Solved! : SMS Switcher

October 27th, 2009 by Chris Leave a reply »

Hello!

Sorry for the delay. I promised I would try to figure it out few days before, but due to technical problems with my 3G I couldn’t and the fact that it worked on my 2G cannot be enough proof that the application is working well.

I was investigating every single case what is wrong with the application. The application should save/modify/create files under this path:

/var/mobile/Library/SMS/

it’s hard-coded as it should be, but instead it saves the files somewhere else – till now I’ve not found out where, what is strange to me. Next strange thing is that the application was only tested on iPhone 2G and I’ve received a lot of feedback, that it’s not working on 3G and 3GS – I guess iPhone 2G is not popular anymore – that’s why I’ve not received any reports about SMS Switcher on 2G. But to my surprise it was also buggy on my friend’s 2G when I installed SMS Swticher from Cydia.

My last idea was to install the application on my friend’s iPhone 2G in the same way I installed it on mine – via SSH. And to my surprise it finally worked! Manual installation also via SSH on my other friend’s 3G also worked.

So to conclude. (I guess) SMS Switcher works great. Today and yesterday as well. I guess the installation from Cydia changes some privileges or sth like this. Below you can download the built application you can send (via Fugu on Mac OS X or WinSCP on Windows) to your device to /Applications and respring. You should delete first SMS Switcher using Cydia if you have it installed.

SMS Switcher

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  44. Fran says:

    Still with the problem.

    I need a solution!
    I can’t loose the conversations I have in my SMS application!!
    What can I do?

  45. Fran says:

    Hi!
    Since I installed the SMS Switcher I have several problems.
    First, the app doesn’t work. So I can’t do what it was sopossed to do. I Ca’n install it, but I can’t see the SMS to move, or archivate.

    But the most important thing, and what os really anoying me, is that from that moment, I can’t “reply” the SMS that I receive from other people.
    If I reply an SMS I get an error and the SMS is not sent.
    The only way I have to send an SMS now is following those steps:

    1 Delete the SMS that o received
    2 Enter in the contact list
    3 Choose the person I want to send the SMS
    4 Select “send message”
    5 write the Text
    6 Push send

    No other way to send an SMS. No straight from the SMS app or just replying, no other way!
    I have an iPhone 3G with 3.0 os

    I need help!
    I’ve tried to remove the SMS Switch app, install again, remove again, reistall, I tried everything!!!

    What’s going on??!!

  46. martin says:

    strange thing,.. yes it was a permission problem.
    But still the sms.db is not listest. Instead my created ones are still there although I uninstalled the package before. I guess this indicates the programm still uses the wrong path “somewhere else”!?

    btw. 3G FW 3.0.1, jb’d T-Mobile, too

  47. Mes says:

    Working better —- but:
    1. The option to create a copy (aka duplicate) of the existing unnamed db does not work. It always creates a ‘zero’ length file and appears in Documents directory.
    2. Setting an alternate db to active … does not work. The original always remains active.
    2a. Note: An unnamed.db exists in the documents directory — however it is zero length. S/B 278KB. The active database (sms.db in SMS folder) has not changed (still 278K) with orig messages.

    3G FW 3.0.1, jb’d T-Mobile. Manually copied SMS Switcher.app to /Applications folder using WinSCP. Changed permissions/ownership as stated in my reply to martin.

    Mes

  48. martin says:

    this way the application doesn’t start on my iPhone 3G. :-/

    • Mes says:

      Easy fix. It a permission/ownership problem.

      1: Change group ownership for everything to admin
      2: Change SMS Switcher.app permissions to 755
      3: Inside SMS Switcher.app folder,
      change all *.nib and SMS Switcher permissions to 755

      Reboot. SMS Switcher now appears on the springboard and loads. 3G, FW 3.0.1 Note: I tried to match the settings of MobileSMS.app (standard Apple SMS app)

      BTW: Will report in a separate post if i find any problems. At least the primary sms.db is listed as ‘unnamed’. A good start :)

      • Andrew says:

        Still confused. I SSH the app into my device and load it up. I change the permissions to 755. But I’m completely confused on how this whole thing works. I don’t seem to get the app to make multiple libraries, or even hide the other text from stuff. Like I have friends, family, and business. But they all show up still in the same section. Im soooo lost in this app. I’ll send my e-mail to anyone who is willing to fully explain the use and function of this app.

        3GS 3.1.2 (7D11) AT&T

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