Desperate to recover old text messages

Hey,
I am trying to locate some old text messages (from a few months back). I never deleted them but apparently they just disappeared over time. I regularly back up my phone but I am not sure if I can view them from the blackberry back-up assistant on my laptop.
does anyone know what I can do to retrieve these old messages?
Thanks so much!

boston2514 wrote:
Hey,
I am trying to locate some old text messages (from a few months back). I never deleted them but apparently they just disappeared over time. I regularly back up my phone but I am not sure if I can view them from the blackberry back-up assistant on my laptop.
does anyone know what I can do to retrieve these old messages?
Thanks so much!
You could try to restore the messages back onto your Blackberry from your laptop using the Blackberry Desktop Software.
http://support.vzw.com/clc/devices/knowledge_base.html?id=13983
If that doesn't work for you, I recommend that you Google for a program called ABC Amber BlackBerry Converter. It will allow you to read those backup files you have on your laptop and hopefully access those text messages. I believe there is a 30 day free trial before purchase.

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