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txt transfer

Can any one advice me of either another PDA application or a means of transerring txts from my XDA Exec so i can retain them if have to Hard reset device?

Whilst I don't have an Exec so I can't try this out, I use Jeyo Mobile Commander to backup my SMSes and contacts - it works flawlessly with my device, and as it works through ActiveSync chances are it'll work with the Exec too... PM me for more info.

technorock said:
Can any one advice me of either another PDA application or a means of transerring txts from my XDA Exec so i can retain them if have to Hard reset device?
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sorry, not sure i understand your question... do you want to backup your txt files? just copy them to a SD card ... or to the PC via activesync or via wlan (without AS). plenty of options available.

In the UK, txts is pretty much used as an everyday slang for 'text messages' (txts.. sending a text, etc) - sorry if we confused you

christopherwoods said:
In the UK, txts is pretty much used as an everyday slang for 'text messages' (txts.. sending a text, etc) - sorry if we confused you
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woops. i see now thanks.

SMS transfer
Apologies, it is the sms and mms i want to be able to copy from XDA so i dont lose them when ROM upgrade or hard reset is completed.
Is Jeyo Mobile Commander compatible with the XDA EXEC? also there seems to be a new product Jeyo Pocket Companion, does that do the same?
Newbie so bear with me please.
Thanks for your help.

Re: SMS transfer
technorock said:
Apologies, it is the sms and mms i want to be able to copy from XDA so i dont lose them when ROM upgrade or hard reset is completed.
Is Jeyo Mobile Commander compatible with the XDA EXEC? also there seems to be a new product Jeyo Pocket Companion, does that do the same?
Newbie so bear with me please.
Thanks for your help.
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i know for a fact that jeyo (to backup sms's) is compatible with the exec, but i never tried it, don't know exactly which program you need..
anyway does anyone know of a solution to backup them that doesn't need the pc and syncing? sms export to a txt file or csv or anything would be even better.

The only program I've found which can backup your texts without using ActiveSync is a program called smsBackup - but it's quite buggy, and you still have to copy the file off yourself (it just saves the backup file in its Program Files folder, and doesn't ever prompt you to save it anywhere else) - it's free though, so I suppose you can 'work with it' considering the price point

christopherwoods said:
The only program I've found which can backup your texts without using ActiveSync is a program called smsBackup - but it's quite buggy, and you still have to copy the file off yourself (it just saves the backup file in its Program Files folder, and doesn't ever prompt you to save it anywhere else) - it's free though, so I suppose you can 'work with it' considering the price point
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the problem is that this program is not wm5 compatible.

Ah, rats.
To be honest, Jeyo Mobile Commander is WELL worth using ActiveSync for - it's a really, really useful program and doesn't require anything installed on your mobile device to work, so that's even better.

christopherwoods said:
Ah, rats.
To be honest, Jeyo Mobile Commander is WELL worth using ActiveSync for - it's a really, really useful program and doesn't require anything installed on your mobile device to work, so that's even better.
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the bad thing is that i'd have to start using outlook then :wink:
well, i'll see... if nothing else...

afaik, if you're just using the bog standard New -> Message method of sending texts on your phone, while it does store the messages on the phone in the Outlook hive along with MMSes and emails synced from Outlook, I don't believe you need Outlook on your PC to save and/or restore them, if you catch my drift...

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afaik, if you're just using the bog standard New -> Message method of sending texts on your phone, while it does store the messages on the phone in the Outlook hive along with MMSes and emails synced from Outlook, I don't believe you need Outlook on your PC to save and/or restore them, if you catch my drift...
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sorry, how do you mean the part about using the new/message method. i just press reply many times after seeing the notification without going into the messaging application.
would be real cool if i don't need outlook for this. i'll definitely check this out. thanks once more.

Well I just use the XDA's regular messaging app for texting too, which I know stores text messages in a pooled area along with mesages synced in from Outlook and MMS messages.
But the Jeyo app just reads my SMSes directly from the phone (I can watch it as it populates the list realtime), and when I back up my messages it saves them directly to its own format file, and restores them directly back again. Outlook is never involved.

2 versions
I think there are 2 versions of Jeyo...
1. Is a standalong app
2. Is a build ontop of Outlook...
What've i've noticed is application 1, does not read sub folders, which i've found to be annoying, as i'm on the verge of a hard reset myself, and i have built up quite a collection of sms's now...
Wish there was an easy answer to this...

Maby SPB Backup is something to look into?
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en
Not sure if it does sms/mms, but worth a try

I use Jeyo Mobile Commander to back up my txt msgs, I recently had to send my MDA Pro back to T-mobile so i used Jeyo to save my txt onto my computer and transfered them to my MDA III(BA) until i got my MDA Pro (Universal) back. It works a charm and backs up txt nicley, updates all the current txt on the computer every time you connect it to activesync, the only thing that i would have liked it to do would be to backup MMS which it doesn't have the option for as far as i can see, but apart from that you can backup your txt, contacts, call history and even send txt directly from your computer once its connected to you phone.

