Saving Text to file

TBotNik · Oct 10, 2020

All,

I have an LG K20+ running Android 7.0 and a friend keeps sending me links via text and I need to capture these into a .txt (text file not text app), so I can email them to myself and then play them on my Win Latop.

What is the procedure to save these texted links into a text file?

All help appreciated!

Cheers!

TBNK

Dannydet · Oct 10, 2020

Long press on the texts that he sends you, choose copy, then open an email and paste it into it. Send to yourself or save as a draft. Open in your computer and there you go, just click on the link

TBotNik · Oct 10, 2020

Dannydet said:
Long press on the texts that he sends you, choose copy, then open an email and paste it into it. Send to yourself or save as a draft. Open in your computer and there you go, just click on the link

Dannydet,

I see you think I'm a noob, but I mean copying/saving the entire text box from this individual as I will never ever copy anything one by one!

Cheers!

TBNK

Trom · Oct 11, 2020

TBotNik said:
Dannydet,

I see you think I'm a noob, but I mean copying/saving the entire text box from this individual as I will never ever copy anything one by one!

Cheers!

TBNK

Most messaging apps allow you to long press the text bubble, which will produce a checkmark next to the bubble which allows yo to save all contents to clipboard, then you can past it to a text editor. Not sure why Dannydets advice won't work, I don't understand the "one by one" statement. Additionally, if you wanna get really geeky, make a Tasker profile that will automatically email any incoming texts from a specific user to your email account.

TBotNik · Oct 12, 2020

Trom said:
Most messaging apps allow you to long press the text bubble, which will produce a checkmark next to the bubble which allows yo to save all contents to clipboard, then you can past it to a text editor. Not sure why Dannydets advice won't work, I don't understand the "one by one" statement. Additionally, if you wanna get really geeky, make a Tasker profile that will automatically email any incoming texts from a specific user to your email account.

Trying to copy the entire set of conversations with that person, not an individual text. Individual text copying is one-by-one, the entire text inbox is the only thing that will work for me. I'm not a noob or dummy, so know all about one-by-one; but with well over 300, I'd be copying all day and not doing that. This process should be the same on all phones with Android 7.0!

I'll look on Google play to see what tools exist! I'm already "ROOTED" on my phone so can see the entire "texting" folder, just need to know how to extract the exact persons conversations from that!

Trom · Oct 12, 2020

TBotNik said:
Trying to copy the entire set of conversations with that person, not an individual text. Individual text copying is one-by-one, the entire text inbox is the only thing that will work for me. I'm not a noob or dummy, so know all about one-by-one; but with well over 300, I'd be copying all day and not doing that. This process should be the same on all phones with Android 7.0!

I'll look on Google play to see what tools exist! I'm already "ROOTED" on my phone so can see the entire "texting" folder, just need to know how to extract the exact persons conversations from that!

So send the whole thing to your computer and write a perl script to extract what you want. Probably do that with awk.

lunatic59 · Oct 12, 2020

try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore

That app lets you backup individual conversations in xml format and save them to Google drive. Then you can open them up on your PC and the links will be in the <body> tag.

TBotNik · Oct 13, 2020

lunatic59 said:
try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore

That app lets you backup individual conversations in xml format and save them to Google drive. Then you can open them up on your PC and the links will be in the <body> tag.

Sorry don't do pearl, only PHP and JavaScrip as those are the only 2 legal coding languages!

lunatic59 · Oct 13, 2020

perl and PHP are different applications, but I'm not sure what that has to do with xml?

TBotNik · Oct 13, 2020

lunatic59 said:
try https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore

That app lets you backup individual conversations in xml format and save them to Google drive. Then you can open them up on your PC and the links will be in the <body> tag.

Thanks!

Looking at it now!

TBotNik · Oct 13, 2020

TBotNik said:
Thanks!

Looking at it now!

Garbs all SMS and does not let you select by User/Contact. Looking at the PRO version to see if that is a feature there!

Cheers!

TBNK

lunatic59 · Oct 13, 2020

You'll find it under the advanced settings.

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TBotNik · Oct 13, 2020

The "Free" version says "Advanced Settings not Supported", so guess it's pro if I want that feature!

Cheers!

TBNK

lunatic59 · Oct 13, 2020

That's odd, because I don't have the pro version, but I do have advanced options.

TBotNik · Oct 13, 2020

lunatic59 said:
That's odd, because I don't have the pro version, but I do have advanced options.

The options are there but get that message when I activate it. Guess it's something they changed in newer versions as I'm guessing yours is an older version.

Cheers!

lunatic59 · Oct 13, 2020

No, I just installed it on my beater phone to test it for you. SMS Backup and Restore. You select backup now and then it brings you to the screen where you set the backup file, location, etc.

Screenshot_20201013-144916_SMS_Backup_&_Restore.png

Then tap on advanced and you can pick the conversation.

Screenshot_20201013-144922_SMS_Backup_&_Restore.png

Trom · Oct 13, 2020

TBotNik said:
Sorry don't do pearl, only PHP and JavaScrip as those are the only 2 legal coding languages!

Ummm... Huh?

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