Backup your mobile phone in Linux

Mikael Ståldal

To backup data from a non-smart SonyEricsson mobile phone (such as W890i) in Linux, use the gammu utility.

  1. Install gammu, it is available as a package in the standard repositories for Debian and Ubuntu, just install the gammu package.

  2. Create a ~/.gammurc file with the following content:> > [gammu]
    > port = /dev/ttyACM0
    > connection = at

  3. Connect your mobile phone to the computer with the USB cable and select Phone mode

  4. Use
    > gammu backup filename.vcf -yes

to backup your phone book to a vCard file 

  * Use  
    > gammu geteachsms 
    
    to get all SMS stored in the phone (both sent and received), they will be written to STDOUT 
    
  * There is also a lot more you can do with [gammu][1]