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tech291083
September 23rd, 2016, 02:57 PM
Hi Friends,

I have an Android mobile (Samsung GT-S5303). I use a free app (AirDroid) installed on my mobile to transfer/copy apps, files, photos etc, to my Fedora/Ubuntu PC. Attached image named "AirDroid Interface.png" shows its interface.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en

While the below images show how one can transfer/copy apps, files and photos from mobile to PC (Fedora/Ubuntu in my case).

Download Apps.png

Download Files.png

Download Photos.png

But I am not able to transfer/copy SMS from my mobile to my PC and thus I have to use another free app installed my mobile called "Super Backup", but first I have to take a backup of SMS, which is in XML format and then find some method to convert this XML file into a regular text file, something I have tried to do with not much success at all.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts&hl=en

The following attached image shows how the SMS file in XML format looks like in Firefox browser.

SMS in XML Format in FF.png

Right now, there are only 2 SMSes so I can somehow edit them (by deleting all the tags)and save them in a text file. But I often have 200-300 SMSes, mostly sent by my collegues containing contact details of my clients, so in this scenario, how can I save them all in a text file as regular text?

A typical SMS I get looks something like this in XML format.


<sms address="DM-XYZ" time="Sep 23, 2016 6:02:42 PM" date="1474633962429" type="1" body="26, Chaples Street, Mytown, 456456" read="1" service_center="+1111111111" name="CUSTOMER NAME"/>

Thanks a lot.

tech291083
September 23rd, 2016, 03:00 PM
Here are more images that I could not manage to attach in my original post for some reason, sorry and thanks.

SurfaceUnits
September 23rd, 2016, 05:59 PM
KDEConnect looks like something you might want to investigate
https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect

mJayk
September 26th, 2016, 02:40 PM
KDEConnect looks like something you might want to investigate


https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect


This

SurfaceUnits
September 30th, 2016, 12:39 AM
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tech291083
October 18th, 2016, 12:46 PM
KDEConnect looks like something you might want to investigate


https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect

Oh sure, I will try this, thanks a lot.