Can you sync old text messages from an iphone to a new iphone?I currently have the iPhone 3g, and I'm planning on upgrading to the 3gs soon. The only problem is, I want to be able to keep all of my old texts from the 3g. Is there ny way to somehow sync the texts to the 3gs?
When I backup the 3g to my iTunes, does it save the texts as well?
-Jon B
When you backup your phone, it will only copy the messages if you do a software upgrade on the same device. Messages will not be saved on iTunes and transferred to your new phone, unfortunately.
-my-iGuru.com
If you perform a full backup before upgrading to the new iPhone all of your text messages will be saved.
Ensure you are running both the latest version of iTune and the iPhone OS.
To perform the backup plug your iPhone into your computer and let it sync.
Under the devices tab in the left menu you will see your iPhone. Right click on the iPhone and there will be an option to perform a backup. Select this option to perform a complete back up.
When you plug your new iPhone in you will have the option to restore from the latest backup. Select this option.
Once complete your iPhone will be resotred with all your old data.
-Kelly H
You'll want to make a backup of your 3G in iTunes. To do that, right click on the phone under "Devices" on the left-hand side of the iTunes window, then click "Back Up".
If your new 3GS and old 3G run the same version of the iPhone OS, then you'll be able to restore your 3GS using your 3G backup you just made, which should restore all of your text messages onto the new phone.
If that doesn't work for you, you can always go another route and get a tool that can read your backup files if you need to see your old texts. I use one called Decipher TextMessage.
-Kevin
maybe you can try PC Suite for iPhone, if you've jailbroken your iPhone already, anyway here is the free PC Suite for iPhone offical website you can get it for free check it out http://forum.pandaapp.com/
-Iphone Unlocksoft
Not to be facetious, but you can obviously transfer SMS to your computer by backing up the iPhone. However, what a lot of people don't know is that you can use iPhone Backup Extractor to open the backup and get to the SMS part of the backup. You can then use SQLite Database Browser to view the SMS's.
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