How to transfer SMS from android on android

The XXI century is the century of the Internet, and many people are more concerned, how much traffic gigabytes are used and / or left, and not how many SMS offers their mobile tariff. Nevertheless, SMS are still widely used to carry out information distribution by various sites, banks and other services. So what should I do important messages to a new smartphone?

Transfer SMS messages to another android smartphone

There are several ways to copy messages from one Android phone to another, and consider them further in our current article.

Method 1: Copy on the SIM card

The developers of the operating system from Google counted that it is better to store messages in the phone's memory, which was laid in the factory settings of many android smartphones. But you can transfer them to a SIM card, after which, placing it in another phone, copy them into memory of the gadget.

Note: The method proposed below does not work on all mobile devices. In addition, the names of some items and their appearance may differ slightly, so just look for close in meaning and logic designation.

1. Open the "messages". You can find this program either in the main menu or on the main screen, depending on the launcher installed by the manufacturer or the user itself. Also, often it is taken out to the shortcut panel in the lower area of ​​the screen.
2. Choose the desired conversation.



3. Long tap allocate the desired message (-i).



4. Click on "more".



5. Click on "Save on the SIM card".

After that, insert "SIM card" to another phone and perform the following actions:

1. We go into the application "Messages" specified in the method.
2. Go to the settings.



3. Open the "Advanced Settings" tab.



4. Select "Management of Messages on the SIM card".



5. Long tap allocate the required message.



6. Click on "more".



7. Select the "Copy Phone Memory" item.

Now messages are placed in the memory of the desired phone.

Method 2: SMS Backup & Restore

There are applications specifically designed to create backup copies of SMS messages and user contacts. The advantages of the decision we are considered, in comparison with the previous method, is the speed of operations and the lack of need to move the SIM card between the phones. In addition, the program allows you to save backup copies of messages and contacts to cloud storage such as Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive, which will save the user from problems with recovery data in case of loss or breakdowns.

Download free SMS Backup & Restore.

1. Download the program from Google Play using the link presented above and open it.



2. Click on "Create a backup".



3. The switch "SMS messages" (1) is left in the on-on position, remove it opposite the call item (2) and click "Next" (3).



4. To store copies, select the most convenient option, in this case, "in the phone" (1). Click "Next" (2).



5. On the question of the local backup answer "yes".



6. Since in this case it is necessary only once to move messages between the smartphones, remove the checkbox from the "Plan archive" item.



7. Confirm the planning shutdown by pressing OK.

Backup on the carrier phone is ready. Now you need to copy this backup to another smartphone.

1. Open a file manager.



2. Go to the section "Memory of the phone".



3. We find and open the "SMSBackupRestore" folder.



4. We are looking for in this XML folder. file. If only one backup has been created, there will be only one. I choose it.



5. We send it in any convenient way to the phone you want to copy messages.

   Due to the small sizes of the file, you can easily send it via Bluetooth.

   • Long pressing the file and press the arbitrar icon.

   

   • Select the "Bluetooth" item.

   

   • We find the desired device and click on it.

   

   Watch the name of the device by passing along the way: "Settings" — "Bluetooth" — "Device Name".

   • On the adopted phone the phone specified above, install the application "SMS Backup & Restore".
   • We go to the conductor.
   • Go to "phone memory".
   • We are looking for and open the Bluetooth folder.

   

   • Long tap allocate the received file.

   

   • Click on the move icon.

   

   • Select the "SMSBackupRestore" folder.

   

   • We click on "Move B".

   

6. We open on the smartphone that took the file, the SMS Backup & Restore application.
7. Swipe left the menu and select "Restore".



8. Select the "Local Storage Bookup".



9. Activate the switch opposite the desired reservation file (1) and click on "Restore" (2).



10. In response to the notification of "OK" appeared in the window. This will temporarily make this application basic to work with SMS.



11. To the question "Change the application for SMS?" We answer "yes."



12. In the pop-up window, press OK again.

To restore messages from the backup file, the program requires the authority of the main application to work with SMS. Actions described in several recent items, we provided them. Now you need to return the standard application, since "SMS Backup & Restore" is not intended for references / receiving SMS. We do the following:

1. Go to the message "Messages".
2. Click on the top string entitled as "SMS Backup & Restore ...".



3. To the question "Change the application for SMS?" answer "yes"

Finish, messages are copied to another android phone.

Thanks to the methods proposed in this article, any user will be able to copy the necessary SMS from one Android smartphone to another. All that is required of it is to choose the most liked method.