yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Threaded messages are messages grouped by contacts(recipients). I store all messages in a list and order them according to the sort option. Also, you can use filter to just pick one of you contact.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] wpxbox:
Many users will use Facebook, So if this can have facebook names, that would be awesome.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kevyn82:
Yes that might the problem,

never had problem with v.0.7, except for the backup functionality since it's a LG.

I tried increasing the time in the settings, but no luck yet :(
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] poceh:
One quick question, I've backed up my store.vol and pimindex.vol one year ago, before flashing another ROM. Unfortunately, at that time, I wasn't able to restore my SMSes.

Now, one year later, I'm facing the same problem. I would like somehow to merge both the old SMS database with my current one. Is it possible to somehow import those already exported SMSes? Or is it just possible at that time restoring of a complete .vol files?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
A short question:

Is it possible to backup the store.vol file to skydrive, too ?

This would make restoring much easier...

In case you can´t upload it with .vol extension copy it to the isostorage, rename it via provxml to store.txt and then upload it to skydrive.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
OK, I see. The memory can't hold all your sms and msn messages(So OutOfMemory Exception is throw by the system). How large your store.vol is? I recommend you backup the messages using v0.7 and delete some old messages.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Currently, there's no way to merge two store.vol file. But you can backup both of them in your computer.

If you want to extract messages in an old store.vol, you should

1. Backup your current store.vol and PimIndex.vol in the computer.

2. Use restore feature to restore your old store.vol and PimIndex.vol to your phone(remember do not sync your account).

3. Open SMSBackup to extract messages in the old store.vol, exported them to computer.

4. Use restore feature to restore back your current store.vol and PimIndex.vol.

A bit complicated, but you can extract and keep your old messages.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
store.vol may be very big and will cost lots of time to upload. But it is easy and faster to use IsolateStorage explorer to download or upload.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kevyn82:
CommsBackup.xml is 10.5 MB

store.vol is 34.19 MB

Well, I don't really want to delete some old messages/ I'd rather backup store.vol manually than loosing some old text,

If your app can't handle such file I will not use it then

Take care
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Diggia:
THX so much for your suggestions and sorry for my late reply.

I'll try with IsoStoreSpy ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Version 0.9 will show Facebook names now, you can try it.

Because Facebook is blocked in our country, it is difficult for me to add a Facebook account in my phone and do the research. However I succeed at last.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
The file is not as big as I think. I have seen someone with 60MB. I improve the message loading logic and reduce memory usage in the new version(0.9). You can try it and test if it works.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] AlexStalker:
Can anyone help me with the problem:

I've flashed a new rom that set up sync with Google. After that tried to restore my data after that I've got the Google account being disappeared from the system while I've got my messages back and in contact app I've got all my contacts name but I can't access their profile. When I than added google acc. back I got duplicated contacts.

Is there any way to merge the data and got my info back in consistence?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kevyn82:
Now it works perfectly.

I just found a small bug when exporting Facebook and msn chat with XML format: I get an error: impossible to export an empty file
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] FarCry3r:
Hi, I've backup the PimIndex.vol and store.vol, flashed the NextGen+ ROM and do both way of restoring the files, but whenever I opened the Messaging and People app/hub, it goes back to the main screen and I'm not able to go to emails + accounts page, it just go back to the main screen. Any idea why?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] FarCry3r:
OK I've managed to get my SMS and contacts back, but when I go to People hub to get posts from FB, there isn't any! It just blank and No matter how many times I press refresh it does nothing. Can anyone help?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] pemahy:
Could you please describe how to install this app? Is necessary to have "unlocked" OS? Thank You
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MikeWalsh:
Is it possible to write messages to the store that weren't a part of the original backup?

I mean, if I have a SMS backup from an Android phone stored in XML, and if I modify it to some compatible schema, is it possible to use your tool to write these messages to a new interup-unlocked Windows phone?

Thank you
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] sachlichfalsch:
0.7 <-> 0.9

Hi,

in some old messages i have a Problem in v0.9 only one Numer is exported. No Problem in v0.7. First Number is my own Number.

V0.7 :

2011-05-09 23:35:23 from +491769xxxxxx;+4915204yyyyyy

TextTextTextTextText

V0.9 :

2011-05-09T23:35:23.000 from +4917696xxxxxx

TextTextTextTextText

This only happens in some SMS Messages from 2011 - The messages from 2012 are ok. Any Ideas ? I wouldnt't mind too much, but I'd prefer to have my SMS in csv File Format which is supportet from v0.9 :)

Thanks,

Steve
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] theshowman:
Hi

I just used v0.9 and backed up using Rainbow ROM v1.3 and restored to v1.4.

