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Recovering a message

Hey so I deleted a message from my phone that I need and I think I recovered that message but I don’t see it

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Mar 27, 2023 7:07 PM

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Posted on Mar 27, 2023 7:13 PM

Otan_ Said:

"Recovering a message: Hey so I deleted a message from my phone that I need and I think I recovered that message but I don’t see it"

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Recovering Deleted Messages:


What to Consider:


A. Visit this Site: Recover Deleted Text Messages On your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


B. Restore from Today's Backup:

Restore your iPhone from a backup of it that contains these messages, and you could recover them.


C. Check Messages App:

If messages was enabled on your iPhone along with your Apple computer, then check and see if the Messages app is enabled on your Mac to see if it exists in it. You'd start up your Mac, not connecting to the Internet, and open the Massages app. Then proceed from there with retrieving it. Important: Be certain you do not connect to the Internet while booting up, as syncing would delete it. So, power off your router to avoid the connection.


D.  Check your Carrier’s Site:

Log in to your Carrier’s site, seeing if you can view a history there. Doing so, I can see a call log going back 90 days —but not a text messages log.

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Mar 27, 2023 7:13 PM in response to Otan_

Otan_ Said:

"Recovering a message: Hey so I deleted a message from my phone that I need and I think I recovered that message but I don’t see it"

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Recovering Deleted Messages:


What to Consider:


A. Visit this Site: Recover Deleted Text Messages On your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support


B. Restore from Today's Backup:

Restore your iPhone from a backup of it that contains these messages, and you could recover them.


C. Check Messages App:

If messages was enabled on your iPhone along with your Apple computer, then check and see if the Messages app is enabled on your Mac to see if it exists in it. You'd start up your Mac, not connecting to the Internet, and open the Massages app. Then proceed from there with retrieving it. Important: Be certain you do not connect to the Internet while booting up, as syncing would delete it. So, power off your router to avoid the connection.


D.  Check your Carrier’s Site:

Log in to your Carrier’s site, seeing if you can view a history there. Doing so, I can see a call log going back 90 days —but not a text messages log.

Recovering a message

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