This is a modification to the wammu2csv.pl script that you can still find in google cache if you look for it.
The problem with the original script was that wammu ( version 0.35 anyway ) seems to generate backup files encoded in UTF-16 and the regular expressions in that script will not work unless the content is first converted from UTF-16.
Another benefit of the modified script is that now you don't have to convert the backup file from DOS to UNIX anymore.
To use this script:
- Connect to your phone using wammu
- Retrieve contacts from phone and save them in a file using the backup function
- download [download id="31"] and run:
./wammu2csv.pl <your-backup-file> > <your-csv-file>
This will generate a CSV file that you can import in Gmail
Worked perfect with Wammu 0.32.1backup file.
Debian squeeze
Downloaded
Run the command in superuser terminal: permission denied
no errors in paths or typing.
What’s wrong?
chmod +x wammu2csv.pl
and then try again
Thanks for this very useful script! For downloading data from my phone, I had to modify this script, in order to recognize the contacts saved to the SIM card. The modified script is available here:
http://pastebin.com/fT5y8UTH