Lost Message after Updating to iOS 12, How Can I Get Them Back?

“I recently update my iPhone X to iOS 12, and all my messages have lost after iOS 12 update. These messages contains some important info. Is there any way to get all my lost messages back?”

iOS 12 update can bring us many new features, fix some bugs as well as problems.Lost data after iOS upgrade is the most terrible one. If you lost some messages on iPhone after updating to iOS 12, in this post we provide 3 methods for you to recover them.

Tool You Need to Finish the iOS 12 Lost Messages Recovery

The most easy and effective way for you to get back lost messages after updating to iOS 12 is using the professional iOS data recovery tool, iRefone. This software supports to recover up to 16+ kinds of data on your iOS device including messages, notes, contacts, call history, photos, etc. No matter you lost these data due to what reasons, this tool can help you get back you lost data. It also enables you to extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup. What’s more, you are allowed to preview these data in the software interface so that you could recover data selectively.

Now follow us to get to know how to recover lost messages after updating to iOS 12. Download the software as you need (Win/Mac)

Method 1: Recover Lost iPhone Messages after Updating to iOS 12 without Backup

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 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.



Method 2: Recover Lost iPhone Messages after Updating to iOS 12 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 messages 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.



Method 3: Recover Lost iPhone Messages after Updating to iOS 12 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.