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    Default Does anyone know of a tool or a way to recover deleted text on Iphone 4 OS4.1

    I really need your people help. I need to recover deleted text messages from my Iphone 4 OS4.1.

    I have tried Syphone on a mac and it will not show the text. It says its connected but nothing happens. I read a blog and the company that makes it said it will never work on newer OS.

    I have tired iliberty and can only find 1.3. I read a Oreilly book and there is a 1.6 verison but I cant find it.

    People I would really appreciate help getting advice getting this info back.

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    Randy

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    Quickly save the files in /var/mobile/Library/SMS to your computer.

    Then check the SMS.db file (it's an sqlite file). If you're lucky, the messages are still in there. If they're not, I don't think you can get them anymore.
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    Cool. Thanks. How do you browse to the SMS file? I thought the Iphone files are hidden or blocked?

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    You have to ssh into your iPhone.

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    I did some reading and you have to jailbreak the phone. I first want to see if I can just access SMS with a program or tool first. That way it hopefully wont over write the needed files just in case.

    I did find this tool.
    iPhone Explorer - A USB iPhone browser for Mac and PC

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    Quote Originally Posted by luvmyibanezgutiars View Post
    I did some reading and you have to jailbreak the phone. I first want to see if I can just access SMS with a program or tool first. That way it hopefully wont over write the needed files just in case.

    I did find this tool.
    iPhone Explorer - A USB iPhone browser for Mac and PC
    You can't take too long before you copy over the file to the computer. The data that was erased won't stay there indefinitely.

    And yes, you need to jailbreak.

    My guess is though, that the texts are gone by now.
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