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Miltonmafia
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Q: i somehow deleted 2 notes.  Any way to get them back?

i had a couple notes that are missing.  I must have deleted them by accident.  i know one way to get it back would be to restore my phone to a previous date.  But I haven't sync'd my phone for a while and the notes won't be updated.

iPhone 5s, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Jan 7, 2014 8:33 AM

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Q: i somehow deleted 2 notes.  Any way to get them back?

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  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jan 7, 2014 8:51 AM in response to Miltonmafia
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    Jan 7, 2014 8:51 AM in response to Miltonmafia

    Welcome to the Apple Community.

     

    The difficulty in restoring iCloud data from a back up is that the back up is older than the current version on iCloud and anything that is restored gets removed again when an iCloud sync occurs. I have previously suggested ways to recover contacts, calendars etc, and other users have confirmed that they work, as such I am making the following suggestions to recover lost notes, but please note, as yet success is unconfirmed ***.

     

    Recovering your notes is quite time consuming, you may wish not to save all your notes to save some time, if they are not of importance.

     

    1. Ensure the device is connected to your local network.
    2. Start the restore from iCloud back up.
    3. Allow the devices settings to restore (watch for the confirmation of completion).
    4. As the apps begin to restore pull the connection to your router WAN port (the one that goes to the telephone point).
    5. Wait for the time out confirmation.
    6. Open the 'Notes' app, and open your first note (assuming your deleted notes have now been restored).
    7. Select the share option at the foot of the screen (rectangle with arrow) and choose mail.
    8. Send the email to yourself (If they won't send, save them to draft)
    9. Repeat steps 7 & 8, until you have copied all the notes you wish to save to email.
    10. Reconnect the router to the internet and let the restore process complete.
    11. Navigate to settings > iCloud and make sure 'Notes' syncing is enabled.
    12. Open the 'Notes' app, check that iCloud notes have reverted to how they were before starting the restore.
    13. Open the 'Mail' app and open the first email you sent yourself and copy the text you want in the note.
    14. Open the 'Notes' app and create a new note in the iCloud, paste the text you copied.
    15. Go to iCloud.com on a computer and check that the note has synced to iCloud.
    16. Repeat steps 12, 13 & 14 until you have recovered all your notes.

     

    May I suggest that you carry out a back up to iTunes before you try anything, that way should things become even worse, you can at least restore back to where you are now.

     

    *** As a matter of protocol, anything that I can’t test myself will need to be confirmed by at least 5 individuals before I’m willing to accept it as confirmed. At this time only 2 individuals have confirmed it to work.