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Any good alternatives for this very useful app?

tomswartz07 7y ago
Presently? None of which I'm aware. I'm very much hoping that we could resolve the issue with SMSBackup+ for the time being, but that's mostly up to the project owner. I did hear of some folks using their own IMAP server and CALDAV service to target instead of Google, but I have not tested it.
- toomuchtodo 7y ago
  Sounds like a great use for Fastmail and their open JMAP protocol.
- daturkel 7y ago
  I reached out to the author because I've been a user of the app for several years, but I haven't heard back (this was only a few days ago). I'm hoping it can continue in some form.
  - fencepost 7y ago
    You're likely to have better luck monitoring the relevant issue on the github repo. https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/959 https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/959
- nine_k 7y ago
  How about an app that just, well, sends the SMS texts to your email, as regular emails? A filtering rule would put them under a certain tag and skip inbox. The upside of the design is that it requires only one, very clear, permission: send emails to a given address.
  - warmwaffles 7y ago
    SMSBackup+ makes the sender the contact / phone number and the receiver as your number. It's been fantastic for archiving all of my texts and such. I've been able to search it all relatively easily.
  - londons_explore 7y ago
    It's less clear how to do a 'restore' with that model... Manually forward 10,000 messages to restore@smsbackup.com?
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- Reelin 7y ago
  I attempted to use SMS Gate (a fork) to do backups from the stock messaging app to the SD card. It didn't work. > I did hear of some folks using their own IMAP server ... I ended up syncing to a Dovecot IMAP server on my local Linux desktop, which seemed to work just fine. I was apprehensive about the complexity of setting an IMAP server up, but that turned out to be misguided - Dovecot was incredibly simple to get up and running. I assume SMSBackup+ would work just as well as SMS Gate did here. I eventually ended up moving from the stock messaging app to QKSMS (GPLv3, Github, Google Play, F-Droid) because it has built in backup functionality.
blackoil 7y ago
MS has 'SMS Organizer'. It backups to Google Drive account. Though not sure if it is globally available.

Presently? None of which I'm aware. I'm very much hoping that we could resolve the issue with SMSBackup+ for the time being, but that's mostly up to the project owner. I did hear of some folks using their own IMAP server and CALDAV service to target instead of Google, but I have not tested it.

toomuchtodo 7y ago
Sounds like a great use for Fastmail and their open JMAP protocol.
daturkel 7y ago
I reached out to the author because I've been a user of the app for several years, but I haven't heard back (this was only a few days ago). I'm hoping it can continue in some form.
- fencepost 7y ago
  You're likely to have better luck monitoring the relevant issue on the github repo. https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/959 https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/959
nine_k 7y ago
How about an app that just, well, sends the SMS texts to your email, as regular emails? A filtering rule would put them under a certain tag and skip inbox. The upside of the design is that it requires only one, very clear, permission: send emails to a given address.
- warmwaffles 7y ago
  SMSBackup+ makes the sender the contact / phone number and the receiver as your number. It's been fantastic for archiving all of my texts and such. I've been able to search it all relatively easily.
- londons_explore 7y ago
  It's less clear how to do a 'restore' with that model... Manually forward 10,000 messages to restore@smsbackup.com?
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Reelin 7y ago
I attempted to use SMS Gate (a fork) to do backups from the stock messaging app to the SD card. It didn't work. > I did hear of some folks using their own IMAP server ... I ended up syncing to a Dovecot IMAP server on my local Linux desktop, which seemed to work just fine. I was apprehensive about the complexity of setting an IMAP server up, but that turned out to be misguided - Dovecot was incredibly simple to get up and running. I assume SMSBackup+ would work just as well as SMS Gate did here. I eventually ended up moving from the stock messaging app to QKSMS (GPLv3, Github, Google Play, F-Droid) because it has built in backup functionality.

blackoil 7y ago

MS has 'SMS Organizer'. It backups to Google Drive account. Though not sure if it is globally available.