sms backup development! - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV Themes and Apps

Hi,
I am trying to develop a software for diamond where you can backup all inbox sms to a xml file for storage either offline or online (or both).
However, retrieving all sms in inbox is a bit tricky but using a third party dll file like Mobile In The Hand library could be done.
How can I retrieve sms from Inbox folder without using any third party libraries? There should a way of doing so since a third party library is doing it?

I'm not a WM developer, but you could look at the source code of SMSImport, which is GNU licensed.

thx
Thanks Obsidian72 but I have seen few examples on the net but all are C++ and unfortunetly I am not a C++ developer, but Java and C#
Would be nice to see any examples in these languages

Well, if u write the program for your hobby and to learn it's nice..
Beside some SMS backup programs around , I found that most simple by using SPB backup (I guess with Sprite backup too) , and with SPB Explorer to the backup file you can read all your SMS inbox or restore TEXT (SMS) only...

something different
well, the idea is to make one that backs up your sms and store them either offline or/and online privately. Having said that, you also get to see the archive them and be able to see them too without restoring or so.
So, backup my messages, so I can delete all messages in my inbox and also be able to see the backed up messages as an archive both online and offline in my mobile just as if they were in my inbox folder.

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saving SMS messages to PC ??

How is it done if possible?
Is it possible to backup only Datas and not applications...?
.. need help before doing a hard reset.. Thank you
Sprite Backup can do this. The professional version can back-up directly to a PC.
www.spritesoftware.com.
You do need the pre-release of version 2.3 - the current 2.14 will not work - or rather, if you restore a 2.1x backup, you kill the ability to receive SMS'es.
The pre-release has a few issues, but I have succesfully performed both backup and restore with this version.
Regards
Michael
well if you only want to copy sms from your xda you dont need any software... you can find all your sms from all folders in folder windows\messaging
they are .mpb files but they are merely text files chang their extensions and there you are...
bodstrup said:
The pre-release has a few issues, but I have succesfully performed both backup and restore with this version.
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can you expound? what issues are these (so i know if they also concern me or not hehehe)
also is the pre release an eval version (expiring?) or does it accept a registered serial number?
cheers,
carlo
if i copy these files from windows messaging, then reset my device, install a new rom etc and then copy them back into this folder later, will it restore all sms as well as the sms folders???
thanks
woody
mephistodan said:
well if you only want to copy sms from your xda you dont need any software... you can find all your sms from all folders in folder windows\messaging
they are .mpb files but they are merely text files chang their extensions and there you are...
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Mephistodan ---> You are my hero!!! Thanks. Why o why hasn't anyone mentioned this anywhere in my search for a way to backup sms messages!!!
Not perfect, but all I really need is to save sent and recieved sms's ;-)
Thanks again!
I think the is the tip of tips... IMHO!
WM2003/xbackup can handle everything else for backup, as far as I am concerned.
F**K sprite and all other pay stuff for just the sms backup.
Personally, I think MS will (AND should) integrate sms and mms as folders in future outlook versions.
Regards and peace,
Gnuig[/url]
Maybe I was a bit quick to reply... I have some 0 byte files (looks like my inbox), yet I can't find the message of the sms's recieved?
The ones I have sent (and e-mail inbox) appear fine as i rewrite the mpb extensions to text...
so my question is...
where are the inbox files hiding? In the att files (attachments folder)? I don't think so, but mephistodan do you know where the recieved sms's are located, as these are really the ones I mostly would like to keep.
G.
Gnuig said:
Maybe I was a bit quick to reply... I have some 0 byte files (looks like my inbox), yet I can't find the message of the sms's recieved?
The ones I have sent (and e-mail inbox) appear fine as i rewrite the mpb extensions to text...
so my question is...
where are the inbox files hiding? In the att files (attachments folder)? I don't think so, but mephistodan do you know where the recieved sms's are located, as these are really the ones I mostly would like to keep.
G.
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Talking to myself...
Now using dbExplorer (nice prog. -> think I may buy this one) to find the data in the database. The SMS inbox is called something like fldrXXXXXXX and dbExplorer lets you export the db to a *.csv file easy to use in Excel.
Works for me... no more worries that sms data is lost. I guess with some fiddeling, you could easily replace these into the database as well.
L8R,
Gnuig
SMS / MMS / Email export program
Have you tried this program? http://xpocketpc.feűw.hu

