Hi, I am now wondering if there is something special about the privacy or security features on this old phone that are preventing any backups.
I have tried SMSgate, Smart Switch (the samsung app), SMS Backup & Restore, SMS Backup+, Slight Backup and none worked. This is on Cyanogenmod 10.1-20140217-NIGHTLY-vibrantmtd, Android 4.2.2. The latest I tried was SMS Backup & Restore, DLed from here: https://apkpure.com/sms-backup-restore/com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore/download/820-APK?from=versions%2Fversion The oldest version, as none of the others would even install on Android 4.2.2. I turned on debugging and DLed the log file with adb logcat -d > logcat.txt This is what happened when I tapped the "Backup" button: D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Creating new Backup File:/storage/sdcard0/SMSBackupR estore/calls-20220804182043.xml D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Trying to getExternalStorageState D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): External storage is ready D/CallLogProvider(22519): Call log query from application in incognito mode! pi d=22494 D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Using filter: null D/CallLogProvider(22519): Call log query from application in incognito mode! pid=22494 D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Could not find any records to backup. D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Backup Completed for: 0 records D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Creating new Backup File:/storage/sdcard0/SMSBackupRestore/sms-20220804182043.xml D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Trying to getExternalStorageState D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): External storage is ready D/SmsProvider( 1226): SMS query from application with privacy guard! pid=22494 uri=content://sms projection=null selection=1 = 2 selectionArgs=null D/SmsProvider( 1226): SMS query from application with privacy guard! pid=22494 uri=content://sms projection=[body, protocol, person, status, subject, error_code, date_sent, seen, type, date, _id, service_center, address, read, locked, thread_id, reply_path_present] selection=null selectionArgs=null D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): MMS Backup is Enabled D/MmsProvider( 1226): MMS query from application with privacy guard! pid=22494 uri=content://mms projection=null selection=1 = 2 selectionArgs=null D/MmsProvider( 1226): MMS query from application with privacy guard! pid=22494 uri=content://mms projection=[text_only, sub, retr_st, date, ct_cls, sub_cs, _id, read, ct_l, tr_id, st, msg_box, thread_id, m_cls, d_tm, read_status, ct_t, retr_txt_cs, d_rpt, m_id, date_sent, seen, m_type, v, exp, pri, rr, resp_txt, rpt_a, locked, retr_txt, resp_st, m_size] selection= selectionArgs=null D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Could not find any records to backup. D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Backup Completed for: 0 records I/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Sending Snowplow Backup Event The critical line is: D/SMSBackupRestore(22494): Could not find any records to backup. When in fact there are hundreds of sms messages and call log entries. This is consistent with the behavior of all the other apps listed above. There are no xml files in /storage/sdcard0/SMSBackupRestore. I have disabled privacy guard in droidwall, but in any case I had cleared manually all the firewall entries. adb shell # iptables -S -P INPUT ACCEPT -P FORWARD ACCEPT -P OUTPUT ACCEPT None of this (privacy guard or firewall entries) should be relevant since I'm backing up to local storage. Does anyone know what is going on? What else can I try? I've been trying for months now to get at the sms/mms and call logs on the old phone without success so far. Any hints will be welcome. Thanks. Augustine _______________________________________________ Replicant mailing list [email protected] https://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/replicant
