How to transfer messages to new iPhone

If you want to know how to get old messages on new iPhone and to keep information or memories that are important to you? We know that you probably don’t want to spend your time making screenshots of your conversations and emailing them to yourself.

So, in this article we describe how to transfer text messages to new iPhone:

✔️ without iTunes
✔️ without iCloud
✔️ without changing the other data already existing on iPhone

• How to save text messages on iPhone
• Save messages on PC from iCloud backup

How to save text messages on iPhone

This guide will explain you how to do text messages transfer to new iPhone with a selective SMS and iMessages restore from existing iPhone backup made with CopyTrans Shelbee. You can also use iTunes backup of your iPhone to restore the SMS, iMessage, messages and chats from the backup to new iPhone.

IMPORTANT! To prevent any problems in the future, we recommend you to regularly backup your iPhone with CopyTrans Shelbee or iTunes. Full encrypted backup can ensure that your SMS history is restored up to the date of backup.

1. Download and install CopyTrans Shelbee.

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2. Open the program and connect your iPhone. Click on Custom restore and click on the green pencil icon to select which backup you want to restore your data from.



3. After you’ve chosen the right backup file, click Next.



4. Be patient transferring messages to new iPhone and wait until the loading process finishes.



5. Now you can see all the data saved in the backup. Click Messages.

   NOTE: You can also restore contacts, notes, calendars, WhatsApp, photos, apps, etc.



While restoring, CopyTrans Shelbee may ask you to enter the iOS backup password to decrypt the data in the backup. What is an iOS backup password?

6. Please note that the data you selected will be overwritten. So, the device messages will be replaced with the ones from the backup. Now click Next.



7. CopyTrans Shelbee will ask you to choose where you want to save the backup of your device in case something goes wrong during Custom restore. Select the destination and click Start.



8. Wait until the restore process finishes.

   If the restore fails for some unknown reason, see the troubleshooting steps for when the backup is corrupt.



9. That’s how to save a text message on iPhone Your device will now restart.

iPhone backup text message

If you don’t have iTunes backup or any other backups, then you can still try to find your SMS and messages in iCloud. The backup to iCloud is enabled by default. So by default, iCloud backup is done automatically without notifying you. It is worth checking if some data is still preserved in iCloud and can be restored from there.

CopyTrans Backup Extractor allows you to extract the data such as messages, contacts, WhatsApp, photos, videos, calendars and more from an iCloud backup and save them on your PC.

1. Download and install CopyTrans Backup Extractor:

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2. Run the program and log in to iCloud. Once ready, click Find Backups.



3. You will see a list of all available backups: choose the one that contains your text messages.

   ☁️ iCloud backups will be marked with a cloud icon and they are never password-protected.



4. Click Messages, press Extract and select the destination folder.



5. That’s it! Now you will find all the messages and attachments on your PC.