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jberkel / sms-backup-plus

Backup Android SMS, MMS and call log to Gmail / Gcal / IMAP
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zegoggles.smssync
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Save phone number in such a manner to make SMS searchable #62

Closed KoolPal closed 10 years ago

KoolPal commented 13 years ago

Hi,

Please close this if there is a workaround!

Currently I have backed up over 4000 SMS using this amazing app. At times I need to search old SMS using phone numbers and these dont show up in the results.

I can manually scroll and find the SMS, but it does not show in gmail results.

Is there something you can do so that the SMS can be searched used mobile numbers?

Would be awesome!

P.S. I know this should be something that gmail should fix, but I dont know if you guys can do something either!

jberkel commented 13 years ago

Advanced Settings => Email address style => Name and Number

KoolPal commented 13 years ago

That is already done. It still does not search. Please try it yourself!

I have checked all that and then reported it here!

Please reopen this! Please!

jberkel commented 13 years ago

the only way then would be to include the phone number in the actual email body. which is not too difficult.

KoolPal commented 13 years ago

WOW! It would be perfect! But would it not become a problem when you restore the SMS?

Also, would this work if I restore the existing SMS, delete from gmail and then backup again?

jberkel commented 13 years ago

oh, you're right, but it could strip out the phone number during the restore.

KoolPal commented 13 years ago

Then it would be awesome!

Can we experiment with this? We can always switch back if this does not work, right?

The added advantage would be that current bug in google search prevents partial number search. There are no results.

This change (mobile number in body) may overcome that!

I see benefits with this enhancement!

jberkel commented 13 years ago

have you tried searching the number with "quotes" ?