Retrieving text messages from S7 with broken screen?
I need to retrieve the text messages off my S7 (non-Edge,) that I broke the other day. First time in fifteen years of having a cellphone that I have damaged one, feels terrible.
But, I need my texts which have a lot of vital work related information and communications on them.
I am unable to access the screen at all - the phone still works, and I can plug it into my computer. BUT no prompts can be accessed on the S7's screen at all. So I need a method that allows me to pull texts off of it.
If those texts can be transferred to an S9, that would be ideal, but I'll take basic recovery and ability to read them on any device.
Thanks,
Posted Apr 23, 2021, 2:38 PM UTC
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Install SmartSwitch onto it from Google Play on a PC, then give it a few minutes to install. Install the desktop application of SmartSwitch onto this PC. Plug your S7 into your PC and open SmartSwitch. You should be able to backup all of your data this way.
Then you can restore the backup you just made to your S9 by plugging in your S9 and pressing restore.