Android Data Recovery: How to Backup & Restore Android SMS/MMS to PC/Mac

Sunday, July 19, 2015

How to Backup & Restore Android SMS/MMS to PC/Mac

When you switch a new phone, you may need to transfer SMS, MMS, contacts, pics, and call logs. Sometimes, the important files stored on your android phone just lost during the transferring. Thankfully, there is always good way to keep the data safe: Backup & restore SMS/MMS to computer.

Part 1. Backup Messages on Android to Computer

Making a backup for Android SMS/MMS is the first step. If you have a SD card on your android, then, you can simply export the messages to the card to copy and save them. The backup files can be seen on computer by plugging the card to your PC/Mac.

If you don’t have a card, that’s OK. An external backup application enables to do the job - Yolisoft Phone Data Transfer. This program is great to backup SMS/MMS from android devices, as well as photos, contacts, call history, apps data. Also, it is very simple to use:

- Get Phone Data Transfer software. Connect your android device to computer and run it on your computer.
- Tap “Backup Your Phone” on the left panel.
- Select “Text messages” and click “Start Transfer” when the program identify your device.
- Save the text message to anywhere on your computer, when the backup process is done, you can view the files on computer anytime.
-That’s it, the messages is backed up in a few clicks.

Part 2. Recover Lost SMS/MMS from Android without Backup

If you lost some important SMS/MMS, you can try Yolisoft Android Data Recovery.

Connect the android device to your PC/Mac, and run Android Data Recovery. Then connect your Android to computer via USB cable and enable the USB debugging. Next choose the file type you need to start scan. Finally preview & recover the lost data selectively according to your needs. This tool is specially dedicated to directly retrieve deleted/lost SMS/MMS from any android device(including Samsung, LG, HTC, Motorola, Sony, Huawei etc. Android phones & tablets). Just download the free trail of the android recovery software to try your luck. It allows you freely preview the recoverable files on android.