I often text my workmates, receive files and save them on your iPhone while commuting. Sometimes I have no time backing up my data to my computer. Recently, I found some important iMessages disappear! I even don't know why. I'm looking for ways to get the information back. --Judy
Lots of situations might cause data loss, such as device crashed, smashed or broken, device loss, jailbreak, iOS upgrade or factory settings restore. People run enormous risk caused by the loss of data while they are enjoying the convenience brought by the communication equipment. So it is very important to avoid data loss. iPhone Data Recovery is really a good tool for users to get lost data back. If you lose data and haven't a backup, you might as well have a try!
iPhone Data Recovery offers three modes of recover to deal with different situations. You can recover data directly from iPhone or retrieve previous data by extracting iTunes/iCloud backup.
Download the free trial version below to have a try!
Tutorials about how to Recover iMessages by using iPhone Data Recovery
Solution 1: Directly Recover iMessages from iOS devices
Step 1: Connect iPhone to computer & Scan data
Download and install the software, and run it on your computer. Then connect your iPhone to your computer. After your device is connected, click "Start Scan" in the window.
Note: If you are using iPhone 4/3GS/3G, you can choose "Advanced Mode" to get a deeper scan.
When it stops scanning, all the data on your iPhone will be extracted and displays in the below window. Look at the left pane of the window, the program provides a compact display of category options for users to find organized content. Preview iMessages content, and then tick items you need and recover them by clicking "Recover".
Note: In order to easily find your lost data, you can slide the button at the top of the window to only display deleted items.

Solution 2: Recover iMessages from iTunes backup
If you have used iTunes on the PC or Mac and synced over to your iPhone your iMessages, you can recover data from iTunes backup. There are two ways for you: directly recover an entire iTunes file or selectively extract data from iTunes backup by using the software.
Restoring data via iTunes is free of charge. But it's worth noting that all data in iTunes will be poured into your iPhone and your existing data on your iPhone will be erased or overwritten. In comparison, using iPhone Data Recovery to retrieve data will be safer because it supports selective recovery and no data on your iPhone will be overwritten.
Here's the tutorial about how to use this software to extract data from iTunes backup file.
Step1: Choose a recovery mode & Scan iTunes for data
After installing and launching the program, you'll be offered three recovery modes for choices. Choose "Recover from iTunes Backup file". Now there would be several iTunes backup files listing in the window. Choose the one for your iPhone and click "Start Scan" to scan the backup file and extract all the data including the missing ones.

Step2: Preview & Recover deleted iMessages
Now you can see all the contents of your iPhone listed in the window. Choose "iMessages" from the category options in the left pane of the window, preview and recover your deleted notes.
Solution 3: Recover iMessages from iCloud backup
To retrieve lost iMessages from iCloud, you need to backup your existing data on your iPhone first because by using this way, all data in iCloud files will be imported into your iPhone. It's quite inconvenient to recover all data including something useless. Therefore, to selectively recover lost data, iPhone Data Recovery is worth trying.
Here's the tutorial about how to use this software to etrieve iMessages from iCloud backup.

Now you can see all the contents of your iPhone listed in the window. Choose "iMessages" from the category options in the left pane of the window, preview and recover your deleted notes.
To retrieve lost iMessages from iCloud, you need to backup your existing data on your iPhone first because by using this way, all data in iCloud files will be imported into your iPhone. It's quite inconvenient to recover all data including something useless. Therefore, to selectively recover lost data, iPhone Data Recovery is worth trying.
Here's the tutorial about how to use this software to etrieve iMessages from iCloud backup.
Step 1. Run the program & log in your iCloud account
Launch the program on your computer and switch to the recovery mode of "Recover from iCloud Backup File" from the main menu bar. Then enter Apple ID and password to sign in your iCloud.
After signing in iCloud, the software will automatically display all your backup files in the window. Choose the one you want to recover and click Download.

Now you can see the software provides a compact display of category options for you to access a variety of organized items. Click "iMessages" option and preview contents of messages. Choose the messages you want and click "Recover". That's all. You've selectively restored your iMessages.
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