topic Re: restoring deleted texts in Apple

restoring deleted texts

Brenda52 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:31:38 GMT

Is it possible to retrieve deleted texts from an iphone?

Re: restoring deleted texts

Cleoriff — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:38:26 GMT

Hi @Brenda52

It is possible if you follow the advice in this guide from Macworld

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/recover-deleted-texts-iphone-3636380/

They suggest 5 methods. Use the one which suits you best

Retrieve from an iCloud backup
Retrieve from the iCloud website
Contact your phone provider
Retrieve from an iTunes backup
Retrieve using a third-party app

Hope you can get it sorted

Re: restoring deleted texts

MI5 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 08:50:33 GMT

Unless you backup to iTunes or iCloud you will have lost them.
They are the only 2 ways on an iPhone that will help you.

Re: restoring deleted texts

pgn — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 09:37:09 GMT

Sad to say, making backups of your SMS messages is an afterthought on Android too, @MI5 - SMS Backup+ by Jan Berkel is the best one I have seen for Android - it integrates with GMail, allowing you to store all your SMS messages in GMail (and restore them to the phone, if you wish).

Seems the only way on an iPhone is to restore the complete phone from a previous backup of the device to iTunes/iCloud, is it? That's a bit like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut... Good luck, @Brenda52.

Re: restoring deleted texts

Cleoriff — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 09:33:40 GMT

The article I linked to was published in February of this year @pgn

As it comes from Macworld it does give a variety of options. The one I would rule out is contacting your service provider as they would be no help whatsever!

As for Android, I use SMS backup+ and find that very useful

Re: restoring deleted texts

jonsie — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:31:31 GMT

I too use sms backup+ and I believe i was the first to recommend it here on the community a good few years back. Is this not available on iOS or anything similar that the bods at Apple will allow?

Re: restoring deleted texts

MI5 — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 11:38:36 GMT

Nothing I’m aware of but my iCloud backup is set to run daily so never needed to look.

Re: restoring deleted texts

EmilieT — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:37:27 GMT

Hi @Brenda52 Let us know how you get on with retrieving your text messages. Did any of the replies above help you sort this out?