Help with sms on nokia

hi Guys!
I've bought an i-mate jasjar, and I'm selling a nokia n70.
Now the problem is how can i pass the sms from the nokia to the universal...
I don't know how i can do it. The extraction of the text is not a problem, thanks to nokia suite. I thinked that maybe some of you know how i can edit a .txt file and save it with a certain extension to make it readable for the ppc.
Or maybe i can "hack" a backup of the sms editing the text, the date of the sms and other information, but I don't know how to do it.
someone can help me?
PS i also thinked to create some email with the text and sincronize it with outlook, but the email must be "sent" from the autor of the sms and have to have the date of the sms.
PPS sorry for my english
Wouldnt it be easier to type them out on your shiny new thumb-keyboard?? test your WPM skills?
You have a choice of notes, MS Pocket Word, or messaging including email or SMS...
;-)
I know i can do it, but i don't want to make it in this way. I would like to have the possibility to read all my sms in the message board of the pda, I would like to backup all the messages in one file with sunnysoft backup manager and not to have the backup plus the folder of the txt messages...
I know I can solve the problem in a lot of ways, but I'm a little "perfectionist"
Is one of the ways I wrote possible to make?
or is there another similar way?
Vijay? Buzz??
ehm what? i don't know those programs...
Hi Man....
Try Message Saver or Message Storer on N70...extract all SMS in text format and copy it to yr Jasjar.Only thing is that u won't be getting in Inbox..but u will get the full details...viz who had sent,time amd the full SMS..seperated with the dots or dashes...
Secondly connect yr N70 to PC vi PC Suite..use file manager option and open the messages...copy them in text format with details and pass them on to yr jasjar
Thirdly u can try using Oxygen Phone Manager for Symbian Phones
I hope this helps
thank you for your suggestion, but i think i didn't explain me. The problem is not how to take out the text of the message form the sms, for this i can use the nokia suite.
I've already tried Oxygen Mobile Phone (I had the oppisite problem when I passed from the alpine to the n70 and x51v - a big big mistake), and it didn't work. Well, to say the true, i didn't remember if Oxygen can convert the sms into email or not, but the computer where it was is, for the moment, a little "detroyed"...
Damn, if I would know how the sms function on windows mobile (are in only one file, one file per sms, two or more files for every sms...) and the registry keys or other things i could put it manually by myself...
For me it's ok also the indication of how to hack a backup of the message with sunnysoft backup manager or sprite backup...
ok I have an idea: I'll do a copy of the folder windows after an Hr, then i'll do a copy of the same folder after I've received an sms. The problem is that I can't copy the folder because a lot of files are in usa. What can i do?
had the same problem moving from Nokia9500 to M5000.
Just put another, say, pay-as-you-go SIM in the Nokia and forward your messages to the SIM number for your jasjar. End of sorry story!
I can do it also in this way, but it will be nothing more than the solution of the txt file...
it can be a way...
but i would like to solve this problem. With the alpine i had the same problem, and i solved by searching the file of the sms on the nokia, open it with word and edit it with the notepad.
Now, I don't think I'm the first with this problem. So there must be a guy who know what file do I have to take and edit....
searching on this forum I've found a post of vijay wich says that the sms and the other stuff are in the file cemail.vol
But he don't says how to modify or copy it: it is a system file, and if i try to copy it wm says that this file is in use...
Someone can help me?
@philtech44
I've understood only now that you were summoning vijay and buzz

Any software to create text messages in the cemail.vol?

While there are a plethora of sms backup programs out there, I've yet to find one that will allow me to add text messages onto my phone. I have a number of sms backups that I'd like to put on my phone, but since some are in text files, others are in bitpim format from an LG phone, and some have had the timestamp completely screwed up in the backup process thanks to Jeyo, I'd like a way to enter them manually. Anyone know of a way to do this? I asked dotfred of PIMBackup, but he said he has no plans to include such a feature anytime soon. Anyone interested in making such a program?

HOW to save my sms on pc in txt format? HELP!

Hello guys, i have a lot of sms texts that i have from my girl, and i wish to save all the sms she ever sent to me on the pc. But how can i export al my sms to the pc? Because if i use pim backup i cant read it on my pc! Help please!
Hi. You can export the SMS's with the tool SMSImport. This tool lets you save the messages to a *.xml. These files you can easily open with Notepad on your PC and save them as *.txt e.g.
Cheers.
Can you tell me where are my messages are stored on my x1? because i cant find it :/
You just have to put the program to your phone and click then "export...". Then you can select a place on your phone where you want to save your exported *.xml (only one file for all messages).
Did it work? Or just get a trail version of Jeyo Mobile Companion (google that) and you even can watch all the messages both of you wrote in a chat window. That is pretty and easy at the same time. Just a little hint...
it works, but all my messages are messed up and its a little hard to see who send me what etc.. ill try this trail later! thanks
To bring some structure in the *.xml you can open the file with Excel.
id use microsoft myphone then save them online then copy and paste them to pc ... word notepad etc.

[Q] Threaded Sms backup

Since my earlier thread was requested to be closed because someone couldn't read through it right i'm reposting it in a simpler easier-to-understand manner
i want an SMS backup solution that backups my threaded messages as TEXT files,TEXT files which i can view using any of the TEXT editors on my computer.something PIM backup is incapable of/
i have searched through the forum and have found only paid solutions,i need freeware which works just as good
Is there any way that that the messages on backup to TEXT retain their threaded structure?
SMS Textual Backup
SMSBackup for WM5/6 is good tool..
I had used it almost year back...
pocketpc-software-downloads.com/software/t-free-pocketpc-smsbackup-wm6-wm5--download-hmtpdbtt.html
This will installed on phone and while you select backup location, preferably use memory card as your backup location..
Blueangel180 said:
Since my earlier thread was requested to be closed because someone couldn't read through it right i'm reposting it in a simpler easier-to-understand manner
i want an SMS backup solution that backups my threaded messages as TEXT files,TEXT files which i can view using any of the TEXT editors on my computer.something PIM backup is incapable of/
i have searched through the forum and have found only paid solutions,i need freeware which works just as good
Is there any way that that the messages on backup to TEXT retain their threaded structure?
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You can use PIMOrganiser instead of PIMBackup it has all the features for backing up messages and even exporting them to .txt files.
Although i dunno whether the threaded form is kept intact or not coz i tried it on the classic form only.
Hope it helped...

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