Question regarding switching default messaging apps

[Jt437]

if I switch from Verizon Message app to Samsung message app will all 4 years of my messages migrate to the Samsung message app including photos that were sent with the text messages?   Verizon  message app is being discontinued Nov 7 and I want to save my messages.   I tried using Smart Switch to save them to my computer but apparently it doesn't save messages from Verizon Message+ app because they didn't save to my computer.   Some people said Google Messages only saved 90 days of their messages and I don't have any cloud storage of any kind.  

[Ellin]

I don't know anything about Verizon but I've tried many different messaging apps and I've never lost anything

[GaryB82]

Yes but you should switch to Google Messaging since Verizon is shutting down Verizon messages and Samsung is slowing doing away with Samsung messaging in favor of Google Messaging 

[Jt437]

Does anyone know why some people switching to Google Message app only got 90 days of their messages transferred?  I just want to be safe and not lose any messages.  Is there a way to back them up and then put them back in in the event only 90 days worth are showing up in Google messages or Samsung message app - whichever I decide to use?

[siegfre]

Worse case you can use the SMS Backup app in the Play Store to backup all your messages, just in case.

[meself]

Google messages is what you will need to switch too

[Robin621k]

Download SMS Backup and Restore by from the Playstore !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore

[Jt437]

Ok.  That looks like a good app according to most reviews.  Could you clarify if it backs the messages up on the phone and can put them back into a different message app on the same phone?  Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out.

[Jt437]

In other words,  can I backup my messages that are in the Verizon Message+ app onto my phone and then restore them into a DIFFERENT MESSAGE APP such as the Samsung Messsage app on the same phone? Or can they only be put back into the message app that they were in when the backup was made?

[meself]

Not sure about backing up messages seems possible but if your messages for Verizon is same as Samsung messages it has a upgrade option that will than transfer your messages over to Google messages how many I dint know now how many months etc it will transfer but if you can find out how to back up that be best option