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How to get messages back after restore and update on iPhone?

I recently forgot my password for lock screen and I had to restore my iPhone and update it but all of my messages are deleted and they were important so can you tell me how to retrieve them. I also wanted to let you know that the messages weren’t backed up from iCloud. iPhone 12

iPhone 7 Plus

Posted on Aug 17, 2023 5:11 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2023 7:06 PM

You may be able to restore them from a backup but only if you are prepared to revert the entire contents of your device back to the time when the backup was made. See this Apple Recommended 2021 post by ASC contributor Chris0107: trying to ser if theres a way i can recov… - Apple Community



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How to get messages back after restore and update on iPhone?

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