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F-Droid is an installable catalogue of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) applications for the Android platform. The client makes it easy to browse, install, and keep track of updates on your device.

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Need an app that can forward SMS to another phone or desktop/cloud (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Either I need the app to forward any received text message to another phone number. This should be reliable, i.e. not stop when the phone is idle/sleeping.

Or, I need to sync all received message to a cloud, Nextcloud, Google Account, proprietary; so that I can read message from another device. This needs to be reasonable secure, i.e. either e2e encrypted or stored to trusted service. I'm willing to trust Nextcloud or google for the purpose. I'm also willing to trust a third-party service when run professionally, but I'm sceptical.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I used Nextcloud but now, I just forward copies to an extra email box, since I can reply to texts from there, which you can't do with Nextcloud, called SMS Gate. Get it from F-Droid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That sounds interesting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I like the SMS gate app from f-droid suggested.

A different approach to read SMS from other devices, for example your PC, would be using kdeconnect. It's supposed to allow you to read current messages, receive messages, and reply to messages, even send messages I believe. So perhaps an option, though not a syncing tool to keep SMS messages somewhere else, and I can't tell about the encryption involved...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

You can try and go Asteriks way, get a 3g modem, and be able to call and send sms

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Nextcloud yes, Google, might as well ask for a direct data link the the NSA data warehouse in Utah.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bridge it to matrix https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/sms/ or simply use a server of someone who bridges it for you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Looks good, but also complicated. I know nothing about Matrix. Do you think Beeper is good for a newbie?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Yes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/nextcloud_sms_android_app

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The F-droid app is 5 years old and I don't think my nextcloud server has this app, but it goes in the right direction.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

My bad :( I overlooked the This app is abandoned. at that web page.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Would join, by joao apps meet your needs? It should get the job done, but I'm not sure how much you would trust it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

From the description on the Play Store: Yes.