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Fork from a private messenger for Android with extra options added: full backup and (partial, ony text) xml backup of messages. Restore can happen at any time, not only after a fresh install. Import SMS database. Import of (unencrypted) WhatsApp databases. Removed apk expire. Choose between passphrase protection and the Android screenlock. Choice for the backup location (internal or removable storage on Android < 11 (on 11 and higher this is already possible)). Set the maptype in the place picker. Option to treat view-once media as normal media. Option to ignore remote deletion. Choose between FCM or websocket notification delivery.
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Import SMS not working for me #48

Closed sorenkristensen80 closed 1 year ago

sorenkristensen80 commented 2 years ago

Bug description

I am unable to use the import feature (any of them), which is why I've installed it. Import system SMS database jumps to white screen and back to start screen of the app. Sometimes the (import finished - import of system database is finished) is in the drawer afterwards, but no chats/conversations are there. Import plaintext backup says "No plaintext backup found". (I exportet my sms's with SMS Backup & Restore - and saved them to my phones storage). Export - tried it just to check if that works, but no "Error, unable to write to storage".

Steps to reproduce

Actual result: Screen jumps back to start screen that is empty (no conversations/chats = no import) Expected result: My sms backup should show as chats/conversations so I would have my previous conversations from Google Messages.

Screenshots

Device info

Device: Huawei Mate 20 Pro Android version: 10 Emui version 11.0.0 Signal version: 5.34.3.0-JW

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/android/5.34.3/2b41e8cbf96b09e995a9730c8d1a283157d347371be2906bb290f8ca17c26a7b

QuendaltonBreed commented 2 years ago

Same issue here. Soren, How did you install this version? Supposedly the one with import enabled?

rambohenke commented 2 years ago

Same problem here.

Also tried downloading "sms backup & restore" and made a backup with it. Then tried the import "sms backup & restore" feature but just got "no backup found".

I'm kind of desperate getting my old messages into signal, what can I do to help debugging?

johanw666 commented 2 years ago

Where did you put the backup file?

rambohenke commented 2 years ago

In the default location on the phone.

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Where did you put the backup file?

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johanw666 commented 2 years ago

Which location is that for you? In Signal-JW the folder is one of (for Android 10 or lower):

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

Because I had to drop the sms import entirely due to changes in Signals internals I will close his as a won't fix.

simonc56 commented 1 year ago

Which is the last version able to import system SMS ?

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

6.4.2.0-JW was the last version that supported direct SMS import from within Signal-JW. In newer versions you can do it indirectly by exporting the SMS database with SMS Backup and restore, and then import the resulting xml file in the plaintext import.

Note that both methods don't support MMS (although since 6.7 the export does export media messages in plaintext export, but only the text). Because MMS support was dropped by all telcos here years ago I testing it would be very difficulkt.

simonc56 commented 1 year ago

Thanks. And we can use this version as SMS app with no time limit ?

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

The apk won't expre, like all my versions. However, it can be expected that at some point in time it will stop working due to changes in the server.

simonc56 commented 1 year ago

6.4.2 doesn't work for me. I had to install 6.12.3 and import SMS through Backup&Restore xml.

Which is the latest version not warning about "SMS support ending" in every conversation ?

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

Which is the latest version not warning about "SMS support ending" in every conversation ?

I don't know, I'd have to search in the code for that. Since that version will sooner or later stop working with the server anyway it doesn't really matter. Or do you want to use Signal only for sms?

simonc56 commented 1 year ago

I found the SMS warning was added on Oct 13, 2022 with https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/commit/b6db7e7af6b4cd744f9fb834051ce341d6edbcef So version 5.53 seems to be the last one without SMS warning. Too old version, I won't try.

Or do you want to use Signal only for sms?

Yes. For the excellent UX of this app. If anyone would fork it to focus exclusively on the SMS features, that'd be great.

johanw666 commented 1 year ago

Someone did that already long ago: https://github.com/SilenceIM/Silence