SMS Backup

one of the coolest and important app. keep the good work

For now the best sms backup android has to offer. thanks

Same problem here. SMS Backup will not log into my Gmail account. IMAP is enabled, my password has been verified numerous times, I've tried with just my login name and with my full email address, and nothing works.

Yeah, I am also having a problem getting it to log in. I have enabled IMAP and have tried my username and username@gmail.com and neither seems to work as the login.

I want to use the app, but I am unable to.

Unfortunately I does not work for me? IMAP enabled, password and inlog is correct.

Works like a charm! Just what I have been looking for. Future idea: separate by conversation subject, by using MMS subject.

Perfect for keeping the old stuff and deleting it from the phone. Doesn't work for multiple recipient messages.

Works just as described...thanx

I have the G1 and have downloaded the SMS backup and absolutely love it. Is there anything similar on the iphone?

Doesn't work 4 me as well, just entered username and password, imap is activated. Would love to use it, but don't know how, could anybody help me with this problem plz uebertommy@googlemail.com

I love this app. The only thing that is a problem for me, is that Gmail seems to group up to 100 messages into a conversation, which makes searching through them painfully slow on the G1. What would be great, is if we could specify special strings in the Subject line, for instance I would like to group by contact and date, so I would have the subject line "SMS with %Contact% on %Date%" or something of the sort.

Trying this out for the first time. I have thousands of SMS messages. One contact alone has over 1000. I've tried setting to both 100 and 200 messages per backup. My phone totally locks up while it is working. The messages are getting uploaded, but very slowly. I'm estimating it took an hour to do 100. Sometimes it will finish, other times it never finishes. Twice now my phone has totally rebooted. Is this normal? Once I get my initial backup done, will it be much more responsive?

I love this application! The only thing I don't like is whenever it does sync, even some of the messages that I deleted get synced. But what would be cool, is if u could choose the messages to be synced and make folders for them to be automatially synced to. That would be awesome! But its still great. Love the work.

Works like a charm! Very usefull!

hey wuzs im trnya get to my sms backup and i can find it

Does this work for MMS as well? And yes if there isn't already a grouping mechanism would be great, whether it's all sms by date, sender, or something like that.

Will give this a try today, thanks!

i love sms backup! i send and receive about 5k texts a month so i cant keep them on the G1.. it will slow it down. only one little suggestion... for it to save the time/date of the text on the backup :) thank you soo much for this great app!

is refusing to do all my messages where thread exceeds 100

hmm great app. i would love if it could restore all sms that were backed up though :(

How to auto-mark as read sms into gmail?

Great app, also like the oppertunity to view origional send/receive date

Go on with the good work!

didn't work for me, could it be the problem that was set up for 200 SMS ?

heya guys I found out why it didn't work for me! I had the password with some spaces for example: "my password gmail" after I made it like: mypasswordgmail" SMS Backup worked so you who had the same problem try this like me. Well done for this nice app needs to fix this in order to be able to use strong password with spaces.

Excellent app., thank you. It'd be great if you could incorporate "call log" back up as well. gunsal

Great app, just brilliant!! Installed it, logged on to my Google Apps account and found the SMS messages nicely labeled in my inbox! Thank you!!

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome! I'm SO glad I found this app, you're the man, Chris!

Anybody know how to make this app works with strong passwords ? I'm not gonna change my G password.

Hi,

Have you seen this? http://news.mobile9.com/s60apps/2007/04/04/gsync-by-psiloc/ I use this on my Nokia and its awesome! Would be nice if your app could format the emails in a similar way. PS. You beat me to it. I have written an app for myself that does this but not very user friendly. If you need a hand, let me know!

recently I have the problem in logging in, IMAP is enabled, my password is verified everyday when I read my gmail, I've tried with just my login name and with my full email address, and nothing works. Please help.

I forgot my gmail password (since I use a separate account for my sms)... how can I retrieve this? said it's stored unencrypted?

Downloaded this today and it worked fine. Just one, perhaps rather stupid question, but I need to know, does it only back up onto the Gmail account I have? Does it by any chance send anything to the person whose details appear in my Gmail contacts?

Anyone help on this please. Many thanks!!

Excellent app, thank you!

My only wish is to add a time zone feature so my text messages download as CST (where I live) instead of GMT.

It would be nice if the synced sms could also go the inbox first. The ability to put a second tag would solve this I guess.

Awesome app! Loving it!

this is awesome! the first sms backup tools i really love! thanks. but i do find a little glitch. In my case, if the first message in the thread is sent out by me first, it will start to backup from the first reply, ignored the first msg i sent out. that the only problem i have. thanks for the great work!!

nderimd

THANK YOU!

Download it today... it backs up like 20 messages and then my phone freezes and I have to take the battery out and restart it. Help! chiomajagbai@gmail.com

well its the best software but the problem what i feel is that it shouldnt be limitize for backing up 200 only it should be unlimited.

excellent application. If it could restore messages from gmail account back to the phone if you ever do a factory reset, it would be great.

I agree with kamchuencaleblai. Backing up to Gmail is great, but being able to restore back to the phone would be even better.

Great app! Just love it! Perfect!

Same problem here. Google account data is correct, IMAP is enabled, but the app is still not working. Any idea why?

This is really a good idea, implemented the right way. Great app, thanks a lot (and thank you for publishing the source code).

Really fantastic app, and exactly what I was looking for. Donation definitely on the way. :)

undoubtly the best application needed by far. Linking it to GMAIL and using Outlook just brilliant.

Great Job

JK

it works... but, generaly people backup something to 'restore' it later, not only for 'forward'. that functionality must be included.

great job.

CEO

The firmware upgrade Rogers released this week fixes this bug.

If I hard reset my Android Phone, can I restore the remote SMS in gmail to my phone?

i need sum help wit this bro reubfro@gmail.com

everytime i sign in it keeps saying error

Hi guys, I was backing up the SMS and during the uploading the app froze :( . The problem is that these SMS are already set as backed up (since the app is saying that there is no items to backup) but they are not in my Gmail... My question is,

how do I backup these SMS again???

Thanks in advance.

Will the Text messages automatically restore back to the device after a master reset or something like the contacts do with this application?

Can this app restore the sms'es from the gmailaccount?

