anybody know a solution for this problem? this is my draft in messages.
SMS problem draft, outbox, sent
mine is worse. It includes unusable draft, outbox, and sent folders for my sms. I read somewherer the problem has to do with sprite backup after it restores a previous backup including sms. their suggested solution was to upgrade to version 3 and above which I did but did not help any. Ideas would be appreciated. I have himalaya with xdajojo2 upgrade software windows mobile 2003 se.
What might be a solution is to install a db program, such as dbExplorer and then see if the corruption is in the database or somewhere else perhaps. If you can count how many messages are in your Inbox and then look for a table with that number of records (usually it's one of it not the largest table). Look for TEXT columns and then see if there is meaningful data, or just the garbled nonsense you see in Inbox.
Apply the same for Outbox and Sent Items etc. Let me know the results.
Ant
Jeyo Mobile Companion
I had the same problem with an earlier rom-verson on the xda. The problem appears only when changing rom (I think). And a solution is to copy all the messages with "Jeyo Mobile Companion".
Don't know any other way than using the old-rom version, making a backup with a backup system, and then applying the backup on the new rom version.
Jeyo Mobile Companion is a program that does not seem to copy the message-database itself, but the content. And when you apply the backup later it will just tell the operation-system what to insert back into the database. It solves the problems with having a slightly different way of storing the messages in db.
This is just my theory, so correct me if I'm wrong!
Jeyo Mobile Companion can be download (trial version) here:
http://www.jeyo.com/products/JeyoMobileCompanion.asp
I experienced the same problem on Magician, WM2003SE. Any solution yet?
Related
Hi,
Prior to upgrading to 2003SE, I copied the contents of the Messaging folder to my PC and then back again after the upgrade.
My belief that this would retain my SMS messages was wrong - is there any way for me to restore my SMS messages from the MPB files?
I've searched the forum over and over but can only usually find references to Sprite or other backup/restore facilities - they would've been fine for me if I'd used them prior to the upgrade, but since I didn't the only way I'm able to restore is to somehow get them from the MPB files.
Any thoughts?
maybe here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=21681&highlight=
or you can try dbExplorer
AllExport
Unfortunately AllExport doesn't work for me. I guess I'll give dbExplorer a punt, but again I don't think that will work as I didn't use it to export them in the first place. All I have are a whole bunch of MPB files.
try google for the format and possible programs to access such files
http://filext.com/
Database gone
Turns out I should've also copied/exported a particular database file from the XDA before I upgraded the OS.
Guess I've lost it now, for whilst I have the messages themselves I don't have the message headers (they are contained in said database).
In a word... bugger.
I've got a similar problem...
I've both mpb and database but they seem to be unbound
I can see header from one side and contents form the other...but no way to recover the complete functionality...
Guess we'va lost everything!
Gone gone gone
Wow, interesting that even preserving the db and the mpb files doesn't help you out.
Strikes me as pretty stupid. Whilst I haven't used them because of my current problem, has anyone been able to export and import SMS (particularly imported to a new installation / fresh upgrade) using one of the existing programs (Sprite, dbexplorer) WITHOUT losing SMS functionality (as Sprite seems to do) or having to manually stuff around with databases? Interested for future reference (as in, if I decide to up to WM2005 when it gets relatively stable).
Firstly, I did a search and this issue was briefly touched on, but no resolve was given. I receive a new text message, I go into my inbox it says 0 items 1 new. This has been going on for a week. Now I have missed 11 text messages. My inbox and today screen say 0 items 11new. Any way to find these messages and to repair so this does not continue?
Thanks
Help I can't retrieve my text messages... now there is 13.
nerdgurl, kindly send a list of all 3rd party programs installed.
Here is the list:
Total Commander, Sygic Mobile Contacts, Pocket Max PhoneAlarm,
AE Button Plus, SetAsRingTone, ME PhonePlus, SPB PocketPlus, Sprite Backup.
It was working fine until last week, when I did a full restore, but I do have the newest Sprite Backup so there should have been no conflicts, but I don't know.
Is there any way to retreive them with another messaging software?
Thank you so much, I'm getting desperate
Are you going to the correct inbox? There are several inboxes: MMS, Outlook E-Mail, SMS...
Restoring backups screws up inboxes. Sprite's the closest thing to a proper backup app but still not perfect.
Yes, I'm going to the correct inbox, as for Sprite perhaps I am unable to save my old messages but I can't even receive new ones. If I knew how to do a screen capture, I would post a picture of this bizzare behavior.
jdee246 said:
Restoring backups screws up inboxes. Sprite's the closest thing to a proper backup app but still not perfect.
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Nah, I would suggest SPb Clone, lotsa issues with Sprite :>
Is there any remedy for this, to retrieve my older messages or to stop this from occuring with new incoming messages?
Nerdgurl said:
Is there any remedt for this, to retrieve my older messages or to stop this from occuring with new incoming messages?
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There is a tool to backup messages. I have not yet tried it myself. I'm just going to post a link to it since after install you need to put in a code at their website in order for software to be able to run. Hope it helps.
http://pdafresh.freeweb.hu/communications/sms/app_smsbackup.htm (Backs up only messages)
Developer site: http://www.zedsoft.net/smsbackup/
http://pdafresh.freeweb.hu/communications/sms/app_allexport.htm (Exports messages AND Outlook data)
UPDATE: Export function works fine. Restore will test after a HR. Backup worx.
