Wednesday, July 20, 2011

SMS Backup & Restore Pro For Andorid

A simple App to Backup and Restore SMS Messages. This is a Paid No-Ads version of the Ad-Supported Free App.

* Automatic Scheduled Backups.
* View Backup Contents.
* Backups created in XML Format on the SD Card.
* Option to backup selected conversations only.
* MMS not supported yet.
* FAQs at http://bit.ly/d9t7Jk

NOTE: There is a known problem with some firmware versions of the Droid X and Droid 2 phones that the restored messages do not get the correct time stamps.

This App needs the following permissions to work:
* Storage - modify/delete SD card contents (android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE): To create the xml file on the SD card.
* Your messages - edit SMS or MMS, read SMS or MMS (android.permission.READ_SMS, android.permission.WRITE_SMS): Needed to read SMS during backups and write them during restore.
* Your personal information - read contact data (android.permission.READ_CONTACTS): To display and store the contact names in the backup file.
* System tools - prevent phone from sleeping (android.permission.WAKE_LOCK): To prevent the phone from going to sleep/suspended state while a backup or restore operation is in progress.
* Hardware controls - control vibrator (android.permission.VIBRATE): To vibrate the phone when the backup or restore operation is completed.

Recent changes:
v3.9.5:
* Hopefully the last fix for the errors introduced in v3.9.2
* Added option to sort messages oldest/newest first in the message viewer.
v3.9.4:
* Another bug fix for the error during loading conversations/contact names.
v3.9.3:
* Fixed problems where both backup and restore would fail in some conditions. Apologies.
v3.9.2:
* Updated the viewer to show conversations in reverse chronological order.
* Added options to adjust timezones when viewing or restoring backups.
* Minor bug fixes.

Content rating: Everyone

Latest version: 3.9.5 (for all Android versions, supports App2SD)

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