backup to backup the messages and copy the folder called "SMSbackup"
now place the xxx.vcf and folder "SMSbackup" and saved it in your pc or in your gmail
account as a draft
after updating to ICS
just install the app again and replace the folder back and click restore your messages
will be restored automatically (tested and it is working)
to restore contact
go to contacts tap option key importan contact and choose the vcf file
Mobile Backup 2
I use this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmlsZWhvbWUuYmFja3VwIl0.
A simple App to backup and restore your phone data via SD card anytime anywhere.
This App easily backup and restore your mobile data (Calendar, Contacts, SMS and Call Log) in SD card. The backup data is stored in the root directory of SD card.
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Works on GB as well as ICS
I can recommend 'Backup to Gmail' app from Market - works like a charm...
SMSBackup! No doubt, I'm using that one and no problem.
Hello,
I was using WildChild custom rom for my WildfireS and created a SMS backup before flashing and moving to m1ndh4x8 ROM. In this ROM there is no backup/restore function though.
-How do I restore my messages? Can I upgrade the stock message app? Or is there any B&R app that can read the backup file? so far I tried many but non of them worked.
Thanks for your help.
maestro_mihagi said:
Hello,
I was using WildChild custom rom for my WildfireS and created a SMS backup before flashing and moving to m1ndh4x8 ROM. In this ROM there is no backup/restore function though.
-How do I restore my messages? Can I upgrade the stock message app? Or is there any B&R app that can read the backup file? so far I tried many but non of them worked.
Thanks for your help.
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Whats the file format of the backup u did is it a *.csv or a *.xml?
the file saved by the stock app doesn't have any extension. I tried to import it in excel but I can see only strange characters. I also tried to rename as *.xml and start the restore with SMS Backup and Restore but it says "Failed:Null".
Thanks for your interest.
maestro_mihagi said:
the file saved by the stock app doesn't have any extension. I tried to import it in excel but I can see only strange characters. I also tried to rename as *.xml and start the restore with SMS Backup and Restore but it says "Failed:Null".
Thanks for your interest.
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Hmmm
My stock sms does not contain resotring and backuping messages so i dont know if u want to be on the safe side the next time use super backup from the market
its backing up all ur sms contacs and the call log each one in a single file so u can easily restore
thanks, I restore the message in a very long way
1- i did a backup with CWM of the actual rom
2- I flashed the phone with the previous rom
3- I restored the sms backup with the stock messages app.
4- I made anotehr backup with SMSBackupandrestore
5- I restored the new ROM with the CWM backup
6- installed SMSB&R and imported my texts! Yeah..
Next time i will use directly third part software to do backup.
maestro_mihagi said:
thanks, I restore the message in a very long way
1- i did a backup with CWM of the actual rom
2- I flashed the phone with the previous rom
3- I restored the sms backup with the stock messages app.
4- I made anotehr backup with SMSBackupandrestore
5- I restored the new ROM with the CWM backup
6- installed SMSB&R and imported my texts! Yeah..
Next time i will use directly third part software to do backup.
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hahahah thats exactly what i had to do a few weeks ago but in my case i just lost one numer and had to do the whole procedure xD
Hi,
Just wondering if there is a solution for me here. I did a CWM backup before soft-bricking phone and now all is up and running again. I still have the clockworkmod folder on sdcard but no boot.img etc. I notice Titanium Backup is the paid version which offers the options mentioned here. Is there any chance of locating and recovering my sms from this cwm backup folder? TIA
I have a similar problem.
I have used stock message app for backup and tried to restore my messages after a factory reset of my HTC Sensation (stock rom). Backup file is 3MB big and I guess that is the "reason" why it keeps reporting that it is "Unable to restore messages".
The backup file is located on SD in the apropriate folder.
I tried with some old 768KB file and succeded. Sent 1 sms and did the new backup to be sure that folder is asociated with the app - everything is ok. Even though I have restored that 1 sms in order to test the restore function and the path to backup files. Everything works just fine.
