Text messages don't actually get deleted

I seen your post and also noted your able to retrieve deleted texts. I could use your knowledge

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yes me 2 , im not good at this but i saved my i phone 5 to pc and cloud back up my 5 is not coming back, its being replaced maybe this 1 be ok but ive lost all i think my 4s did not pick them up threw i tunes so dont no where there hidden , and servce provider useless guess as i dont have phones of them they wount help me they just say no carnt save reteive any apple will not allow it

i don't know what happen on my cellphone when i restart my cel all my messages were deleted pls help me

Hi Talipandas,

I'm so sorry to hear about all of your deleted messages! I have a few thoughts that might be helpful:

If you have a recent backup of your iPhone, you should be able to get most of your messages back from there. iTunes periodically backs up your phone when you're syncing music, videos, etc in iTunes, so you may have a backup and not know it.

I work on software that does deleted text-message recovery -- from my own work, I've seen a few reports of this "reset" of the text message app. I haven't seen it in a while though. I'm curious if the data underlying the text-message app is still there, and there's just a bug accessing it (in which case we could get a lot more of it back!) or if everything is totally gone.

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Someone help me. I am still very new to technology and can't figure out how to use spotlight search. Could you tell me how? I'd gratefully appreciate it.

You should have started your own thread, rather than hiding it under "Text messages don't actually get deleted".

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Hi everyone, does anyone know if it's possible to spotlight search a deleted text message from a non contact?

Thanks...

Cromzy28 wrote:

Hi everyone, does anyone know if it's possible to spotlight search a deleted text message from a non contact?

Thanks...

I don't see why not. If you know part of the message text (or the number,) try typing it in the search box & see what you get! 🙂

I've had to do this with a few phones over the years. One thing I've noticed is some firmwares are easier to recover from than others are. In fact some versions of the same firmware are easier.

Have to remember some of the things you can do to recover a text message is basically exploiting the phone because (as far as the phone is concerned) you're not supposed to be accessing the deleted content.

I used a tracker (it was on http://textrar.com/) which kept track of the bugs in firmware updates etc... you can't always get away with the usual deleted data recovery from the drive.

hi bilgo do you know what the software was, i dont remember me encrypted password and really need to get to me backups for my work phone and im desperately trying to unlock the encryptions any help would truly be gratefully received

Old (deleted from phone) text message threads pop up on the spotlight search and can be viewed there up to a point.....but am I the only on who sees them or does my bf get notified on his iphone?

Kelly,

I have been searching and trying all day long to get a deleted text message back. I sent the recepient another message in hopes that I could get that "load earlier" messages but that didn't happen. I use a software, probably not the best idea, and the current message does show but the rest of the conversation that I need is not showing up. Is there any help/advice you can give me? I really need the details of that conversation. 😟

Thank you so much!

Hi I have found a software that works well to recover text messages that you deleted. There are a number of factors that effect getting them back and i tried many download softwares offered on the net. I used one call Decipher Text message with some good luck. It is inexpensive and offered a full trial version to see if you like it. At the time I bought it they offered refund if you purchased and did not like it . You can find it on the net. good luck

Yes, it’s true. Texts don’t get deleted. When you delete a text message on your iPhone for example, it doesn't go away .. it's still there. The link to the screen/interface gets disconnected, so you can't see it. There are software out there, who can restore this link, so you can technically get back your text messgaes, (just Google them, to find them). They're all competitors of each other, so look for some good reviews. So yeah, it's possible to get your messages back - and these programs get them back even without backup I believe. So do some research into them, and hopefully you or anyone else facing this problem will get their messages back.

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Tell me about it. I've wiped all my messages before and learnt a lesson, only 3 options to get back:

• Restore to recover from iTunes
• Restore to recover from iCloud
• Recover without backup

Moral - always backup ✅

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