[TUT] Migrating text messages from WinMo to Android and back - HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera
Greetings
For a few days now i am running an Android build on my HD2. Not exclusively, since i have some apps on my WinMo build that i do not want to abandon (as a matter of fact i don´t want to abandon WinMo as well).
Running both OS works quite well for me, so there is no reason for me to choose just one of both.
Only thing that bothered me (quite a bit actually) was the fact, that i could not have my text messages on both OS. Now there might be those of you, who wouldn´t deem this as very important, but for me it is, so i tried to work this out and am happy to have found a way, which I would like to share with you.
I admit, that it may be a somewhat lengthy and tedious procedure, but unless there is no faster way to do this, it´s fine with me and after all, no pain no gain
I do want my messages on both OS´ and if that means that once in a while i´ll be occupied in front of my laptop, then so be it
Migrating messages from WinMo to Android
Migrating text messages from WinMo to Android is quite easy, i´ll include this, so both directions are stated in this post.
Install the cab from this link http://www.sorobangeeks.com/software/sms-exporter-05-free-download
Unfortunately i do not know the creator of this cab, it was something i found in my many searchs. This one was very useful for me, if ever the originator of this little program should stumble across my thread, THANK YOU
Run it and let it export your text message (creates an xml-file in a folder which is mentioned after exporting the text messages).
Now you have to load the created xml-file with an xml-editor and edit the lines as follows.
Original line in xml-file:
<sms protocol="0" address=""SENDERS NAME" <SENDERS NUMBER>" date="1281196885000" type="1" body="TEXT MESSAGE" status="-1" read="1" />
Edited line you need in Android: (else the senders name and number are not displayed correctly and will not be added to the specific contact).
<sms protocol="0" address="SENDERS NUMBER" date="1281196885000" type="1" body="TEXT MESSAGE" status="-1" read="1" />
After that, boot up Android and load “SMS Backup + Restore” by Ritesh Sahu from Android Market (it´s for free).
From there you can import the edited xml-file into Android and migration this way is done
Migrating messages from Android to WinMo
For migrating the messages from Android to WinMo you have to perform the following steps:
Load the app “SMS Backup” from Michele Valentini from the Android Market (free, as well) and export the messages in Android.
Again you have to open the created xml-file with an xml-editor and edit the lines.
One text message in this file looks like this:
<sms _id="55" thread_id="9" toa="0" address="SENDERS NUMBER" person="135" date="1287921897000" protocol="0" read="1" status="-1" type="1" reply_path_present="" subject="" body="TEXT MESSAGE" sc_toa="0" report_date="" service_center="" locked="0" index_on_sim="-1" callback_number="" priority="0" htc_category="0" cs_timestamp="-1" cs_id="" cs_synced="0" error_code="0" seen="0" human_readable_date="DATE AND TIME" name="SENDERS NAME"/>
Now open the XML template I have enclosed to this post and copy /paste the data of those text messages you want to have in WinMo as well.
- SENDERS NUMBER (with “+” and country code)
- TEXT MESSAGE (who´d have thought )
- DATE AND TIME
- SENDERS NAME
<message date="DATE AND TIME" sender=""SENDERS NAME" <+SENDERS NUMBER>" recipient="">TEXT MESSAGE</message>
I was using a WWE Rom, so the format of the date might be dependent from the ROM you are using. I suppose if, for example, you are using a german ROM you will have to enter the date in the german format (dd.mm.yyyy instead of mm/dd/yyyy).
Keep a look out for the date, the content of the xml file has to be correct, else it will not be imported (which doesn´t do any harm anyways, so…)
I had to change the format, since Android was running in german and WinMo in WWE English.
You can repeat this for all the received and sent messages, and you can add only those messages you want to import to WinMo, regardless whether there are more messages already saved in WinMo or not. The tool (also enclosed) will import the data in the xml-file and leave all other messages, which already are in WinMo alone. You do not have to “import” all your messages, just the ones you are missing in WinMo).
By the way, the attached tool is an .exe file which just has to be copied to the phone and then can be executed directly, installation is not necessary.
After the messages are imported, go to the messages tab and open “all messages” once. I am using pyrorob´s HTC messaging client, the first thing it did was close right away, just open it again and you will see that while closing itself it imported the new text messages into a (maybe already existing) conversation.
