Greets All,
Just wanted to see if anyone else has this, I noticed on my SDCard a folder called PDU_Log, curious I looked inside to find a bunch of files mostly named
sms_1.pdu
sms_2.pdu
sms_3.pdu
sms_4.pdu
Or
mms_1.pdu
mms_2.pdu
When opening it in wordpad its garbled, I am just wondering what is this folder, and is this like HTC sense in Windows Mobile for HD2 that kept a log of all the sms and mms in a folder?
I also have this. After deleting the folder and restarting my HD2, it is created again.
Okay so anyone want to take a stab at this as to if this is the SMS keeping a log? If not then why is it keep coming back?
I don't know why, but it's also on my Desire Z.
I am running the modaco Rom BTW.
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I use handsent SMS. Any clue ???
Dont want this log !!!
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So I changed my client from handsent to chomp and BONG: pdu_log-Folder gone and remains in hell after deleting. So it seems the handsent proggie ist the evil.
btw: if u open one of this log files with a text editor, u are able to read all ur sms, u sent an received: its a huge securety leak, grrr
Its not the case for me as I do not use handsent.
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djelli said:
I use handsent SMS. Any clue ???
Dont want this log !!!
...
So I changed my client from handsent to chomp and BONG: pdu_log-Folder gone and remains in hell after deleting. So it seems the handsent proggie ist the evil.
btw: if u open one of this log files with a text editor, u are able to read all ur sms, u sent an received: its a huge securety leak, grrr
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Confirmed. Very interesting.
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I don`t think its handcent :/ I`m not using it ... didn use it even once! And got this folder :/ Anybody got any more ideas what can creating it? :/
I got the same appearing and I just use the Sense SMS app.
Is anyone else using HTCSense.com?
I'm synching with (not really using) HTCSense.com on my Desire Z with SenseGinger 3.0, also Handcent.
Just noticed this folder a minute ago, it was not there during my SD backup 2 days ago.
Opening the files in Notepad clearly reveals the phone number and message content.
So far I have no idea where this comes from.
Let's find out
Update: rebooted the device, got an sms while shutting down, after reboot the folder was there again, but I didn't start any of the messaging apps myself.
Kind regards,
SubWorx
hay chaps ive been getting this i noticed was when i would install a fresh rom it wouldnt happen
when i logged into my google account i unticked backup and restored my back u with titanium backup
it would return
then i tryed again with siginin into google and doin a back up didnt apear then i signed into google and would appear so i found it was google but even wen i made a new account it would happen im so lost on wats goin on
I just noticed this folder this morning. I'm on an Evo with VirusROM GengerSense ReV B2. I use Handcent. I'm coming from CM7 and never noticed this before, so I'm guessing it has something to do with Sense.
If this is a function of Sense, and if it restores all my messages when I flash VirusROM B3 (which will do a full wipe), then I'm cool with it. I'm more than cool with it actually. Although this should be optional.
PDU_LOG folder
Same thing happened to me.
I'm running Android Revolution B4 and had signed up to HTC Sense just to check the extra's.
I took a backup and then removed the account and the folder and it has not come back since.
I'd noticed that Handcent started running a bit slower possibly cos it up always copying the texts onto the memory card. When I looked at the date/time of the PDU files, they were all copied over yesterday, even though that folder and the messages have been there for about a month.
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This is my take on this.
HTC Sense (2.3 and higher) automatically "backs up" your messages to the SD card. If you were to flash a 2.3 ROM that runs sense then flash another 2.3 ROM running sense, you should maintain your SMS/MMS.
Cool but unsecured. Wish they had implemented some type of security as anyone with some "smarts" can access your SMS/MMS history.
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This is my take on this.
HTC Sense (2.3 and higher) automatically "backs up" your messages to the SD card. If you were to flash a 2.3 ROM that runs sense then flash another 2.3 ROM running sense, you should maintain your SMS/MMS.
Cool but unsecured. Wish they had implemented some type of security as anyone with some "smarts" can access your SMS/MMS history.
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There is a way to disable this automatic backup?
I see this post resurfaced. Just to let everyone know I just checked my sdcard and this folder doesn't exist anymore. I an running my own kingdom rom in my signature forgot all about this till I saw this post again. Could be the message apk that might have this setting.
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MessageCS
Fuzzo83 said:
There is a way to disable this automatic backup?