Yeah, I noted that it doesn't (can't? or won't?) back up MMS messages, possibly because of the non-standard way in which the XDAs create them (I noticed that the actual MMs composition software is third party, maybe that's got something to do with it...) Aside from that, I'm absolutely happy with the software. The ability to send text messages straight from my PC while my phone's docked is VERY cool

ok problem solved.. a friend of mine is writing a brilliant program that can export the sms's on the device without a pc. basically already working ok, just needs some polishing 8)

Tell him I'd love to beta test it for him, if he needs testers!

Backup SMS Messages to Desktop

Is there a way to backup SMS messages (sent and received) to your desktop PC?

nexess said:
Is there a way to backup SMS messages (sent and received) to your desktop PC?
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Yes! Jeyo Mobile Companion, it costs money but is excellent software! or....http://www.ppcwarez.org/phpBB2/articles.php?t=15732&order=DESC&mode=news
word of warning thought mate, if you use that link, you're gonna run into problems with conflict over the owner name and the crack supplied with download. take a glance at the comments for solutions...time spent getting this software is worth it though - it's brilliant!

does it backup drafts folder too?

Bizigi, thanks for quick reply but the software isn't up to par.
The software is buggy, requires a restart--and theres no way to get messages from all the folders, only the inbox looks like.
If you want to get messages from other folders, copy them over to the inbox folders, but then when you sync it, it will not show up.
You will have to goto a another folder section in Outlook and it will be in there. Now, there is no way to export those messages to a comma delimited/text file.
I would highly warn against this software, it's a huge mess really.

Bizigi said:
Yes! Jeyo Mobile Companion, it costs money but is excellent software! or....http://www.ppcwarez.org/phpBB2/articles.php?t=15732&order=DESC&mode=news
word of warning thought mate, if you use that link, you're gonna run into problems with conflict over the owner name and the crack supplied with download. take a glance at the comments for solutions...time spent getting this software is worth it though - it's brilliant!
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This is not a warez site mate, think you should remove the link!!! I am not a mod so i cant make you but it would be a good idea!
You can say that you can get cracked ones but should not be linking to them!!!

Copy SMS from Samsung to SEXP1

Hi,
Just bought a XP1 and I want to copy my text messages from my old mobile (Samsung U600) to the Xperia.
I've been trying for a few weeks now but it's just not working so I thought why not ask the experts!
Anybody know any way or any program that can help me do this!!
thanks!!!

you could try the microsoft sync program... i dont remember if it syncs the sms too...

no it doesn't.
do google search or search in this forum, for this little utility program called "PIMBackup". select backup of your messages (if you just want SMS, make sure you set just text messages instead of all messages which include email, etc) and make sure you select your storage card as the backup path.

thanks for the quick help.
But PIMBackup works on the Xperia but I'm trying to copy the textmessages from my Samsung to the Xperia.
Any thoughts?

Doesn't Samsung have a software (like nokia pc suite) that could export all your messages?
Also, look if there's any option on your Samsung that may save your messages on the memory card of the Samsung (if it has a memory slot).

why don't you use Microsoft MyPhone, it's in open beta and you can use it to sync text messages from one WM phone to another...

-MP- said:
Hi,
Just bought a XP1 and I want to copy my text messages from my old mobile (Samsung U600) to the Xperia.
I've been trying for a few weeks now but it's just not working so I thought why not ask the experts!
Anybody know any way or any program that can help me do this!!
thanks!!!
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So you bought P1 or X1?

-MP- said:
thanks for the quick help.
But PIMBackup works on the Xperia but I'm trying to copy the textmessages from my Samsung to the Xperia.
Any thoughts?
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my bad, I thought you have a samsung winmo phone, but it sounds like you have a samsung phone running on symbian?
if so, your next best bet might be to sync to your outlook using jeyo.

Thanks for the tips..
Gonna try them tomorrow. Right now I only have a mac computer to work on.

ferjan said:
why don't you use Microsoft MyPhone, it's in open beta and you can use it to sync text messages from one WM phone to another...
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thats the program that i wanna suggest above but i cant remember the name...
you could try that... i guess its the best option.

Archive SMS messages to PC?

