SMS Backup has 220 thousand installs. Users rate it well: 4.0 stars from 1,502 ratings.
SMS Backup is made and published by
Red Sheep Labs.
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published on Google Play.
About SMS Backup
SMS Backup was a communication app developed by Red Sheep Labs. It was removed from Google Play Jan 25, 2019.
Install Statistics
SMS Backup had been installed 220 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
SMS Backup was rated 4.04 out of 5 stars, based on 1.5 thousand ratings.
App Information
SMS Backup was free. The app size was 686.85 kB. The last available version was 2.3.5. The last update was on June 11, 2014.
Technical Requirements
SMS Backup required Android 2.3+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since April 2010.
Description by Red Sheep Labs(from Google Play)
This app will backup and restore sms from your device to an xml file stored in the sdcard/SMSBackup folder. You can choose the filename to save and if you have other backups done choose which backup to restore! Now you can send the backup by email! I tested this on the HTC Hero, Samsung Galaxy S4, S6 and on the Emulator 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 4.2.2, 4.3, 4.4.2, 6.0 and 7.0.
Internet Access is ONLY for ADS Please, use the menu key on your phone to discover all functions, and read the Help text before any use.
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★★★★★
Kyle Lawson, Why on earth would you factory reset your phone without first checking to see if your sms's were backed up correctly and you could open the backup first before resetting your phone? I would never reset my phone until I have opened everything I backed up first and check to see if it worked or not. I would have to say that it was not an issue of this sms backup app as it is your responsibility to make sure that all your items & apps you wanted saved are backed up and stored in the proper cloud, emailed to yourself & that you can "open the file" w/o seeing that "error message that you cannot open this file or file doesn't exist" error message after you back it up or delete anything off your phone UNTIL YOU HAVE LOOKED TO MAKE SURE IT IS DONE PROPERLY before any type of reset is ever done. I hope this info helps save you future frustrations and serves as a reminder to check your backup's before YOU RESET YOUR PHONE. I've been there and know all too well your frustrations & anger you went through knowing your important messages were not properly backed up & your rage when you cannot open that file or see message that "this file doesn't exist". Good luck
★★★★★
Works great! I was upgrading from a Droid X to a Galaxy S3 and wanted save my texts. Advice: to restore, you must copy the saved log and move it to the program In your files.
★★☆☆☆
Lost messages for last 3 years Do not restore messages from backup files sized more than 130kb, at least in my case all backups 300kb and 1500 kb have not been read, if software is still supported , appropriate if this issue is fixed.
★★☆☆☆
Stylesheet/instructions??? I saved my messages, but apparently can't display the xml file without a stylesheet, but where is the stylesheet? I can find no instructions to make this app do a damned thing!
★★☆☆☆
Did not back up texts at all Saved to SD card, and it acted like it was saving it, but when I moved it to the new phone, the file didn't have anything in it. Lost all my texts.
Technologies used by SMS Backup
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