I've got some really long batches of text messages on my Note 5. I'd like to transfer them to my PC, and then delete them from the Note.
Is there a way to do this?
TIA.
Is there a way to do this?
TIA.
There is a "Save messages" option in the default Messages app. I have not tried it, but maybe the option will allow you to save all messages you want (can individually select them), and then once saved, copy from the Note 5 to a PC.
Update: Looks like this option saves SMS only, so may be limited compared to what you want to do. Once saved, the SMS message will go to the Messaging folder with a filename structured by year, month, day, hour, minute, and second(s). The file is saved in XML format. As Rukbat mentions above, reading XML is not difficult. XML files can be opened with Notepad, a browser, or a variety of other text editor apps.
Thanks for the info. I tried this, and it saved the file in .vzm format. I was able to transfer the file to my PC (via USB) and could open it in a couple of apps, but most of them were full of useless code. Word was the cleanest -- dozens of lines of identical code that shoulder be easy to remove with Find and Replace.
But I would still prefer to find a way to save messages as plain text, and ideally be able to email them from the phone to the PC. I can't be the only person who wants to do this!