[GH-ISSUE #477] SMS Backup start date #405

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opened 2026-02-26 01:30:27 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-26 01:30:27 +03:00

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Originally created by @laramon on GitHub (Sep 28, 2014).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/477

When I backed up my phone I had about 57,000 texts. It took about 16 hours to complete. I looked in my gmail and it seemed like maybe there wasn't all of them there so I looked. Sure enough, the texts only start from January 16, 2013. I have texts from well before then that never got backed up. I checked and made sure that in the advanced options there wasn't anything selected limiting my texts; i.e. "all" was selected for how many to back up instead of, say, 100. It's backing up new SMS as they come in just fine, but the oldest messages are ignored.

I need all of my texts backed up so I can print some of them out for court.

This is also something I noticed but not important. I don't think a single MMS was backed up since I didn't see a paperclip icon next to any of the conversation threads.

My phone is a HTC Droid something, running Ice Cream Sandwich. I'm sorry I can't be more specific than that. It's from Verizon if it helps.

Originally created by @laramon on GitHub (Sep 28, 2014). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/477 When I backed up my phone I had about 57,000 texts. It took about 16 hours to complete. I looked in my gmail and it seemed like maybe there wasn't all of them there so I looked. Sure enough, the texts only start from January 16, 2013. I have texts from well before then that never got backed up. I checked and made sure that in the advanced options there wasn't anything selected limiting my texts; i.e. "all" was selected for how many to back up instead of, say, 100. It's backing up new SMS as they come in just fine, but the oldest messages are ignored. I need all of my texts backed up so I can print some of them out for court. This is also something I noticed but not important. I don't think a single MMS was backed up since I didn't see a paperclip icon next to any of the conversation threads. My phone is a HTC Droid something, running Ice Cream Sandwich. I'm sorry I can't be more specific than that. It's from Verizon if it helps.

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@mwisnicki commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2015):

Same thing here except I have very little texts (possibly less than ~~100~~ 500) and yet I'm missing around a dozen texts before 2014-07-05 (oldest being from 2013-0-25).

@mwisnicki commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2015): Same thing here except I have very little texts (possibly less than ~~100~~ 500) and yet I'm missing around a dozen texts before 2014-07-05 (oldest being from 2013-0-25).

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@mwisnicki commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2015):

My phone is Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

@mwisnicki commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2015): My phone is Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

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@mwisnicki commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2015):

My backup log. 500 call logs looks suspiciously round too.

My phone has Android 4.4.2.

@mwisnicki commented on GitHub (Jul 22, 2015): [My backup log](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mwisnicki/6c5ad27ad20cefba8118/raw/e5ad528e602bc52481e507654c2a09b3fb510d77/sms_backup_plus.log). 500 call logs looks suspiciously round too. My phone has Android 4.4.2.

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@jcrben commented on GitHub (Mar 31, 2018):

Sorry it didn't get all your texts.

Please try out the beta and open a new issue if it doesn't work https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus#beta

@jcrben commented on GitHub (Mar 31, 2018): Sorry it didn't get all your texts. Please try out the beta and open a new issue if it doesn't work https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus#beta