What happens to deleted text messages?

Can you retreive a deleted text message?

Well, I did a backup of my iPhone 4s the day before upgrading to a 5s.  Although all my other stuff ended up being moved to the 5s, it has no messages other than ones that have come in since the upgrade.  On the 4s, which has not been wiped yet, the messages still exist.  Any way to get them added to the 5s?

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  • What is the best product to retrieve deleted text messages from someones phone that are a month old

    What is the best product to use to retrieve deleted text messages from someones phone a month ago?

    The only way to retrieve a deleted text message would be to restore a backup created after the message was sent but prior to the message being deleted.
    There may be programs that can extract this information directly from the backup files themselves, google for possible solutions.

  • Retrieving Deleted Text Messages

    I have an iPhone 3G. I'm trying to find out how to retrieve accidentally deleted text messages on my phone. Is this possible?

    I dont mean to jump into this conversation but I have a question for you. I have read your advice and tried to follow it regarding such situations. LAst night as I received a text my iphone 3GS froze and all of a sudden when to the black screen with the apple on it (as if i had rstartedit my self by holding the home button and power buttong ) But i hadnt. WHEn the phone turned back on ALL of my texts were gone. EVery single one of them. I have tried to do what you said. I went to itunes, to edit, preferences, unclicked the box that made my phone sync every time. The next thing you said to do was to right click in the left device pane and hit restore? There isnt a left pane...or when I right click nothing happens. Please excuse my ignorance but I dont know what to do next? THere is an option of a restore from a month or so ....but I cant right click on it. If i plug my device in and am on the main screen of my device when i hit restore my option is to factory settings.....

  • 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.)

  • I used to have a IPhone3 about three years ago, unfortunately i do not have it anymore. My question is is there a way to obtain deleted text messages from my phone number from a short period of time before i got rid of my phone?

    About three years ago in 1012 I had an iphone3 sent and deleted text messages of course and as of now those text messages are needed for an upcoming court case i will be involved with. So is there any way to retrieve those text messages from three years ago. I am just in need of the text messages from February 2012 on. So its about 6 to 10 months of texts. what do I have to do to get them back if possible???

    As the others noted, if you don't have any older iTunes backups then the deleted messages would not be recoverable. The free trial of Decipher TextMessage will show you if there are any text messages in your older backups that can be recovered.

  • How can i get back a deleted text message

    how can i get back a very important text message i deleted by mistake.my phone is iphone 3g
    thank you

    I'm going to post what I found via Google. As I understand, it works for some, not for others, so I'm not vouching for this, so do it at your own risk:
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    In order to recover a deleted text message or messages, run through the following 4 easy steps:
    STEP 1:
    Make sure iTunes doesn’t automatically sync with iPhone when connected.
    STEP 2:
    Connect your iPhone to iTunes and Back up by selecting Preferences > Backup from iTunes, or right-click on your iPhone and choose back up.
    STEP 3:
    Restore your iPhone by selecting Restore under Preferences. Note that restoring the iPhone will restore the previous iPhone firmware. Your iPhone will be completely erased after the new firmware is installed. So make sure your back up is good!
    STEP 4:
    The final step will be to restore your iPhone from the back up you created on step 2. This will allow you to restore any data you have backed up, including the “deleted” text messages.
    That’s it!
    It’s important to distinguish between iPhone data restore and iPhone firmware restore.
    iPhone data restore allows you to restore data you have already backup on iTunes. This is your photos, video, text messages…etc.
    iPhone firmware restore is pretty much like a restore to factory switch. This will restore your iPhone to the previous firmware or system and no user data. This option is often recommended if your suspect that your iPhone OS or iOS is unstable.

  • How do i stop my iphne 5s from deleting text messages and closing out of apps when i open them?

    My phone keeps deleting text messages before I can even read them or they don't come through at all.  My phone also closes out of apps as soon as I click on them. does anyone know what I can do to fix these problems?

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  • HT4859 how do I restore deleted text messages from an iCloud backup?

    I mistakenly deleted an important text conversation - swiping and deleting the wrong conversation.   My iphone is backed up to icloud, but not on my conputer.  Are there steps I can take to restore the deleted text messages from the icloud backup?  If so what are they and where will I find the restored messages after the process?   Any help would be very much appreciated.

    Hi again - thank you very much for the feedback.  It is actually a conversation over 3 days that is quite important so if I can recover it, I would like to.  
    As for the actual process, the most recent back up was prior to my deletion.   Three last questions (I hope...):
    1) How will I know what I need to redownload from itunes?
    2) Is this link the best in terms of the literal steps to take to do the restore: 
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4859?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
    3) Is there anything I should do to the phone before I begin the restore process?
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  • What happened to online text..doesn't work anymore

    what happened to online text..doesn't work anymore since they upgraded their website

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  • How do you retrieve deleted text messages from icloud

    How do you retrieve deleted text messages from icloud?

