I'm trying to find some old messages (early 2011) on my original Optimus -- might actually be the Optimus S -- and I only have Titanium Backup files copied to my computer.
Is there any way to pull SMS messages (to be read on the computer -- not to be restored to the phone) from these files? Example files include:
"com.android.mms-20110814-232219.tar"
"com.android.mms-20110814-232219.properties"
etc.
It was a complete backup using TitaniumBackup, so everything should be there.
Thanks.
If this needs to be in another forum, please let me know.
Alright. This is in the proper forum now. Does anybody know if this is possible?
Uncompressed the file and you should be able to parse it with a text editor using the search function
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mrcorey said:
Uncompressed the file and you should be able to parse it with a text editor using the search function
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But what file has the SMS messages in it? I had the entire phone backed up using TBUP, so it should be there -- I just don't know which one it is.
You should have an XML file on the root of your SD card that looks like this if you backed up SMS:
messages-20121101-223142.XML
So, measages-<date >-<some unique number>.xml
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mrcorey said:
You should have an XML file on the root of your SD card that looks like this if you backed up SMS:
messages-20121101-223142.XML
So, measages-<date >-<some unique number>.xml
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This is from an old phone and I have the old TBUP files on my computer. I also have a save of the SD card, but there's no messages XML file anywhere.
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I'm trying to edit the settings.mkitso file in Notepad and also by using a File Explorer so that I can enable delivery reports. It is currently set to 0 and I want to change the value to 1 to enable it but for some reason it won't let me save the file no matter what program I use to edit it. Is there another program that I can use to edit it? Please help.
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I'm trying to edit the settings.mkitso file in Notepad and also by using a File Explorer so that I can enable delivery reports. It is currently set to 0 and I want to change the value to 1 to enable it but for some reason it won't let me save the file no matter what program I use to edit it. Is there another program that I can use to edit it? Please help.
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Maybe you need to be rooted?
I'm rooted and I'm running GingerBlur. I still have no luck editing it even though I am rooted. I just don't know the proper way to edit it.
Which messaging app are you using the one that came with GingerBlur or the motorola one?
Nevermind that last post... I got mine to work with the app root explorer.
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ChongoDroid said:
Mount r/w?
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Yes then long press, choose text editor option.
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are there any android apps that can save data to files then copy to folder or sd card? for example, I want to take some notes and save to txt files in notepad and save to sd card.
I found almost none of android apps can save.
any suggestion? can any list some apps can save data ?
Why not just cloud ur notes. They r much safer that way. Especially incase something goes wrong with ur sdcard
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LORDFIRE00 said:
Why not just cloud ur notes. They r much safer that way. Especially incase something goes wrong with ur sdcard
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how? I can't even find where the data stored in the phone storage. the app simply save a line of data to a sticky note inside it, can never take it out. this means it permanently store in the app and I can only view the data inside that specific app. that is not good.
What kind of data r u referring to
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What kind of data r u referring to
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when I write a line in notepad, I want to save it to txt files store to phone storage or sd card. just like on pc notepad.
So I was doing something and I was in a file browser and thought this was weird..
http://db.tt/JaBFFf6l
Just out of curiosity is that normal? On my old phone before I had root, file managers wouldn't even show system files let alone access to them.
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So I was doing something and I was in a file browser and thought this was weird..
http://db.tt/JaBFFf6l
Just out of curiosity is that normal? On my old phone before I had root, file managers wouldn't even show system files let alone access to them.
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I was able to read system on my original Incredible before I had root, and the same with this phone. I can't modify anything, but I can pull files/apps and save them elsewhere.
/data, on the other hand, is a different story. You have to have root to be able to view or modify anything there.
I get a ton of email that I need to mark as read, but I can't find a quick way to mass select.... Am I missing something?
Select one email, menu, select all
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Select one email, menu, select all
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I feel like an idiot! Thanks!
Here is another trivial one. The sense gallery shows my download folder, which has pictures/garbage from all my exchange email I get in the sense email app. Is there a way to keep gallery from picking up this crap, or change where the sense mail app stores/cache's its images? The .no media file trick doesnt seem to work.
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Here is another trivial one. The sense gallery shows my download folder, which has pictures/garbage from all my exchange email I get in the sense email app. Is there a way to keep gallery from picking up this crap, or change where the sense mail app stores/cache's its images? The .no media file trick doesnt seem to work.
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Make a file called .nomedia in the folder. No spaces and nothing else in the file name. Just tried it and it works.
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Make a file called .nomedia in the folder. No spaces and nothing else in the file name. Just tried it and it works.
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Can you reboot and see if stuff shows up? I still get an "all downloads" section in my gallery which contains a ton of images from html email from the sense mail app. I have the. . nomedia file created as well.
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Can you reboot and see if stuff shows up? I still get an "all downloads" section in my gallery which contains a ton of images from html email from the sense mail app. I have the. . nomedia file created as well.
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Make sure you have a .nomedia file in the folder with the pics. I made a .nomedia file as shown in the attachment, and that picture immediatly got removed from the all downloads section of my gallary. Rebooted and still not there. Deleted the file and it showed back up.