I tried this several times with my HD2 (you can see the OS´ I am using in my signature) and it worked just fine
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I would however strongly recommend to backup your messages prior to trying this out. I did several runs with this until at last I got it working and did not loose any data whatsoever, but I won´t take responsibility for any data losses you might encounter.
You shouldn´t, there is no reason, but as always take care, mind your steps, take all the necessary preparations, you never know
I hope this is helpful for at least a few of you, since I have been a member of this forum, I was able to benefit from the talents, the experience and the know how of so many members, maybe I can give a little something back.
Happy new year everyone
useful for me and knowing that there is a solution to my problem migrating out of Windows Mobile 6.5 to Android for my SMS's are about 21,000 now
if this can migrate 21,000 SMS's , im sure anyone out there would be covered
jcsy said:
useful for me and knowing that there is a solution to my problem migrating out of Windows Mobile 6.5 to Android for my SMS's are about 21,000 now
if this can migrate 21,000 SMS's , im sure anyone out there would be covered
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21.000 messages? Really? Can´t quite imagine running WinMo and Android for so long that the messages received on android would reach that high a number.
Now that kinda work i would call diligent
EDIT: Ah, you are talking about migrating from WinMo to Android, that of course is different, sorry i misread that.
I´d try deleting the contacts, so the exported xml file out of WinMo doesn´t contain the sender´s name at all, so you won´t have to edit them out of the xml file. Give it a try
Cheech1976 said:
Migrating text messages from WinMo to Android is quite easy, i´ll include this, so both directions are stated in this post.
Install the cab from this link http://stop3dataroaming.googlecode.c...erSetup0.5.CAB
Unfortunately i do not know the creator of this cab, it was something i found in my many searchs. This one was very useful for me, if ever the originator of this little program should stumble across my thread, THANK YOU
Run it and let it export your text message (creates an xml-file in a folder which is mentioned after exporting the text messages).
Now you have to load the created xml-file with an xml-editor and edit the lines as follows.
Original line in xml-file:
<sms protocol="0" address=""SENDERS NAME" <SENDERS NUMBER>" date="1281196885000" type="1" body="TEXT MESSAGE" status="-1" read="1" />
Edited line you need in Android: (else the senders name and number are not displayed correctly and will not be added to the specific contact).
<sms protocol="0" address="SENDERS NUMBER" date="1281196885000" type="1" body="TEXT MESSAGE" status="-1" read="1" />
After that, boot up Android and load “SMS Backup + Restore” by Ritesh Sahu from Android Market (it´s for free).
From there you can import the edited xml-file into Android and migration this way is done
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Thanks for the tutorial, but it seems your link is not correct (there's a ... in the link as well, not only in the text).
Since you didn't mention the name of the app, I don't really know what to search for either.
Could you please post the link again (or the name of the app)?
Thanks!
I´ll edit the link in my previuos post, the link was working, but now it seems to have died.
Before exporting your messages from WinMo delete all your contacts (you can backup and restore them with PIM backup or ActiveSync), this way you won´t have to edit the xml-file at all.
The exporter is from Ritesh Sahu and is called SMS Exporter 0.5 (if ever the link should die again), the same dev as the Android App needed to import the messages to Android.
Thank you Ritesh
google SPRITE migrate
worked perfect! and it's free. follow the instructions
ex3e1989 said:
google SPRITE migrate
worked perfect! and it's free. follow the instructions
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Using Sprite Migrate only works from WM to Android, but not back, if i am remember correctly.
Does anyone know if Draft smses can also be exported from winmo to droid? Those drafts which do not have any recipients or numbers...
Thank you a lot for your tutorial!! The hint with deleting the phonebook first did the trick!
Thanks for the info... not difficult to do, and the result is great.
I was able to transfer all my messages from WM to Android without any problem.
EBonillaRosaly said:
Thanks for the info... not difficult to do, and the result is great.
I was able to transfer all my messages from WM to Android without any problem.
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Did you have any draft smses without recipients, which you managed to transfer over to droid?
Change the date on your computer.
It will do the trick.
EBonillaRosaly said:
Thanks for the info... not difficult to do, and the result is great.
I was able to transfer all my messages from WM to Android without any problem.
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I´m glad this was useful to you Since i have switched to a NAND build i don´t need the migration from android to WinMo anymore, and i find the migration from WinMo to Android very easy as well
coolfire said:
Did you have any draft smses without recipients, which you managed to transfer over to droid?
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I never came around to trying this, but if my memory serves me well, there should be a line in the appropriate xml file "<folder name="Drafts">".
