Archive SMS messages, without extra permissions Answers to the following question list a number of Android apps that can be used to backup SMS messages:


How do I backup and restore SMS Messages?


However, all of the applications mentioned in the answers seem to require lots of permissions that are not strictly necessary; examples include "receive SMS", "edit SMS or MMS", "full Internet access", "read contact data", "write contact data", "write contact data", "read phone state and identity", etc.

Is there any tool that


simply copies all SMS messages to a local file on the SD card,
does not require any irrelevant permissions – as far as I can see, permissions "read SMS or MMS" and "modify/delete SD card contents" should be enough.




Edit: Based on the answers, I had a closer look at SMS Backup &amp; Restore Pro. It is better than nothing – at least it does not require any kind of Internet access. However:


It cannot copy messages stored on the SIM card, only messages stored in the inbox.
It does not work on Android 3.2 tablets.
It still requires far too many permissions for my needs.


TxtArchive does not seem to work on Android 3.2, either.
As you don't ask to restore them (just to backup): Did you take a look at TxtArchive SMS Backup? Yupp, costs a few bucks. But hence it needs no ads, and no internet: Read SMS/MMS, Read Contactdata (both are connected -- you surely want to know who wrote the SMS ;), and store to SD.

Similarly SMS Backup &amp; Restore Pro for about the same price (2 Euro), which also wants to write SMS/MMS (to restore them), and keep the phone from sleeping while it does the work.

Oh, plus the requirement mentioned by Flow: "read phone state and identity" is also required. -- though the app states Android minversion 1.6 (this requirement was removed with Android 2.0 AFAIK -- for all previous versions it was a "must").

Simple search for SMS Backup on the playstore, both on page 1 -- not too hard to find. Hope you like them ;)