Sometimes Titanium Backup makes itself my default message app. Now, anyone with familiarity with TiBu should know that it is not a messaging app. It can't send them or receive them, as far as I can tell.
When it is the default and someone texts me, the text seems to never arrive at my phone. In fact, the only way that I know TiBu has become the default is when someone asks why I'm ignoring their texts and I look at the default apps to find TiBu as my messenger.
Is there a reason why this should be happening? Is there a reason why TiBu should even be an option for default messaging apps? I've attached a pic to prove I'm not crazy. Hopefully someone out there has seen this and has an answer? I'm tempted to uninstall TiBu until I need it, reinstalling every time I need to backup apps and then uninstall it again. That just seems like an avoidable hassle.
SanguiniusWept said:
Sometimes Titanium Backup makes itself my default message app. Now, anyone with familiarity with TiBu should know that it is not a messaging app. It can't send them or receive them, as far as I can tell.
When it is the default and someone texts me, the text seems to never arrive at my phone. In fact, the only way that I know TiBu has become the default is when someone asks why I'm ignoring their texts and I look at the default apps to find TiBu as my messenger.
Is there a reason why this should be happening? Is there a reason why TiBu should even be an option for default messaging apps? I've attached a pic to prove I'm not crazy. Hopefully someone out there has seen this and has an answer? I'm tempted to uninstall TiBu until I need it, reinstalling every time I need to backup apps and then uninstall it again. That just seems like an avoidable hassle.
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It shows up as an option for me as well but it isn't selected as my default.
Inside titanium there is a titanium messages app that is called "Messages (SMS & MMS) com.keramidas.virtual.xml_messages
You can't delete it since it is a part of titanium. Maybe this is the way it backs up the messages. Our phones see that as a possible messaging app.
It's not always my default, it just steals it every so often. A little frustrating, and I can't google for the answer because all i get are pages telling me how to freeze the default messaging app with TiBu.
Tulsadiver said:
It shows up as an option for me as well but it isn't selected as my default.
Inside titanium there is a titanium messages app that is called "Messages (SMS & MMS) com.keramidas.virtual.xml_messages
You can't delete it since it is a part of titanium. Maybe this is the way it backs up the messages. Our phones see that as a possible messaging app.
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If I can't delete it, can I freeze it? I'm just wondering why my default changes to TiBu for no reason. I may have to go the messy route of deleting/reinstalling whenever I need it.
SanguiniusWept said:
If I can't delete it, can I freeze it? I'm just wondering why my default changes to TiBu for no reason. I may have to go the messy route of deleting/reinstalling whenever I need it.
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There doesn't seem to be an option to uninstall or freeze.
The behavior that I have seen is that TiBu sets itself as the default messaging app when performing restores of SMS messages.
Is it possible that you have some scheduled TiBu jobs running?
Tybalt said:
The behavior that I have seen is that TiBu sets itself as the default messaging app when performing restores of SMS messages.
Is it possible that you have some scheduled TiBu jobs running?
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The only schedule I have is to "Backup new user+system apps & newer versions". It's not enabled and has never run. I'll delete it, just in case it's giving me that issue, and watch for the problem to reappear.
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Some of you may have heard of this. This is for those looking for a backups solution for their SMS messages. It does not work with MMS.
I did not make this.
http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/sms-backup-restore
For people who wipe and flash ROMs as often as I do, this is a perfect solution for saving those text messages.
Post up alternate methods if you have any.
Please donate to this guy. He can't put up a paid version because he lives in Australia.
+1
I've been using this for a few days now and have come to rely on it. Very easy to use, although I was not aware it wouldn't back up MMS messages.
Titanium is much better. Will backup SMS/MMS storage file in about 1-2 seconds and restore in the same amount of time.
could have swore i saw another program called mms backup on appbrain.
and where in titanium does it have the option for sms and/or mms backup? cant seem to locate it.
06ms6 said:
Titanium is much better. Will backup SMS/MMS storage file in about 1-2 seconds and restore in the same amount of time.
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I've been using Titanium for a while now too, but didn't know it backed up SMS! Can you direct me to the element where the SMS/MMS stuff is stored?
Edit: Nevermind, I found them in the backup list. I had not noticed them before. It also backs up bookmarks and (appears to) your Sense config!
regulator207 said:
could have swore i saw another program called mms backup on appbrain.
and where in titanium does it have the option for sms and/or mms backup? cant seem to locate it.
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It's called Dialer Storage aka SMS/MMS/APN in the list.
Is it possible I dont want to loose my txt messages if I try and flash or update.
I use a app called back up to Gmail. Works great. Check it out and you will not have to worry about your text messages after a flash.
SMS Backup +
It's in the market, best app ever for this purpose.
Titanium Backup can handle this, as well as pretty much any backup situation you can think of.
what are the steps for titanium back up?
xxcaponexx said:
what are the steps for titanium back up?
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[sms/mms/apn] Dialer Storage 2.2
Download from market. Run BATCH, to back up all apps. If you want data as well such as sms, select back up data as well. After you flash, redownload Titanium if necessary, select Batch & restore data & or apps.
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I like mybackup root just do backup data then choose sms
The pro with SMS Backup + is that it creates a folder within gmail like your inbox for only your text messages... you do not need to backup, it just does it for you in the background... also nice because you can search all your messages a lot easier from the browser.
