Hard reset after .107 update. Everything but texts restored. Have Backup but where do I load from?

[latempete]

I hard reset after I was finally able to get the .107 update. Everything but texts restored. I have a backup that I did in WM10 but I don't see that option anymore. So where do I load my backup from? The backup is on my microSD card. And secondly, doesn't Microsoft keep your texts on your OneDrive anymore? They always just came back.

 

[Dewg]

I've done many hard resets, and the texts always come back. However there is a setting for how far back they are stored. Perhaps that setting got turned off on your phone before the reset.

 

[latempete]

I've done lots of hard resets as well S gotten new phones. But I noticed WM10 doesn't mention backing messages up to the cloud anymore.. Also, the shortest and (default I think) sync is one month. I have nothing previous to my reset.

 

[Joe920]

So just for completeness, in the messaging app, go to ellipses (three dots) > settings > sync messages between devices, and choose a duration. I have mine set to one year.

Related question: I'm interested whether setting a shorter time span will delete older backed up messages. I have done a backup with this set to one year, does this mean that I have deleted all messaging history prior to March 2015? If so, I would have appreciated a warning dialog!

 

[gumbedamit]

I've reset my phone many times. It takes sometime several days before all of your text messages are restored. They eventually do show up...

 

[darth furious]

sync the email account associated with your MS account you signed in with. Mine is ****@hotmail.com. When I sync that hotmail account over and over, all my texts eventually come back. I send maybe 10-20 texts a day so it takes a while to restore 1 years worth