I am in urgent need of restoring a iPhone Old Backup. I have a backup that says unknown and a iPad Backup that was saved at OS 10.3.3.
The restore finishes but there is no iMessage content in it. Like a fresh iPhone.
I have also tried a force reset by holding Home and Side Bar to restore from iTunes and same result.
HELP!
You can restore any backup to a device with the same or later iOS version, but not an older version. There are a number of backup extractor programs for computers that can save contents of a backup. Some are free, others paid, but all of them work. Probably the most robust (and expensive) is https://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/.
Yes I know this after extensive googling and 4 days of restoring, re-immaging and so on. In addition you can not restore a prior backup that was saved at a down level iOS version. I MUST restore a iPad 10.3.3 backup SOMEWHERE to retrieve backed up messages. I currently have a iPhone 5 (10.3.3), MacBook Pro, iPhone 6s and also a 5th Generation iPad which can NOT be downgraded to 10.3.3 because A 10.3.3 does not support iPad 5th Generation and B Apple does not have signed OS any longer for prior versions... I have spent days learning this.
if anybody knows a 3rd Party Tool that can let obtain those message please advise. It's extremely important to obtain the messages from that backup. I thought I was golden as I have a iPhone5 at 10.3.3 but messages do not transfer from iPad backup. Ayygh carumba.
Thanks for referral and answers.
Can I use my device's backup for another kind of device, like an iPhone backup for an iPad?
While you can restore a device from a backup of another kind of device, like using an iPad backup for an iPhone, certain types of content won't transfer. This content includes photos, Messages and attachments in Messages*, Voice Memos, and apps that aren't compatible with the device that you’re setting up. For example, apps compatible only with iPad won't transfer to your iPhone.
* If your devices use iCloud and Messages in iCloud, your iMessages and text (SMS) and multimedia (MMS) messages are automatically stored in iCloud.
restore ipad backup to iphone does not restore the contents
