Is it possible to rescue iPad Mini lost iMessages? Retrieve lost iMessages from iPad Mini

As an iPad Mini user, I will share my own experience of retrieve lost iMessages in my iPad Mini.

As a texter, you may like iMessage, a service that’s an even better kind of texting. It is a good way for iPad users to text over Wi-Fi. Take me as an example, as an iPad Mini user, it is very convenient for me to communicate with my friend through iMessages as long as under the condition of Wifi. But I lost all my iMessage contents after my iPad Mini crashed. That would be a big trouble to me.

Thanks to one guy that recommend an iPad Mini iMessage extractor to me. Just with few steps, all of my lost iMessages comes back. I am going to share how to do that with all of you.


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How to retrieve lost iMessages from iPad Mini

First, just install the iPad Mini iMessage extractor, iFonebox on your computer and launch it, then connect iPad Mini to computer. I showed he main interface as follows for you.



Then you just need to choose “Recover from iOS Device” as the recovery mode and wait for the software to scan and analysis the iPad Mini automatically.



Finally, when the scanning is finished, all of my data in the iPad Mini is showed in the interface. What I need to do is click “iMessages” to preview all the iMessages. It could help me to recover these contents on my computer by clicking “Recover” button on the top right of the interface. Remember the folder location that restore these iMessages.



Hope my own experience will help these people who want to get their lost/deleted iPad iMessages.

You could download this software with below link:

Win: iFonebox
Mac: iFonebox for Mac

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An Easy way to recover deleted contacts from iPhone 5 itself

Is there anyway to recover contacts from iPhone 5 itself? Sure! This article tells you how to recover deleted iPhone contacts with 2 steps at ease.

My little son played my iPhone 5 and deleted several contacts by mistake, and I didn’t back them up with iTunes. Now I need them urgently, is there a way to recover data from my iPhone5 itself without iTunes backup? Please help! Thanks in advance.

Due to the special technology of iOS devices, it's not impossible to recover data directly from the iPhone itself. There is indeed such a program that enables you to recover contacts from iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4/3GS without iTunes backup files: iFonebox (Windows) or iFonebox (Mac).

Download the free trial version below to have a try.

Note: If you've synced your iPhone 5 with iTunes on your PC or Mac before losing your contacts, you can also recover your contacts by extracting the iTunes backup.



Recover iPhone 5 contacts without backup in 2 steps

The tutorial below is about the Windows version of iFonebox. If you are a Mac user, please read the guide for iFonebox (Mac) here: Recover iPhone contacts on Mac.

Before recovering deleted iPhone 5 contacts, you need to know that you shouldn't use your iPhone 5 for anything after you lost your contacts, because any operation on your iPhone 5 may overwrite the lost data. The best way is to power off your iPhone 5 until you get back you lost data.

Now follow the next steps to recover deleted iPhone 5 contacts without any backup files

Step 1. Connect your iPhone 5 to the computer

First of all, connect your iPhone to your computer, and then run iFonebox on PC. Here choose “Recover from iOS device”

For different iPhones, you can enter different recovery ways after you connect your iPhone. Below is the main window for all iPhones.



For iPhone 4/3GS, you can choose to go to the Advanced Mode to get a deeper scan for your iPhone. Just click on the “Advance Mode” button.

 

step 2. Preview & recover deleted contacts on your iPhone 5

After the scan, you can preview all data that have been found by iFonebox. Choose "Contacts" on the top and you can preview all your deleted contacts here as follow, including job titles, addresses, emails and more.




The data found here includes those contacts you have on your iPhone 5 now. If you only want to retrieve deleted contacts from your iPhone 5, check box “Only display the deleted items”. Then mark and recover them.

Further Reading

Recover deleted photos on iPhone: This article shows you how to recover deleted photos on iPhone.

How to Find and View iTunes Backup Files

This article shows you how to find iTunes backup file on your computer and view the whole contents manually in 2 steps

We all know that when we synced our iPhone/iPad/iPod to computer, iTunes will automatically generate a backup for the device. You can restore your iPhone from the previous backup any time you want.

The problem is do you know the location of iTunes backup file on your computer? If no, don't worry, this article show you where the iTunes backup is stored on your computer:

iTunes backup location on Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

iTunes backup location on Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
iTunes backup location on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

To quickly access the AppData folder, click Start. In the search bar, type %appdata% and press Return.

How can I view iTunes backup file on PC or Mac

Finding the backup file doesn't mean you've really got it. In order to protect personal privacy, iTunes backup is a kind of SQLITEDB file, which doesn't allow anyone to access or preview. You only can restore the whole backup to your iPhone, single SMS or contacts not permitted. If you want to access it, you need a tool like iFonebox (Windows & Mac). It empowers you to view all details of your iTunes backup content in 2 steps.
  

