Has anyone successfully transferred texts to a new iphone?

[tfitzsimons]

I am having technical troubles with my iphone, but the people at the apple store won't do anything about it until I reinstall the OS and start the phone brand new, not from a backup. (The problems I am having have to do with the microphone shorting out in the middle of conversations, and the camera producing gargled photos.)

I am trying to wipe my phone but save my text messages. Like a lot of other people I have a certain text message conversation with someone that stretches back years that I would like to save.

Has anyone successfully ported the text file from a backup to a new phone? I tried doing this once and it didn't work so I wonder if it is actually possible. I don't want to restore any other part of my data aside from my text log.

Thanks for your help. I tried searching the forums for a success story and couldn't find it so if it has been answered and someone has a link I'd be very appreciative.

 

[chargit]

yes you can do it. but, you will also get your other stuff as well. and quite possibly if there is a problem with your current setup when you restore to that backup you will get it back. I have many times backed up my phone, restored or updated it and then restored from the backup and gotten my texts back. but everything else I backed up comes also. so what you need to do is delete anything you dont want like recent calls, notes, etc you need to get rid of first.

 

[tfitzsimons]

this isn't what i meant. has anyone started the phone NEW and then changed the text message backup file in the new backup database? i cannot restore from backup, or they will not help me fix my phone.

tim