It seemed to have worked just fine, except, prior to restoring, I'd setup some email accounts.

Upon restore, those accounts this appeared, except the main "Windows Live" account.

All is good though - set those accounts up and up and running.

Thanks for your efforts.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] vodoo:
Hi all,

Phone - Acer Allegro M310 unlocked with:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1720377

After opening SMS Backup I`ve got: "Importing messages, please wait..." message.

After that: Import failed, Failed to provision xml SMSBackup.Core.Inrerop.ProvisionXML.Provisio...

Same for SMSBackup 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9

Pleas help :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Maledict:
How do you get to add live account AFTER restoring store.vol first? Because after restoring, facebook and twitter account are also restored but not live account, and it's not possible to add/sync it anyway. I can select it in the "add account menu", type the password in, but after this it doesn't add neither the windows live account, nor hotmail live tile.

Also, after restoring store.vol first, Facebook account gives me "attention required", but unlike soapbox23, I'm unable to delete it, it says "not possible to delete an account".

My device is Omnia 7 with latest mi7ROM. Thank you for any ideas. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rohit310:
:(

not working.its giving error 08xxxx.....while deploying the app to phone..

i m on samsung omnia w version 7.5

please help me....

thanks in advance
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] titi66200:
error 08xxxx ???
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
OK, here's some help: If you want people to help you, don't piss them off by quoting the entire wall-of-text first post!

Here's some more help: If you want people to actually be able to provide a solution to your error, you have to give them the whole error number...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Here is possably a dumb question. I backed up my store.vol and PimIndex.vol files and moved them off my phone. I flashed a new rom. I only have a file manager on the phone.

I copied the files to the \temp folder for the time being. What is the exact folder I can move it into restore them from the root folder ? Not sure how to access the folder from a file manager on the phone

Edit: Never mind found my answer here...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23283648&postcount=149

Worked perfect... awsome, Just wish picture messaging came over with it and it would be perfect..... Thank you for this (I hit thanks on the first post)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
ok, I have tried this but, I have an issue. I backed up (see above), and flashed a new rom, setup all accounts, synced contacts, so everything was setup as it should (contacts are from an exchange server) then restored fine. I see all the messages fine in messagaing. When someone replies to a text message, it creates a new thread for it. So now I have 2 threads for each contact I repied to or got a reply from.

Is it possable to combine these so I dont have 2 threads for each person or is this just how it works ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] HeartKiller:
Restore from txt file

Hi gyus I haven't created backup files store.vol and Primindex.vol I just exported my sms messages on sky drive, is there any way to restore my messages form that file without having store.vol and Primindex.vol or is there any way i can generate store.vol and Primindex.vol from my sms txt file?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] at45:
I'm getting an error with versions 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9 on a custom ROM. It says:

Can someone help? Thanks :)

SOLUTION: The app did not have Trusted status. I've changed this and it's fixed.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] stanko82:
Worked like a charm on my hd7 ds7.7, it also restored pinned contacts on same spot, as they were, restored grup and msn messages.

Thanks, great work!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] juanacevedo:
Need Help

Is it possible to restore SMS from a backup of the SMS'-> SkyDrive? I'm really stupid and did not backup the .vol files, all I have is SMS backups on SkyDrive in .txt and .xml formats.. Is it possible to somehow restore texts using those backups?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] doublenico:
Hello,

Me too; what can we do??
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Mediax:
A geek tool !

Why not keep it simple?

Just push backup to skydrive

and when necessary push restore from skydrive

....i have lost all my sms because i don't read that f...g tutorial

i juste believe pushing backup to skydrive is enought to save my sms and now....i'm totaly messed up
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kevyn82:
Lazy you!!

Just restore a backup and extract the two .vol files
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Localhorst86:
While I find that a harsh judgement, I also wondered why the tool can't simply backup the store.vol and PimIndex.vol files to skydrive and restore it from there (Download the files to isolated storage first, of course.)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] kevyn82:
well, you should consider that MS isn't so happy about using skydrive as a backup drive. It is ment to store your pictures and your documents, not for .vol or other backup files.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] stanko82:
I restored sms after sync, had some trouble with people hub but after I removed fb account and added fb again, everything looks great, all sms, msn and fb are restored. One trouble I have is my live account doesn't syc anymore. It says error code 86000107. I tried soft reset, and still nothing after a day. Anyone had similar problem? Do I have to hard reset and restore sms again before syncing with my live account.

Thanks.

EDIT

I've removed fb account again, added it back once more, and live account just synced...don't know how but now everything works.

EDIT

Not working. I have done hard reset and tried to backup sms first and then sign in with live account, still not working, I think it makes duplicates in people hub that prevents form sync with live account. Giving it up. ROM is 7.8 dynamics
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] DavidinCT:
Sorry for the bump but, does anyone know if there is a way around this issue or with this process there is no way to combine the imported messages with the new ones ?

