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Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows?

From Paul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.freeware, comp.text.xml
Subject Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows?
Date 2020-04-21 16:45 -0400
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Arlen Holder wrote:
> In response to what Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote :
> 
>> OK, so I seen in the question a mention of "SMS Backup & Restore",
>> which implies someone wants to make a storage format for their works,
>> one which can be parsed later using one of the available parsers.
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> Thanks for explaining why they use XML format for SMS/MMS backup.
> o *My hope is to see images from MMS messages, in the Windows XML editor.*
> 
> Regarding why these MMS/SMS backup programs chose XML as their storage
> format, I think you're almost certainly correct - as it's a standard
> non-proprietary cross-platform 'storage format' that can be easily parsed.
> 
> Bear in mind what I was _really_ after, were the MMS pictures, since the
> photos sent to me by my kids and grandkids and relatives are the only
> things I really care about in SMS/MMS archives.
> 
> To be clear, I _already_ autoarchive those photos outside of the MMS
> message in which it was contained (the PulseSMS freeware app has a setting
> that does just that) - but still - if you're gonna archive MMS/SMS
> messages, then I was hoping the _photos_ were inside that XML archive.
> 
> When I said the results in Microsoft XML Notepad 2007 were 
> "uninspiring", what I was _hoping_ to see inside the XML archives in the 
> Windows XML
> editor, were those MMS photos, but I didn't see them (I was expecting a
> mime-encoded inclusion, for example).
> I _still_ don't know if those MMS photos are inside the archive or not, but
> if I read the blurb on the tools, they "claim" to archive MMS messages (but
> they don't specifically mention the photos).
> 
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore> 
> 
>   "SMS Backup & Restore is a simple Android app that backs up and    
> restores your phone's SMS and *MMS* messages and call logs."
>   "Backup SMS (text) messages, *MMS* and call logs in XML format."
> 
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.idea.backup.smscontacts>
>   "READ YOUR TEXT MESSAGES (SMS OR *MMS*)/EDIT YOUR TEXT MESSAGES      
> (SMS OR *MMS*)
>      These permissions are used to backup & restore your SMS"
> 
> My main reason for wanting the XML editor was to "see" those MMS images!
> 
> In short, I was "hoping" the Windows XML editor would display the MMS
> images, but, so far, I don't know if MMS images are even there or not.

If an image was present, it must take space. Storage space.
Have a look around for something suspiciously big looking
inside the set of files.

If a provider somehow provides a cloud service, and only
a URL inside the XML files points to a file stored elsewhere,
then you have your answer as to where your picture went.
It could be an Evil Cloud got it.

    Paul

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What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@anyexample.com> - 2020-04-21 23:05 +0530
  Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-21 13:51 -0400
    Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@anyexample.com> - 2020-04-21 23:41 +0530
      Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-21 16:45 -0400
        Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@anyexample.com> - 2020-04-22 07:43 +0530
          Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-21 23:13 -0400
            Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@anyexample.com> - 2020-04-22 10:13 +0530
              Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-04-22 01:56 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@anyexample.com> - 2020-04-22 12:51 +0530
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-22 08:24 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-22 16:21 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-22 16:42 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-22 19:15 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-22 20:17 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-22 21:35 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-23 09:10 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-23 12:46 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2020-04-23 13:15 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-23 13:25 -0400
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@anyexample.com> - 2020-04-23 22:55 +0530
                Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-23 13:29 -0400
  Re: What's a decent XML editor specifically for editing/viewing SMS messages copied from Android to Windows? GS <gs@v.invalid> - 2020-04-21 14:03 -0400

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