I finally rooted my Evo, and I loaded this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1364075 I love it. Only problem I am having is that I had someone send me a vcard contact through SMS / MMS. Message comes in with an attachment, but phone thinks it is a video? How do you import it in as a contact? Always came in simply as a contact on my old stock ROM. Is this a problem with all CM ROMs, or is it just the ICS one I loaded?
Download the attachment from your sms client, browse your sd card via file manager, check MMS for the vcard, move it to the root of the sd card, open the people [contacts] app, press menu, import/export.
Really? All those steps? No way to just click and open/import? Doable, yes, but odd there is not an all-in-one solution.
long_tall_texan said:
Really? All those steps? No way to just click and open/import? Doable, yes, but odd there is not an all-in-one solution.
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The 'all in one solution' would be to just to to people, hit menu and click import. I don't know if it'll detect it inside the folder so you need to move it. And you can complete that whole process in 30 seconds or less.
OK but how do I download the vcf attachment? When I click on it, it seems to attempt to play a video file... and after playing the video, there is no vcf file on the SD Card. I tried with the native SMS app and with HandCent. Same result.
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OK but how do I download the vcf attachment? When I click on it, it seems to attempt to play a video file... and after playing the video, there is no vcf file on the SD Card. I tried with the native SMS app and with HandCent. Same result.
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You can either long press the attatchment or I believe while in the convo (using handcent) hit menu then save attatchments. Hope that helps.
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Ok. I tried that in Handcent. There are 2 mms messages in the conversation. When I try to save the attachments, it says there are no attachments to save. I know I am not this big of a bonehead. I dunno.... I am sure I am missing something really simple.
long_tall_texan said:
Ok. I tried that in Handcent. There are 2 mms messages in the conversation. When I try to save the attachments, it says there are no attachments to save. I know I am not this big of a bonehead. I dunno.... I am sure I am missing something really simple.
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So on /sdcard/handcent/download there was nothing in there?
Nope. Nothing is there. ???
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Hello,
I have a T-Mobile Dash and I need to find a way to transfer the text messages from it to my pc. Is there an open source program out there that I could use to do that with? My guess is that there are about 500-600 text messages that I need to save.
qqa92 said:
Hello,
I have a T-Mobile Dash and I need to find a way to transfer the text messages from it to my pc. Is there an open source program out there that I could use to do that with? My guess is that there are about 500-600 text messages that I need to save.
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i think there a program called dashwire might do dat heres da link
http://thesmartfone.com/category/applications/
jus scrow to da bottom and find dashwire gives details on it too
qqa92 said:
Hello,
I have a T-Mobile Dash and I need to find a way to transfer the text messages from it to my pc. Is there an open source program out there that I could use to do that with? My guess is that there are about 500-600 text messages that I need to save.
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You could also use PIM Backup v2.8 is made for PPC's so bit fiddly on SP but does the job all the same, can save to storage card & copy to PC.
or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3587961#post3587961
Not exactly what you're looking for, but I don't know the reason for wanting to do this, so I thought I'd point out another alternative. Take a look at Microsofts "My Phone"... it'll syncronize your entire phone (including text messages) to the cloud. If you're doing this just for backup and restore purposes, it's easy to use. Took me a little bit to get my beta account though.
http://myphone.microsoft.com
stylez said:
You could also use PIM Backup v2.8 is made for PPC's so bit fiddly on SP but does the job all the same, can save to storage card & copy to PC.
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Thanks all for your tips. I ended up trying PIM Backup and it worked but the formatting of the text messages came out so scattered when I viewed them in Open Office Excel that I am unable to find a formatting that will keep the dates legible. I tried different file conversion attributes and even tried converting the file to a .pdf but with no luck. I guess its enough that the program actually backed up everything but I would really like to have some way to verify that all the data can be successfully restored after I cold reset my Dash since I have been trying for some time with T-Mobiles tech support to find a way to get my picture text messaging functioning again but they are telling me that the only way to get that to happen is to cold reset the phone and that will kill all of my contacts and text messages so I need to make sure that all of that data is actually saved and restorable before I go ahead and try. I also wanted to have a copy of all of my data should the hard drive on the phone fail at some time. Any suggestions for how to verify that the data can actually be restored?
Bupahs said:
or try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3587961#post3587961
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Oh wow, this looks really interesting. I am going to give this a try too and report back. Thanks.
