We’re kicking Tech 911 up to “hard mode” this week—a little—because moving data from one smartphone platform to the other can be tricky. In a perfect world, there would be a quick, easy-to-use ...

Switching mobile phones is a fairly easy process when you have the right tools. Using certain apps and in some cases, a secondary device like a computer, makes moving all your accumulated phone data ...

While screenshots serve the purpose, third-party apps for Android and iPhone do it in the best possible way, mentioning every necessary detail. Some of the most popular apps include SMS Backup & ...

In this guide we’ll show you how to quickly and easily send and receive texts from your computer on Android. This works on any PC, laptop, Mac or iPad, and you can text friends with an iPhone too.

Transferring all your personal data is essential when moving to a new smartphone, including your contacts, call history, messages, apps and app data, photos, videos, and device settings. There are a ...

I can’t recall the last time I switched between Android and iOS for my daily driver—the phone I use for all my personal stuff, not just the phone(s) I use for various Lifehacker-related things. And ...

If you buy a new phone, Google makes it easy to transfer most of your data, letting you pick up where you left off. However, text messages won't automatically be transferred to your new phone. So any ...

Other than snapping selfies and mindlessly scrolling on social media, one thing you mainly do on your phone is texting. It is, after all, among the easiest ways to communicate, especially when you're ...

While so much of life is paperless in 2023, there are still good reasons for many people to print text messages from an Android phone. Professionals will often need paper evidence of conversations for ...

Not too long ago, an Instagram follower reached out to me because she lost every one of her text messages. That included a three-year thread with her husband, who just passed away. You can imagine the ...