How you go about this is up to you-there are plenty of apps and methods, depending on your make of phone and the version of Android you're using-but you could, for example, use the Files app on stock Android to share the backup to Google Drive, then download it and put it back in the same folder on your new device. You then need to manually move your most recent backup over to your new phone: It'll be in the "/Internal Storage/Signal/Backups" or "/sdcard/Signal/Backups" folder. On your old device, it's enabled through the Chats and media and Chat backups options on the Signal settings screen-again, make sure you note down the passphrase that's displayed on screen, because you're going to need it to get your chats back on a new device. Neither Google nor Apple are likely to reconcile this divide between the two anytime soon.On Android, you need to make use of the backup feature we've already mentioned above. Naturally however, Apple will not be supporting RCS, meaning conversations between the two phones is either done at a high level using the same app such as WhatsApp, Signal etc or the old-fashioned low-level SMS. Support for RCS and end-to-end encryption. So I’m onboard with it - as nice as it was to have SMS and Signal combined, I can see that Messages (the default Android SMS app) has come a long way and has full It can be confusing for users who can’t tell the difference between an unencrypted SMS message and an encrypted Signal one SMS is unencrypted, which totally goes against Signals’ best practices for an app RCS if needed, and enjoy rich emoji’s, videos and even calling without relying on have the same app. This means that two different phones on two different carriers can ‘step up’ to support Replacement protocol, and is supported by major telco’s around the world.
RCS (“Rich Communication System”) has been integrated into theĭefault Android app for sometime now, and while it’s basically an iMessage equivalent for Android, it does have the important distinction of being an SMS Google are already phasing out SMS in the only way Google know how - build something better. The decision seems to have come down to three key things:
On the 9th March, Signal will officially end support for SMS messages, meaning no more sending\receiving or storing of SMS messages. On it - it’s nice to have the SMS messages combined with an existing messaging app, rather than something entirely different. Not that I’ve used SMS in a while, but when various services still rely One thing I’ve always liked about Android is the freedom to choose the default SMS app.
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