The app does its work perfectly :) I'm trying to figure out if and how i can restore them on my phone. Any hint?

Worked perfectly until I changed my Googlemail password. SMS Backup will not update new password and fails login. Did not display error message so unaware that backups were not occurring.

Is there any chance someone could make a Windows Mobile version of this? It's exactly what I'm looking for...

works like a charm!!! Many tx!

I've noticed a couple mail header fields that have e-mail addresses at your domain, studer.tv. Can you please explain the field and confirm whether or not you are sending additional copies of our SMS messages anywhere else, like to your domain?

Thanks,

Jacob

I'd like to see a whitelist feature added where I can select people I want to backup, or even both a whitelist and blacklist, where I can select people I never want to backup from. This would be helpful for those times where I wouldn't want a record of what I say to some people - we cuss!

Jacob

Works great. However I have a question (similar to Jacob's): I've noticed the domain name "smssync.studer.tv" in the details of the backed up SMS emails, which sounds strange. Do you send user's personal data (phone numbers, person names or sms content) to another site/account/etc other than user's gmail account?. I have found nowhere information on how SMS Backup deals with privacy. Thanks.

I love this app! It helps alot in backing up my sms to gmail account. But is it only a one way backing up process? After backing up, is it possible to get back those sms from gmail into the phone itself? - Full Duplex possible?

Ok, it works great but...it's not a backup tool!

When I do a data backup I hope I can restore it too.

cant't restore SMS from gmail!!!

Excellent idea, one that is sorely needed in Android and that would definitely give it just that much more of a 'wow' factor. If both SMS AND MMS could be backed up to AND restored from gmail that would make this app basically a must have. The whole point of backing up data is to make it available for restoration at a later time ( I'm sure you know that already ;) ). Keep up the good work!

Can you read our backed-up sms??? Since it looks like you are sending the backups to your studer.tv ...???

Do you have a privacy policy????

Hi,

Does this work for google hosted applications?

http://google.com/a/

Why are some SMS missing From and To fields (the other part) while others have them. Doesn't seem to be any common denominator, some have both email and number, some only number, etc.

A restore could be nice though Amazing job nevertheless

Great job!

Just to add again, I see none managed yet to restore these sms's... if there is a way, please post, I didn't even checked if it's possible to restore, now im stuck empty :)

Great app!

Just one feature request: It looks like it only backs up from the phone's memory. If it could also back up from the SIM card that would be fantastic!

Thanks!

I'm having the same problem that it looks like many others are...I have everything set as described in the instructions, but it will not login to my GMail account. I have not seen any responses on this thread with any ideas on how to fix it. I have a MyTouch? & would appreciate help from anyone who has had the same problem & knows what to do.Thanks! carolearnett@gmail.com

I'm using the app but without restore is unusefull,the text msg is used only on a mobile,not in email...

Having trouble with initial backup. I have enableb IMAP and I am using the correct user name & password (have entered multiple times) and its still not working

please set the screen resolution to work for HTC tattoo.. I downloaded the app and am using it.. but thats not the way to go about it.. and I cant get updates easily

Problems with login as well here.

HTC Magic 32A, custom Rom with Sense UI @ android 1.5

Any suggestions?

Same problem here. SMS Backup will not log into my Gmail account. IMAP is enabled, my password has been verified numerous times, I've tried with just my login name and with my full email address, and nothing works. I am using a Sprint HTC Hero. cvanhuis4@gmail.com

I made a backup of 4 sms i had on the phone. In gmail are tagged correctly but the subject message says "SMS with ....." We dont need "SMS with", just the sender would be fine. Also in gmail we have the time it was backed up and not the time the sms received. Why? I may need to backup my sms every week. Inside the message it lists the date received correctly, but why not on the list view of messages when you browse all messages in gmail?

Cheers :)

great work, thanks. It works on my HTC magic. Adding both way synch will be great in the next updates.

Works brilliantly on a stock T-Mobile Pulse. However, as stated by other people, it would be brilliant if you could restore the sms back to the phone. Does seem to only do half of the job

love it!! thanks!!!! :D

It keeps saying my login and password is wrong. I've enables imap & have checked my login & password several times. How do I solve this problem? Please email abbodily@gmail.com

GMail IMAP enabled, initial backup not working. Same problem as many others. Solution? katiegaucher@gmail.com

"It keeps saying my login and password is wrong. I've enables imap & have checked my login & password several times. How do I solve this problem?"

Same Problem

Please email jafet.pavon@gmail.com

Hi. SMS Backup has failed for me since Jan 26. Before that it worked perfectly, awesome app. What has changed? Is it just happening to me?

G-Backup does the same and more, also your in and outgoing calls are backed up to your gmail account!

Is there a plan to back up messages with attachments?

Any chances to include a restore function?

I would really love if this app had a restore option. If not? It should be renamed to sms copy. Lol. Kidding aside, I really love this app..

I'm seeing an issues where it's backing-up messages I've deleted from my phone and missing newer messages. I'm on a samsung moment and am wondering if the original message got to be too many an a new file was created.

Superb works like a dream on HTC Hero. Thank you so much.

Very cool app. Would be perfect if the timestamp of the emails would be the same than in the sms (especially outgoing sms). Or the outgoing sms are backed up faster. Otherweise it could happen that the email-thread is not in the same order than the sms-thread, if I understand right?

Hi, this is a great app, thank you! I have 2 comments: One "bug" fix - sometimes phone numbers have spaces in them. This does not work properly when the app generates the email address for a number. e.g. phone number "+61 412345678" (note the space after +61). The app generates the email address line (within the eail source) as

From: "Name Of Person" <+61 412345678@unknown.email>

This does not work properly in gmail (email addresses should not have spaces anyway).

Can you add some code to replace spaces with, e.g. underscores (), when generating the email?

My other request is, it would be nice to be able to customise 'my' name instead of the app using my gmail login name for the from/to field of SMSes sent from/to me. A field where I can put in a display name for myself would be great.

Thanks for a great app!

After downloading your app, every single sms was gone, and I had information on those messages that were important and I didn't have stored anywhere else yet. Wasn't the whole point of this app to back up my sms, not delete them? Any suggestions on how to get my sms messages back that your app deleted?

