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tenfour32 Author

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How to restore my messages

i lost my I phone and need help getting my old messages and media back

iPhone XR, iOS 14

Posted on Mar 13, 2022 12:27 PM

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Eric Root

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Posted on Mar 13, 2022 6:47 PM

If you were syncing Messages with iCloud, go to Settings/Your Name, sign in with the same Apple ID, then go to iCloud, and turn Messages syncing on.

If you weren't syncing Messages with iCloud, restore a backup from the lost phone. Restoring from a backup erases all data currently on your device. Any data newer than when the backup was made will be erased. A restore is an all or nothing restore. You can't access a backup to see the contents and only restore certain files.

Backup - Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup. *

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