How do I obtain a hard copy of texts?

[ljm4hire]

need a hard copy of text messages
for court.

[deloused]

Do you have the text messages on your device or backed up so that you can print them, or were you looking to obtain them?

[ljm4hire]

they are still only on my device.

[deloused]

Great, there are some different ways depending on what printer/systems you have access to. Here are some of the popular instructions on how to print your messages:

http://www.samsung-messages-backup.com/resources/print-out-text-messages-from-samsung-galaxy.html

[Ann154 · Accepted solution]

One of the several SMS Backup applications available in the Play Store might work for you.

One example is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore.

[ljm4hire]

THANK YOU very much will work on this now.

[weiyaoli]

Hi [personal information removed as required by the Verizon Wireless Terms of Service] , there are many solutions to get the messages from Samsung, I recommend one called Android Mobile Manager which can help you transfer your text messages to computer as readable formats. how to transfer text messages from android to computer

Thank you,

Verizon Moderator

[sshaban615]

obtain them, and one of texts was deleted by mistake

[Ann154]

This is a five year old thread. It might be out of date. 

[vzw_customer_support]

Let's look into your messaging concern. Which messaging application are you using? IN most cases, the message can not be restored once it is deleted from the device. 

AyaniB_VZW