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Make sure you have a .nomedia file in the folder with the pics. I made a .nomedia file as shown in the attachment, and that picture immediatly got removed from the all downloads section of my gallary. Rebooted and still not there. Deleted the file and it showed back up.
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I downloaded another gallery apps and the no media works, however the attachments were still showing from the email app. Maybe the all downloads folder in the gallery is an aggregate of more than just the download folder on the sdcard? Quickpic suits my purposes though.
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I downloaded another gallery apps and the no media works, however the attachments were still showing from the email app. Maybe the all downloads folder in the gallery is an aggregate of more than just the download folder on the sdcard? Quickpic suits my purposes though.
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It is. It is an aggregate of many download folders.
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Bigandrewgold said:
It is. It is an aggregate of many download folders.
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Interesting, I wonder where the mail folder stores the attachments? I changed the mail app to not store any attachments, and that solved the issue that way too. Thanks!
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Interesting, I wonder where the mail folder stores the attachments? I changed the mail app to not store any attachments, and that solved the issue that way too. Thanks!
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It saves them in /sdcard/Download/
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correct. And if you put .nomedia there and they are in there, it still shows up, which was driving me nuts.
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correct. And if you put .nomedia there and they are in there, it still shows up, which was driving me nuts.
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They don't for me. They are hidden when I put a ".nomedia" in there. Make sure you spelled it right and what you used to create it didn't add some kind of extension to it.
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How do I change the notification sound for SMS in my Rezound? I have a short mp3 file I transferred to the SD card, I then tried to copy and paste that file into the notifications folder onboard the Rezound, but it said something about something being read-only, so it didn't let me paste.
I'm on stock ICS, non-rooted.
Does anyone know how I can get my mp3 sample into the Rezound for the SMS notification sound?
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How do I change the notification sound for SMS in my Rezound? I have a short mp3 file I transferred to the SD card, I then tried to copy and paste that file into the notifications folder onboard the Rezound, but it said something about something being read-only, so it didn't let me paste.
Does anyone know how I can get my mp3 sample into the Rezound for the SMS notification sound?
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are you on stock rom bud?
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are you on stock rom bud?
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yeah, sorry I didn't mention that. Edited original post.
sdsubball23 said:
yeah, sorry I didn't mention that. Edited original post.
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Have you tried this:
To use custom ringtones for your phone ringtone, your alarm or your text message notification, simply copy an MP3 file to one of the following folders: /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones /sdcard/media/audio/alarms /sdcard/media/audio/notifications If they don't already exist, then create a new folder. The file will then show up when you want to change your ringtones. For Ringtones go to Settings - Sound - Phone ringtone For Text Messages go to - Settings - Sound - Notification ringtone For Alarm, set the sound when you add a new alarm - See more at:
Originaly posted here http://www.phonetipsandtricks.com/t...ms-sms-notifications-41/#sthash.4OGo7jJJ.dpuf
REV3NT3CH said:
Have you tried this:
To use custom ringtones for your phone ringtone, your alarm or your text message notification, simply copy an MP3 file to one of the following folders: /sdcard/media/audio/ringtones /sdcard/media/audio/alarms /sdcard/media/audio/notifications If they don't already exist, then create a new folder. The file will then show up when you want to change your ringtones. For Ringtones go to Settings - Sound - Phone ringtone For Text Messages go to - Settings - Sound - Notification ringtone For Alarm, set the sound when you add a new alarm - See more at:
Originaly posted here http://www.phonetipsandtricks.com/t...ms-sms-notifications-41/#sthash.4OGo7jJJ.dpuf
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maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I tried to finding that folder in ES file explorer and couldn't find it. It shows sdcard and sdcard2. in sdcard, the link to notifications is sdcard/notifications or sdcard/media/audio/notification. However, in the audio folder inside sdcard, there is only a notifications folder, no ringtones or alarms folder. When I pasted the sound to the notifications folders, I still couldn't find my custom sound when trying to change the notification sound in the SMS options.
The method I tried in the OP, was in a folder not in the sdcard or sdcard2, but inside a folder in the onboard phone folders (system/media/audio/notifications), or whatever is the root of the sdcard and sdcard2 folders.
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maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I tried to finding that folder in ES file explorer and couldn't find it. It shows sdcard and sdcard2. in sdcard, the link to notifications is sdcard/notifications or sdcard/media/audio/notification. However, in the audio folder inside sdcard, there is only a notifications folder, no ringtones or alarms folder. When I pasted the sound to the notifications folders, I still couldn't find my custom sound when trying to change the notification sound in the SMS options.
The method I tried in the OP, was in a folder not in the sdcard or sdcard2, but inside a folder in the onboard phone folders (system/media/audio/notifications), or whatever is the root of the sdcard and sdcard2 folders.
