Is there a way to undo a factory setting reset?

I recently reset my iphone back to factory settings by accident when updating to the latest ios8 and I lost all of my text message history. Is there a way to undo reset or uncover my text messages?

If you've ever backed up your device you can restore your phone from that backup....but data will only be from the date of that backup. Let's say you backed up your device in September. Accidentally erased it in November. If you restore it from that backup it'll look like it did in september, but any and all data put on it between september and November will be gone.

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