{"id":13768,"date":"2013-05-21T03:50:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T11:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/?p=13768"},"modified":"2013-06-14T03:49:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T11:49:59","slug":"how-to-recover-deleted-sms-from-iphone-44s53gs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/how-to-recover-deleted-sms-from-iphone-44s53gs.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone 5\/4S\/4\/3GS","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<em>\u201cCan I retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone? If so, how?<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Last week, when I was scanning the text messages and deleting some unimportant ones, my iPhone asks me if I wanted to deleted the messages, I hit \u201dYes\u201d. When I returned to message inbox again, Whoops, I couldn\u2019t believe what I saw! It was not until that moment that I realized that what I just deleted were the important ones that I hadn\u2019t intended to remove. I really need to recover deleted text messages on my iPhone 4. Can someone help?\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\nAlmost every iPhone user may have suffered or be suffering message loss like the condition above, and usually it seems impossible to find back deleted iPhone messages because a device like iPhone doesn&#8217;t usually have a &#8220;Trash&#8221; directory like a computer. However, we have other solutions to <strong>recover deleted iPhone messages<\/strong>.\r\n<h2>Solution 1 Recover deleted SMS from iTunes backup with iTunes<\/h2>\r\nIf you have ever backed up your iPhone 5\/4S\/4\/3GS via iTunes, all of your iPhone messages still remain on the iTunes backup file on your computer, but we can\u2019t use the backup files directly. However, you can restore iPhone from iTunes backup by use of iTunes.\r\n\r\nThe inherent function of iTunes allows you to restore iPhone SMS, contacts, calendars, notes and settings directly from iTunes backup without need of any third-party software, but no iPhone firmwares can be recovered.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s very easy to operate, firstly, you should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>free download iTunes<\/strong><\/a>. Then connect your iPhone with the computer, and open the iTunes on your computer. Then find the \u201cDevices\u201d column on the left sidebar, and right click your iPhone shown on the \u201cDevices\u201d column and choose \u201cRestore from Backup\u201d, then choose a backup to restore. Usually the default storage location of the iTunes backup on your Windows computer is C:\\Users\\admin\\AppData\\Roaming\\Apple Computer\\MobileSync\\Backup.\r\n\r\n<a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/restore-iphone-from-itunes-backup.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_big aligncenter lazyload\" title=\"Restore iPhone from iTunes backup\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/restore-iphone-from-itunes-backup.jpg\" alt=\"Restore iPhone from iTunes backup\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/430;\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAfter a few minutes, all your iPhone data will be restored directly on your iPhone. But what you should know is that all the previous data of your iPhone will be replaced by the iTunes backup in this method.\r\n\r\n<strong>Reminder:<\/strong> The point to be noted is that if you have backuped your device or synced via iTunes after your data loss, you can\u2019t recover deleted SMS from iPhone 5\/4S\/4\/3GS, because the original iTunes backup where your messages are located have been replaced by the new backup without the messages.\r\n<h2>Solution 2 Recover deleted SMS by extracting iTunes backup with Leawo iOS Data Recovery<\/h2>\r\nBy this method, two \u201cNo need\u201d is available. Firstly, no need to connect your device, so even if your device is broken or lost, the iPhone 5\/4s\/4\/3GS SMS recovery is also feasible. Secondly, no need to open iTunes. The most importantly, never backup your device with iTunes once you have realized your data loss, or your recovery of deleted SMS will fail.\r\n\r\nWhat you need is just the professional iPhone\/iPad\/iPod data recovery software &#8211;<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/ios-data-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leawo iOS Data Recovery<\/a><\/strong>, which can work as an <strong>iPhone backup extractor<\/strong> by directly extracting previous iTunes backup on your computer.\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pt5 pl15 pb20 postDownload\" data=\"ios-data-recovery\"><\/div>\r\n\r\nThe iPhone backup extractor can recover up to 12 types of data including deleted text messages, Message Attachments (photos, videos, contacts &amp; voice memos), Camera Roll (photos &amp; videos), Photo Stream, Photo Library, Contacts, Call History, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos and Safari Bookmarks.\r\n\r\nSounds great? You can download the free trial version to evaluate the iPhone SMS retriever firstly. Follow the guide below to retrieve deleted messages from iPhone right now.\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 1<\/strong> Launch Leawo iOS Data Recovery and choose \u201cRecover from iTunes backup\u201d mode, and then choose an iTunes backup to achieve iPhone 5\/4s\/4\/3GS SMS recovery.