Import SMS from Windows Phone

Leonardocezarÿ

About this app

Import SMS from Windows Phone: import your SMS messages from Windows Phone to your Android phone. The SMS backup from Windows Phone is transferred into your Android messaging storage very easily!

You can transfer MMS messages and group messages with the PRO version of this app, called Import SMS from Windows Phone PRO. You can find it also on Google Play Store: https://goo.gl/3A9GPe

This application is FREE and there is NO LIMIT set for the SMS messages that can be imported.

Transfer your exported file from Windows Phone to your Android phone and the application will import your SMS from Windows Phone for you.
Import SMS from Windows Phone app will search through the entire internal memory and on SD Card (if exists) for the backup file(s) from Windows Phone.
You can select from which number(s) to import the SMS messages or you can import them all at once.

IMPORTANT
Due to Google's new restrictions on SMS permissions, the import may not work on Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo. Other phones are not affected.

HOW TO USE:
1. Export SMS messages from Windows Phone with:
contacts+message backup app for devices WITHOUT an SD Card
contacts+message or Transfer my Data app for devices WITH an SD Card
2. Copy the exported files (VMSG or MSG) to your Android phone via USB, Bluetooth, etc.
3. Start Import SMS from Windows Phone.
4. Allow the permisions in order for the application to work.
5. Tap Import messages; the app will search the files for you.
6.
6.1 If there are more than 1 file, a list with all of them will appear.
Choose one of them by tapping on it and the file will be read
6.2 The only file found will be read.
7. You can choose to select from which numbers to import or to import all.
8. For Android 4.4+, approve the change for Import SMS from Windows Phone to become Default SMS App.
9. Wait until the restoration is complete. Change back the Default SMS app to what it was before restoration.
10. Go to your Android message box and you'll find your messages from Windows Phone.

For more informations, watch the video above description and check 'How to backup messages on Windows Phone' section inside the app.

FEATURES:
Imports both MSG and VMSG file formats
Reads all diacritics and emojis from VMSG file 1*
Display the messages real date from MSG file
Handle incoming SMS messages while importing 2*

NOTES:
1* MSG files are 'already handled by Microsoft app'; Import SMS from Windows Phone just displays them.
2* You are notified when an SMS is received and you will find it on Android message box.

OTHER NOTES:
MMS messages and group messages are supported on the PRO version of this app, called Import SMS from Windows Phone PRO.
Group messages will be imported as individual messages with this version; They are imported properly with the PRO version.

If you are having any issues, contact me via 'Report a problem' menu section, inside the app or via email. I respond very quickly and I will fix your problems right away!

Ratings and reviews

Dude, you're the best, my hero. Forced to abandon Windows 10 Mobile and my Lumia 950 and switch to far worse OS - Android...Now I have to install app for anything...open app to see what's goin' on...instead of just glympse into Live Tiles...Anyway: I backed up my sms and mms using contacts+messages backup app on windows phone, transfered backup to onedrive, got it on Android from onedrive and then start this marvelous app, pressed restore, and my arround 11k messages showed up on Messages app on my Android. I am not using Whatsapp, but will buy this app for restore. Big fan! Btw, Samsung A70, no problem occured during all this. One more thing: if i find a picture of this guy Leonardocezarÿ, I would definitely make it a desktop background on my laptop...

It looks to have been working as intended: 28800 SMS populated in the Android Messages native app in about half an hour. Apparently all retrieved and correcty grouped and organized. Phone numbers were recognized then replaced by contacts names from my Contacts app database. I'll pay the pro version and fgive it a try to get my MMS. Good job and congratulations to the developer! Many thanks for a worth way to switch from Windows Mobile to Android with a minimized loss of content!

Could not have been happier with this app. Everything worked as it should have and the tutorial video was so helpful and easy to follow. I did encounter a problem as my Windows phone didn't have the contacts+message system setting nor "files" application (I lost a lot of things due to faulty phone/SD card) however I found a way around this by using Transfer My Data > ... > Export to SD card > text messages / MMS. I could then dump the backup file to PC and then to my Android device.

What’s new

Due to Android 13 new restrictions, the user now has to manually select the location to the backup file copied from Windows Phone. After the backup file is selected, you need to give permission for this app to be the default messaging app. After the import is completed, your messaging app must be set as default app.