Hi!
Does anyone know of a (preferably free!) PC application that will allow the archival of SMS messages?
What I would like to do is to copy all of my messages from my X1 to my PC then delete all messages from my X1 and then just restore a subset of them back onto my X1.
Any help would be appreciated!
Regards,
Alan

Hi. You can do that with the little app called SMS Import. This app allows you to export your stored textmessages into a *.xml-file. This file you can save on your PC, you can edit it with notepad and so you can also delete some messages before you re-import the messages to your phone.
Cheers

Hi de Wolfe,
Thanks for the reply I tried that app (Version 1.0) and it just did not do anything.....
Sorta started and.. did not created an output file... Any other options?
Regards,
Alan

I think you can do this using Microsoft MyPhone service cant you?
i just installed it today and backed up all my contacts and sms messages but im not sure how u get them back on so would need some clarification

I think you can do this using Microsoft MyPhone service cant you?
i just installed it today and backed up all my contacts and sms messages but im not sure how u get them back on so would need some clarification

I'm using Jeyo Mobile Companion, which is standalone APP for SMS, calls,....... They also offer Jeyo Outlook Extender (not sure about the name right now) which integrates itself into Outlook.
The webpage is www.jeyo.com . Can recommend this, because it works flawlesly

nalab1 said:
Hi de Wolfe,
Thanks for the reply I tried that app (Version 1.0) and it just did not do anything.....
Sorta started and.. did not created an output file... Any other options?
Regards,
Alan
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It works. You have to save the file to My Documents. For some reason it can't save to SD Card (On my phone). I have also created an XSL Stylesheet for this applicaiton which will sort out all inbox messages (SmsImport stores ALL folders) and convert them to a proprietary XML format I designed myself, which allows you to store MMS as well (You have to manually add links to pictures etc though) and a further Stylesheet which will transform the XML to XHTML when you open the XML file and offer filtering functions with RegExp (Through JavaScript). Perfect way to manage everything for me.

This is free http://www.efficasoft.com/mobileexpress/index.html

nevermind said:
I'm using Jeyo Mobile Companion, which is standalone APP for SMS, calls,....... They also offer Jeyo Outlook Extender (not sure about the name right now) which integrates itself into Outlook.
The webpage is www.jeyo.com . Can recommend this, because it works flawlesly
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i was using this to plot from my old i600 to the X1, it does not work.

comeradealexi said:
I think you can do this using Microsoft MyPhone service cant you?
i just installed it today and backed up all my contacts and sms messages but im not sure how u get them back on so would need some clarification
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This service is kinda weird. When I first synced my phone to the myphone service, it backed up all my data to the site (contacts, sms, pics, videos, etc.). But now I don't know how to sync from the phone to the myphone. Any changes you made from the myphone service will also change in your device as well.

Jeyo Mobile Companion works well

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This service is kinda weird. When I first synced my phone to the myphone service, it backed up all my data to the site (contacts, sms, pics, videos, etc.). But now I don't know how to sync from the phone to the myphone. Any changes you made from the myphone service will also change in your device as well.
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under programs there is a program called myphone that you use?

Contacts Photos

Is there any way to use a High Def Photo for contacts without that widescreen crop that is included in the contacts app?
Better yet, is there anyway to get the photos that are attached to my Outlook contacts?
I have around 200 contacts and re-setting manually the photos should be a p...
Thank you.

yea, i'd like to know how too

If the contact is a .vcf file, and the picture is attached, it should load up just fine with the picture included on the X10.
I transferred all my contacts from my old phone to my X10 via Bluetooth, and all the ones with pictures kept them when they arrived on the X10.

The problem is that I no lonbger have my old cellphone.

mirdones said:
The problem is that I no lonbger have my old cellphone.
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But you do have them in outlook? Then you will have to extract them out to VCF or something. and then move them over the the phone.

mirdones said:
The problem is that I no lonbger have my old cellphone.
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Yeah, I did them with my old phone too... worked a treat... I then synced my contacts with Gmail (which I hear can also sync pics) but it totally screwed everything up, and I lost half of my favourite contacts...
I guess my post ain't really helpful, except to say backup whatever is on there before fiddling around, or you might loose them all!

But how do I extract my contacts from Outlook to a VCF file?
Outlook 2007 just gives me the option to import from this kind of file.
Export to CSV file does not gives me the photos.

mirdones said:
But how do I extract my contacts from Outlook to a VCF file?
Outlook 2007 just gives me the option to import from this kind of file.
Export to CSV file does not gives me the photos.
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There are a few sister apps floating around - Missing Sync might do it, but basically Microsoft have locked down most of this stuff so you can't do it easily.
EDIT: Just found a some demos for Missing Sync - use that - get your contacts up, then worry about buying it if you think you still need it...
http://www.markspace.com/downloads.html
It's a pretty good program if you ask me, although I'm pretty happy with cloud syncing - I just with Sony Ericsson sync wasn't removed from my device... Google sync sucks.

ukon said:
But you do have them in outlook? Then you will have to extract them out to VCF or something. and then move them over the the phone.
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VCF file copy my phone numbers as notes and not as numberts itself!
Any help?

is there a way to grab fotos from facebook / twitter profile to link to the call contacts on the phone ?

Try this....
http://androidandme.com/2010/04/reviews/syncmypix-pulls-facebook-contact-photos-to-android/
Might be what you were looking for.

suzed said:
Try this....
http://androidandme.com/2010/04/reviews/syncmypix-pulls-facebook-contact-photos-to-android/
Might be what you were looking for.
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Great tip, have missed this feature from HTC Hero.