okay i wanted to move all my inbox and folder messages to my memory card memory from the phone memory, i tried changing the message memory by going to messaging>settings>other and the changing but the phone didnt ask me if i wanted to copy the messages to the new message memory so i tried with fileman to copy all the folders from C>system>mail to E>system>mail and rebooted the phone, but now when i turned the phone on, i can see all the messages in the inbox in the phone memory and cant open them! meanwhile when i change the message memory to memory card i dont see nothing! seems like nothing has been copied! those sms and mms are really important to me and i want them back, there were around 425 sms in the inbox and 106 messages in a separate folder! please help me! how can i retrieve those messages? i know they r there.. but i just dont know how to get them back! :frown:
One BIG problem about messages!
Sorry to hear this. But I don't think you can just copy off the folders. I think the OS does use some sort of indexing to keep things in place and copy/moving folders is not going to help. For changing the memory to mmc and vice versa, search around on zedge's forums. There is nifty utility that helps. Retrieving them, presumably you can simply copy them back again, using fe. Other than that do a restore, you will lose the data till the last backup.
Edit: Here it is and hope it helps:
original post by Thanh-BKK
HelloBeing stunned by Nokia's ability to destroy my boyfriend's SMS that i sent him, i looked for a solution. A friend of mine in italy (i'm myself in Thailand so this is int'l teamwork) today named me an application yet he wasn't sure if it would work.
I googled for hours and finally was able to find and download the really small (TWO kilobytes!!) thingy, and install it on my boyfriend's 6260.
IT WORKS!!!!
Here is what you need to do:
Download the attachment to this thread. (To the moderators: the attached ZIP file contains "MSdriveE.sis" which is NOT a crack/copy/warez but a freeware which only is DAMN hard to find!)
Unzip the file, you will find "MSdriveE.sis". Put this on your 6260 by means of bluetooth, IrDA or directly to MMC via MMC reader device. DO NOT INSTALL JUST YET!
Make sure the file is on MMC! Do not keep it in messages inbox, move it from there using a file manager like fExplorer (freeware, google it).
Take a note of your message centre number (messaging - options - settings - text message - message centre in use) because it will be needed.
THEN install the small application from drive e, using the file manager software. Install it to MMC only!
Afterwards, in menu you will find a new application, "MSdriveE". Run it ONCE (!!!), it will seemingly do nothing and just exit after about 30 seconds. BUT........
NOW YOUR MESSAGES ARE SET TO MMC USE!!!!!! As the MMC card icon on top, when inside the "Messaging" menu, will confirm.
Now, before you can send SMS, you will need to re-input your message centre number, because it has been deleted. You will also need to tell MMS settings again which access point to use. AND all your stored messages will have seemingly disappeared - it happens only this one time and NEVER again, believe me. They are still there by the way, but in the phone memory, and can no longer be accessed.
Now, opposed to 3650 an d the like, you can NOT switch between phone and MMC memory - it is MMC only from now on. To get back to phone, you need to take the MMC out and reboot the phone without MMC. Upon entering the "Messaging" menu, it will switch to phone memory. To get back to MMC, simply run MSdriveE application again.
nope i dont think that can help me sandeep... shoud i try copying EVERYTHING i c/system/mal to e/system/mail? that will copy everything right? the index and all.. i really want to be able to read those messages.. not just see them lying there!
Try it and see. I only hope you have got a backup somewhere from which you can restore after all the experimenting. Even before installing any app. I ensure I backup first, once to mcc and also to PC.
I think first priority should be getting your messages back. To that end, maybe you should copy back all to c:\system\mail. And then try again from there.
why dun u undo whatever u have copied, and then change the message memory back to your phone memory.... then the indexes will works.
otherwise u can try a application called msgstorer which can be downloaded at
Mobango software.
maybe can view. i believe it scans the memories for messages then display them.
however, can only send, probly bluetooth to your pc or some other platforms. cannot view though... din explore much into the program.
lewis