new telephone number
 

A friend of mine have got a new cell phone number ( the old number is discarded)
How do I move all the SMS´s from his old number to the new number?
the SMS history dont show up. only SMS sent/received from the new number is visible,

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That's a bit weird. I've been swapping sims a couple of times and everything has stayed there. Did he also replace his N900 or upgrade the firmware?

The N900 doesn't care if you swap out sims. It still keeps the contacts and sms's in place.

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One way I can think off is to modify the database... But that is potentially risky(it could corrupt it).

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I think you misunderstand.
I have the same number in my N900 but my friend has changed number ( got a new number from his new job)

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toja92
A bit risky you say?
well - I got everything backed up.
If anything get messed up, its a PoC to restore it again.

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Have you added the new number as a new contact or another number on the same contact card?

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i think maybe he means SMSes that are stored on the SIM card? i have a few on my card but i never see them appear in the messaging app.

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no not SNSes on simcard
when my friend got a new number i added that to his contact card and then removed his old number.

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I think OP means that after removing old number from his friends contact entry all the old SMSs linked to that old number are not shown.

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kureyon: exactly!

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Ah, I get it. That was a bit of confusion. Yes the N900 doesn't like new numbers in threaded conversations. But then again you are getting threaded conversations, which is not something you traditionally get so you may be better off than in the traditional way.

I sometimes send sms's to my wife through google voice and sometimes direct through my phone company. they ofcourse show up in two different threads.

This would need to be a setting to choose in the messaging app, whether to pool conversations for contacts or not. I can however only see it as being a messy affair in creating that selection.

The sms's should still be visible on your phone though, they should just appear as from a "unknown contact", simply displaying the old number that he used to have instead of his name if you've removed that old number from your address book.