[GH-ISSUE #459] received MMS never backing up #390

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opened 2026-02-26 01:30:24 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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Originally created by @sampenguin on GitHub (Jun 10, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/459

After getting a Samsung Galaxy S5, and getting the 1.5.5 version of this, I noticed that incoming MMS messages are not getting backed up. I looked at the other MMS issues listed here and none of them are the same (i.e. i'm not getting them mislabeled, they just aren't there). Which is unfortunate, because it's not just the media content that's missing, the text that comes included with it is also missing.

I know that in at least one case of this, the sender is using iOS, which I know does weird things with MMS when Android receives them.

Originally created by @sampenguin on GitHub (Jun 10, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/459 After getting a Samsung Galaxy S5, and getting the 1.5.5 version of this, I noticed that incoming MMS messages are not getting backed up. I looked at the other MMS issues listed here and none of them are the same (i.e. i'm not getting them mislabeled, they just aren't there). Which is unfortunate, because it's not just the media content that's missing, the text that comes included with it is also missing. I know that in at least one case of this, the sender is using iOS, which I know does weird things with MMS when Android receives them.

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@endolith commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2014):

I think I have this issue too. People have started sending me texts as MMSes for some reason (iOS quirk?) and the saved messages in my Gmail are just blank:

Subject: SMS with ___
From: "___ (+12345678901)" <_____@aol.com>
To: _______@gmail.com
References: <9yfumjnslio606fvpmmyt941.1861@sms-backup-plus.local>
Message-ID: <c1957aa5a63da6d399d33162500dbd65@sms-backup-plus.local>
X-smssync-address: +12345678901
X-smssync-datatype: MMS
X-smssync-backup-time: 9 Jul 2014 19:54:10 GMT
X-smssync-version: 1531
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:08:38 -0400
X-smssync-id: 111
X-smssync-type: 130
X-smssync-date: 1404932918
X-smssync-thread: 13
X-smssync-read: 0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----6VJX7OGA2ERG20GN4C9AOVWDCWUG3F"

------6VJX7OGA2ERG20GN4C9AOVWDCWUG3F
------6VJX7OGA2ERG20GN4C9AOVWDCWUG3F--

Android 2.3.7

@endolith commented on GitHub (Jul 23, 2014): I think I have this issue too. People have started sending me texts as MMSes for some reason (iOS quirk?) and the saved messages in my Gmail are just blank: ``` Subject: SMS with ___ From: "___ (+12345678901)" <_____@aol.com> To: _______@gmail.com References: <9yfumjnslio606fvpmmyt941.1861@sms-backup-plus.local> Message-ID: <c1957aa5a63da6d399d33162500dbd65@sms-backup-plus.local> X-smssync-address: +12345678901 X-smssync-datatype: MMS X-smssync-backup-time: 9 Jul 2014 19:54:10 GMT X-smssync-version: 1531 Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:08:38 -0400 X-smssync-id: 111 X-smssync-type: 130 X-smssync-date: 1404932918 X-smssync-thread: 13 X-smssync-read: 0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----6VJX7OGA2ERG20GN4C9AOVWDCWUG3F" ------6VJX7OGA2ERG20GN4C9AOVWDCWUG3F ------6VJX7OGA2ERG20GN4C9AOVWDCWUG3F-- ``` Android 2.3.7

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@dabrosch commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2015):

I thought I was having the exact same problem with my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, but it turns out that I found the MMS messages received from others, they were wrongly being recorded as being sent from myself! I still get some MMS messages recorded as sent to me from the right sender, but it is inconsistent.

@dabrosch commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2015): I thought I was having the exact same problem with my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime, but it turns out that I found the MMS messages received from others, they were wrongly being recorded as being sent from myself! I still get some MMS messages recorded as sent to me from the right sender, but it is inconsistent.

kerem commented

2026-02-26 01:30:25 +03:00

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@kurahaupo commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2020):

Does this problem still exist in the most recent version of SMS Backup? (There have been several updates to SMS Backup since this issue was raised.)

@kurahaupo commented on GitHub (Apr 26, 2020): Does this problem still exist in the most recent version of SMS Backup? (There have been several updates to SMS Backup since this issue was raised.)

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@kurahaupo commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2020):

No response, closing issue

@kurahaupo commented on GitHub (Jul 8, 2020): No response, closing issue

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