Saving text messages

[prc55]

I can't seem to find out how to save text messages on the Droid X.  Any ideas?

[bearone21]

no way that i'm aware of. i forward them to my email address or leave them on the phone.

[Wildman]

How are you meaning, are you want to back them up to a file to restore from later or are you wanting to have them saved as a readable format...  Can you give more information on what you mean because there is a number of apps that can save the files...

[prc55]

I meant how do you lock a text message, there is nothing for that option on the Droid X, on my Droid I could and my son can on the thunderbolt but that option is not available anywhere I looked

[DoneDidDroidX · Accepted solution]

It can't be done with stock. But, download Handcent app (great replacement texting app) and you can. You can only do one message at a time though. Tap and hold message and you will see Lock message.

[Wildman]

DoneDidDroidX solution sounds like the best way to do what you want...

[vereyezuhn]

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prc55 wrote:

I meant how do you lock a text message, there is nothing for that option on the Droid X, on my Droid I could and my son can on the thunderbolt but that option is not available anywhere I looked

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Why do you want to lock it, if I can ask? The Droid X has so much memory, you can go without deleting any texts. A friend of mine has had it for a year, texts a LOT, and has never deleted her texts.

[pool_shark]

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vereyezuhn wrote:

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prc55 wrote:

I meant how do you lock a text message, there is nothing for that option on the Droid X, on my Droid I could and my son can on the thunderbolt but that option is not available anywhere I looked

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Why do you want to lock it, if I can ask? The Droid X has so much memory, you can go without deleting any texts. A friend of mine has had it for a year, texts a LOT, and has never deleted her texts.

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Why would anyone want to keep all of their text messages? I have locked a few here and there because I wanted to keep certain ones while deleting the rest. It had nothing to do with memory.

[vereyezuhn]

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pool_shark wrote:

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vereyezuhn wrote:

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prc55 wrote:

I meant how do you lock a text message, there is nothing for that option on the Droid X, on my Droid I could and my son can on the thunderbolt but that option is not available anywhere I looked

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Why do you want to lock it, if I can ask? The Droid X has so much memory, you can go without deleting any texts. A friend of mine has had it for a year, texts a LOT, and has never deleted her texts.

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Why would anyone want to keep all of their text messages? I have locked a few here and there because I wanted to keep certain ones while deleting the rest. It had nothing to do with memory.

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I did the same when I had simple flip phones. I've found that with the Droid X, essentially all your texts are "locked" in that you can save all of them simply by not deleting them. I can see why you would want to save certain ones and delete a whole thread, but I guess I've just never had the need for that.

At any rate, Handcent lets you lock individual texts by long pressing it.