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Backup SMS Messages
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If you are taking about your iPhone (as opposed to iPod Touch texting app), the iTune's backs up saves your conversations for you.
PhoneView also does it, but that's $20 as well. I guess I should ask if you're on a Mac or a PC.
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Ok, so it looks like you're on a PC. Lifehacker had an article about this. I've never used it, but apparently it works very well! It's a webapp, so no download necessary.
http://insend.de/
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Ok, so it looks like you're on a PC. Lifehacker had an article about this. I've never used it, but apparently it works very well! It's a webapp, so no download necessary.
http://insend.de/
Install SQLite Manager in Firefox.
Open 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28.mddata as an SQLite database.
All your SMS are stored in the "messages" table. You can export as a CSV from there.
(If I'm being too vague, let me know. I can detail out.)
Open 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28.mddata as an SQLite database.
All your SMS are stored in the "messages" table. You can export as a CSV from there.
(If I'm being too vague, let me know. I can detail out.)
Caitlin,
Thanks, but I don't have firefox i'm using IE.
I actually only needed about 23 sms saved, so I just copy and pasted them into an email. Didn't think about this until just a little while ago. Forgot it had a copy and paste feature. Also this is my first iphone, so i'm still learning.
Thanks for all your help.
Thanks, but I don't have firefox i'm using IE.
I actually only needed about 23 sms saved, so I just copy and pasted them into an email. Didn't think about this until just a little while ago. Forgot it had a copy and paste feature. Also this is my first iphone, so i'm still learning.
Thanks for all your help.
Looks like you are not just new to iPhones but to internet too
. IE is the worst internet browser. Period. Get firefox instead. It`s a lot more stable,faster and secure compared to IE. Also give Safari for Windows a shot and see if you like it. And BTW you dont really need to save your messages manually if you are worried that you`ll loose them when upgrading the the iPhone software. You dont even need to worry if you are changing your iPhone(replacement or buying a new iPhone 4G
in the future) too. I have used two iPhones in last two years and dozens of restores/updates later I still have all my SMS I received on my first iPhone carried forward to my next one as without any problem.imnosuperman,
I wasn't worried I would lose the messages, I needed them in an e-mail so I could print them out to show as evidence in other matters.
And as for IE, I have used it since I started going on the net and no problems yet, so I just don't see a reason to change. Just my opinion.
But thanks for all your help.
I wasn't worried I would lose the messages, I needed them in an e-mail so I could print them out to show as evidence in other matters.
And as for IE, I have used it since I started going on the net and no problems yet, so I just don't see a reason to change. Just my opinion.
But thanks for all your help.
Not to be nosy or anything, but might I suggest that sending a plaintext email of a text message conversation is really not very good "evidence" of anything. You could just as easily type whatever you wanted in the email and say it was the original text message.
Maybe a screen shot might be somewhat more substantial... at least you'd have to have opened Photoshop up to fake that.
(Not implying that you want to "fake" anything, just that it wouldn't be hard to with an email, and so your "evidence" has limited reliability.)
Maybe a screen shot might be somewhat more substantial... at least you'd have to have opened Photoshop up to fake that.
Just in case OP doesnt know(as he`s new to iPhone) you can take a screen shot of your iPhone at any time by pressing the Power/sleep button and the home button both at the same time. You`ll hear a sound confirming the photo being taken and the photo will be transferred to your iPhone`s camera roll.
ImNoSuperMan,
Your right, I didn't know that. Well I guess I just learned something new on the iphone.
CBJammin103,
Thanks for the advice, but in my case fortunately I don't have to worry about that (being reliable evidence).
Again thanks for all the tips on getting this done. I still have lots to learn about this phone. Definately a lot different than my blackberry pearl.
Your right, I didn't know that. Well I guess I just learned something new on the iphone.
CBJammin103,
Thanks for the advice, but in my case fortunately I don't have to worry about that (being reliable evidence).
Again thanks for all the tips on getting this done. I still have lots to learn about this phone. Definately a lot different than my blackberry pearl.