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+# Android SMS Extractor
+With this Python script you can extract all SMS messages from the SQLite database of the `com.android.messaging` app. The extracted SMS messages will be displayed on `stdout` as readable plain text sorted by conversation.
+
+## Usage instructions
+1. Enable USB debugging in the developer options of your Android.
+2. Enable "Root debugging" in the developer options of your Android.
+3. Connect your Android to your PC and (re)start ADB in root mode:
+ `$ adb root`
+4. Pull the corresponding database file to your PC:
+ `$ adb pull /data/data/com.android.messaging/databases/bugle_db .`
+5. Pass the path to the extracted database file to this script:
+ `$ android-sms-extractor bugle_db`
+
+**IMPORTANT:** This script has been written in 2019 when I needed a quick solution to export all SMS from my Android device (*OnePlus X*) running *LineageOS 14.1*. This script was later in 2022 also successfully tested with the SMS database of `com.android.messaging` in *LineageOS 17.1*. If it also works for you: Good! If not: I'm sorry!