Find text messages are lost on your iPhone or you have deleted important text messages on the new iPhone by mistake? Don't panic! It is still possible to recover them back! But you have to keep in mind that you should take action the sooner, the better! That's because lost data can be overwritten by the new data you saved to the iPhone later on. In that case, the lost text messages can't be recovered any more and you will never see them again. Last time we talked about recovering contacts from iPhone. Here in this article, we focuses on iPhone SMS recovery.
As I mentioned before, deleted text messages can be overwritten by new coming data. Therefore, please stop using the iPhone Xs Max as soon as you have discovered the SMSes are missing. Then, you will need an iPhone Xs Max SMS recovery tool named Coolmuster iOSRescuer. It is a simple to use, yet professional solution for the data recovery for iPhone 14/13/12/11/Xs Max/XR/Xs, iPhone 8/8 Plus, iPhone 7/7Plus, iPhone 6S/6/5S/5, iPad and iPod whether you have a backup or not. It supports to recover not only text messages, but also contacts, photos, videos, call history, calendar, notes, bookmarks, etc.
Next, we are going to tell you how to recover SMS from iPhone Xs Max with or without iTunes backup:
Part 1. Retrieve Deleted Text Messages from iPhone Directly
Part 2. Restore Lost SMS on iPhone via iTunes Backup
First of all, click the following buttons to get the free trial version of the iPhone recovery tool.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone to computer
Install and launch the SMS recovery tool for the iPhone Xs Max on your computer. You will see two options displayed on its primary interface: Recover from iOS Device and Recover from iTunes Backup File. Just choose the Recover from iOS Device option and connect your iPhone to the computer via USB cable.
Step 2: Scan your iPhone for lost messages
Click "Start Scan" button on the bottom right and the program starts to detect the connected iPhone and show it in interface. All the recoverable file types are listed on the left sidebar and for this topic, you can choose "SMS" tab only.
Step 3: Start iPhone recovery process
The program will automatically scan your iPhone to find out all lost text messages. Just preview the scanned out messages and tick off those you need. Finally, you can press the "Recover" button to begin the SMS recovery process for your iPhone.
We have discussed about: Transfer Contacts from iPhone to Computer
Step 1: Scan your iTunes Backup
If you have an iTunes backup file containing the lost text messages you need, you can start the iPhone Xs Max SMS recovery software and choose Recover from iTunes Backup File from the primary interface. Select the backup file you want to recover and hit "Start Scan" button.
Step 2. Preview and restore contacts on iPhone
The iPhone SMS recovery software starts to scan the backup file and show all the contained files on its interface. Click on the "SMS" tab and select the messages you want back. Then, hit on the "Recover" button to save them on your computer.
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