Just a personal opinion, but unless the texts are hilarious jokes or a guide to a hidden treasure, I don't see why anyone would have to save 500-600 texts!
qqa92 said:
Oh wow, this looks really interesting. I am going to give this a try too and report back. Thanks.
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PM me if you like the trial... hint hint hint
Is there any way to save the attachment to your sd from gmail? Only thing it allows me is preview. Thanks.
I do this through the internet browser.
You may want to make a shortcut to gmail.
fishtank said:
Is there any way to save the attachment to your sd from gmail? Only thing it allows me is preview. Thanks.
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The other day I sent a word document and a PDF document to my gmail account from my work PC. I received it on my phone, opened up the email, clicked preview and it opened up with DocsToGo. Once it was opened I clicked menu>file and saved it to my SD card. Easy as that...
Usually at the bottom of the email there is a way to either preview of download attachment. I also believe it depends on what file type it is and if you have a file explorer that can handle it. Get Astro File Explorer and that should take care of your problem.
Files are usually pdf. downloaded full version of documents to go. View and save. Thanks for replies.
You can try GSaver to save or open your gmail attachment on Android.
just search GSaver to find it out. It's completely free
Trying to attach pdf to a text message to send out work schedule to a specific group. I can attach pictures and video things but can't find a place to attach file. Any ideas whether even possible.
Yeah. Using a file explorer (I use Root Explorer), find the PDF you wanna send, longpress on it and a list of options comes up. Select Send (or Share, depending on explorer) and then select Messaging from the list.
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when i do that there is no option for message. It only goes to the email clients on my phone and bluetooth. Doesn't give me message option for some reason. is there a setting I need to change somewhere else???
Hey,
I mean as long as the file isnt to big you should be able to but why not just email the file?
For stuff like that, I upload it to Dropbox then send the link via sms. I don't know that it's even possible to send files that aren't photos or videos through mms.
dropbox works for me
Tmail app
formulabird said:
Trying to attach pdf to a text message to send out work schedule to a specific group. I can attach pictures and video things but can't find a place to attach file. Any ideas whether even possible.
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There is an app called Tmail. It allows you to send any kind of file from your SDcard with an MMS message.
Here is the link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonelight.tmailtrial
But it is only limited to the MMS size which is 300KB, too small.
It's not an ideal/perfect solution but I really like PushBullet. Not ideal because the recipient needs to install it also but the features are very powerful and extremely reliable and easy to use.
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I get frequent HTM file attachments via email.
I think I chose the DB Viewer as my default and now I can't figure out how to change it back to the Html viewer. The htm attachment shows up as html code in a text editor now.
Anyone have any ideas?
Edit: Cleared cache on browser and download manager etc but that didnt help.
Go to the app section in settings.choose the default app.then hit reset defaults
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ShinigamiH4ck3r said:
Go to the app section in settings.choose the default app.then hit reset defaults
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Ahh if it were only that easy. I used to get a list of 4 choices a couple of those were DB Viewer and DB HTML viewer I think. I chose DB viewer which just displays the html in a text editor of some sort. The app isn't listed. You know how cryptic the internal system apps are; they don't show an app name, just the com.android.xxxx or something similar.
tdunham said:
Ahh if it were only that easy. I used to get a list of 4 choices a couple of those were DB Viewer and DB HTML viewer I think. I chose DB viewer which just displays the html in a text editor of some sort. The app isn't listed. You know how cryptic the internal system apps are; they don't show an app name, just the com.android.xxxx or something similar.
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I believe he meant, the file Browser you used to choose the html file that gave you the options to choose with what program you should open it with.
Clear that App's defaults.
Kikoshi said:
I believe he meant, the file Browser you used to choose the html file that gave you the options to choose with what program you should open it with.
Clear that App's defaults.
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that or clear the data with titanium backup
Kikoshi said:
I believe he meant, the file Browser you used to choose the html file that gave you the options to choose with what program you should open it with.
Clear that App's defaults.
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Gotcha. It was Kaiten email but clearing cache did not work.
However, I saved the attachment to the SD, opened it with ES File Explorer and it gave me the choices again so I'm all fixed up. Thanks for all the help.
Three heads are better than one.
tdunham said:
Gotcha. It was Kaiten email but clearing cache did not work.
