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[Q] Couldn't create new folder for SMS after update

Hi guyz, recently I updated my rom version to 2.53.707.4... Before that I backup all my SMS and other stuffs using PPCPimBackupV2.8.. I had a folder called saved SMS in the previous version, so when I backup I saved all the massages in that folder too..
So after flashing I restore everything but when I got to massages through start and in the drop down menu I couldn't see the saved folder.. Previously we can juz go to all massages and view all the folders and even create a new folder but with the new rom I couldnt do so..
So is there any fix for it? Thanks in advance..

Backup and restore Sony Ericsson

Hi everyone, I've changed my rom because it was giving me some problems (WiFi doesn't work anymore even after the full wipe), so I've installed Kuyadroid. I remember there was an "hacked" apk of the Sony Ericsson Backup and Restore that worked with the roms. I had it in the previous rom and I did backup my sms, now I want to restore them and I don't find this apk. Any help?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982051

fifo171 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982051
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Thank you so much, I saved the page in the bookmarks!

I've installed it but it says "can't read the selected backup file" when I try to restore it, why?

Tommolo said:
I've installed it but it says "can't read the selected backup file" when I try to restore it, why?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11908011&postcount=4
"IF YOU GET ERROR ''CANT READ FILE'' WHILE RESTORING A BACKUP DOWNLOAD THIS
Installing update
1. Download DeskClock.apk above
2. Using root explorer, paste it in system/app
3. Set permissions to 777 (all boxes checked)
4. Now try restoring the file that previously said ''cant read file''; it should work now"

hey i am using xperia x8 2.1...when i was using 2.3 i created a backup file..den i switched to 2.1 and now when i try to restore my .sbf file cannot do it coz it says "cannot read the selected backup file"...i have to tried to use the following solution...
IF YOU GET ERROR ''CANT READ FILE'' WHILE RESTORING A BACKUP DOWNLOAD THIS
Installing update
1. Download DeskClock.apk above
2. Using root explorer, paste it in system/app
3. Set permissions to 777 (all boxes checked)
4. Now try restoring the file that previously said ''cant read file''; it should work now
Installing Backup & restore app
Goto system folder using root explorer and edit the below entry in build.prop
From
ro.product.manufacturer= "whatever name here''
To
ro.product.manufacturer= Sony Ericsson
Then download BACKUP & RESTORE here and install.
i have rooted my phone and done everything above.....
i did this but it was not helpful it is still showing the same message"cannot read the selected backup file"
plz help me out need my backup badly!!

I get back up and then update phone using PC companion with repair option. after that when I want to restore got this error "cannot read selected backup file".
the link for DeskClock.apk is missed, and I'm unable to move files or change permission in system/app/ using root browser lite ("Operation failed" error occurred ).
please help to figure out this problem.
many thanks in advance

backup one option at time
e.x:
one backup sms only
one backup bookmarks only
one backup contacts only
one...........
that I did on a gingerbread rom
and restored one at time again to official eclair
some apps may not restored because not compatible with eclair and maybe that the reason of error
try to not backup the apps with this method..
use astro file manager for the apps

Superuser_ said:
backup one option at time
e.x:
one backup sms only
one backup bookmarks only
one backup contacts only
one...........
that I did on a gingerbread rom
and restored one at time again to official eclair
some apps may not restored because not compatible with eclair and maybe that the reason of error
try to not backup the apps with this method..
use astro file manager for the apps
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unfortunately I have no access to my old data and the only thing I have is my latest backup with spf format.
any other suggestion?

always we keep a recovery backup..
The most important data is your contacts.. the other staff can you find manually
The only way is to flash again your previous custom rom install again backup and restore app and restore data with the app(maybe it will work on the rom you make the backup),and backup your data again but with other method..
Also look and this old thread
I think you can't restore the sbf file with other tool..but you can read it with a windows app(Google it)
The path of your sbf backup file is in: sd card/data/backup

Superuser_ said:
always we keep a recovery backup..
The most important data is your contacts.. the other staff can you find manually
The only way is to flash again your previous custom rom install again backup and restore app and restore data with the app(maybe it will work on the rom you make the backup),and backup your data again but with other method..
Also look and this old thread
I think you can't restore the sbf file with other tool..but you can read it with a windows app(Google it)
The path of your sbf backup file is in: sd card/data/backup
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Dont work with GingerDX - is locked by sony...
How run it?
I change ro.product.manufacturer= Sony Ericsson
but is dont work

