How to Recover Lost SMS from iPhone after Jailbreak

Retrieve Lost SMS after Jailbreaking iPhone

By Selena KomezUpdated on June 13, 2019

[Summary]: Have jailbroken your iPhone and lost messages? Don’t worry, this article teach you two methods to recvoer lost SMS from iPhone after iOS 13/12/11/10 jailbreaking. You can directly recover lost SMS from iPhone or restore SMS from iTunes.

“How to recover lost messages from iPhone after jailbreaking? The messages were gone and I have no idea to fix it.”

When Apple announced a new iPhone model or a new iOS system, it must make a big difference around the world, especially the mobile field. The new iOS system can bring the new features for iOS device, to let you enjoy more functions. iOS users like to perform the iOS jailbreak on their iOS device. Those who have enjoyed a jailbroken iPhone will not have any interest in using the phone without jailbreaking. However, iOS jailbreak will cause loss data sometimes when jailbreaking failed. In this cases, you need a professional data recovery for restoring iPhone data.

Retrieve Lost SMS from iPhone after Jailbreak

Restore deleted iPhone SMS after iOS 12 jailbreak (or other iOS version jailbreak) can be easy as long as we use some useful tools. iOS Data Recovery is such a reliable tool that could help. Not only to recover iPhone SMS, it also can recover various of data such as contacts, photos, videos, etc,. by offering 3 methods of recovery, which are: directly recover from device, recover from iTunes backup, recover from iCloud backup. iOS Data Recovery enables to restore data on almost all iOS devices, including iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone SE, iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 7, iPhone 6S/6, iPhone 5S/5C/5, iPad and iPod.

Part 1: Directly Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone after Jailbreak

Step 1. Launch iOS Data Recovery and Connect iPhone
Downloaded and launch iOS Data Recovery on your computer. Then, connect iPhone to your computer with the USB cable.

iphone data recovery main page

Step 2. Select SMS File to Scan from iPhone Directly
Now you can select the files types for scanning, here you should click “Message” file. (Including both the deleted data and existent data). Then tap on “Next”.

select file to scan

Click “Scan” to search for your deleted messages data, then the program will begin scanning your device automatically.

scan data on iphone

Step 3. Preview and Recover Deleted SMS from iPhone
Now you can choose the detail data you want to recover after previewing that, mark you want and click “Recover” button on the lower right corner of the interface. Then select to save the recovered SMS to computer.

recover iphone sms

Note: This mode fits the situation if you didn’t back up your iPhone before losing data. If you have backed up your device, you can choose the second mode mentioned below.

Part 2: Recover Lost SMS iTunes after jailbreak

Step 1. Choose the iTunes Backup File and Scan
If you have done iTunes backup before, you will see the backup files listed once you launch iOS Data Recovery and choose the second mode “Recover from iTunes Backup“. Connect iPhone to the computer. Choose the backup file you want and click “Scan”.

iphone data recovery main page

Step 2. Preview and Restore Deleted SMS from iTunes Backup
Few seconds will be taken to scan your iTunes backup file. Now you are allowed to preview all the content from backup file. Choose the Messages file you want and click “Recover” to restore the selected data and save it to the computer.

recover iphone sms itunes after ios 10.3 jailbreak