However, I saved the attachment to the SD, opened it with ES File Explorer and it gave me the choices again so I'm all fixed up. Thanks for all the help.
Three heads are better than one.
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Hey man no problem, and that is why they call it the musketeers
Throw me a thank you whenever you can lol, not sure what they might be for, but i see everyone asking for them.
Hey guys. I need a little help. I lost a picture on my phone as it got corupt. I did use the picture as a background on the messages app and it still shows when I text. Does anybody know where this picture is stored so as I can get it and save it. I would love to get it for my new S5 before I do a restore on my S3. Is there any program that would scan my S3 for pictures.
Thanks .
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Anybody got any ideas? Please.
Satstalker said:
Anybody got any ideas? Please.
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If it isn't showing up in the gallery, you'll need to know the name of it to find it. I would start with going to the My Files app and manually looking through the camera and downloads folders. The location will depend on how you put the picture on the phone originally. Did you take the picture with the camera on the phone? Did you download it from a website? Did it come from an app? Need to know that first.
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If it isn't showing up in the gallery, you'll need to know the name of it to find it. I would start with going to the My Files app and manually looking through the camera and downloads folders. The location will depend on how you put the picture on the phone originally. Did you take the picture with the camera on the phone? Did you download it from a website? Did it come from an app? Need to know that first.
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Hey Thanks for the reply jack man.
I don't know the name of the picture. When you add the picture as a background in messages you have to crop it and then it saves it and it shows up in the picture selection for back grounds in messages. Its that location that i am looking for.
On a good note i did use titanium backup and did a restore data for messages and got the picture back as a back ground option. So i can use it again. But i would still like to know where that picture is stored on the phone.
Thanks for your help.
Satstalker said:
Hey Thanks for the reply jack man.
I don't know the name of the picture. When you add the picture as a background in messages you have to crop it and then it saves it and it shows up in the picture selection for back grounds in messages. Its that location that i am looking for.
On a good note i did use titanium backup and did a restore data for messages and got the picture back as a back ground option. So i can use it again. But i would still like to know where that picture is stored on the phone.
Thanks for your help.
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That still doesn't say how the picture got on the phone in the first place. When you go to the setting to change the background in messaging, it either let's you take a picture or view the gallery to select a picture. Is this one you downloaded? or took with you camera? If it gave you the option to crop it, it was probably in your gallery.
Try opening the My Files app. then click All Files. Then Device Storage. It may be in one of these folders - DCIM (if you took the picture with your camera), Download (if you downloaded it from the web or email), or Pictures (if you moved it directly to your phone from a computer).
It could also be on your external SD card if you have one installed. To check it, just back up to where you chose Device storage, then just choose SD memory card and look in the files there. If it's not in any of these locations, I have no idea. Good luck!
Also, if you downloaded the picture from an app (like Zedge), it may be in another folder that the app itself created for storage.
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That still doesn't say how the picture got on the phone in the first place. When you go to the setting to change the background in messaging, it either let's you take a picture or view the gallery to select a picture. Is this one you downloaded? or took with you camera? If it gave you the option to crop it, it was probably in your gallery.
Try opening the My Files app. then click All Files. Then Device Storage. It may be in one of these folders - DCIM (if you took the picture with your camera), Download (if you downloaded it from the web or email), or Pictures (if you moved it directly to your phone from a computer).
It could also be on your external SD card if you have one installed. To check it, just back up to where you chose Device storage, then just choose SD memory card and look in the files there. If it's not in any of these locations, I have no idea. Good luck!
Also, if you downloaded the picture from an app (like Zedge), it may be in another folder that the app itself created for storage.
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Yes it used to be in my gallery but it got corrupt and i cant view it any more. It shows up as a blank JPEG now and yes It was taken with the phone. However the picture can still be seen in messages. I would like to recover that picture in messages as it is the only picture remaining.
Satstalker said:
Yes it used to be in my gallery but it got corrupt and i cant view it any more. It shows up as a blank JPEG now and yes It was taken with the phone. However the picture can still be seen in messages. I would like to recover that picture in messages as it is the only picture remaining.
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I've had that happen before. I think I fixed it by connecting to a computer and copy in it over then renaming it. Not sure if that was how... it's been a while. But it was something with renaming the file.
Hope it helps.
Open dcim and check the .thumbnail folder. Might still be in there.