PIM Backup 2.8 - Restore Questions - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps

Hello. I've backed up the SMS messages into a file and I disabled binary mode. The backup file looked like it was successful. When I viewed the file though, it looked like it was saved in binary format.
Regardless, I deleted one SMS message and then attempted to restore using the option that does NOT delete all messages before hand. I want to make sure the restore works before risk losing all (about 1100) the SMS messages.
Once I started the restore, it ran for 10 minutes and did not look like it was doing anything. My questions: does the option to restore without deleting all messages before hand actually work? How long can I expect a restore to take with the above options and roughly 1100 SMS messages? The most important thing I'm looking for is being able to view the SMS messages at a later date, not necessarily on the phone, which is why I tried the first backup without the binary option.
I also took another backup and saved it in binary format and tried to restore just the SMS messages from that file, but it ran for about 10 minutes and didn't appear to be doing anything either.
Thanks for all the help!

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[REQ][HOW TO] Recover deleted SMS after rewrite

What happended was I wiped my data, reflashed a new ROM, got a collection of SMS's. Without thinking the next day, i did my Titanium Backup restore on everything. Including my SMS's.....
Now i know the SMS's are stored in a SQLlite database called mmssms.db. And it would have been overwritten. So is there any way to recover the old SMS's that are now overwritten?
I doubt there is, but if there is any method to recover the file, could someone please help? Thanks in advance!
(Btw, running Kang-O-Rama 0.9 SP3, and using Handcent SMS)

[Q] Need help recovering SMS messages

Hi guys, here's the thing:
Yesterday I was given my friend's HTC Dream and told to get the CM6.1 working. Since that she used to have a 1.6 ROM called Bonsai. I was told to get as much data from it as possible. The reason to change the ROM was that the phone was unable to import contacts from a SIM card and some other minor problems, so the girl said that Bonsai is crap and she wants to go back to Donut Of course I suggested the CM6.1 instead. I also told her that we can copy the contacts via SIM card reader, upload them to Gmail and get them back to Dream, but she kinda liked the idea of having a working Froyo on her device, but that's not the point.
So what I did was:
1. Titanium backup
2. Nandroid backup
3. New 2.22.28.25 radio, recovery (recovery-RA-dream-v1.7.0-cyan).
4. CM 6.1 DS + gapps.
5. Titanium restore.
I restored all of the apps, previously installed on Bonsai, the phone finally started importing the contacts and messages from SIM card, I got all the apps settings and data as well. But I can't get the SMS and MMS messages from the phone's memory back to the inbox...
Is there a way to get them back?
I got the nand backup and the Titanium backup. I didn't set it to run automatically yet, so I think it didn't overwrite the old copy with a new empty one or something Is there a way to recover the messages?
Thank you in advance for any help.
Anyone have an idea?
You are probably hosed. Switching between ROMs sometimes the saved SMS/MMS and Call Log data doesn't get loaded correctly. My guess is they may use a different version (maybe an earlier AOSP release) of the application, so it won't read the backup properly.
I did find other's who's had the problem here.
It does blow, but at least the phone is in working order, right?
EDIT: I was talking with a buddy of mine who dev's for the Vibrant forums (Br1ck'd). He said since you haven't created an additional backup yet, you can go back to the original ROM (Bonsai) and then do a restore. Once the restore is done, use a different SMS backup method (for SMS and for call log) and then reflash to CM 6.1. Then use Titanium Backup to restore all information, and then restore the SMS/Call Log using the respective application.
Thanks for the advice and links, I already though of restoring the 1.6 ROM and trying some other backup method, but I was hoping there is another method.
The CM6 was being used now for few weeks now, so I don't think wiping the call logs and messages AGAIN to restore older ones would be a good idea. Or is it? Will I be able to backup the data (CM6) now, then nand restore (to 1.6), sync the messages in another app (or any PC sync program), go back to CM and somehow sync it again to 'mix' the data?
Or is there any other way to read the messages from Titanium / Nandroid and covert them into any kind of a readable text file? A PC program to read this data from a backup file (without restoring it on the phone) or something?

[SOLVED] Unable to restore sms xml file

Got a problem, could anybody please make any sense?
I had 19k sms messages on my SGS+ and I backed them up with SMS Backup & Restore. Everything went fine. Now, after flashing my device to Ultragen v1.7 Rom, I am not able to restore my messages back. When I try to restore, it shows progress screen approx. to 125/15453 and then suddenly disappears. And I am like what the heck?
The same story with Titanium backup, it does not even starts to restoring xml file.
After that I was looking forward to restore sms&mms from nandroid backup, but the fact is, following tutorial about flashing Ultragen v1.7 ROM there was a stupid point of formating card, so my nandroid backup was destroyed.
What's wrong?
Problem solved. Restoring sms from .xml file completly in one row was not possible in one or another way. But restoring manually one by one each thread was possible via SMS Backup & Restore simply "viewing" backuped file and then restoring every thread.
Maybe this helps for somebody.