Conclusion: The backup file I need is too big.
How to solve this issue?
Perhaps I could shrink it somehow or use another app to read the file? Any idea?
edit: I forgot to tell. Those messages are veeery important to me (business, love, contacts, etc...) so I'll try anything I can to restore them.
I guess I always ask some too dificult or stupid questions or am not being loved arround here
Sensation won't restore
pezzilla said:
I have a similar problem.
I have used stock message app for backup and tried to restore my messages after a factory reset of my HTC Sensation (stock rom). Backup file is 3MB big and I guess that is the "reason" why it keeps reporting that it is "Unable to restore messages".
The backup file is located on SD in the apropriate folder.
I tried with some old 768KB file and succeded. Sent 1 sms and did the new backup to be sure that folder is asociated with the app - everything is ok. Even though I have restored that 1 sms in order to test the restore function and the path to backup files. Everything works just fine.
Conclusion: The backup file I need is too big.
How to solve this issue?
Perhaps I could shrink it somehow or use another app to read the file? Any idea?
edit: I forgot to tell. Those messages are veeery important to me (business, love, contacts, etc...) so I'll try anything I can to restore them.
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Hi Pezilla
Did you resolve this issue? I did a factory reset of my HTC Sensation and have the exact same problem. File size is 2.3Mb. No problem restoring smaller files. I can't think how to reduce the size of the file because I don't know how to read it!!
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anbo1x said:
Hi Pezilla
Did you resolve this issue? I did a factory reset of my HTC Sensation and have the exact same problem. File size is 2.3Mb. No problem restoring smaller files. I can't think how to reduce the size of the file because I don't know how to read it!!
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Hi, I have a similar problem. I have an SMS backup file from my HTC Wildfire S. This backup file was created on the SD Card by my unrooted and unmodified phone. I then rooted the phone, and now run WildChild on it. I cannot restore my old SMS from the original backup file.
As mentioned above, I have a file with no extension.
How can I restore my SMS messages? What apps do I need and where will I get them. (Total Noob!!).
Thanks
jamsy said:
Hi, I have a similar problem. I have an SMS backup file from my HTC Wildfire S. This backup file was created on the SD Card by my unrooted and unmodified phone. I then rooted the phone, and now run WildChild on it. I cannot restore my old SMS from the original backup file.
As mentioned above, I have a file with no extension.
How can I restore my SMS messages? What apps do I need and where will I get them. (Total Noob!!).
Thanks
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I searched that issue very much, so sorry but no other application reads that stock sms backup You have to flash stock rom first, after that you can restore your sms.
Hi all, i've been trying to restore my sms-es from a nandroid backup. Apps like appextractor do not work as my backup was made using the new method introduced in CWM 6. The data files are store in a file called data.ext4. is there anyway to extract my data? Thanks!
Use the app called NANDROID browser to find the SMS files (something.db I think, google "where are texts stored in android"), extract them to the sd card, and paste them into the correct system location.
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Tried that but it only shows boot and recovery
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Not sure about sms
but i guess titanium backup has that option
vNa5h said:
Not sure about sms
but i guess titanium backup has that option
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cant find the restore from nandroid option in titanium...
Do you have any luck? I need to extract a file from CWM6 nandroid
Most of the time , nandroid backup do NOT save SMS , most of the time ... :/
Germain67 said:
Most of the time , nandroid backup do NOT save SMS , most of the time ... :/
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Well AFAIK, CWM nandroid backup is backing up every single file what's in the phone's flash chip. System, boot, recovery and data (which contains database for SMS's too) so if other files are there, so should be SMS database also. Can't tell how to extract it from there since its using this new blobs structure now, but maybe there's a way..
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I was wondering why appextractor wasn't restoring sms backups on nandroid.
