Like I said above.....ibackup bot can do it and it's pretty popular. I just used it today to restore my SMS on a clean install of iOS 7.
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Want to do a clean install but want my messages to be backed up/restored?
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Like I said above.....ibackup bot can do it and it's pretty popular. I just used it today to restore my SMS on a clean install of iOS 7.
I appreciate it. I guess I was just hoping for more than one opinion.
Also, does it support iOS 7 yet? I can't seem to find a compatibility list.
Yes it support iOS 7 as I used it on my iPhone 5 yesterday. Basically here is what you have to do:
First I would recommend making a backup of your phone to both iCloud and iTunes
Download it from here:
http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm
Make a backup of your phone in iTunes.
Open iBackup bot and on the left choose the backup that you just made. Right click it and make a duplicate and save that anywhere you want just in case something happens.
On the left, click System Files -> Home Domain -> Library -> SMS
then click the sms.db and from the top menu export this file to your desktop.
Now that you have the sms.db file, restore/clean install your phone in iTunes to iOS 7.
Once it is done make a backup of the freshly restore iPhone through iTunes.
Go to iBackup bot, close it, and then reopen it. Now click on your new fresh iOS7 installed backup on the left. Go to the same place as before (System Files -> Home Domain -> Library -> SMS)
Now your gonna want to click import on the top bar and choose the sms.db file that you saved earlier. When it asks you to replace click yes. Once you have successfuly put the sms.db file into the backup then close iBackup Bot and go into iTunes.
Once your in iTunes click restore backup and choose the new backup that you just put the sms.db file in.
Let it restore and your done
You now have a fresh install of iOS 7 with all your old text messages.
Yes it support iOS 7 as I used it on my iPhone 5 yesterday. Basically here is what you have to do:
First I would recommend making a backup of your phone to both iCloud and iTunes
Download it from here:
http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm
Make a backup of your phone in iTunes.
Open iBackup bot and on the left choose the backup that you just made. Right click it and make a duplicate and save that anywhere you want just in case something happens.
On the left, click System Files -> Home Domain -> Library -> SMS
then click the sms.db and from the top menu export this file to your desktop.
Now that you have the sms.db file, restore/clean install your phone in iTunes to iOS 7.
Once it is done make a backup of the freshly restore iPhone through iTunes.
Go to iBackup bot, close it, and then reopen it. Now click on your new fresh iOS7 installed backup on the left. Go to the same place as before (System Files -> Home Domain -> Library -> SMS)
Now your gonna want to click import on the top bar and choose the sms.db file that you saved earlier. When it asks you to replace click yes. Once you have successfuly put the sms.db file into the backup then close iBackup Bot and go into iTunes.
Once your in iTunes click restore backup and choose the new backup that you just put the sms.db file in.
Let it restore and your done
will this also restore mms images in the text?
No. I have tried restoring the MMS files as well but they always come up in errors. However you can use ibackup bot to pull the MMS images out of the backup onto your computer and save them there.
I can't exactly remember where they are in ibackup bot and I don't have my computer in front of me but you should be able to find them with ease.
Yes it support iOS 7 as I used it on my iPhone 5 yesterday. Basically here is what you have to do:
First I would recommend making a backup of your phone to both iCloud and iTunes
Download it from here:
http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm
Make a backup of your phone in iTunes.
Open iBackup bot and on the left choose the backup that you just made. Right click it and make a duplicate and save that anywhere you want just in case something happens.
On the left, click System Files -> Home Domain -> Library -> SMS
then click the sms.db and from the top menu export this file to your desktop.
Now that you have the sms.db file, restore/clean install your phone in iTunes to iOS 7.
Once it is done make a backup of the freshly restore iPhone through iTunes.
Go to iBackup bot, close it, and then reopen it. Now click on your new fresh iOS7 installed backup on the left. Go to the same place as before (System Files -> Home Domain -> Library -> SMS)
Now your gonna want to click import on the top bar and choose the sms.db file that you saved earlier. When it asks you to replace click yes. Once you have successfuly put the sms.db file into the backup then close iBackup Bot and go into iTunes.
Once your in iTunes click restore backup and choose the new backup that you just put the sms.db file in.
Let it restore and your done
Will it work in my case,
i.e. using sms.db (iOS 6.1), put in itunes backup of iOS 7 ?
I intend to move on from jailbroken ios 6.1 to clean ios 7, & still having old sms's.
Do you think, there are no database (sqlite) changes from ios 6.1 to ios 7.
I'm asking this,
as my sms.db of ios 5, didn't work in ios 6,
when i tried copy-paste of file after jailbreak of ios 6 (getting full file directory access).
There are changes but I would expect that iOS 7 makes those database changes by itseld when you restore the iOS 6.1 file.
However, if it still doesnt work then first make a copy of the sms.db then make the following changes with Base (http://menial.co.uk/base/)
Start Base and load up the sms.db from iOS 6.1 backup.
Click on tables list, select _SqliteDatabaseProperties and click the Data tab. Change the _ClientVersion key's value from 6100 to 7005.
Save it and then restore with the edited sms.db