How can I get my old text messages back?

Wanted to get old text messages back or at least see them! ... But how?

The only way to recover deleted SMS/iMessages is to restore the device to a backup created after the message was sent but before it was deleted.

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    how can i print out old text messages?

    As Ann said, it does depend on your phone.  One third party app that works on many phones (especially older models, but not all phones) is BitPim ( http://www.bitpim.org/ ) but it can potentially harm/brick your phone if you don't know what you are doing - use it with caution.  I have used it successfully to get texts and photos off an old flip phone that was deactivated and had no sd card.
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  • How can I look at old text messages

    How can I look at old text messages that I haven't deleted my phone just won't load to let me go up that far.?

    As Ann said, it does depend on your phone.  One third party app that works on many phones (especially older models, but not all phones) is BitPim ( http://www.bitpim.org/ ) but it can potentially harm/brick your phone if you don't know what you are doing - use it with caution.  I have used it successfully to get texts and photos off an old flip phone that was deactivated and had no sd card.
    Newer smartphones can download apps that will give you the ability to print out texts.

  • HT201269 hi, my new device was set up in the store that I bought it from. How can I transfer all old text messages over to my new device? I have followed the icloud back up steps on this page. Please help, thank you.

    hi, my new device was set up in the store that I bought it from. How can I transfer all old text messages over to my new device? I have followed the icloud back up steps on this page. Please help, thank you.
    Its an iPhone 4
    Message was edited by: zzziggy85

    Here is how
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109

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    I upgraded to iOS 7 and I lost emails that were in my inbox - I used to see all emails that I did not delete, now I only have emails from the past month - how can I get the old, undeleted emails back? Or, at least, show email older than one month old?

  • How do I get my old text messages from my iPhone to my new Galaxy?

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    Apple has not designed the iPhone for loading up old messages across phone platforms.
    Screenshot the important stuff on the Android or use a tool to archive the old SMS on your computer.

  • How can I read my old text messages after transfer...

    OK, I've got a couple of problems. First of all, I've been unable to send text messages from my 6620. As detailed in this older thread, 
    /discussions/board/message?board.id=messaging&thread.id=14597
    ...somebody on Yahoo answers suggested a possible fix, but it requires deleting all the text messages in m "In," "Out," and "Drafts" folders first.
    I've therefore been dragging my heels about implementing this fix, as I have numerous text messages on my phone which I'd really like to be able to keep and refer back to in the future. The problem is, the last time I checked, there was no way to read any old text messages that you'd removed from your Nokia smartphone and stored on your computer.
    Is this still the case? It seems ridiculous to be that there wouldn't be a way to do something as simple as reading an old text file on your computer, but as I said, the last time I checked, nobody could point to any app or utility that would make this possible.
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    So using TextEdit's not a great solution.
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    As I said previously, "Of course this will not include any messages you had prior to first using Verizon Messages on your old phone."
    Verizon Messages will only sync messages which have been sent/received SINCE you first enrolled in it. It will NOT do so for messages from BEFORE.
    You could restore older messages to your phone with an app such as SMS Backup & Restore, but they won't be on Verizon's servers to access from other locations such as desktop/laptop/tablet.

  • How can I upload my old text messages to Integrated Messaging?

    I recently started using Verizon Integrated Messaging around a month ago and am now upgrading my phone (that has text messages for the last two years).  Normally I could just take all my texts and send them, Android to Android via Verizon Cloud or a 3rd party program.  However, I'm going to iOS from Android so those options aren't available (for reasons that still elude me...).  In any case, I plan on using Verizon Integrated Messaging on the new iPhone since it seems to be a better option than iMessage.  So, it would be awesome if I could upload all my old text messages to Verizon (which I saved via the Verizon Messaging app via the 'Backup' option), either to the website directly or my iOS device, or even directly from the old phone.  But, that doesn't seem to be possible and I don't understand why - if I can restore old messages in my phone, why can't I restore them to the Verizon server?  Any help would be appreciated - thanks!

    As I said previously, "Of course this will not include any messages you had prior to first using Verizon Messages on your old phone."
    Verizon Messages will only sync messages which have been sent/received SINCE you first enrolled in it. It will NOT do so for messages from BEFORE.
    You could restore older messages to your phone with an app such as SMS Backup & Restore, but they won't be on Verizon's servers to access from other locations such as desktop/laptop/tablet.

  • HT1727 How can i get my old downloaded songs back that were purchased from my account to a new computer?

