Re: How to transfer SMS from your old phone?
On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Paul Fertser wrote: > When the calypso is off (and it's always off unless GSM resource is > requested), it's perfectly ok to swap SIM cards. Thanks, Paul! That's exactly the information I was looking for. I'll try this next time, $ mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage \ org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy GSM disabled [ Swap SIM here, unless previous command failed ] $ mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage \ org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy GSM auto --Ben ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: How to transfer SMS from your old phone?
Hi, On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Jan Vlug wrote: > I would like to transfer my old SMSes from my previous Windows Mobile > phone to my Openmoko FreeRunner. I vaguely remember to have seen > instructions on a user page on the wiki about how to do this. But I > cannot find this page any more. > > Please, let me know how to do this if you know. > Generalized instructions, will possibly work with most phones: 1) export the data - direct way: use the phone built in tools to export / transfer the messages out to a file or somesuch SMS Exporter[1] or Mobile Express[2] can probably be used (never had a windows phone, never used any tool) - indirect way: connect the phone to a computer (PC) and use the phone tools on the PC to export the messages to a file or... 2) import the data on the Openmoko phone - find and use an existing tool that will import messages - or write your own References: 1) http://www.seiz.ch/en/projects/WindowsMobile/index_html/SMSExporter 2) http://www.efficasoft.com/mobileexpress/ -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: How to transfer SMS from your old phone?
Ben Wong writes: > By the way, the slowest part of the process was rebooting the > FreeRunner between each SIM. I didn't want to risk my FreeRunner by > hot-swapping the SIM (and SD card since that's in the way). Does > anyone know if it would have been safe to do that? When the calypso is off (and it's always off unless GSM resource is requested), it's perfectly ok to swap SIM cards. And no, SD card is under the SIM, so it shouldn't be a problem. Just do not forget to connect to usb or wallcharger because you'll need to take out the battery. -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercer...@gmail.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: How to transfer SMS from your old phone?
My older brother, a world traveler, had a box full of SIM cards from which he wanted to back up all the old SMS and address books. We used my FreeRunner to do it using a quick hack script I wrote that dumps the info to a text file. The result was not in UTF-8, so I wrote a tiny C program to fix it. I'm sure my method could be vastly improved, but this works. I've pasted them below for everyone's enjoyment. By the way, the slowest part of the process was rebooting the FreeRunner between each SIM. I didn't want to risk my FreeRunner by hot-swapping the SIM (and SD card since that's in the way). Does anyone know if it would have been safe to do that? --Ben - Start backupsim.sh - #!/bin/sh exec 1>simbackup-$(date '+%Y-%h') echo "GetSimInfo" mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogsmd \ /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device \ org.freesmartphone.GSM.SIM.GetSimInfo echo for book in $(mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogsmd \ /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device \ org.freesmartphone.GSM.SIM.ListPhonebooks \ | tr ',' '\n' | egrep -o "'\w*'") do echo $book mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogsmd \ /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device \ org.freesmartphone.GSM.SIM.RetrievePhonebook \ $book echo done mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ogsmd \ /org/freesmartphone/GSM/Device \ org.freesmartphone.GSM.SIM.RetrieveMessagebook 'all' End of backupsim.sh Start sim2utf8.c #include main() { int c; char h[3]; while ((c=getchar()) != EOF) { if (c== '\\') { c=getchar(); if (c!='x') { putchar('\\'); putchar(c); continue; } c=hexme (getchar(), getchar()); putchar(c); continue; } putchar(c); } } int hexme(int x, int y) { if (x>= '0' && x<='9') x=x-'0'; else x=x-'a'+10; if (y>= '0' && y<='9') y=y-'0'; else y=y-'a'+10; return x+16*y; } End of sim2utf8.c P.S. I pasted the text instead of using MIME attachments (or an external web site) because I'd like this to be google-able. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:07 AM, Jan Vlug wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to transfer my old SMSes from my previous Windows Mobile > phone to my Openmoko FreeRunner. I vaguely remember to have seen > instructions on a user page on the wiki about how to do this. But I > cannot find this page any more. > > Please, let me know how to do this if you know. > > Thanks, > Jan. > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
How to transfer SMS from your old phone?
Hi all, I would like to transfer my old SMSes from my previous Windows Mobile phone to my Openmoko FreeRunner. I vaguely remember to have seen instructions on a user page on the wiki about how to do this. But I cannot find this page any more. Please, let me know how to do this if you know. Thanks, Jan. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community