Android Question Accessing SMS's stored on your phone

mariusturnkey

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Hello,

Is it possible to read through all the SMS's stored on a phone and save them to a database?

I tried to search, but the search option is not currently working.

Thank you
Marius
 
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Brian Dean

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You cannot read SMS messages using current Android without Google's permission which you are unlikely to get. Prior to Android 9 it was possible, using content resolver I think.
 
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JohnC

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For whatever reason, Google seems to allow some apps to access the SMS database and do backups/restores even though the app is not the default "SMS Messaging" app.

SMS Backup & Restore - Apps on Google Play

A simple app that backs up and restores SMS & MMS messages and call logs.
play.google.com
 
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drgottjr

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Brian Dean said:
You cannot read SMS messages using current Android without Google's permission which you are unlikely to get. Prior to Android 9 it was possible, using content resolver I think.
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still possible with android 14 through content resolver. just add runtime permission read_sms.
 
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