Thanks for the detailed information here. Unfortunately even after i have followed your instructions literally , but i can get the sms imported. I have even rebooted the mobile but no luck I have even tried to run this query against el-v1.db: SELECT * FROM Events where event_type_id=11 and remote_uid='+123456789' but this returned nothing!! actually the command runs very quick!! is this the expected behavior? any helps is much appreciated