tbvdm / nbu-export

Export messages and other data from Nokia NBU backups

nbu-export

nbu-export is a utility to export messages, memos, calender items and contacts from Nokia NBU backups.

nbu-export runs on the BSDs, Linux, macOS and Cygwin.

This example will give you an idea of how it works:

$ ./nbu-export
usage: nbu-export backup [directory]
$ ./nbu-export backup.nbu export
$ find export -type f | sort
export/calendar.ics
export/contacts.vcf
export/memos/memo-1.txt
export/memos/memo-2.txt
export/memos/memo-3.txt
export/messages/predefdrafts.vmg
export/messages/predefinbox.vmg
export/messages/predefsent.vmg
export/mms/predefinbox/1.mms
export/mms/predefinbox/2.mms
export/mms/predefinbox/3.mms

Building

To build nbu-export, you will need a C compiler and make.

On OpenBSD, run:

git clone https://github.com/tbvdm/nbu-export.git
cd nbu-export
make

On other systems, run:

git clone https://github.com/tbvdm/nbu-export.git
cd nbu-export
git checkout portable
make

Acknowledgement

Reading the NbuExplorer source was very helpful in understanding the NBU file format. NbuExplorer was written by Petr Vilem. Many thanks to him!