On 31/10/11 12:16, Tim Green wrote:
On 31 October 2011 12:09, Mark Rogersmark@quarella.co.uk wrote:
What is the best way to manage my Android phone with my Linux (U11.04) desktop?
For contacts I sync with my Google account and use a webbrowser to export all the data on a regular basis. Would that help?
Likewise. I set up my phone so all the contacts are stored on/shown from Google. That way, I can add/edit on any PC, or on my phone, and the changes are synched between them. You can import or export the contacts via the google contacts web page, you can back up your google contacts to your phone or sim if you want to. There are apps to backup your phone's contacts but IME they don't work on all phones, so I can't recommend one.
Also, there are apps to archive text messages, but I've never used on so can't recommend one. I find the website for the android marketplace useful. https://market.android.com/?hl=en
You can search for a type of app you want - e.g. SMS archive. For that it returns 1,756 results, sorted by a star rating out of 5. It also shows you how many people use it. You install apps to your phone from this website, providing you log in using your google account.
HTH Steve