abinashbishoyi / android-sms Goto Github PK

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. backup to gmail.
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
When i read my messages i see the time it was backed up from the phone.
What would really be better would be for the time to be the same as when
the texts were sent.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Emulator/Gmail.  Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex.

Please provide any additional information below.
Thanks for a great app!!   :-)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Set up android-sms and enable
2. Receive anonymous sms 

Or
1. Recieve anonymous sms
2. Set up android-sms
3. Backup all messages

Anonymous meaning: empty sender string, android will display Anonymous in 
message list 
but not group the messages. Message window and details show nothing where the 
name or 
number is supposed to be.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Force close when short after receiving the SMS or when backing up the anonymous 
SMS

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.0.0 on Android 1.5 JesusFreak (dev)

Please provide any additional information below.
I don't know how to make a stack trace, but I am willing to help (though I 
think it should be 
an easy fix)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Use an non-english android
2. Execute a backup
3. Go to gmail to view your SMS

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
In gmail, SMS are displayed with received date = backup date. This is
caused by the date formatting which should always be in english.

Expected headers :
Message-ID: xxxx
Subject: SMS with XXXX
To: xxxx
...
Date: Wed, 29 jull 2009 10:57:46 +0200

Got : 
Date: mer., 29 juil. 2009 10:57:46 +0200
(my android phone is in french)

Currently the schedule is as follows:
* Start backup 20 seconds after arrival of new SMS.
* Start backup 30 minutes after last completed backup attempt.

It would be nice for users to be able to customize that further, possibly 
also taking into account the number of received messages since the last 
backup.

A very useful feature would be to include MMS backups with the SMS, I
already forward most of my MMS messages to my gmail account anyway because
it's easier to work with the photos on the computer until the G1 gets some
better image viewers.

I'd like to say that I am impressed with your implementation, it worked
fine with my Google Domain Apps address that doesn't end in @gmail.com. 
You also exported the date and timestamps which will make sifting through
these messages much easier.  So thank-you very much for a great app!

Under certain unknown circumstances, the SharedPreferences are wiped and
all that's stored are the default values as defined in main_screen.xml
(preferences XML file).

I was unable to reproduce it reliably, but I think this happens when the
app process is killed. Starting the app the next time will have wiped
SharedPreferences.

Any ETA on update?

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. send or receive sms from a friend whose name is Chinese in Google contact
2. backup sms
3. check gmail

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
  I expect the Chinese name of this friend is shown as sender or reciver.
However, it's empty string. See attached screenshot.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
  This bug is newly introduced in version 1.1.0, previous version works fine.

Please provide any additional information below.
  Using attached screenshot as example. I use the "Show original" function
to find out the source.
  The sender field is displayed as following in version 1.0:
        From: 宋涛 <[email protected]>
  It becomes following string in version 1.1.0
        From: =?UTF-8?B?IuWui+a2myIgPG5pY2V0b3dlckBnbWFpbC5jb20+?=
  I did not check the encoding, but I think only name 宋涛 should be
encoded, instead whole from field.

I hope this information is helpful, please let me know if you want more
details.

A few people contacted me that they suddenly get "login errors" when using 
SMS Backup.

As they did not change their login settings and I did not change anything 
in SMS Backup, it's likely that there was a change on the Gmail side.

I'm using Apple Mail with Gmail IMAP, and I can't see the SMS "folder".
I've got Mail configured with [Gmail] as the folder prefix (as per the IMAP
configuration instructions).

I think the problem is that the "SMS" label won't show up because it's not
in the [Gmail] path; if the label is "[Gmail]/SMS", then it does show up in
Apple Mail.

I tried to put in the full label in SMS Backup, but it disallows the
special characters necessary (e.g. brackets and slashes).

Possible solutions:
1. Allow entering special characters in the label field.
2. Add an "IMAP Prefix" field to the label configuration page, which
defaults to "[Gmail]".

In Gmail, one can easily search for the name of a recipient to see all the 
messages sent to or received from that recipient.

However, it is far more difficult to see all the messages from a specific 
time period.

Thus, it would be nice if messages are clumped together only if they are 
near in time to each other.