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you can try to disable,freeze or remove MessageCS application (HtcMessageCS.apk)
thanks to original posters:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17328784&postcount=249
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1162116
http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d-rooting-roms-hacks/99647-guide-updated-7-22-3vo-clean-up-remove-all-bloatware-v2.html
if this a backup. my question is how do we restore it ?
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hi all!
i have the following problem with my messaging client, and thus i'm in search
of the database file which stores (caches) the conversation history in
conversation mode:
after every rom update i perform (and after restoring the messages with either
pimbackup or spb-backup) my conversation history is screwed up. i get wrong
contact pictures (only in messaging client) or no pictures at all, entrys showing
only the contact numbers, not the names (if i tap on such entry the sms contact
page pops up, but without any sms inside) and other strange things.
it's not a problem with the restored sms'es itself, in traditional mode they
are all ok. what's screwed up is only the conversation page (not for all entrys,
but for most of them).
when i recieve or send a sms from a specific contact then the entry in the
conversation mode gets fixed, as well sometimes when i edit some contact
details for a specific contact.
that's the reason why i believe that it's just the conversation database file
which is out of order after a restore, and if i would be able to force a rebuild
of this file (by simply deleting it) my problems would be gone.
i searched this forum and google, but it seems that nobody has an idea
where this file (or is it a reg entry? i doubt that!) is located.
again: i'm not searching for the database for the sms'es, i'm searching for
the database or cache file for the htc messaging client which stores the
conversation history!
can anybody please point me to the right direction?
many thx in advance!
regards,
markus
Hi,
I have the same problem....
Pomi
Hi,
Any solution up to now?
It's annoying
no, sorry: no solution till now!
i flashed my hd2 two days ago, and i fixed the database (for most of the contacts) by adding them one by one to the people tab. after each person i had to do a soft reset, after booting up again the sms history of the last added person was ok!
if some kind soul can tell us where the damn database is located it would be much easier...
Thanks,
It helped a little but still a big mess,
Hopefully good solution will be discovered soon
If you have Jeyo Mobile, you'll see that they create a folder called "conversations" under SMS..
Basically they dump a copy of the latest SMS there, and that'll be the sms on display at the start of the thread.
What I used to do is to delete the stuff in the conversations folder, delete the folder, back up.
After backing up WITHOUT the conversations folder, I'll restore.
Here's where the problem comes in...
Sometimes I restore in the conversation mode, sometimes I restore in the traditional mode. They work most times, but not all times. The conversation threads get rebuilt.
However recently (30 min ago) i just flashed a custom rom... and I realised that my method doesn't work anymore.. let me try try and I'll update again.
I just realised that with the new rom, my method still works.. but it seems to slows the entire phone down as it rebuilds the conversations... (previously I was using the official rom, and it works plenty fast)..
5 min and it's still rebuilding... maybe I should just restart my phone a few times...
moooxooom said:
I just realised that with the new rom, my method still works.. but it seems to slows the entire phone down as it rebuilds the conversations... (previously I was using the official rom, and it works plenty fast)..
5 min and it's still rebuilding... maybe I should just restart my phone a few times...
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i have had the same problem when i restored all my sms's with myphone.
i flashed to energy rom and installed htc message (its by default removed from that rom ) and my hd2 also slowed down, i have had it like that for about a day and then i realised its not going to be fixed by waiting so i removed all my messages and it was fast again
jamieeeee said:
i have had the same problem when i restored all my sms's with myphone.
i flashed to energy rom and installed htc message (its by default removed from that rom ) and my hd2 also slowed down, i have had it like that for about a day and then i realised its not going to be fixed by waiting so i removed all my messages and it was fast again
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I see.. I think it may all be due to the newer manila versions not handling massive number of SMSes... I was on 1.66 till recently, and I was doing almost 2000 smses WITHOUT any slowdowns...
I trimmed it to 1000 smses to move to custom ROMs and now it seems like a few of the newer ROMS supporting the "extra" ram can't handle even just that...
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I see.. I think it may all be due to the newer manila versions not handling massive number of SMSes... I was on 1.66 till recently, and I was doing almost 2000 smses WITHOUT any slowdowns...
I trimmed it to 1000 smses to move to custom ROMs and now it seems like a few of the newer ROMS supporting the "extra" ram can't handle even just that...
