How can you back up Text Messages?
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If you were to restore from a backup then your text messages will be back on your device.
I believe you can also find the text message file and drag it into iTunes that should work also.
Hopefully someone will echo that for me.
I believe you can also find the text message file and drag it into iTunes that should work also.
Hopefully someone will echo that for me.
I know you can read them and save them to the computer with DiskAid, but I'm pretty sure you can't replace a saved sms.db file after restoring the phone if the phone is stock. You don't have root access so I don't see how you could. You can, however, if it's jailbroken.
You'll need to jailbreak it, install iFile, save the sms.db, restore to factory settings, jailbreak again, install iFile and then replace the file.
File location:
var/mobile/library/SMS/sms.db
You'll need to jailbreak it, install iFile, save the sms.db, restore to factory settings, jailbreak again, install iFile and then replace the file.
File location:
var/mobile/library/SMS/sms.db
I was able to transfer all text messages to the "new user" BUT there's something in the picture folder that will make the new user phone unable to text picture messages. If I don't transfer the old pictures to the new text folder it will work fine. So I'm back to the old user because I need the pictures in those old text messages. FML
Europa, this method works to transfer the text and attachments but I will no longer be able to send picture messages because it tried to create a folder under "parts" in the "SMS folder with the same name as the ones already there so it just shows sending and never sends the picture. Do you know of another way to transfer text messages to another iPhone with a new user or am I SOL?
If you've backed up your phone to iCloud and it gets wiped or replaced, restoring from that backup will restore your iPhone SMS messages up to computer in the time you last backed up to iCloud.
You could try some utility to backup your iPhone text messages to your computer. Once you have your iPhone text messages backed up, you would be able to restore text messages to your iPhone.
iOS backup does indeed contain attached photos. Both iCloud and iTunes iOS backups contain attached photos as described here for iTunes: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4946
and here for iCloud: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4859
Note that you cannot see your backed up messages in either iCloud or iTunes as they are only accessible after you do a full factory reset. You can alternatively back up SMS/MMS along with their attached photos with third-party methods such as this one: How to backup iPhone SMS text messages
and here for iCloud: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4859
Note that you cannot see your backed up messages in either iCloud or iTunes as they are only accessible after you do a full factory reset. You can alternatively back up SMS/MMS along with their attached photos with third-party methods such as this one: How to backup iPhone SMS text messages
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