2 Main iPhone SMS loss scenarios:
1. Accidentally deleted your important SMS without knowing it.
2. Updated iPhone's system that lost everything on iPhone.
Recovering iPhone SMS is never a daunting task. Almost anyone can perform the iPhone SMS recovery process. There is plenty of iPhone text messages recovery software available on the market. iPhone Data Recovery is one of the best to recover iPhone SMS in 2 ways. Not only that, the software is also capable of retrieving lost photos, contacts, notes, reminders, call history, calendar, Safari bookmarks and many other data from your iPhone. This iPhone text messages recovery software is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 or above, including the latest Mountain Lion.
3 simple steps to recover iPhone SMS
Step 1: First start iPhone Data Recovery (it will close iTunes in case your iPhone is automatically synced with iTunes, stopping iTunes from updating the latest iTunes backup file which may contain your lost iPhone photos - see Part 2) and then connect your iPhone to your computer. In the program window, select your iPhone model and choose "Recover data from iOS device".
Step 2: Follow this tips to enter dfu mode.
1. Take your iPhone and click the "Start" button in iPhone Data Recovery for Mac.
2. Immediately press the "Power" and "Home" buttons at the same time on your iPhone for 10 seconds.
3. In 10 seconds, hands off the "Power" button only, and keep holding the "Home" button for another 10 seconds. Your iPhone is now ready to be scanned.
4. Release the "Home" button and click the "Start Scan" button to scan deleted sms on your iPhone.
Step 3: When scanning complete, you can preview sms in thumbnails. If you want recover a sms, just check it and click the Recover button at bottom.
The method above is enough to recover deleted sms from iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS. However, be careful to delete sms from your iPhone. Do it only when it's necessary so as to protect your text messages safe.
