The backup files created by SMS Backup & Restore are XML files and some processing is required to view the data in a user friendly format.
The app has a built-in viewer that can be accessed from Menu > View Backups and we also provide our own web-based viewer here. If you are looking for additional options:
- Thomas has developed a .NET based open source viewer that is available on GitHub.
- Matt at XtNetworks is working on a Java-based Viewer for the backup files which is probably the easiest way to view the files on a computer. The program now works with displaying threaded conversations on Windows, OSX and Linux and it can also export messages to text files. More information is available at his site: http://devadvance.com/sms-backup-reader/