Is this just how it works or is there a fix ?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] guantanamoSpa:
Does SMS Backup work for LG (Quantum)?

I read in the first message of this thread "[Windows Phone] 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."

In the referenced link, it states Windows Phone Device Manager is required. I know this does not work on my LG Quantum, as I tested it.

Does this imply that I cannot recover deleted SMS text messages on my LG Quantum (Mango)?

Thank you for any help on this.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] jordanmills:
I'm having issues running it. It installed fine and starts, but after running for a moment it returns

Import Failed, Failed to provision xml

at

SMSBackup.Core.Interop.ProvisionXML.Provisio...

[ok]

Any ideas?

Edit:

It looks like I didn't have it rooted. I fixed that and the app seems to work fine.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] titi66200:
Have you Trusted application with Wp7root tools or Root Manager?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] SGregory:
Hi,

I want to backup (export to skydrive) my sms. I have more than 1000 text messages, but SMSBackup see only 141. What kind of problem may be? What I do wrong? I hope somebody can help me...

P.S> My phone is samsung omnia w (interop unlocked), and I use SMSBackup 0.9.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Mueen hassan:
Uninstall the sms backup. Restart your phone and install again and backup again.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RamBilas:
Error - 0x81030120 while installing it on HD7

Hi,

I have downloaded "SMSBackup_V0.9-en" zip and renamed it to .xap.

then tried uploading the app using "Application Deployment".

But I am getting the Error - 0x81030120.

Any idea where I am going wrong?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks & Regards,

Ram.

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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] titi66200:
What rom you use?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Mueen hassan:
which IsolateStorage tool should be used

Hi, Which "IsolateStorage tool" should be used to grab store.vol created by smsbackup. Earlier, i used Windows Phone Device Manager to do so. But WPDM stops works after few days that make difficualt to work it again.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] plapic:
Cannot get this XAP to install on my Nokia Lumia 710. The error I get is 0x81030120.

I thought perhaps it was due to that fact it was using DLOAD bootloader.

I have changed it to Qualcomm and I still get the error.

Does this mean that I have to now install a custom rom with an Interop Unlocker before I can install SMSBackup?

If so will I lose the sms during the custom rom install process otherwise why bother?

I just want the closest thing to a stock rom with firmware 1600.3031.8773.12121 and OS 7.10.8862.144
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] illidanx:
Hi, I would like to use the source code of this tool to build something to read the store.vol file on my windows phone 8 device. Is there anyway I can get it?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Idiake:
Hi.

I have copied SMBackup_v0.9-en.xap unto my HTC HD7s running interop unlock and Healthcliff's wp7 root tools.

Now, when I click on it in wp7 root tools to install it, it doesnt do anything?

How do i get it to install, since the HD7s do not have provision for sd card?

Thanks

MDi (md.idiake.ng@gmail.com)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] zaengi:
Hey, where is the XAP binary for your SMSBackup app, I am too blind to find it... pls help !
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] darthveda:
installed it on focus with interop unlocked. Worked like a charm. Now need to know how to import and then can begin flashing the handset with no worries :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
you may try export xml to SkyDrive or export txt to IsolateStorage. I do not know why this happened because it working fine on my phone. Maybe phones are different, I'll take a look at my code.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] NebZoNe:
you can just send your sms.xml backup back in the app with isolatedstoragetool to have them on your device again (only readable with smsbackup app)...if you don't use skydrive...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] samnas2:
Installed it on HTC HD7 with dev and interop unlocked and latest update 8107.

Doesn't work, "Import failed, Can not copy sms from system" :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] fulat:
since it can backup... can it restore too??
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
OK, I'm guessing the author of this tool is not very familiar with WP7 homebrew dev post-Mango. Here's the breaks:

Samsung gen1: Should work.

Samsung gen2: Won't work. The gen2 drivers have some limitation and can't currently be used for homebrew.

LG: Won't work. The LG provxml driver cant be used for FileOperation.

HTC gen1 no updates (or "fully unlocked" custom ROM): Should work.

HTC gen1 with some updates: Might work, may depend on how the provxml is built.

HTC gen1 with full updates: Won't work.

HTC gen2, Dell, Nokia, and Toshiba/Fujitsu won't be supported until we have interop-unlock, at the earliest.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Gray.Fox:
it is not working on my phone but it is great that there is a great progress going on

exporting sms means people can import it to other phones (BB,android,IOS,wm6.x etc)

the big part (export) is almost done

keep up the good work guys

:D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] verynuclear:
Same here :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] D@vide:
Htc Mozart here, works like a charm, txt and XML too.

