Navigating the landscape of digital data preservation is essential in the connected age of smartphones. Text messages have become central to modern communication, holding precious memories and ...

If you buy a new phone, Google makes it easy to transfer most of your data, letting you pick up where you left off. However, text messages won't automatically be transferred to your new phone. So any ...

The Android backup system enables Android users to back up and restore data on their devices. There are several built-in ways to do this; you can use the Auto Backup for Apps, which sends your app ...

If you want to keep receipts of your text messages, you can do so by saving a copy to your Gmail account. Luckily, if you end up backing them up, they are easy to search when you need them. Losing ...

I'm looking for a utility I could use to simply copy entire SMS/MMS conversations from Android. I'm running LineageOS+microg so apps that require Google Services should work. Up to this point I've ...

Not too long ago, an Instagram follower reached out to me because she lost every one of her text messages. That included a three-year thread with her husband, who just died. You can imagine the ...

The Android operating system offers native support for third-party texting apps. Google Messages might be ubiquitous with texting on Android, but plenty of third-party developers have built their own ...

While screenshots serve the purpose, third-party apps for Android and iPhone do it in the best possible way, mentioning every necessary detail. Some of the most popular apps include SMS Backup & ...

New findings suggest that Android devices may soon be able to include your SIM in a device backup, potentially making it that much easier to swap phones. Device backups currently save things such as ...