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[Q] Best APP to backup and restore SMS

do you guys know any good backup & restore apps for text messages?

GO SMS Pro
SMS Backup +
i like SMS Backup + because it backs SMS/MMS to Gmail
i like GO SMS PRO if i am just going from one rom to another. quick, local restore

I use My Backup Root. Works well

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dingokevin said:
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TiBU can back up SMS messages? Don't think so.

henrybravo said:
TiBU can back up SMS messages? Don't think so.
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It does on mine, every flash restore there are my txt, mms.
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Titanium can backup sms and other user data. They are in green.
•[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage 2.2 - this stores Call History
•[SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.2 - this stores SMS/Text Messages
•[BOOKMARKS] Internet 2.2 - this stores the brower's settings and bookmarks
Pulled this info from here.
http://www.incredibleforum.com/forum/htc-incredible-hacks/7892-titanium-backup-how.html
Not sure of MMS messages since they are downloaded to the SD card.

I also recommend SMS Backup +

I recommend (and develop) http://www.bloove.com

I use both SMS Backup + and Go SMS. Go SMS backs up and restores SMS messages on the phone and SMS Backup + backs them up to my gmail account.

Agoattamer said:
Titanium can backup sms and other user data. They are in green.
•[CONTACTS/CALLS] Contacts Storage 2.2 - this stores Call History
•[SMS/MMS/APN] Dialer Storage 2.2 - this stores SMS/Text Messages
•[BOOKMARKS] Internet 2.2 - this stores the brower's settings and bookmarks
Pulled this info from here.
http://www.incredibleforum.com/forum/htc-incredible-hacks/7892-titanium-backup-how.html
Not sure of MMS messages since they are downloaded to the SD card.
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Is there any trick to make the Call Log restore works?
I've tried to restore from my Samsung Galaxy S2 running Android 2.3.6 to the new 4.0.3... And the Contacts app crash! Force Close!

Sms backup+, my backup are the ones I have used no problems with either.
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how to back up messages

im having a trouble backing up my texts! i try to back them up, and once i flash a new rom, theyre all gone, even after restoring. im using the 4.0.3 ICS mms app from the market...

Dee Hos said:
im having a trouble backing up my texts! i try to back them up, and once i flash a new rom, theyre all gone, even after restoring. im using the 4.0.3 ICS mms app from the market...
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I've always used SMS Backup & Restore from the market, never had a problem with it and it's quick, even when you have 5,000+ texts to backup/restore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en

go SMS has an integrated backup feature

hd2k10 said:
I've always used SMS Backup & Restore from the market, never had a problem with it and it's quick, even when you have 5,000+ texts to backup/restore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
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hd2k10 said:
I've always used SMS Backup & Restore from the market, never had a problem with it and it's quick, even when you have 5,000+ texts to backup/restore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
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I use this app for my daughter's phone. I don't care if mine get erased. For the number of her texts to restore, it takes quite a while for the phone to be usable because it takes a while for the message database to stabilize. But, it works.

I use SMS Backup +.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS56ZWdvZ2dsZXMuc21zc3luYyJd
Works great.
Automatically backup SMS, MMS and call log entries using a separate label in Gmail / Google Calendar. It is also possible to restore SMS and call log entries back to the phone (MMS not supported yet).
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You can configure it to backup automatically, once an hour, once a day, etc. I set it for once a day so it doesn't tax my battery usage all the time.
It backs up to a free online account.

hd2k10 said:
I've always used SMS Backup & Restore from the market, never had a problem with it and it's quick, even when you have 5,000+ texts to backup/restore.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
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+1 Ditto
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Have you tried using an app in the market called My Backup Pro?

CZ Eddie said:
I use SMS Backup +.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS56ZWdvZ2dsZXMuc21zc3luYyJd
Works great.
You can configure it to backup automatically, once an hour, once a day, etc. I set it for once a day so it doesn't tax my battery usage all the time.
It backs up to a free online account.
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I've been using this one also for over a year. I love how it backs up to my Gmail so that 1) I never lose my texts and 2) I can search through them in Gmail if I need to. It works great to restore and I haven't ever lost any when switching between roms or different phones. It also backs up my phone call log to Gmail.

Steve Jobs® said:
Have you tried using an app in the market called My Backup Pro?
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This is what I use as I prefer to have a local backup vs cloud based (data privacy reasons).

jayrod88 said:
This is what I use as I prefer to have a local backup vs cloud based (data privacy reasons).
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I back my dialer storage up via TiBu, but it's only safe if you're returning to the same base or at least same android version. It backs up SMS/MMS and everything. I however use SMS Backup/Restore for everything else.

