How to Transfer Text Messages from Android to Computer

[Summary]: As a Android phone usrs,you would like to sent/received many important notice or business information by text messages, and a lot of important short messages stored on your Android phone,that you wouldn't want to lose. Therefore, backup messages from Android phone to a computer for backup is very necessary. But how to transfer important text messages to computer or Mac for backup? This article mainly teach you a easy way to transfer messages from Samsung, HTC, Sony and other android devices to computer for backup!

As we all know, internal storage for every Android device is quite limited, especially for such low-end device. To free up more disk space, deleting or archiving unwanted files or apps is a good way to get that. For personal like me, who messages a lot with family members and friends, SMS apps took too much space on my Android phone. I have to backup it at a monthly basis to let my device run smoothly as it was an old Android phone bought from Samsung several years ago.
To be on the safe side, it is strongly suggested to regularly create a copy for your messages file on your personal computer, but there’s little sign that third-party program can be able to identify and scan Android internal storage, especially for the messages file due to it was saved as a specific file type in SIM or internal storage.

Fortunately there is now a solution for it. Android Data Transfer provides proper backup and restore functionality,which helps users export text messages from Android to computer effortlessly. Unlike open source or free tools developed by hobby hackers for advanced users, Android Assistant looks like more professional and ease of use, bearing in mind of beginner users. The entire backup process can be done with a GUI based user interface, instead of command line with free tools. Beside SMS backup, it also supports other items backup and transfer (contacts, photo, media files and apps).

What's more,with the help of Android SMS Transfer tool, you can transfer your messages in .xml format from computer to your android device or backup text messages from android to computer as .xml or .txt files easily.

How to Backup SMS from Android to Computer

Step 1. Connect your phone to the computer

Connect your device to the computer. Run the module "Backup" after you open MobileTrans.

Step 2. Select file types and begin backup

After that, MobileTrans will load all supported file types. It supports different file types for iPhone and Android phones. Select the file types you want to back up and click on "Start".

Here is an example for iPhone's file types to backup:

This is the supported file types for Android phones:

Step 3. Backup completed

Keep your phone connected and back up will complete in a while. You can view what's backed up using Restore from the "MobileTrans backup file" on the "Restore" module.

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