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can I turn on usb debugging so I can copy text messages from phone to pc? I don't know how to turn it on in the menus. Developer options isn't even listed. I can se build number but I am unable to click on it.

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  • You are supposed to tap on the build number 7 times, and then go back in to the main settings page to find the "Developer Options" listed. However, this is an X-Y problem, @AaronGillion has answered with a solution to the base problem, so if it helps you, please accept it by clicking on the tick beside the answer.
    – Tamoghna Chowdhury
    Mar 17, 2016 at 6:49
  • Which particular Omnia is it? The codename?
    – Firelord ♦
    Mar 17, 2016 at 21:10

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If you simply want to make a backup of your text messages, check out SMS Backup & Restore or SMS Backup+ app in Play Store. Both of them have high reviews and don't require root.

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IMG: SMS Backup Restore IMG: SMS Backup+

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  • Well, I understand this being a X-Y question and all, but should you completely avoid addressing the OP's question altogether?
    – Tamoghna Chowdhury
    Mar 17, 2016 at 6:50
  • Implying the USB debugging thing.
    – Tamoghna Chowdhury
    Mar 17, 2016 at 6:51
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    Multiple answers (different approaches) are encouraged here on SE, I actually wasn't sure about his USB debugging problem, so I decided to make the OP aware of the app approach that one might have not known about. I was hoping someone else better knew his model/phone to assist with the Settings panes.
    – Aaron Gillion
    Mar 17, 2016 at 8:02
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You're now recommended not to invest your time in enabling USB debugging at all, if you intend to backup or restore SMS/MMS using it. It wouldn't reap anything useful in the end.

ADB (user 2000) doesn't have adequate privilege to directly read the database mmssms.db located under com.android.providers.telephony/databases - the same database which keeps records of your received and sent SMS and MMS. Neither does it have the permission android.permission.READ_SMS to read SMS.

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So, all you can do is use an app to do the job for you, such as what Aaron suggested or if your vendor provides a software to manage your phone from PC, then consider trying it. It may be having the option to backup SMS and MMS.

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  • I tested the solution on Android 6.0.1 but the information is true for quite a lot of preceding Android versions.
    – Firelord ♦
    Mar 17, 2016 at 10:40

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