This step-by-step guide is based on Windows operating system. If you're a Mac user, the steps are actually the same.

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Step 1. Scan and Extract iTunes backup

Install and Launch iFonebox on your computer and you’ll get the window below. Please select the “Recover from iTunes backup”.



Here all your iTunes backup files will be found and displayed. Select the one you want to view and hit on “Start Scan” to get the details.



Step 2. Preview and recover iTunes backup files

After scanning finished, all files in iTunes backup are extracted including camera roll, contacts, messages, notes and so on. You are allowed to preview the contents of all files. Then choose what you want and click “Recover” to save them all on your Mac as readable files. In a few minutes, you can view them on your Mac.



More information: 

This program also enables you to recover data directly from iPhone/iPad/iPod. If you lost or deleted your important data and you have no backup files, you can use this software to scan you Phone/iPad/iPod directly and recover the lost or deleted files.

Can I Recover Photos From iPhone Backup file?

Q:  My iPhone was stolen recently while out with friend. I'm really bummed out about losing my iPhone, but that can be replaced. What I'm really worried about is getting some of the photos I stored on my phone but never transferred into iPhoto. I know whenever I connect my iPhone to PC it would sync and backup my data, but is there a way to extract photos from backup without an iPhone?  Sent by Gary

Editer: Sorry to hear your iPhone was stolen. But the good news is if you've backed up your iPhone, you can easily get back your photos by using this tool. iFonebox scans and retrieve iTunes' backup files on the computer and presents any recoverable photo via an image interface to preview. Export all of the photos at once or browse to pick and choose for restore. This software is free to try and scan backup data, and then $19.99 to unlock the recovery feature.

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With iFonebox, you can also pulls out contacts, photos, videos, SMS messages, notes, call history, voice memos, calendar events, reminders, etc from iTunes backup files. Available as a free, Price from $19.99~$59.99 (choose the data you want to recover on this page to get discount).

See how to use iFonebox on windows

How to selectively restore lost/deleted notes from iPhone5/5S/5C/4S/4/3GS

This article show you how to preview the deleted notes on iPhone5/5S/5C/4S/4/3GS and get the deleted notes back only.

Accidently deletion of notes on iPhone5/5S/5C/4S/4/3GS or the notes lost inexplicable, what is worse the lost /deleted notes records some important information were crucially, so you must be eager to get lost/deleted notes back from iPhone? Then how to restore lost/deleted notes from iPhone?

In fact, there are two ways for you to recover your deleted notes from iPhone. One is restore note from iTunes backup; another one is restore notes by using iFonebox, iFonebox is a professional iphone notes recovery tool which can help you extract the notes from iTunes backup to only get deleted notes back, you shouldn’t have to restore the entire data. if you didn’t have backup file or the backup file is too old, what should you do? Don’t worry; iFonebox provide you another solution: directly scan you iPhone to retrieve deleted notes by. Before recovery; you are allowed to preview the contents of notes. is it wonderful?

Recover notes from iPhone by using iFonebox 

First, free download the trail version of iFonebox, Both windows and Mac are available for iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4, iPad air/mini/3/2, iPod touch4/5, etc.

Windows: iFonebox for windows 
Mac: iFonebox for mac)

Here, let's take iFonebox for Windows as an example (steps with Mac version are similar as follow)

Solution 1: How to selectively retrieve notes directly from iPhone/iPad/iPod

Step1: Connect your iOS device with the computer

Connect your iPhone to computer by using the USB cable and run iFonebox, Choose “Recover from iOS Device”



Step 2: Scan your iPhone for deleted notes

After a few seconds, when the program has recognized your iPhone connected to the PC, it will automatically scan your iPhone. Scanning time depends on the number of the files on your iPhone.



Step 3: Preview and selectively recover notes

When the scan completes, all data found on your iPhone will be categorized and displayed in front of you. You can click “Notes” to check which you want. All the files include deleted notes and existing notes displayed here. You can tick off the “Only display the deleted items” to list the deleted notes only to save time, Then choose what you want and click "Recover" to save them all on your computer. In a few minutes, you can view them on your computer.



Solution 2: How to extract the notes from iTunes backup to only get deleted notes back 

Step1: Choose the mode “Recover from iTunes backup” and select a right backup file.
When you choose “Recover from iTuns backup”, all the iTunes backup files which you have synced your iPhone/iPad/iPod with this computer will be found and displayed here. Select the one you need and hit on "Start Scan" to get the details.



Step 2: Preview the data and selectively recover the deleted notes

After scanning finished, all files in iTunes backup are extracted including camera roll, contacts, messages, notes and so on. Click the “Notes” to preview the contents. Tick off those you want and click “Recover”. Now you can save them all on your computer with one click.



Tips: You can also recover other data like photos, videos, contacts, messages, memo voice, call history and so on if you need.