Comments on: iPhone – Manually Backup SMS, Notes, Pictures, Video, MxTube Folder

By: jens_miller

jens_miller — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:26:19 +0000

I think, it’s complain, maybe we can a tool, can to support back up or export data.

By: jens_miller

jens_miller — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:03:18 +0000

If I want to use software (back up SMS and Call), what apps I should you to solve this problem?

By: Foobar

Foobar — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:07:32 +0000

I was trying to move Contacts from iPhone 3GS 4.1 to iPhone 4 4.3.3 and after copying the files, contacts would not show up. The phone would get a loading bar with apple logo that gets stuck about half way and never goes away.

The way I got contacts moved from 3GS to 4 was this:
1. Copy the /var/mobile/Library/AddressBook/AddressBook.sqlitedb from the 3GS to my computer (I did it via SSH (OpenSSH must be installed on the phone and enabled) and used “sshfs” command on Ubuntu to mount the iPhone in a directory).
2. Then I used “sqlite3″ program on Ubuntu to recreate the database: (in Terminal, assuming you are in the directory with AddressBook.sqlitedb file):
Code:

sqlite3 AddressBook.sqlitedb “.dump” > /tmp/foo; cat /tmp/foo | sqlite3 newdb; mv newdb AddressBook.sqlitedb

3. Copy over the re-created AddressBook.sqlitedb to /var/mobile/Library/AddressBook/
4. Just to make sure it works, open Contacts app on the phone and add a new dummy contact. Delete dummy contact you just created.

This could be done on OS other than Ubuntu. For Windows, iFunbox could be used to copy file off the phone. For Apple, the above instructions should work providing you have sqlite3 installed.

This method would probably work for any other .sqlitedb files. (such as SMS)

That is it

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By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 23:58:09 +0000

you can backup your mxtube videos by download iphone browser ( alternative to ssh) and go to var/ mobile/media/mxtube then right click and hit backup folder :)

By: Rome

Rome — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:48:50 +0000

I copy/pasted both files back to addressbook folder, made a reboot and it doesnt seem to work.
iPhone opens addressbook, shows a blank screen then closes. Looking for any advice. Cheers.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:24:22 +0000

If you are looking for an easier way to backup iPhone notes, I found this

http://www.sync-iphone.com/notes-2/sync-iphone-notes.html

Worked great for me

By: Rubayat

Rubayat — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:27:47 +0000

Yes, its basically backing up by ssh and then restoring using ssh. I didn’t need to set permission but if you face problems the best bet is to chmod the folders 777.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:17:51 +0000

Presumeably restoring these is just a case of copying back by ssh, and rebooting yes? i seem to rememver you have to chmod the files after restoring, is that right?