[Q] SMS backup restore doesn't work

Hey everyone so I've been using 4.1.2 roms for quite sometime but visiting various 4.2.1 roms once in a while. But after finding my perfect ROM to switch over I want to switch over my messages too, but so far no apps I use work. Is there a work around? I tried SMS backup and restore, saves XML files to your SD, and I tried SMS backup, which saves your messages to your gmail. Both after restoring your messages stop at the loading conversations in any messaging app. Is there anyway to transfer my 9000+ messages? Thanks

Go SMS pro has cloud back up. I think it's $5 for the feature, but I can't imagine it wouldn't restore to a new ROM? Why do you wanna hold onto 9k texts? Doesn't it bring your phone to a crawl?
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Actually the nexus can handle the amount of texts I have fine!

titanium backup

danshuynh said:
Actually the nexus can handle the amount of texts I have fine!
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I haven't encountered any phone that doesn't take a hit on performance when handling that many texts.
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JustinBieber said:
Hey everyone so I've been using 4.1.2 roms for quite sometime but visiting various 4.2.1 roms once in a while. But after finding my perfect ROM to switch over I want to switch over my messages too, but so far no apps I use work. Is there a work around? I tried SMS backup and restore, saves XML files to your SD, and I tried SMS backup, which saves your messages to your gmail. Both after restoring your messages stop at the loading conversations in any messaging app. Is there anyway to transfer my 9000+ messages? Thanks
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Hello,
have you found a solution to this issue? I am struggling about it.
Thank you!

Google voice is the best backup
But that's just my opinion
Good luck
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vidaljs said:
Google voice is the best backup
But that's just my opinion
Good luck
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It could be, but now I am facing the issue of restoring 8000+ SMS that I backed up with My Backup Pro and I can't lost.
By the way, I don't personally give a **** about SMS restoring, but this phone is the one of my girlfriend!

Superfebs said:
It could be, but now I am facing the issue of restoring 8000+ SMS that I backed up with My Backup Pro and I can't lost.
By the way, I don't personally give a **** about SMS restoring, but this phone is the one of my girlfriend!
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Right on, I hear u
... But having ur phone with that many SMS on its SMS app will slow ur phone soooo much since it has to read them.
That is why I prefer Google voice Apk. It will never slow down my phone but I know where to find them when I need them. And I can access them on any PC.
I use since I was a flash-aholic and I kept missing SMS and voicemails. So now its just a life saver.
I wish u luck on ur task.
Take care
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Solved for me!
I discovered it is only a matter of time, BIG time.
I let the message list window open (the one that couldn't load any messages) and I went to bed.
After several hours everything was in place. Fortunately!
Hope this is going to be useful to others psychotics as well.
Cheers

Thanks, im goign to test that solution, i did the same, a backup of a LOT of sms, and when i did a Helium restore, the sms app is just showing "loading conversations".
I will update this, when i tested it.
UPDATE:
Indeed you just have to wait, until all the sms load correctly. In my case (SG3) it took me just 1 hour.
Lowan64

Backup & restore - How to restore faster while changing ROMs

I have been using My Backup Pro (Paid Version) for backing up Apps+data, SMS, Call log etc.
I have about 6000 SMS. When I take back up, it backs up in 30 secs. But after flashing a ROM when I restore all 6000 SMS, it takes about 1.5 hours. This is really frustrating for me. Restore of Apps+data is fine, takes about 4-5 mins.
What is the best way to restore SMS faster? Any other app or any suggestions for restoring all SMS is 5 mins or so?

SMS Backup & Restore by Ritesh Sahu.

AW: Backup & restore - How to restore faster while changing ROMs
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30floh00 said:
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How much time does titanium backup take to restore sms?
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30floh00 said:
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anshumandash said:
How much time does titanium backup take to restore sms?
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Titanium backup restores my sms (9781 messages today) more or less 1.0 - 1.5 hours.
And i always set my phone to airplane mode whenever i restore sms because all incoming messages within that restore period will be deleted.

SMS Backup and Restore, restores 2000 messages within minutes
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Ted Mosby said:
SMS Backup and Restore, restores 2000 messages within minutes
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And it does non-destructive restore, can check for duplicates, and allows scheduled backups to dropbox (with network extension).