Developer site: http://www.zedsoft.net/allexport/
Hope it worx 4 u
OH I messed it up good! It says Message Backup successfull (0 Messages), then I tried to restore the messages and it would state: Message restore successfull (0 Messages). What have I done?
Nerdgurl,
Your sms database seems to be corrupt. Use the attached tool to delete all mail/sms databases. Dont forget to backup since it destroys all SMS, mail & account info. I had a similar prob & resolved.
Cheers...
You can try the soft from Jeyo to see, if it can salvage your messages. But when all is said and done, you will HAVE to do a hard reset, to get things running again. With a bit of luck you can reinstall everything but the messages, otherwise a full reinstall is needed.
Also, you may wanna try visiting www.Sunnysoft.cz for Backup Manager. A very nice alternative to Sprite, which has way too many unsolved bugs. I fully agree with dmmh on that...
The notification said I had new sms's.
The inbox status line says: Text Messages 0 items, 3 Unread.
Anybody some smart ideas?
mambaum said:
The notification said I had new sms's.
The inbox status line says: Text Messages 0 items, 3 Unread.
Anybody some smart ideas?
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Had the same problem, Like it or not, it was caused by Spritebackup (and other backup programs do the same thing). Are you using some backup software on your device? If so that might be the cause. These programs have trouble with the databases (when restoring / patching the backup data into the database during a restore) and sometimes (or even pretty often) screw up the databases. There is a "CleanMail.exe" tool available from Sprite backup. I'll attach it to this post but you should go to their website to read about it if you are inclined to use it. It will wipe all the mail databases completely. Do a backup before using it, just in case the backup programs were not the cause of the problem.
If the problem persists there is no way around a hard reset. Had at one time lost my SMS folder altogether and couldn't get the registry fixed, so hardreset it was for me. Luckily I keep my daily backup files for 21 days, so I found a older backup with the reg intact.
Hope it helps.
CleanMail removed MMS
Hello
I tried the CleanMail util.
After running CleanMail util, I can send an MMS to myself,
but if try to receive it, it only contains an SMS...the picture is gone.
After syncing with outlook, only have 2 message boxes:
-mail
-sms
These two seam to work, now....I can receive sms'es again.
The mms box has disappeared.
Another solution
Another solution is posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=278434#278434
After my Vario II gradually slowed to a halt and stopped receiving calls or sending text messages, I finally had to admit defeat and do a hard reset (not bad going though, I managed 4 months without hard resetting)
I am now going through the long process of getting everything back the way I like it (I stupidly didn't have a backup program installed!). I am sure I found a registry tweak to store, by default, all of my SMS text messages to my storage card and looking at the contents of my card, I do have a folder which seems to agree with this as it does look like it is full of my most recent SMS messages, but I can not, despite searching for a few hours, find the tweak to do this again.
Can anyone help? I have found something about temporary internet files but nothing about SMS/text messages.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I am just bumping this in the hopes that someone may be browsing who knows the answer .. I shall keep my fingers crossed. Thanks.
first post virgin
One I usually do when I want to preserve my SMS messages is use SPB backup, and select just the emails/messages to be backed up, this will back em up to the memory card as an exe.
when your happy with your new "build" on your phone simply run the exe and the messages are back.
Hope that helps?
Thanks for that Craig. I will give SPB Backup a go, it really would make sense for me to install a backup program, it would have made the recent hard reset less painful as far as reinstalling stuff was concerned
I am still interested in knowing where the registry entry is for the sms storage location because I would like to be able to access the various messages I appear to have on my storage card ... I can't for the life of me remember how I managed to change the location to get them on there in the first place, it was several months ago and I have't bothered to save the post/webpage I got the info from .. silly me!
Thanks
Check out Jeyo mobile extender for outlook, everytime you sync with your ppc via activesync and outlook it will back up your sms to outlook.
Not quite the same, but efficasoft Mobile express will allow you to send messages from your PC through a connector when the PPC is connected to active sync.
You can see your messages in the softwares in box, and export them to a text file thus backing them up but you cant import them back into the phone unfortunatly
I used sprite backup on windows mobile 6.1 and then upgraded. I then restored all my messages and in the windows part of the messages all my messages are displayed in the correct order. However if i go to the contact and click the messages they have sent me, it is displayed in a completly random order :S.
Anyone had this problem? Any ideas how to fix it?
i have the same situation ;(
anyone can help?
Same thing happened to me - can't see how to fix it, and don't want to delete all messages.
Interestingly, if I use Jeyo to view a contact's Chat History, the messages are all shown in the correct order - so why can't WM 6.5 sort them in exactly the same way as 6.1 did?
Same thing here, instead of threaded / sorted by time, conversations are sorted alphabetically first all messages by "me" then all messages from contact (or visa versa if their name starts with a letter earlier then the M)
Can't find any settings yet where to change this.
I have a problem where any message that gets sent to me has a timestamp 1 hour in the future. So the order of my messages is incorrect.
I thought maybe this is related to Daylight Savings but I'm not sure.