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My iPhone randomly deleted all my text messages.

Has anyone else ever had all their text messages randomly deleted?

Posted on Aug 26, 2009 4:33 PM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2009 4:42 PM

I haven't.

Messages are included with your iPhone's backup, which is created and maintained by iTunes as the first step during the sync process. If you haven't synced your iPhone with iTunes since this occurred, don't.

When was the last time you synced your iPhone with iTunes before this occurred? You can restore your iPhone with iTunes from your iPhone's backup - based on the last time you synced your iPhone with iTunes since this occurred. Any messages exchanged since that time will be lost in the process.
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Aug 26, 2009 4:42 PM in response to Tay09

I haven't.

Messages are included with your iPhone's backup, which is created and maintained by iTunes as the first step during the sync process. If you haven't synced your iPhone with iTunes since this occurred, don't.

When was the last time you synced your iPhone with iTunes before this occurred? You can restore your iPhone with iTunes from your iPhone's backup - based on the last time you synced your iPhone with iTunes since this occurred. Any messages exchanged since that time will be lost in the process.

Sep 10, 2009 6:03 AM in response to thgus0213

Me Too!! Its really frustrating and annoying..when i get a new message, it even separates into a different contact column..Lets say after i message my gf,when i get a reply i have two sections of my gf msg,one the one i sent and one the one she sent at the messages main menu. When i try to open the one i receive, the sms program shuts down itself back to iphone homepage menu!! When i reopen the sms program, all the messages is lost!! As if it has reboot itself!What more its happening very frequently...Almost every message i sent and receive!!

My iPhone randomly deleted all my text messages.

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