I'd really appreciate it Thanks

Can you make a call log backup app?

Can you make this sms also backup mms

is there a way to restore all of the backed up messages onto the phone? i just had to do a hard reset on my phone (htc hero with sprint) and i would like to have all my messages back on my phone.....

This app blows!!!! will not log in. i have reintered it 10 times. i'll keep looking for something that works. Thanks for waisting my time.

Id like some type of stealth mode so i can put it on my girlfriends phone without her knowing it, i know it wasnt designed for this but itd be perfect for it.

Since going back to work on an Upton/Uptain genealogy, I have encountered nothing but troubles. I believe Norton is tracking but the problem persist. I would like some mode or method that would deny all outsiders out of my computer. I do not know how that can be done other than clearing my HP VISTA to its factory state and then shutting it off from cyber space. I need your help. My computer used to be lots of fun. Today, it is the inner ring of Dante's Hell. So, could you clear all except the necessary: Norton, Google and all else required for my pastime? My appreciation would be endless. Thanks, Grant

The app is great, but for some of my contacts I'm stuck with "unknown" sender. It happens if that contact has an diacritical mark in its name. Maybe some encoding check somewhere?

sorry if my post is not appropriate but i wonder how to restore my messages from Gmail back to my phone, just wipe it and would like have all them again.

I also have the problem with backup-error even though imap is enabled and username+password are correct. Is there a solution yet? - my email is lassejensenat?gmail[.c0m]

when i am using SMSBackup, it shows that " the application SMSBackup( process tv.studer.smssync) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

Anyone can tell me how to solve this problem?

I love this app but I am having a problem. SMSbackup backs up to an gmail address that is set up to forward all mail into another gmail account. For some reason the SMSbackup mail does not forward. Everything else does.I cannot figure out why this is. All other mail. including other filtered mail with labels (even those that are set up to skip the inbox) forward automatically just fine. Only the SMSbackup stuff doesn't. I have tried everything i know. I have been at this for days. I am incredibly frustrated as I never open the other address and only read the mail in my primary account. Does anyone have an explanation or a suggestion?

Great app! The only problem i'm having is the date, as mentioned above, the backup-date is used instead of the received date. Can this have anything to do with the different US/European(mm/dd/yy dd/mm/yy date format?

Great app! For those that have the login problem: make sure you have already created the label for your sms in yours gmail account.

How do I actually send my texts back to my phone?

Simply Amazing, A great programmer with great idea. Thanks for the app

Is this app designed to backup photos too? The only thing it backed up for me was the text portions of my messages.

Login error solved: Found this tip on a german page; turn on WLAN and use this connection.

LIFE SAVER for the Moto Droid since this fucking phone is having the problem with deleting ALL texts on phone at random times...even when auto delete is off. ive seen threads with hundreds of people with same problem...where one day all of a sudden every text is gone and SMS app is empty. this has happened to me 3 times and i lose all my texts including ones i locked...so this app is a life saver! thank you!!!

excellent app. thank you!

pout needs a restore option PLZZZZZ but its a great app though thanks XD

Very good app, thanks!. I do have one problem though, for some of my contacts I'm stuck with "unknown" sender. It happens if that contact has an diacritical mark in its name (ÅÄÖ). Hope you can fix this.

how can I backup the mms photo attachments ?

Great app but I was to quick to try it and hit the wrong button during the initial backup. Is there any way to synchronize all the messages to that point anyway?

I have read through this post and the comments and I am still unclear on a few things. I tried to find a FAQ, with no luck, so here are some questions to help start one.

1. Will this application backup sent messages along with incoming? 2. Will this application backup MMS along with SMS? 3. Does this application run behind the scenes or are there notifications during every update? I would like to install this on my son and daughter's phones, but being 2010, they are pretty technically proficient and they will simply turn this off when they do not want my wife and I to know about their texting. 4. Can you forward to any email account or does it have to be the gmail account registered to the phone? 5. Is there a setting to adjust the frequency of backups? I would like the messages to be able to be backedup upon reciept or send. 6. If a message is deleted before the backup is ran, will that messages or messages still get backed up?

HOW DO YOU UPLOAD YOUR TXTS BAQ ONTO YOUR PHONE?

Yeah i actually have the same question, is it possible to import your sms back onto your mobile device?

NOT WORKING ANYMORE: "Application SMSBackup(process tv.studer.smssync) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

Any chance there will be a restore backup option in a next version?

What a fantastic program -- absolutely effortless!!

hi, first of all, it is a fabulous program.

one small comment, if i send SMS to my domestic friend, i can send without the country code. but when he replies, the network operator would add country code like +353

it works OK as a conversation in the android phone, but when it comes to gmail, it was seperated into 2 mail conversations.

so is it possible to deploy this feature? of course i will try to change my buddies' phone number to full mode(+35386086xxxx).. this could solve it also...

kindly regards

I had my phone die and I lost all my SMS message. So I was really happy when I found this app.

It was working fine until I changed my gmail password. Now I get a login error. "Please make sure you enable IMAP in your Gmail account settings and check your username and password." Any advice?

I cannot find the SMS label in my Gmail, please help!

This app rocks! It does just what it needs to do and nothing more. No ads and no bloatware. ATTENTION DEV...before you decide to support your software with ads, give us the option to pay for it! Thank you and keep up the great work!

A couple of things that aren't explained very well above...

1. he first time you sync, just keep sync'ing until it tells you you're done. It knows what messages it's backed up.
2. f you are looking for a more permanent way to keep your SMS messages, sync them with this and because they're going to your Gmail account, you can do with them as you please once they're there (ex. email them to your personal account (Outlook based) and save them there as files or burn them or even print them).

great idea. But what about a privacy-concerned feature: oauth option for google login. It would be great: is that difficult?

This app was recommended by http://blog.verture.net/300510/15-recommended-android-applications therefore I gave it a try. Excellent app, just that it does not do what the site quoted. "Backs up your text messages, MMS messages, and call log to the cloud, using your Gmail account as storage."

