ios 8.2 upgrade lost all notes

Add back whatever account your Notes were synced with. That could be iCloud or any other Mail accounts. Make sure that the Notes option is turned on for all of those accounts, if available, including iCloud. Go to the Notes app, look in the top left corner for 'Accounts'. Tap on that and select to display all accounts.

pneborg wrote:

So I really do not want a back up from 11/2014 since that would be probably loose my photos and data added since then. What I really want is just my note files returned. How can I do that?

You are correct about losing things. Restoring to a backup puts the device back to the way it was on that date/time, so anything done since that date/time is lost. As TJBUSMC1973 indicated, check the place where you are syncing notes. I'm guessing that you do that so they reside somewhere besides the iPhone. If you do not have them synced somewhere, and it has been almost 6 months since you backed up the device, I would say you may have lost them, or at least a portion of them.

So you were not syncing them to anything at all? You kept 5 years of notes only on the phone? Before you made an upgrade to an operating system on the phone, you did not do a backup of the device? I'm sorry, but this was not Apple's fault, and you identified the best thing to do yourself, and that was to run a backup, before any installation or iOS update. The have as much respect for your data as you do. They provide you with multiple free ways to backup your data, you chose not to. That is no one's fault but your own. There is no flaw in the update, I ran it this morning with no issues, but I also made sure I did a sync and backup of the device before I updated. Millions of users updated their devices with no issues.

pneborg wrote:

TJB..., This was set already to Default Account "On My IPhone". After the upgrade I now have an iCloud option. It does not matter which is selected though notes are gone. Thank you Apple for considering my note files not important and clearing them out for me. I would recommend that backup everything before running their flawed IOS8.2 upgrade. They clearly have little respect for your data during this poor upgrade.

Chris. All of the them are lost. Every note from over 5 years of notes are gone.

So, these Notes were not synced, they were only on your iPhone. And you never made a backup.

Then they are gone. Next time, take better precautions in securing and protecting your data. iCloud and iTunes backup options are completely free. The only limitations are the space in iCloud (5GB, but upgradable to 20GB for 99 cents per month) or your computer's hard drive if you're using iTunes.

pneborg wrote:

Really Chris. did you not read or forget the part where I clearly stated that I have backup from 11/2014. And no I don't sync my iPhone because running iTunes on my PC is not something I am interested doing continuously. I am not sure what other "free" options you could be babbling about since iCloud is free only to 5Gb which hardly matches a 64Gb iPhone. Where did you pull that stat of millions of users updated their devices with no issues (thin air).

Let me be clear on where this is Apple's fault. The one button press to upgrade did not suggest or warn that without a backup data could be lost in the process. It simply proceeded to download, then install and result in lost data. I am glad your upgrade ran without issue however you clearly took a different path by syncing and backing up (your welcome for sharing my experience to help avoid any similar loss of data). I will have to hack the backup from 11/2014 to extract my lost note files up to that point I suppose. Next time before you take the liberty to make accusations I do suggest you get your facts more clear. Thank you for the zero help and to all others it would appear that the correct approach, despite the not being referenced in the upgrade, is to sync and backup first then apply a backup.

Btw, I never really wanted the upgrade in the first place but was looking to correct another issue with iPhone 6 plus rendering multimedia texts as raw encoded base 64 text. For anyone experiencing that gem of an issue please know that IOS8.2 does not nothing to fix that problem either.

How much data do you have on your iPhone that there's not enough space to restore the iCloud backup? If you were only using the free 5GB, then there is absolutely no reason it won't fit on a 64GB iPhone. What is the size of your iCloud backup? Erase the device, then restore the backup.

And the prompt to update your iOS also has a link for more information, and it is also on the official Apple Support Article for updating your iOS that one of the first recommendations is to backup your data.

Additionally, you should be backing up your data on a regular basis. What would you have done if your precious Notes on your iPhone were lost... because you lost your iPhone or it became damaged?

There is absolutely no excuse for not backing up your data. Either you take precautions and can recover it when there's an issue, or you don't take precautions and potentially lose years of data.

You chose the latter. Best of luck.

I read the entire thread, don't worry, but come on, one backup in the last 6 months. I never asked you to run iTunes continuously. You have the option to sync notes to supported applications for safe keeping, as well as syncing with certain email accounts. iCloud backup is another option, and it does not backup everything on the device, so it does not need 64GB, if you understood anything about the Cloud backup. If this data was so important, then why did you not do anything to ensure its safe keeping? And the expectation to have some kind of warning about backing up, that is a given whenever you update a device. I've not made any accusations except to say that you failed to properly maintain a backup of your device. And while we are at it, when is the last time you backed up your computer? If you think that the information that I gave you was zero help, then keep going on updating your device without a backup, only backup these important files every 6 months or so and don't think about the fact that electronics sometime fail. Take some personal responsibility for your data. Back it up.

ChrisJ4203 wrote:

and don't think about the fact that electronics sometime fail.

Or get lost. Stolen. Damaged. Etcetera.

Well mine was backup on iTunes mac and iCloud. We all lost our notes. I had important notes about our house fire and dealings with the Insurance and contractor. All gone. Mac 10.10.3 and iOs8.3 killed me. After 20 yrs on Mac and a iPhone user since 07 I have had it.