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Old 05-14-2020, 06:09 PM
 
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I'm at a loss. Help, I'm lost! I want to preserve (save) some conversations I'm having by text but do not know how to do it. So I have questions. Geeksquad told me to get an app to "save and restore" texts, but -- I honestly do not understand if the app will save texts. I already found a few on Google Play Store, also Amazon, but -- don't know what they're talking about, and don't want to download another app without knowing what it will do. So can someone please help me walk through or understand what I'm supposed to do? (Thanks in advance.)
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Old 05-15-2020, 07:49 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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Since you mentioned "Google Play Store", I'm assuming you're talking about a phone with Android as it's Operating System (OS).
You should include this in your question, along with the OS's version, so people could help you better.

General Background:
Texting is very different than email, regarding how the message is created, kept on your phone, sent over the radio and kept at the destination. You need an app that is specifically written to take your texts and copy them to someplace else for safekeeping.

I've used SMS Backup & Restore for at least 5 years and am satisfied with it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...pRestore&hl=en

My settings: The backup is set to happen every Sunday morning at 4 AM and only if the phone is charging AND connected to the WiFi. (If this isn't available, it will show an alert, so I know to start it manually when it is powered and on my WiFi).
I have it set to backup ALL my text messages, but I don't have that many, and I tend to manually delete (in my Message App) the unimportant ones prior to the backup times.
The storage is to my Google Drive that's associated with the core Google Account for my phone.

Notes:
ANY backup app: They can only back up messages that are currently on your phone. Unlike most other information on a computer (or phone), if you delete a text message, there is NO undelete.
SMS B&R backs up messages to a generic XML format, that's not itself easy to read. You'd need some other program to read them (like MS Word). Or find an app that backs up to an easier to read format.
When you find a Txt Backup & Restore app you like, uninstall the others as you don't want them running in parallel.
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Old 05-15-2020, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Tricity, PL
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Easy step for step guide with pictures:
https://www.androidauthority.com/bac...zation-625972/
Or video tutorial:
https://youtu.be/OjCpoSfD2YM

You can also simply archive selected txt messages in your phone. It's a feature in your messenger settings
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Old 05-19-2020, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Originally Posted by Ed_RDNC View Post
Since you mentioned "Google Play Store", I'm assuming you're talking about a phone with Android as it's Operating System (OS).
You should include this in your question, along with the OS's version, so people could help you better.
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Good post, Ed.
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Old 05-19-2020, 09:14 AM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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On a iPhone one goes to settings, messages then Keep Messages and select Forever

I can only speak for iOS as that is what I use
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Old 05-19-2020, 10:53 AM
 
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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OP has an Android brother.

Get your Apple A*# out of here. :P
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