accesing and viewing old imessages and call logs from a person

I am trying to view old text messages and call logs from my phone being backed up months ago. it is for legal purposes and At7t does not show these call logs due to having an apple device. I am not sure i can go back to when I had these call logs and Imessages.

iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Nov 27, 2021 12:09 PM

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Posted on Nov 27, 2021 12:27 PM

If you have the messages in a backup you can restore that backup to your phone (which will overwrite everything on your phone) or get one of the many iPhone backup extractor programs available for your computer. But note that if you have backed up since then the most recent backup has overwritten all previous backups unless you archived the backup in question (available only on a Mac) or you have a backup of your computer dating from the time you made the backup.


AT&T has your call history; they are required to keep it by law for at least 18 months, and you can view it in their user portal or in the My AT&T app. It’s a little hard to find, but it’s there. Look for “view usage logs” or equivalent.

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Nov 27, 2021 12:27 PM in response to jacob2198

If you have the messages in a backup you can restore that backup to your phone (which will overwrite everything on your phone) or get one of the many iPhone backup extractor programs available for your computer. But note that if you have backed up since then the most recent backup has overwritten all previous backups unless you archived the backup in question (available only on a Mac) or you have a backup of your computer dating from the time you made the backup.


AT&T has your call history; they are required to keep it by law for at least 18 months, and you can view it in their user portal or in the My AT&T app. It’s a little hard to find, but it’s there. Look for “view usage logs” or equivalent.

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