When text messages are deleted are they gone for good?

My daughter accidentally deleted messages that I need for court. Is there any way to retrieve them after she cleared my conversation ?

The only way to possibly retreive them would be a restore from backup created after the messages were received but prior to them being deleted.
If you do not regularly sync and backup the device, they are gone.

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My phone was recently updated to 8.1. After the update, when text messages are sent when my phone is off, I no longer receive when my phone is turned on. Is there something in Settings that needs to be changed? I never had this problem before the updat

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Are deleted photos really gone?

i just started using iphoto. in the past i organized everything myself and used preview.
now that im using iphoto, its a lot easier to go through and delete old/ bad pictures, HOWEVER, after deleting a whole bunch of them, i went into the iphoto originals folder, and there there were, still on my computer.
i do not want to delete everything twice.
when i delete a picture off the iphoto interface, how do i know or how can i guarantee that the photo is really gone? yes i deleted it from the library and not just an album, so the pictures should have been gone for good.

waltzngmatlda
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
To delete the pics, move them to the iPhoto trash and empty it, using the iPhoto -> Empty trash command.
The exception is if you have changed the default setting at iPhoto -> Preferences -> Advanced. 'Copy Files to the iPhoto Library Folder...' If you have changed this setting, then you will have to delete pics by hand.
Regards
TD

All my text messages were deleted

My phone has been working fine all day/morning. I go to use it and i get a text message that says 7645 from a five digit number. I close the message and then when I go to read my old text messages, all of them were gone. Wth? Are they gone forever? I plugged in my iPhone to my computer and no luck there.

Hi Kristin,
If you haven't already, try resetting the iPhone by holding the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons until you see the Apple logo as described here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305743
When you plugged the iPhone into the computer did you try restoring it from a backup?
You can right click the iPhone, on the left side of iTunes, and choose restore from backup as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
+"Backup information includes information such as mail settings, text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, widget settings, certain network settings, and other preferences including settings and data from third-party applications purchased from the App Store."+ from the article linked above.
-Jason

All Text Messages Were Deleted On Their Own & I Can't Do A Restore

I have an iPhone4 and this morning I woke up and see that my laptop (windows) had been restarted due to updates. My phone was plugged in to the laptop because it was charging. I have a password on my laptop so once I put the password in, it is like turning it on and of course it starts charging my phone and itunes starts doing a sync. I did not know that my messages were deleted until I went to send someone a message and that is when I noticed all messages were gone except the ones that I just received this morning. I tried to do a restore but it said I couldn't do a restore because I didn't have enough space available(even after I deleted a bunch of stuff). Long store short, I been trying to fix this problem all morning and a few syncs have been done so I'm asking for help. Are my messages now gone for good? Is there anything I can do to retrieve them?
Side Note:This may or may not mean anything but my phone has been running slow for the last 2 days.

Hello clew1983,
The following article details a few steps that can be taken in order to get through the restore process (although the article does indicate 'when trying to sync').
iOS: 'Not enough free space' alert when trying to sync
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1503
Cheers,
Allen

My iphone is not recording voicemail messages that callers said they left for me-how to fix?

My iphone is not recording voicemail messages that callers said they left for me. The calls are showing up in voicemail list (no notification sound, but the discussion length is zero seconds. How do I fix this?

Most voicemail issues are dealt with by the cellular carrier and that is where the recording resides rather than on the phone. The following has some things you may troubleshoot in addition to contacting your carrier: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4430

HT204022 I have owned an ipad for a few months and taken photos without synching to Photstream. Having just done this I now see photos are removed from iCloud after 30 days. Are these recoverable or lost for good?

I have owned an ipad for a few months and taken photos without synching to Photstream. Having just done this I now see photos are removed from iCloud after 30 days. Are these recoverable or lost for good?

Please see the following:
iCloud- Photo Stream FAQ
iCloud- Photo Stream limits
The 30 day limit, as I understand it, prevails after you reach one of the prevailing number limits. I've yet to reach one of those limits over the past few years and my PhotoStream is still intact.
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Upgraded to ios5 and my calendar was wiped clean. Is it gone for good?

upgraded to ios5 and my calendar was wiped clean. Is it gone for good?

My phone says it's showing All Calendars. This morning, other people said to disable and then re-enable the iCloud Calendar, which has somehow allowed about 50% of my Calendar entries to reappear, but half are still missing. This is almost more frustrating because if half were saved when it ran the backup, where are the rest?
All of my calendar entries were entered directly into my iPhone, either manually from the Calendar app, or by getting into it from a Yahoo Email that had an Event I needed to save. I guess I'll just have to break out the paper calendar and try to re-enter everything that's missing.
The iTunes version I'm running now seems to be the most current one since the constant upgrades are one of the reasons I stay out of iTunes usually.

My ipod 4g got wet and wont turn on is it gone for good?

my ipod 4g got wet and wont turn on is it gone for good? please help

If it is dry. See:
How to fix a wet iPod or iPhone | eHow.comfix-wet-ipod-iphone.html
then:
Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
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Apple - iPod Repair price

Is my iPod gone for good?

I was canoeing with my dad and his girlfriend on Friday, and my iPod (a late 2006 Apple refurb) fell into the 3 ft deep water. We decided it was dead, so we went and had a good time for an hour. When we came in, my dad went in the water and retrieved it. once I let it dry, it flashed the apple logo, the sad iPod face with the iPod support web address, and a low battery symbol.
I tried connecting it to my cousins' computer and iPod dock. The computer recognized the iPod as a "malfunctioning USB device", and the dock would not recognize it at all. Now, I am back with my mom, and it is flashing the "very low battery, please wait" and a different low battery symbol extremely fast, even though it has been hooked up to my computer for nearly 45 minutes, and the computer still does not even recognize it is hooked up. It does not appear to be charging at all. Is my iPod gone for good, or can I still save it?

While the circuit board can probably be dried out and used again and maybe the battery might charge normally after the circuit board is completely dry, I would bet that the hard drive is probably shot since it probably has water inside it and can not easily be dried out.
Patrick

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When text messages are deleted are they gone for good?

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