Can I Use The Other Person's Phone To Print Our Texts?

Can the conversation be printed from the other person's phone?

Yes, the same conversation is on the other person's phone, and their export works as well as yours. A book made from their side reads the same, with each name beside what that person wrote.

When is their phone the better choice?

When yours is lost, broken or was wiped. A phone that will not turn on and was never backed up to a computer cannot be read. It also makes sense when their side goes back further than yours, or when they have the Mac or the Windows PC that iMessage needs.

Will a book made from their phone look different?

No, the book reads the same from either side. Every message is printed in the order it was sent, with each person's name beside it. You look through every page before anything prints.

What if they deleted messages on their side?

Then those messages are not in their export. We cannot bring back what a phone has removed. Compare the two phones and use the one that goes back further.

Does using their phone spoil the surprise?

Yes, if the book is a gift for that person, asking for their phone gives it away. Only one person needs to make the book and we never contact anyone else in it, so use your own phone for a surprise. For a book for a third person, such as a parent, either phone will do.

My phone is broken. What are my options?

A backup on a computer can be read, and so can the other person's phone. We do not read iCloud. Getting messages off an old or broken iPhone goes through each case, and you can contact us if yours is not there.

Related Guides

• How To Get Messages Off An Old Or Broken iPhoneWhat a computer backup can recover, and where it stops.
• Can you recover and print deleted texts?For about a month, yes. After that, a backup or the other person's phone.
• How To Export An iMessage ConversationThe steps on a Mac, and on a Windows PC from an iPhone backup.
• What If My Chat Can't Be Read?Send it anyway. We add a reader, and the guarantee covers any format.