ICS and SMS DB moving

cormie

What's the story with ICS on the original desire? Is it compatible and is the desire capable of running it ok?

Tea Saver, thanks for the post, how would I go about deleting the SMS db? I don't want to flash a new rom if I'm still going to have the problem. The annoying thing I haven't seen anyone report the EXACT same problems as I have with the texting so anyone that says they have no problems after flashing to X, may have fixed any issues they had, but may not fix the issue I'm having

TeaServer

cormie wrote: »

What's the story with ICS on the original desire? Is it compatible and is the desire capable of running it ok?

Tea Saver, thanks for the post, how would I go about deleting the SMS db? I don't want to flash a new rom if I'm still going to have the problem. The annoying thing I haven't seen anyone report the EXACT same problems as I have with the texting so anyone that says they have no problems after flashing to X, may have fixed any issues they had, but may not fix the issue I'm having

Try this, it will just swap your SMS Db, leaving everything else as it is

Copy the blank DB attached to your sdcard. (Rename it to mmssms.db.blank)

Put your phone in Airplane mode (to stop any SMS arriving during the process)
(If you have Titanium Backup installed, use it to take a backup of SMS/MMS/APN Dialer Storage)
Install ConnectBot from the Market
Create a new local connection, giving any nickname
In the new console type "su -" (without quotes) and presss enter
Grant root access if prompted
type "cd /mnt/sdcard" (without quotes) and press enter
type "ls mmssms.db*" (without quotes) and press enter - you should see the file you copied over to your sdcard listed
Now take a backup of your existing DB, type "cp /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db /mnt/sdcard/mmssms.db.original" (without quotes) and press enter
type "ls mmssms.db*" (without quotes) and press enter - you should see the file you copied over to your sdcard listed and the original DB too
Now replace the original with the blank "cp /mnt/sdcard/mmssms.db.blank /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db" (without quotes) and presss enter
Restart your phone
Turn off Airplane mode and test SMS are working ok.

cormie

TeaServer wrote: »

Try this, it will just swap your SMS Db, leaving everything else as it is

Copy the blank DB attached to your sdcard. (Rename it to mmssms.db.blank)

Put your phone in Airplane mode (to stop any SMS arriving during the process)
(If you have Titanium Backup installed, use it to take a backup of SMS/MMS/APN Dialer Storage)
Install ConnectBot from the Market
Create a new local connection, giving any nickname
In the new console type "su -" (without quotes) and presss enter
Grant root access if prompted
type "cd /mnt/sdcard" (without quotes) and press enter
type "ls mmssms.db*" (without quotes) and press enter - you should see the file you copied over to your sdcard listed
Now take a backup of your existing DB, type "cp /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db /mnt/sdcard/mmssms.db.original" (without quotes) and press enter
type "ls mmssms.db*" (without quotes) and press enter - you should see the file you copied over to your sdcard listed and the original DB too
Now replace the original with the blank "cp /mnt/sdcard/mmssms.db.blank /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db" (without quotes) and presss enter
Restart your phone
Turn off Airplane mode and test SMS are working ok.

Hi again Teaserver, going to give this a shot, was a bit afraid before but I don't think I've a choice. Just not sure if I need to rename the file to mmssms.db.blank or just mmssms.db ? I've file extensions shown always, and changed it from mmssms.db.txt to mmssms.db.blank for now..

TeaServer

cormie wrote: »

Hi again Teaserver, going to give this a shot, was a bit afraid before but I don't think I've a choice. Just not sure if I need to rename the file to mmssms.db.blank or just mmssms.db ? I've file extensions shown always, and changed it from mmssms.db.txt to mmssms.db.blank for now..

Rename to mmssms.db.blank and put on your SD card. Then follow the instructions above. It can be called anything but for simplicity call it blank to match the commands above.

Follow the instructions exactly, if you get lost stop. You can PM me for IM details for a walkthrough if you're still uncomfortable doing it on your own.

cormie

TeaServer wrote: »

Rename to mmssms.db.blank and put on your SD card. Then follow the instructions above. It can be called anything but for simplicity call it blank to match the commands above.

Follow the instructions exactly, if you get lost stop. You can PM me for IM details for a walkthrough if you're still uncomfortable doing it on your own.

Cool, thanks for that. Will give it a go and if I get stuck or scared, give you a shout

cormie

TeaServer wrote: »

Try this, it will just swap your SMS Db, leaving everything else as it is

Copy the blank DB attached to your sdcard. (Rename it to mmssms.db.blank)

Put your phone in Airplane mode (to stop any SMS arriving during the process)
(If you have Titanium Backup installed, use it to take a backup of SMS/MMS/APN Dialer Storage)
Install ConnectBot from the Market
Create a new local connection, giving any nickname
In the new console type "su -" (without quotes) and presss enter
Grant root access if prompted
type "cd /mnt/sdcard" (without quotes) and press enter
type "ls mmssms.db*" (without quotes) and press enter - you should see the file you copied over to your sdcard listed
Now take a backup of your existing DB, type "cp /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db /mnt/sdcard/mmssms.db.original" (without quotes) and press enter
type "ls mmssms.db*" (without quotes) and press enter - you should see the file you copied over to your sdcard listed and the original DB too
Now replace the original with the blank "cp /mnt/sdcard/mmssms.db.blank /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db" (without quotes) and presss enter
Restart your phone
Turn off Airplane mode and test SMS are working ok.

Just attempted this. Will see if it works and report back in a few days, or sooner if the problem is still there.. thanks again

EDIT: Just restarted the phone and am getting a "Sorry, the application Messaging (process com.android.mms) has stopped unexepctedly. Please try again) with the only option being force close.

I go into my sms client, go sms, and the two message I had there are no longer given the contact title but just called (1) and (1)..

I wrote a message and pressed send from gosms and it appeared to send ok, but when I went back to the menu, it's not there. I also just texted myself from cabbage desktop on the laptop and didn't receive it

cormie

Aghhh After all that, the problem has come back!!

So just to reiterate, what I've tried:

HTC Desire A)
Stock Rom
-Stock sms app
-Handscent sms app

Leedroid Rom
-Handscent sms app

HTC Desire
Cyanmod Gen 7
-Go sms app
-sms DB wipe

Same problems on every set up!

TeaServer

I'm out of ideas now I'm afraid. Any pattern to the recipients who get the SMS?

cormie

None at all, just whoever I've been texting recently, could be anyone, never any set pattern. Any news on ICS being on a desire rom at all, maybe that would fix it somehow..

TeaServer

Not sure, I would hazard a guess that it won't be, well officially at least.

Just bite the bullet and get the new One X or S. Will be doing it myself in a few months probably..

cormie

Ah, I'd rather keep the desire if I can. I might try give one more ROM a shot. Somebody recommended one recently that was using some kind of ICS module. Thanks for the help anyway