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

[William Park]

On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 12:18:34PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote:
> On 2020-05-07 12:05 PM, William Park via talk wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> You could try the Google Messages app.  It connects your phone messages to a
> browser.  I just checked and I have messages, going back to 2014, which is 2
> phones back.  The messages, from 6 years ago, appear on both my phone and
> browser.

I went to https://messages.google.com/web as instructed on the app, and
scan the QR code.  It says "Incorrect Code".  Maybe, it's because I'm
not on the original phone.
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William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca>
1397 Lewisham Dr, Mississauga, ON, L5J 3R2