Decipher Tools Blog: Data Recovery
Law enforcement agencies of all types (Local and State Police, FBI, CIA, Homeland Security etc...) often need to capture and save text messages for the purpose of evidence, investigations, and
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Seven Ways to Recover Deleted iPhone Photos
Unfortunately, if you're reading this, you've probably lost or accidentally deleted pictures from your iPhone. First, we're sorry to hear that! Next, let's try everything we can to help you
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How to Recover Deleted iPhone Contacts
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
March 29, 2021 at 11:45 AM
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March 29, 2021 at 11:45 AM
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In recent months we've received a lot of reports that iPhone (iPad, and iPod Touch) users suddenly find all of their contacts are missing from their iPhone, with no clues
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How to Recover Missing iPhone Notes
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
March 26, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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March 26, 2021 at 2:00 PM
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If you're like me, you keep some fairly important things in your iPhone Notes app, and you're pretty devastated when the notes are suddenly missing (which has happened to me).
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Do You Need to Save and Print Viber Messages and Call History?

UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2021 We've just updated Decipher Chat with the capability to save and print Viber messages and conversations! If you need to export or print your Viber chats
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How to Save Ink and Paper when Printing Text Messages

Greetings Decipher TextMessage users! In today's episode of "How do I save some money while using Decipher TextMessage," we will learn some pro tips on how to save ink, paper,
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How to Save iPhone Call History Logs

Have you ever had the sudden need to save or print out your iPhone call history with a specific person? Today we're going to show you how! With the help
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Save and Recover Deleted or Lost iPhone Call Logs
Each time you make a call on your iPhone, a record of that call history is stored on your iPhone in the "Recents" section of the phone app. Here you
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How to Print Text Messages from the Mac Messages App

Did you know that you can add your Mac Messages Data to Decipher TextMessage in just a few easy clicks? Why not check out what's on your Mac's Messages App!
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How to View and Recover PDF files from any iTunes or iPhone backup

Have you ever need access or recover a PDF document that was on your iPhone or iPad but you can no longer find or locate the file? Are you curious
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How to View Saved Wi-Fi Passwords on iPhone

