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Automatic messages backup
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Exporting messages manually is a bit tiring.
Describe the solution you'd like Automatic backup as in Simple Calendar, with a selectable location, e.g. on an SD card.
Describe alternatives you've considered None.
Additional context Scheduling a backup would be great, e.g. at a specific time or while the phone is charging.
Hello
Indeed could be interessting. Actually I use this app to do it : https://f-droid.org/fr/packages/com.github.tmo1.sms_ie/ It's more complete as managed some other backups.
I don't know if it possible to isolate this feature and communicate/configure/delegate it to an another app.
Maybe it should be on org level as calls, settings could be saved same way and add it to commons library?
It's not being worked on for now, you can subscribe to this issue for future updates.
Great App Suite : Messages, Phone, Contacts and others !!!
Is this Messages App by design without Internet access ? Like Phone or Contact ? My question relates to a recent Feature Request for Backup and Sync for the Phone App, which I submitted , and could be applied for Messages and Contacts apps as well.
It's not being worked on for now, you can subscribe to this issue for future updates.
Would it be helpful (and ethical ?) to provide examples of other FOSS projects with those Backup/Sync features to help bolster design and coding ?
Would it be helpful (and ethical ?) to provide examples of other FOSS projects with those Backup/Sync features to help bolster design and coding ?
It is already implemented in Fossify Contacts and Calendar. So team have example of implementation.
The automatic backup should happen even without being the default SMS app.
It should be possible to open the app without being the default SMS App. This would allow changing settings and doing manual backups without changing the default app. This can be done with the Fossify Phone app (except setting automatic backups which is not currently available).
This can be done with SMS Backup & Restore (com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore) and Super Backup (com.idea.backup.smscontacts) from Google Play.
@camlafit suggestion was nice and is my solution for now: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.tmo1.sms_ie/
with nextcloud autoupload (warning for current google-play version) or syncthing works it perfect.
I just wish the import would work correct (on Fossify-Message side, on QUIK it works correct): https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Messages/issues/42 (this issue is just closed if import happens with this/Fossify-Messages )
@4gh22sab Please avoid non-FOSS suggestions.
These are not suggestions, but examples of other apps that are able to backup messages without being the default SMS app.
@camlafit suggestion was nice and is my solution for now: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.tmo1.sms_ie/
with nextcloud autoupload (warning for current google-play version) or syncthing works it perfect.
I just wish the import would work correct (on Fossify-Message side, on QUIK it works correct): #42 (this issue is just closed if import happens with this/Fossify-Messages )
@wrenix 👍 +1 I use QUIK as SMS app and the import works perfectly for me. What did you mean with "works correct" ?
I do also use for now: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.github.tmo1.sms_ie/ as it is, for now, the most reliable solution for backup/restore for SMS/MMS and Calls Log. Fossify Contacts is more comprehensive for exporting Contacts though
Could you please expand @wrenix your answer on how you keep in sync SMS I/E with Nextcloud ? Because that is exactly what I aim to achieve for sooo long... Your help would be very much appreciated especially since Google revocation.
I mean, that the order of SMS is correct in the App (the Conversation Date is on Fossify is the current date, when another like SMS I/E has imported the SMS to Android and not the date of last SMS-Date).
Nextcloud (i believe still just with the F-Droid Version) "Settings" -> "Autoupload" -> Menu on top left corner ":" -> "Set up custom folder" -> select the folder where you store the Scheduled Backup files from SMS I/E.
So you have a backup and could restore the files if you lost your phone.