IPhone backup is corrupted

After updating to iOS 8.0.2, I had to restore my iPhone to the original factory settings...
I tried to restore my iphone with my latest backup, but iTunes says it's corrupted... So I had to restore my iPhone from an older backup... I recovered most of the data, but I'm still missing a lot of messages... (SMS + iMessages)
Is there any way to recover only the messages from the corrrupted backup???

Hi,
I am facing the same issue. I watched iPhone logs will trying to backup and I found the following error :
Sep 30 11:40:52 iPhone-de-Vincent BackupAgent2[198] <Warning>: WARNING: BAD NEWS: File name too long and will not be backed up. Please contact the developer and include this log message. Path: /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/C52F7CA8-24A1-4FB7-AF60-46BF6C5D6181/Do cuments/CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd 183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd18 3a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a ./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./ CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CT BG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG /f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f 17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17 ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec 1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d 68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68 e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a.
Sep 30 11:40:52 iPhone-de-Vincent BackupAgent2[198] <Warning>: WARNING: Error getting NSURLIsExcludedFromBackupKey resource: /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/C52F7CA8-24A1-4FB7-AF60-46BF6C5D6181/Do cuments/CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd 183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd18 3a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a ./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./ CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CT BG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG /f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f 17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17 ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec 1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d 68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68 e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d67201a4d41477.jpeg: (null)
Sep 30 11:40:52 iPhone-de-Vincent BackupAgent2[198] <Warning>: ERROR: Backup error - stat error: File name too long (63) at path "/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/C52F7CA8-24A1-4FB7-AF60-46BF6C5D6181/D ocuments/CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23ed d183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd1 83a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183 a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a. /CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./C TBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTB G/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/ f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f1 7ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17e c1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1 d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d6 8e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d68e23edd183a./CTBG/f17ec1d67201a4d41477.jpeg" (MBErrorDomain/101)
Can some one help please ?
Regards,
Vincent

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gdgmacguy wrote:
If your backup is corrupted you cannot retrieve data from it.
I've been working on a tool that repairs most iPhone (iPad, iPod Touch) backups that iTunes reports as corrupted -- it seems to be working fairly well for people we've had using it lately! If someone stumbles on this post and wants to try it out, the program is Decipher Backup Repair, and you can try it here:
http://deciphertools.com/download-decipher-backup-repair.html
As other people in the thread have mentioned, you can also try some third-party programs to read the backup and pull-out the important data so you at least have it in some capacity. We have one on the website I've linked above, in addition to the repair software.
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I am using iphone 3GS, after syncing for few times and got the errors. I deleted the backup from Edit-> Preferences-> Devices. Then I synced again, there was an error message: itunes could not back up the iphone because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iphone. What can I do? I have no backup anymore on ituens.

babesharon
I closed iTunes & manually deleted the file which was still stored locally even though it didn't display in Preferences. I have vista so I went to
C:\Users\{user name}\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync and deleted everything in the Backup folder (though I left the folder as is). If you have a different OS search the apple website for the backup location.
I reopened iTunes & Synced with out a problem. I also got the update to install.
Good luck.

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