    Hope this helps
    I hope you created an iCloud backup.
    Here is what the iCloud backup can have in it.
    iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519
    Good hunting

  • Is there any way to delete text messages from the external screen of an LG EnV3?

    The internal screen of my phone doesn't work, so I've been texting from the external key pad. But my inbox has gotten full and I can't receive texts anymore. Is there any way to delete texts using only the external screen of the EnV3?

    It was awhile ago and I'm not totally sure, but I think this was discussed and the conclusion was that you can't delete texts using the external screen of the Env3. **Edit  (Found one thread: http://community.vzw.com/t5/Messaging-Text-Picture-IM-etc/No-option-to-delete-text-messages-from-front-of-LG-enV3/m-p/43042#M1684 )  It came up in one other thread that I could find and the solution was to use the internal, and similar steps were given - the only difference was using the OK for Menu and #2 for Messages, rather than the left soft key for Messages.  vWhatever works... 
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    2. Inbox (#)
    3. Sent (#)
    4 Drafts (#)
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    1.Erase Inbox
    2.Erase Sent
    3.Erase Drafts
    4.Erase All
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    HTH, and post back if you have further questions...

  • How do I restore deleted text message photo attachments?

    I deleted a group of text messages with attached photos by mistake from my iPhone 5. After doing a restore from my most recent backup, the text messages are restored, but many of the photos only show a file name. The files are primarily jpegs along with a few .png and .mov. Should I try to do another backup and restore or is there another way to get back the missing photos?

    As we know, every time you sync iDevice with iTunes, it will automatically make a backup of your iDevice contents including photos, SMS, reminders, contacts and more. Therefore, as long as you have ever synced your iPhone with iTunes, you can recover deleted text messages from iPhone. Do not connect your iPhone to iTunes again until the messages are recovered with iPhone Data Recovery. Otherwise, the old backup file will be overwritten by the current content on your iPhone. Once it happens, the deleted messages will be gone forever.
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  • Is there anyway to recover deleted text messages without a backup?

    I have an Iphone 3gs. I desperately need to recover deleted text messages from it. I have never synched my phone to itunes, "automatically synch to itunes" has always been unchecked. I had never made a back up until a few days ago, but i need to recover the messages deleted prior to creating the backup. is this possible at all? thank you
    and once the phone is synched, are your deleted messages lost forever
    thank you so much!

    If the backup is made after the messages were deleted, then you won't be able to get them back via an iTunes restore. However, you may be able to use a third-party program to look at the backup made after the messages were deleted and see what information about those messages is recoverable.
    One program, the one I work on, is called Decipher TextMessage. Our software will scan the text-message database and show you what information (whole and incomplete) was found that has been previously deleted. We've had a lot of success helping folks recover their deleted text messages -- it doesn't always work 100% since we're at the mercy of how the database works but it's worth a shot to see what you can find!
    The website for Decipher TextMessage is http://deciphertools.com
    If you're curious about how the message recovery works, I've also posted more about it in these other threads:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3958108
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4076721
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4077826
    You're also welcome to visit our website, try the software free, and send us any questions that you have.
    Disclaimer: Since I work on Decipher TextMessage, I stand to benefit from the links to our website that I've made above.

  • HT3529 How to recover deleted text messages from iphone using iPhone

    I'm trying to recover text messages I deleted on my iPhone4s. Is it possible?
    Is it possible to do with out using a computer. If possible I'd like to recover the messages using my iPhone.

    If the backup is made after the messages were deleted, then you won't be able to get them back via an iTunes restore. However, you may be able to use a third-party program to look at the backup made after the messages were deleted and see what information about those messages is recoverable.
    One program, the one I work on, is called Decipher TextMessage. Our software will scan the text-message database and show you what information (whole and incomplete) was found that has been previously deleted. We've had a lot of success helping folks recover their deleted text messages -- it doesn't always work 100% since we're at the mercy of how the database works but it's worth a shot to see what you can find!
    The website for Decipher TextMessage is http://deciphertools.com
    You're also welcome to visit our website, try the software free, and send us any questions that you have.
    Disclaimer: Since I work on Decipher TextMessage, I stand to benefit from the links to our website that I've made above.

  • Retrieving deleted text messages from iCloud?

    How do I retrieve deleted text messages from my iphone? More specifically, my icloud?

    - iCloud will backed up your messages to the server. If you have just backed up your messages before deleting. You can get them back by restoring from the icloud backup file.
    - You can also do this by back up with iTunes if you have backed up with it before.
    - Use 3rd-party tool to scan your phone and recover the deleted messages.
    - What does icloud backed up:  http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12519
    - How to restore from iCloud: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
    - 3rd-party recover tool: Dr.fone

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