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iphone iOS9 software deleted my notes

I recently updated my iphone 6 to iOS 9. Now, I am trying to view my notes, and all of them are deleted. Where did they go?

Do I need to restore my phone again?

iPhone 6, iOS 9

Posted on Sep 21, 2015 9:54 AM

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Posted on Sep 29, 2015 12:57 PM

Hi,


I recently came across the same problem. What I realized was that I deleted my Gmail off my Iphone and reinstalled it once iOS 9 was installed. So the notes that I had previously (on iOS 8) were synced to my Gmail account.


So, I went to Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Clicked the Gmail account that I had my notes synced with, and turned on the "Notes" button to the green "on" setting. From there, I waited about 1 minute and when I went into my notes, they were back.


Hope this helps.

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Sep 29, 2015 12:57 PM in response to hugobossatx

Hi,


I recently came across the same problem. What I realized was that I deleted my Gmail off my Iphone and reinstalled it once iOS 9 was installed. So the notes that I had previously (on iOS 8) were synced to my Gmail account.


So, I went to Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Clicked the Gmail account that I had my notes synced with, and turned on the "Notes" button to the green "on" setting. From there, I waited about 1 minute and when I went into my notes, they were back.


Hope this helps.

Oct 7, 2015 9:26 AM in response to jlkjr4

That is exactly what happened to me.

I recently deleted a gmail account off my phone before I upgraded to iOS 9. My Notes were gone after the upgrade (and probably even before that when I deleted the account, but I didn't happen to look until after the upgrade).

I added my original gmail account back in, and the Notes were instantly recovered and available!

Thanks for the tip. 🙂

iphone iOS9 software deleted my notes

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