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[Q] Backing up SMS msg's to SD Card...

I'm about to do a wipe -> clean install and I've got all my apps backed up with Titanium, but last time I restored, the only thing I lost that I even remotely care about were my text messages. How do you go about backing those up to the sd card?
TIA!

Oh and I use Handcent. I'd like to be able to import them back into it once I've reinstalled.

There's a free app in the market called SMS Backup and Restore. It's what I use and it works really well. Easy to use, does its job well, and you can configure it to backup on a schedule.
EDIT: I use Handcent as well and haven't had any problems backing up/restoring.

jtcarnes said:
There's a free app in the market called SMS Backup and Restore. It's what I use and it works really well. Easy to use, does its job well, and you can configure it to backup on a schedule.
EDIT: I use Handcent as well and haven't had any problems backing up/restoring.
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Can I use this to transfer my SMSes to a new phone?

[Q] Titanium Backup : can you backup your sms?

How would you recover your sms with Titanium Backup?
is that something possible or we have to use something else?
thanks

I was wondering that too. I have the paid version, love it, but I thought I backed up the messages as well. Apperently not though.
Did I miss the setting?
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There's a free program in the market that I used to back up and restore my SMS called SMS Backup & Restore (by Ritesh Sahu)

I've had no problems with SMS Backup+ from the market - it stores the texts and MMS to your Gmail and allows for backup and restore. Makes it real simple.
Titanium does backup the SMS data, but I don't remember where it does, and on my myTouch3G 1.2 it was kind of buggy restoring it (though it mostly works). I think it's the data from Dialer Storage 2.2 that houses the SMS/MMS?

Handcent now backups sms/mms
I used to use SMS backup from above post, but it wasnt able to do mms' (at that time) so I tried Mybackuppro (in the market) and it works perfect. plus it does other backups too. I ended up buying it.
I used to have problems with Titanium with sms/mms, but I havent tried any recent versions.

I use MyPhoneExplorer. It syncs everything on your phone to your PC.

this could be outdated info now, but when i used titanium backup to backup sms/mms, it would make a backup of the phone dialer and the associated files from /system. This is not the best way to backup the sms's since a new rom may have made modifications to this.
i recommend sms backup and restore, which is what i use myself. titanium backup is great for apps and app data though!

Sorry for bumping and old thread but this brings up a question. Would any of these be able to create a backup of your SMS/MMS and convert them over to a text file of some sort so you can print up records of them? I remember when I had a Blackberry I used to be able to do this with software I purchased for it. This would be a great feature I would be interested in using. I tried searching for something that discussed this but came up with nothing. Sorry if its been covered before. Thanks in advance.

To back up texts just make a back up of Dialer Storage [SMS/MMS] and restore.
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I think marvzuno wants something that can backup AND convert the message to a text file to be read on a computer or something, not only a backup...
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flak0 said:
To back up texts just make a back up of Dialer Storage [SMS/MMS] and restore.
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I'm looking for something more like the poster below was talking about. Thanks for the info though. This will be useful just for the backup process.
daaango said:
I think marvzuno wants something that can backup AND convert the message to a text file to be read on a computer or something, not only a backup...
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Yes, Something that would convert the backup file into something I would be able to view on a computer. ANy suggestions or ideas on this?

I'd like to put in my vote for SMSBackup+. The restore feature doesn't always work perfectly, but the backup has never failed me. stores it as plain text in your gmail, which is then searcheable.

Love SMS Backup+, saves them to Gmail and can also pull them back to the device as other people have said, works great, no issues!

[Q] FASTEST way to restore sms's after a rom flash

ok so this is very annoying as it takes such a long time.
ive tried sms back up and restore and myback up root.
contacts, apps, and everything else i have the patience to sit thru when they are restoring.
but the texts messages which i have a total of 20,172 and the process of restoring, im not kidding, takes about 5 hrs (WTF?). i have to keep these texts messages as i cant afford to lose them.
and wait for it is sooo annoying.
so xda people is there a faster way to restore my text messages without the ridiculous wait time??
thanks

You mean to tell me you got 20k in texts and their all important? Lol that's a bit overkill don't ya think? I use SMS backup but not for the quantity your talking about.
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thats alot of texts maybe you can find a way to store them online with your carrier. Sorry i couldnt help ,more....

if there was a way to store them online or on my computer that would be awesome.
is that remotely possible?