\r\n\r\n<a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/images\/article\/ios-data-recovery\/select-itunes-backup.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_big lazyload\" title=\"Slect iTunes backup\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/images\/article\/ios-data-recovery\/select-itunes-backup-s.jpg\" alt=\"Slect iTunes backup\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 2<\/strong> After a few minutes, all the data in your iPhone backup will be listed in organized categories on the left sidebar. Preview the messages you want to find back from iPhone 5\/4S\/4\/3GS before recovery and tick them.\r\n\r\n<a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/images\/article\/ios-data-recovery\/preview-sms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_big lazyload\" title=\"Preview SMS messages\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/images\/article\/ios-data-recovery\/preview-sms-s.jpg\" alt=\"Preview SMS\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 3<\/strong> Click \u201cRecover\u201d button to start to recover deleted iPhone messages. When you choose output folder location, you\u2019d better tick the checkbox to automatically open output file after recovery. Just a few seconds, all the messages you choose to restore will be output to the designated file location of your computer, you can reimport the SMS messages to your iPhone by iTunes or iTools.\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"232\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13826 lazyload\" title=\"iPhone data recovery - recover\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ios-data-recovery-recover.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone data recovery - recover\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ios-data-recovery-recover.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/ios-data-recovery-recover-300x128.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 540px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 540\/232;\" \/>\r\n<h2>Solution 3 Recover deleted SMS directly from your device with Leawo iOS Data Recovery<\/h2>\r\nBy this method, all the data (including deleted SMS) of your iPhone 5\/4S\/4\/3GS can be found back easily under the second recovery mode of Leawo iOS Data Recovery software. You just need to download, install and launch Leawo iOS Data Recovery (for any iOS devices) or Leawo iPhone 4 Data Recovery (only for iPhone 4). If your device is an iPhone 4, you can choose both the two data recovery software. Now I\u2019ll take Leawo iPhone 4 Data Recovery as an example to teach you <strong>how to recover deleted SMS from iPhone 5\/4S\/4\/3GS<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pt5 pl15 pb20 postDownload\" data=\"ios-data-recovery\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 1<\/strong> Connect your iPhone 4 to the computer with an USB cable and then launch Leawo iPhone 4 Data Recovery. After that you should activate DFU mode of iPhone 4 by referring to the guide on the main interface of Leawo iPhone 4 Data Recovery.\r\n\r\n<a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/images\/article\/ios-data-recovery\/dfu-start-interface.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_big lazyload\" title=\"Start DFU mode of iPhone 4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/images\/article\/ios-data-recovery\/dfu-start-interface-s.jpg\" alt=\"Start DFU mode of iPhone 4\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 2<\/strong> After entering the DFU mode, the program will automatically begin scanning of the iPhone 4. After just several minutes, you will see all the data found in the scan, choose the &#8220;Messages&#8221; category to preview and tick the ones you want to retrieve from iPhone 4.\r\n\r\n<a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/leawo-iphone4-data-recovery-recover-from-device-preview-sms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_big lazyload\" title=\"Preview SMS of iPhone 4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/leawo-iphone4-data-recovery-recover-from-device-preview-sms.jpg\" alt=\"Preview SMS of iPhone 4\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/385;\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<strong>Step 3<\/strong> Click &#8220;Recover&#8221; button on the right corner of the interface to start recovery of SMS from iPhone 4.\r\n\r\n<a onclick=\"return hs.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/iphone4-data-recovery-recover-from-device-recover-sms.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_big lazyload\" title=\"Recover SMS from iPhone 4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/iphone4-data-recovery-recover-from-device-recover-sms.jpg\" alt=\"Recover SMS from iPhone 4\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 650\/385;\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nThe 3 solutions above are available for anyone who want to <strong>recover deleted text messages on iPhone <\/strong>5\/4S\/4\/3GS. Choose the one that fits you best. Good luck to you!\r\n\r\n<div class=\"pt5 pl15 pb20 postDownload\" data=\"ios-data-recovery\"><\/div>","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCan I retrieve deleted text messages from iPhone? If so, how? Last week, when I was scanning the text messages and deleting some unimportant ones, my iPhone asks me if I wanted to deleted the messages, I hit \u201dYes\u201d. 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