I am trying to retrieve some deleted text and contacts from my iphone. The phone is jailbroken on the old software since I have been unable to find a hack for the newer software that you dont have to hook your phone to a computer if it dies. I don't want to lose my jailbreak, but I want my text and contacts. Itunes says that when it restores it will update the software is there a way to stop it from updating the software and just restore? I am scared to click on the button just to see what it will do or say. Please help and TIA! I hope this is not confussing.
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JailBreak/Restore Question
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Did you sync your iphone before you deleted those texts in order to create a backup file that has them included?
You dont need to restore the firmware then.
You can just right click on the iphone icon on itunes and select restore from backup.
You dont need to restore the firmware then.
You can just right click on the iphone icon on itunes and select restore from backup.
I did a backup after the deletion I read online that it could restore stuff that had been deleted because it stored it in a "to be deleted" file. True or no?
Not true.
There is no recycle bin on the iphone.
If you didnt back them up on itunes before you deleted them they are gone.