the Backup app should back-up and restore them (sorry I am not sure exactly which of the four options does it).
My notes are here (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=35027) if they help.
I guess you could try writing a Python script to extract them to a file (not sure how nerdy that is
I realized that flashing firmware doesn't delete conversations, so it was enough for me at this point.
I hope that one day in future I can dumb all messages to one file and rcp it out.
I realized that flashing firmware doesn't delete conversations, so it was enough for me at this point.
I hope that one day in future I can dumb all messages to one file and rcp it out.
Just use the backup application from the N900, enter a name (for example backup 27.05.2010) and tick everything.
Then connect your phone by USB mass storage on your PC and navigate to the backup folder. You should see a folder named "backup 27.05.2010" as your backup name and there are some *.zip files into it.
The comm_and_cal.zip file contains this line /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el.db quoted by ossipena
You can copy the entire folder to your pc to be safe.
when I flashed the fiasco image because reflashing n900 would not help so I lost all my sms and then flashed with pr 1.2 only when you flash with fiasco then pr 1.2 u will loose sms. Otherwise everything stays