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HTC Restore Problem

Hi guys
I recently factory restored my HTC Desire and the built-in backup prompted me to restore my settings, which I did, but for some reason my SMS messages were not restored.
I checked the SD card, and there is a backup there, but of course the files are encrypted. Is there any way to read these files, or to restore my messaging SMS?
Thanks in advance!

Am I right in saying that the backups's hashes are salted with the device serial #? If that's the case then decryption should be quite possible.

I have had the exact same problem today. Had to return my Desire as it was faulty for a straight swap (kept the same SIM and SD card). The SD card has restored all contacts and music, but SMS messages have not transferred over. I've looked at every possible option in the settings but can't seem to see how to do this.
I'd be grateful for any advice or info. Thankyou.

slightly old thread, but relevant to my problem....
have been playing around a lot with my desire over the past week, and managed to delete the wrong nandroid backup and lost all my sms. I have a sense auto backup form a day or so earlier, but cannot for the life of me get the phone to read these - there's no option to restore just backup.
So, tried factory reset from recovery, copied the 'old' backup to the sd, and booted. Nothing was restored. Have tried all sorts of combos to try and get the backup to be read, but no joy at all. Even completely wiping everything, flashing the original rom i was using (modaco 3.1) and restarting, but still sense doesnt see the backup.
I definitley remember it doing it once during all the crazy rom swopping of the last few days, and the sms, wifi key etc all restored, but I can't get it to do it again.
Any ideas about 'forcing' the restore? I know that the backup is handset specific (tied to the serial/imei?) but it should restore on any rom using sense yeh?
all help greatly appreciated
ta.
another small thought, there may be an app idea in here for anyone thats interested - reading the sense backup and applying it by force? i know quite a few people tend to backup their sd card regularly, so it could be useful as a last resort option.

I guess there's not much I can help you but to avoid this problem in the future you might want to use SMS backup (by Cristoph Studer, there are 2 others on the Market with the same name) - backs up your sms's to your Gmail account, works great. I love the Cloud!

I have used sms backup in the past, didn't bother this time as i had the nandroid backup. Kicking myself as I'm usually pretty careful about what files i'm getting rid of, and have got all my sms for about the last ten yrs (minus the 2 months i just lost) for blackmail purposes time to crank the delete button paranoia up a notch again
edit: solved tok everything off the sd card, made sure i had the backup set from the date range i wanted, wiped absolutely everything from recovery, reflashed the rom i was running when the backup was taken & rebooted. the backup was picked up fine, all settings, sms etc back with no problems.
the small trick to getting this to occur seems to be just let the phone sit for a minute when it reboots - i assume that if you go into the setup wizard before the sd card is correctly moutned and read that you bypass the restore. i had done the same procedure to try to get it to restore before and it didn't, the pause to allow the sd card to be read was the only thing i did differently.

I'm having the same issue, I want to restore a back-up from my SD card, but cannot see any way to do it. I've tried a factory reset, but still no luck.
Can a restore be forced? The 2.2 upgrade seems to have removed Settings>Privacy

Same problem here, Froyo won't restore my backup.
I tried to downgrade to Eclair, but the installation failed with "Error 140: wrong bootloader version".
I guess my backup is pretty useless now...

Frojo wont restore settings after hardreset
I asked HTC about this, and here's the answer:
Thanks for your question regarding backup of your device. The former feature backup to SD card is missing in this newer version. This is due to Google, which has developed backup feature in the software, changed the system in 2.2, then back out to their servers instead. This applies to the Google devices, such as NexusOne. When your device is the HTC brand, we have some backup features as before. However, you can take backup in the following way (as with older versions of Android): Contacts: You can save contacts via Outlook when they are created as telephone contacts. For this you need HTC Sync and Outlook on your computer. HTC Sync, see your device's SD card. To open the map, select Mount in the device, your device is displayed on the computer as an external disk drive. Then you find the program through your computer's Windows Explorer, and also integrates it on your computer. You can now sync. You can also download HTC Sync from our website under Support tab. If you use Google contacts they can be retrieved back when you set up your email again. If you have configured an Exchange server, you can also download contacts onto the device again. Calendar appointments: These are transferred in the same manner as contacts. Emails: These can be synchronized over again through your Exchange server, or if you have Google mail. Data files: These can be transmitted via computer Explorer when you select Mount as previously described. You can then transfer your files to a folder on your computer. SMS and MMS: Those you can not backup.
Blueyed1

Way to go HTC.... hurray
The more I learn about Google and HTC's way of handling my data I get more determined to Root my phone to get full access of my phone, and to control what data and in what way that data is transferred to either google or HTC.
When you compare to the way Apple is controlling it's sheep herd, Google is not any better when it comes to data gathering and data sniping.

Blueyed1 said:
SMS and MMS: Those you can not backup.
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WTF????????????????????????????

DRMON said:
WTF????????????????????????????
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Backup not possible with previeus build in backup, that is..