However i suppose this is the folder with those sms which are waiting to be sent and will be pushed to the "sent" folder after transmission, so this would not be the solution you are looking for.
I was just planning on to migrate from WinMo to Android, and the SMS where one of the things that I didn't want to loose.
I will migrate about 3000 and let you know how it works.
Thanks!
Cheech1976 said:
I never came around to trying this, but if my memory serves me well, there should be a line in the appropriate xml file "<folder name="Drafts">".
However i suppose this is the folder with those sms which are waiting to be sent and will be pushed to the "sent" folder after transmission, so this would not be the solution you are looking for.
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Thanks mate. I believe that's true, however, I also believe that in Droid, the Draft folders are hidden. I have a few smses which I keep under the Draft folder.
Will try your method again, because the last time round, I couldn't get the winmo backup app u posted I'm the OP to run. Was using Sprite Migrate till the beta ended.
Sent from my RafDroidHD using XDA App
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Do you know if they are re-opening the beta or finalising the full version?
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Not sure, I keep going back to Sprite's webby, but till date, no release dates mentioned, i think.
Weird... Upon running SMS Exporter, I keep getting this error message: "Error Exporting Messages: The process cannot access the file '\Program Files\Sms Exporter\SMS.xml' because it is being used by another process." Trouble is, I did not start any other app. Even tried to run it immediately after rebooting, to no avail.
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Unread SMS without title and sender
Hey guys, today i received my P4350, i backed up my sms from my XDA-Neo with PPCimBackup and restored them onto the P4350... But now i´ve got an unread mail in my sms folder, without any sender, message text or anything else. the receive time is always the actual time and i cant delete or move it. has anyone of you an idea how to fix that? I dont want to hardreset the device. Greets Mäffjus Additonal Info: It is running WM6 (by default).
Phantom SMS? Try to connect your device to desktop thru Jeyo Mobile Companion (trial version available at www.jeyo.com) and delete that SMS. Soft Reset.
its not working, ist shows now sms in inbox...i`m not sure why.... Maybe an error in the inbox database? can i edit the file via Hex or windows (XP) editor? Further, do you know how i can disable the terrible sound when i sent an sms and the windows pops up? i found no entry in the registry.
hey, no further ideas?
easy as pie just delete your sms/email inbox. It's the: " cemail.vol " In the mobile root directory. It'll be protected so you'll have to use a trick to get rid of it. Credit goes to Arkhipenko over at mobilitysite.com but here's a quick cut/paste of the solution. "Hi, I have recently discovered that my cemail.vol file went crazy: the outlook folders became misaligned. Without much details of WHAT happened, I needed to delete cemail.vol. It is not a simple thing since the file is constantly locked by some process (no idea which - I tried killing most of them via MemMaid to no success). Anyway, to cut the long story short, one way to do it is to use... Mortscript (what else!) Create a simple script: Delete "\cemail.vol" Place a shortcut to this script to a \Windows\Startup folder and reset: you will have a brand new cemail.vol file when everything boots up (at least I did). Don't forget to delete the shortcut, or you'll have a brand new cemail.vol every time you boot. "
Plz suggest...
Hi, Here are a few things I am puzzled with. Kindly help with them : How can I send multiple SMS to a single recipient (which app). e.g. I want to send all the SMS of my device to another device of mine w/o ActiveSync (just for example). Best PIM Backup/Restore utility ? Some important freeware/s to have on my device (I am trying to upgrade to 6.5 so plz advise accordingly) Any way to check status of a contact without him knowing this (whether phone is off or busy, etc.) Safest way to upgrade ROM. Thanks everybody..........
rex4u said: Hi, Here are a few things I am puzzled with. Kindly help with them : How can I send multiple SMS to a single recipient (which app). e.g. I want to send all the SMS of my device to another device of mine w/o ActiveSync (just for example). Best PIM Backup/Restore utility ? Some important freeware/s to have on my device (I am trying to upgrade to 6.5 so plz advise accordingly) Any way to check status of a contact without him knowing this (whether phone is off or busy, etc.) Safest way to upgrade ROM. Thanks everybody.......... Click to expand... Click to collapse 1. No clue 2. PIM backup app is the best. 3. It depends for what purpose you require 4. Not thr 5. Search or goto Onyx thread in Elf upgrading section.
