SMS Backup & Restore

SyncTech Pty Ltd

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About this app

SMS Backup & Restore is an app that backs up (creates a copy of) SMS & MMS messages and call logs currently available on the phone. It can also restore messages and call logs from already existing backups.

Note: This app requires existing backups to be able to restore call logs and messages. It cannot recover anything without existing backups.

For questions or issues please visit our FAQ at: https://synctech.com.au/sms-faqs/


APP FEATURES:
- Backup SMS (text) messages, MMS and call logs in XML format.
- Local device backup with options to automatically upload to Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive.
- Choose a recurring scheduled time to automatically backup.
- Option to select which conversations to backup or restore.
- View and drill into your local and cloud backups.
- Search backups.
- Restore/transfer backup to another phone. Backup format is independent of the Android version so the messages and logs can be easily transferred from one phone to another, irrespective of the version.
- Fast Transfer between 2 phones over WiFi direct
- Free up space on your phone. Delete all SMS messages or call logs on the Phone.
- Email a backup file.
- The XML backup can be viewed on a computer via the online viewer at https://SyncTech.com.au/view-backup/

Notes:
- Tested on Android 5.0 and higher
- App only restores backups made by this app
- Backup is created locally on the phone by default, but has options to upload to Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or Email. At no time are the files sent to the developer.
- Please ensure there is a copy of the backup outside the phone before performing a factory reset on the phone.

This App needs access to the following:
* Your messages: Backup and Restore messages. Receive SMS permission needed to properly handle messages received while the app is the default messaging app.
* Your Calls and Contact information: Backup and Restore Call Logs.
* Storage: To create the Backup file on the SD card.
* Network view and communication: Allows the app to connect to wifi for backup
* Your social information: To display and store the contact names in the Backup file.
* Run at start-up: Start scheduled Backups.
* Prevent Phone from Sleeping: To prevent the phone from going to sleep/suspended state while a Backup or Restore operation is in progress.
* Test access to Protected Storage: To create the Backup file on the SD card.
* Account Information: To authenticate with Google Drive and Gmail for cloud uploads.
* Location: Only requested and used during WiFi direct transfer due to a security requirement on Android.

Ratings and reviews

The company I have my cell service with provided a transfer data app. When it came to my text messages, it was over 4 hours of waiting, and I called it quits. I looked online, and others were frustrated and had the same concern. I found this app on a whim as a last chance to try and save my texts. (They're good references with my line of work) I have over 5gb of messages, and this app was able to transfer them all within an hour and easy to use. I was highly impressed.

Does what it says, but not completely. I can get all my text messages I received backed up to a .txt file on my phone but none of the text messages I send are saved to it. This is kind of a deal breaker because I loose context in the messages when it's only one sided. I'm happy it works and I can backup something but I really wish it would backup my half of the text messages.

I wanted to give it 5 stars, but it was basically made useless. All of my messages were restored, but theres a catch: text messages that I sent were restored in their own message with me as the recipient. So, for example, text messages between me and my cousin only show his messages, and all of my replies to him AND to every other recipient Ive ever texted are in a separate message box. Tear

What's new

- Potential fix for OneDrive upload issues for some users
- Upgrade to Target Android 14 SDK as required by Play Store.