How do I restore my Text Messages to my Droid Maxx?

[jimd1050]

Hola Folks,

I would like to keep my old text messages -  I can back them up on my old Razr Maxx and save the file(s) but can't find where to put them on my new Droid Maxx? Any ideas?

Gracias,

Jim D.

[Ann154]

How are you backing them up on the old phone? If you are using an app, have you looked at what the developer recommended for restoring the messages?

[jimd1050]

I actually use Verizon Messaging for my Texting App... you just select "Save Conversations" > "Filename:" and hit "Save". It saves a file and a folder to the "VZMessages" folder in External Memory. When I go to the new phone and hook it up to the PC, there is no "VZMessages" folder to place my old stuff in. I have the "VZW Messages" App installed and working on the new Maxx and I can do the "Save" function with that. It saves a similar file name but doesn't say WHERE it's saving it. There has to be some area of the new phone that is inaccessible to the PC's file manager, it seems.

[jimd1050]

Got it! I used "ES File Explorer" on the Razr Maxx as my file manager and loved it. I installed it on the new phone and it gives you access to much more of the phone than the PC connection does. I just pasted the file from the old phone into the newly FOUND VZMessages folder and it began the restore process immediately. It's funny, when I connect the old phone to the PC, it shows me to virtual drives and everything on them. The new phone does not do this! Thanks for the attempt...