Let's see how MobileTrans help us to transfer messages from Samsung to Samsung Note 8.
Step 1. Connect Your Device to the Computer
Launch MobileTrans and enter "Phone to Phone Transfer" part among the home page. Next,get your Samsung and Samsung Note 8 connected.
Then, you will see the image of Samsung in Source position and the image of Samsung Note 8 in Destination position, because the data transfers from the source device to the destination one.
If the position is wrong,you can exchange their position by clicking "Filp" button.
Step 2. Choose the File and Start to Transfer
Please check Messages, and hit "Start Transfer" button to start the data transfer process. For efficiency, don’t disconnect the devices until the process is complete. After copying, the transfer of messages is done.
By the way, you can check the "Clear Data before Copy" box if you want to erase data on the destination phone before copying the new data.