You have decided to change iPhone or sell yours. But for a fresh start, you decided to set up your iPhone as "new device". If you have already managed to save a whole lot of things (photos in particular), how to recover SMS? Whether you want to simply be able to easily find information in SMS of hundreds exchanged or remember the sweet words of your soul mate it is possible to export these SMS to save to a file or to print them.
Make an iTunes backup
To retrieve the iPhone's SMS we will use the backup made by iTunes. This requires a non-encrypted backup exists. If this is not the case follow this procedure, otherwise proceed to the next step. Connect your iPhone to the computer and select your device: On the main page, make a backup NOT check the "Encrypt backup" : Once saved, you can close iTunes.
Extract the file SMS
We will now locate the file that contains the SMS. To do this, make sure to enable the view of hidden files and folders in Windows: Show hidden files and folders in Windows 8 or in Windows 7, Vista or XP. Go to the desktop or the root of your C drive and start the search on this file: 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28. You can also manually explore the tree of your computer. In Windows 8 and 7 for example, you find the backup folder in C: \ Users \ William \ AppData \ Roaming \ Apple Computer \ MobileSync \ BackupIf multiple folders appear, select the latest by classifying by date modified through view the "details" of Windows. The latest is good if you just do your backup: Inside the file, many files with long names are present. Select the one that bears the name exactly 3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28 and copy and paste it to your desktop or in a separate folder for easy retrieval: This file contains your SMS. It is however not possible to read it in the state.
SMS Export to PDF or a text or Excel document
We will now extract the SMS backup file to make it readable in a text document, PDF, CSV or Excel. Several methods exist to achieve this. The most geek of us choose to handle the SMS database through dedicated tools but we will go using a simple online tool. Many sites propose to extract the database, we will use here http://www.smsiphone.org/. Once on the site, click on "Options" and choose the output format of your choice: Now click "Import the Database" and select the recovered file in hidden folders in the Apple backup: It then offers to download the file. It lists the numbers and messages. Example of rendering a PDF file: Do not hesitate to ask questions in the forum iPhone if you need help.
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