Windows 10: Phone Link only shows SMS texts from the last 30 days which is an issue

The fact that Phone Link only shows SMS texts from the last 30 days is a real problem for me, and I'm sure for many other people.One example: I have bought concert tickets for a gig several months away. The website instructions state that "the ticket and barcode will be updated at least 48 hours prior to the event". The QR codes for my tickets are currently padlocked when I follow the link to them. Several days prior to the event the QR code should be viewable/printable. When that happens, I want to then follow the SMS link from my PC and print out the QR code on paper as a physical backup, fo

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Phone Link only shows SMS texts from the last 30 days which is an issue

The fact that Phone Link only shows SMS texts from the last 30 days is a real problem for me, and I'm sure for many other people.

One example: I have bought concert tickets for a gig several months away. The website instructions state that "the ticket and barcode will be updated at least 48 hours prior to the event". The QR codes for my tickets are currently padlocked when I follow the link to them. Several days prior to the event the QR code should be viewable/printable. When that happens, I want to then follow the SMS link from my PC and print out the QR code on paper as a physical backup, for obvious reasons.

Alas, the SMS giving me the links to my tickets have already disappeared from Phone Link!

Easy fix here: In addition to the "Recent" expanding menu in Messages, please add an "Older" expanding menu in order to display older SMS. Older SMS's matter! Alternatively (or additionally), you may wish to add an "Archive" section. Then I can put the older messages I want view on my PC into my phone's SMS Archive (Samsung Galaxy S22+), which actually would work well as it would allow me to be selective.

Either way would do, just so I can view my older texts in the Phone Link app and not have them disappear unnecessarily. Please address this usability issue. Thanks!

 

Forward SMS Text message from Phone Link

How do you forward a SMS text message (if possible) from the Phone Link app?

 

Send and receive SMS messages without a mobile phone.

SMS is actually sent via internet Email

On a phone when you sent a text to [standard 10 digit phone number] it is actually sending via internet email to the proper portal.

To sent a text from your Email to me it would be [my 10 digit phone number]@sms.myboostmobile.com
To a T-Mobile phone it would be [10 digit phone number]@tmomail.net

A bit clumsy but can be done

Here is a Wikipedia page that gives a good description on how it works and down the page is a list of Phone Carrier SMS portals

SMS gateway - Wikipedia