HT201270 can i retrieve old text messages

Can I retrieve my old texts that I deleted by mistake - iphone 4.

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  • HT201269 can you retrieve old text message ?

    I'm needing to get text messages that i sent from a year ago. Can you retrieve text messages?

    I think you can retrieve old messages.  I have done it to the extent of a couple months on my iPhone looking up some info I needed.  What I did was kept scrolling back to "load earlier messages" and they kept coming till I got to the info I wanted.  They are always telling you this stuff lives forever, at least in court supeonas. 
    I have wondered if I could go back through the iMessages using my lap top.  As a parent of young adults, their messages to me through the last several years are such a travelogue of their lives, I wouldn't mind reading it again.  Probably someone in criminal justice would know how to do it better. 

  • How can i retrieve old text messages

    How can i access my old deleted text messages without using backup?
    Are there any good and free apps that  can help??

    If they are deleted and not in your backup file, then you cannot recover them.

  • After restoring my iphone to factory settings is there a way to retrieve old text messages?

    after restoring my iphone to factory settings is there a way to retrieve old text messages?

    no there isnt any way unless you created a back up in icloud or itunes

  • Is there any way to access my old my verizon account to retrieve old text messages from my own old account from 8 months ago?  I am getting a divorce and I need info off of that account for my hearing to prove what he did.

    Is there any way to access my old my Verizon account to retrieve old text messages from my own old account from 8 months ago?  I am getting a divorce and I need info off of that account for my hearing to prove what he did.

    What do you mean by "when I brought the messages up back in March"?
    Were the messages on your phone? Simply because messages are on your phone does not mean they are still on Verizon's servers. You use internal phone memory to store messages on your phone. The messages do not stay on Verizon's servers until you delete them from your phone.
    On the other hand, if you still have your phone and have not reset it since you stopped using it, the texts may still be on your phone. Good luck.

  • Can I retrieve a text message that I accidently deleted ????

    can I retrieve a text message I accidently deleted

    Hi, 
    Unless backed up or the person sends it again then no. 
    Thanks, 

  • Ipad 3 How can I retrieve old sent messages?

    How can I retrieve old sent messages which disappeared from my sent folder? I only have old sent messages until June 2014 and I need a message I sent in March 2014. I use a pop email client (godaddy). Any suggestions? Greetings, Harry

    Unless you saved the email to a folder on your computer, it is most likely gone for good since it has disappeared from the sent folder in the mail app. Email messages are not stored in the backups so you cannot retrieve them that way either.

  • Retrieving old text messages

    Is there a way to retrieve an old text message that has NOT been deleted?

    Is there an answer for this?  I want to get all of my text messages from a specific number.  They have not been deleted but there are more than are stored.  Can I get them from somewhere?

  • How can i view old text messages?

    I was trying to look back at old text messages and I was able to view ones back to february 2014 but it appears the more texts messages I exchange with that person, I'm not allowed to scroll back as far.  If I delete some messages will I be able to scroll back further in that message thread?
    If i turn on apple backup to the cloud, will I be able to view the messages going back that far/
    My settings are set to keep messages forever.
    Please advise and thank you in advance.

    If they are deleted and not in your backup file, then you cannot recover them.

  • How can you recover old text message on the iPhone 4S?

    I'm not sure what happened, but recently I lost all of my old text messages. I use these for historical documentation and need to know if there is a way to recover them. Any suggestions/advice you have is appreciated!

    Open the conversation in Messages and scroll the screen.

  • HT1766 Can I retrieve deleted text messages?

    How do I retrieve deleted text messages?

    Only way is to restore your phone from a backup, IF that backup included those text message.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766  IF you don't have a backup, then those text message are gone.

  • How can I retrieve deleted text messages from my iphone 5

    Somebody deleted a string of text messages from my iPhone 5 and I want to know if they can be retrieved and if so how? I'm new to the iPhone as this is my first apple product.  I am still not even sure on how to use my iTunes and so forth.  Please help as the string of messages was very important!! Thank you so very much!! Tracy

    SMS text messages are backed up with the iPhone - whether it's locally or to iCloud. If you've already written over the backup that had them (as in, backed up after the delete) then they're gone.
    If you still have a backup available from a time where you had the messages on your iPhone, all you have to do is erase the iPhone and restore from that backup.
    "Retrieve deleted messages from iPhone" is simple as pie.

  • HT3529 can you retrieve deleted text messages

    Is there a way to recover deleted text messages

    (I know this is a somewhat old thread, but someone may stumble on it if they're in a similar situation!)
    It really all depends, unfortunately. When the messages are deleted, the database storing them marks it as "deleted" but doesn't actually destroy the information fully. Eventually the database will recompact the space, rearrange, and reuse, but until then the message could be found.
    With that said, from my own experience, sometimes the much older messages are the ones that happen to stick around, and the newer ones get overwritten first. It all just depends on how the space in the file gets compacted and reused I'd say it's worth a try to look.
    I am the main developer for Decipher TextMessage, which has a feature to recover deleted text messages from the iPhone backup files. The nice thing is that the software will scan for your iTunes backups of your phones (perhaps finding the message in an older backup before it was deleted!), show you all of the regular not-deleted messages, and then you can press the recover button to look for deleted information. I usually recommend running the program once to see what older information you have (always better to get the original not-deleted version when possible) and then make a new backup and run Decipher TextMessage again.
    I hope this helps someone out! If you want to send us some more questions directly, you can do so from our website http://deciphertools.com
    (Disclaimer: Clearly since I work for Decipher Media, the links I have made above to deciphertools.com may benefit me in the future.)

  • Can I retrieve deleted text messages?

    I erased some important messages so I tried to back up my phone and I backed up to a period of time way before the messages,,,so are my deleted messages gone forever and can I even get back to where i was before?

    If your last backup was taken BEFORE you sent/received the text messages, they obviously won't be recoverable.

  • How can I retrieve my text messages only from iCloud?

    I was deleting text messages on my phone but I accidently erased one that I wanted to keep. How do I get it back without having to do the full backup?

    You would have to restore your entire backup.  You can't just restore the text messages.

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