How to Recover Deleted or Lost Files from iPhone/iPad/iPod?

Diana Joan

Nov 09, 2015 08:48 am / Posted by Diana Joan

Accidentally deleted what you actually needed data from iOS devices due to wrong operation or important data lost due to iOS upgrade or device jailbrake failure? All these occasions will lead to serious data disaster. When in that condition, don't be panic though, the first thing you need to do immediately is stop using your iOS devices so that the data lost from your iOS devices won't be overwritten by the newly written data on your iOS devices, then perform a data recovery work with a reliable iOS Data recovery application.

Recover lost data from iOS Devices

There are many iOS Data Recovery tools on the market, for security consideration, here, we would like to recommend you to download a reliable and simple to use application called iOS Data Recovery(Top 5 iPhone Data Recovery for Windows 10), which can comprehensively recover deleted or lost contacts, messages, photos, video, call history, notes, calendar, etc from iPhone/iPad/iPod with just one click.

Supported iOS devices and recovered Data:

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 deleted or lost file from iPhone/iPad/iPod on Window 10/8.1/8/7?

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 into advanced 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


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