I just upgraded from Samsung Galaxy S7 to S9 and used MyBackup Pro to backup and restore all my text messages. On the S7, I was able to use *82 prefix in my contacts to show my number and text messages went through without any issues. After the restore on the new S9, I am able to receive the text messages but when I reply, it does not like the *82 prefixing my contact numbers so I removed them from my contacts. I also remove the recipient and readded the new one without the *82 but when I reply, it always grabs the old contact number even though I do not have the old contact number anywhere on my phone's contact list. Does anyone know if the old number is being retrieved from some metadata that is hidden? If so, can that me modified?
I was able to resolve this issue by restoring to a new phone. When I originally backed up with SMS Backup and Restore, I opened the XML file and stripped all the *82 code from the file. Then I restored the backup but it did not overwrite all the fields in the the bugle_db. I was still stuck with the same issue. I then tried using the same modified XML file to restore onto a new phone and bingo, no more *82. Problem resolved.
So does anyone know how to clear the bugle_db on a unrooted phone? Keep in mind clearing the data/cache from Messages app is not the same.
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when i restore the back up file my email doesnt workhave all the folders just cant download new meassages, but does when i create a new account, and my sms well i can send but not receive. using spirite back up
You MUST get the latest version of Sprice Backup. You probably have version 2. You need at least Version 3.
This attachment will fix your problem about not being able to receive any SMS messages but will clear out your existing SMS messages (and possibly all of your e-mails too but I don't know).
i was wondering if there is one file in the whole file structure that stores the sms / mms threads? ive been using mybackup pro to backup my sms and mms threads but it gets time consuming was wondering if there was a way to just pull that particular file off my nandroid backups (which file and what directory it's located in) and just push it onto my phone as opposed to running a program which takes a while to restore a couple thousand texts (i save all my texts)
For what it's worth, there is an app for free on the market called sms backup which backs up all sms messages to your gmail, in a special folder. There's also xarchive that'll do that with mms and photos as well, I think it's 2 bucks. Then you won't have your phone sluggish because of your messages, and you can easily search through them all.
Otherwise, I don't know an exact answer to your question, I'm sorry.
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There is no single file that contains all of the data, but SMS messages are contained in /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db.
This file is as its extension indicates a database. The actual MMS payloads are in /data/data/com.android.providers/telephony/app_parts.
There was a tutorial somewhere on here that talked about extracting the MMS payload by reading the database file with SQLite Database viewer to determine which file in t he app_parts directory is the payload in question and then you would just rename it or something. I can't remember where it was, but a search should probably turn it up.
I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to migrate SMS/MMS from 2.1-update1 to Froyo - the database files are different formats so its not just a straight forward as copying.
Anyone confirm if Mybackup Pro correctly restores SMS/MMS into Froyo from a 2.1-update1 backup?
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i know for a fact that mybackuppro restores the sms and mms messages properly from 2.1 to 2.2
so im probably going to test this anyways but if i replaced the
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
from my nandroid backup would my old messages reappear??
ok no replacing that file only cause mms FC...
here's the problem with mybackup pro, it takes way too long to restore a big database and ive been testing too many roms to dedicate 2hrs a restore, sigh o well ill deal with not having all my sms for now
One thing I'm going to play with is figuring out if I can "merge" the database files manually so that I dont get the FC and can also bring up the MMS messages. Then maybe a script can be written to automate this.
Does MyBackup Pro actually restore everything in the correct order with timestamps, etc.? Why does it take so long...how many messages do you have?
at one point i had over 7500 sms, but it does everything correctly with a restore, timestamps and allllll....i wonder if mybackup pro doesn't already run a script to merge the databases...maybe someone could figure out a way to merge the databases on the computer which might be faster than doing it on the phone?
the databases from 2.1-update1 and froyo are sqlite 3 types, so it should just be a matter of merging them - there are a few new fields in the froyo database though which do seem to be related to sms and mms messages so I guess its just a question of figuring out how and then modifying the newer database with the old data...probably just easier to buy the program, but as you said if you have a lot of messages then its slow.
Hi, Is there a way to recover deleted text messages that were deleted from the call log.. I can recover deleted text if they are deleted from with in the sms app but not able to do when deleted from the Call Log. it is my understanding that we may be able to recover them from the Vmmssms.db-journal file. but i have no clue with that one..
I just got my HTC 10 and I've been moving stuff from my old LG G2. Call logs seem to be stuck though: restoring from Titanium Backup caused a crash and the "Call History" is empty in the dialer.
However, apparently I have the logs since apps like Unlimited Call Logs show them. But they don't get updated when I make or receive calls.
So what can I do? Trying to restore the xml in Titanium Backup causes a crash and trying to restore the call log backup just says "failed". If I knew what file the logs are stored in I guess I could just delete that but what is it?
OK, I found out the answer and also what my mistake was. Call logs are saved with contacts in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db so I moved that to /sdcard and also contacts2.db-journal and contacts2.db_backup and rebooted. Then I had no contacts or call logs but at least call logs would update.
So, I think my mistake was using Titanium Backup to restore contacts from the old phone (I think I restored Contacts Storage). Exporting contacts to vcf on the old phone and importing that seems to have worked. With that restoring call logs from TiBu generated xml file went without issue.
I use TiBu xml backup and restore for call logs and wifi networks. Works great
this app has been great for me:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
amrs said:
OK, I found out the answer and also what my mistake was. Call logs are saved with contacts in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db so I moved that to /sdcard and also contacts2.db-journal and contacts2.db_backup and rebooted. Then I had no contacts or call logs but at least call logs would update.
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Thank you so much! I had an empty call log after updating my Nexus 6 to Lineage 15.1 and clearing out the Google contacts data solved the problem. Contacts synced back in and the call log is populated, too!
Hello,
I'm trying to recover some deleted text messages off my phone. I tried a dozen windows programs without any luck. Is there an easy way to scan the files on the phone and pull deleted text messages? Usually Easeus is my go to for data recovery but that software wants me to use kongo root; research shows me that is only good to android 5.0 and this is running 8.0
I tried google, youtube, etc so I'm guessing I'm out of luck.
Any options for me out there?
Sorry for the delayed reply. As I know, most such recovery softwares need us to root our phones first. Then we can use them to help us scan out the deleted text messages and recover them back. Please remember to stop using your phone when the text messages deleted without backup. Cause if they are overwritten, there is no way to recover them back. Of course, if there is a backup of the deleted text messages, you can recover from backup files directly.