I got an iPhone 6s and after I restored my iPhone 6s from iCloud backup, I found that all my messages are lost. I read a piece of news and found that most people had the same problem here. So can you show me how to retrieve lost messages from my iPhone 6s? Thanks in advance. iPhone 6s, iOS 9.1.
Recently, most iPhone 6s owners have the above problem that when restoring from iCloud backup, messages are missing from iPhone 6s. It turns out that it is impossible to be safe when using iCloud. So how do you retrieve those lost messages when you encounter the issue? Actually, there is always a viable method to help you find missing messages from iPhone 6s.
In order to retrieve lost messages from iPhone 6s, what you need is the help from iFonebox, which is a powerful iOS data recovery software to help you recover lost data like messages, call history, notes, contacts, WeChat data and more from your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Also, it is a great helper to extract and restore lost data from your iTunes or iCloud backup without wiping any data on your iDevice. So if you get an iTunes backup for your missing messages here, you have another choice to recover lost messages from iTunes backup. Here, I will show you how to recover lost messages from iPhone 6s directly as well as restoring messages from iTunes backup selectively.
Before that, it is necessary for you to download and install iFonebox on your computer. There are two versions accessible: Windows version and Mac version. Just pick out one to install according to your computer model.
Part one. Retrieve lost messages from iPhone 6s directly
After installation of iFonebox on your computer, now you can refer to the simple steps.
Step 1. Launch iFonebox. Choose "Recover from iOS Device" mode. Remember to plug in your iPhone 6s to the computer with USB cable. If you are the first time to connect your iPhone 6s to the computer, there will be a pop-up window to remind you to trust the computer. Click "Start" button to begin.
Step 2. Scan messages from your iPhone 6s. Just click on "Messages" item to start the scanning and analysis process.
Step 3. Preview and choose lost messages to recover. After scanning, now you can select those missing messages and then, click "Recover to PC" button to retrieve your iPhone 6s lost messages.
Part two. Restore lost messages from iTunes backup selectively
If you have an iTunes backup for your lost messages, iFonebox will help you to view and extract them from iTunes backup. Steps are listed below.
Step 1. Run iFonebox. Choose "Recover from iTunes Backup". All iTunes backup files on your computer will be detected by iFonebox. Just pick out one containing your lost messages to restore. Click "Select" to begin.
Step 2. Scan messages from selected iTunes backup. Click on "Messages" item to start the scanning and analysis process.
Step 3. Preview and choose lost messages to restore. You can select lost messages to restore via clicking "Recover to PC" button.
The above are two methods to help you retrieve lost messages from iPhone 6s with iFonebox, convenient and powerful. Hope it is helpful to you.
