So, making a long story short my S8 Plus dropped dead taking with it all my texts and a lot of contacts.
The full story is here.
Short Summary - Samsung fixed the phone, but had to put in a new motherboard so there went everything.
So, i would like to see if my data and contact omehow, somewhere are backed up by somebody.
My contact I have now entrusted to google. I had thought that verizon was backing them up, but apperently due to an issue with my account they haven't in over a year.
My texts I thought google backs up - looking online I'm not completely crazy - they do, but only for nexus & pixel device holders
Is there anything I am missing? (aside from my data lol) Meaning some other provider or maybe samsung? That backs some of this up...