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How to recover my lost notes

Since 4 days ago, suddenly I've missed almost all my notes, most of them, very important to me, maybe it happened after an Office for Mac actualization, particularly, an Outlook actualization.

I know that it is a common situation, can somebody help me?

Thanks in advance.

drmenchaca

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1

Posted on Jun 10, 2012 11:21 AM

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Oct 9, 2016 1:43 PM in response to drmenchaca

My notes for the last two days just suddenly disappeared! I didn't update or sync, I was using notes on my iphone 6 and accidentally touched the screen, it flicked to folders. When I went back to notes they were just gone. There was only one old note in the recently deleted folder. And this has synced right across my devices and in icloud. I don't use Yahoo mail. Help !! (Please?)

Nov 11, 2016 3:10 AM in response to neilorangepeel

If you did the backup of your notes before deleting then you can easily get back those notes by the following steps:

  1. 1. First don’t connect your iPhone directly to computer because the iTunes only saves the most recent backup
  2. 2. Now make sure that you have a valid backup as listed iTunes> preferences> devices
  3. 3. Before connecting your iPhone make sure to check iTunes>preferences> devices “prevent iPhone from syncing automatically.” Because this will ensures we don’t erase the previously stored backup. Then select “OK” and close the window after checking “don’t sync”
  4. 4. Now connect your iPhone to your computer.
  5. 5. Select the iPhone as seen in the left bar of iTunes, as listed under the devices.
  6. 6. Select version and click on restore from options.
  7. 7. It takes a while to for iPhone to erase itself, reset and restart.
  8. 8. After the iPhone is restart you will see Set Up Your iPhone in iTunes on your computer, and now just click the restore from the backup and click continue. It will take 10 to 12 minutes to recover your deleted notes on iPhone, photos, music, videos, etc.

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