Sigh. I dropped the Windows Phone 7 platform simply after being unable to back up/retrive offline - my SMSs, for a court case.
Seems like nothing has changed in this area. Though I'm sure MS has wonderful reasons to choosing the design - frankly they don't make sense to me, and I'm past caring. On 7 February 2014 18:18, Nathan Chere <nathan.ch...@saiglobal.com> wrote: > Looking further into the WP8 backup, this paints an even worse picture > than I'd imagined: > > > > *http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/16663_When_is_a_backup_not_a_backup_.php > <http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/16663_When_is_a_backup_not_a_backup_.php>* > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Nathan Chere > *Sent:* Friday, 7 February 2014 3:52 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ... > > > > much hurt > > so defens > > wow > > > > Calm down cowboy. Sorry if that's how it sounded but it wasn't meant to > come across as a rant directed towards you, so no need to get your knickers > in a twist. > > > I'm pretty sure I've already mentioned enough issues that it isn't a > "sample size of 1", and I both looked at your links and googled around > related functionality to see what was possible. The best glimmer of hope I > could find was this: > > > > > http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-8/225574-wow-look-view-text-message-backup-outlook.html > > > > which has subsequently been locked down by MS as well. There appears to be > no way to access your messages once on Skydrive other than to restore > directly to another Windows Phone 8 device. Yeah, combined with the points > I already made, I think it's sufficiently "demonstrates something about an > entire platform". > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Friday, 7 February 2014 3:36 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ... > > > > OK - you asked for backup/export, so I gave you some instructions on how > to *backup* your text messages. > > > > Just because **I** don't know how to do this, don't care for this > functionality, and can't be f*cked* looking this up for you, doesn't mean > that the functionality doesn't exist. > > > > And then, based on a sample size of 1, you claim that this demonstrates > something about an entire phone platform? > > > > Wow. > > > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Nathan Chere > *Sent:* Friday, 7 February 2014 3:22 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ... > > > > That perfectly demonstrates how far backwards Windows Phone is compared to > Windows Mobile and the pain-in-the-ass mentality of Win8/WP8-era MS. You > still can't really *export* the messages. It's a black-box backup to > *Skydrive* and a restore from Skydrive, ie your messages are still locked > in. Is it really asking that much to be able to just export *MY* messages > to something like CSV or XML and let me email it, upload to Dropbox, copy > to my desktop etc? It's almost like DRM-by-stealth over your own content. > > > > Even as early as Windows Mobile 2003 you could sync your SMS messages with > Outlook locally and do whatever you want with them from there. *Windows > Mobile 2003 did it better than Windows Phone 8! *ARHRHHHRGHRRHIRGRGRHOGRGR > </rant> > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Friday, 7 February 2014 2:40 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ... > > > > For text messages, you can: > > http://forums.wpcentral.com/windows-phone-8/230367-sms-backup.html > > http://www.windowsphone.com/en-au/how-to/wp8/basics/back-up-my-stuff > > > > The one main gripe I have is that you used to be able to start typing > someone's name on the onscreen keyboard in WM6, and it would search both by > number and contact name. That (still) doesn't work. > > > > I think a lot of basic functionality is there now - maybe more so with the > Lumias than the other brands, as Nokia seemed to have invested fairly > heavily. I like having a mapping app that can tell me if I'm speeding - > iPhone doesn't have that inbuilt J That said, whilst Microsoft's been > backfilling the missing basic functionality, Android and IOS haven't been > standing still. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>] *On > Behalf Of *Nathan Chere > *Sent:* Friday, 7 February 2014 2:02 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Today was very quiet on ozdotnet ... > > > > Are you able to do something as simple as backup/export your SMS messages > with Windows Phone yet (something MS were promising since the Mango > announcement by which point I had bought a Galaxy and haven't had any > reason to look back)? Is it worth a grumpy cat like myself giving the > Lumia-era phones a try or am I just going to be left even more jaded and > cynical? > > > > Click here <https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/MZbqvYs5QwJvpeaetUwhCQ==> to > report this email as spam. > > > > This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