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hmm now you mention it i think that is true. i am using a rom that supports the extra ram.
how is ur hd2? has it shown any signs of improvement? to be sure. you are having slowdown of your entire hd2 right? weather animations, everything that moves actually. can you try and delete a random conversation. then it should be fast again for a short period of time..
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hmm now you mention it i think that is true. i am using a rom that supports the extra ram.
how is ur hd2? has it shown any signs of improvement? to be sure. you are having slowdown of your entire hd2 right? weather animations, everything that moves actually. can you try and delete a random conversation. then it should be fast again for a short period of time..
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my HD2 showed no signs of improvement. It got really bad: I couldn't make calls: the system spent 38 seconds trying to load everything on the contact page when I tried to make calls. I was outside, in need of a phone, so I hard-reset the phone (just so that I have something that I can use). It was perfect from there (you know, as a blank phone with no info).
Loading 1000+ contacts up again didn't cause the same issue again.
Loading just 500+ smses started the whole nonsense again.
Tried with a few other ROMs with extra RAM, the same happened - think the newer ROMs with extra RAM just can't handle a large number of SMSes.
You may not notice the slow down if the smses come in incrementally, but when I loaded all the smses at the same time the phone just obviously slowed down.
moooxooom said:
If you have Jeyo Mobile, you'll see that they create a folder called "conversations" under SMS..
Basically they dump a copy of the latest SMS there, and that'll be the sms on display at the start of the thread.
What I used to do is to delete the stuff in the conversations folder, delete the folder, back up.
After backing up WITHOUT the conversations folder, I'll restore.
Here's where the problem comes in...
Sometimes I restore in the conversation mode, sometimes I restore in the traditional mode. They work most times, but not all times. The conversation threads get rebuilt.
However recently (30 min ago) i just flashed a custom rom... and I realised that my method doesn't work anymore.. let me try try and I'll update again.
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Thank you for this tip, it worked a treat. All my text messages are back in place and conversations are in tact. great Job. Thanks
Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems with their contact pics showing up on the native and handcent SMS apps. Like if someone sends me a txt their pictures are not by the msg...its fine on the phone calls but not sms.
Let me know
Thanks
wow
I dont know what happend but i had to export to sd the import from sd to google...working now...
Actually now I have double contacts and when I merged from the gmail site it deleted the duped and now pics r gone.
Sent from my Incredible running SkyRaider 2.0.1
loccoelf said:
Just wanted to see if anyone else is having problems with their contact pics showing up on the native and handcent SMS apps. Like if someone sends me a txt their pictures are not by the msg...its fine on the phone calls but not sms.
Let me know
Thanks
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I was having the exact same problem. I am not running Sky Raider, but I am on the leaked 2.2.
I nandroided back to what I thought was CyanogenMod6 (turbs iut it was actually my nandroid of the fresh 2.2 leak. Whatever it was it was fixed. I wish I gad an answer, but I honestly have no idea what happened. All I did was nandroid back 6 hours early and it was fixed
When I first went to Skyraider 2.0.1 I had the same problem too, so I uninstalled handcent and used the stock messages app and all the pictures for my contacts showed up.
Well, I have this problem as well. No matter what I have done I have not been able to get my contact pictures working in Handcent or the stock messaging app. When calling, or just browsing my contacts, their pictures appear just fine.
I backed up then wiped my contacts and uninstalled Handcent, and rebooted (battery pull for 30s).
When the phone rebooted I reinstalled Handcent and then restored contacts from the SD card, and then rebooted. Still no luck..
I also had this issue so I removed the Mms.apk and pushed the vanilla Mms.apk in recovery its faster and does not suffer from the contact picture problem
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HeyItsLou said:
I also had this issue so I removed the Mms.apk and pushed the vanilla Mms.apk in recovery its faster and does not suffer from the contact picture problem
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Hmm.. I'm a relative noob. Could you give me any direction on how to do this?
I know there are other Android devices where this happens, but I haven't heard of it yet on an Epic.
Basically, I've kept all my SMS messages for the last couple years. This morning I sent a text, no problem, still had all my messages. I received a reply driving to work and when I checked about 10 minutes later all my messages (including all threads) were gone except for the reply!
I do not have any autodelete enabled. I use Handcent. Handcent did dump a 0kb stack file on my SDcard root folder at the time it happened.
I already checked /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony only to find my mmssms.db is shrunken from 1.6MB to 35kb. There is also a mmssms.db.bak and mmssms.db.mark which are 0kb and not typically in there.