Have you ever said to yourself “why can’t I remember that Wi-Fi password?” You know, the one you set up a few years ago? I do this ALL THE TIME!
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How to Find a Deleted Facebook Messenger Contacts from iPhone
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
January 11, 2020 at 5:25 PM
Categories: Facebook, Data Recovery, iPhone | View Comments
January 11, 2020 at 5:25 PM
Categories: Facebook, Data Recovery, iPhone | View Comments
Maybe it was an accident, or maybe you didn't think you needed to talk to this person again, but you deleted a conversation from Facebook Messenger, and you really wish
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How to save iPhone text messages to Mac - Quick guide
Here is a quick step-by-step guide on how to save iPhone text messages to your Mac desktop or laptop computer. These steps will work with iOS 13, iOS 12, iOS
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How to search and recover photos from an iTunes backup - iPhone
Checking to see if you can recover photos from an iTunes backup might seem like an impossible task, however it is a lot easier than one might think! Today we'll
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Solution for Corrupt iPhone Backups
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
October 20, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, iTunes, Corrupt iPhone Backup, iPhone | View Comments
October 20, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, iTunes, Corrupt iPhone Backup, iPhone | View Comments
Here is a solution to the error iTunes could not restore the iPhone because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored. If you're
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How to Bulk View and Save All of Your iPhone Messages App Photos and Videos
We made our Decipher TextMessage software to help people with their SMS and iMessage history, like collecting archives and backups of their important conversations, or print iPhone/iPad/iPod text messages for
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How Can I Access Files From Apps No Longer Supported in iOS 11?
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
February 11, 2018 at 11:22 AM
Categories: iOS 11, Data Recovery, Updates, iPhone | View Comments
February 11, 2018 at 11:22 AM
Categories: iOS 11, Data Recovery, Updates, iPhone | View Comments
One major change in iOS 11 is that iOS no longer runs older 32-bit architecture apps. It's not likely that many of these apps will be updated, especially those that
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Can You Restore an iOS 11 Backup to iOS 10?
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
January 25, 2018 at 2:00 PM
Categories: iOS 11, Data Recovery, Updates, iPhone | View Comments
January 25, 2018 at 2:00 PM
Categories: iOS 11, Data Recovery, Updates, iPhone | View Comments
Update January 25, 2018: If you need to install 32-bit apps on an iPhone/iPad/iPod that is running iOS 10, open the App Store app and go to your past purchases.
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Quick Tip - Steps to fix iTunes could not restore iPhone because backup was corrupt or not compatible error
Jay Walsh
December 8, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, iTunes, Corrupt iPhone Backup, iPhone | View Comments
December 8, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, iTunes, Corrupt iPhone Backup, iPhone | View Comments
If you are getting an error message while trying to restore your iPhone backup then our Decipher Tools quick tip should be helpful. Note: This tip is NOT if you
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How to Recover Deleted iPhone Text Messages
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
December 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Categories: Data Recovery, iTunes, iPhone | View Comments
December 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM
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One of the great things about working on Decipher TextMessage is that I often get to help people recover very precious data, such as text messages that were accidentally deleted
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Can I recover deleted text messages that I've erased from my iPhone?
We often have iPhone users write to us asking if there is a way to recover deleted text messages or iMessages from their iPhone or iPad. The answer is "it
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Telstra iPhone Users - How to save text messages / recover deleted text messages
Tips for Australian iPhone users - How to save text messages Australia’s population in 2017 is hovering around 23 million mark. The country has currently has approximately 3 million iPhone
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How to Recover Deleted Text Message Attachments
When you delete a text message or iMessage on an iPhone, the iPhone Messages app deletes the message text itself from a database and then deletes the attachment files. Occasionally,
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Why Deleted iPhone Text Messages are Recoverable, and How to Find Them
In addition to saving text messages, a lot of people use our Decipher TextMessage to recover deleted text messages and attachments. Today I thought it might be interesting to discuss
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How to Find a Phone Number You Deleted on iPhone
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
February 17, 2017 at 1:40 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, iTunes, iPhone | View Comments
February 17, 2017 at 1:40 PM
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Maybe it was an accident, or maybe you didn't think you needed to talk to this person again, but you deleted a phone number or contact from your iPhone, and
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How to Recover Deleted Pictures From iPhone Text Messages
Author's update February 13, 2017: This deleted text message photo recovery post relies on the old buggy attachment deletion that was fixed in iOS 8 and later. You may still
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iOS 10.1 Update Released Removing Encrypted Backup Metadata
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
October 24, 2016 at 12:15 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, Updates, iPhone | View Comments
October 24, 2016 at 12:15 PM
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iOS 10.1.0 was publicly released today, fixing an issue that made it easier for password guessing software to brute force iPhone backup passwords. The password-guessing vulnerability had to do with
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Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages from iPhone
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
February 5, 2015 at 3:15 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, WhatsApp | View Comments
February 5, 2015 at 3:15 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, WhatsApp | View Comments
If you have recently deleted some important WhatsApp messages and are looking to recover them, you've probably noticed that the only recovery technique offered by WhatsApp is to restore from
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Call For Beta Testers for Decipher WhatsApp - Save and Recover Deleted WhatsApp Messages
Kelly Heffner Wilkerson
January 14, 2015 at 5:25 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, WhatsApp | View Comments
January 14, 2015 at 5:25 PM
Categories: Data Recovery, WhatsApp | View Comments
Update: Decipher WhatsApp is out of beta! Please click here to go to the official Decipher WhatsApp page. We've taken our deleted data experience and made Decipher WhatsApp, to save
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Save Voicemails Forever to Computer iPhone - iOS8
Lately we've received quite a few emails from iPhone users who are interested in saving / exporting their voicemails to computer for safekeeping. Here are some basic tips for taking
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Decipher TextMessage for WhatsApp? What Do You Think?
We're thinking of taking our Decipher TextMessage program and making a version that works for WhatsApp messages. This program would enable you to save your WhatsApp text messages from your
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How to Save iPhone Voicemail To Your Computer
As of iOS7, the iPhone has no way to extract the contents of a voicemail out of the iPhone and save it on a computer or send it in an
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How to Recover Photos from Deleted iPhone Text Messages
We have a much newer blog post about finding deleted text message attachments! Check it out here!. One of the improvements that we're making to Decipher TextMessage is the ability
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