Many text messages are sent and received every day. The SMS that came from the bank, a beautiful SMS that was sent on an occasion and you want to send it to others. Another one that contains an incomprehensible text and needs to be checked again, one needs to be followed up and answered. In short, the world of text messages is a world in the middle of the virtual world. But the problem comes when you either don't have time or lack of memory. Sometimes you even have to pay a total time or financial cost for this issue.
Statistics show that more than 92% of people in America and 96% of people in England use SMS. In 2013, more than 10 billion text messages were sent and received, which is 20% more than the previous year. But in Iran, comprehensive and accurate statistics are not available. For example, one of the operators estimated the number of text messages sent on a special day to be 4 billion.
How to back up text messages on an Android phone
To preserve such valuable data, backup is one of the best ways that have been suggested so far. In this article, we will introduce some methods for backing up phone SMS.
The first method: using the SMS backup and restore program
The latest software recommended by Google Play, which you can even get from Cafe Bazar, is SMS Backup Messages On Android and Restore. We have reviewed some of the features of this application here.
This application is a simple Android application that allows you to backup and restore your phone's text messages and contacts.
Among the facilities that you can use for backup, the following can be mentioned:
Backup SMS (text) messages, MMS and conversations
Local backup with options to automatically upload to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or email
Choose a schedule for automatic backups.
Use of cloud space.
Ability to search for backup and recoverable files and transfer the backup to another phone
The backup format is independent of the Android version.
Fast transfer between two phones through direct Wi-Fi and creating free space on the phone
The backend can convert XML to other formats and can also send and view it to a computer.
The second method: using support facilities in gmail
Log in to Gmail with your account and activate the imap section in the settings section.
In the next step, install the SMS backup application and after opening the application, choose your Google account (gmail) by selecting the connect option.
After entering the user account that you created in the previous section, hit back up in the following window to perform the backup operation.