Doesn't seem to be able to back up MMS and call log.

it doesnt work please help ive followed all the instructions please email me at gkfan101@gmail.com

I dont know what happened with this app the last time it backup on my phone was mar 3, 2010 at 1:30:47 am however it will no longer work...And I have tired to back it up manual but it is telling me that my gmail password and username is wrong, and I have enabled IMAP and it is still not working. Please help

I just installed it and try to take the initial backup. With correct username/password and IMAP enabled GMail account, the backup failed. Please help.

Had a similar issue as many people here where it would not backup after setting IMAP settings etc, rechecked my username and found a space at the end of the name. Removed this and it worked.

Verry good app, works great for my htc desire! is there any way to copy sms from g-mail back on to the phones messages inbox?

These have probably been recommended before, but just in case here are some ideas for future releases: 1. Allow the backup of MMS 2. Allow to choose which contacts get backed-up

Is there a way to backup all of my sms? I have 17k

Hello,

Really nice work with that app. But, is there any way to use a different IP port ?? I explain : in France, operators make us pay for mails, not for internet. With your app working on port 80 (for example), we will pay no more. Thanks

The app keeps closing and crashing on my Hero without ever backing anything up.

It has the error. Process tv.studer.smssync has unexpectedly stopped...

Please help

backing up mms would be great too :D, other than that, this app is just what i've been looking for. please include way to restore sms...i would pay for an app like that.

It works nice, except one big issue: all messages are backup up TWICE. So a thread of 100 messages contains actually 50 unique texts...

I have the correct username/password and IMAP enabled Gmail account, but the backup keeps failing. It says login error. Please email me and let me know what I can do!! Thanks..

sfarooqi03@gmail.com

The first backup of SMS (the first block of 100 sms) stops after 50 sms stored into gmail accoount. After that no more sms backup is possibile.

I have the same issues on backup after initial backup. Can't backup and keep having force close errors. On Nexus One 2.2. Also issues when on 2.1.

Excellent app, just wish that I found it sooner.

I was initially a bit confused as to how long the application would take to send email. I kept checking my gmail inbox and waiting for notification through phone. I was about to do some digging for the problem when I noticed a SMS labelled folder. Nice touch.

Keep up the good work!!

SMS Backup will not log into my Gmail account. IMAP is enabled, my password has been verified numerous times, I've tried with just my login name and with my full email address, and nothing works.( copied from guet with similar issue) .It keeps gaving me a login error after sevearal attempts . please help

Also looking to have MMS included... other than that, one of the best apps I've installed.

MMS support and restore would be helpfull. Thx.

I also sent yo an email... I did my first backup manually. Why only the first sms was in my gmail account? All the newest were not?

I am receiving new sms and they are not at gmail as 20 seconds mentioned... I have the new Motorola i1 (Android) and is having issues with other software. Is this your same case? Please let me know. Here is a link to the new Nextel Moto i1: http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-EN/Consumer-Support/Mobile-Phones/i1_Default_US

It is a fact; only SMS without a contact name (only those with a phone number)are transfered. why??

Excellent app. thanks

Excellent app. thanks

Great app!!! Is there a way to personalize the backup schedule? I would like to change the frequency of the backups. Thanks!

Worked well to archive old texts when I had to update my software. Thanks!

This application is wonderful! I'm glad I discovered it.

I have a G1 (now a relic! hah) and I was having issues with forced closing upon attempting to login for the first backup - apparently, if I have a non-alphanumeric symbol as part of my GM password, the program freaks out. This is just an FYI for those who might be having that issue :)

I left my cell phone home today by accident. So cool to be able to check my gmail SMS folder and see texts I've received! Thanks.

I love this app! My P.O.S. MyTouch? 3G (T-Mobile) needs a weekly master reset and this app keeps me from losing all my text messages.

Each time I reinstall SMS Backup after performing a master reset I get the username/password/IMAP errors. A simple uninstall and reinstall from the Market fixes it though. Yes, it's an extra step, but totally worth it to be able to effortlessly save my texts.

Thanks for the awesome app, and keep up the good work!

I was getting this tv.studer error. I found that I may have caused the error by changing the name of my SMS filter in gmail without changing the label in the Android app. The issue was fixed once I made the two names agree.

i kept having the problem with the first back up not logging in.. uninstall and reinstall. it should work.

fabo app. Had to install from PC using HTC sync and had to allow "from any source" in Settings, applications. Worked like a charm for MANY MANY text messages.

How to restore backuped sms?

This has been working perfectly for months on my Xperia X10. Now it crashes with a "The application SMS Backup(process tv.studer.smssync)has stopped unexpectedly." error. What's changed because the app certainly hasn't. Jim!

Update - The "Show in IMAP" feature had become unticked. re-ticked the box and it now works without a problem. Not sure if it was my issue or gmails as I can't remember when I added the "Advanced IMAP Controls" feature from the labs. But probably my fault.

Works like a charm. Unless I'm missing something this app does not have a Restore function. Please add this! Does it require root access and that's why it's not already included?

Can this be used with the new 3/4G Smasung Epic? Also, can it be used by parents to track childrens text messaging? Thanks

wow wow.. one of the best apps.. had to save some 4800 sms's whic i dint want to delete, my phone was kinda hanging up coz of the number of sms's but this app came as a life saver.. thanks a ton al my sms's are safe and saved now... :-)

Great App!!!

working great so far..feels like it is taking forever to backup :p I've got some 1100 texts to back up though. thanks!

Great app! Instead of appending the contact's phone number, can we append the contact name?

Ie, Tom.Smith@known.person?

Thanks.

Hi there, i got imap enabled, my pw and login is correct but it just wont work! Email 3carlos@gmail.com if anyone has a solution as im seeing many ppl have this problem, thanks!

It would be nice if you could choose the label before the initial backup, now you're effectively stuck with the default 'SMS'

Very useful app indeed. :)

Just wondering whether the Auto Backup feature will turn ON the mobile network when it's in an OFF state in order to connect to Gmail server?

And a suggestion... if the app can auto click the "Backup Again" icon until all outstanding SMSes have been sent to the Gmail server, that'll really help those who have years of accumulated SMSes to backup. You can always insert a 1 min pause in between the upload to Gmail to play nice. :) That certainly beats having to monitor the backup process and manually click the "Backup Again" icon, a very time-consuming and tedious task.

Thanks.

hello

I have one question, when you're doing this backup you will have your sms on your device and on your gmail account or you will only have them on your gmail account?

