How to Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone 4/iPhone 4s/iPhone 3GS etc?

[Channethan]

"How do you recover deleted iphone sms messages once deleted? I have lost my deleted sms messages forever... is there any, any way via a program or anything that can recover deleted sms from iphone 3gs? if anyone knows a way please tell me i would really appreciate it, but if there is not then also tell me but please be polite... thanks!" - from Michael on Yahoo answer.

A lot more iPhone users are asking for help to recover deleted SMS messages which they deleted accidentally or intentionaly. General speaking, it's impossible to recover deleted SMS from iPhone. But if you've ever synced your iPhone with iTunes, there does be a way. You will need the support from an iPhone data recovery.

This SMS data recovery enables you to recover deleted SMS messages for iPhone from your previous backup files on iTunes, it does not matter you are using iPhone 5/4S/4, iPhone 3GS or the previous versions. Besides SMS, it also can assist to find back your previous Contacts, Notes, Calendar and Call History, and also lost photos and video.

Part 1: Directly recover deleted SMS from iPhone 5/4s/4/3GS

Step1. Connect your iPhone to the computer
First of all, connect your iPhone 5/4S/4/3Gs to the computer and run the program after installing. An interface as follow will display. Then move to the next step.


Step2. Enter the DFU mode and scan iPhone
Now, you need to get into the DFU mode before scanning, according to the steps below:
1. Hold your iPhone and click "Start" button.
2. Pressing "Power" and "Home" buttons simultaneously for 10 seconds.
3. After 10 seconds, release "Power" button, but keep holding "Home" for another 10 seconds.
After that, you'll get a message saying that you've successfully entered the DFU mode, and the software begins scanning your iPhone.


Step3. Preview and recover iPhone messages
When the scan finishes, all found data will be listed in clear, organized categories. Choose "Messages" to preview the detailed content. Mark those you want and click "Recover" to save them on your compute with one click.
Note: Data found here includes deleted data and those still on your iPhone. If you only want back your deleted ones, you can refine the scan result by using the slide button at bottom to only display deleted items.



Part 2: Scan and extract iTunes backup to recover iPhone SMS

Step1. Scan your iTunes backup
After installing and running the program, move to "Recover from iTunes Backup File" and you'll get the interface as follow. All your iTunes backup files have been found and displayed. Choose the one for your iPhone and click "Start Scan".


Step2. Preview and recover iPhone SMS
When the scan finishes, all the content contained in the backup file will be extracted and displayed in categories as Photos & Videos, Contacts, Messages, Call History and Notes. You can preview the detailed content of any of them before you perform the SMS recovery for iPhone.

To recover deleted SMS from iPhone 4/4S/iPhone 3GS, you only need to check the "Messages" option and hit the "Recover" to save all the messages on your computer.


Step3. Do backup well
In order to avoid losing your important SMS messages, immedate backup is very important and useful. Don't forget to backup them on your computer well.

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[Marrily]

The tutorial will tells you How to Recover Deleted Text Messages from iPhone
What's more, if you want to print your iPhone text messages, you can read:
How to Transfer iPhone SMS to PC and Print SMS

[Yeway]

iPhone Backup Extractor - Recover Data from iPhone Backup Files

Accidently deleted Data from iPhone? Lost or broken your iPhone?  Failed iOS update? If you have ever synced your iPhone with iTunes on computer, Backuptrans iTunes Backup Extractor is a good iPhone Data Recovery program can help you recover lost or deleted iPhone data from iTunes Backup files. It offers you the fast & simple-to-use way to extract and recover your iPhone data such as video, photo, camera roll, voicemail, Message, contact, note, calendar event, call history, voice memo, Safari bookmark and App Data etc from iTunes Backup. Easy to use software and no technical knowledge required. If you are using Mac, please download iTunes Backup Extractor for Mac to use.



Unlike other iTunes Data Recovery programs(that can only extract data from iTunes backup on computer), Backuptrans iTunes Backup Extractor supports data restore also. It provides an easy way to restore SMS Messages, Contacts, calendar events, notes, bookmarks from iTunes Backup back to your iPhone directly. All data from iTunes Backup will be merged perfectly on your iPhone. Restoring data to a new iPhone is also supported.


Features:
1 Extract data from iTunes Backup on computer
2 Recover Message, contact, note, calendar, call history, voice memo, photo, video, voicemail App Data etc
3 Restore SMS, Contact, calendar, note, bookmark etc to iPhone, iPod, iPad directly
4 Retrieve data from encrypted iTunes Backup with your backup password
5 Detect all iTunes Backup files automatically on computer
6 Smart File System to view and extract all data in iTunes backup to file
7 Work perfectly for all iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch


Extract and Recover iPhone Photos, Videos, Camera Rolls ect



Recover iPhone SMS Messages, Contacts, Notes, Calendar events and Bookmarks




Watch Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q23e-lZ3t14


Tutorials:
* iPhone Backup Extractor - Recover iPhone Data from iTunes Backup
* How to Recover lost iPhone Photos from iTunes Backup?
* How to Recover lost iPhone Videos from iTunes Backup?
* How to Recover iPhone SMS Messages from iTunes Backup?
* How to Recover deleted or lost iPhone Contacts from iTunes Backup?
* How to Recover deleted or lost iPhone Notes from iTunes Backup?
* How to Recover iPhone Calendar Events from iTunes Backup?
* How to Recover iPhone Bookmarks from iTunes Backup?


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iPhone SMS Backup & Restore - offers all solutions for all serious iPhone users. It not only supports iPhone SMS to computer backup & export, but also enables users to restore SMS backup from computer database to a new iPhone or back to your old iPhone. No other iPhone utility softtware does more.

iPhone Contacts Backup & Restore - offers a perfect solution for all iPhone users to backup, restore and manage iPhone Contacts. It's convenient and safe. It not only supports iPhone Contacts backup to computer, but also enables users to restore contacts backup from computer database to iPhone, either a new iPhone or your old iPhone.

Best luck!

[Jincer1]

Usually, iTunes will automatically backup your iPhone when you sync with iTunes. If you have the backup, then the SMS recovery will be easily:

Here are the steps:
Click the "File" menu and select "Devices" > "Restore from Back up".
Or
Open the iOS device's "Summary" tab. There are two ways to access this:
Click the device button in the upper right corner. (If viewing the iTunes Store, click the Library button in the upper right corner. The device button will then be visible.)
From any view in iTunes, click the "View" menu and select "Show Sidebar". Select your iOS device in iTunes under "Devices:.
Click the "Restore Backup" button.

For more details, see:
how to recover deleted sms from iPhone

If you haven't had a time to back up before the deletion, or you just don't want to restore the whole iPhone with the backup file, here are the solutions:
how to recover deleted photos from iPhone 4
how to recover deleted contacts on iPhone
In this step-by-step guide, 3 methods to retrieve data on iPhone are introduced, including:
Recover directly from iPhone;
Recover under iPhone DFU mode;
Extract from iTunes backup