Is it possible to recover overwritten iOS backups?

I recently backed up my iphone to itunes, bofore i restored it to factory settings. when I then tried to restore my iphone to my backup, it was nothing there. I believe the old backup may have been overwritten automatically when i inserted my iphone to my mac again. is it then possible to recover these files somehow?

There is some way to simply download the iOS (as compared to download and install).
If you download and install, you are required to keep the iPhone attached to iTunes throughout the download. If you simply download, there is an "eject" button that shows up during the download, and you may press that and remove the iPhone from iTunes. I suggest this latter approach. Then once the download completes, you can reconnect the iPhone to iTunes and complete the process.

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I have read on several books that hot backups must be done on a database set with ARCHIVELOG mode, but it is physically possible to recover a hot-backup of a database that was in NOARCHIVELOG mode. Obviously some transactions would be lost, but it is possible to do it?
I'm trying to do it unsuccesfully (when I try to startup the data base he asme for recovering the database and then always ask me for a archive log file.......)
Thanks

What you have red is correct.
You can't do hot backup on non-archivelog database.

Is it possible to recover my data from iCloud backup without working wifi? I have as many other upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 7.0.2 with the result that the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth no longer works. However, i can connect to iTunes via cable but there is wrong v

Is it possible to recover my data from iCloud backup without working wifi? I have as many other upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 7.0.2 with the result that the Wi-Fi or Bluetooth no longer works. However, i can connect to iTunes via cable but there is wrong version of backup.

Answer is no.
If you want the iCloud backup you have to have n internet connection, thus WiFi.
The not working WiFi has happened with quite a number of users.
It is not exactly clear what is the cause but there are suggestions to clear it up:
Some people have had success by removing an apostrophe from the iPhone name. If your iPhone is called something like “John’s iPhone” then this might work. Go to Settings > General > About > Name and change it to something with no apostrophe.
Some people have reported success by putting the iPhone into Airplane mode and then going to Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings, but the problem may return.
You could also try going to Settings > Control Center and disable Access on Lock Screen then turn your iPhone off and on again.
Make sure that your router firmware is up to date.
Try backing up your iPhone and then restoring it. Check how to factory reset an iPhone for details.
If nothing is working for you, try contacting Apple or take your iPhone into an Apple Store.
Succes, Lex

I was trying to update my 4s to iOS 6 and it got stuck on the recovery mode and I had to do a company restore - i lost all my family photos specially my daughter birth photos of which I had not taken a backup - any possibility of recovering the same?

Hi!! I was updating my iPhone 4s to ios 6 and It got stuck on the recovery mode and I had to do a company restore!!
Unfortuntately I lost all my photos including images of my daughters birth of which I had not taken a backup
Is there any possibility of recovering the same? my wife is going to kill me!!

No backup, nothing to recover.

Possible to recover video after stupidly syncing and thus loosing backup file? :'-(

I have been so stupid.
My daughter of 3 managed to push 3 buttons on my ipad2 in the exact sequence needed to delete a most wonderfull video. In a panic, I ran to my imac and connected my ipad not realising that by doing so, it was syncing /backing up with itunes.
In each case, the iOS recovery tool of Dr Fone is not able to see anything except for the videos that are still on the ipad ...
And on the mac I can only find back one itunes file
So my questions are:
1) are these itunes backup files completely overwritten or is a new file made but the old copiy still somewhere on the mac yet made invisible?
2) does the syncing process overwrite the 'empty space' on my ipad (where the deleted video must be) and is this the reason that the dr Fone software can not retrieve my video?
3) is there any other tool out there more powerful out there to retrieve deleted files that have been deleted? like some forensics tools?
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Is it still possible to downgrade from ios 6 to ios 5.1.1 on my ipod touch 4th gen as of Sept.24?Also, if I use a backup created AFTER updating to ios 6 when I restore/downgrade to ios 5.1.1, does it become ios 6 again because of the backup?

