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text msgs - same phone, new # & carrier

SofTA

SofTA

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Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone that I've recently swapped my SIM card to a new phone, and now I have a new SIM card, a new phone number, and a new carrier.
My texts are currently intact, but after all these years I want to learn how to back them up locally on the phone or on my laptop. All the instructions I've found are for backing up to Google & I don't want to do that.
I just want to ensure I can access some of the conversations in the future, and they don't go away with the new # & carrier.
 
SofTA said:
Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone that I've recently swapped my SIM card to a new phone, and now I have a new SIM card, a new phone number, and a new carrier.
My texts are currently intact, but after all these years I want to learn how to back them up locally on the phone or on my laptop. All the instructions I've found are for backing up to Google & I don't want to do that.
I just want to ensure I can access some of the conversations in the future, and they don't go away with the new # & carrier.
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SofTA said:
Can you tell me something about this? It looks like a web-based app (I'm looking for a local backup), and the link doesn't actually tell me anything but wants me to sign up.
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You can download it to your cell and it will back up every text on your compture, basically saves you from the hassle of downloading them to PDF.
 
After downloading the app to my phone, creating an account, and logging in on a browser, I searched through everything the app offered, but nowhere did I find how to backup or restore SMS messages - you can *send* them through the app, but that's not what I'm after. If there's an option for SMS backup, it's well hidden.
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ocnbrze said:
^^^^^^^this^^^^^^^^^

or

samsung smart switch
www.samsung.com

How to transfer and backup data using Smart Switch on a Galaxy phone

FAQ for Samsung Mobile. Find more about how to transfer and backup data using Smart Switch on a Galaxy phone with Samsung Support.
www.samsung.com www.samsung.com
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This is for transferring Galaxy to Galaxy. No option to transfer from Galaxy to laptop or other brand of phone. But thanks for the suggestion.
This one also wants a LOT of permissions, forced an update before it would let me move fw even tho it was updated only a couple of weeks ago, and I've uninstalled it altogether as it's too invasive, esp considering it won't do what I want.
 
SofTA said:
This is for transferring Galaxy to Galaxy. No option to transfer from Galaxy to laptop or other brand of phone. But thanks for the suggestion.
This one also wants a LOT of permissions, forced an update before it would let me move fw even tho it was updated only a couple of weeks ago, and I've uninstalled it altogether as it's too invasive, esp considering it won't do what I want.
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Not really, I had my cell connected to my tablet, my cell is a moto edge 2022,and my tablet is a Samsung Galaxy, all you have to do is plug it in and play, after transfering you can delete the app completely..


Unless you want to simply connect it to your compture and have each one saved that way..
 
I just thought of this, op: Go into developer mode on your cell, tap build number seven times, go to (Media transfer protocall) MTP, plug in your cell to the comp and copy everything.
 
Milo Williamson said:
Not really, I had my cell connected to my tablet, my cell is a moto edge 2022,and my tablet is a Samsung Galaxy, all you have to do is plug it in and play, after transfering you can delete the app completely..


Unless you want to simply connect it to your compture and have each one saved that way..
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Like you, I plugged in my phone to my laptop, but unlike you, it wouldn't recognize my laptop. Perhaps that was because it's Linux - I hadn't considered that possibility.
 
Milo Williamson said:
I just thought of this, op: Go into developer mode on your cell, tap build number seven times, go to (Media transfer protocall) MTP, plug in your cell to the comp and copy everything.
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I loved this option! Dev mode was already enabled, so 7 taps on build # did nothing & I didn't remember that was how I'd activated it so long ago. I searched for MTP & media transfer protocol both, but neither came up in settings. However, I found an option under Accts & Backup for external storage transfer, offering to back SMS up to SD card (which is in the phone) or USB storage (which I have an adapter for) - using Smart Switch. So I reinstalled it - but this time it came from the Galaxy store vs Google Play & it didn't ask for so many permissions. But once it was installed, it still wouldn't let me access either of those options to back up.