The other methods work, just not nearly as well in my opinion.
It's been a long time since I used SMS Backup +. It didn't have the ability to save MMS back when I used it. Good stuff.
s15274n said:
The pro with SMS Backup + is that it creates a folder within gmail like your inbox for only your text messages... you do not need to backup, it just does it for you in the background... also nice because you can search all your messages a lot easier from the browser.
The other methods work, just not nearly as well in my opinion.
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Thanks for mentioning this. I was using SMS Backup and Restore but it only does it locally.
To all frequent Flashers:
I wonder what are the options to backup your phone-settings before flashing a new ROM. I used Titanium Backup pro to backup all my apps and app-related settings which worked like a charm. However since it's not recommended to restore system-apps & data (?) I wonder how you do that. I am talking mainly about:
- Contacts including favourites and Call Logs (that one was a pain in the *** because the Google-Sync thing just didn't work for me. It didn't restore my contacts!)
- APNs
- eMail settings and Google Account settings
- Global systems settings like Notification Sounds, Haptic Feedback settings etc. pp.
- Alarm Clock settings
I recently flashed JVP (my first time, woooot) but am planning to upgrade to JVQ for some glitches and quite bad WLAN reception. Maybe I'll try out some Custom Roms. However if I have to restore all of the above manually I'll reconsider.
Titanium Backup or Nitrality should do the job for apps you install. It is not really recommended to restore the system data that you are talking about because things can change from ROM to ROM that might impact this.
Thanks for the quick reply.
Not restoring system apps with TB makes perfect sense to me, yes.
However, I still wonder how to backup and restore contacts, call logs and sound/notifcation/sync settings...
there must be a way, right?
jellygoos said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
Not restoring system apps with TB makes perfect sense to me, yes.
However, I still wonder how to backup and restore contacts, call logs and sound/notifcation/sync settings...
there must be a way, right?
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This will backup your Call log, sms, and mms but I'm not sure about your system settings. - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync&feature=search_result
You can export all of your contacts to your sdcard by pressing the menu key while in your phonebook.
TBH, I write down my notification settings before I flash because I havent been able to find a way to back them up successfully 100%. It only takes a second.
Hope it helps
Just to share my experience, the restoration is not always a good idea, it causes sometimes some error if you restore in a totally new version of the ROM (like from 2.2.1 to 2.3)
This is how I do it:
Apps + their data: Titanium Backup. Never backup/restore system data, only apps data!
SMS: An app called SMS backup/restore it will create an xml file of your SMS on the external sdcard
Contacts: Google Sync
Call logs: Never really wanted or needed to. It depends on what you want it for: If you want a true historic log of all your calls, I should recommend using calltrack: https://market.android.com/details?id=app.calltrack&feature=search_result - This cool app will record all your calls to a Google calendar (go to calendar page, create a new calendar called logs or something and point calltrack to that calendar. Then just hide it from your web calendar so it doesnt clutter up the view. Nifty!)
If what you want is to retain a log so you can use it to redial or call back, I don't know what would do.
I use GO SMS and wanted to delete the stock SMS software not just disable it.. can anyone advise?
Anyone? I need to understand how to delete it and just use GO SMS?
gspotr said:
Anyone? I need to understand how to delete it and just use GO SMS?
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Use titanium backup and freeze it, that way, you can bring it back if you need to.
I'd suggest doing a Nandroid backup first, just in case.
Freeze yes, Delete No
Freeze Yes, Delete No, It's part of the system an has code that you need But for some reason it can be frozen with Titanium root/Pro, It's the app an not the system code that is frozen. I too use Go Sms an apps and I just freeze apps an not delete them. That way no crushing or forced closings of any thing
So Happy x10ings
x10a 2.3.3 Stock/Generic with some little tweaks/apps/Build_props
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Freeze Yes, Delete No, It's part of the system an has code that you need But for some reason it can be frozen with Titanium root/Pro, It's the app an not the system code that is frozen. I too use Go Sms an apps and I just freeze apps an not delete them. That way no crushing or forced closings of any thing
So Happy x10ings
x10a 2.3.3 Stock/Generic with some little tweaks/apps/Build_props
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reason being sometimes GO SMS won't work and theres a notification on the main menu saying 1 unread message which means I need to reboot to access my msgs again - and i keep receiving 3 -4 msgs for the same msg - its annoying and they've only sent it once.
So I am in a tough one here.
I have over 100k+ texts in different threads. My text messaging app is starting to get really slow.
I try to delete these using the app but it just says "deleting" and the whole app freezes. I've cleared data and cache and still no fix. I believe I need to manually delete these texts somehow.
Anyone have any idea?
You just have to wait for it to delete them. It can't delete them instantly.
If your phone is rooted, you might try to wipe the sms/mms xml data using Titanium Backup. That's where the messages are and it's this you want to backup whenever you want to backup your messages.
You can recognize it by it's name in yellow letters. But this may yield the same freeze result.
Hey, thanks for the reply
How can I use titanium backup to delete the xml files? I can't find them listed.
Also, let me add that I use Go SMS pro as my default SMS app
Thanks
You should note that this deletes all text messages in your phone.
The thing you are looking for is called "Messages (SMS & MMS)". The name is written in yellow. Also has the Titanium Backup icon next to it.
The apps are categorized in alphabetical order. So it will be under M