I use GO SMS Pro. You can backup all of sms and send them to dropbox. Keep them in archive (dont restore them until you need them) if you don't need them immediately. Then you can just back up just the resent sms. This is just one way to manage it. It works for me. Hope that helps.

iwalkthrowwalls said:
I use GO SMS Pro. You can backup all of sms and send them to dropbox. Keep them in archive (dont restore them until you need them) if you don't need them immediately. Then you can just back up just the resent sms. This is just one way to manage it. It works for me. Hope that helps.
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That sounds promising......

Check this app. Works flawlessly for me and you can set also scheduled backups (and its free!)

FDDT said:
Check this app. Works flawlessly for me and you can set also scheduled backups (and its free!)
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I use the same, works like a charm every time

you could easily use SMS Backup & Restore and store the .xml files on your computer.
Simple Process really.. Just back them up, connect to your USB Cable and go into SMSBackupRestore folder and move the .xml file over to your computer
After that is done you can open the file in either Microsoft Excel or another OpenXML Program

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SMS Backup+
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&feature=search_result
It will store to your google account so you don't have to keep texts on your phone, makes searching through them much easier too, especially if you have 20k texts.

thanks u guys are so helpful

Back up dialer on titanium backup. I'm pretty sure that's the fastest
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.

Crossrocker said:
Back up dialer on titanium backup. I'm pretty sure that's the fastest
Deck's + SZ + SuperCharger script + ViperMod script.
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Sorry to resurrect such an old thread, but I too have this problem.
I think the issue is that parsing from XML into the SQL Lite db takes forEVER with smaller amounts of processing power. If your screen is off, the restore can literally take days because of the screen-off CPU settings.
Can anyone confirm that Crossrocker's method works and is quick?
Thanks all!
Update: Tested and confirmed!

Backup SMS/MMS and logs

Whats everyone using? Titanium oe another add?

Last I checked titanium doesn't offer that. So I use SMS backup and restore.
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xxprodigyxx11 said:
Last I checked titanium doesn't offer that. So I use SMS backup and restore.
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Doesn't do MMS though.

So use SMS Backup+ as everybody else does.

i use mybackup pro. it does call logs and mms restore. really simple to use too.

Actually guys, Titanium Backup Pro DOES offer it, you guys just don't know which system app to backup.
I use TB to backup and restore between roms, since it take less than 30 seconds, a reboot, and all the messages show up. If I use an app, such as SMS Backup/Restore, it takes a long time compared to TB, but I still back up messages in both apps nonetheless.

theking_13 said:
Actually guys, Titanium Backup Pro DOES offer it, you guys just don't know which system app to backup.
I use TB to backup and restore between roms, since it take less than 30 seconds, a reboot, and all the messages show up. If I use an app, such as SMS Backup/Restore, it takes a long time compared to TB, but I still back up messages in both apps nonetheless.
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So which system app is it? Thanks!

You need to be careful using Titanium on System apps. I used to do this, but found that doing so would sometimes break ability to download MMS (Even when moving to newer version of same ROM). Depending on Phone/ROM i use MyBackupPro or SMS Backup & Restore. Usually use MyBackupPro first as it'll do MMS/SMS/Phone Log, but I've had it where on some phones it doesn't restore the timestamp correctly on the new phone. If that's the case, just use it for MMS/Phone Log, and use SMS Backup & Restore for the SMS. It's always worked.

