Extract texts from a single contact

[Android Central Question]

I need to retrieve and send all texts from a single contact from an Android phone that uses the default "messages" app. Is there a way to do this?

 

[Rukbat]

There is a way, but it's not easy.

First, you have to root the phone.

Then you need a SQLite editor.

Then you have to learn SQL.

You find the text database and SELECT all records for that contact's number. (Once you've learned SQL, you'll understand how that's done.) (You can also just SELECT date/time and text for that number.) When you've done that, just save the results as a text file. The format will probably be something that you'll want to change to something more readable. (Excel is usually good for that if you know a little VBA.)

Or ... you can just do a backup - SMS Backup & Restore is good for that. The file it produces is an .xml file, which is just a text file in XML format. You'd again probably want to edit that to a) get rid of everything but that contact's messages and b) put what's left into a human-readable format.