For example: add a new message to an existing thread if it is at most 
within 3 hours from the most recent one in the thread

Given how Gmail works, however, I'm not sure if this is actually 
possible...

First off thanks for making this app, I've been wanting something for my 
phone like this for years.

I would like to have the read/unread state mirrored between the phone and 
Gmail.  If I read the SMS in Gmail the SMS notification should be dismissed 
on my phone, similarly the message imported into Gmail should be marked read 
if I read it on my phone.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. running a manual back up of more than 50 messages 
2.
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect that the 51 or more messages will be backed up then return to the 
main SMS Backup screen.  Instead, the phone reboots after it does the backup.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
SMS Backup version 1.0.0 (free) on t-Mobile Android G1 phone

Please provide any additional information below.

[deleted issue]

It would be nice if the backed up SMS messages can be shown in Gmail as 
read, instead of unread.

When I start a backup I get a "Application SMS Backup (process
tv.studer.smssync) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Entered valid credentials in the settings
2. Started the backup (this was an initial backup)
3. It states that it is logging in

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I would have expected that it back up messages.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Running on 1.1.0 on HTC Dream with Android 1.5

I can create a debug backtrace if you wish but I'm unsure of how to do
that. If you could direct me at instructions to do that I will be happy to
do such.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  let someone send you a vcard (android cannot read them anyway, but that 
does not stop 
people sending them)
2.  make a backup

in this case i made a manual backup, don't know what happens when auto-backup 
is 
enabled.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

crash.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.0.0 on a g1 with android 1.1

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start SMS Backup
2. Scroll down using the trackpad

Expected:
"Backup now" button should gain focus.

Actual:
First settings entry "Username" gains focus.

SMS Backup really needs unit tests.

This will have quite an impact on SmsSyncService, which is not very test 
friendly right now.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open SMS Backup 
2. Select "backup now"
3.

What is the expected output? 
The program to begin backing up.

What do you see instead?
A force-close

What version of the product are you using? 
v1.1.0

On what operating system?
Android v2.0 (Motorola Droid/Shoals hardware)

Please provide any additional information below.
Sorry wish I had more info to give... let me know if I can provide anymore
info...

The following bug was reported to me by e-mail. I have not verified it.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Have Gmail account with a password of ~30 chars
2. Try to perform backup

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Backup should happen successfully. However, SMS Backup shows a login error.

SMS Backup currently does not provide any way to restore backed up messages.

While I think a real sync is not really doable given the abilities of the
MMS/SMS content provider, a one-time restore should be fairly straight
forward to implement.

We already have almost all fields of the SMS in the header of the e-mail
such that we can extract it when downloading.

Currently there's no way for the user to cancel an ongoing backup.

It would be helpful to have a cancel button which allows the user to stop 
the ongoing backup at the next possible occasion.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. backup messages from a german g1
2. examine date and time

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

gmail shows the time it gets the message instead of the time the message 
was sent, a quick look at the mailheaders shows:

[...]
Date: Di, 31 Mrz 2009 11:55:10 +0200
[...]

instead of for example

[...]
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:26:27 +0200
[...]

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.0.0 on german g1 with android 1.1

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. enter your Google-account username without @gmail.com
2. start making a backup
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
the SMS created in Gmail of SMS that are send to me are send by "username" 
instead of "[email protected]". GMail will not replace the username with 
"Me" in the webinterface because it doesn't recognize the username.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.0.0

Workaround is to manually add @gmail.com and backup again.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. It's not a problem, but kind of a customisation option request.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
It would be nice to be able to choose that sent sms will be marked as read,
not the received sms. This way, a user doesn't have to be notified of an
sms that he or she sent him/herself.

If I have time, I'll look into the code myself to create a patch :)

it would be much better if the subject was something like "sms 2nd feb 09" 
rather than just "sms" thought i know we can change the subject but theres 
no way to include the date

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  let someone send you a vcard (android cannot read them anyway, but that 
does not stop 
people sending them)
2.  make a backup

in this case i made a manual backup, don't know what happens when auto-backup 
is 
enabled.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

crash.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.0.0 on a g1 with android 1.1

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Installing SMS Backup
2. Type correct gmail account including @gmail.com (have also tried without
@gmail.com with the same result).
3. Type correct password to my gmail account.
4. Try to backup my SMS. Get the error "Login error"

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Login correctly and backup my SMS.


