Re: [BitPim-user] V3m does not transfer SMS

[Jim <jtu...@ms...>]

Hi,

I used a Motorola Razr on Verizon from probably about fall of 2007 for at least a couple of years.  I tried to use Bitpim to pull the SMS messages and had some of the same problems you describe now.

At the time, I looked at the code and posted to the user group and developer group and no one was responsive at all.  I believe this was in the summer of 2008, but maybe 2009.

Let me ask this... do you have a lot of messages?  I did.

Notice the line in your log:
14:34:01.805 {'sms': 'OVERWRITE'}

When I looked at the code back then, I found a loop which was used to read the messages was not set high enough for the number of messages I had stored.  The loop had no warning when it was reaching the limit.  >From what I could tell, the program would simply crash when it reached the end of the loop, before it processed the messages.  I could never determine why there was no comment about the upper limit of the loop.  Possibly, there was a memory issue if it was set higher, or, a develop just figured it was good enough... maybe higher than what the phones would store at the time the code was written.  Most phones don’t keep more than 1,000 messages, but as I recall, the Razr could keep a lot more than that.  I don’t recall even getting the message you got, so maybe someone tinkered with it since then.

If you search my postings, other than frustration, you will see where I posted the suspicious line of code and the module it came from.  As I remember, I put out a request that anyone running the platform change one number in the code and see if it would compile, and I offered to test it, since at the time, I didn’t feel like setting up the entire development platform.  It seemed like a simple request.  I debugged it, let someone else compile.

No one ever responded.

I would still be willing to test a custom version of Bitpim to see if it fixes the problem, as long as I know it comes from a developer.  I won’t hold my breath.

I’ll dig through notes if you wish to pursue this.

take care,
Jim






From: Jon Zadra 
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 2:38 PM
To: bit...@li... 
Subject: [BitPim-user] V3m does not transfer SMS

Hello, 

I have a Motorola V3m (sprint).  I am trying to pull all the SMS messages off of it. 

It does not auto-detect, but I manually set it to the V3m (sprint) phone on COM4.  I am able to successfully get the phone book with these settings, and although it will briefly display the status of SMS in the status bar current task, no SMS messages are transferred.  There is no error.

I have tried using COM3 (unable to communicate error), and also tried other similar phone settings (V3mM, V3cm, etc).

Info:
BitPim Ver 1.0.7
OS: Windows 7 x64
Using USB cable

Phone info (retrieved by BitPim): 

Model: Motorola V3m-Sprint Phone
Firmware Version: 24.2_00.37.0S3,2032

Below is the log file excerpt of an attempted SMS transfer:

14:33:36.296 COM4: USB support is not available
14:33:36.296 COM4: Opening port COM4, 115200 baud, timeout 3.000000, hardwareflow 0, softwareflow 0
14:33:36.302 COM4: Open of comm port suceeded
14:33:36.303 Moto-V3m: Getting Phone Info
14:33:36.308 Moto-V3m: Switching to modem
14:33:36.322 Moto-V3m: Now in modem mode
14:33:36.342 Moto-V3m: Switching from modem to phonebook
14:33:39.427 Moto-V3m: Now in phonebook mode
14:33:39.450 Moto-V3m: Switching from phonebook to modem
14:33:39.575 Moto-V3m: Now in modem mode
14:33:53.450 Moto-V3m: Retrieving fundamental phone information
14:33:53.453 Moto-V3m: Switching from modem to phonebook
14:33:56.536 Moto-V3m: Now in phonebook mode
14:33:56.549 Moto-V3m: Phone serial number
14:33:56.556 Moto-V3m: Reading group information
14:33:56.586 Moto-V3m: Group Count: 14
14:33:56.631 Moto-V3m: Switching from phonebook to modem
14:33:56.757 Moto-V3m: Now in modem mode
14:33:56.763 Moto-V3m: Switching from modem to BREW
14:33:56.779 Moto-V3m: Now in brew mode
14:33:56.779 Moto-V3m: Now in brew mode
14:33:56.780 Moto-V3m: Reading Ringtone Index
14:33:56.782 Moto-V3m: Getting file contents '/MyToneDB.db'
14:33:58.207 Moto-V3m: Reading Wallpaper Index
14:33:58.207 Moto-V3m: Listing files in dir: 'motorola/shared/picture'
14:33:58.559 Moto-V3m: Fundamentals retrieved
14:33:58.559 Moto-V3m: Switching from BREW to modem
14:33:58.562 Moto-V3m: Now in modem mode
14:33:58.568 Moto-V3m: Reading SMS messages
14:33:58.568 Moto-V3m: Switching from modem to phonebook
14:34:01.654 Moto-V3m: Now in phonebook mode
14:34:01.680 Moto-V3m: Switching from phonebook to modem
14:34:01.805 Moto-V3m: Now in modem mode
14:34:01.805 ['uniqueserial', 'sms', 'sync', 'ringtone-index', 'wallpaper-index', 'canned_msg', 'groups']
14:34:01.805 {'sms': 'OVERWRITE'}



Thanks!

Jon


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