I need your help. Some text messages were lost after my iPhone was updated to the latest iOS 9.3.2. It bothers me and I am unwilling to connect my iPhone to the computer and restore lost messages from iTunes backup, for I am afraid to lose other data on my iPhone. So do you have a better method to help me get back lost messages from my iPhone? Thanks for your help. iPhone 6, iOS 9.3.2
Apple just released its new iOS 9.3.2 to the public to fix some tiny bugs. However, after update to iOS 9.3.2, some people lost important data like text messages on iPhone, just as the above iPhone user described. Thus, is there any way to recover lost messages after iPhone update to iOS 9.3.2?
The easiest way is to restore from backup once some messages are missing. But the problem is when restoring from iTunes or iCloud backup directly, you may take the risk of losing other data on your iOS device. So many people are looking for a safer and better method to retrieve iPhone lost messages after update to iOS 9.3.2. Don't panic. I have found a great method to help you get back lost messages so long as under the help from iFonebox, the best iPhone text messages recovery tool.
As the professional iPhone data recovery software, without the help from iFonebox, it is quite difficult to find lost messages due to iOS update. Instead, with iFonebox, you can not only recover deleted or missing messages from your iPhone,iPad and iPod touch directly, but extract and restore lost messages from iTunes or iCloud backup selectively without erasing any data from your iPhone. So far, you should have had realized that it is quite important to back up iPhone data before update to iOS 9.2. Next, I will show you detailed steps to find missing messages.
Before that, it is necessary to download and install iFonebox on your computer firstly. There are two versions accessible: Windows version and Mac version.
How to recover lost messages after iPhone update to iOS 9.3.2?
If you want to recover found text messages back to your iPhone, you'd better turn on Airplane Mode when connect your iPhone to the computer, just in case of messages transferring failure because of new text messages received during the process.
Launch iFonebox. Choose Recover from iOS Device mode. Please connect your iPhone to the computer with USB cable so as to scan and recover lost text messages to it. Once connected successfully, your iPhone will be detected by iFonebox. If it is the first time to connect your iPhone to the computer, you need to choose Yes when asked whether to "Trust the computer" on your iPhone screen. Click Start button to begin.
Scan Messages from iPhone. Just click on Messages item to start scanning. If you have a larger data for deleted messages, it may time longer time to scan those deleted messages. So be patient.
Preview and select deleted messages to recover. After automatic scanning, you have the chance to preview and choose deleted messages you need, and then, Click Recover to Device button to end the process. Once clicked, just follow the reminders pop-up from the software. You need to turn off Find My iPhone in advance. After restoring, your iDevice will be restarted and then upgrade. Once all are done, those selected old messages have been in your iPhone safely and successfully.
Notes: if you have an iTunes or iCloud backup for those lost messages, you have another choice: to restore messages from backup selectively via iFonebox. Just choose Recover from iTunes/iCloud Backup mode and then, do the similar steps as above to get back lost messages after iPhone update to iOS 9.3.2.
