Hi All,
This is my first post, please go easy!
I have noticed that when using Titanium Backup to restore all apps (including system apps) after a clean install on my Galaxy Note, that the s-pen memos do not restore properly.
It restores the memos themselves, but not the content, i.e. background only.
I had 1 memo which I typed (instead of using the pen / handwriting method) and this memo was able to be restored by :
-Opening the blank looking memo
-Editing the memo
-Saving the memo
However all of my other memos written using the s-pen only, were all blank after the titanium backup restore process.
Other users have mentioned this issue:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20227018
I thought I would post this in case anyone knows of a way to recoved these memos, but also as a warning in case you are relying on Titanium Backup to save you important memos!
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I just picked up my Bionic, but when I restore the SMS messages from my previous phone, the default Messaging app displays them with the timestamp at which they were restored, not when they were sent.
I'm not sure if this is a problem with the messaging app or SMSBackupRestore, but the sms.xml I'm restoring from definitely has the timestamps in there.
For the time being I've backed everything up and wiped them from the phone so that I can restore whenever this is fixed (or I flash a new ROM.)
Anyone else experiencing this?
I've ran into this on most the SMS restore apps, tried the one you did, tried mybackup pro, haven't had much luck finding one that restores the original times.
It sounds like how the Bionic's messaging app displays the texts, then. All the backup app does is parse the XML file and insert the messages into the common sms SQL database.
Hi there
I would like to backup my SMSes (only sms,not the app) using Titanium Backup. May I know which file should I choose to backup in TB? I tried exploring around but couldn't find anything that looks like my SMSes.
You need SMS backup from the market.
Sent from my Galaxy S using XDA Premium App
Actually I have made a full backup with TB previously, so now I wish to restore my SMSes. Problem is, I do not know which file. And I do not want to do a full restore as I only need to recover my SMSes. Any help?
kohkohnut said:
Actually I have made a full backup with TB previously, so now I wish to restore my SMSes. Problem is, I do not know which file. And I do not want to do a full restore as I only need to recover my SMSes. Any help?
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Man, as far as I know Titanium is just for backing up your applications... It doesn't backup SMS nor anything other than apps...
ZioGTS said:
Man, as far as I know Titanium is just for backing up your applications... It doesn't backup SMS nor anything other than apps...
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My guess is that SMS is part of the data for a particular app. So when I backed up my apps and their data, my SMSes should have been captured as well. Only problem is I do not know which one is it.
Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.
kohkohnut said:
My guess is that SMS is part of the data for a particular app. So when I backed up my apps and their data, my SMSes should have been captured as well. Only problem is I do not know which one is it.
Please correct me if my assumption is wrong.
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I've restored sms's before using titanium backup. Can't remember how though.
smsbackup is alot simpler.
Well, that's good to know! If they are saved with data for an app, that app should be sms app, I suppose.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
no, sms app (mms.apk) does not store any sms in its data store. there is another process calles message store, this seems somehow related to the sms data.
look under the m section section of apps when you view backup/restore apps in alphabetical format and you will find an app in yellow titled '[sms/mms prefs] messaging' and I believe if you restore that one you will get your messages back
There is a very good free app called SMS Backup+, it can backup your SMS, MMS and call logs directly to Gmail with proper label. It can restore it from there as well.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me transfer my sms and mms from my old droid 1 to my new droid 3. I have tried: SMS Backup and Restore, SMS Backup, My Backup Pro, and these did not work. Also, I have more than 200 texts with multiple people that I would like to keep, so some of the above apps didn't apply.
I tried to back up the [SMS/MMS/___] dialer storage with TB. Then, on my Droid 1, I navigated to the folder where the backup files were just saved. There were 3, and they were called data.data.android.providers.telephony, or something like that. I moved these 3 files to my droid 3 in the same folder, and tried to restore them using Titanium Backup on my droid 3.
After I restored them, I was able to see the that the texts were there in Handcent SMS, BUT any time I clicked on a contact to see all the texts, my phone would force close. I used root explorer to delete the mmssms.db and that fixed my phone, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to get this to work? I feel like it has to do with something regarding permissions?
jayjl3 said:
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me transfer my sms and mms from my old droid 1 to my new droid 3. I have tried: SMS Backup and Restore, SMS Backup, My Backup Pro, and these did not work. Also, I have more than 200 texts with multiple people that I would like to keep, so some of the above apps didn't apply.
I tried to back up the [SMS/MMS/___] dialer storage with TB. Then, on my Droid 1, I navigated to the folder where the backup files were just saved. There were 3, and they were called data.data.android.providers.telephony, or something like that. I moved these 3 files to my droid 3 in the same folder, and tried to restore them using Titanium Backup on my droid 3.
After I restored them, I was able to see the that the texts were there in Handcent SMS, BUT any time I clicked on a contact to see all the texts, my phone would force close. I used root explorer to delete the mmssms.db and that fixed my phone, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to get this to work? I feel like it has to do with something regarding permissions?
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Usigpng sms backup. Go into setting and change where it looks for the backup at. Its be something like /sdcard/smsbackup/
Add -ext after the sdcard. It looks like /sdcard-ext/smsbackup. Then it will find your backup and work
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Is there any way to make it work with TB?
SMS Backup takes too long to upload, and gives an error after I try it. Finding the backup wasn't the problem, it just reports an error everytime
Anyone know?
Hi guys
I recently flashed "update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-umts_sholes-KANG-signed" with the google apps "gapps-gb-20111216-signed" and i followed all the steps from here http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update...torola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/#comment-791.
However i ran into a few bugs,
1. titanuum backup didnt restore all of my apps, it kept freezing while going through some apps soo i had to close it and reboot, a few times of that and like 15 of my apps dissappeared from the list.
2. how do i restore my messages, i did the titanium backup and nandroid stuff but i still can find a way to restore my messages? CAN you help me?
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1. Use mybackuproot next time. Has never failed me to save and restore APK's and Data, as long as its the same (ie, less reliable if you switch from Froyo->GB or GB to ICS but GB to GB is perfect).
2. Might be too late, I'm not sure if Titanium Backup does save txts but if it does (and you checked the box or whatever to back up txts) i hope someone else can help you. I use GoSMS's backup feature. I find it's even handy to have even when you still prefer the stock sms app due to the fact that it can do both manual and automated back up. It'll even send the file to your gmail for you periodically.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
This app is also great for backing up and then restoring SMS. It neatly backs up your txts to a separate SMS folder on your gmail account, automatically. Very minimal impact on battery (of course, if you set it to backup immediately every time or frequently this changes, 12-24 hour periods seems fair to me)
well new phone, same issue, how to transfer SMS/MMS with media and group messages intact
i was really hoping that the new automated lollipop transfer would take care of these things, but I guess not as call logs and SMS/MMS were not carried over at all
tried helium but still only does SMS, apparently SMS backup and restore still fails to keep group messages intact
TiBu (titanium backup) with the xml backup option was the only method that worked properly from my s4 to my nexus 5, and it seems to still be the only proper solution again here
- TiBu MMS transfer works perfectly on lollipop as far as i can tell
- would be nice to have a reliable option that does not require root access, but that does not seem to be the case
Are there any other working options?
Still works perfectly: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en