Recover call list from one month back.

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Recover call list from one month back.

Hi,

I want to recover a phone number which was called one month back. Now the call log only stores 50 recent, so thats out of the question. I also used a software (iBackupBot & Wondershare) which looks through the backups of my iPhone stored in my mac, but it lists only the most recent backup which unfortunately doesnt go back one month. Is there any way to access older backups or are they erased?

Is there any way to recover the phone numbers from my iPhone?

Thanks.

iPhone 3G, iOS 4.2

Posted on Dec 23, 2012 2:13 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 23, 2012 2:15 AM in response to PRONOjit

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4187601?tstart=0

see here

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PRONOjit Author

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Dec 23, 2012 2:44 AM in response to imaybeawhile

Thanks for the link. But you see I had backed up my iPhone just recently, so the earlier backup file (which was before I made the concerned call 1 month back) is erased and the new backup file lists only few recent calls but not the call from 1 month back. So I believe this approach wont help me.

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wjosten

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Dec 23, 2012 2:48 AM in response to PRONOjit

No, that won't help you, as you've found out, only one normal iPhone backup is kept by iTunes. It's actually an incremental backup, in that only data that has changed is actually backed up.

Try logging into you carrier account on their website. Most carriers keep a call log you can view online.

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PRONOjit Author

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Dec 23, 2012 3:02 AM in response to wjosten

Thanks for that input. I had tried that as well. Actually its a call that I had cancelled i.e. just hit the call button and then cancelled. So in iPhone it appears as "cancelled". Now the carriers dont list such numbers in their call log as well. If only by some way I could recover the earlier backups....

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wjosten

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Dec 23, 2012 3:06 AM in response to PRONOjit

You're welcome.

PRONOjit wrote:

If only by some way I could recover the earlier backups....

Only if you kept regular backups of your computer, ala Time Machine on a Mac. If your carrier records don't show it, I'm afraid there is no way to retrieve it.

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