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try craeting the folders so the read the way they are supposed to or try placing them in sdcard2....i believe when i was on stock it had to be place there but i believe thats it but is supposed to be as stated above in my prior post
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try craeting the folders so the read the way they are supposed to or try placing them in sdcard2....i believe when i was on stock it had to be place there but i believe thats it but is supposed to be as stated above in my prior post
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I placed the mp3 file in both directories under sdcard and sdcard2 and it still doesn't show up in the list of sounds for notifications. I think I tried creating the folder in sdcard2, but I think it was already present in sdcard. I notice that those default notification sounds are not located in the sdcard or sdcard folders but rather are in the root folder of both sdcard and sdcard2 under the folder "system".
The directory is /system/media/audio/notifications. I tried placing the mp3 file there using ES explorer, but it doesn't let me paste there as it gives me an error about it being read-only. I don't know how to change that read-only option.
Picture of the error:
You get that error because you don't have root permissions....what version of stock ROM are you using....I'll flash it myself and figure it out for you....if you root and flash custom ROM you wouldn't have to worry about the hassle...also if you root don't use es explorer....use ROM toolbox but keep in mind it requires you have root
Edit: give me a screenshot of about phone...hide noir imei and stuff but just so I can see what version your on
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REV3NT3CH said:
You get that error because you don't have root permissions....what version of stock ROM are you using....I'll flash it myself and figure it out for you....if you root and flash custom ROM you wouldn't have to worry about the hassle...also if you root don't use es explorer....use ROM toolbox but keep in mind it requires you have root
Edit: give me a screenshot of about phone...hide noir imei and stuff but just so I can see what version your on
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I'm just using stock sense 3.6 with ICS 4.0.3. I've never rooted or flashed any Roms before. I'm just on the latest official updates for sense.
What do you mean by hide noir imei? My imei #?
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sdsubball23 said:
I'm just using stock sense 3.6 with ICS 4.0.3. I've never rooted or flashed any Roms before. I'm just on the latest official updates for sense.
What do you mean by hide noir imei? My imei #?
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sorry phone autocorrected...was supposed to say your not noir...i was saying covevrup the personal numbers in screenshots that way people dont hack or use your info for other devices to "piggy back" your account....actually its very easy to root the rezound and i can give you specific easy instructions...it makes things like this alot easier....you can even stay on the same stock without messing things up to use root...again im gonna fix this and figure it out for you as ive done this on sense almost 2 years ago....sense roms for the rez just seem to battery hogging and very laggy to me
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sorry phone autocorrected...was supposed to say your not noir...i was saying covevrup the personal numbers in screenshots that way people dont hack or use your info for other devices to "piggy back" your account....actually its very easy to root the rezound and i can give you specific easy instructions...it makes things like this alot easier....you can even stay on the same stock without messing things up to use root...again im gonna fix this and figure it out for you as ive done this on sense almost 2 years ago....sense roms for the rez just seem to battery hogging and very laggy to me
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Sure I can try to root, though I'm afraid of messing things up like the data reception, etc. I'm up for an upgrade, but not sure if I want to spend money on a new phone in case I mess up the rezound. Though I'd like a new phone.
What's your method of rooting?
do you still want my about phone info?
I appreciate all the help!
Nah I got what I need...let me write up a very easy to understand instruction list for you....should have it done by tomorrow....I'll send it via pm
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Nah I got what I need...let me write up a very easy to understand instruction list for you....should have it done by tomorrow....I'll send it via pm
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Alright thank you very much!
No problemo bud....always here if ya need help....I enjoy giving to the community
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Before we try anything else. Make a folder in both your sdcards and name them Notifications ...spell it like that exactly and put the custom sound in there...if mp3 doesn't work try other formats...but I'm about 99% this should work
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Before we try anything else. Make a folder in both your sdcards and name them Notifications ...spell it like that exactly and put the custom sound in there...if mp3 doesn't work try other formats...but I'm about 99% this should work
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I already had a Notifications folder in the sdcard folder with the mp3 file in it so I just made one for sdcard2. After doing that I went to try to change the notifications sound in the sms options and it appeared in the list. But then I tried to delete the sdcard2 folder to try to see if I can diagnose the problem such as whether the sdcard folder was enough or if I needed the sdcard2 folder as well and after that I couldn't get it to show up in the list of sounds anymore. I recreated the folder in sdcard2 with the mp3, but it won't show up in sound list anymore. I don't know what happened. I shut down and restarted the phone after deleting the folder in sdcard2 as well as recreating the folder and it still doesn't work anymore.
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Make sure everything is spelled properly...that is what you need to do and it being on sdcard2 sounds right
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Make sure everything is spelled properly...that is what you need to do and it being on sdcard2 sounds right
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It's spelled properly, but still doesn't work for some reason
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Go into settings then sound then scroll down to where you can set default text tone not in the SMS app itself...also have you restarted after creating Notifications folder
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Go into settings then sound then scroll down to where you can set default text tone not in the SMS app itself...also have you restarted after creating Notifications folder
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I couldn't find an option to set text tone in the sound settings. All I found was a notifications tone setting, but couldn't find my mp3 file in the list there.
After doing it at first, it worked. So then I deleted the folders and eventually tried creating again and it didn't work. I then tried shutting off and restarting and it didn't work as well.
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