Is it still possible to downgrade from ios 6 to ios 5.1.1 on my ipod touch 4th gen as of Sept.24? Also, if I use a backup created AFTER updating to ios 6, when I restore/downgrade to ios 5.1.1, does it become ios 6 again because of the version of ios 6 that I created the backup on?

There has never been a legit way to downgrade.
It will always restore to the latest available software.

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So my iPhone 4S stopped ringing, and I was missing all of my calls. The speaker works, it's not on silent, and I'd exhausted most every other option (messing around with accessibility options and various soft resets), to no avail.
So I reset it to factory settings, logged in with my Apple ID, and lo and behold, my backup failed to take. All my apps got restored, but my texts and all of my pictures are missing.
So here's what I want to find out.
1. Does the reset procedure involve writing over all old information with 0s?
2. If not, is it possible to recover the data, in full or in part, through some alternative methods?
The phone is out of warranty, so I'm willing to try whatever it may take to get this data back.
Thanks in advance.

Apps have never been included in the backup, so is there actually a backup?
Have you failed to use the device as designed, meaning syncing contacts to a supported application on the computer or a cloud service?
There are some 3rd party programs that claim to be able to extract data (like sms) from a backup, try a google search.
Unless you're willing to spend and extremely large amount of money, there is no way to recover the data that may still exist on the iPhone.

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hew, some may be recovered, but...
It may be possible to recover some erased ones, but you must quit using the Computer immediately, because the OS will think it can write to those freed blocks on the disk.
Either boot this one in Target mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
And recovering from another Mac, or booting this Mac from another HDD, then using Data Rescue...
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/data_rescue.php
(Has a Free Demo to see if it could or not, but you'll need another drive to recover to).
Or professional Data Recovery Services.
BUT, every second you use that Mac the chances will be slimmer.
rccharles on file recovery...
"Stellar Phoenix Macintosh - Mac data recovery software, recovers data from damaged, deleted, or corrupted volumes and even from initialized disks."
They have a trial version, so I guess you can see if your data can be recovered...
http://www.stellarinfo.com/mac-data-recovery.htm
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http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id= 1
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You cannot recover a password, otherwise it would not be secure. Could you explain the situation a little more, especially since your subject line refers to an article on update and restore alert messages. It sounds like you are saying there is an encrypted password on your backup file that you did not set...is that correct?

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I deleted the photos via Finder and empty trash long time ago. The thing is, that I want to recover one event or album. The event appears in the iphoto but when open, it shows "!". Is it possible to recover the photos?

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Please tell me it's possible to recover Mail data.

Hello,
Ok I just did a BIG "oooops!" on sister inlaw's Macbook! Ok so I'm try to send an email and then notice that it will not send and just sits in the Outbox. She's on Comcast so I go to the Comcast page and look for Apple Mail settings and compare those to the settings that she has.....I see her are not correct, so I inadvertently remove her mail settings.......So I thought. **** it all if that didn't just REMOVE all of her email! **** it! Well, being on Comcast I check her settings and see that it's set to NOT delete any read mail and only delete unread mail after 45 days. So I'm thinking, 'Whewww!', right? WRONG! When I check her Webmail, there is NOTHING there! Apparently Apple Mail removed the messages from the server after it downloaded them!
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Thanks!
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Basics of File Recovery
Files in Trash
If you simply put files in the Trash you can restore them by opening the Trash (left-click on the Trash icon) and drag the files from the Trash to your Desktop or other desired location. OS X also provides a short-cut to undo the last item moved to the Trash -press COMMAND-Z.
If you empty the Trash the files are gone. If a program does an immediate delete rather than moving files to the Trash, then the files are gone. Recovery is possible but you must not allow any additional writes to the hard drive - shut it down. When files are deleted only the directory entries, not the files themselves, is modified. The space occupied by the files has been returned to the system as available for storage, but the files are still on the drive. Writing to the drive will then eventually overwrite the space once occupied by the deleted files in which case the files are lost permanently. Also if you save a file over an existing file of the same name, then the old file is overwritten and cannot be recovered.
General File Recovery
If you stop using the drive it's possible to recover deleted files that have not been overwritten by using recovery software such as Data Rescue II, File Salvage or TechTool Pro. Each of the preceding come on bootable CDs to enable usage without risk of writing more data to the hard drive.
The longer the hard drive remains in use and data are written to it, the greater the risk your deleted files will be overwritten.
Also visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on Data Recovery.
There's no assurance that you will recover anything. If Comcast maintains temporary backups of mail accounts you could see if they can restore a prior state of her account. But don't count on it.

