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Recover text messages

  • 23-05-2017 06:09PM
    #1
    Duncanwooly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭


    Hello,

    I'm trying to recover text messages that are stored in an encrypted backup. I have the backup file, I have an app for opening it. I remember what the encryption password is, but I can't get any further.

    Does anyone know how I can get them?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    gizmo81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭gizmo81


    Hi hope it's ok to bump this. I asked DuncanWooly to ask this for me.
    Is there any folk on boards.ie that could help me recover the content of these messages.

    Basically I swiped right, my backups were all iCloud back-ups I believe as opposed to iTunes.

    Dunc has a little more tech information in the OP about encryptions and the like which is way over my head.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you :)


  • #3
    jamesd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭jamesd


    So you have a backup in iTunes - could you restore your phone from this backup and get you texts then?


  • #4
    gizmo81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭gizmo81


    Hey thanks.

    Yes I found a back-up from Nov on my iTunes on my laptop. So Duncwooly is gonna try restore my phone to that point 2moro and hopefully get the messages.

    Then we just need the messages from December to Feb which is the oldest iCloud back up i have.


    jamesd wrote: »
    So you have a backup in iTunes - could you restore your phone from this backup and get you texts then?


  • #5
    jamesd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭jamesd


    After the restore from iTunes you could backup the text messages using a text message backup app then restore your phone back from iCloud and restore the text messages back again with the app and have all that way.


  • #6
    gizmo81
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭gizmo81


    I think I get what you mean. I'll report back 2moro helpfully with all the texts.

    Thanks for the advice I appreciate it :)
    jamesd wrote: »
    After the restore from iTunes you could backup the text messages, restore them back from iCloud and restore the text messages back again and have all that way.


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