Uploaded to skydrive successfull.

This is my experience (feropont rom installed)

Hope this tool will become usefull and compatible whit every device soon.

Keep up the good work!!!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] melando:
Installs fine on my HD2 and will backup to isolated storage but crashes every time immediately after logging into SkyDrive (before exporting messages)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] luckydog98:
Thanks for the app! It works great on my HD7 with nextgen v2.3 rom. I put on my wife's interop-unlocked samsung focus and it has a few problems. When I try to connect to skydrive it crashes. It also disables the data connection. I then have to get into the registry to fix this.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
Thanks. Very clear now, thus LG won't work currently...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
The "CommsBackup.xml" is only an exported file by Windows Phone, the SMS actually stored in "\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore\store.vol". Now we can backup store.vol and if we can put it back later, then we can restore our SMS, contacts, etc. But I'm not trying now because there exist possible risks...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
There are some user with the same problem when trying to login or upload to SkyDrive while some others do not have this problem, very strange indeed. I don't know if there are some compatibility issues in Live SDK. I'll do more research.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] marek1:
How to import the SMS to new fresh ROM

How to import the SMS to new fresh ROM ?

Do I have to copy "CommsBackup.xml" to folder \applications\Data\09125EA9***\Data\IsolatedStore\Backup" and then it automatically import the old SMS ?

Thanks for advice.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] NebZoNe:
The only way to have your sms messages back on your phone after flashing a new rom is re-install smsbackup as it was before flashing (use Windowsphone Power tool to re-insert sms.xml in isostore -no particular folder- and then when opening the app you'll see all old texts, new sms will be added in that file so you can't lose any words!)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] Jaxbot:
Hey, good job! App works like a charm, especially the SkyDrive integration.

In fact, I made a quick video tutorial of it, in case anyone's curious on the SkyDrive / isolated storage process:

[YOUTUBE]fv-kafqNyZU[/YOUTUBE]

(Sorry for completely botching your name at the beginning :p)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] withwindows:
Awesome work..Unfortunately, I upgraded to 8107 yesterday :(.

Written about the same on my blog here and thanks Jaxbot for the video (credited you as well)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] marek1:
So put it to folder \applications\Data\09125EA9***\Data\IsolatedStore ?

You ment "sms.xml" or "CommsBackup.xml"?

Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] rajivshahi:
doesn't install

Error deploying to the device. It seems to be a licensing problem with the application.

:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] NebZoNe:
The path is good and i ment "sms.xml", works like a charm.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] vasileios13:
Thanks for SMSBackup V0.3...........:D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
As NebZoNe said, if you just want to import old sms to SMSBackup app, you can backup the "sms.xml" to your computer and then use Isolate Storage Tool to re-insert "sms.xml" to the app.

If you want to restore sms in windows phone. the SMS actually stored in "\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Stores\DeviceStore\store.vol". To backup and restore this file will keep your text messages and contacts remain the same.

I try to use the provision way to copy an old backup store.vol to the origin location, after doing that, the messages and contacts do not change to an old state. But when I restart my phone, it works!!! My contacts and sms are now restored from an old store.vol.

Then if we want to flash or upgrade our phones while keeping our short messages and contacts, we first backup the store.vol. After flashing we put it back.

In the next version(v0.4), I will implement a restore feature.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] shinichi_wtn:
nice tutorial :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] D@vide:
Hi, as already mentioned this app works fine on my htc Mozart. Thank you very much for your efforts :)

Now I'd like to try what you already did, so, could you explain how to to use the provision way to copy an old backup store.vol to the origin location? Tools and procedure I mean, cause with wpdm can't access that path.

Thank you

D@vide
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GoodDayToDie:
I'm not sure that copying the backupstore.vol is going to do any good (that is, it's a backup, not the live store, so who knows if the phone will care?) but if your provision driver is working (i.e. you can etract the file to begin with) copying it back is pretty easy.

First, get the file onto your filesystem. You can use any number of tools for this; I typically go with the webserver app. Isolated storage explorer also works, as does SkyDrive if you change the extension to .txt (will appear in your \My Documents folder) Remember the full path (for example, \Applications\Data\<APPGUID>\Data\IsolatedStore\<FILENAME>). Then, install the DiagProvXML app. You can use it to craft a File Move provml pretty easily, and it will execute it for you. If you need, the MSDN documentation for provxml FileOperation is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737563.aspx with example: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb737633.aspx

Of course, if you have a working HtcUtility driver (see the HtcRoot project), you can use the HtcRoot version of the WebServer app. It will soon have the ability to upload a file to anywhere.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] D@vide:
Tank you very much! I'll try as soon as possibile, I'm so busy at work now :/