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.
Hello this seems to be such a great feature if it could be implemented.
I know how to backup sms'es and restore them. There are many programs which does this and now also titanium can do it (nice!)
However it would be perfect if a app was able to backup all sms'es in threads older than fx 500, and then delete from phone to clear up some space.
In that way you always have one big XML file with all backupped sms (should be no problem to open in a computer, even with many thousands messages), and these messages would also all be deleted from the phone and no duplicates in phone and backup would appear.
Thanks!
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http://code.google.com/p/android-sms/issues/detail?id=7
Hi everyone,
I recently dropped my Galaxy S3 and the Gorilla glas cracked. So I made a nandroid backup before sending it in to Samsung contractor to get it fixed. After I got it back (they couldn't replace the gorilla glas, they needed to replace the complete display) I tried to restore my nandroid backup. Everything seemed fine, reboot, then another reboot and I was back in recovery.
I then flashed back stock firmware (which caused some trouble so kies could update the phone but ended up fine). I then tried to use Titanium Backup Pro, Nandroid Explorer and AppExtractor 2.0 to get back my SMS and WhatsApp history but it failed.
Then I took a look at data.ext4.dup and it seemed to me as an index for what to restore from the blobs folder. So I searched for the mmssms.db file, found the entry and opened up the file in notepad++. It was an html file which seemed to me to be something from the Chrome cache. Next I used notepad++ to search over the whole blobs folder for some string from some SMS which I found in a file, that was supposed to be of the Chrome cache.
My conclusion is, that my data.ext4.dup file is mixed (messed) up. Was there a bug in CWM Touch Recovery and is there a way to fix this so I can restore my nandroid backup or at least get back my SMS and WhatsApp history? And is there a program to export / import / merge WhatsApp history?
Dash24x7 said:
Hi everyone,
I recently dropped my Galaxy S3 and the Gorilla glas cracked. So I made a nandroid backup before sending it in to Samsung contractor to get it fixed. After I got it back (they couldn't replace the gorilla glas, they needed to replace the complete display) I tried to restore my nandroid backup. Everything seemed fine, reboot, then another reboot and I was back in recovery.
I then flashed back stock firmware (which caused some trouble so kies could update the phone but ended up fine). I then tried to use Titanium Backup Pro, Nandroid Explorer and AppExtractor 2.0 to get back my SMS and WhatsApp history but it failed.
Then I took a look at data.ext4.dup and it seemed to me as an index for what to restore from the blobs folder. So I searched for the mmssms.db file, found the entry and opened up the file in notepad++. It was an html file which seemed to me to be something from the Chrome cache. Next I used notepad++ to search over the whole blobs folder for some string from some SMS which I found in a file, that was supposed to be of the Chrome cache.
My conclusion is, that my data.ext4.dup file is mixed (messed) up. Was there a bug in CWM Touch Recovery and is there a way to fix this so I can restore my nandroid backup or at least get back my SMS and WhatsApp history? And is there a program to export / import / merge WhatsApp history?
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this is why i never use the new CWM, I hate the Blobs way... if i wanna save my backup to my pc forget it SO many files to transfer takes forever. I am a fan of cwm chainfire which is 6 files. and its a complete CLONEDroid and app extractor works perfect with it
Hi all,
I own a new SGS4, and want to migrate all my messages from my an old CWM backup I have.
My phone is not rooted, so I can't use NANDROID MANAGER for that job.
I'm looking for a way to convert the internal SMS db file to an SMS.xml (same one as used by SMS BACKUP/RESTORE app) - than it will be easy to restore it.
Ideas anyone?
Thanks!
This page has an answer using sqlite database browser and exporting to csv.
So, I often change from one phone to another and my SMS history is very important. So far I need to backup and restore 16k messages. I've tried sms backup & restore but it takes long to restore the sms and for the phone to read all the sms again once I open the messaging app.
So, anyone know faster method to backup and restore SMS?
ps : I'm using nexus 5
ijoin said:
So, I often change from one phone to another and my SMS history is very important. So far I need to backup and restore 16k messages. I've tried sms backup & restore but it takes long to restore the sms and for the phone to read all the sms again once I open the messaging app.
So, anyone know faster method to backup and restore SMS?
ps : I'm using nexus 5
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You can try Titanium Backup (only the paid version has sms backup). But if you have a lot of messages, it'll take a long time to restore, no matter what app you use (i think).
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PS: You neet root to use TB.
16K? Jeebus... That's a sure way to make almost any phone start to get laggy. Why not save them to the cloud and only restore the last few months or so with SMS Backup and Restore? But yea, there is not gonna be a quick way to restore that many, no matter what method you use.