[Q] Backing up etc

Hi all. Well I've not rooted yet (just not had the time), and have a stock orange UK ROM with the default stuff! I have searched around and can't seem to find the answer to simple backup questions!
I am having the reboot issues (well documented in another thread), and it's getting worse and worse. even to the extent now that it's rebooting after calls (started out when charging using games, then now I cant run navigation for more than 2 minutes).
I have been told to do a factory reset (not a bad idea TBH). But backups is my main concern.
I have my contacts and calendar fine (not an issue), what I am concerned about mainly is my paid for apps. I have just synced with AppBrain, but will this get my paid for apps back?
Also SMS is the other thing I want to backup, I have installed SMS Backup which backs up to an XML file, which I can read. But read that some people have had problems with restoring, is this true? Or can someone recommend a better app? I am not too concerned with settings, as happy to do things slightly differently this time round, so mainly paiud for apps! Also what happens when orange eventaulyl send me a new phone (which seems to be the resoltuion of the paid for apps?)
I will take the SD card out when I factory reset, but what else should I worry about?
Regards, Martin

I have used SMS Backup and it seems to work fine with me. Not sure if it backs up MMS though, but there is a seperate free tool to save the MMS to SDcard available on the market.
As for your paid for apps, they will show up in the Market once you have perfromed a factory reset and you will be able to re-install without having to pay again. Just make sure that you log in using the same credentials.
The backups I perfored prior to rooting were as follows:
1) export contacts to SDCard
2) backup SMS using SMS Backup & Restore
3) Backup call logs using Call Logs Backup and Restore - I wanted to keep these.
A factory reset should not wipe what is currently on your SDCard, but I cannot hurt to copy the contents to your PC/Laptop before doing the reset.

dcnice said:
I have used SMS Backup and it seems to work fine with me. Not sure if it backs up MMS though, but there is a seperate free tool to save the MMS to SDcard available on the market.
As for your paid for apps, they will show up in the Market once you have perfromed a factory reset and you will be able to re-install without having to pay again. Just make sure that you log in using the same credentials.
The backups I perfored prior to rooting were as follows:
1) export contacts to SDCard
2) backup SMS using SMS Backup & Restore
3) Backup call logs using Call Logs Backup and Restore - I wanted to keep these.
A factory reset should not wipe what is currently on your SDCard, but I cannot hurt to copy the contents to your PC/Laptop before doing the reset.
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Thanks for this, yes call logs would be cool too! I'm not too fussed with regards to the settings of the phone, gives me a chance to start over! Im not even that fussed on SMS's nice to have a history they're currently backing up to the google mail thing!
It was the apps I've paid for most concerned for, and yeah sounds good that it's tied to the google account, guess that means if/when I get a new phone they'll just get copied over to the new phone, when orange realise that it needs to be replaced... Pffftt...
Many thanks makes sence now (used to the iTunes/iPhone system! WHich shilst walled, does make some things easy! I PREFER DROID THO!)

[Q] Contacts Storage deleted, DESPERATELY need help

So I messed up bad, and somehow got rid of the Contacts Storage app. I don't really know how I did it, but now I have no contacts, and can't add any contacts or use the contacts app, as it just crashes. I tried a factory reset (twice), but apparently that won't make Contacts Storage reappear. WHAT DO I DO???
As a result, whenever I try to sync my Google account, it says "Sync is currently experiencing problems it will be back shortly."
If someone gives me the apk, will I be able to install it just like any other app and make my problems disappear? I am a beginner, so if anyone could help me out and explain it to me detailed, please help. I'm desperate.
EDIT: I am rooted, on Android 4.4.2, no custom ROM

you can pull it from your nandroid backup. (?)
or if you have titanium backup you can get it from there (?).
err on the side of kindness

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5srmmtlwhhszttq/SecContactsProvider.apk
Place in /system/priv-app and set permissions to rw-r--r--
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 running TMS3KK-2.0

Restore old SMS

Hi,
I've gone from Insertcoin ROM to Cyanhenmod 12 5.1.
I've got backups of my old SMS using the stock HTC One M8 messaging app.
How do I restore my backups in CyanogenMod as it only wants to see .zip files but I don't know where they are stored for me to restore these.
Thanks.

I don't know if you have your answer already, but for the sake of researchers...
The stock HTC Messages app creates .hbk files when it backs up it's SMS. Keep in mind MMS does not backup. I have lost my Group Messages because they apparently come in as MMS. (I'm sure this is changeable within settings, but I don't want to change it).
To restore your messages, you'll need to either somehow get the Stock HTC Messages app in CyanogenMod and restore it from there, or... flash a Sense ROM and restore it from there.
The backups are saved in a folder named "sms_backup". This folder is generally located in the root of the internal storage. If you use a file explorer, or plug your phone into your computer, you generally start in the root folder already. (Check your external as well if you don't see the folder). If you don't see the folder, it's safe to create it on your own, and place your backup files there. I suggest placing them in the internal storage, and not the external (for the sake of making sure it works the first time[not saying it won't work, it's just easy to troubleshoot issues if people follow the same steps {malfunctioning SD card could cause an issue with restoring}])
Remember, MMS is NOT backed up using the Stock HTC Messages app for backing up SMS. This means your group messages may not back up. I am now going to start using a 3rd party app to back up my SMS, as so I can backup SMS and MMS.
I have no recommendations on 3rd Party back up SMS applications.

Jaymie1989 said:
Hi,
I've gone from Insertcoin ROM to Cyanhenmod 12 5.1.
I've got backups of my old SMS using the stock HTC One M8 messaging app.
How do I restore my backups in CyanogenMod as it only wants to see .zip files but I don't know where they are stored for me to restore these.
Thanks.
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Download nandroid manager from the play store. It will read your backups and can restore SMS, MMS, call logs, Wi-Fi, apps, user dictionary, and some other things I don't use. It's been invaluable to me over the years.

unable to restore SMS

After Marshmallow I am unable to restore backuped sms in htc messaging app, does anyone else have this problem?

ganesh.kannan13 said:
After Marshmallow I am unable to restore backuped sms in htc messaging app, does anyone else have this problem?
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They are probably gone. You should always back up your text messages in multiple apps(Super Backup/SMS backup/Titanium backup) which transform them into an XML file on your ext SD card. I learned the hard way too so it's no big deal. Just remember to do it for the next time.