How To: use save sms to text file script for non-technical users
asked 2015-02-01 21:22:33 +0300
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This is how I got this to work via my Windows 8 laptop
I copied the script text [https://together.jolla.com/question/54249/how-to-saving-sms-text-conversations/] (Answer 2) and pasted it into Notepad. I saved it as sms-dump.txt and then renamed the file as sms-dump.sh
I connected my Jolla to laptop via USB and copied sms-dump.sh to Downloads folder in Phone Menu.
I enabled Developer Mode on Jolla and made SSH connection using Remote Terminal.
At the Jolla prompt I changed to bin directory
cd /bin
and then copied sms-dump.sh
cp /home/nemo/Downloads/sms-dump.sh .
In order to remove erroneous characters from the file (caused by copying from Windows) I used this command to create a new, clean version of sms-dump.sh
cat sms-dump.sh | col -b > sms-dump2.sh
In order to convert the new file sms-dump2.sh from text to executable, I ran the following
chmod 755 sms-dump2.sh
The new file, named sms-dump2.sh is the one I used to create the SMS output. At the prompt
sms-dump2.sh > ~/Downloads/allmessages.txt
I then copied allmessages.txt to my PC.
I'm sure that this could be done and described more elegantly but it worked for me.