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iPhone died and, upon powering up, all texts were deleted

Posted on 8/9/16 at 5:17 pm
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66441 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 5:17 pm
WTF? It's a POS 5s and has been having weird glitches upon dying (like contact names not showing up at first) but this shite is ridiculous. I have sensitive work information in my texts that I need. When I do spotlight search, I can see the texts, so they are clearly hiding somewhere.

Anyone have experience with this? Apparently Ifonebox or something can help recover, but I'd rather not shell out $50 for something that might work. Does Icloud save texts?
Posted by Croacka
Denham Springs
Member since Dec 2008
61441 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 5:45 pm to
If you restore from a previous backup, they should come back

They aren't specifically synced in iCloud as messages but they are part of the backup I believe.
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66441 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 6:16 pm to
Thanks baw, I will try it tonight
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22171 posts
Posted on 8/9/16 at 6:36 pm to
Is this a cover up thread for the girlfriend to see you "didn't delete those messages"
Posted by shotcaller1
Member since Oct 2014
7501 posts
Posted on 8/10/16 at 9:31 am to
Gotta move the nudes man
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28943 posts
Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:36 am to
quote:

Is this a cover up thread for the girlfriend to see you "didn't delete those messages"



last night i was at the pool with the kids and my wife sat out.

when i got out of the pool she was on my phone (we both have a "you can look at my phone anytime you want policy") but i still had that moment of terror.... crap, i hope i didn't leave it on a TD thread about olympic hotties or something.

fortunately the only grief i got was for sending impolite GIFs in texts to my friend recently.
This post was edited on 8/10/16 at 10:37 am
Posted by vuvuzela
Oregon
Member since Jun 2010
14663 posts
Posted on 8/10/16 at 4:37 pm to
quote:

we both have a "you can look at my phone anytime you want policy"


That's not how I roll.
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66441 posts
Posted on 8/11/16 at 1:06 am to
Update: Found an iCloud backup from August 5th and it gave me my texts back. whew. thanks guys.

backup your shite, move the nudes
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2013
22171 posts
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:10 am to
I can't divulge my secrets as my spousal partner knows my name.
Posted by 3nOut
Central Texas, TX
Member since Jan 2013
28943 posts
Posted on 8/11/16 at 8:39 am to
quote:

That's not how I roll.



fair enough. it is for us. i work in blocking pornography. she knows what i see on a regular basis
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