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Why have my text messages disappeared?
Why do my text messages disappear on Android? It can be an accidental deletion or loss, recent app updates that affect your text messages, date and time setting in your phone is not updated, Android system or app version that needs an update, and many others.
How do I get my text messages back?
How to restore your SMS messages with SMS Backup & Restore Launch SMS Backup & Restore from your home screen or app drawer. Tap Restore. Tap the checkboxes next to the backups you want to restore. Tap the arrow next to the SMS messages backups if you have multiple backups stored and want to restore a specific one.
How do you get messages back that disappeared on iPhone?
To check if your messages are automatically deleted, go to Settings > Scroll down to Messages > Scroll down to Message History. If “Forever” is not selected, this is the reason why some of your messages disappear.
Can someone erase my text messages?
Nope. Unless it’s in a messaging platform that supports deleting/editing past messages (SMS doesn’t), those messages should still be there. Check, however, to see if the contact information or anything in the number might have changed to have caused your conversation to have truncated into two different threads.
Where did my old text messages go?
How to recover deleted texts on Android Open Google Drive. Go to the Menu. Choose Settings. Choose Google Backup. If your device has been backed up, you should see the name of your device listed. Select the name of your device. You should see SMS Text Messages with a timestamp indicating when the last backup took place.
Why did my iPhone delete my messages?
Incorrect settings. You can go to Settings > Messages > Keep Messages to have a check. If it is not Forever, it is the reason that iPhone deleted all messages. And set the option to Forever, please, in case you will lose your messages due to this reason again.
Where are the text messages stored on Android?
In general, Android SMS are stored in a database in the data folder located in the internal memory of the Android phone.
How far back can text messages be retrieved?
All of the providers retained records of the date and time of the text message and the parties to the message for time periods ranging from sixty days to seven years. However, the majority of cellular service providers do not save the content of text messages at all.
How do I transfer my old text messages to my new phone?
How to move messages from Android to Android, using SMS Backup & Restore: Download SMS Backup & Restore onto both your new and old phone and ensure they’re both connected to the same Wifi network. Open up the app on both phones, and hit “Transfer”. The phones will then search for each other over the network.
Where did my text messages go iPhone?
First of all, go to Settings > General > iPhone Storage and scroll down to the Messages app to check if it takes up the same storage. If your messages disappeared from iPhone but still in storage, well then, you have a good chance to get back your missing messages on iPhone.
Why can’t I see all my text messages on my iPhone?
Turn on Airplane mode and wait about 20 seconds and turn it back off. Head over to Settings > Messages > Keep Messages and select 30 days. Head over to Settings > Messages and turn off iMessage and then MMS Messaging and wait for about 20 seconds and turn them back on. Update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS.
Where did my messages app go?
The Messages app is pre installed by Apple so it can’t be deleted. Swipe through all your screens and check nested folders if you have any. If you can’t find it that way, swipe down from the middle of any screen then type Messages in the search field. Hopefully it will show up.
When you delete a text message does the other person still see it?
If you delete the message or conversation, the other person will still have a record of it. But it will appear on your phone like a new conversation.
Can someone on your phone plan see your texts?
The straightforward answer is NO, you cannot see the text messages on the connection, but there are some insights (or we may say the limitations) that you need to focus on. First of all, the account holder can see the usage details on the devices.
Do old text messages get deleted?
Yes they can, so if you’ve been having an affair or doing something dodgy at work, beware! Messages are laid out on the SIM card as data files. Even when you ‘permanently’ clear messages, you’re simply getting the phone to stop listing it in the deleted items folder.
Are deleted text messages stored anywhere?
All those files are hidden somewhere on the hard drive, waiting to be retrieved… or replaced. This is exactly what happens with Android phones as well. Everything we delete, including SMS messages, sticks around until enough time passes by and/or space is needed to store other data.
Can you get text messages from 2 years ago?
Many phones have wireless backup capabilities, either through a built-in service or a third-party app. If the most recent backup was made before you accidentally deleted the texts, you can restore that backup to your phone and the text messages will be restored to your phone as well.
How did all my text messages get deleted?
The reason text messages are so difficult to recover is that there’s no recycle bin for this kind of data. As soon as you delete a text, your phone’s operating system marks it as deleted. The text isn’t actually deleted, though — the text is marked as eligible to be overwritten with new data.
Can an iPhone delete messages by itself?
Since there’s no way for iOS users to delete all the messages at once, Apple offers an auto-delete feature to Messages. If you have turned on this feature, your iPhone will keep deleting messages automatically and regularly.
How long do text messages stay on your iPhone?
By default, the iPhone keeps all messages forever (or until you manually delete them). If you prefer, tap “30 Days” or ‘1 Year.” If you do, the iPhone will automatically discard your messages after the selected time period.