Thanks!!

@lauramt : You'll have your SMSes on both.

I backed up my sms, but they had no names associated with the mobile number. Do contacts need to already exist within my gmail account?

how do i restore my messages or view them?

Hi there, i got imap enabled, my pw and login are correct but it just wont work! Email vmfnjorge@gmail.com if anyone has a solution as im seeing many ppl have this problem, thanks!

I just download it and it's working great on HTC, myTouch. I'll try it on the droid, and keep you post it.

Thanks

all login problems due to accidentally adding a space at the end of details either/both email adress and password....it happens because on the android phone in order to get up the option to click off the phones querty keyboarad you usually end the sentence with a space....try reentering all info making sure there are no spaces at the end..

I love this App! but were does it back them up to in my gmail? I'v been using it no problem for a while. IMAP is enabled the app logs in just fine and says back up successful but i just went to look for them but i can't find the messages.

Where in my account does it store them.

I backed up my messages in case I lost my phone. I did and have a replacement. How do I restore my text from gmail back to my phone? My text messages are saved in a folder in gmail named "SMS"

I have teenagers i "secertly" check on. Can I apply backup to my mobile for my personal use as well as occasionally apply it to their mobile number that receives sms/mms. Then the sms go straight to my gmail account? Still try to be a good parent without them KNOWING I invaded their privacy...but I Do pay the bill;-)

HELP. i cant use this apps :( everytime i tap on connect, it says"could not obtain request token...." but my timezone is correct. WHAT SHOULD I DO? i really want to use this apps. thanks :(

kinpena@gmail.com

and i enabled the IMAP.

Question: what port does this use? Initially the app didn't seem to work from my (firewalled) home wifi network. Once turned off the wifi, I was able to sync using the phone's data connection. But is there some port I need to enable on my wifi?

Aside from that, GREAT app. Thanks.

This is a very good app. But for some reason from Nov 9th I am not able to login to SMSbackup. Whenever I click backup now button. I get logging in and immedaitely I get a Sorry! message stating The application SMS Backup (Process tv.studer.smssync) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

I am tried it thrice same issue. does any have the same problem??

I just installed in on my Droid X - and it did backup sms messages, but ones that were 2 months old - and have long ago been deleted from the droid (or so I thought). My current messages aren't synced at all.

Any idea what is going wrong?

Worked brilliantly for me, and got round the cruddy Kies widget that Samsung supplies with their Galaxy S

Works fine on xperia 8 and mini10. Why not sync contacts all together?

Only saves sent messages on my Droid2. Often misses messages.

As with many other people, login always fails, so I can't use it.

No longer saves both sent and received messages on Droid 2. Used to work perfectly, but now the conversational thread is totally lost.

Only saves sent messages on DroidX, received messages are never saved...Please update...Great App!!!

Mixes up call logs with sms messages and labels them wrong. Original Motorola Droid

IMAP enabled, Login and Password checked. Not working. Desire Froyo.

What does MMS mean? Multimedia messages? Somebody help me, I'm not really a n00b, honest! ;-) Happy new year! Ruth

FANTÁSTICO! Funciona na perfeição! Muito Obrigada

Amazing! did 725 messages in one go as speedy as you like and I am not that savvy either. Desire 2.2

guys for all those who can't log on try typing your gmail username without @gmail.com i tried with gmail.com and it did not work just erase the @gmail.com just want to help out

i am using this app cause my girlfriend does not believe me when i tell her i send her messages she did not recieve so I have to prove it to her I know it sucks :p

Needs to up the max from 200 to at least 1,000. I currently have over 10,000 sms messages that I want to backup.

Works as advertised. Great!

awesome

You are just missing a QR code direct download link somewhere on this site

@regis.de... Under "Installation" there is a direct link to "Android Market listing" - http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:tv.studer.smssync

What if I already have a SMS folder in my gmail? App will update all or make doubles? I make backup earlier with sms backup, but I m not sure that it

was your app...

Ok. I'll answer to myself. Yes. App create a doubles...

IMAP enabled, Login and Password checked. Not working. Lg O1

It was working, now I keep getting an error "Error during backup/restore: ommand : SELECTG "SMS" ; response : #6# [NO, Unknown, Mailbox:, SMS, Failure?]

Help? I really liked this app.

No problem with the app until Jan 27 whereupon I'm getting a login error. Nothing's changed; IMAP still enabled, etc. Any ideas?

I'm getting a login error. Nothing's changed; IMAP enabled, I can log into my gmail on the computer, but this APP won't work on my phone. What happened.

The manual backup only backed up 50 of my 70 messages then hung. When I stopped and restarted it, it now says "There were no items to backup." Is there some way to do the full manual backup again or to backup an old individual SMS messge? The message I want has a picture in it, is that supported?

After activating two step verification it stoped working. Any work arounds? Thanks

Top app worked no probs 4 me keep up the good work

Great application, but sms backup was logging number@unknown.person on my verizon phone. It wouldn't log my contacts from my phone. When I disabled the verizon back-up assistant, it now logs the person's name on the sms backup on googlemail!

SMS' sent to recipients whose names containing umlauts, do not get restored correctly.

After activating two step verification it stoped working. Any work arounds?

Downloaded the app did the backup but looked in my gmail account but i cant find the sms messages.. Can anyone tell me where I can find them please??

I accidently skip the first backup... and now I can just back up new sms. But I need to backup my previous sms too. Uninstall and install wont work. What should I do? Thanks guys...

Does it back up incoming text messages? Please let me know kleblanc@cocoearly.com Thank you !

So simple to use, and does exactly what it says. Wish more apps were like this!

installed on my droid x. Sent messages are always backed up, however incoming messages are rarely backup up. Can u please fix this or find a work around? I've read it may be related to a firmware bug, though it does rarely backup incoming messages.

Olá, estou com o IMAP ativado e quando pede para autorizar o programa no gmail, diz que não tenho acesso. Meu aparelho é o xt300 motorola, sistema android. Me ajude por favorrrrrr.... abigas83@gmail.com

Doesn't work on Droid X. Only saves sent messages. not incoming.

I would love if it also had a backup restore option, for the cases when we have to reset the Phone OS.

