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In this article, the editor introduces in detail "how to back up SMS and MMS manually in Android" with detailed content, clear steps and proper handling of details. I hope this article "how to back up SMS and MMS manually in Android" can help you solve your doubts.

Why do you back up manually?

Although there are many different app that can help you back up your SMS / MMS, you may consider backing up them yourself for the following reasons:

App may not work on all devices and Android versions.

App may upload your backup data to the cloud, which risks compromising the security of your content.

By backing up manually, you can fully control where your data goes, where it goes, and reduce the risk of spyware snooping during the backup process.

Manual backup is more time-saving, labor-saving, and more direct than other methods.

How to back up SMS / MMS manually?

To back up your SMS / MMS manually, you need to install an Android tool called adb on your computer.

Now, it's important to know that Android usually stores SMS / MMS in a database called mmssms.db.

Because the location of this database may be different on different devices, and other SMS app will create their own databases, such as GO SMS will create gommssms.db databases, so the only thing you need to do is to search these databases.

Open the command line tool (I used Linux Terminal, you can also use Windows CMD or PowerShell) and run the following command:

Note: the following is a series of commands to accomplish this task, followed by an explanation of the purpose of each command.

Adb root adb shell find /-name "* mmssms*" exit adb pull / PATH/TO/mmssms.db / PATH/TO/DESTINATION/FOLDER

explain

At first we used the adb root command to start adb in root mode-so we had access to read system-protected files.

The shell used by the adb shell to enter the device.

The find command is then used to search the database. (in my example, I found the database at / data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db)

Suggestion: if your terminal outputs too many irrelevant results, try using the parameters of find to simplify the results. (the specific parameters can be checked by the search engine)

Android SMS / MMS database

Then we use the exit command to roll back to our local system directory.

*, use adb pull to copy database files to a folder on our computer.

Now, when you want to restore SMS / MMS, whether to a new device or a new system version, just search the specific location of the SMS / MMS in the new system again and replace it with the database we backed up.

Replace it with adb push, for example:

Adb push ~ / Downloads/mmssms.db / data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db has finished the introduction of this article "how to back up SMS and MMS manually in Android". If you want to master the knowledge of this article, you still need to practice and use it before you can understand it. If you want to know more about related articles, welcome to follow the industry information channel.

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