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How to Recover Text Messages after iOS 12/13 Update

[Summary]: Lost text message, iMessages on iPhone after updating to iOS 12? Don’t Worry! This article shows you a few simple solutions to help you recover deleted text messages on iPhone XS/X/8/7/6s/6/5s/5c/4s/4, iPad Air/Pro/mini without backup.

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iPhone Texts Disappeared After iOS 12 Update

Apple released iOS 12 to fix the problems of iOS 11 and make iPhone/iPad and iPod devices run more stable and safe. After months of waiting, the Apple fans can’t wait to install the latest iOS 12 to reflect this newest operating system.However, like the previous iOS 11.4 / 11 / 10.3 update, there are some issues with this iOS update and result in data loss. When a text message was erased from an iPhone, it is simply marked as “deleted”, to be overwritten with new messages later. That’s why we recommend that you stop using the device right away after the text messages on iPhone is away from you.

In fact, so many situations can cause you to lose important information and drive you crazy, such as erroneous deletion, iOS update, jailbreak, iTunes or iCloud restoring,water damaged, device lost or broken, iPhone can not exit the recovery mode, iPhone stuck on Apple logo screen, iPhone frozen on reboot loop, etc. So, if you lose the text message, can you let them come back?

If your iPhone text messages disappeared and looking for a method to recover the lost iPhone texts, you should not miss this article. We give you a few solutions to recover lost SMS and other data after iOS 12 upgrade, as well as iOS 11.4.1, iOS 11 or iOS 10.

3 Optional Modes to Recover Lost iPhone Texts

Option 1: Find Lost iPhone Texts from an iCloud Backup

If you created a backup in iCloud before upgrading to iOS 12, you will be able to perform an iCloud restore to find and get back the lost iPhone messages. But restoring from iCloud backup will replace all the current data on your iDevice with the data from the last iCloud backup.

Step 1. Start by logging into your iCloud account.

Step 2. Click on the Text Messages icon. If it does not appear, there is a chance that your Messages have not been backed up in iCloud. (In this case, you should use the other two methods below.). If you do see the messages there, search through them to see if you have the ones you need.

Step 3. Go to Settings > iCloud on your iPhone/iPad.

Step 4. Turn off Text Messages in iCoud backup, then turn back on and you’ll see a pop-up. Select: ‘Keep on My iPhone’. Click on it.

Step 5. Return to iCloud Text Messages, tap ‘Merge’ and waitting for your text messages synced back onto your iPhone iPad device.

recover iphone texts in icloud backup

Option 2: Restore Lost Text Messages from an iTunes Backup

Restoring an old backup in iTunes will bring back those deleted messages. But this method will also overwrite all the current data you have created since your iTunes backup. Here’s how.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the PC with which you sync it. iTunes should open (if not, open it manually).

Step 2. Click the iPhone icon in the upper left inside iTunes.

Step 3.  Select “Restore Backup…” and select the latest or related backup to restore to your iPhone. All iPhone data in the previous backup will now be transferred to iPhone, replacing all the current data.

Option 3: Recover Lost iPhone Text Messages without Backup

Want to recover lost text messages from iPhone or iTunes/iCloud backup without any loss?

The correct way to handle accidentally deleted or lost iPhone message problem is to use an iPhone message recovery software to retrieve the deleted/lost messages from iPhone as soon as you can. iOS 12 Data RecoveryiPhone Data Recovery not only helps you recover lost message on iPhone after an iOS 12 update, but also allows you retrieve other contents like contacts, photos, videos, notes, call logs, calendars, voice memos, WhatsApp and documents from iPhone, iPad Pro/Air/Mini and iPod touch.The software enables you scan files from iPhone and save them as HTML/TXT/PDF to computer. Additionally, it is easy for you to recover lost iPhone/iPad files in 3 recovery modes: directly scan and recover lost SMS from iPhone; extract lost iPhone texts from iTunes backup; download data from iCloud backup and get back lost messages. Now let’s check out the steps about how to recover lost messages and messages attachments from iPhone X/8/7/6s/6 in iOS 12.

Download the program from the download icon shown as below. Then try to get lost text messages back from iPhone without backup.


How to Retrieve Lost Text Messages on iPhone Without Backup File

Step 1.Run iOS Data Recovery Software and Choose Directly Recovery Mode

Launch the iOS data recovery program on your computer and from the main window select “Recover from iOS Device.”

Run iOS 12 data recovery

Then click “Start” to begin the recovery process and in the main window, select “Message” as the file types you want to get back.

select message to recover

Step 2.Connect Your iPhone to the PC or Mac

Then connect the iPhone to the computer or Mac using USB cables,we also provides the iPhone Data Recovery for Mac for you retrieve lost messages from iPhone on Mac in three recovery modes.Once the program detects the iPhone, click “Scan” to begin analyzing the device.

connect iPhone to PC/Mac

Step 3.Looking for the Lost Text Messages on iPhone

In this step,the iPhone data recovery program begin looking for the missing text messages and message Attachment.

scanning iPhone

Step 4.Preview and Recover the Lost Messages from iPhone

Once the scanning process is complete, you should see all messages, both existing and deleted listed in the next window. Select the lost/deleted text messages and then click “Recover” to save them to your computer.

Recover Lost Text Messages from iPhone

Well done.You have directly get missing text messages back from iPhone lost due to iOS 11/iOS 12 update,if you have sync your device to iTunes or iCloud before,you can also using other recovery modes to “Recover SMS from iTunes Backup” and “Recover SMS from an iCloud Backup”.

Extra Tips: Back Up iPhone Messages To Losing Data Again

If the three recovery modes of iPhone Data Recovery cannot scan your deleted messages, it means that your data are completely overwritten by other new data. It seems that it is more necessary to back up iPhone regularly. Here we recommend an useful iOS data extraction tool – iOS Toolkit – iOS Data Backup & Restore software, which can help you back up only iPhone text messages, and you can also back up the entire iPhone with one click.

Step 1.Download and Install the Program on the Computer

First Download and install this program on your PC or Mac then launch it. By default, its main page is shown in the figure.

ios data backup & restore software

Step 2.Select Data to Backup

Connect your iPhone to the computer and choose Data Backup & Restore option on the first screen. A list of all your files will be displayed on the next screen. Choose the files that you wish to backup ahd click on “Next”.

select data to backup

Step 3.Start Backing iPhone Data

The program will start to backup your iPhone device. You can monitor the entire backing up process on the interface.

start backing up iphone data

Once your selected files has been backed up, click on the “Export to PC” option to save your backed up files on the computer. And you can easily restore the backup back to iPhone without erasing the currenet data.

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