Recover Deleted Text Messages from iPhone

Recover Deleted Text Messages from iPhone

By kayla Brown Gkayla

How can you recover deleted text messages from an iPhone?

I didn't back up my text messages and deleted them on accident from my iPhone. Can anyone recommend how i can recover them from the iPhone 5 itself? I'm running 3.1.3 firmware. Any help would be appreciated thanks.

iPhone Data Recovery can retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone in easy ways. Besides recovering text from iTunes backups, iPhone Data Recovery can also help to scan and retrieve sms directly from your iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS, if you didn't lose your iPhone. Let's check detailed steps with the Windows version of iPhone Data Recovery.

Tutorial 1: How to Recover Lost Text Messages from iTunes Backup

Step 1: Install and run iPhone Data Recovery on your computer. Select the type of your device and choose "Recover Data from iTunes Backup".

Step 2: Scan the Backup File. If you have backed up your iPhone constantly, or synced more than one Apple device on the computer before, there will be several backup files displayed in the window. Choose the right and latest backup version, then, click "Start Scan" to go on.

Step 3: Choose and recover iPhone deleted text messages. After scanning, you'll be showed a list of lost data files on the left below the name of your device, including Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Contacts, Messages, etc. Check "Messages" and choose those messages you want back. Click "Recover" to restore those lost or deleted messages on your computer. Done!

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Tutorial 2: How to Restore Lost SMS Directly from your iPhone

First step: Connect your iPhone to Computer and choose your Device. To begin with, install the program on your computer and run it. Then connect your iPhone to the computer.

Second step: Select the Recovery Mode. Different from the recovery mode chosen in part 1, here you should select "Recover from iOS Device". There are two options for different iOS device. If you are iPhone 5/4S user, you can click "Start Scan" button to scan your lost iPhone text directly.

Third step: Enter the DFU Mode and Start Scanning (iPhone 5/4S will skip this step)

You need to enter the DFU mode to scan your iPhone 4/3GS for lost data files. So follow the 3 steps below to see how to find deleted text messages on iPhone:

1) Hold your device and click "Start" in the pop-up window.

2) Hold both "Power" and "Home" buttons for 10 seconds.

3) Release the "Power" button but not the "Home" button after 10 seconds. Release "Home" button after another 10 seconds. Then you'll be told that you've successfully entered DFU mode.

Now wait when iOS Data Recovery is automatically scanning your iPhone for lost or deleted data files

The last step: Check and Recover Lost SMS. Check "Text Messages" in the list of scanning results on the left. Choose those you'd like to get back and click "Recover" to restore them on your computer.

Now, you just need to choose the right and suitable way for yourself when encountering the problem of text messages loss. The two ways shown above will certainly lead you to how to get deleted text messages from iPhone. Try it now.

About the Author : iPhone Data Recovery can retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone in easy ways. Besides recovering text from iTunes backups, iPhone Data Recovery can also help to scan and retrieve sms directly from your iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS, if you didn't lose your iPhone. Let's check how to find deleted text messages on iPhone

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