[Q] Visual Voice Mail

Ok, rooted my phone yesterday so very, very new at all of this (Evo 4g on Sprint, using newest cyano).
Been trying to get my visual voice mail back up and running. I've read threads on the issue that give these instructions:
Please leave feedback on this new method in the asopGBMod XDA thread as it still needs more testing.
1.Download the Sprint VVM 5.1.0.48 Titanium Backup zip: Download
2.Extract the Sprint VVM 5.1.0.48 Titanium Backup zip to the root of the SD card.
3.Download & install Titanium Backup from the Market.
4.Launch Titanium Backup and make sure Sprint VVM is removed (if not, use 5.Titanium Backup to remove it).
6.Install the Sprint VVM (/sdcard/sprint_vvm_5.1.0.48.apk).
7.Launch Titanium Backup, select Sprint VVM, select Restore and select Data Only.
NOTE: There is App+Data but it doesn't work.
8.Launch the Sprint VVM and "Compose" a message to yourself. It will test send and receive functions of Sprint VVM.
Enjoy and report back to the XDA thread with your results.
I followed these, but when I get to step 7, i don't see any kind of restore option - just backup, freeze, uninstall, run and wipe data. What have i done wrong (or more likely what painfully obvious thing am i missing)?
ETA: The end result is the T30 error. Can still get voice mails the old fashioned way by punching numbers, but clearly not ideal...
Thanks

Move the extracted files to /sdcard/TitaniumBackup instead of /sdcard, then restore .

bcarter2000 said:
Move the extracted files to /sdcard/TitaniumBackup instead of /sdcard, then restore .
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Sorry, don't quite follow. The extracted files from the TitaniumBackup are in that folder automatically, and the .apk for voice mail is on sd - should i put the .apk into the TB folder as well before installing? Move the installed vm files into TB folder afterwards?

Problem solved. Sort of - just going to use google voice. seems to work very well.

Or u could just go to decks rom thread and download the flashable zip file for vvm and have the original app work

I have the same problem but on a Sense ROM. And this fix doesn't work

YolkiZelyoni said:
2.Extract the Sprint VVM 5.1.0.48 Titanium Backup zip to the root of the SD card.
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The files included in that zip are a part of a backup someone made. You have to extract them into the titanium backup folder, not the root of the sdcard.

Extract/Restore SMS/MMS, Contacts/Call Log, and Launcher Config. From Nandroid Backup

I was using Nexus S i9020T, CM7 nightly (a few weeks old) and for some reason I wake up this morning and couldn't get past the CM7 "blue circle" screen booting. I had about a month old backup but I didn't want to lose any recent data so I made a Nandroid backup.
Normally, to restore SMS or MMS from an old backup, one can just restore the nandroid backup, use a third party SMS backup program to backup the data to sdcard or gmail, restore or install new rom, then restore the SMS from the third party backup software.
However, in my case, I had a nandroid with data on it that I wanted to keep but that wouldn't boot.
So I did some searching and others have had this problem before but I figured I'd put it here for others that may have the same problem. I am not taking credit for this I just found various pieces of info around the web.
The solution is to use a utility called unyaffs. Unyaffs will need cygwin.dll. Yaffs is the file system that CWM recovery nandroid backups are stored in. Windows cannot read or mount this file system AFAIK.
Instead of compiling unyaffs for windows and installing all of cygwin, just use the attached pre-compiled unyaffs.exe and cygwin.dll.
Here's the process:
To restore SMS/MMS from a nandroid backup using MS Windows:
place unyaffs.exe + cygwin.dll + data.img in a folder
open command prompt in this directory (shift+right click -> open comand window here)
type: unyaffs data.img
the contents of the data.img will be extracted to this folder. wait for extraction to complete
browse to \data\com.android.providers.telephony\databases in the extracted folders
copy mmssms.db, mmssms.db-shm, mmssms.db-wal to sdcard
use root explorer to copy these three files to \data\data\com.android.providers.telephony\databases
To restore contacts/call log from a nandroid backup:
repeat above process for \data\com.android.providers.contacts\databases
To restore launcher configuration (only for stock Gingerbread launcher):
repeat above process for \data\com.android.launcher\databases
Note: Be aware that replacing the existing files with those extracted from the backup will remove the existing data so if you're not 100% sure what you're doing, change the names to mmssms_OLD.db or otherwise back them up before pasting the files from the backup.
Edit: Just thought I'd add, I also came across an app called AppExtractor but, despite the good reviews, the SMS/MMS restore didn't work for me.

if you have titanium backup, it makes it a lot easier to restore specific items from Nandroid Backup

AllGamer said:
if you have titanium backup, it makes it a lot easier to restore specific items from Nandroid Backup
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Doesn't work for migrating from Gingerbread to Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason?
I am going to give this one a try.
To the OP your a dead set legend! thank you
PS: Where the bloody hell is the thanks button on this forum? I can't find it

I will give it a try. Thanks.

where do i find data.img?

I'm on an SGS I9000 and made an SMS/MMS backup using titanium backup when I was on Gingerbread.
Now I've installed the "Onecosmic's ICS Port Android 4.0.3 RC3.1" and restoring the backup file using titanium (only data) makes my message app FC.
Jarmezrocks were you successful when restoring your SMS/MMS on ICS?
Does anyone knows how to restore them? From titanium backup I only have an *.apk.gz and *.properties files.
Thanks for any help.
Cheers

Excellent.. saved me a lot.. thanks for the tool

Great post. I wonder if there is a file extrator in Android like unyaffs?