Thanks dreams !!! 1st and 4th are important to me. While doing research I came across something like HushSMS (or something like that). Any idea/experience of it. Also is there a way to restore SMS from an HTML backup from some other type of OS like Symbian or Java. I am reading Onyx now. Thanks once again dreams.....
html needs to be changed in to csv and then can be imported by PIM. HushSMS, never heard of it. We cant expect all the features available in normal mobile phones in a windows mobile. Limitations are certain.
HTC Messaging Client
@ admin: if this thread is not in the right forum, please feel free to move it. I am not sure where to put it. Guys, I found a new version of the HTC Messaging client version HTCMessaging_Client_1_8_20152127_00. It is a part from a new rom version 2015. I have all the files (see attachment), but I don't know how to make a cab file from it. Also I am not sure if all the files are the correct WWE files. Anybody to help?
eddyve said: @ admin: if this thread is not in the right forum, please feel free to move it. I am not sure where to put it. Guys, I found a new version of the HTC Messaging client version HTCMessaging_Client_1_8_20152127_00. It is a part from a new rom version 2015. I have all the files (see attachment), but I don't know how to make a cab file from it. Also I am not sure if all the files are the correct WWE files. Anybody to help? Click to expand... Click to collapse these are not WWE
This HTC Messaging Client is from a CHT ROM, right? If that's the case, it might not support other characters than CHT ones! Had such an issue when I tried a SKT-based Messaging Client from Leo_SKT_1.78.911.1 ROM!
I can make a cab for you, but what's news on this version?
New version is MUCH faster... It's now realy usable. Still a lot of bugs while receiviing sms is messaging window. CAB have proper 409 mui and send button: Disable Manila > install > reset > Enable Manila
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6780053#post6780053 here the cab! sorry i don't see the post of krogoth! Choose your cab so
how come the file size is so different. 6.68mb vs 2.32mb
superkevx said: how come the file size is so different. 6.68mb vs 2.32mb Click to expand... Click to collapse Hum now my cab is about 3.3Mo (i update it (V2)) i use compress and he uses normal!
krogoth's .cab installs on energyRom rhodium, plain 2.5 on 23xxx. still checking features, but seems to be fine so far. I'll report speed after restoring SMS from MyPhone. G-ThGraf's .cab installs, but does not integrate with NRGZ28's sense.
krogoth said: New version is MUCH faster... It's now realy usable. Still a lot of bugs while receiviing sms is messaging window. CAB have proper 409 mui and send button: Disable Manila > install > reset > Enable Manila Click to expand... Click to collapse Thanks for the cab! This is a version without the secure box. Can you please make a cab with the mui for secure box included? Thanks again, anyway.
I have not tested it yet, but here's HTC Messaging Client v1.8.2016 from the Rom that has Manila 2015 core. I included the 0409 files I use with V1.8.2015. (This is an EXT package is someone wants to create a cab from it) I also attached the Send key files so you have the send icon, instead of the CHT text where the send icon should be.
i can work on it but i'm curently using manila core 2013
I am desperately waiting for this cab.. Did anyone make a cab out of this..
asim.khan4 said: I am desperately waiting for this cab.. Did anyone make a cab out of this.. Click to expand... Click to collapse I already made this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700495
G-ThGraf said: I already made this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700495 Click to expand... Click to collapse hey G-ThGraf, i cant seem to get this to work and i have several questions which i'd really appreciate if you could enlighten me. 1) what is the difference between 2015 and 2016, and why the 1 vs 3 mui files? 2) are the steps to delete and restore messages necessary for the installl to work or are they in place to simply protect ones messages? i ask because i dont care about my messages and it is a bit of a pain to delete, save, restore. 3) regardless of how i attempt to do this i always end up with one of two results: a) i cannot access my text message application at all b) i can briefly open the text message app, but it quickly closes and i cannot actually access any messages if it helps at all: 1) i run spb wms3.5.5 and have sense disabled 100% of the time 2) im on a tmous 2.13 rom, stock. not sure if there is any further pertinent info but i'd love to get this working and it seems others with my setup have it working. id really appreciate your feedback. thanks jason
