I had been using the app SMS Backup & Restore for quite a while. After getting a new phone and using the app to transfer the messages over as I was used to, I noticed some messages were missing.
I tried to find out why this was happening. It was because of a "new" message type called RCS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services
I didn't want to reinvent the wheel - there are already enough backup/restore apps for SMS and MMS. Instead I just wanted to make an app that was able to export the RCS messages, too. Preferably it should be a format that SMS BR could then import.
- This program cannot IMport anything, just export.
- Technically the RCS messages will be converted to SMS messages.
- This program has only been tested with text messages. I don't know if images, etc. can be exported as well.
- Because I don't see any real value in RCS messages over SMS, I deactivated advanced messaging in my SMS app. I encourage you to consider doing the same.