Restoring w/ Titanium hung on SMS for 45 minutes

I just flashed PureNexus N and am restoring apps + system data with Titanium. It started with the system data, and #2 on the list is SMS/MMS. It asked about using Titanium SMS or my default, and I selected Titanium thinking that was necessary for the restoration.
It's now been 45 minutes and it's still on the restoration of SMS/MMS, but it hasn't failed and the phone is working. Is this normal or do I need to find a way to stop that restoration and do something different? Thanks.
volantis said:
I just flashed PureNexus N and am restoring apps + system data with Titanium. It started with the system data, and #2 on the list is SMS/MMS. It asked about using Titanium SMS or my default, and I selected Titanium thinking that was necessary for the restoration.
It's now been 45 minutes and it's still on the restoration of SMS/MMS, but it hasn't failed and the phone is working. Is this normal or do I need to find a way to stop that restoration and do something different? Thanks.
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You made the correct choice when you selected Titanium for your SMS app and I think it will popup again after the restore and then you should select your default SMS app. The last time I restored SMS messages from Titanium Backup it took about 25 minutes, it probably just depends on how many you have.
Yeah. it took 3 hours. I wish there was an easy way to delete old texts.
volantis said:
Yeah. it took 3 hours. I wish there was an easy way to delete old texts.
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The only way I've found to do so is with SMS Backup & Restore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
Once you've done a backup, do a test restore just to be sure it works. Then delete all messages on the phone (I think stock Messenger app will let you do that.) Then choose restore in SMS Backup & Restore and pick a date to restore from. In my case, I use Textra, but you must let the backup app switch to itself temporarily to do the restore, then open Messenger to reload the messages. Then open Textra and choose it as the default, and resync to load the reloaded messages from Messenger.
If there's an easier way to do this, I'm all ears!
JimSmith94 said:
The only way I've found to do so is with SMS Backup & Restore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
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I second that. I've been using it for years now.

Can't restore backup done with Huawei Backup

Hi guys!
I have a big problem with my backup. I created it in Huawei Backup app and save it in SD card. Now i can't restore messages, call log and even contacts. Password that I'm inputing is correct, because once I tried to input wrong password I get notification about it. Restoring photos, pictures and videos is working properly, but if it comes to contacts or messages it says there is only one contact and one message, but before wiping data I had over 600 contacts and thousands of messages.
What is interesting, size of file named "sms" in HuaweiBackup folder is 84 MB, so I guess all the messages is still there!
I have done backup not once on my P9, but this is first time when I got this problem. Sadly, Huawei Service Center says that something went wrong (like I didn't know that...), and they can't help me. Contacts was not syncronising with Google account...
Please help me
kleofaz said:
Hi guys!
I have a big problem with my backup. I created it in Huawei Backup app and save it in SD card. Now i can't restore messages, call log and even contacts. Password that I'm inputing is correct, because once I tried to input wrong password I get notification about it. Restoring photos, pictures and videos is working properly, but if it comes to contacts or messages it says there is only one contact and one message, but before wiping data I had over 600 contacts and thousands of messages.
What is interesting, size of file named "sms" in HuaweiBackup folder is 84 MB, so I guess all the messages is still there!
I have done backup not once on my P9, but this is first time when I got this problem. Sadly, Huawei Service Center says that something went wrong (like I didn't know that...), and they can't help me. Contacts was not syncronising with Google account...
Please help me
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Are you sure that you are using the same version of Backup app.
Maybe you backed up with the newer and now after wiping and reinstalling you have an older version...
Btw, now is too late, but from Contacts you can also easily export contacts to the VCF file on the SD card, and later import them back
zgfg said:
Are you sure that you are using the same version of Backup app.
Maybe you backed up with the newer and now after wiping and reinstalling you have an older version...
Btw, now is too late, but from Contacts you can also easily export contacts to the VCF file on the SD card, and later import them back
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Excuse me, but I don't understand why it should be too late. I think, as you've stated, the problem is due to that, but I think also that the user could
1) wipe and reinstall the system
2) update Backup app on the PlayStore
3) restore by the backup on the sd card

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