[GH-ISSUE #982] Different app behavior using new authentication method #779

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opened 2026-02-26 01:31:52 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

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2026-02-26 01:31:52 +03:00

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Originally created by @ekw on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/982

I switched over to the IMAP method and it's working, but it seems to behave a little differently than before.

So SMS Backup+ transfers my SMS messages to my gmail account and label them "SMS". Nothing surprising here.

Before Google hamstrung the app, if I delete messages or label them as something else in my gmail account (remove the "SMS" label), SMS Backup+ would not re-transfer the SMS from my phone to gmail. It would transfer only new messages.

With the new IMAP method, if I delete a message or label it as something else in my gmail account, SMS Backup+ will now re-transfer the SMS from my phone to gmail. In other words, it will transfer new messages, but also any old messages that were deleted or re-labelled in gmail.

Is this expected when using this IMAP method? I liked the old behavior because now I get duplicate of messages that I re-labelled in gmail and the messages that I deleted from gmail will keep coming back.

Originally created by @ekw on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/982 I switched over to the IMAP method and it's working, but it seems to behave a little differently than before. So SMS Backup+ transfers my SMS messages to my gmail account and label them "SMS". Nothing surprising here. Before Google hamstrung the app, if I delete messages or label them as something else in my gmail account (remove the "SMS" label), SMS Backup+ would not re-transfer the SMS from my phone to gmail. It would transfer only new messages. With the new IMAP method, if I delete a message or label it as something else in my gmail account, SMS Backup+ will now re-transfer the SMS from my phone to gmail. In other words, it will transfer new messages, but also any old messages that were deleted or re-labelled in gmail. Is this expected when using this IMAP method? I liked the old behavior because now I get duplicate of messages that I re-labelled in gmail and the messages that I deleted from gmail will keep coming back.

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@teezeu commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019):

my deleted do not come back

@teezeu commented on GitHub (Sep 26, 2019): my deleted do not come back

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@ekw commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2019):

Never mind, when I started using the IMAP method, my phone started transferring all the SMS messages to gmail again (which is unfortunate but I understand). And it was still in the midst of syncing, so messages were still being transferred even as I was manipulating them on gmail and I got confused. Now that everything is synced and settled, I think it is OK now and works as before.

@ekw commented on GitHub (Sep 27, 2019): Never mind, when I started using the IMAP method, my phone started transferring all the SMS messages to gmail again (which is unfortunate but I understand). And it was still in the midst of syncing, so messages were still being transferred even as I was manipulating them on gmail and I got confused. Now that everything is synced and settled, I think it is OK now and works as before.