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[Sharing]My experience - Moving from WM TouchHD to froyo - Backup Contact, Cal, SMS

After trying Android Froyo for my Touch HD, I decided to use it for daily use, because I think Froyo is stable enough (last time I tried the eclair I feel not so stable), and overall it's better than WinMo
So I tried to move few important things that exist on my winmo, and the most important things that I feel is:
- Contact
- Calendar
- SMS
As a newbie I feel it might be useful for those of you who just tried to use android for you Touch HD device, and I will try to share my experience in doing it.
Hopefully useful.
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WinMo - Sync Contacts and Calendar with Gmail account
The first thing need to do is performing synchronization between the existing Calendar and Contacts on winmo with gmail account. If you haven't already, you can follow the steps described here :
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299
It is not so hard to do
WinMo - Backup existing sms
Because I have some important sms messages so I don't want to lose them.
1. Download sms exporter from http://stop3dataroaming.googlecode.com/files/SmsExporterSetup0.5.CAB
2. Create a backup file with sms exporter and store it in the folder <sdcard> / SMSBackupRestore (if this folder is not exist please create it first), and give it the name: mySMS.xml
Installing Android
Install Froyo Android on your device, you can use the steps described on this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732362
And use your gmail account to get all contact and calendar items on android
Froyo - Downloading SMS Backup
Download and install the SMS Backup and Restore app by typing the word SMS Backup and Restore on the android market and select/install the application SMS Backup and Restore by Ritesh Sahu
Froyo - Restore SMS
Run the SMS Backup and Restore app, and click the restore button. There will be a pop up asking you which file to restore and then choose mySMS.xml.
Select OK and then the application will start the restore process.
Froyo - Transferring SMS backup to gmail - optional
Later, once the SMS has been moved to the android, I felt froyo becoming a bit slow (I have about 2300 sms mesages lol), so I decided to move / backup all the SMS to my gmail account.
What you need is only to install the SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel (just search it on android Market)
And after all sms items uploaded to my gmail account under label SMS,I remove some old messages and then android becomes faster
That's all. Hopefully will help for those of you who tried to install froyo on your Touch HD

Or use Sprite migrate
spritesoftware.com/Products/Migrate/Migrate-Your-Data-Now/How-To-Transfer

Spidersoft said:
Or use Sprite migrate
spritesoftware.com/Products/Migrate/Migrate-Your-Data-Now/How-To-Transfer
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thanks! is it free of charge?

It's free and as far as i proofed, it doesn't phone home

ahaha ... isee ...
thanks for share @spider
I wish I know that link before I did the manual backup (i've spent many hours for that lol)

[Q] solid solution for backing up sms AND mms

hi,
I've been searching the internet for quite a while now in a search for an application that will backup my sms AND mms messages.
Yes, I know about backing up to gmail, but when I need to restore it - it doesn't restore mms, it only does sms and I need BOTH.
I have mms messages that are very important to me since sometimes I write messages longer than 4 sms, it just doesn't matter to me how long is it so I end up with sending mms quite a lot of times. It is because of that it is very important for me to find a solid application that backs up mms along with ordinary sms.
I am doing this because when I update to 2.3.3. all of those messages will be lost and I want to have them in my phone at all times. Any good and working suggestions please?
Also, I have tried Android Sync Manager today and it says it backed up all the messages but when I go and try to restore them it says that restore failed (after the progress bar fills up), could that be because none of the messages has been deleted? I think that it should back them up even if they haven't been deleted, it's not like the program cares if I have 2 of each message right? So does ASM actually work and I'm supposed to update without being afraid for my mms and sms because it will restore once all messages are deleted or it doesn't work and you have a better solution?
Thank you

Backup and restore for 2.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193802
FarF.

farf said:
Backup and restore for 2.3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193802
FarF.
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does it work on android 2.1? I need to back them up on 2.1 and then restore when I'm on 2.3.
Also sorry if this is in the wrong section, it's just that the description "Discussion about the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 (tips & tricks, etc)" seemed nice to me to ask the question here since I'd say I'm asking for a tip/trick

You have backup and restore on 2.1. On 2.3 install the 2.3 version and restore.
FarF.

[Q] Backup SMS and Call Logs between Android and WP7

Hi all!
There is a way to backup text messages and, if possible, call logs, between Android and WP7? I'm actually keeping these things backupped in Gmail with SMS Backup + for android, but i dunno any Wp7 alternatives.
Can you please help me to find a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mauro.

MMauro said:
Hi all!
There is a way to backup text messages and, if possible, call logs, between Android and WP7? I'm actually keeping these things backupped in Gmail with SMS Backup + for android, but i dunno any Wp7 alternatives.
Can you please help me to find a solution?
Thanks in advance,
Mauro.
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theres this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448197
that's fine for backup and restore of text messages and contacts.
it doesn't capture call logs tho, restore is fairly easy, but if you must setup and sync all your accounts first, then restore the backup, then delete facebook (if you use it) then restart and setup facebook again.
for some reason my contacts get all messed up if I don't delete and resync my FB contacts when importing backups
If your looking to copy from android to WP7 etc then that might be an issue, if you can edit the vol files created I guess you could then import them in to WP7 but ive looked at the files and you would need a special program to do it also note that MMS messages lose there content, the message is still there but no content. perhaps that's something that can be fixed in future versions as I think the chap who made it is still trying to work out how WP7 stores it all.

