Starting with the questions of our users that how to recover lost messages on iPhone 8. Once you lost or deleted some messages on your iPhone 8, actually these messages don’t really get deleted, unless you reset your iPhone to factory settings. So, if you deleted some texts by mistake and want to save them, there are ways you can do this. Let’s take a look at some methods.
In order to save lost messages on iPhone 8, you need to install the iPhone data recovery software, iRefone. This tool can help you recover up to 16+ kinds of data like messages, contacts, notes, photos, whatsapp, wechat, etc. No matter you lost your due to what reason, iRefone could help you get your lost data back.
Directly Recover Lost Messages from iPhone 8
Step 1. Connect your iPhone with computer, then the software will detect the device automatically. Click “Start” to go on.
Step 2. Then you will enter the interface to ask you choose the data you need to scan. Choose the icon of Messages and start the process of analysis and scanning your iPhone.
Step 3. When the scanning is finished, all of the messages on your iPhone 8 will be displayed in the software, including these lost one. You could preview them one by one and choose what you need to recover to PC or directly back to your device.
Extract Lost iPhone 8 Messages from iTunes Backup
Step 1. Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup” as the recovery mode. There will be some backup files listed on the interface. Click on “Select” to choose the backup of iPhone you need.
Step 2. The the software will ask you choose the data you want to display and preview in the iTunes backup. Click on the icon of the messages to start the scanning.
Step 3. When the scanning is finished, all of the photos you choose in the iTunes backup will be displayed in the interface. Preview them one by one and pick out these messages you need to save them on the computer or device.
Extract Lost iPhone 8 Messages from iCloud Backup
Step 1. Choose “Recover from iCloud Backup” as recovery mode. Then you will see the interface below. Log in to iCloud account with Apple ID and password.
Step 2. After log into iCloud account, the program can find all iCloud backup backup files in your iCloud account. Choose one iCloud backup you need to recover data and click “Download” to start the download of your iCloud backup.
Step 3. When the downloading is finished, it will ask you choose the data you want to preview, just choose messages that you need to retrieve.
Step 4. Preview these messages in the software and choose these one you need to recover to PC.
