Q: Missing all but 2 of my local Notes after iOS 10.0.2 update
I backed up my iPhone 6s with iTunes 12.5.1.21 and then installed iOS 10.0.2. Now my extensive list of local notes has dwindled to only 2. I had the Notes app set to store them "On My iPhone" because I have had trouble with notes disappearing when the app would sync with iCloud in the past.
It seems there's no way to prevent losing data with this app.
I don't see any Notes listed in iTunes for my device either and the Notes app on my Mac has no saved notes, since I have never used it.
Any help would be appreciated regarding recovery and future prevention.
These are important notes that I can't simply rewrite from my personal memory.
iPhone 6s, iOS 10.0.2
Posted on Sep 29, 2016 3:20 PM
Looks like there are some 3rd party utilities to recover lost notes.
I used Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery and it worked okay (can't complain much since it is free), though many of my longer notes were truncated, at least I got them back, and could restore the missing parts from other resources. Now I have to figure out the best way to back them up so they won't get lost next time.
On a side note, I have an iPhone 4s which got dunked in the Yuba River, and I'm going to try one of the 3rd party utilities to see if I can recover the photos and videos on it... It starts up, but the screen is black...
Posted on Sep 30, 2016 10:26 AM