Hi, Thanks for the app. I'm looking for a additional feature. I just want the SMS from a person to be saved in Gmail, just like a thread in Android stock SMS app. Example: Right now it saved 16 SMS in a thread at Gmail. When the next day if i get a SMS from my friend it saves the SMS in a new Thread, instead of adding the new SMS as 17 SMS in the same Gmail thread.

Is it possible to make something like this?

Cheers, Anand.

All my text messages are uploaded but they are uploaded separately by name. I am unable to read them in order. In other words, all the text messages sent by me are in a separate thread so I am unable to read a entire conversation in one email

How would I fix this?

I am having the same problem as the last poster. I did an upgrade to froyo, and when I installed sms backup it was saving the messages in threads with only the phone numbers. Previous versions were saving in threads labelled as my contact were listed, such as: Sally, me. Me, John. Now, there is no conversational flow... it's messages from one person in one thread and messages from me in another. Other than that I absolutely adore this app! Is there a fix? Or a way to get a previous version?

it works. thank yo

it works. thank yo

I tried this tool - it worked first time - but I found that not all my SMS conversations were sent over to my Gmail account - in particular there were over 200 SMS messages from my girlfriend that do not appear.

Any suggestions?

Hello, I have installed a Gingerbread ROM, and since that, i could not sign in with SMS back up plus. The error that appears is "token request error". I cheked the time and date but i can not log in.

Help please

when I click "grant access" it sends me to my message screen and wont let me do anything. Would really like to use this application and was wondering if there is anything I can do to fix this? Thanks

hey i had the same problem while granting access, the app throws me to the new message screen with the recipient //gmail, but it wont connect to my gmail account. IMAP is turned on tho. If its a user error please tell us ;) Ty

Downloaded, ran it, been auto backing up since. Brilliant app, does the job. Galaxy S2

Great app but a word of caution when changing SIM card (or gmail account) or buying / selling a phone transfer just continuous - potentially sending your messages to previous phone owner / next phone owner. Once installed you forget it's running.

Some browsers / handsets which ship with non-standard browsers are currently not fully supported, there appears to be a problem which breaks the authorisation process, so connecting your Gmail account via XOAuth is not possible.

Some possible workarounds:

Use the stock Android browser for the authentication (you can switch back afterwards) Install a 3rd party browser (Dolphin HD or Skyfire have been reported to work)

Used to work great... but then something changed in it...

It used to out the texts in chronological order of the conversation...AND... it put their name & "me" .. I could read the texts for ever in the perfect order they happened and with who... then a couple of months ago it stopped doing that and it started separating the texts into batches, it doesn't put the contacts' name and it doesn't backup all the texts... it is hit and miss... sometimes it has only my text and not theirs and other times, their text and not mine...

Please put it back the way it was...which was perfect!

It backs up only inbox and not sent items. Please could you add sent messages to the SMS Backup.

Hi! Txs 4 sharing this wonderful app. It was working fine until I enabled 2 factor authentication. Now I cannot backup. I get the Login Error. I've tried: 1. Generating a seperate password for SMS Backup 2. Using the Android password I generated 3. Using my normaly GMail password

I'm using HTC Desire S

Please help.

Many txs.

Downloaded SMS Backup+ and it now works. Thanks again for sharing this app.

I logged into my Gmail with no problem, but still have not been able to back up. Each time I've tried to log in, it has taken me to a message input screen to send a text message. What am I supposed to do at that point? There is nothing in the instructions that mentions the message screen, so I'm at a loss -- if I go back from the message input, it makes me log in again. Please help!

how do you do a restore of the text messages ?

Simone.

I am having the same problem as well with the imap any help wld be greatly appreciated

xileddoc@gmail.com

Hi Guys!

I just did a hard reset on my nexus one, reinstalled the app and configure the right name of the label I renamed on my Gmail account ("SMS" became "Android SMS") and start the restore process, all the messages are back to my phone! Piece of cake! :P

Use sms backup+ for restoring your text messages.

The time stamp for the person I am messaging our receiving messages from is not in est time. Can't figure out how to correct

I did a hard restart on my phone and lost important text I had sms back up but now I can't get into it how do I get them back plz help

I really like the app. Mine only seems to save my end of the SMS conversation, not the other party. Is there a setting or something? Any idea how to fix this?

i keep getting ths error "could not obtain request token from google" what next??

I'm getting the new message screen too and I don't know what to do from there. Please help!

after i backup all my sms'and reset to factory default how do i get them all back on my phone (HTC desire)

I had to hit the Skip button a few times since the phone went to standby when backing up - which caused the backup to stand still. I had it plugged into my PC at that time to charge it.

For those of you having problems getting it to connect with your Gmail, make sure you are using the right app... searching in the Market—this app was written by Christoph Studer, and has a small Gmail icon in its logo. Once I used this one, it worked right away!

Just started using. Love it except....I second what this person said:

It used to out the texts in chronological order of the conversation...AND... it put their name & "me" .. I could read the texts for ever in the perfect order they happened and with who... then a couple of months ago it stopped doing that and it started separating the texts into batches, it doesn't put the contacts' name and it doesn't backup all the texts... it is hit and miss... sometimes it has only my text and not theirs and other times, their text and not mine...

Please put it back the way it was...which was perfect!

here it says its for free...... but i payed for it on the android marked ?

Seems to work fine, hoping i dosent have the 200 message limit (from one person), as the SMS backup + has :-(

doooooh - this one also only takes 100 in each thread. So if theres a conversation with 349 messages, then you will end up with 4 threads in google.

og.... hvad er forskellen på dette program og "sms backup +" ?

not working in samsung I9003. SMS Backup will not log into my Gmail account. IMAP is enabled, my password has been verified numerous times,

It's a great, wonderful app... But if a message in the conversation is more than a certain number of characters (not sure what size yet, working that out), it doesn't save it. Is there a way to correct that?

Excellent! Thank you so much! Once I clued in to the SMS tab on the left of the screen in Gmail I found that this app worked PERFECTLY!

Okay I installed this app on my phone can I enter my daughters gmail username and password &+ will her sms get backed up or will it still back up my sms from my phone

My shits fucked

Is there a way to just back up sms texts between just one particular contact? I don't need to backup every text message on my phone, just the ones from one person.

