Is there an app to purge older texts?

michaelvanle · #1 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 05:56 PM

I used to have a Treo 800w and it had an option to purge old text messages (1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month), whatever you specify. It helps delete old messages and speed up the text. Is there something like that I can add on to the TP2??

What I've been doing is unthreading the texts, reboot the phone, and manually delete the older texts, then put it back to threaded.

badb4c · #2 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 07:05 PM

Just go into tools and hit clear mms/sms.

JimSmith94 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by badb4c

Just go into tools and hit clear mms/sms.

I don't see that in Tools, do you have a CAB for that?

shadowkiller24 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 07:42 PM

You can use this application and set a date. Every text before the date you select will be deleted.

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-...ms-purger.html

badb4c · #5 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 09:12 PM

Are you running 6.5? You should be able to hit your text tab, then all messages, then menu, then tools, and it should be there. I don't think it will be an option prior to 6.5. I may be though, I just don't remember.

michaelvanle · #6 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by badb4c

Just go into tools and hit clear mms/sms.

it defeats what i'm trying to do. i'm only trying to delete older messages...

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowkiller24

You can use this application and set a date. Every text before the date you select will be deleted.

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-...ms-purger.html

thanks, i'll give this a try.

michaelvanle · #7 (**permalink**) 08-28-2010, 09:43 PM

i'm running mightyrom. the app posted isn't working. it's loading and purging something, but when i go to my sms inbox it's still there.

shadowkiller24 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-29-2010, 01:17 AM

Did you load both inbox and sent messages?

jdpman · #9 (**permalink**) 08-29-2010, 01:47 AM

As someone who texts a lot, this is one of the main reasons why I switched over to Android on the TP2. WinMo would bog down to a crawl about twice a week on me. And waiting for clear sms to finish while in mid conversation with someone is such a pain. How can they not have something like this built in like nearly every other phone? The slowdown is unbearable...

**horndoctor** · #10 (**permalink**) 08-29-2010, 03:11 AM

Wirelessly posted (htc Pocket PC: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 8.12; MSIEMobile6.0) Sprint T7380)

SKTools will do the trick.