Restoring SMS without Jailbreak?

[Renecek]

Hello,

I want to backup my sms, update iOS and restore only SMS back to iphone. Is possible to do it without jailbreak? I hope, there is some way..

Thank you

[macfanboy]

Originally Posted by Renecek

Hello,

I want to backup my sms, update iOS and restore only SMS back to iphone. Is possible to do it without jailbreak? I hope, there is some way..

Thank you

Updating through the phone itself ( assuming 5.0.1 --> 5.1 ) should retain all SMS messages you had before the update.

[guineapig]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1256990

I tried this and it worked.
Just ask if you need help with the app

[Renecek]

you think app called iCopyBot? I see, it's just for music

[adnbek]

When iTunes backs up your phone, it includes all your SMSs. So if you do a restore, they'll come back.

Unless I didn't fully understand your question...

[Renecek]

It's simple. I want to make clean install of iOS 5.1 and I want to add my sms messages there.

[guineapig]

Not with iCopy Bot but with iBackup Bot...
In order you have to:
1. With iBackup Bot, export the sms data from your old cluttered iTunes backup.
2. Set up the iPhone as new, then create a fresh new backup within iTunes (not iCloud at the moment)
3. With iBackup Bot, re-import the sms data to the new backup.
4. Restore the new backup to the iPhone, then you can make an iCloud backup.
5. Ta-da! you have a clean iPhone with only your sms history in it.

[mwmw]

Backuptrans and iCopyBot are both paid programmes.

Is anyone aware of a free way to restore ONLY the SMS messages from a backup (or to backup the SMS messages on their own and restore them)?

The reason I ask is my 3GS running 5.1.1 doesn't run smoothly at all. Whenever I upgrade or restore my iPhone and then restore the backup to it, it runs very poorly. I want to do a clean iOS 5 install on my iPhone but I also want all of my SMS messages on it. The other content can be replaced.

Thanks

[undies1993]

Originally Posted by guineapig

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1256990

I tried this and it worked.
Just ask if you need help with the app

I need help por favor.

[rayrex]

Since the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2G run an iOS version that doesn't match what's on the 4S, iTunes would not allow this. You would either have to get an iPhone 4S on loan to restore your current data or just have iTunes retain the backup of the device being sent for repair until you get it back.
There is a Software named iPhone SMS Recovery for iPhone which can recover deleted iPhone text messages. It did a decent job recovering my iPhone SMS without even any iTunes backup.