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p0ssumman

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Jun 17, 2009
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I've recently had to wipe my iPhone 3G and, obviously, I now want to restore from a previous backup...Luckily enough I made a backup yesterday so I know all my messages etc are still around on my mac (somewhere!), the problem is as follows..

I click restore, select my 3.0 firmware and my iPhone restores, no problem..it then asks me which backup i'd like to use, I select the one i want and the progress bar appears and after about 10 mins it completes at which point I would assume it has synced my messages, notes etc back to my iPhone, just as i left it (obviously apart from the music and apps)...but it hasnt, i just get what looks like a default home-screen with no notes or messages...Can anyone shed any light on how i get my messages back as I have some important messages I really dont want to lose...

Thanks in advance!
 
UPDATE: After restoring again I now have my mail and notes etc all back on my phone, everything except my texts, is it even possible to retrieve them?..
 
It backs up the following:

SMS Messages
Contacts
All Application Settings
Home Screen icon order
Photos taken with the Camera
Wallpaper image
Bookmarks
Calendar Events
Phone Favorites
Voicemail Messages
Notes

It doesn't backup:
Music
Sync'd photos
Applications
Videos

See the above and the thread that's linked. Supposedly your texts are backed up.
 
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