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
HTC Hero
Firmwareversion 1.5
Versionnumber: 2.73.405.5 146733 CL#61267 release-keys
Softwareversion: 1.0.0.A6288

Please provide any additional information below.
It works great until I updated the Firmvare. After the update - It will not
work.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Backup Now (200 messages at a time)
2. Screen Always on


What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
The backup to complete and I see a simcard locked, enter passcode instead.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.0 on RC30

Please provide any additional information below.
Sometimes it also causes my phone to freeze and hang entirely requiring me
to remove the battery to reboot.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Set account to correct accountname (cheked 10 times)
2. Set correct password (again checked 10 times atleast)
3. Unckecked "Auto backup"
4. Went into "Advanced Settings"
5. Checked "Mark as read"
6. Changed the maximum number of items per backup to 200.
7. Pressed "Backup now"
(Background data is enabled)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expected to have my sms messages backedup.
I got a "Login error"

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.1.0 of SMS backup
On Android 1.5

Please provide any additional information below.
I have enabled IMAP on my gmail account.

Excellent application, however I'd like to see the addition of limiting the
backup to only happen when in wireless range. 

Are there going to be any updates or possibility of opening the source for
others to work on?

Would it be possible to modify the application to use ANY IMAP server,
rather than just gmail. It'd be nice to push my SMS backups to *my* mail
server and thus have them on any of my client mail applications.

If this is just IMAP, is it just a case of modifying the server address?

When checking the SMS under Gmail, all SMS show as being sent or received
at GMT time rather than the proper time zone

It would be nice if both "from:" and "to:" headers would be set
always when messages are being backup-ed. The email address of
the sender could be fetched from the phone's address book.

In this way a search for "recent conversions with my friend" in
gmail would result in the complete list of related mails, chats
and sms's --- which would be a great feature! :-)

Anyway, thanks for this very useful app!

W/dalvikvm(27817): threadid=13: thread exiting with uncaught exception 
(group=0x4000fe68)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): Uncaught handler: thread Thread-7 exiting due to 
uncaught exception
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): java.lang.NullPointerException
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
com.android.email.mail.internet.TextBody.writeTo(TextBody.java:38)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
com.android.email.mail.internet.MimeMessage.writeTo(MimeMessage.java:308)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
com.android.email.mail.store.ImapStore$ImapFolder.appendMessages(ImapStore.java:
977)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
com.android.email.mail.store.ImapStore$ImapFolder.appendMessages(ImapStore.java:
963)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService.sync(SmsSyncService.java:290)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService.access$2(SmsSyncService.java:213)
E/AndroidRuntime(27817): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService$1.run(SmsSyncService.java:132)

I would like to contribute to your project. In attachment you can find the
file 'strings.xml' to place in folder '/res/values-it/' to get a full
Italian localization.

App crashes with the exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown URL 
content://contacts/phones/filter/

Stacktrace from Gaal attached.

If you also encounter this bug, please leave a comment with a stacktrace if 
possible.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Enter correct login information.
2. Perform initial sync.
3. Change password to wrong value.
4. Let auto backup enabled.

Expected:
User should get a notification that the background backup failed.

Actual:
Nothing. User has to start application to see that there's an error.

One of the problems with the G1 is having too many SMS saved up or in a 
single thread.

Thus, it would be great if there is a setting to adjust the conditions 
under which an SMS message will be deleted from the phone, and how often it 
should be done.  After all, now we have access to all of them through Gmail 
anyway.

For example:

1. Delete if the message is more than 15 days old.
2. Delete if the message is in a thread with more than 100 messages AND it 
is older than the 100th most-recent message.
3. Delete if the message is in a thread with more than 100 messages AND it 
is older than the 100th most-recent message AND it is more than 15 days 
old.

