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iPhone SMS Management Utility: Syphone Beta

iVoid said:
On the SIM card, perhaps?
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I don't think so. They are stored in the same place as system files and applications. Anyone who has hacked an iPhone knows that it can soon fill up with Apps etc.

I would rather it was stored in the Media folder where Photos, Music etc are stored. It would make more sense as it is user data and not system data. It could also show the space taken up by SMS's on the iTunes space bar.
 
Templex said:
It's quite odd why Apple chose to limit the amount of text messages you could hold to 1000... I'd be content with 2000 or so, even more if the limit was 5000.
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Wow, 1000 seems like very few. Is that 1000 messages or 1000 single part messages? Can the iPhone even send multi-part SMS? In all the screen shots I've seen the messages are simple one line texts.

My Nokia has over 4,000 messages saved on it, many are 10+ parts.
 
darwen said:
When it threads the messages.... you cant delete specific ones. Messages you want to delete pile on top of ones you want to keep. You cant delete one w/o deleting all of them.
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Thats why you get it hacked so you can delete individual ones :D
 
Well I think it varies between the phones. On my Nokia you could hold 120 messages on the SIM and as much as you want on the extra memory card. But I dont know if it was more than 1000 cos never hit that number. I usually delete unwanted messages on the go
 
What the heck are you guys doing that you have that many text messages and so important you want to save them? Wouldn't it just be quicker and faster to call someone or email if it's important or long winded? Most of my text message go something like:

me: lunch noon?
friend: sure where
me: idk mexican chinese bbq italian?
friend: bbq
me: see you there

I'm just curious I hate typing that much :)
 
crackermac said:
...Wouldn't it just be quicker and faster to call someone or email if it's important or long winded?... ...I'm just curious I hate typing that much :)
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Well calling could be quicker, but you gotta catch the person and there's no easy record. I'd hate to record all conversations and then try to find specific agreements, also there's an issue of whether you should be telling the person they're being recorded.

Text or emails are obviously recorded and they get them whether they're in a meeting or whatever at the time.

Text or email both need typing and you can't email to somebody who you only have a mobile number.
 
still won't work

I've tried syncing and unsyncing, checking and unchecking the run helper box, and even reinstalled the program, but it still can't see my phone. I had no problem with the disk image, and it didn't crash when I unchecked the helper box. Any suggestions? I'd really love to be able to use this.
It does act like it's downloading the messages, but says no phone found and the messages don't show up. If I click import, it will say it's doing it, but nothing actually happens.

I just checked the console log, and it says that it downloaded 73 messages, but has the following error message: unable to execute fetch request. The file "syphone.db" cound not be opened because it is not in the right format. What did I do wrong???
 
Just to let you guys know, Micromat are saying theres an issue with the latest version of itunes, and syphone. At the moment they have no resolve for it!:(
 
mpw said:
...there's no easy record. I'd hate to record all conversations and then try to find specific agreements, also there's an issue of whether you should be telling the person they're being recorded.
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What are you talking about that needs to be recorded?

"I told you 10 kilos, not 80. What am I supposed to do with that much crack? I wish you'd check your text messages once in a while."

:)
 
TeddyBlack said:
For all of those who are saying they can't get syphone to recognise their iphone, I just had the same problem myself. Had a look around a bit on different forum sites, and found this solution.

1. sync iphone through itunes
2. eject iphone through itunes
3. launch syphone
4. In preferences, UNtick the run helper apps button, then tick it back on.

Step 4 caused my version of syphone to crash, but relaunched it, and then it worked fine. Try it and you should'nt have any problmems.

Enjoy!
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Very helpful post !
I had to fiddle with it 2 or 3 times - but with this advice I got it to work!

Almost 700 texts with one person in 2 months, had to keep them and had to delete them, problem solved! Now I can go on with my life, not having to remember what was written, because I have a back up file. And that works way better than the slippery and unreliable force of memory.

Thanks again TeddyBlack!
 
problem fixed

They must have figured out the problem with iTunes. I just opened Syphone to try to fiddle with it again and when I opened it all my messages were there! It was unable to find my phone before, even after doing all the tricks posted. So if you were unable to get it to work before, I would try it again. This is great! :D
 
great software! :) i like to record messages for fun. as a writer, i can often get ideas from old conversations, and looking back on texts can actually help. sounds silly, but it does.

plus, who hasn't ever sent an *inappropriate* text message....? i obviously don't want to leave those on my phone for everybody to see, but they are so fun to read back on...
 
did Syphone stop working in 2.1

Is Syphone not working for anyone else that updated to iPhone 2.1 ?
 
Awww. Am I the only one that read the subject and thought that someone had come up with a program to manage Microsoft's System Management Server (SMS)? Finding out it was only for SMS messages was a serious disappointment.
 
I got it to work, but it doesnt have a function to backup all SMS? You have to save each thread individually?

1000 msgs is ****.. I havent reached it, but it will be ultra annoying when i do. I have had 3000 msgs on my Nokia 6500 classic without a problem and it was loading fine..

I do however like it how the voicemail notification messages overwrite each other, so i only ever have one msg from voicemail not 400.
 
Well my first phone way back never used to be able to send SMS messages... but I remember the limit for storing received messages was 10!

Saying that my last 4 or 5 have had pretty much unlimited capacity for SMS/MMS messages (all have been windows mobile)
 
Templex said:
It's quite odd why Apple chose to limit the amount of text messages you could hold to 1000... I'd be content with 2000 or so, even more if the limit was 5000.
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Not even, I know for a fact that my iPhone has over 7,000 saved text messages
 
sper said:
TextPlus is FREE text messaging. Not only that but it has group messaging so it makes everything so much easier to plan because I don't have to have separate conversations...I can just talk to everyone at once...regardless of what type of phone they have. And it has push notifications so I know when I get a text...it works just like regular texting but BETTER. It even works on the touch!

I suggest trying it out.
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yah nice try, spammer. all of your total 4 posts just blab about the same app. gee i wonder if you're the developer or not! get lost.
 
Still having problems..

TeddyBlack said:
For all of those who are saying they can't get syphone to recognise their iphone, I just had the same problem myself. Had a look around a bit on different forum sites, and found this solution.

1. sync iphone through itunes
2. eject iphone through itunes
3. launch syphone
4. In preferences, UNtick the run helper apps button, then tick it back on.

Step 4 caused my version of syphone to crash, but relaunched it, and then it worked fine. Try it and you should'nt have any problmems.

Enjoy!
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So I did this, and syphone did crash, so I relaunched it. But it's still not finding my iphone/messages. I'm not really sure what to do. I've done it many times.. I want to backup all my messages before updating my phone's software incase they get deleted.
 
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