Text Message Backups/Restores

_Kaiser_

Hey all,

First off I may as well say I know almost nothing about iPhones, IOS or iTunes - I'm an IT manager but I've always had Androids or Windows Phones so this question may be stupid and any answers should be written as such

One of our managers needs to restore text/SMS messages from last week to their iPhone. They updated to IOS 7 at the weekend and I'm told they did to a backup to their personal laptop via iTunes first (they are bringing phone and laptop to me tomorrow).

So...
- Would a standard iTunes backup (they aren't very technical so I doubt settings were changed) have included text messages?
- Where would this backup be stored and how do I go about restoring it?
Can I restore individual messages? The one they're after was deleted AFTER the upgrade to IOS 7
- Anything else I need to know?

Thanks in advance folks

Zcott

I'm pretty sure it does contain your texts. You could try restoring from the backup to test.

If you want an app to poke around inside the backups, iBackup Extractor is what you're after.

shanec1928

the backup should have your texts but as you will be backing up to a back up a week or so ago you will lose those texts that you got in the meantime.

_Kaiser_

Cheers lads.. I used that app that Zcott recommended and it basically did all the hard work for me - just selected the text they wanted and exported it to HTML.

2 min job and I look like a genius

Thanks again!