Any ideas on where my missing DB file could be? I feel it is erased, but do not know of any recovery method. I already searched the SD card using Recuva with no DB files. Where else can I look? Any way to mount the internal storage to attempt a recovery?
Thanks
oktanedroid said:
I know there are other Android devices where this happens, but I haven't heard of it yet on an Epic.
Basically, I've kept all my SMS messages for the last couple years. This morning I sent a text, no problem, still had all my messages. I received a reply driving to work and when I checked about 10 minutes later all my messages (including all threads) were gone except for the reply!
I do not have any autodelete enabled. I use Handcent. Handcent did dump a 0kb stack file on my SDcard root folder at the time it happened.
I already checked /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony only to find my mmssms.db is shrunken from 1.6MB to 35kb. There is also a mmssms.db.bak and mmssms.db.mark which are 0kb and not typically in there.
Any ideas on where my missing DB file could be? I feel it is erased, but do not know of any recovery method. I already searched the SD card using Recuva with no DB files. Where else can I look? Any way to mount the internal storage to attempt a recovery?
Thanks
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Unfortunately I can't give a suggestion as to what happened but I can make a suggestion to keep it from happening in the future. Get the app called SMS Backup. This app backs you sms messages to your gmail account (with a separate label so it doesn't clutter your inbox). If this happens to you again in the future then at least you will have the data backed up.
oktanedroid said:
Basically, I've kept all my SMS messages for the last couple years.
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Probably going to come off wrong, but WHY?!?!?!
Orbiting234 said:
Probably going to come off wrong, but WHY?!?!?!
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@goddimus: Thanks for the suggestion about SMS Backup to Gmail. I did have that installed at one point (2009) but was concerned about battery life so decided to uninstall it. I do have an old backup from 3 months ago on my computer.
@orbiting234: I keep them for the same reason I keep all my emails. You never know when you need to refer to it, plus once in a while it's fun to look at to remember the events of your life.
Any way to extract a bit-accurate image of the data partition to run through a recovery program in Windows?
Yes, just went thru similar issue. Ill update this post when back home, but search this forum for 'extract nandroid' .. ill also post the db where sms are located.
Sent from the future.
decalex said:
Yes, just went thru similar issue. Ill update this post when back home, but search this forum for 'extract nandroid' .. ill also post the db where sms are located.
Sent from the future.
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I don't have a recent Nandroid backup though. What do you mean exactly?
Thanks
I am not sure if it is just me or everyone else is also having this problem also:
The Message app interface is really slow. It takes a long time to load or send messages. There is atleast a 5+ second delay when interfacing with different threads. For example: When I am reading my txt messages from person A, and then I press the back button to view all my messages, it takes atleast 5+ secs to go back to the view with all messages.
To troubleshoot this issue, I backed up my mmssms.db file and deleted it from the phone. This way I start fresh with no saved message. All of a sudden this issue was solved. The interface was fast again with no lag at all. But when I restored my original mmssms.db again, the interface becomes slow again.
Any way resolve this issue?
Edit: I am using the MDJ FroYo Revolution v2.3 NAND build.
Is this problem occurring in the Android ROM you have in your signature, or in WM?
If it's WM then you need to update your ROM as there were SMS lag issues in early WM ROMs.
johncmolyneux said:
Is this problem occurring in the Android ROM you have in your signature, or in WM?
If it's WM then you need to update your ROM as there were SMS lag issues in early WM ROMs.
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Yes, I am using the Android MDJ FroYo Revolution v2.3 NAND build.
Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?
I never had that problem... How many messages do you have?
DeadVirus said:
I never had that problem... How many messages do you have?
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I have over 5000+ txt in total.
Zythyr said:
I have over 5000+ txt in total.
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Well I have less than 1000, so that may be your problem...
Well I don't want to delete all my text. I like having all the conversations saved. Is there any fix for this issue?
I can't suggest a solution that would make the messaging app quicker with that many texts, but I use an app called SMS Backup+ (available free on the Market) and it automatically backs up all messages (and new messages) to your Gmail account, in a new folder called SMS. That way, you could delete them from your phone and still have access to them.
Alternatively, try an another SMS app, like GO SMS (again, free on the Market, as are many others). It may be better for you.