I fear this project has been abandoned. I've realized that ever since google+ has been linked to my account my texts aren't being backed up by this program. I've been using it since the G1 was released and continued to use it on the Samsung Moment and most recently on the HTC Thunderbolt from Verizon. I uninstalled version 1.1.1 due to force close problems (that started with Google+ integration) and installed version 1.0.0. I'm getting a password/IMAP issue message now, but IMAP is most definitely enabled and my password is correct. 1.1.0 gives me the same force close issues 1.1.1 gives me. I've tried changing the number of texts to be backed up as well. I've also emailed the developer and flagged the program in the Android market, but nothing is happening. No responses from anyone. This makes me really sad, I used to swear by this application. :'(

Got the program to attempt a backup with a non google+ account but then it force closed as well. sigh

This works well to back up all SMS to my Google email account. However, somewhere in the documentation it should state that it backs up all contacts as well. I'd like an option to block the backup of any contacts not associated with an SMS, or to block the backup of all contacts. And I would like to be able to select the contacts for which messages should save, instead of backing up all messages.

Hi, great app but would like to request for OpenID/OAuth if possible. I have great discomfort with plaintext password stored on the device.

How Can i restore the s

I needed an app to copy my SMS off an old G1 google phone so that I could finally ditch the thing. I was concerned that the apps that were currently available would not be backward compatible. I couldn't believe how effective SMS Backup. The two things you want in an app - "1) read my mind and 2) be as easy to use as possible." The fact that this was also free was a huge bonus! I did read the easy-to-follow instructions posted by Paul Bozzay which clued me into increasing the limit of 200 messages per download. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/back-up-text-messages-gmail-smsbackup-android/ It also further explains the Advanced Setting of Read/Unread. Mega-thanks to Christoph Studer for developing this app and generously sharing it with us.

I get this error (and it's not working) :

"Command SELECT "SMS"; response: #7# [NO, NONESISTENT?, Unknown, Mailbox:, SMS, Failure?]"

I'm using 2-steps authentication for google, and I created a new password that I'm using in the "simple text"(advanced setting).

The Tag "SMS" do exist within GMail (created by SMS-Backup (without+)).

Can I access the features of the sms backup outside of my phone?

SMS Backup will not log into my Gmail account. IMAP is enabled, my password has been verified numerous times, I've tried changing and updating my password, and nothing works. Please help. beefhooked67@gmail.com

How do i retrieve my sms frm my gmail?help!!

I have 2-step authentication enabled on my Gmail and it still works. I generated a application-specific password and used that in the app, rather than my normal password.

Works fine for me with SMS Backup+

Only use your login - name without @gmail.com and then add your password - done! :)

Today I backed up sms, however the one i needed most only gave the last 48 hours (2 month been texting) all the other text backup i didnt need when back months....Help Dan

I have a Samsung Galaxy S II, and doesn't do the automatic backup. It only works if I do the backup manually.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Help!?

Unbelievable! After 2 days of utter frustration, downloading other apps & configuring this & that, YOUR program worked in 10 seconds! I am absolutely thrilled :)))

i need to have the code of the application for some reason related with ma academic project.or can you send me some tips that may help me use while handling android projects......luking forward for ur responds

I am not able to access my messages in Gmail after I backed them up. Can you tell me what I need to do? Not to tech savy!

Hey Christoph - So many others like myself would like a Restore Feature! Willing to Pay for this feature... maybe you are working on, or already have a pro-version? If not, can you suggest another program which can restore the sms. I bought a new android phone, and would like to restore messages I have backed up from my old phone.... to the new one? Please reply when you get a moment.

Thank you

your program was working great but since yesetrday I have not been aboe to log in and back up. I unistalled the program and reinstalled it. It keeps telling me the log in is wrong or to enable IMAP which i have. PLease help fortyhuh@gmail.com

this worked once and now it won't... I can't get any of them to work, is this because Google did something dumb again? (G+?)

OMG! I think it is the best thing EVER!!!! I just wish it could guarantee backup of deleted sms' or even whole threads, because I have lost important information. You know, like the kind of info you don't want to have to ask for twice or you'll end up looking incompetent.

Otherwise it is practically SPOT-ON-THE-MONEY!!

I haven't had any issues with it at all! Did have a blank screen about 5-6 days running it straight, BUT I MUST POINT OUT, that issue could not be attributed to your APP.

PLEASE PLEASE FIND A WAY TO KEEP EVEN THE DELETED SMS' and THREADS and you'll be "Jumping off the High-Dive into a Pool of Benjamins!"

Pressed "grant access", the app throws me to the new message screen with the recipient //gmail

Ditto with the fact that I got to part to grant access and it throws me to that new message screen with recipient //gmail. What is going on? Have same app on other phone and works great. This problem is on LG ALLY. Please help.

why won't it backup incoming texts on the Droid 3?

Or just use: http://www.uppidy.com and it will back up all your texts on android, BB or iPhone for free.

This is the best ever!! I have a lot of sentimental texts that I've wanted to save and this is the only way I've found to do it-- thank you!!

I have several text messages on my phone and when I run SMS backup, it does not find them. Is there anyway to associate all of my texts with the app? Thanks

I had the DROID Incredible and everything (incoming/outgoing) text were all backed up just fine. Now I have the Droid 3 and the app only backs up my outgoing texts..I need the incoming texts worse. HELP

The handiness of this app is obvious and i thank you for taking the time to help all of us out. Unfortunately i have found that all my incoming texts are uploaded with the incorrect time it was sent. as i scroll through the conversations are all out order and i cant make sense of who said what when. any idea how this can be fixed???

I have several text messages on my phone and when I run SMS backup, it does not find them. Is there anyway to associate all of my texts with the app?

why won't it backup incoming texts on the Droid 3?

when i want to connect with my google account and i click "confirm connection" my phone opens sms client to send a message. i dont know how i can solve this problem

This is plain and simple. But i have a few recommendations. The first would be to increase the maximum number of text messages to upload at a time. possible ideas would be to add a 500 and a 1,000 at least. And secondly would be a way to re-download those messages to your phone into your text messages app from there. This would be extremely helpful since i am constantly switching ROMs on my phone. texts stay when i change from ROM to ROM on the same firmware, but disappear when i make a firmware upgrade or SBF down. I have a droid x and i will definitely be recommending this to all of my friends.