I tried the TiBk and it works but when showing conversation list when opening mms app, the time of when the last message was received is the time when it was restored. all the sms's time/date are good though when viewing the thread.
EDIT: Nevermind, it works perfectly, date/time is all good in conversation view, just when it was restoring that it was messed up.
I can't find a program that can "explore" nandroid's made with CWM 6+ based recoveries, due to the change in format. Nandroid Browser and Titanium Backup no longer work for this purpose. Anyone find one?
Protonus said:
I can't find a program that can "explore" nandroid's made with CWM 6+ based recoveries, due to the change in format. Nandroid Browser and Titanium Backup no longer work for this purpose. Anyone find one?
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Try to open with ext2explore
Almost a month ago now so I'm not sure if you're still looking for a solution, but I've found that the beta version of AppExtractor v2.0 from AppsByAndy is able to read and extract apps and data from nandroid backups created with CWM6.
I went and bought a couple of his apps even though I didn't need them. Just for appreciation.
Oh and specifically I used the app to restore SMSes. Worked so well I'm going to use it for clean installs in the future.
Titanium Backup Pro allows you to Extract Messages from CWM.
prboy1969 said:
Titanium Backup Pro allows you to Extract Messages from CWM.
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As discussed in this thread, Titanium is unable to read from backups created with CWM6.
tonyamazing said:
As discussed in this thread, Titanium is unable to read from backups created with CWM6.
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Have you tried hooking up to a PC via USB. Then explore the CWM backup that way ?
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prboy1969 said:
Have you tried hooking up to a PC via USB. Then explore the CWM backup that way ?
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Even that is difficult. I've tried using unyaffs but CWM6 no longer produces a data.img to explore / extract.
I can't post links yet (10 post miminum before I can link). If you can be bothered, do a Google search for "Koushik Dutta New ClockworkMod Backup Format" and the first link should be a Google+ post giving an overview of the new backup format from ClockworkMod 6.
Edit: seems I can link.
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/L5aVZe7C9vg
Thanks for the Info.
I recently change to galaxy s4 from s2
so in s2 i used to use go SMS, but when i switched to s4, i realised that Go sms pro is not able to read .DAT sms files, hence im not able to restore my previous sms at all.
I still have the file in my email, hoping that i will be able to get some help from here to restore it as its very important.
I hope that some kind soul can help me as there are really important messages in there!
its not neccessary for me to use sms go again, just need to be able to restore the dat sms file
or anyone know any software to convert the file to xml file so that go sms pro will be able to open it!
any help is appreciated.
Thank you!
weiling1992 said:
I recently change to galaxy s4 from s2
so in s2 i used to use go SMS, but when i switched to s4, i realised that Go sms pro is not able to read .DAT sms files, hence im not able to restore my previous sms at all.
I still have the file in my email, hoping that i will be able to get some help from here to restore it as its very important.
I hope that some kind soul can help me as there are really important messages in there!
its not neccessary for me to use sms go again, just need to be able to restore the dat sms file
or anyone know any software to convert the file to xml file so that go sms pro will be able to open it!
any help is appreciated.
Thank you!
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SMS Backup & Restore worked fine for me from my S3 to S4
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
Hooterman said:
SMS Backup & Restore worked fine for me from my S3 to S4
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore
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Odd, sms backup and restore gave me an error and wouldn't restore. I switched to sms backup+ and that worked fine. It also does auto backups and stores the backups in gmail rather than on the device.
Either app is an option however.
ok
mikebuck69 said:
Odd, sms backup and restore gave me an error and wouldn't restore. I switched to sms backup+ and that worked fine. It also does auto backups and stores the backups in gmail rather than on the device.
Either app is an option however.
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thenx
can someone please load the stock messaging apk
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p-slim said:
can someone please load the stock messaging apk
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Can you just open a zip of whatever 4.2.2 rom you like the messaging app in, rip the .apk from the archive, and then drop it in your /system/app folder, and reboot?