Similar question to this one:
- I have an
ANDROID BACKUPfile containing SMS history, produced from phone A usingadb. That phone is gone, and this file is the only record I have of that history. - I have another phone B, to which I would like to restore that SMS data, without rooting the phone.
I know that an adb restore of SMS data is not possible without root, and I'd be perfectly happy to have an app-based solution. Unfortunately, all of the SMS backup/restore apps I've found so far use their own file format. Is there one that will restore from adb-created ANDROID BACKUP / .ab files?
adb restoreis not possible without root – who told you that? It was introduced exactly for that, being able to backup/restore without rooting. Apart from that: AFAIR Titanium Backup can restore from Nandroid and ADB backups (but it requires root). If root is an option, give it a try, and please let us know the outcome. Good luck!adb, but restores are a no-op: the text message app explicitly doesn't participate in restore operations. Believe me, I tried: the restore "completes", but the SMS history is not affected on the device. See the top answer in the question I linked to above for some further explanation.adb restoreof SMS messages is not possible even with root", and contain your explanation). Could you please edit that? As for the issue: I'm afraid there won't be a non-root solution to this then. All you could do is extracting the messages from the backup – but IIRC, they are not even backed up with ADB. Oh yes, see the linked question for that, it was mine :) So what's not in the backup obviously cannot be restored from it, right?adb restorewon't work. However, it would be totally reasonable for an app like SMS Backup + Restore (or any other that is designated as the primary messaging app) to use the appropriate API to import SMS history from a provided.abbackup file…it's totally analogous of how it restores SMS history from its own XML format. Unfortunately, no such app seems to be able to consume.abfiles.