android - copying text messages to new phone

ShiWarrior · 29 Dec 2022 at 13:28

google not exactly helpful

Open the "Messages" tab. Create a backup of your messages. Disconnect the phone, and connect the new Android device. Choose which messages to transfer from the backup to the phone

anyone be able to help me please ?
Samsung phones if it helps?

Thanks

wesimmo · 29 Dec 2022 at 13:34

When I went from S8 to S20 recently, my old phone replicated itself onto the new one exactly down to the icon positions, home screen set up and all my messages and call logs etc.

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ShiWarrior · 29 Dec 2022 at 13:38

thanks
its done everything, bar messages

i did a Samsung backup and re-deployed onto new phone

Armageus · 29 Dec 2022 at 13:51

My reasonably "stock" android phones (Motorola->Nokia->Poco) have always copied everything including messages just using the standard google setup and migration wizard

I'm guessing Samsung have their own version of the messaging app?

ShiWarrior · 29 Dec 2022 at 14:13

hmm, It might be "Samsung messaging"
it still should have backed up and restored via Samsung back up and and restore i did

Philyaris · 29 Dec 2022 at 18:59

I use SMS backup & restore by synctech via the play store, it will copy sms and call logs, you setup google drive access to save copy online then sign in with new phone and restore from your backup.

Pawnless Endgame · 3 Jan 2023 at 11:46

Samsung's sync tool copied everything over for me across my last 2 Samsung phones including texts. Before that, I was using an app called SMS Backup. It uses a subfolder in your Gmail inbox for storing the messages, then on the new phone, install SMS Backup again and it will retrieve the messages. So give that a try if Samsung's sync isn't working for SMS.