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SMS Backup & Restore

SMS Backup & Restore

Ritesh Sahu

1,000,000 - 5,000,000 downloads

Pros

  • Good-looking layout
  • Automatic scheduled backups
  • Personalized backupping
  • Backups in XML format

Cons

  • It doesn't backup MMS (just SMS)
  • We're missing cloud sync
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Expert's Review

4/5
Great

"SMS in a lifeboat"

Reviewed by: Emmanuel Lund / Aug 31, 2011

SMS Backup & Restore allows you to keep safe your SMS

This is another great tool to keep safe one of your most valued data: your SMS. It allows you to backup/restore you SMS which are create in XML format and save by default on the SDcard. However, the XML files can be converted and be viewed on a computer. What's more, you can send the backup file to your e-mail or send it to other cloud service accounts.

What we've seen until now is that it allows to backup just selected conversation (that's it, personalized backup). You can even view backup file contents on the phone and schedule backups not to miss a single SMS in case of losing or robbery.

SMS Backup & Restore has been developed by INFOLIFE LLC, a developer focused on security and system Android apps.

If you just want to backup/restore SMS, this is a good choice due to it good-looking layout, automatic scheduled backups, personalized backupping and sharing options. Recommendable.

Developer's original description available here
SMS Backup & Restore is a simple Android app that backs up and restores your phone's text messages.

- Backup SMS Messages in XML format.
- Choose a scheduled time to automatically backup.
- Backup format is independent of the Android version so the messages can be easily moved from one phone to another, irrespective of the Android version.
- Option to select which conversations to backup.
- View/Restore all Messages or only selected conversations.
- Delete all SMS Messages on the Phone.
- Email a backup file.
- Automatically Email or Upload to Dropbox & Google Drive using the Add-On.
- The XML can then be converted to other formats, and can also be viewed on a computer.

Please note that this app does not support MMS (Picture/Audio/Video) messages.

This app is ad-supported and requires the Internet permissions to display the Ads.
If you do not want ads the they can be disabled from preferences or you can buy the paid version from the Market.

On newer phones with inbuilt storage the default backup location will probably be the internal storage card and not the external.
This is because the phone reports the storage that way.
If you intend to do a factory reset on the phone, please make sure you save/email a copy of the backup outside the phone before doing it.

Lots more info at http://android.riteshsahu.com/apps/sms-backup-restore
FAQs can be found at http://bit.ly/d9t7Jk

Please start the app at least once after updates so that the scheduled backups start working.

Developers are not able to respond to comments posted on the market, so if you have question or a problem please either send emails or post them on the website.

This App needs the following permissions to work:
* Storage - modify/delete SD card contents (android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE): To create the xml file on the SD card.
* Your messages - edit SMS or MMS, read SMS or MMS (android.permission.READ_SMS, android.permission.WRITE_SMS): Needed to read SMS during backups and write them during restore.
* Your personal information - read contact data (android.permission.READ_CONTACTS): To display and store the contact names in the backup file.
* Network communication - full Internet access (android.permission.INTERNET): For displaying Ads.
* Network State - (android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE): Required by the Google Admob Ads so that it can check the state of the network before requesting Ads.
* System tools - prevent phone from sleeping (android.permission.WAKE_LOCK): To prevent the phone from going to sleep/suspended state while a backup or restore operation is in progress.
* Hardware controls - control vibrator (android.permission.VIBRATE): To vibrate the phone when an operation is completed.
* Read Phone State and Identity - To fix an error caused during Restore on some phones.
* Automatically Start on Boot - Start Scheduled Backups.

Icons designed by Vlad Kitanoski of www.vk-solutions.com

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Recently changed in this version:

v6.01:
- Fix for restore failing on Verizon Galaxy S4.
- Various bug fixes.


Lists with: SMS Backup & Restore

Some lists where this application appears: Installed (Tattoo), takis1971, Reviewed by Emmanuel Lund, my faverate apps, hung.

Comments and ratings for SMS Backup & Restore

  • (75)

    by Niyas Ummer on 02/06/2013

    Very useful if you are a rom flashaholic!!

  • (75)

    by sriram sunil varma on 02/06/2013

    This is a very good sms related app and does a good job on backing up and restoring as well as uploading to dropbox and drive.

  • (75)

    by Andrew Fox on 02/06/2013

    No ads or junk, clean UI and performs its functions well. Best of all it's free. Great app, highly recommended if you like to switch ROMs or just want peace of mind that your SMS is backed up. Combine with the app "SMS Backup+" for backups to your gmail a

  • (75)

    by rajashekar krishna on 02/06/2013

    Worth a spp

  • (75)

    by yvonne ysaguirre on 02/06/2013

    I love this app, been using it for years.

  • (75)

    by donnell larmond on 02/06/2013

    Never had any problems.

  • (75)

    by YC LEE on 02/06/2013

    As the message gets more the backup becomes much slower Anyway overall Reliability is ok