javaes/sailfish-msg-importer

This little script helps to import messages from other mobile OSs to Sailfish OS. The first version only supports Android SMS messages exported by SMS Backup & Restore.

sailfish-msg-importer

This little script helps to import messages from other mobile OSs to Sailfish OS. The first version only supports Android SMS messages exported by SMS Backup & Restore.

Please use with caution, I wrote this script for personal use and the only test case was the import of my old messages from my Android phone.

Usage

Copy both python files to the same directory on your Sailfish OS phone. The XML-File with the messages can be placed in a directory of your choice on your device.

Open a command shell on your device and navigate to the path were you put the script.

To import from a SMS Backup & Restore XML file (backup is created):

[nemo@Jolla]$ python sms_import.py --import [xml-file]

To backup the current messages database:

[nemo@Jolla]$ python sms_import.py --backup

To restore from a backup (replaces everything):

[nemo@Jolla]$ python sms_import.py --restore [backup-db-file]

If no error message is printed the import was successful.

sailfish-msg-importer's Issues

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Reference to invalid character number: line 38, column 137

When attempting to run the script, I get the following output:

[nemo@Sailfish ~]$ python sms_import.py --import sms-20181206090639.xml 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sms_import.py", line 13, in <module>
    sms_list = parser.get_all_sms_in_sf_format()
  File "/home/nemo/sail_sms.py", line 31, in get_all_sms_in_sf_format
    xmldom = minidom.parse(self.xml_file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1918, in parse
    return expatbuilder.parse(file)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 924, in parse
    result = builder.parseFile(fp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 207, in parseFile
    parser.Parse(buffer, 0)
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: reference to invalid character number: line 38, column 137

I don't know what xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError is, but I've played with Python before. If you don't want to / don't have time to fix it, could you at least point me in the right direction so I can try?

NameError: name 'backup_tool' is not defined

When trying to import a SMS backup (or just run the script with or without any options), I always get the following error message:

$ python sms_import.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sms_import.py", line 3, in <module>
    from sail_sms import SMSParser, SMSImporter, SMSBackup
  File "/home/nemo/Downloads/sail_sms.py", line 282, in <module>
    backup_tool.create_backup()
NameError: name 'backup_tool' is not defined

Running on SailfishOS 3.0.0.8 on Sony XPeria X ("Sailfish X").
Same error message, no matter if I use python2 or python3 to run the script.
What requirement is my device missing for the script to work?

An issue while import cyrillic sms into Jolla C phone

Hello!
Unfortunately, while using this script I try to import into Jolla C phone cyrillic sms messages (utf-8 encoding) I receive the following output:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "sms_import.py", line 13, in
sms_list = parser.get_all_sms_in_sf_format()
File "/home/nemo/Downloads/sailfish-msg-importer/sail_sms.py", line 31, in get_all_sms_in_sf_format
xmldom = minidom.parse(self.xml_file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/minidom.py", line 1918, in parse
return expatbuilder.parse(file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 924, in parse
result = builder.parseFile(fp)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 207, in parseFile
parser.Parse(buffer, 0)
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: junk after document element: line 10, column 0

Could you look at this, please?

Best regards,
melis73