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

Thanks to @Bonlenfum's answer I was able to come up with a reusable script for copying any file/directory on a rooted device to a Windows path (local or UNC).

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Edit: Fixed bug with paths containing spaces.

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Save the following as: adbSuPull.bat

@echo off

SetLocal
set RemotePath=%~1
set LocalPath=%~f2

if [%1] == [] goto Usage
if "%~1" == "/?" goto Usage
if not [%3] == [] goto Usage

:: Replace " " with "\ " (escape spaces)
set RemotePath=%RemotePath: =\ %

set TimeStamp=%date:~-4,4%-%date:~-10,2%-%date:~-7,2%_%time:~-11,2%-%time:~-8,2%-%time:~-5,2%

:: Replace spaces with zeros
set TimeStamp=%TimeStamp: =0%

if "%LocalPath%" == "" set LocalPath=adbSuPull_%UserName%_%TimeStamp%
set SdCardPath=/mnt/sdcard
set TempPath=%SdCardPath%/adbSuPull_temp_%TimeStamp%/

echo.
echo Copying to temp location "%TempPath%"
echo.
adb shell "su -c 'mkdir -p %TempPath%; cp -RLv %RemotePath% %TempPath%'"

echo.
echo Copying to destination "%LocalPath%"
echo.
adb pull "%TempPath%" "%LocalPath%"
if ErrorLevel 0 goto Cleanup

:Error
echo.
echo Operation failed. Is USB Storage in use?
echo.
pause
call Cleanup
exit /b 1

:Cleanup
echo.
echo Removing temp location "%TempPath%"
echo.
adb shell "rm -Rf '%TempPath%'"
exit /b ErrorLevel

:Usage
echo.
echo.adbSuPull ^ [^]
echo.
echo Copies files/directories from a rooted Android device to a Windows path.
echo Author: Ben Lemmond benlemmond@codeglue.org
echo.
echo.  RemotePath (required)  Specifies the path to the file or directory on
echo.                         the rooted Android device.
echo.
echo.  LocalPath (optional)   Specifies the destination path. This can be a
echo.                         Windows local path (C:\folder) or a UNC path
echo.                         (\\server\share).
echo.                         Defaults to adbSuPull_%%UserName%%_%%TimeStamp%%
echo.                         in the current working directory.
exit /b 1

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Usage:

adbSuPull  []

Copies files/directories from a rooted Android device to a Windows path.
Author: Ben Lemmond benlemmond@codeglue.org

  RemotePath (required)  Specifies the path to the file or directory on
                         the rooted Android device.

  LocalPath (optional)   Specifies the destination path. This can be a
                         Windows local path (C:\folder) or a UNC path
                         (\\server\share).
                         Defaults to adbSuPull_%UserName%_%TimeStamp%
                         in the current working directory.