From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   1. I have no Android system contacts sqlite database (for privacy reasons).   
      (Not "my" privacy. But the privacy of people whom I contact.)   
      It's rude to have a contacts database accessible to others.   
   2. So I add the names of people to my messenger private space   
      Klinker Bros. PulseSMS. Version 5.4.6.2816   
      (last known good version before Maple Media).   
   3. In the messenger, I search for a name & then press the phone icon.   
      That calls them.   
      
   But if I switch default messengers, that's all lost.   
   Not the messages. Not the numbers. But the names I associated with them.   
   Even if I switch back to PulseSMS, they're gone.   
      
   So how do we back up contacts stored inside of the messenger database?   
      
   This would work you'd think:   
    Pulse > Hamburger > Settings > Advanced Features > Message Backup   
    But that asks to "Join the modern world. Create an account."   
    Fine. But there goes privacy. Not of me. But of my contacts.   
    It's rude to put other people's names & numbers on the Internet.   
      
   This would work you'd think as it's a local "ab" backup which can then   
   be converted to a tar archive and then we can extract the database.   
   C:\> adb backup -f pulse.ab -noapk xyz.klinker.messenger   
      
   WARNING: adb backup is deprecated and may be removed in a future release   
   Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation...   
      
   Android13,  PulseSMS   
   A full backup of all data to a connected desktop computer has been   
   requested. Do you want to allow this to happen. If you did not request this   
   backup yourself, do not allow the operation to proceed. If you want to   
   encrypt the full backup data, enter a password below.   
    [Do not back up] [Back up my data]   
    Backup started... Backup finished.   
    Name: pulse.ab   
    Size: 47 bytes   
    SHA256: A6729346170D2D0FA560D884C7ABB08C5E3B9706ECE6FC79C0074A98F067347A   
      
   What happened?   
      
   Android 12+ silently disables ADB backups for most apps unless they   
   explicitly allow it. Pulse 5.4.6.2816 (from 2020) does not declare itself   
   backup-friendly under modern Android rules, so Android gives you an empty   
   shell.   
      
   So how do we back up our Pulse SMS contacts on Android 12+ with privacy?   
      
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