So basically it boils down to 4 new settings:
1. Maximum number of messages per thread 
2. Maximum age of messages
3. Whether 1 and 2 should be in an AND or an OR relationship (default to 
OR)
4. Frequency of the purge

When backing up android-sms uses a [email protected] address for
the other party in the conversation. It should check to see if they have a
contact within your contacts and add this address as another email address
so the backed up messages are linked with that contact.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start backup manually
2. If screen falls asleep during backup large probability it SMS backup 
will not continue
3. Require a manual restart and start backup manually again

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I expect it to finish the backup even though screen falls asleep, but 
instead it stops.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 1.0.0 using Android OS RC33 JF1.41 on Android ADP1

Please provide any additional information below.

Not sure what's going on here. Seems like the server does not accept the create 
folder commands that we're sending when the "SMS" label does not exist yet.

D/InetAddress(14795): imap.gmail.com: 74.125.79.109 (family 2, proto 6)
D/InetAddress(14795): imap.gmail.com: 74.125.79.111 (family 2, proto 6)
I/SmsSync (14795): Label 'SMS' does not exist yet. Creating.
I/SmsSync (14795): 
I/SmsSync (14795): 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService$AuthenticationErrorException: #5# [BAD, 
Unknown, command, 5if2495078eyf.29]
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService.sync(SmsSyncService.java:268)
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService.access$2(SmsSyncService.java:213)
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService$1.run(SmsSyncService.java:132)
I/SmsSync (14795): Caused by: 
com.android.email.mail.store.ImapStore$ImapException: #5# [BAD, Unknown, 
command, 5if2495078eyf.29]
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
com.android.email.mail.store.ImapStore$ImapConnection.executeSimpleCommand(ImapS
tore.java:1219)
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
com.android.email.mail.store.ImapStore$ImapConnection.executeSimpleCommand(ImapS
tore.java:1206)
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
com.android.email.mail.store.ImapStore$ImapFolder.open(ImapStore.java:345)
I/SmsSync (14795): at 
tv.studer.smssync.SmsSyncService.sync(SmsSyncService.java:266)
I/SmsSync (14795): ... 2 more
I/ActivityManager(   52): Stopping service: tv.studer.smssync/.SmsSyncService

Would be pretty awesome if a contact group could be specified and only
SMSes to/from those contacts were backed up. That way I could create an
"SMS Backup" group, add the appropriate contacts to it, and back up SMSes
from my family but not backup notifications from my Carrier or boss.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Set up android-sms and enable
2. Receive anonymous sms 

Or
1. Recieve anonymous sms
2. Set up android-sms
3. Backup all messages

Anonymous meaning: empty sender string, android will display Anonymous in 
message list 
but not group the messages. Message window and details show nothing where the 
name or 
number is supposed to be.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Force close when short after receiving the SMS or when backing up the anonymous 
SMS

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
1.0.0 on Android 1.5 JesusFreak (dev)

Please provide any additional information below.
I don't know how to make a stack trace, but I am willing to help (though I 
think it should be 
an easy fix)

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Log in with an account that has a password containing spaces 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect it to log in, it fails.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Current as of 2-5-09

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Not a problem, just a suggestion.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

It would be really nice if sms read states were synchronized between phone
and gmail account.
To explain further :
- if I receive a sms, it's backed up to gmail in unread state
- if I read it, it sets the backed up version as read
- if I read the sms on gmail, the sms is marked as read on the phone

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

1.1.0

Please provide any additional information below.

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Have tons of SMS messages on your G1 device.
2. Start a backup with "Maximum items per sync" set to 200.

Expected:
Backup should finish successfully, each message taking about the same time
to upload.

Actual:
After about 60 messages, messages take longer and longer to upload. After
some more messages, the G1 gets really upset and sometimes even crashes.
This does not happen in the emulator, it only happens on the G1.
I ran `top` while this was happening and system_server had about 15% CPU time.

It would be nice if the SMS got backed up per thread instead of a fixed 
number.

I usually delete a thread when the particular conversation is finished.

It would be nice to see this thread based backup strategy reflected in Gmail.

What you think?

(great app btw... just awesome!)