[GH-ISSUE #154] Duplicate call log entries and SMS backups due to app or email changes #131

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opened 2026-02-26 00:36:19 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

kerem commented

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Originally created by @endolith on GitHub (Mar 29, 2011).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/154

I have lots of duplicate call logs, like this:

13s (00:00:13)
1234567890 (outgoing call)

13s
1234567890

with the same date and time, presumably created by different versions of the app?

I also have duplicate SMS backups, where one will be saved under a phone number subject line and the other will be saved with a name subject line, after I've added their name to my address book. Is there any way the program could delete the older duplicates when backing up the newer ones?

Originally created by @endolith on GitHub (Mar 29, 2011). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/154 I have lots of duplicate call logs, like this: 13s (00:00:13) 1234567890 (outgoing call) 13s 1234567890 with the same date and time, presumably created by different versions of the app? I also have duplicate SMS backups, where one will be saved under a phone number subject line and the other will be saved with a name subject line, after I've added their name to my address book. Is there any way the program could delete the older duplicates when backing up the newer ones?

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kerem commented

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@jddcef commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2011):

When backing up the second time did you say Backup ALL or ignore the current one's to backup?

@jddcef commented on GitHub (Dec 18, 2011): When backing up the second time did you say Backup ALL or ignore the current one's to backup?

kerem commented

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@endolith commented on GitHub (Jan 2, 2012):

I don't know what you mean by that. "Items per backup" is set to "All".

@endolith commented on GitHub (Jan 2, 2012): I don't know what you mean by that. "Items per backup" is set to "All".

kerem commented

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@jddcef commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2012):

It asked me if I want to only backup from where I last backed up or everything.

@jddcef commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2012): It asked me if I want to only backup from where I last backed up or everything.

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@jberkel commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2012):

the last backup flag got probably reset, so it backed up old messages again. there's no deduplication in the app, i wrote an external dedup (https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/blob/master/contrib/dedup.py) however haven't used it an while and it's potentially dangerous :)

@jberkel commented on GitHub (Jan 3, 2012): the last backup flag got probably reset, so it backed up old messages again. there's no deduplication in the app, i wrote an external dedup (https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/blob/master/contrib/dedup.py) however haven't used it an while and it's potentially dangerous :)