And it works across android versions becuase it creates simple XML file
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Same problem I had. I have 6.5k sms and it took nearly 1 and a half hour to restore them using go backup yesterday only as I flashed a new ROM.
I once restored 4k SMS using SMS Backup and Restore and I felt it was fast than go backup.
Will try titanium backup as well.
Thanks

Thanks. I will try SMS back up &restore.
I downloaded titanium backup, but couldn't find SMS backup option. There is one to export SMS to XML. But that's for the paid app.
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I tried SMS Backup & Restore today. I restored 5400 SMS. It was really fast. It took about 30 mins. But at the end it said failed to restore 75 SMS. This never happened with My Backup Pro. So I guess this is not a reliable software. 75 may not be a big deal, but there is no other information why it did not restore them.
So I guess, the only reliable way to get all SMS restored is to wait for 1.5 hours. Faster is not always accurate/reliable.

That's wierd, never failed for me. Also 30 minutes is way to long for 5K messages with SMS Backup & Restore.
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anshumandash said:
I tried SMS Backup & Restore today. I restored 5400 SMS. It was really fast. It took about 30 mins. But at the end it said failed to restore 75 SMS. This never happened with My Backup Pro. So I guess this is not a reliable software. 75 may not be a big deal, but there is no other information why it did not restore them.
So I guess, the only reliable way to get all SMS restored is to wait for 1.5 hours. Faster is not always accurate/reliable.
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30mins is fast? get titanium backup pro. i never had any issues using it.

ej8989 said:
30mins is fast? get titanium backup pro. i never had any issues using it.
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You said titanium back up takes about 1.5 hours for 9000+ SMS restore. Now that means for 5000+ SMS it would take more than 30 mins. Did I miss anything?
Is there a way I can test SMS back up & restore in the free version of titanium backup before I buy the paid version?
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Question: How to save text messages?

I am S-off and running my phone stock with root.
I've never had luck with backing up the Messages app so I'm asking for help.
I use Titanium Back up Pro. I also use Hangouts for SMS. Do I just backup the Messages app and hangouts? And then restore with data if I choose to run another stock ROM?
I'm thinking about Clean ROM or Bone stock. I like Sense and I like the stock feel. The only thing I really want is for my music that's on my SD card to play...
Anyway, anyone have luck keeping texts backed up? I need it for work...usually I've never cared about saving texts.
Thank you.
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I use SMS Backup & Restore for my backups. I usually don't restore any of them, just keep a running archive.

I came from an AOSP room to the M8. On my old phone I started using SMS backup/restore but soon realized it wasn't saving my MMSs. Since then I started using restoring with the titanium SMS/MMS backup xml it was already making and it works just fine for me. Even from AOSP to stock Sense to Viper.

cntryby429 said:
I came from an AOSP room to the M8. On my old phone I started using SMS backup/restore but soon realized it wasn't saving my MMSs. Since then I started using restoring with the titanium SMS/MMS backup xml it was already making and it works just fine for me. Even from AOSP to stock Sense to Viper.
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what are you saying its backing up?

Abe21599 said:
what are you saying its backing up?
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Sms backup restore does exactly that. It backs up and restores your SMSs (text only messages). The titanium sms/mms xml option also restores my mms messages which conserves any pictures that were "texted" (read, mms) to me as well.

cntryby429 said:
I came from an AOSP room to the M8. On my old phone I started using SMS backup/restore but soon realized it wasn't saving my MMSs. Since then I started using restoring with the titanium SMS/MMS backup xml it was already making and it works just fine for me. Even from AOSP to stock Sense to Viper.
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The XML function in TiBackup is amazing. I've never used the app for anymore than freezing or backing up apps. This is perfect. Thank you.
Sent from my HTC One M8

Vpmsae said:
I would like to save text to computer and then I can open it without connect my phone
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Look into Pushbullet. I can view notifications and text messages through a browser add-on on my computer.

I use this app. Works great for me as I use sense messenger on sense ROM and Google's for GPe ROM.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ore&pcampaignid=APPU_1_S6VhV76GGoGo-QGlmoaIBw

Wpaasgt said:
How to backup your text messages ? The first thing you should do is sign into Gmail . In fact ,you can use Samsung Phone Backup save phone messages to computer .
How to save text messages on android
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I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&hl=en
it worked from my m8 using Google Play edition ROM to my 10 using Sense

I've been using that app for about 3 1/2 years. First on my LG G2 and then G3 and now on the M8. And it works slick, it also backs up your call log too.
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