[Q] I lost all my contacts and SMS messages after the 4.4 update

After updating my Nexus 4 to 4.4 KitKat, I have lost all of my SMS messages and contacts. Is there any way for me to get them back? I am doing a full phone image right now, and I hope I can get something out of that. It would really suck to lose all of my texts and contacts.
This is what I did to update:
Reflashed system and boot as I had mocado toolkit installed
Sideloaded the OTA
Sideloaded SuperSU without rebooting first, got stuck in a bootloop
Sideloaded OTA again
Got a inconsistent system UID problem
Used "fix permissions" on twrp recovery
Realized that I had lost all of my texts and contacts
None of my other data is gone, even my internet usage graphs are still there. It seems that only my texts and contacts are missing.
Thanks,
alfonzo1955

Your sms are probably gone, but if you use Google to sync your contacts you can just sync it back. Just check google.com/contacts.

eksasol said:
Your sms are probably gone, but if you use Google to sync your contacts you can just sync it back. Just check google.com/contacts.
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The contacts were synced, thankfully. Hopefully my data recovery efforts will work. I really don't want to lose all those texts, so many memories down the drain.

alfonzo1955 said:
The contacts were synced, thankfully. Hopefully my data recovery efforts will work. I really don't want to lose all those texts, so many memories down the drain.
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Does it have your first date ask out?

eksasol said:
Does it have your first date ask out?
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Maybe ;D

And I think I managed to recover the sqlite database using extundelete after I imaged the device.

Can you please share how you managed to recover your text messages. I've the same problem after upgrading over to 4.4.
Thanks

yulasinio said:
Can you please share how you managed to recover your text messages. I've the same problem after upgrading over to 4.4.
Thanks
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I'm experiencing the same issue.
Yesterday I was notified of the 4.4 OTA update. I updating my JB Nexus 4 (stock) over WiFi and upon rebooting I realized with horror that I was missing all my SMS messages among other software issues.
I'm currently doing some research for sideloading the official 4.4 image over to my phone, as I think my SMS data is still on my phone (storage size didn't really drop after the update). I'm currently stuck on detecting my device via usb running adb devices, but troubleshooting that today. If anyone has a resource/guide for using the SDK for sideloading 4.4 that'd be helpful (Windows 7 PC). I'm searching around for one currently.
If you have any information please let us know. I'd like to restore my phone back to normal with my SMS data in tact and I'm looking to do this without rooting my phone.
If this helps at all, here's a list of the software bugs I'm experience:
No lockscreen
Home button does not work
Top swipe down does not reveal any thing and the settings button does not function
Having issues receiving incoming calls and SMSs
Powering down the phone, the only optiont hat displays is "Power Off", everthing else is missing
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Thanks

Haven't gotten any further with this.
I just tried sideloading the KRT16S update via adb. This appears to have installed successfully, but there's been no changes to my phone or SMS. In fact, upon successful install and reboot the phone is the same as if nothing was changed (e.g. no tutorial on KitKat). I'm thinking I may need to sideload another factory install.

yulasinio said:
Can you please share how you managed to recover your text messages. I've the same problem after upgrading over to 4.4.
Thanks
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The SQL datatbase file for SMS is located here /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
while call logs are located in the file /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db
check if you can find any data there.
By the way, Root Browser application can view these files

confused on why you took this route to upgrade and whats wrong with simply downloading a stock rooted rom and calling it a day. Plus there are quite a few sms backup apps that could save all your precious text messages. If you used google to search this stuff then there would of been no need to start this thread.
good luck and I hope all works out well for you and anyone else with the issue. also there is already a thread on how to get back your sms when upgrading to 4.4

playya said:
also there is already a thread on how to get back your sms when upgrading to 4.4
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I have searched the forum, but I couldn't find any thread on how to restore lost sms when upgrading to 4.4. Can you provide the link for that thread?

HARioV said:
I have searched the forum, but I couldn't find any thread on how to restore lost sms when upgrading to 4.4. Can you provide the link for that thread?
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not sure if you found it already but check here

