Yes, I have restored backups successfully many times, but this week, I too was having trouble with texts. I guess people see the Attention Required notice in their Microsoft account. I guess too, that some people have figured out that if you turn off SMS Backup, the Attention Required will go away. For restoring two phones this week, I had to delete some texts as they were getting restored to finally get all of the recent ones and the Attention Required notice to go away from the account, while keeping SMS Backup on. Anyhow, there must be a server issue. Not super bad for me as I can live without old texts, but some people might be upset. Otherwise, MS does a nice job of restoring a phone after a reset or new device.
10-23-2013 12:37 PM