Downgrade sms restore

[bandito40]

I have a backup of my SMS messages on my Google drive done by use the backup/resore feature in android Oreo settings. I have an Android nougat phone and I would like to transfer the backup from the newer phone to the older. The new phone is dead but I do have the backup to work with. Any suggestions on how to transfer this backup for a newer version of Android to the older version of Android?

 

[Rukbat]

No, just a suggestion for the future. Use individual backups as well. In the case of SMS, use SMS Backup & Restore. That should back up from anything in can install on and restore to anything it can install on.