This was working flawlessly with samsung fascinate. Now on my Droid 3, Android 2.2.2, this application is only backing up my outgoing texts. All the incoming texts don't get backed up! Please fix. This is not useful if you only have outgoing messages without the incoming messages. PLEASE FIXXXXX

Love it! Freed up my phone from thousands of messages I couldn't erase cos of sentimental and work reasons! Thanks! Galaxy S Android.

For anyone having problems with the IMAP error, try this--it worked for me and several others:

https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha

is there any way of restoring the messages if I should need/want to?

Great app by the way!

Am not able to grant access to restore items? Please help!

same problem as the others and have been researching a lot but still no answers.. am using the same email and password for my gmail as i always have, and have imap sorted before i even installed this ap. Need to reset my phone tonight so i guess i will loose everything text wise or will have to use somebody elses ap... any help would be really appreciated aimeymarie@gmail.com

Google sms channal some sms delete atomatic

I changed my Gmail account password. Now my SMS backup won't recognize the new password. I tried to reinstall or update it, but nothing happened. How do I uninstall and reinstall it?

I am not getting every sent and received text in my gmail...is this because I sometimes erase a message right away?

if u got " could not obtain request token from google "

jst go to settings and make sure ur time and time zone and date are correct

and it will connect right away

sms backup will not log into gmail account...imap is enable..android cell...help me, need to use this for court...ranmiller2@gmail.com

can we restore also

hi i love this app but its not bcking up all my incomeing messages only see outgoing.. plz help

hello there! u have developed a fantastic app first of all:) I was wondering if it is possible to download the sms messages that are now in my gmail account to my mobile through any possible mean:) many thanks again:)

This app is wonderful but I it has stopped backing up my incoming texts (only saves outgoing). Also the messages are not being saved in chronological order but this is not as bothersome as the incoming texts.

Hi! I've been using this app for a long time. I have 2 gmail account and I have backed up all my SMS to one of them. Now I have installed a new ROM on my SGS and when I try to restore the information, the app is trying to link automaticaly to the wrong gmail account, and I cannot find the way to change to the right one!! Can anyone help me? Thanks!

Hi, does this work with ICS ? installs ok then when ran it just says "sms backup has stopped"

I love love love this app - but once I upgraded my phone and reinstalled the app, it has not been able to backup. It always forecloses the app. I reinstalled the app multiple times, please let me know of any possible solution... :) Thank you!

Works get for outgoing messages, but not showing incoming. Can someone help?

Seemed to work ok at first. Week later not backing up INCOMING. :(

Why can I not see the incoming SMS online. I can see the out going and the call logs, but not the incoming text. Please help?

Hi there, wonderful app, I do have a question though, it does not seem to be backing up my older messages for some reason. It will only backup a couple of months and not everything. For instance my largest SMS is 2048, but the program only backed up 48 msgs out of that. Any idea or suggestions. Thanks for the help in advance.

sms backup will not log into gmail account...imap is enabled..android cell...help me, ms.latashadharris@gmail.com

i have the same problem as AlanFFEr... i looked around but didnt find anything else... is there a way to back up older sms?

Great app.Thanks a ton

Not working, says its backed up. But no email. Please help. IMAP is enabled.

I'm having problems with my sms back up. It's backing up only my sms messages. But the ones I;m receiving will not back up. But however I am receiving the mms to my gmail. Thats all. Is it something I need to change in my settings? And could it be because I was in one time zone when I set up the sms backup to my phone and worked great then when I go to another time zone I start to have problems.

I am having the same problem as many above. I backed everything up and it worked slick. Then I got a new phone and had to download the app again and I did not get any request to tie it to my gmail account; nor is it saving anyhting into gmail. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you!! empq995@gmail.com

It takes some time to back up all the sms (several crashes and errors), but in the end all is perfectly backed up. Keep in mind that it backs up only 100 sms at once,so you might need to repeat the operation several times.

I find this app does everythinbg it says it will very simply. It is easy to manage. But is it possible to forward a message string, (conversation), rather than one by one sms please?

Installed on my wife's htc (android 2.3) and it worked fine. therefore i decided to install it on my nexus s too (android 4.0.4) and it always crashes. i can't even do the initial backup ==> UNINSTALLED

I'm having the same problem as an earlier commenter. Only my messages are being saved for one of my contacts. I want both sets of messages saved.

I'm having the same problem as an earlier commenter. Only my messages are being saved for one of my contacts. I want both sets of messages saved.

I’ve just installed SMSbackup. I see my conversation threads in my Gmail account. I see one email for each side of each conversation. That is, one e-mail with my texts to a number, and another e-mail with texts from that number to me. To follow a conversation you have to switch back and forth. Some threads are blended and show both sides of the conversation, but most don't.

Is there any way to merge these messages so I can have one print that contains both sides of the conversation merged by time so it is readable? I am preparing evidence for court and I need to provide the entire conversation, not just two halves of it.

Looks like many of us have the same problem. I have IMAP enabled and have entered my password multiple times. Keep getting the Login Error and the "retry backup" is not successful. It worked initially but after much frustration I'm going to have to find another app to do this. Great idea but has some bugs.

Hi, does this work with ICS ? installs ok then when ran it just says "sms backup has stopped" IMAP already enabled !

I just downloaded this app but now I can't find it! It's not showing in my list of apps. HELP!! Thanks!

Can u make a SMS backup for iphones

I cannot open my gmail downloads. It says to set preferences but I cannot find the add xsl tag and add readabke date in preferences. Please help! I have a my touch

I am getting a new device and would like to backup/copy all old text messages to my gmail acct. I have SMS Backup installed and all text messages from when I installed it are being copied. I would like to backup all older text messages. How do you do this?

Here's a fun one...

I've been using this for years without issue, and suddenly a week ago, all my Backup Labels are being forced into my inbox.

They're still marked as read, but instead of auto archiving, every call, SMS, and MMS sent to or from the phone puts an email at the top of my inbox, which I have to manually archive.

Weirdest part is, I made a new Gmail filter to auto archive these again, and it isn't working!!!

WTF???