Search SMS for Android
A powerful tool for searching SMS (text) messages & saving them for later reference (like bookmarks). Works on Android 1.5 (Cupcake), and older versions.
Search supports wildcards, find by contact/number, find by date, by folder, and quoted phrases. Once found, you can reply, forward (as SMS or email), mark unread, copy, delete, & call. Feedback welcome - koombu.admin at gmail dot com
This video shows an introduction and the main features:
Introduction to Search SMS | Search Operators
Searches are not case sensitive and all words will be matched (order does not matter).
Numbers and letters are treated the same. Punctuation is not considered part of a word.
Valid search operators:
* - Wildcard to match partial words. For example "apple*" will match both "apple" and "apples"
c. - Search for messages with a given contact. For example "c.Frank".
Matching contacts will be shown as you type either a name or number.
n. - Search for messages with a given phone number. For example "c.6175551212".
Matching contacts will be shown as you type either a name or number.
b. - Search for messages before a given date. For example "b.1/15/2009".
a. - Search for messages after a given date. For example "a.2/20/2007".
f.i or f.s - Search for messages in inbox (f.i) or sent (f.s)
"a phrase" - Search for an exact phrase in quotes
Long-press on an item to bring up a menu where you can do many things, such as view it in
the original thread, call the number, reply, forward, mark unread, copy, and delete |
ScreenshotsThe Search tab, where you find messages and search terms are
highlighted in them. The date and sender/recipient of the messages are
shown
 | You can view any message within the context of its original thread with surrounding messages, shown below with the chosen message highlighted.
| When searching for messages from/to a given contact, you can begin typing the name or number of that contact to see a list of matches.
| The Saved tab shows messages that you've decided to keep for later. This is similar to bookmarks/favorites.
| You can take many different actions on a message, including forwarding it as an email, marking it unread, or copying it to the clipboard, and several others.
| Integrated help for search operators
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This application will work on Android phones, including the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream, HTC Sapphire), also offered by Optus, Era, Singtel, Telefonica, and Vodafone's HTC Magic
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