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Flanker37 · Nov 30, 2014

I had a iphone 3gs, then 4 on 2 seperate 18 month contracts. Now i no longer have the iphone, i do however have an ipad.

A situation has presented itself, where i need to read my text messages from september 2012. As i may need to use this information as evidence.

Regular backups were made to itunes & the cloud.

Can anyone tell me how to retrieve this info?

TIA

Applejuiced · Nov 30, 2014

You cant restore an iphone backup file to an ipad.
Find an iphone and restore the oldest backup file you have available to see if the info you need is there.

mattopotamus · Nov 30, 2014

The carriers may have this information, but I am not sure. The NSA most definitely has it

Applejuiced · Nov 30, 2014

mattopotamus said:
The carriers may have this information, but I am not sure. The NSA most definitely has it

Lol

The NSA and CIA most definitely has it backed up and will probably keep it for about 20+ years in their data centers

aidenh37 · Nov 30, 2014

Applejuiced said:
Lol

The NSA and CIA most definitely has it backed up and will probably keep it for about 20+ years in their data centers

Just phone NSA/CIA! I'm sure they will be happy to give a copy of your data back to you!

Traverse · Nov 30, 2014

Like Applejuiced said, you can't restore an iPad from an iPhone backup.

Also, you need a more "unique" title.

aidenh37 · Nov 30, 2014

Traverse said:
Like Applejuiced said, you can't restore an iPad from an iPhone backup.

Also, you need a more "unique" title.

Yep.

jermy4 · Dec 1, 2014

There is a program called ibackupbot that will allow you to read your text messages from your backup data

http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm.

Beards · Dec 1, 2014

Likewise iExplorer allows you to copy all manner of content from one device to your computer and later transfer to another device.
http://www.macroplant.com/iexplorer/

Ken Kaniff · Dec 1, 2014

jermy4 said:
There is a program called ibackupbot that will allow you to read your text messages from your backup data

http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm.

Seconded.

Great program. Why someone suggested OP source a phone and restore a backup and blah blah blah is beyond me. Wow what a pain.

iBackupBot... USE IT!!

lordofthereef · Dec 1, 2014

Ken Kaniff said:
Why someone suggested OP source a phone and restore a backup and blah blah blah is beyond me.

They didn't know about the program, would be my first guess.

Applejuiced · Dec 1, 2014

lordofthereef said:
They didn't know about the program, would be my first guess.

Bingo

And also not sure how well a particular program works, with what model iphone backups and firmware version backups is compatible with and operating systems it runs on and also programs like that are not free and many many more other unknowns etc....
These are all 3rd party programs that some are questionable and also unsupported by Apple and not very user friendly.
Use at your own risk.

nostresshere · Dec 1, 2014

Traverse said:
Like Applejuiced said, you can't restore an iPad from an iPhone backup.

Also, you need a more "unique" title.

Yep.

Something like:

Phone Question
ATT Phone Question
Data
Issue
Help - ASAP
Iphone
Might be a stupid question, but...
Help Please
Newbie Here

(all have been used, often)

Flanker37 · Dec 2, 2014

thanks for your help guys, I tried this http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm. I dont have a itunes back-up on hard drive that i can find. i may have deleted this to save space. and when i logged into the icloud side of things, it only shows my ipad back-up.

I don't understand that, my iphone was backed up to the cloud many times

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