Hi
Whats the best way (best app) to transfer txt messages to a new phone ?
A google search had alot of hits wanting to sell software to do it
Cheers
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I've used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en successfully in the past.
Edit: Beaten to it. Great minds.
I've always found using the built in wizard on the new device reasonably good now...
Huawei / Oppo use PhoneClone
Samsung have their own.
Not often they don't put you through a wizard to migrate all that sort of stuff.
They just do a mass BT/local wifi xfer
What brand is the new phone? Both OPPO and Huawei have a "Phone Clone" app and you can easily select just SMS and have that copied over.
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Backup to your Google account and just do a restore.... or maybe it was the Samsung account that they did that - one of them did.
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I did the default Android clone option when setting up the new phone. Most things came across , not txt's . Maybee because the new ph didnt have a sim when I did this ?
LG to Moto7
I'll try the app recommended above
I did find a way to extract old versions of apps off the old ph & install on the new ph , via Airdroid .
Some old app versions are better the newest versions (and some apps no longer on the play store so didnt come across on the clone )
Cheers
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