Support SMS restore onto Android KitKat

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Backup from an old phone to the cloud
2. Try to restore to a new phone running KitKat

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Call logs are restored OK, but SMS isn't, despite reporting that 'restored 1361 
of 1361'

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Backing up on Nexus 1 running Android 2.3.6.

Restoring to a Nexus 5 running Android 4.4.

Please provide any additional information below.

This could be user error in terms of I'm not that familiar with the new UI and 
the way Hangouts is the new SMS app in this version of Android, but I suspect 
it might be related to the way only a single app can be registered to write to 
the SMS database at a time [1], [2].

[1] 
http://android-developers.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/getting-your-sms-apps-ready-for
-kitkat.html
[2] https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/pull/388

Original issue reported on code.google.com by james.ab...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2013 at 1:29

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I made this change, ran the app on my phone and set it to the default SMS app 
in the settings before running the import.

This made it work for me, but an easier fix to work with would probably help 
non-technical users.

Original comment by james.ab...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2013 at 2:08

Attachments:

• AndroidManifest.xml.patch

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I ran into this issue too. An easy non-technical workaround is to go into App 
Ops and set the permissions on Lifesaver 2 to allow SMS writing.

Original comment by tkall...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2014 at 6:19