[Q] Text Message Back up?

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So, is there anyway to save text messages when doing a full wipe and switching to a different rom? It may sound silly, but this is literally the only thing keeping me from trying a different, albeit obviously better rom than the one I'm currently using.

I use SMS Backup & Restore. You can have it schedule the backups as well. Love this program.

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If you like GOSMS its has a built in backup and restore.

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Use go sms pro its da best thing available in the market for msgs, no doubt there are others also.....but go sms pro is better of those !!!!

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Originally Posted by Luigiman765

So, is there anyway to save text messages when doing a full wipe and switching to a different rom? It may sound silly, but this is literally the only thing keeping me from trying a different, albeit obviously better rom than the one I'm currently using.

SMS back up is the single best solution but it doesn't do mms. None of them do that I now of. You could try go SMS but I would be hard pressed to suggest it. I would use handcent instead

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SMS Backup+ will do SMS, your call log and MMS, and tidily back them up to a separate label in your GMail (handy for searching when you're at your PC). I've never had a problem with it, great app.

Originally Posted by formicae

SMS Backup+ will do SMS, your call log and MMS, and tidily back them up to a separate label in your GMail (handy for searching when you're at your PC). I've never had a problem with it, great app.

as will "MyBackup Root". Backup data (sms, mms, call log, system settings, dictionary, calendar, etc) and backup apps/media (photos, apks, app data, apks and data) I use it regularly

Originally Posted by homeslice976

as will "MyBackup Root".

To GMail? Not so much. And it's a bit over-the-top as far as an 'SMS backup' tool goes.

And unless they've changed how it works, your online backups (pro only) are hosted on the developer's (very early-2000s-looking) website, no? If you're looking for a general backup app, you'll find more recommendations for Titanium Backup, which will do everything you mentioned with the bonus of working with fairly standard cloud storage (Dropbox).

Edit: Although TiBu isn't free, so it might lose a point there.

Originally Posted by formicae

To GMail? Not so much. And it's a bit over-the-top as far as an 'SMS backup' tool goes.

And unless they've changed how it works, your online backups (pro only) are hosted on the developer's (very early-2000s-looking) website, no? If you're looking for a general backup app, you'll find more recommendations for Titanium Backup, which will do everything you mentioned with the bonus of working with fairly standard cloud storage (Dropbox).

Edit: Although TiBu isn't free, so it might lose a point there.

OP didn't say anything about backing up to Gmail. And you don't have to do online backups, you can backup to SD (which is all I ever do, why waste the data?). I'm not a fan of TiBU, which is why i recommended this. You could have just said "Titanium backup also does this", and made your case for TiBU, rather than trying to debunk another app that works just fine. i was simply stating that it will do both sms and mms - one of the best parts about Android is that there are multiple ways to do everything

Thanks for the replies, I decided to just use SMS Backup, since I use Titanium Backup to cover everything else, and I don't have data anyways, so I need not worry about MMS's