Like I told somebody in a different forum for a completely different issue the other day - things that *should* be straightforward and simple seldom are for me. Sad but frustratingly true.
 
SofTA said:
I loved this option! Dev mode was already enabled, so 7 taps on build # did nothing & I didn't remember that was how I'd activated it so long ago. I searched for MTP & media transfer protocol both, but neither came up in settings. However, I found an option under Accts & Backup for external storage transfer, offering to back SMS up to SD card (which is in the phone) or USB storage (which I have an adapter for) - using Smart Switch. So I reinstalled it - but this time it came from the Galaxy store vs Google Play & it didn't ask for so many permissions. But once it was installed, it still wouldn't let me access either of those options to back up.

Like I told somebody in a different forum for a completely different issue the other day - things that *should* be straightforward and simple seldom are for me. Sad but frustratingly true.
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I am glad I was helping you without going through checking through everything.

I often wonder sometimes if things where more simple, so people our age will make it work on the first swipe.
 
Milo Williamson said:
I am glad I was helping you without going through checking through everything.

I often wonder sometimes if things where more simple, so people our age will make it work on the first swipe.
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Not sure what you were saying there, but I've gone through everything that's been suggested, and everything I can think of. For example, last night after posting my last msg, I searched manually thru the system files on my phone & discovered a boatload of mtp files! Why they didn't come up when I searched for them, IDK. I searched system files for SMS, messages, and messaging, without finding the actual messages; AND I searched system files for .db files, which is when the mtp files showed up - most were for Kindle, with a few belonging to other apps, but still no SMS files.
At this point, I've decided to rely on the intermittent screenshots I've taken of the most important messages I want access to, and that will have to do.
Thank you to everyone who responded with suggestions. You are ALL appreciated!
 
SofTA said:
Not sure what you were saying there, but I've gone through everything that's been suggested, and everything I can think of. For example, last night after posting my last msg, I searched manually thru the system files on my phone & discovered a boatload of mtp files! Why they didn't come up when I searched for them, IDK. I searched system files for SMS, messages, and messaging, without finding the actual messages; AND I searched system files for .db files, which is when the mtp files showed up - most were for Kindle, with a few belonging to other apps, but still no SMS files.
At this point, I've decided to rely on the intermittent screenshots I've taken of the most important messages I want access to, and that will have to do.
Thank you to everyone who responded with suggestions. You are ALL appreciated!
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Basically that is what we were saying to you earlier, is just manually search for everything and then let it find everything out of the point though.


yeah text messages you can try to email yourself and have them download via pdf.

Myself I do not really treasured some of them though.

I simply delete threads newer ones in groups of three:

techcult.com

How to Save Text Messages from Android to Computer

How to Save Text Messages from Android to Computer: 1. Open the Messages app. 2. Now, open the conversation and tap and hold on the message until it highlights.
techcult.com techcult.com
 
SofTA said:
Not sure what you were saying there, but I've gone through everything that's been suggested, and everything I can think of. For example, last night after posting my last msg, I searched manually thru the system files on my phone & discovered a boatload of mtp files! Why they didn't come up when I searched for them, IDK. I searched system files for SMS, messages, and messaging, without finding the actual messages; AND I searched system files for .db files, which is when the mtp files showed up - most were for Kindle, with a few belonging to other apps, but still no SMS files.
At this point, I've decided to rely on the intermittent screenshots I've taken of the most important messages I want access to, and that will have to do.
Thank you to everyone who responded with suggestions. You are ALL appreciated!
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re: Basically do not know your age was trying to make a point of and since the admins are in their early seventies.. I was assuming you where about in your early fifties.
 
SofTA said:
Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone that I've recently swapped my SIM card to a new phone, and now I have a new SIM card, a new phone number, and a new carrier.
My texts are currently intact, but after all these years I want to learn how to back them up locally on the phone or on my laptop. All the instructions I've found are for backing up to Google & I don't want to do that.
I just want to ensure I can access some of the conversations in the future, and they don't go away with the new # & carrier.
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Did you get the solution?
 
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