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Advice please on how to transfer phone texts to my PC

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I have a samsung note 3 and I need some help please.

I need to transfer some phone SMS text messages to my PC windows 7.

I have tried doing this using the usb lead but I have not had much success.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

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  • Ximian
    Ximian Posts: 711 Forumite
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    Have you tried using the Samsung software for PC (KIES)?
    http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/JSP

    You can backup all your phone data to PC using the KIES software.

    FAQ available here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00029017&fm_seq=29185
  • redcard
    redcard Posts: 1,563 Forumite
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    Kies doesn't work with the Note 3, Saumsung is pretty rubbish updating software.

    There's plenty of apps in the store that will back up SMS.

    Download a free app, back up your sms, send the file to Dropbox or Google Drive.
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  • rdr
    rdr Posts: 413 Forumite
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    I found Kies to be an awful, unreliable piece of [EMAIL="!!!!"]!!!![/EMAIL].
    I use SMS To Evernote if I need to keep a text conversation, you have to be careful with the settings or it takes over your text system.
  • pampam
    pampam Posts: 435 Forumite
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    Sorry my phone is a Samsung note 2 not 3.
    Don't know if it makes any difference.
    Thanks
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,922 Forumite
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    Kies rarely works on any Samsung device. Its awful.

    Sometimes thety get it wrong and an update actually works. But then it forces another update that breaks it so all back to normal.

    Samsung still have issues with their phones not having a hardware ID when connected to a PC. Why is it only Samsung phones that have this problem?

    I have a cheap Chinese tablet and that connects fine. Everything else i plug in gets detected.
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  • madinlife
    madinlife Posts: 4 Newbie
    edited 6 February 2014 at 6:55PM
    my phone explorer will let you do thisit is available at www fjsoft at/en/
    you can also download the phone client from google play store hope this helps. won't let me post links replace the spaces with full stops
  • madinlife wrote: »
    my phone explorer will let you do thisit is available at www fjsoft at/en/
    you can also download the phone client from google play store hope this helps. won't let me post links replace the spaces with full stops
    agree! my phone explorer is absolutely amazing - I use it all the time as the interface your smart phone never had i.e. the computer keyboard. Just go on wireless link up and voila
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