[GTALUG] (off topic) Backup/restore of text messages on Android phone

[William Park]

Hi all,

My LG Nexus 5X died.  It went into "boot loop" for a while, and now it
won't even charge.  It's dead.  So, I'm borrowing old Samsung Galaxy S3.
It recovered all data (those I care about), except text messages.  I
lost all my Google Messages data, which included personal text
conversations as well as notices from banks, credit card, and sorts.

When I go back to my own phone again, I'm going to lose current SMS text
messages again.  How do I prevent this?  How do I backup/restore text
messages.
-- 
William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>