I’m an elder millennial. Distrustful of technology, but conversant.
I need to back everything up to PC. I just need an actual human to tell me which app to pick, and maybe an anecdote. The rest on my end I’m fine with.
I’ve used SMS Import/Export a couple of times, it does what it says. Available in F-Droid.
thank you for this! I like stripped-down functional apps.
depending on how bad its smashed, using scrcpy might help you back things up and use the phone with your computer, until you’ve accomplished everything you needed to. It mirrors your phone screen to your computer and you can use your computer mouse/touchpad to interact with the phone mirror.
It saved me when i broke my screen and it started to turn purple and then black, spreading from the top side of the screen to the bottom. In a few hours the entire screen was black and I couldn’t use the phone anymore. I thankfully got scrcpy working before that, and could back up all my app data.
Disclaimer, I’ve only used this with a Linux computer so I have no idea how well the windows or macOS versions work.
I’m saving this for the next time I smash my screen.
There might be the option to exchange the screen, depending your model and availability of repair shops in your area.
The anectode part: Happened to me last friday, went to a shop next day in the morning and received my now repaired phone back early evening. Cheaper and environment-friendlier than investing in a brand new one.
I like this. I’m in a small college city, so I guarantee we have a couple fix-it shops.
