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User profile for user: TPull1
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Where are my text messages after erasing my iPhone

Yes it’s backed up to iCloud, there’s enough storage place, I’ve reset it. Why can’t apple get this right???

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Aug 1, 2020 10:55 PM

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User profile for user: zinacef
zinacef
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Posted on Aug 2, 2020 2:43 PM

Were the messages part of a backup or were you using messages in iCloud - Keep all your messages in iCloud - Apple Support? If it's the former, then you can restore from a backup which will restore the messages.

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Where are my text messages after erasing my iPhone

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