Text Transfer

[sidsilver]

Is there a free programme for transferring text messages from my old phone to my new phone, both being Android phones.

[drey_p]

Hi there

You can use SMS backup + which is a free download from the Play Store.

Alternatvely if your new handset is a Samsung, it will often prompt to transfer text messages as part of the setup process.

[sidsilver]

Hi, has SMS backup+ got to be on both phones?

[drey_p]

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@sidsilver wrote:

Hi, has SMS backup+ got to be on both phones?

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Yep. It backs everything to your GMail account. You then restore this backup from Gmail on the new handset

[sidsilver]

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@drey_p wrote:

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@sidsilver wrote:

Hi, has SMS backup+ got to be on both phones?

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Yep. It backs everything to your GMail account. You then restore this backup from Gmail on the new handset

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Just done that and it worked like a treat, thanks.

[sidsilver]

Is there a free programme for transferring contacts?

[hrym]

If you aren't using Gmail, have a look at the Android transfer tool.   When I used it (admittedly between two HTCs), there were quite a few selectable options.

[sidsilver]

Yes I'm using gmail, and I have got all my contacts of the old Android phone to my new phone.

I now need to transfer contacts from a Windows 10 phone to the Android is that going to be difficult.

[sidsilver]

I've managed to transfer the Windows phone contacts using gmail so all sorted now.

[hrym]

Glad to hear you're sorted.  Apart from proprietary cables/apps, one of the easiest ways of transferring contacts between devices, especially if you don't have a sync'd service, is via the Export/Import function.   If you choose vCard as the output format, most contacts apps can read that.

FWIW, when I briefly used a Windows phone, I found that it wouldn't display any of the fields I'd given custom names to in Gmail.