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I NEED TO RETRIEVE OLD MESSAGES, MY PHONE ONLY GOES BACK TO JAN. 2021

I NEED TO RETRIEVE OLD MESSAGES, MY PHONE ONLY GOES BACK TO JAN. 2021

Posted on Jan 20, 2022 1:55 PM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2022 1:57 PM

Unless you house your messages in iCloud, they are saved on your iPhone backup. Restore that backup to retrieve the messages that were present when the backup was created.

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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I NEED TO RETRIEVE OLD MESSAGES, MY PHONE ONLY GOES BACK TO JAN. 2021

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