using PimBackUp trying to extract text messages from damaged phone

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Originally Posted by drewcam888

Pimbackup creates it own files when it creates a backup. You then copy the file to your new phone and use the restore option. Did you try that

i actually wanted to save them on my computer. i switched over to android, so im not even sure those files would even be read. when i open the pbm file with something like notepad you can kind of make out the messages but the formatting is very garbled.