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iOS Data Recovery enables you to directly scan your iOS devices to find data like contacts, messages, call history, Calendar, notes, Reminder, WhatsApp conversions, Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Voice memos, voicemails and more, recently deleted from your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Following are the supported devices and files list.

Device Model

Supported File Types

iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod touch 4

Camera Roll, Photo Library, Photo Stream, Contacts, Messages, Message Attachments, Calls History, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, Voicemail, Safari Bookmarks, WhatsApp History, App Photos, App Videos, App Documents, WhatsApp Attachments

iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad 2, The New iPad, iPod touch 5, iPad with Retina display, iPad min, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad Air 2

Deleted files & Existing files: Contacts, Messages, Call History, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Safari Bookmarks, WhatsApp History

Existing files: Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Message Attachments, Voice Memos, WhatsApp Attachments, Voicemail, App Photos, App Videos, App Documents, WhatsApp Attachments

How to Recover Data from iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch?

Step 1: Run the program, connect your iOS device to the computer.

Install and run iOS Data Recovery on your computer, then connect your device to the computer through its equipped USB cable. The program will detect your iOS devices automatically and shows you the window for "Recover from iOS Device".

Tips: Before run the application, make sure you have downloaded the latest version of iTunes. To avoid automatically syncing, don't launch iTunes when running iOS Data Recovery. Here, you are advised to disable the automatically syncing in iTunes beforehand: Launch iTunes > Preference > Device, check "Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically".

Connect iOS device to computer

If your iOS device is iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1 or iPod touch 4, you can switch to the "Advanced Mode" through the button at the lower-right corner. After then follow the instruction in the window to enter device scanning mode: Hold your device, then click the Start button > Hold the Power and Home buttons at the same time for exactly 10 seconds > Release the Power button but keep the Home button pressed.

Enter device into DFU mode

Step 2. Scan Your Device for Lost Data on it.

Tap the "Start Scan" button, the program will start to scan your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to find for deleted or lost data. It will take a few minutes for the scanning process to be completed. During the scanning process, if you find the data you are looking for to recover, you can click the "Pause" button to stop the process.

Scan device for lost data

Step 3. Preview the Scanned Data

When the scanning process is over, a scan result with both lost and existing Data on your device will be displayed in categories. To filter out the deleted data on your iOS device, you can turn on the option "Only display the deleted items". You can preview the found data on its file type by clicking the file type in the left side. You can also search for a specific file by typing a keyword in the search box on the top right of the window.

Preview scan result

Step 4: Recover Data from your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch.

When you find the data you need, select them by putting a check mark in front of the box. After that, hit the "Recover" button at the bottom right of the window. And the recovered data will be saved to your computer by default. As for text messages, iMessage, contacts, or notes, when you click Recover, a window will pop-up to ask you to "Recover to Computer" or "Recover to Device". If you want to put these messages back to your iOS device, click "Recover to Device".

Start data recovery from iOS devices process

iOS Data Recovery is also an iTunes data recovery tool. You can recover the important data from the iTunes backup file if you have backed up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to iTunes before losing the important data. And this recovery mode is very helpful to recover your iOS captured photos, text messages, contacts, notes, calendar when you find data lost on your iOS device. Almost all data you have backed up to your iTunes can be recovered by the program. Check out the supported file type list below. Check out the following supported devices and file types.

Device Model

Supported File Types

iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod touch 4, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad 2, The New iPad, iPod touch 5, iPad with Retina display, iPad min, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad Air 2

Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Contacts, Messages, Message Attachments, Calls History, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, Voicemail, Safari Bookmarks, WhatsApp History, App Photos, App Videos, App Documents, WhatsApp Attachments

Step 1. Choose Recovery Mode.

Launch iOS Data Recovery and click to select "Recover from iTunes Backup File" option. After then, the program will start to detect all iTunes backup files on this computer and display them in the window. You can confirm which one is the one you need according to the date it has been created.

Select recover from iTunes backup file option

Step 2. Scan Data from iTunes Backup File

Choose the iTunes backup file that contains the data you want to recover and click "Start Scan". It will take a few minutes to extract all data from the iTunes backup file.

Scan lost data from iTunes backup file

Step 3. Preview and Recover Data from iTunes Backup

After a few seconds, all data in the iTunes backup file will be extracted and displayed in categories. You can preview them one by one before recovery. Then you can selectively mark and recover those you want by pressing the "Recover" button at the bottom. You can directly recover contacts, notes and messages to your iOS device if you have kept your iOS device connected with your computer via a USB cable during the recovery process.

Tips: you can use the search box in the top right of the result window to search for a file by typing the name.

Preview and recover data from iTunes backup file

If you don't have an iTunes backup file, or just want to get an access to your iCloud backup content, this way is great for you. It allows you to preview your iCloud backup data one by one and selectively save them to your computer according to your need.

Device Model

Supported File Types

iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 1, iPod touch 4, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad 2, The New iPad, iPod touch 5, iPad with Retina display, iPad min, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad Air 2

Camera Roll, Photo Stream, Contacts, Messages, Message Attachments, Calls History, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos, Voicemail, Safari Bookmarks, WhatsApp History, App Photos, App Videos, App Documents, WhatsApp Attachments

Step 1. Choose Recovery Mode

After running iOS Data Recovery, choose the recovery mode of "Recover from iCloud Backup Files" on the top. Then you'll see the window below. Enter your iCloud account and password to login. The program takes your privacy seriously. We never keep a record of any your Apple account info or content at any time during your sessions.

Select iCloud backup Recovery mode

Step 2. Download iCloud Backup File

When you logged into iCloud, the program can find all iCloud backup files in your account. Choose the one where you're going to recover data and click on the "Download" button.

Download iCloud backup file

And then in the pop-up, you can choose the type of files you would like to download. This will reduce the time of downloading the iCloud backup file. After that, you can scan the iCloud content now. Click on the "Scan" button to begin. It will take you some time. Just wait for a moment.

Choose file type to download

Step 3. Preview and Recover Data from iCloud Backup File

The scan will be complete in a few minutes. Once it stops, you can preview almost all data in your iCloud backup file, like contacts, messages, photos, and more. Check them one by one and tick the item you want. Then click on the "Recover button" to save them on your computer with one click.

Now contacts, messages and notes can be directly recovered to your iOS device if your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is connected with your computer with a USB cable during the recovery process.

Preview and recover from iCloud backup file