On 2016-09-12 05:55, Bill Filler wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 12:41 AM, James Dearing > <deari...@lifetime.oregonstate.edu > <mailto:deari...@lifetime.oregonstate.edu>> wrote: > > Hey guys- > I have two somewhat related questions: > > 1- I am about to switch to a different phone. How can I ensure that my > contacts and text messages are stored on my SIM card? The Contacts app > has an "Import from SIM" ability, implying that it does not store them > on the SIM by default. > > > Are you switching to another ubuntu phone or different?
New Android. I had to quickly get a phone that supports American 3G/4G radio frequencies, which my BQ Aquaris E5 doesn't. Still keeping my Ubuntu phone for app development :) > You can export your contacts to a vcard file and share this. Select all > your contacts and press Share action on the header. This will create a > vcard file containing all of your contacts and you can share to File > Manager or Mail or Messaging. > > Text messages are stored in ~/.local/share/history-service directory, so > you can copy that directory manually somewhere and restore it on your > new phone. > > > > 2- I'd also like to backup my data to a computer. What's the easiest > (preferably automatic) way to do this? > > > There is no automatic way currently, although I've seen people on this > list discuss scripts that have been written. You'd want to copy over > files/dirs in /home/phablet and then restore them on your new phone. You > can use adb or scp or mpt to do this. Good enough! Thanks. -- James Dearing Contact info can be found at https://www.theopensource.ninja/contact-me/ <random quote> Your fortune for today is: Death is only a state of mind. Only it doesn't leave you much time to think about anything else. </random quote>
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