Originally Posted by jason370 [ hey G-ThGraf, i cant seem to get this to work and i have several questions which i'd really appreciate if you could enlighten me. 1) what is the difference between 2015 and 2016, and why the 1 vs 3 mui files? 2) are the steps to delete and restore messages necessary for the installl to work or are they in place to simply protect ones messages? i ask because i dont care about my messages and it is a bit of a pain to delete, save, restore. 3) regardless of how i attempt to do this i always end up with one of two results: a) i cannot access my text message application at all b) i can briefly open the text message app, but it quickly closes and i cannot actually access any messages if it helps at all: 1) i run spb wms3.5.5 and have sense disabled 100% of the time 2) im on a tmous 2.13 rom, stock. not sure if there is any further pertinent info but i'd love to get this working and it seems others with my setup have it working. id really appreciate your feedback. thanks jason UPDATE: ive made great strides. despite the fact that i never have sense enabled, this is indeed an integral step in the process (otherwise i just got lucky). so here were my steps to success: 1) back up text messages using spb backup 2) permanently delete all messages 3) disable sense (it was already disabled) 4) soft reset 5) install cab (which was transferred to microSD beforehand) 6) press cancel after install to decline restart 7) DID NOT INSTALL THE MUI 8) soft reset 9) enable sense 10) DIDNT BOTHER TO RETRIEVE MY MESSAGES YET 11) Soft reset 12) checked that messaging worked IN sense (and that is was 1.8) 13) DISABLED sense and now this seems to be working perfectly in SPB winmo shell 3.5.5 updates to follow as i progress deeper down the rabbit hole. jason __________________ My Device: HTC HD2 (Leo) OS: WM 6.5 '5.2.21892' ROM: 2.13.531.1 (90963) WWE RADIO: 2.10.50.26 SPB Mobile Shell 3.5.3
go here if you want a working 2016 messaging client that installs on the rhodium or hd2 (probably others too as long as its wvga): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6913148&postcount=746
eddyve said: @ admin: if this thread is not in the right forum, please feel free to move it. I am not sure where to put it. Guys, I found a new version of the HTC Messaging client version HTCMessaging_Client_1_8_20152127_00. It is a part from a new rom version 2015. I have all the files (see attachment), but I don't know how to make a cab file from it. Also I am not sure if all the files are the correct WWE files. Anybody to help? Click to expand... Click to collapse thanks!thanks!thanks!thanks!
[Q] Sync SMS between WinMo and Android
I'm currently trying out dual-bootin with Android for the first time and I reckon I'm gonna be a convert! The trouble is at the moment since I'm not quite there, I like to switch between the two a lot and this means that I get half the SMS threads on WinMo and the other on Android. I'd ideally like to have them both in sync!!!!! ....I've found loads of guides on transferring your sms from WinMo -> Android but nothing the other way around! Is there anything out there that can do this!?!?!?! Maybe a way of getting Android to output in a format that PIM backup can use?? Any help would be great!!!!
I've had the same thougts about syncing messages between Android and winMo.I think the only way to this is by using some backup software like Titanium which can export the sms messages in an open format and then import it back to winMo. Overall not an easy synchronizing process but maybe someone knows about some brilliant software which can do this easy... Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Since posting this I've had a quick play about with the output from PIM backup. As it says on the developers site you can easily unzip the pib file and the message file inside is just a csv semi-colon delimited file. I opened a recent backup with notepad (excel didnt seem to work for some reason...i couldn't get it to save as semi-colon delimited) and then simply changed the date stamp and body of one of the messages. Then put the message.csm file back on the phone and restored from that....selected "Add only new messages..." and bingo the new message was added Maybe using a program like SMS Backup & Restore on android which outputs as xml it would be possible to create a little script to convert that to a csm file??????
dood, just put up with it for now until android is fully developed... can you be patient?i can... bla
questions should go in the questions forum. NOT android development!
[Q]SMS: WinMobile to Android
Hello, first I want to excuse me because I don't know if this topic already exist, I searched but I didn't find I wanna install Android in my HTC HD2, but first I need something to transfert from Win to Android, my contacts and my sms/mms! For contact I already have a solution, using a Google Account, but I don't know what to do for sms/mms, and it's very important that I do that! I hope you can help me to find the right app for this migration Thank you so much, greets
Looks like this helped many people: http://android.riteshsahu.com/tips/importexportmove-sms-messages-from-windows-mobile-to-android I have used Sprite Migrate before: http://www.spritesoftware.com/Great-for-You/Migrate/Migrate-Your-Data-Now/How-To-Transfer but the beta is over now and its not downloadable. One could still use it by temporary shifting back the system date of the device (1 year backwards for example). There are 3 files you need: the CAB file for WM to export the data, EXE for the PC to convert it and an apk for android to import. I can send them to you when I get home if you don't like the method from the first link.