Can I recover an iCloud backup of a stolen iPad to my Mac?

My ipad and MacBook were stolen a few months ago and I have since replaced my Mac. Is it possible to recover my ipad's icloud backup to my Mac so I can get the pictures that were on it and backed up to icloud? (Photostream expired the pictures before I could replace the Mac)

You can't restore to a mac, only to another ios device that is connected to the same icloud account.

Lost old iphone, new iphone doesnt have any of the old photos. Is it possible to recover the old photos?

I had a iphone 5s with icloud on it. I dropped it in a river and was unable to find it. I then bought another iphone 5s a few days later, and I still have been unable to receive my old photos that were on my old iphone 5s. I had ios 7 on the old iphone, and I now have ios 8 on the new one. Hopefully I am able to get those photos back because I have photos from trips I took this summer. Is it possible to recover those photos and how?

You can recover the photos from an iTunes backup on your computer, from an iCloud backup, or from Photo Stream. You can also sync them to dropbox, box.com, Google Drive, Google Picasa, Shutterfly and several other photo sharing services. If you synced your photos to a photo app on your computer they will also be there. If you used none of the 4 ways Apple gives you to preserve photos and none of the dozen or more 3rd party solutions then they are lost forever.

Is it possible to recover ical data lost in a sync?

Is it possible to recover ical data lost in a sync?

Your only bet is to resotre from the Time Machine backup. However when you do this the sync process will promptly delete the calendars again, so you need to work through the slightly convoluted method detailed in this page:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudtm.html

Possible to recover data from dead HD?

in July of this year, my HD stopped working for whatever reason. i got the folder icon when i started my Mac mini that day and did lots of troubleshooting with no luck. i ended up putting a new one in and all is fine now. EXCEPT all my pics and whatnot is on my old HD. the nearest apple store is 3hrs away and dont plan on making a trip any time soon. is there any way possible to recover the data? what are the possibilities of getting the data over since the old HD stopped working? it didnt spin, it was dead quiet. ive seen alot of those HD to USB data recovery connections to transfer info but dont know if it will work? thanks for the help!!

Yanki01 wrote:
in July of this year, my HD stopped working for whatever reason. i got the folder icon when i started my Mac mini that day and did lots of troubleshooting with no luck. i ended up putting a new one in and all is fine now. EXCEPT all my pics and whatnot is on my old HD. the nearest apple store is 3hrs away and dont plan on making a trip any time soon. is there any way possible to recover the data? what are the possibilities of getting the data over since the old HD stopped working? it didnt spin, it was dead quiet. ive seen alot of those HD to USB data recovery connections to transfer info but dont know if it will work? thanks for the help!!
If it is completely dead in that it is not making any noise indicating it is not spinning etc. then you cannot use any software to try and recover data, these software programs generally only help if the hard disk is physically ok but the data is damaged.
In your case it would appear to be a hardware problem and the only option would be to send it to a specialist data recovery firm. If you went to Apple they would only be able to replace it with a new one (if under warranty) and would not do any data recovery.
The specialist recovery firms would completely dismantle the hard disk and replace faulty parts to enable them to get it working and to copy the data off. Your profile does not indicate your location, but an example firm (I have no personal experience of them) is Datatrak Labs see http://www.datatrack-labs.co.uk/company_profile.asp
By the way, why have you not been making backups? Time Machine makes this so easy it is no longer excusable to not do this. I had a hard disk fail in one of my Macs earlier this year (hardware failure), but because I had a full Time Machine backup I lost nothing.

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