{"id":2515,"date":"2016-08-01T16:39:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T21:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2016-08-08T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T22:30:26","slug":"automatically-backup-texts-call-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/automatically-backup-texts-call-log\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Automatically Backup Your Texts and Call Log"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Android does an excellent job automatically syncing pertinent data to Google\u2019s servers. Restoring or migrating contact information and app data is nearly effortless, but the process falls short in backing up text messages and call history.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, backing up your texts and call logs is simple. Most backup apps available in the Google Play store work to this end, but if you want frequent backups you can rely on it\u2019s best to automate the process. Here are two ways to do it.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/reduce-mobile-data-usage-5-easy-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read More: How to Reduce Mobile Data Usage in 5 Easy Steps<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Backup Texts to Gmail with SMS Backup+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SMS Backup+ syncs your SMS, MMS, and call logs to a Gmail account of your choice. It offers several settings to fine-tune your backup experience.<\/p>\n<p>Download the app from Google Play and follow the simple prompts on the screen to set up your backup. By default, SMS Backup+ saves your data every two hours and within three minutes of receiving a new message. You can choose to sync existing data or only the texts and calls you receive from this point forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Save Your Data to Google Drive Spreadsheets with IFTTT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IFTTT\u2014short for If This, Then That \u2014 uses third-party apps to create automated recipes that respond to triggers you define. It\u2019s a powerful productivity tool with a desktop and mobile app version that makes automation simple and straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>This method sends all future data to a Google Spreadsheet for easy searching and sorting. Note that it does not make backups of older data. For that you will need to use a third party app that can export your data to a CSV file.<\/p>\n<p>To create full backups of your data, you\u2019ll need to create several recipes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe 1 &#8211; Outbound Calls Log<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the channel for \u201cIf This,\u201d find \u201cAndroid Phone Call\u201d and select the trigger for \u201cAny Phone Call Placed.\u201d For your \u201cThen,\u201d choose \u201cGoogle Drive\u201d and the option to \u201cAdd Row to Spreadsheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From here, you can define the spreadsheet and add the location you\u2019d like the information to go to, or let IFTTT automatically create one. By default, it will save the date, time, and duration of the call as well as the recipient&#8217;s name and number. This can be changed in the \u201cFormatted Row\u201d field of your recipe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe 2 &#8211; Inbound Calls Log<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using the steps outlined above, create your \u201cIf This\u201d with the trigger \u201cAny Phone Call Answered.\u201d Again, choose the Google Drive option and let IFTTT do its thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe 3 &#8211; Missed Calls Log<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Follow the recipe a third time, changing your Android call trigger to \u201cAny Phone Call Missed.\u201d Customize it to your liking, then create the recipe. Now you should have a spreadsheet for each type of call action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe 4 &#8211; Saving Your SMS Messages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Select \u201cAndroid SMS\u201d as your \u201cIf This.\u201d Set your trigger to \u201cAny New SMS Received.\u201d For your \u201cThen,\u201d scroll down, select \u201cGoogle Drive\u201d and then \u201cAdd Row to Spreadsheet.\u201d You can configure the spreadsheet options if you wish. Repeat this process to create another recipe for \u201cany new SMS sent.\u201d Keep in mind that these recipes do not work on MMS messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remembering to backup your call data is a chore. Learn how to automate your backups and never worry about doing it manually again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,210,1814,1820,418,1817],"class_list":["post-2515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-apps","tag-backup","tag-calls","tag-memory","tag-texts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}