I found out that you can restore SMS just by using Root Explorer.
The location is the same, just that the files are these ones:
mmssms.db
nwk_info.db
telephony.db
I tried and it worked only using RootExplorer and I extracted the files from data.ext4.rar

Does this need to be done using ADB? I have set a nandroid backup from a GB ROM and flashed ICS on the phone; however when I extract the data.img using unyaffs and browse to the mentioned directory, there are no db files whatsoever.
Could the nandroid backup be corrupted for some reason?
I am looking at the data\com.android.providers.contacts folder and I only see a lib folder with nothing on it.
Hidden system files are set to show BTW

I did this yesterday using Titanium Backup for my SMS/MMS
You need to go into Preferences and check the *Migrate system data [Experimental] option
Then you go to More - Extract from nandroid backup
There it is listed as Dialer Storage
You can probably do the Phone log this way to but I did look for it.
I would recommend you do a current backup of [SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage before you attempt this.

Does this restore the whole smsmms database like with the sms.db file on the iPhone? I hate it when MyBackupPro has to restore my texts and the dates are all messed up and i've lost all my MMS'. And it restores them one by one, instead of just putting it in there all at once. Took me like an hour to restore everything.

I have an app for you.

I'd much rather save myself from all this tedious long-winded work and just use apk extractor to restore everything.

HAKA said:
I have an app for you.
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Thanks! Wish i've learned about this sooner. Would have saved me a lot of time.

This method doesn't work for me :/
I followed it exactly step by step but when I'm done and go to the Messages app, it's empty.
The same happens if I try it with appextractor or titanium backup.
I made the nandroid backup on CM7, and want to restore the messages to CM9+AOKP on ZTE Blade.

Thanks
THANK YOU !!!!
That was so helpful. I was migrating from GB to Nyx ICS RC5.0 yesterday and the application I used (super backup) failed to restore the Contacts.
Another app I used did that but missed allot of details (and also was damn slow).
I used your technique and it did the trick!!!
All data is there the same as I left it on CM7.2
You're the king
Thanks
[EDIT] just a correction Super Backup was able to restore the contacts but with missing details
It failed to restore the SMS
The other APP (forgot the name) restored the SMS (after ages) but contact associated with the SMS were completely messed up.

perfect
RichAP said:
I did this yesterday using Titanium Backup for my SMS/MMS
You need to go into Preferences and check the *Migrate system data [Experimental] option
Then you go to More - Extract from nandroid backup
There it is listed as Dialer Storage
You can probably do the Phone log this way to but I did look for it.
I would recommend you do a current backup of [SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage before you attempt this.
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This worked perfectly for me, got all my sms messages back from my nandroid backup.
Thanks!

thanks!
RichAP said:
I did this yesterday using Titanium Backup for my SMS/MMS
You need to go into Preferences and check the *Migrate system data [Experimental] option
Then you go to More - Extract from nandroid backup
There it is listed as Dialer Storage
You can probably do the Phone log this way to but I did look for it.
I would recommend you do a current backup of [SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage before you attempt this.
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I did this today when I had to reformat my phone because of a bootloop. I'm using an HTC Desire on MildWild. Worked perfectly for me and was able to restore my messages. Loads of thanks to you!

Thank you! This worked perfectly for me!

just a few questions (noob)

1. i cant find an option to switch on predictive searching in the caller app! can anyone tell me how to do this?
2. how do i remove the search bar from the top of home screen?
3. i migrated from another android phone, so how do i restore my messages on nexus 4? (i used sms backup & restore to backup which create the backup file in the memory card!)
4. Is there a way to restore my whatsapp msgs?

kashsih93 said:
1. i cant find an option to switch on predictive searching in the caller app! can anyone tell me how to do this?
2. how do i remove the search bar from the top of home screen?
3. i migrated from another android phone, so how do i restore my messages on nexus 4? (i used sms backup & restore to backup which create the backup file in the memory card!)
4. Is there a way to restore my whatsapp msgs?
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1. The stock dialer doesn't have predictive dialing when typing in a few numbers (I assume this is what you mean)
2. Can't on stock launcher, try Nova or Apex they have options to remove it
3 and 4 I can't answer atm
Sent from my DROID2 using xda premium

kashsih93 said:
3. i migrated from another android phone, so how do i restore my messages on nexus 4? (i used sms backup & restore to backup which create the backup file in the memory card!)
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Install SMS Backup & Restore on your Nexus 4, copy the backup file from your old phone to your computer, copy the backup file from your computer to the Nexus 4 (doesn't matter where, as long as you remember where you put it -- I left it in the root directory), then run SMS Backup & Restore on the Nexus 4, hit "Restore", select the backup file, and follow the prompts. Works great.