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SMS

Always start by creating a Signal backup.

  1. Create SMS backup with SMS Backup & Restore and copy the sms-(timestamp).xml to the working folder.

  2. Run MoveToSignal in terminal for prepare the import

    Mac arm64 binary

    cd path/to/working/folder/

path/to/MoveToSignal/move_to_signal_Darwin_arm64 \
--command=ImportSms \
--signalBackup=./signal-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.backup \
--signalBackupKey=123451234512345123451234512345 \
--signalPhoneNumber=+49123456789 \
--smsXml="path/to/sms-(timestamp).xml" \
--smsExports=. \
--smsMode=Prepare \
--verbose

    From source

    cd path/to/working/folder/

dart run path/to/MoveToSignal/bin/move_to_signal.dart \
--command=ImportSms \
--signalBackup=./signal-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.backup \
--signalBackupKey=123451234512345123451234512345 \
--signalPhoneNumber=+49123456789 \
--smsXml="path/to/sms-(timestamp).xml" \
--smsExports=. \
--smsMode=Prepare \
--verbose

    A new folder named SmsExportsFolder will be created for the export files. SMS exports will be named eg: +4912345678-(Screen name if found).txt

  3. Rename exports

    Please review the all .txt files and make sure to file names start with the contact phone number the user uses with Signal. At this point you can also merge files into one, if a user had multiple SMS identities. Please delete all files you don't want to import.

    All SMS export files must be renamed like:
    contactPhoneNumber-Screen Name.txt

    eg: +49123456789-Max ExampleName.txt

    Only the phone number is important for SMS imports. The phone number needs to in international format starting with + and must only contain numbers.

  4. Run MoveToSignal in terminal to import the prepared messages

    Mac arm64 binary

    cd path/to/working/folder/

path/to/MoveToSignal/move_to_signal_Darwin_arm64 \
--command=ImportSms \
--signalBackup=./signal-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.backup \
--signalBackupKey=123451234512345123451234512345 \
--signalPhoneNumber=+49123456789 \
--smsExports=. \
--smsMode=Import \
--verbose

    From source

    cd path/to/working/folder/

dart run path/to/MoveToSignal/bin/move_to_signal.dart \
--command=ImportSms \
--signalBackup=./signal-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.backup \
--signalBackupKey=123451234512345123451234512345 \
--signalPhoneNumber=+49123456789 \
--smsExports=. \
--smsMode=Import \
--verbose

    Once done, a new Signal backup file is created, like: signal-signal-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-mm-ss.backup (new timestamp)

  5. Follow the "After importing all messages" steps from Signal