How to Retrieve Deleted Text Messages on iPhone 6/ 6 Plus without iTunes backup?

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Jan 16, 2015

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So I lost about 100 text messages on my new iPhone 6 Plus, and I didn’t restore my iPhone with iTunes, so the problem may not be iTunes. Is there any way possible to get my messages back? I will appreciate all of your suggestions, thanks.

Recovering deleted messages from iPhone is always a hot topic among iPhone users. The messages in iPhone can be deleted by accident or get lost with different reasons. iPhone users will get worried if they lose really important messages in their iPhone, and they will try to get the lost messages back.

iPhone 6 Plus runs with iOS 8, and it doesn’t provide any secure methods to prevent messages from getting lost. Therefore, people will need to retrieve deleted messages from iPhone 6 Plus when the messages are gone. Restoring iPhone with iTunes is the fastest way to get the lost files back to iPhone. Users only need to plug their iPhone into computer via USB cable, and choose “Restore” in the summary panel when the iPhone is recognized by iTunes. Choose the iPhone backup and click “Restore” to start restoring iPhone with the iPhone backup.

Besides iTunes, users can use iClloud as well. Before using iCloud, users need to ensure that they have enabled iCloud on their computer. Users can go to Settings > iCloud to have a check. When the users want to restore iPhone with iCloud backup, they only need to go to iCloud on their iPhone and enter the Apple ID, then choose “Restore Backup” in the screen. After that, iCloud will display 3 most recent backups you have made, and you can choose the one that contains your lost message to restore.

iTunes and iCloud and both helpful for you to recover deleted messages on iPhone 6 Plus. But if you have added new data after the messages get lost, you may want to use another method to get your lost message back without messing up with the new iPhone data. At this moment, an iPhone data recovery program will provide you much help. Among all the data recovery programs for iOS devices, Leawo iOS Data Recovery can be regarded as one of the best. This software enables users to recover deleted files from iOS devices and iTunes backups, and it exports the recovered files to computer in viewable files. The following guidance will show you how to retrieve deleted messages on iPhone 6 Plus, and you are allowed to free download the software to have a try. Note that the trial version will stop at the preview window.

How to Retrieve Deleted Messages on iPhone 6 Plus

Choose Recovery Mode

Run Leawo iOS Data Recovery on your computer, and you will see two recovery modes. One is “Recover from iOS Device”, and the other is “Recover from iTunes Backup”. Choose the former recovery mode and connect iPhone to computer with the USB cable. Leawo iOS data Recovery will recognize and analyze your iPhone.

Select Messages to Recover

After the analysis of the iPhone, this software will start to scan the contents in your iPhone. Choose “Messages” in the left sidebar after the scan, and check “Only display deleted items” at the left bottom. Check the messages you need and click the “Recover” button at the right bottom.

Choose Target Folder

After clicking the recover button, you will see a pop-up dialog. Click “Open” in the dialog to choose a folder on your computer to save the exported messages. Then click “Go” at the right bottom to start recovering deleted messages on iPhone 6 Plus.

When the recovering process is finished, you will get the recovered messages in the target folder. The messages will be saved in a CSV file and an HTML file, and can be viewed on your computer with no efforts.

Leawo iOS Data Recovery is helpful for various kinds of data recovery issues of iOS devices, and it helps for all kinds of iOS devices. For example, you can recover deleted notes from iPad with the help of this software. So don’t hesitate to check it out if you are interested.

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