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How to use Data Recovery for iPhone




Download iPhone Recovery below to have a try. Note: Choose the right version for your computer.









Part 1: How to Restore Data from iPhone 3GS ~iPhone X


Step 1: Launch the program and connect your iPhone to computer.


Choose "Recover from iOS Device" and it will scan your iPhone automatically. This process may take some time, please be patient.



Step 2: Preview and restore lost data from iPhone.


After scanning, you will find all found data will be showed below. You can choose a tab to preview the detailed of your data. To view only the deleted files, you can check the button "Only display deleted files" in red box below. Just choose the data you want to recover and click "Recover" button to save them on your computer.




Part 2: How to Recover iPhone Data from iTunes Backup


Step 1: Launch the program and choose "Recover from iTunes Backup File"





All your iTunes backup files have been found and displayed. Select one for your iPhone and click "Start Scan" button.


Step 2: Preview and restore iPhones data


After scanning, you will find all found data will be showed below. You can any tab to preview the detailed of your files. To view only the deleted files, you can check the button "Only display deleted files" in red box below. Just choose those data you want and click "Recover" button to save them on your computer.




Part 3: How to Retrieve iPhone Data from iCloud Backup


Step 1: Launch the program and choose "Recover from iCloud Backup"


After login your iCloud account, all your iCloud backups have been found and displayed. Select one for your iPhone and click "Start Download" button.



Step 2: Preview and restore iPhones data


After scanning, you will find all found data will be showed below. You can choose any tab to preview the detailed of your data. To view only the deleted files, you can check the button "Only display deleted files" in red box below. Just choose those data you want and click "Recover" button to save them on your computer.



Finally, sync recovered files to your device


1. Photos/Videos: Sync to your iPhone with iTunes; 2. Contacts: Open up Address Book which will sync your contacts automatically, then sync with iTunes; 3. Notes: Enable Notes for an email account, then sync with Notes app. (requires OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion), click here learn more; 4. Other data can only be saved on your computer.


Part 4: How to Recover deleted photos from iOS device with advanced scan


When you deleted photos from iPhone without any iTunes or iCloud backup, Please don't use your iPhone in cause your deleted photos will be replaced by the new iPhone data. Once the iPhone data has been rewritten on iPhone disk by other data, it's almost impossible to recover. Then you can use our product to recover your delete photos with standard and advanced scan.


Step 1: Launch the program and choose "Recover from iOS device "


Step 2: After the scanning has completed, click "Photo & Videos" section


Step 3: The standard scan result will display in the view. If you can't find the deleted photos or videos, please click "Advance Scan" button to start the deep scanning.



It will be about a few minute to half an hours depends on your iPhone storage. If your photos have not been rewritten by other iPhone data, they will be recovered by advanced scan.


Part 5: How to Recover deleted information with Hex Preview


There are two mode to preview all the record information, such as Contact, Text Message/iMessages, Call History, Notes, Reminder and more. After the scanning has completed, our product display the Normal Preview by default, which closer to the original preview on the iPhone, and more convenient to view. As the normal preview will filter to a lot of information fragmentation which can not match, so it does not show the most comprehensive data. So if you want recover some deleted information and remember a few key words about them, Hex Preview will help you.


It's very simple to use Hex Preview. After the scanning has completed, the Normal preview and Hex preview button display on the top of right side. Click Hex Preview button to change to the hex preview mode.




After switching to this mode, all record data will be converted into the hexadecimal data display. It looks a bit messy, but it doesn't affect what we want to find.

1. Create a new blank file with TextEdit 2. Press “Command + F” to search deleted information by key words. You can search a few simple character or part of name in Hex preview, it will match more results. 3. When you find the right information, choose to copy the whole block of information content, and then paste it into the new document file 4. Press “Command + G” to find next block about this key words, or “Command +F” to search new key words.




Part 6: How to Recover deleted information with Hex Preview


Data Recovery for iPhone supports the recovery of deleted WhatsApp message content, including WhatsApp chat messages, photos, videos, WhatsApp contact and more. After the scanning has completed, click "Third Party Apps" section. There are two tabs: App Tool and App Document, choose App Tool.




Click "WhatsApp Pocket" to scan WhatsApp content data. WhatsApp Pocket will extract and recover whatsApp message, including all your whatsApp contacts, chat messages, audio files, videos, photos will be saved on your computer.



Choose the WhatsApp content to save them to the computer, all message content including photos, videos, audios and other information will be save in a single html files. You can read all text messages and photos, play audio and video files in html file. And the recovery of Viber is the same as the WhatsApp recovery.


Part 7: How to Activate Data Recovery for iPhone


The demo version of Data Recovery for iPhone supports scan and preview for free. But the demo version can't preview all the message content and can't save chat messages and media files to the computer. So if you need use those feature, you need to activate Data Recovery for iPhone. When you complete the scanning, you will find the "Activate" button on the top right corner. When you click it, there will be a pop-up window to input your license email and code, if you don't have a license, you need purchase Data Recovery for iPhone license on the store.



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