merlin1991's n9Export is a great, fast tool that extracts your SMS and phone calls to a nice, human-readable format

the file i put up is compiled from his source directly and doesnt have any hidden code that will turn your phone into a sentient, homicidal weapon.

you put that file on your phone with SSH or bluetooth or USB or whatever and run it from a terminal like this (maybe it needs devel-su first?):
`n9Export sms.csv`
`n9Export -c calls.csv`