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I can't suggest a solution that would make the messaging app quicker with that many texts, but I use an app called SMS Backup+ (available free on the Market) and it automatically backs up all messages (and new messages) to your Gmail account, in a new folder called SMS. That way, you could delete them from your phone and still have access to them.
Alternatively, try an another SMS app, like GO SMS (again, free on the Market, as are many others). It may be better for you.
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I installed GO SMS. Really like the app, thanks for the tip, although the interface is still slow.
Also, I have been noticing my text messages keep randomly being deleted. Luckily I have them backed up and have to restore it. I have noticed this problem atleast 4 times during the last 4 days. Why is this happening? I made sure to go to Settings and uncheck limited messages.
hey guys...
though dhd is the best phone i ever had (have iphone,samsung galaxy tab,nokia 900, htc wildfire, se x10i, bb 9780) but i have few problems wanted to know their solution asap...
1. once i create a contact, after few days it by slf make 4-5 duplicate contact...i m really annoyed with this...cz i have to delete them again and again...
2. if a sms conversation is going on...when i reply to sms, and when the person replies me again....his sms is shown before my sms as if he sent me 2 msgs n then i replied...this also annoyes me a lot....its hard to find when the sms came...
3. the worst of all.... in the call history or in contacts or anywhere...sometimes when i touch the dial button after selecting the call...nothing happens....and suddenly after 4-5 it will call that person....damn...many time it happened to me that it called someone whom i wanted to call very urgently...but it never do so....then suddenly it calls....though dhd is very responsive...but i cant figure y it happens...
plz help me guys...i wanna know the solution of all these problems...
thnks....
n yeah m on the latest 1.84.720.3
with kernel 2.6.32.2
I've heard of those issues before with 1.72/74 but not 1.84.
Have you tried a factory reset?
i did....bt m trying once more.....lets c what happens aftr it...
the problem seems to be there only...nothing changed...even after factory reset...my contacts and sms are there....applications are downloaded again...and its giving me the option to link contact...when i likn them its like 8-9 same contact in one......i think factory reset doesnt make it new...what can be done now??
aniketsharma9865 said:
hey guys...
though dhd is the best phone i ever had (have iphone,samsung galaxy tab,nokia 900, htc wildfire, se x10i, bb 9780) but i have few problems wanted to know their solution asap...
1. once i create a contact, after few days it by slf make 4-5 duplicate contact...i m really annoyed with this...cz i have to delete them again and again...
2. if a sms conversation is going on...when i reply to sms, and when the person replies me again....his sms is shown before my sms as if he sent me 2 msgs n then i replied...this also annoyes me a lot....its hard to find when the sms came...
3. the worst of all.... in the call history or in contacts or anywhere...sometimes when i touch the dial button after selecting the call...nothing happens....and suddenly after 4-5 it will call that person....damn...many time it happened to me that it called someone whom i wanted to call very urgently...but it never do so....then suddenly it calls....though dhd is very responsive...but i cant figure y it happens...
plz help me guys...i wanna know the solution of all these problems...
thnks....
n yeah m on the latest 1.84.720.3
with kernel 2.6.32.2
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For the SMS problem use a non-stock sms app. Download GoSMS Pro or Handcent SMS. Do not uninstall the stock app but just take out the notification from stock app. I'm using GoSMS and it's better than stock IMO. You can for example backup your SMS to sd with it.
You could also try to use another dialer to correct the call problem. Go Dev team has also Go Contacts that provides you with Go Dialer. I'm using these also
For the contact thing. Have you tried to take off the Syncing of contacts from Accounts&Syncing?
Have you thought about installing a custom rom? There's nothing wrong with your phone, those are plain software issues...
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well i dont want to install any custom rom...ill spent a whole day in rooting it thn a new update is gonna be available very soon...thn again ill come to custom rom...that seems to b a complete waste of time...
I had the same issue with the contacts, but once I deleted the duplicates (and not transferring from the old phone since they were already backed up on my google account)
select to view and take off SIM contacts. clears up a lot of the duplicates issues.
Search sms time fix in the market, when installed set it to use phone's time.
fixes the issue. The new 2.36 ruu doesnt fix the time issue.
The DHD will try to merge all your contacts from all your linked accounts. I had a similar problem as HTC Sense for Facebook and Twitter will run alongside the Facebook and Twitter apps. You need to check sync to make sure you don't duplicate accounts. Remove the duplicate accounts could help your problem.
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