    I deauthorized all my old computers to make it so my sister and I could get ITunes on our new computers, I authorized my computer now and i will authorize hers tomorrow but its not showing my past purchages on itunes in my library. How do I get my old songs back?

    Have you copied them from your old computer via one of the methods described on the page that you posted from ? Your music will only show on your new computer's iTunes library if you put it onto it, so you will either need to copy it from your old computer, from your backup of your library and add it via File > Add To Library, or (depending upon whether you are in a country where you can re-download music and if the music is still in the store) you might be able to re-download your purchases via the Purchased link under Quicklinks on the right-hand side of the iTunes store homepage on your new computer.

  • How can I see really old text messages without scrolling tediously?

    Hi, I'm attempting to find a way to find dialogue from a while ago. I've been texting this person daily for months, and I want to see our conversations from months ago. I could scroll tediously but it would take forever and I'm not sure my phone would even allow it.
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    Try using PhoneView to get access to the old messages
    http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
    ~Lyssa

  • All of the sudden my entire text message history was deleted, but if I search for a text it shows up in the results but will not open.  How can I restore the old text messages?

    I went to text message on my phone and when I looked down my entire text message history was gone.  When I sent a text message it showed up as the only box an there was not an Load Older Messages option.  But when I page over and search a word or name old messages show up in the results and when I press on them it opens the text message page but there is no text message.

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  • How can i retrieve my old text messages?

    I synced my iphone 5s to the computer for the first time and all my personal data was wiped such as text messages, photos, emails and contacts they were then replaced with my dads information? How do i get my stuff back?

        Hello rosebud56,
    I understand how important those precious memories are! Are your device settings and call logs still present on the phone? Did you change any settings or select the option to reset to factory settings? Have you restarted the phone since the messages disappeared? I am eager to continue troubleshooting with you!
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    YaleK_VZW
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  • How can I get rec'd text messages from the same subscriber not be appended

    Hi,
    Is there a way to configure the Apple iphone so that text messages from the same subscriber are displayed separately rather than appended to each other? In this way accidentally deleting one message wouldn't delete the entire history of messages from this subscriber.
    When I launch the SMS service by pressing the green SMS button I am met by a screen that says Text Messages. On the left of this there is a button that says Edit and on the right there is one that is for writing a new message. Down the page are my messages all grouped by the originator of each messages. If I choose one I see that all messages from this source are present appended one after the other. There is also the option now to Clear on the top right hand corner. It is this Clear option I am worried about. If I choose Clear I am asked for a confirmation and then lo and behold as expected all my messages from this subscriber are deleted.
    This is a work phone for support purposes and most of the texts will be from the telephone operator (i.e. the one same number) saying we have an email waiting to be read with a subject title giving a little description. I want to be in a position so that I don't accidentally delete the entire history of messages, say some evening when I'm tired or Monday morning if I 'm a bit asleep. Ideally I would prefer that each text message would stand alone in the Text Messages window irrespective of the originator and not be appended in a group fashion. Is there a way to do this?
    Kind regards,
    M

    There is no way to do that on the iPhone. Messages will always be grouped into a 'conversation' based on the sender/recipient. Only Apple can change that behavior.
    You can submit feedback to Apple: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html.

  • Where can i get my old text messages

    Where can i get my older imessages?

    The only way to recover deleted SMS/iMessages is to restore the device to a backup created after the message was sent but before it was deleted.

  • New firefox installed - didn't give me the option of not installing it before telling me that (essential to me) add-ons were incompatible. How can I get the old firefox version back?

    I would not have installed the new firefox if I had known in advance that two of my essential add-ons would no longer work. Now I want the old firefox version back so I can continue to function until the add-ons are updated. Suggestion: when you notify user that add-ons are incompatible, give the option of reverting to an earlier firefox version.

    Firefox now always stores the old session, and you can access it by going to the History menu and selecting "Restore Previous Session"
    If you want Firefox to display the message to save the session, it can be turned back on by changing some preferences.
    # Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
    # Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
    # Locate the preference '''browser.tabs.warnOnClose''', if its value is set to '''false''', double-click on it to change its value to '''true'''
    # Repeat this for these 3 preferences '''browser.warnOnQuit''', '''browser.warnOnRestart''' and '''browser.showQuitWarning'''
    If you always open the last set of tabs, an alternative approach is this:
    # Click the orange Firefox button, then select options to open the options window
    # Go to the General panel
    # Change the setting "When Firefox starts" to "Show my windows and tabs from last time"

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