Contact and SMS message migration

donb108

Hello everyone, new to the forum and GrapheneOS. I have an older Motorola Power 7 (android 10) and just got a new Pixel 7 Pro. I've installed GrapheneOS (13) on the Pixel 7 without any problems (haven't transferred the sim card yet) and all is well. Can someone point me to instructions to migrate the contacts and messages over to the new phone? Thanks for the help,

Don

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donb108 you can export your contacts, call logs and sms using this app
https://github.com/tmo1/sms-ie/releases
and later use it to import them back. Download the latest version.

donb108

Thanks, but I'm still a bit new to how things work. I assume I'll need to install sms-ie on the Motorola phone in order to do the export. I searched google play, but didn't see the app; is there another way to install it, or, did I miss something all-together?

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donb108 what you want to download is
com.github.tmo1.sms_ie-v1.5.4.apk
from the latest release or you can tap on the link below for direct download
https://github.com/tmo1/sms-ie/releases/download/v1.5.4/com.github.tmo1.sms_ie-v1.5.4.apk

donb108

Thanks, that got me going; I'll check back if I run into a hitch.

donb108

Everything went great until I tried to import messages, then got "This app must be the default SMS app to import or wipe messages". Seems odd to make a backup app the default messages app, or, is that how it works?

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donb108 Use logic. Then set up default SMS app to what you had before. Job done!

donb108

OK, that did it; switched it to be the default, did the import, switched it back. Looks like everything's there. Thanks again.

de0u

donb108 Don't forget to turn airplane mode on temporarily while you have SMS I/E temporarily set as the SMS app. You probably don't want an incoming message handed to it!