Merging iOS Message databases: update

Success! Sort of … Instead of the complicated method I described previously, I’ve gone manual, which is, yes, more complicated :-). I started with the latest sms.db file from my new iPhone, and then editing SQLite scripts, incremented the ROWIDs by 30,000 for the message table, and 1000 for the others, so as to avoidContinue reading Merging iOS Message databases: update

Merging two iPhone SMS sqlite databases

Disclaimer: I haven’t actually done it, yet. Last night I rediscovered my original iPhone SMS database from before I did a factory-reset on my phone. I had jailbroken my 3G ages ago, and ever since then, the carrier wasn’t updating properly, regardless of the SIM card I used or country I was in. So inContinue reading Merging two iPhone SMS sqlite databases

The life of an application config from the registry to SQLite to SQL CE to XML

A new beta of ShutOff 2000 v3.0.0 is now available. The product is fast approaching code completion. The Visual Basic 6 edition of the application has always used the Windows Registry to store its settings. However, Microsoft’s best practice for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platform does not allow for this, soContinue reading The life of an application config from the registry to SQLite to SQL CE to XML