Helium not restoring text messages, has something changed with 6.0?

[AIM9x]

I was able to get helium to link to my nexus 5x, and I did a restore from my old galaxy s5's backup. The call logs transferred just fine, but I don't see my old text messages anywhere. I'm fairly certain my technique was correct, as I have done backups and restores on a galaxy s5 using the same procedure. Is there anything that needs to be done differently to get texts to properly restore on a nexus 5x? Do they get restored to a different location than the stock messenger application?

 

[mr_nobody]

Helium certainly has not been updated for 6 and I'm not convinced it will be. After early success moving my stuff from a (rooted) kitkat nexus 4 using helium to my 5x (not rooted), I have not been able to get helium to do anything useful on my 5x. That being said, I was able to copy my sms messages over from my n4. You do have to temporarily set helium as your default sms app.

"Kit-Kat SMS restore procedure

In Kit-Kat, Google has made it that only the default SMS app can write changes to the SMS folder. So to restore messages, Helium has to make itself the default SMS application, write the changes and then switch the default app back. The correct procedure is to allow Helium to become the default SMS app. It will change itself back after restore."

https://github.com/koush/support-wiki/wiki/Helium-Wiki

 

[AIM9x]

Thank you, sir. I kept hitting no to the default SMS request, thinking helium was trying to be greedy, like many other apps that have tried to force users into using their expanded feature sets. Now I just feel dopey.

 

[abarzua21]

You should use Cm backup, works way better.

Posted via the Android Central App From my Note 5

 

[Crashdamage]

Never use anything by CM! CM = Cheetah Mobile = malware! Here's why:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=4435166

Seems possible that Helium has stopped development for some reason. For a similar general purpose backup app you might consider MyBackup or MyBackup Pro. It's been around almost as long as Android itself and is still being updated.

https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...om.rerware.android.MyBackupPro&token=1xKkLC77

 

[mr_nobody]

Actually, I've switched to the backup function of the nexus root toolkit (since we are talking about a nexus here). Wugfresh's software is always awesome and reliable in my experience.

 

[JackInTheDust]

Here's a vote for Super Backup. It doesn't require root, requires no wired connection to enable non-root backup, allows automatic scheduling, and can upload backups via Drive or Gmail. I use it just for call logs and sms, but it can also backup bookmarks, contacts, and apps (backup of app data requires root).