SMS Import / Export
Imports and exports SMS and MMS messages and other data.
tmo1 Phone & SMS System
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Description
SMS Import / Export imports and exports SMS and MMS messages, call logs, contacts, and blocked numbers from and to (ND)JSON / ZIP files. (Contacts import and export are currently functional but considered experimental.) It does not require root.
The primary author of SMS Import / Export is Thomas More. Others have contributed code and translations. The software is copyright 2021-2026, and is released under the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
SMS Import / Export is a sibling project to sms-db, a Linux tool to build an SQLite database out of collections of SMS and MMS messages in various formats. sms-db will hopefully eventually be able to import ZIP files created by SMS Import / Export, and to export its database to ZIP files that can be imported by SMS Import / Export.
What’s new (2.12.0-standard)
- Bump standard flavor `minSdkVersion` to 24
- Switch to unified `versionCode` for both `standard` and `legacy` app flavors
- Add option (on by default) to try to avoid compressing relatively incompressible data when exporting MMS messages (see the "Compression" section of the README for more information) (DustinReynoldsPE)
- Implement various performance improvements (DustinReynoldsPE, Andrew Gunnerson)
- Overhaul scheduled export framework: Add "Export interval (days):" setting and di
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What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.
- Read SMSRead text messages.
- Read contactsAccess the address book.
- Change contactsCreate and change address book entries.
- READ_CALL_LOG
- WRITE_CALL_LOG
- FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE
- REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS
- NotificationsShow notifications.
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- Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
- Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
- Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
- sms_ie.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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