alfonzo1955 said:
After updating my Nexus 4 to 4.4 KitKat, I have lost all of my SMS messages and contacts. Is there any way for me to get them back? I am doing a full phone image right now, and I hope I can get something out of that. It would really suck to lose all of my texts and contacts.
This is what I did to update:
Reflashed system and boot as I had mocado toolkit installed
Sideloaded the OTA
Sideloaded SuperSU without rebooting first, got stuck in a bootloop
Sideloaded OTA again
Got a inconsistent system UID problem
Used "fix permissions" on twrp recovery
Realized that I had lost all of my texts and contacts
None of my other data is gone, even my internet usage graphs are still there. It seems that only my texts and contacts are missing.
Thanks,
alfonzo1955
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I think you need to recovery tool to get contacts and SMS back.
Myjad Android Data Recovery would suit your case.
That's what I searched from Google:
Myjad Android SMS Recovery
- Directly recover deleted SMS text messages from Android devices.
- Retrieve lost messages for various reasons: restoring factory settings, deleting, rooting, etc.
- Recover SMS stored in SD cards inside Android devices.
- Preview & selectively recover message contents.
- Support multiple Android phones and tablets include Samsung, HTC, LG, Huawei, Motorola and more.
- Risk-free, read and recover only,no leaking for the confidential messages.
Myjad Android Contact Recovery
An expert of restoring contacts from android smartphones
- Directly recover lost contacts from Android devices.
- Retrieve deleted contacts for various reasons: restoring factory settings, deleting, rooting, etc.
- Recover contacts stored in both Android devices and SD cards.
- Preview & optionally recover contacts.
- Support multiple Android phones and tablets include Samsung, HTC, Sony, LG, Huawei, Motorola etc.
- Read and recover only, 100% green and reliable, no worries for leaking private info.

Android system? I only found a tutorial on how to recover iOS text messages. Have a try to Google further, you may get some useful tips. Good luck!

How to backup/restore text messages?

I tried SMS Backup+ and it doesn't work. It seems to backup everything, but when I restore, it just shows everyone's name in the text message list and each conversation is completely empty.
So I'm wondering 2 things:
1. Are there any apps that actually work for doing this right now with the Galaxy Note 4?
2. Can I manually extract my text messages? My phone is rooted. Here's the deal -- I'm flashing a new ROM and want to carry over my text message history. I would gladly do this manually if I knew how. I don't know where they're located or if this can be done.

lmills.117 said:
I tried SMS Backup+ and it doesn't work. It seems to backup everything, but when I restore, it just shows everyone's name in the text message list and each conversation is completely empty.
So I'm wondering 2 things:
1. Are there any apps that actually work for doing this right now with the Galaxy Note 4?
2. Can I manually extract my text messages? My phone is rooted. Here's the deal -- I'm flashing a new ROM and want to carry over my text message history. I would gladly do this manually if I knew how. I don't know where they're located or if this can be done.
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Sign up to a Samsung account. This will back up texts, call logs, snote stuff etc when you set it to

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56676703
Sent from my SM-N910T using XDA Free mobile app

Why not use Kies?

pedmond said:
Why not use Kies?
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It will work if both are samsung phones, otherwise you out of luck using kies.
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Titanium backup

I use this.

lmills.117 said:
I tried SMS Backup+ and it doesn't work. It seems to backup everything, but when I restore, it just shows everyone's name in the text message list and each conversation is completely empty.
So I'm wondering 2 things:
1. Are there any apps that actually work for doing this right now with the Galaxy Note 4?
2. Can I manually extract my text messages? My phone is rooted. Here's the deal -- I'm flashing a new ROM and want to carry over my text message history. I would gladly do this manually if I knew how. I don't know where they're located or if this can be done.
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Maybe you can backup via Titanium Backup or CWM
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lmills.117 said:
1. Are there any apps that actually work for doing this right now with the Galaxy Note 4?
2. Can I manually extract my text messages? My phone is rooted. Here's the deal -- I'm flashing a new ROM and want to carry over my text message history. I would gladly do this manually if I knew how. I don't know where they're located or if this can be done.
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My Phone Explorer
http://www.fjsoft.at/
Backs up SMS text messages to PC and restores. Amazing app now also allows PC to view and control your Note 4.
Also look at the Samsung Smart Switch Mobile app.
Cheers
Tom
My Note 4 note for you.

Easy backup and restore from play store
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TRT THIS 1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2988846

I accidentally DELETED my messages. Unfortunately I wasn't able to back up my SMS prior to the incident. Is there any safe way to retrieve my SMS messages without rooting the phone (android version 5.0.1)?
Will appreciate any help. TIA.

connect your mobile to computer with samsung kies which can help u to backup info in it

I know this thread is too old , but who use kies !!!!! Note 4 dont use it
Use smart switch , there app for phone and for pc for backup or switching devices

Will the Samsung switch work restoring backed up messages (from stock rom) to a custom ROM (not TouchWiz based)?

yyumart said:
SMS Backup and Restore, free from the Play Store
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Same here.
I do 27000 sms backup/restores after each wipe. The only problem - process is slow.
But maybe it's due the number of sms messages.

sharonsl said:
My favorite app is TunesBro Android Manager. you can only backup selected messages. In most cases, people only need to backup the messages he/she cares about.
For more details, here is a step-by-step guide: How to backup android sms to pc
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I will prefer to Android Assistant App, which has the feature of one click backup and restore, very convinient.

For backup the text messages for Android , you can sync your account with Facebook then log in Facebook to the Android phone , you can copy these messages that you need to backup , after you copying is completed , you can withdraw from your phone, then login into your computer with the same Facebook account , then export data on your computer for backup , the text messages backup program is completely ,
For recover messages for Android , you can extract these deleted data form backup on computer ,

Is there an app that can compatible with data recovery and backup for Android ?

I use gosmspro for messages,it has it's own backup feature which can also be used to schedule a backup.