I backed up my phone about three weeks ago and then some time after erased my SMS's. I know need a couple of those SMS messages back for some info. Were those saved to my computer when I backed the phone up and if so where are they? Thanks in advance.
P.S. One thing I forgot to add is I am using a different device this weekend and not my BB which is home. I do have the laptop I synced with so is there somehow a way to read the sms's off the laptop?
If you backed up using the BB Desktop Manager backup option the SMS messages will have been backed up - as long as you selected the full backup; if you selected a partial backup then that will depend upon the options you selected.
The backup file is a .ipd file, by default saved to My Documents/Blackberry/Backup. This file can be read using the "Magic Berry" application (and possibly others, that's just the one I use!), which is a free application available via the web. You can read and export your SMS messages to a text or .csv file.
If you used the BBDTM to synch with your laptop, the SMS messages won't have been backed up.
Hope this helps.
Last edited by wightwizard; 09-18-11 at 10:54 AM.
Reason: Updated with synch comments after rereading the wording of the original post
If you backed up using the BB Desktop Manager backup option the SMS messages will have been backed up - as long as you selected the full backup; if you selected a partial backup then that will depend upon the options you selected.
The backup file is a .ipd file, by default saved to My Documents/Blackberry/Backup. This file can be read using the "Magic Berry" application (and possibly others, that's just the one I use!), which is a free application available via the web. You can read and export your SMS messages to a text or .csv file.
If you used the BBDTM to synch with your laptop, the SMS messages won't have been backed up.
Hope this helps.
I did do a backup. Can you tell me how to locate the email and sms files on a laptop. I'm using a PC. thanks.
