XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Once we are out of the backup screen, the next clean step is   
   > simply reinstalling the normal WhatsApp so everything returns.   
      
   Given backing up WhatsApp to Windows was so easy, I tried backing up   
   PulseSMS to Windows, which would have been easy on Android 11 & below.   
      
   Since everyone already has adb on their Windows PC and most have   
   Muntashirakon App Manager on their Android phone, the easiest way is   
    a. adb pull from Windows, or   
    b. Muntashirakon save to local storage & then adb pull from Windows   
      
   But Android 12+ forced scoped storage such that PulseSMS stores the   
   messages (& your "Conversation Settings" field) in protected /data/data.   
      
   However, since PulseSMS reads in the Android native SMS sqlite database,   
   which isn't stored in /data/data, you *can* back up your SMS messages.   
      
   I'll write up how I did that last night, but bear in mind while the sqlite   
   SMS messages can be easily backed up to Windows on Android 12+, you don't   
   get that "Conversation Settings" field personalized contact information.   
      
    Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.mobile.android,alt.comp.os.windows-10   
    Subject: PSA: Emergency backup of SMS/MMS/Contacts to Windows PC when Galaxy   
   Android 13 USB port is kaput   
    Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:47:12 -0500   
    Message-ID: <10m2ojg$29ub$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com>   
      
   As always, anyone can run the low-privacy highly-marketing solutions,   
   but it takes technical knowledge to run the high-privacy techniques.   
      
   Privacy required the solution use...   
   I. No Cloud Storage (for the obvious privacy reasons)   
   II. No Google Account on the phone (for immense privacy advantages)   
   III. No Internet whatsoever (as privacy is always the name of the game)   
   IV. No root (as privacy is easy once you have the device rooted)   
   V. No payware (as even paying 1 cent instantly destroys your privacy)   
   --   
   The simplest answer is often the one marketing provides for you which   
   means that it's rarely (if ever) the most private way to do the task.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)