WTF Android? Where did my texts go?

manveruppd · 7 Apr 2011 at 07:48

OK this is the second time this has happened to me (the last was a couple months ago) and it's kinda making me wonder if it's happened to anyone else. A text message arrives, I click on the Messages app, oops, the Messages app crashes! I relaunch it, and they're all gone! Completely empty! I think hmmm maybe it's just having a hissy fit or something so I restart the phone, but nope, made no difference, still gone.

I assume the app crashed while writing into the SMS database and ended up with a corrupted file, but WTF Google? Heard of keeping 2 copies of it? Or having a "repair" function? It's nothing but a very simple database, can't be THAT complicated to repair! Is that all you can do for us? Just shrug and delete them all?

Really annoyed at these modern phone OSs, I swear even Windows CE 5 had fewer bugs. Horrible interface, slow as hell, but fewer bugs!

Has this happened to anyone else? And have you figured out a way to get them back somehow?

manveruppd · 7 Apr 2011 at 08:30

SHould've said, yeah, it's a Desire Z, so it'll have more or less the same software as the HD. I have been using SMS Backup as well, but for some reason it hasn't been doing its scheduled backup in 3-4 weeks even though I've had it enabled! Typical that I only find out it hasn't been working when I need to use it eh?

manveruppd · 7 Apr 2011 at 08:47

Yeah, but last time I synced my phone to the computer using HTC Sync it completely screwed up my Outlook contacts file... :mad:

I haven't used any of HTC's software for over 2 months for that reason.

manveruppd · 7 Apr 2011 at 08:53

Actually I'm totally not sure what it backs up... there's no options either on the phone or on the website to choose which items to back up. There's a sync button in the phone app but it doesn't tell you what it does!

manveruppd · 7 Apr 2011 at 11:14

It's still pretty moronic if you ask me, you shouldn't need to depend on a random teenager to write an SMS backup app! Phones should be idiot-proof! This is my first Android handset but I've been using smartphones for 6 years and never experienced anything like this! This happened TWICE and I've only owned the damned thing since February! Half-baked pile of buggy asterisks if you ask me...

manveruppd · 8 Apr 2011 at 23:38

Well, this is my first Android handset so I didn't even know the messaging app on my Desire Z was made by HTC... had assumed it was the stock Android one...

I'll get one of the ones on the market and use that instead I guess, can't get them back but should prevent it happening again. Or would it? Is it really a problem with the app, or is it possible it's a problem with the way the OS handles the SMS database? And can I truly and totally bypass whatever's causing the problem just by using a 3rd party app?