Yes. I gave up on the struggle and paid 30 euros for the service on a very scary looking tool. :(
We literally spent a full 24 hours trying to figure out a free option to get my messages, photos and everything into my new phone, until we gave up and decided to opt for a paid third-party software. 30 goddamn forsaken euros to get two years of conversation (and I really did not wanna lose them). But as the cheap Dutch person I am, this was a stab in the heart.