Did you know you could easily backup your Android SMS or text messages to a cloud drive like Google Drive and restore it to a new device in case of theft? Just as one can backup and restore his or her WhatsApp messages, you can do the same with your SMSs.
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Did you know you could easily backup your Android SMS or text messages to a cloud drive like Google Drive and restore it to a new device in case of theft? Just as one can backup and restore his or her WhatsApp messages, you can do the same with your SMSs. This option is very handy especially for those who use multiple devices or if you happen to misplace your device. By backing up your SMSs, you can easily safeguard important conversations, especially, the ones concerning for say a business transaction etc.
On this page, we will walk you through the steps on how to backup and restore your SMS on a cloud drive(Google Drive) and restore it whenever the need arises. And for this guide, we will be making use of a third-party free app available on the Google Play Store — SMS backup and restore apk.
How to backup your Android SMS using SMS backup and restore app
The SMS backup and restore app is pretty easy to use. It is the best app one can think of using when it comes to backing up and restoring text messages on Android. This app allows you to safeguard your text messages(SMS) on cloud storage which can be restored any time on a new device. Below is how to proceed with the backup process;
- Launch the Google Play Store from your Android and then search for "SMS backup & restore".
- Next, hit the download button and install the app on your Android device.
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- Once the app installed, tap on "Open" and then on the welcome screen, tap or "Get started".
- When you tap on the "Get started", the app will request permission to access your device contacts, make and manage phone calls, access your phone call logs, access photos, media and files, and send and view SMS messages. Grant SMS backup & restore access to all the latter by tapping on "Allow".
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- After you've granted the application all required permissions, it will then display a new screen which indicates you have no backups yet. To set up a new backup, click on "Set backup".
- From here on, you will have to select what you wish to backup and the cloud storage service to use. With SMS backup & restore, you can backup phone calls and SMS. It even has an "Advanced option" which allows you to backup media and group messages.
- After selecting what to backup(SMS in our case), choose Google Drive as your backup cloud storage.
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- Now, you will have to Log in with your Google Account. You can configure the app to auto delete older SMS backups after a certain time interval(number of days).
- After Logging-in, save and configure backup options. That is, you can configure the app to backup your SMS over WiFi and/or While Charging.
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- Now set the backup frequency. You can choose to backup your SMS on a daily, weekly or monthly base.
After going through all the steps above, SMS backup & restore will then backup your text messages on Google drive. You can then restore them on a new device or the same device if you happened to format it.
Restoring SMS with SMS backup & restore on Android.
If you happened to change device or your device ran into a system problem and you formated or flash it, then you can restore back your messages. Follow the steps below to achieve this;
- First of all, make sure you have access to the Google account that was used to create the backup of your SMSs.
- Connect to a WiFi or make use of a Mobile connection.
- Log-in to your Google account(Google Play) and download SMS backup & restore the app.
- After installing, launch and when it open, tap on the "three bars icon" at the top-left corner to open the drawer.
- Next; click on "Restore" and choose the backups to restore.
- Tap on Google drive where the SMS backups are stored and let the app access your Google Drive.
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- Tap Restore.
- Tap "OK". This infobox informs you that to restore your messages you'll need to temporarily set SMS Backup and Restore as your default messaging app.
- Confirm the restoration process and wait for the messages to be restored completely. Once it's done, you can now close the app.
- Enjoy!!!
Our thoughts
Since Android doesn't offer its users a built-in ready feature to make an auto-backup restore of text messages(SMS), making use of a third-party app like the SMS backup & restore is very handy and vital. With this app, you can easily safeguard your important text messages and even call logs and restore than whenever the need arises. So, if you are an Android user, then we will highly recommend you this.
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