backup full sms/mms contents via adb

Question

I\'ve been attempting to use adb to pull the sms/mms inbox in its entirety from the device but am having some trouble. The phone is rooted and I\'ve tried the following comm

Answer 1

You have to give ADB root privalages before you pull that database

adb root

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db ./