Maybe you’re in your third year at Phoenix University, maybe you’re currently browsing various online MBA programs, or maybe you’re neither and either working or looking for work. In virtually any situation, it can come in handy to be able to have a backup of your SMS in the event that your phone is destroyed or data is otherwise lost. When you’re in college, this can be especially devastating if you rely on your phone for note-taking.
Luckily, developer Cpedia Mobile has an app for that which gives Android users the ability to have their SMS history backed up onto their Gmail account. It’s mostly just a matter of downloading it from the Android Marketplace and following the instructions for use, but prior to that, you have to make sure your Gmail account is ready for action. Here’s how you get it done:
- Go to your Gmail account and click on the gear icon located at the top right corner of the window.
- In the new window, click on Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
- Choose “Enable IMAP”
- Exit Gmail.
- Go to the Android Marketplace via your Android phone browser and search for “ Cpedia Mobile Backup to Gmail” app.
- Choose to install the app.
- When the app installation is complete, open Backup to Gmail and plug in your Gmail account and password to begin.
- If you want to backup previously sent and created SMS messages, choose to perform a “first time sync” when asked.
- You will be given the choice to either begin the backup process or skip it. However skipping it obviously prevents your previously sent messages from being backed up.
Incoming messages are automatically backed up after 20 seconds and messages sent are backed up after 30 minutes. You can choose to instead manually back up messages yourself, but keep in mind that only 100 SMS messages can be backed up at once.
Oh right, there’s one more step…
- If the Backup to Gmail app comes in handy for whichever of the countless uses you need it for, recommend the app to friends. You can do this by accessing the menu and clicking on “Share”
Now, you no longer have to worry about losing exam notes or wiping out your message history without doing a once-over for important content first. It’s an undervalued ability you won’t completely appreciate until you need it.
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