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

Perfect, works without any drama, simple options to store backups in Drive, Dropbox, etc, or store in phone and transfer directly via wifi from one phone to another. Transferred 4000 messages from old phone to new phone in a couple of minutes. Option to not transfer calls if you've already done that. Tried three other backup apps none of which worked, for different reasons. Great to find something that just works!

The app is easy to use and works well. Hw, I would hv liked to convert and view the file as a PDF rather than hv to restore the file to do so. Perhaps such a feature could be part of a new update or included in a paid version. Great app, though. Exactly what I was looking for, save for not being able to convert files to different/multiple formats. Will be looking to purchase the paid/pro version to remove ads, even though I did not find them over intrusive.

It works perfectly. The problem with the XML backup format is that it is not searchable within your chosen backup option. For instance if I wanted to search my old SMS messages to find all messages containing the word "party" I would have to search each XML files seperatly. If each SMS message was converted into seperate files within a folder created for each backup, I could then search. Add it stands, it is really only a backup and restore app, not a way of filing your old messages.

What's new

Temporary fix for messages not restoring properly on Android 14. This may result in the correct sim not getting associated to messages on devices with more than 1 sim card.