SMS Backup v0.3 Homebrew App
Do you need to backup your SMS messages? manually flashing firmware on Lumia800 anyone? Well shinichi_wtn over at XDA-Devs has created a homebrew app to backup your SMS messages and store on SkyDrive… (I wish I knew about this yesterday :P )
Heres what the developer says about the app;
Thunder_ in XDA have found that windows phone itself has a backup mechanism, it may backup messages on a regular basis, and store it at “\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\BackupVols\CommsBackup.xml” (see this link), so we can take the file, extract it and then we get our messages.This small app will help you automatically copy the “CommsBackup.xml” to IsolateStorage and extract them to readable sms.
It have been tested with my HTC Mozart(7740) and many users in WPXAP. In theory, this app should be compatible with interop-unlocked HTC, Samsung phones.
According to feedbacks, it seems not working on LG phones currently. Anyone knows how to provision xml(copy system files) in LG please tell me, thanks.
Features
1. Automatically import sms in “CommsBackup.xml” to the app, can sort the messages by conversation or by sending time.
2. Export sms in both xml or txt format to either IsolateStorage or SkyDrive
if you export sms to IsolateStorage, the exported file is export_sms.txt/export_sms.xml, you can use any IsolateStorage tools to download them to your computer.(The ID of this app is 09125ea9-95de-469a-aedc-22e35389ab0a);
if you export sms to SkyDrive, the sms will upload to your SMS folder in SkyDrive(The folder is private, thus “just me”)Versions
What’s new in V0.3
1. Add double-language support(both en-US and zh-CN)
2. Fix a bug in V0.2 that the app may crash when upload sms to SkyDriveWhat’s new in V0.2
1. Add feature to export txt format
2. Add feature to upload sms to SkyDrive(some guys think IsolateStorage is not convenient)
3. Add feature to Backup system database “store.vol”
4. Fix some bugs that do not automatically update smsAt last, thanks to Thunder__ who find the CommsBackup.xml file and endeffekt who find the store.vol file (see here); thanks to the DiagProvXML app, I use the COM libraries to copy native files.
If you want to try on your InterOp-Unlocked handset head on over to the source link below.
Source : XDA-Devs
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