iboj007 said:
So which system app is it? Thanks!
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Its this system app.
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[SMS/MMS/APN] Phone/Messaging Storage 4.0.x-eng etc.
For call history, if anyone is interested, is
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[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage 4.0.x-eng etc
lordgodgeneral said:
You need to be careful using Titanium on System apps. I used to do this, but found that doing so would sometimes break ability to download MMS (Even when moving to newer version of same ROM). Depending on Phone/ROM i use MyBackupPro or SMS Backup & Restore. Usually use MyBackupPro first as it'll do MMS/SMS/Phone Log, but I've had it where on some phones it doesn't restore the timestamp correctly on the new phone. If that's the case, just use it for MMS/Phone Log, and use SMS Backup & Restore for the SMS. It's always worked.
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Never happened to me, I've done this since the Samsung Vibrant days and never had a problem unless the Android version was different. Ie, 2.2 vs 2.3
These are the only two system apps I EVER restore btw, I manually configure everything else.

i don't use TB for SMS/MMS/logs.. i use MyBackup root/pro.. simple and it does the job

YoungAceAtlanta said:
i don't use TB for SMS/MMS/logs.. i use MyBackup root/pro.. simple and it does the job
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I tried mybackup root/pro for SMS/MMS when migrating from the Nexus S to the Galaxy Nexus but didn't have good results. Everything got timestamped to the date of restore.

iboj007 said:
I tried mybackup root/pro for SMS/MMS when migrating from the Nexus S to the Galaxy Nexus but didn't have good results. Everything got timestamped to the date of restore.
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actually, i just did backup from galaxy s to nexus, and i can confirm that all timestamps on sms and mms imported perfectly, mybackup pro, not rooted.

Data Transfer (moving info from old phone to Note 4)

what all are you guys using to migrate your app data from your current phone to the Note 4? Helium has been my go-to for awhile but i wanted to know if there were any other options out there that i should consider too. (moderators forgive me if this is a duplicate topic, i didn't see any in this forum thus far)

I honestly wouldn't even bother transferring app data over unless it is extremely important. I wouldn't want to carry files from an old phone to a new one. Keep it fresh and don't bring over dirty files. May not do anything bad but just my take. Kinda same thing when you wipe data when flashing roms. Dirty flashing can lead to unwanted issues, just as carrying over files from another phone can.
Unless you find a good app to do so. Keep us posted.

thank you. i'm primarily interested in retaining my game data, such as Subway Surfers, Clumsy Ninja, Angry Birds, etc, where it's taken awhile to level up and i would hate to start fresh. i also always transfer text messages and call logs as well. i use SMS Backup/Restore for my texts, Helium for system settings and other app data, and Verizon Cloud for my call logs. i never rooted the S5, been so busy with work i haven't had time to look into tinkering with those settings, so i know that Titanium Backup would not be an option.

Good question. . . I have used Titatnium Backup in the past problem there however is root on N4.
What tu3218 does make sense as well unless you had some way to guarantee or verify it wasn't going to create a bunch of junk in directories which shouldn't exist.
If someone has a good solution I would like to hear it as well. I have three 2-step verify apps which would be nice to just transfer rather than removing and adding manually.

Helium
I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.

cbdudek said:
I bought the full version of Helium and that will transfer all save game data. I downloaded all my apps fresh from the play store after I activated the note. I then used Helium to restore a backup of the games I wanted to keep my save data on.
I also used reware my backup pro to restore my call logs, small, and mms message database.
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+1 - Righ on cbdudek. That is exactly how I would do it.
* My backup will restore - call logs, contacts, sms, mms etc..
* Helium to restore games' backup
*Not recommend to restore system settings, or old apps. Download fresh from play store. The theory is every time you move into a new house, you need to do a good clean up and throw out all the junks....

appreciate it everyone. about to give Helium a go and see what happens. rather than restoring all of my app data, i only backed up the game data this time around, so we will see how that goes. i'll let you all know in the morning what happens. how do you like your Note 4's thus far?

i never use titanium or any auto backup method to transfer files to a new fone. it always causes tiny little glitches here and there. Best thing to do is start fresh. For contacts and calendar its all on my GMAIL. for text messages I use GO SMS so i can backup and restore within that app no problems. I use nova launcher so i can backup my home screen and all my other screens and restore it with nova no issues. beyond that its all manual input. I have a few remote dvr viewing apps and i configure all those again manually as well as all my mail settings and what not.

Helium works best without root and you can migrate the app over wifi.
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Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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harrytery said:
Doesn't your Google account back up app data???
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Only some apps.