DESPERATE: Restore deleted text messages back onto phone!!

[SilverBallzzz1961]

Hi,

I have a number of messages related to a legal matter that we inadvertently DELETED 9 days ago. I can use an app like DroidKit to see the messages, restore them to PC - but I can NOT restore them back to the device!

Since the phone is part of an ongoing investigation and I don't want it to appear as tampering I want to RESTORE those messages back to the original thread. They have not been overwritten and I just want to UNDELETE them.

To be clear, I am NOT trying to restore from backup, but rather the private data store where they are marked deleted but have not yet been overwritten. I only need to RESTORE them to the Message data store on the same phone. If there is a backup, I can't do a full reload - I need the option to ONLY restore text messages. I may have some Google backups but that's it.

Does anyone know how to do that? The phone is a Samsung S23 Ultra. I only use Textra as my messaging app.

Please help. Any assistance is greatly appreciated !!

 

[Member 1919122]

SMS Backup & Restore - Apps on Google Play

A simple app that backs up and restores SMS & MMS messages and call logs.

play.google.com

This is what I use, as it backs up your text messages on a daily basis, automatically.
If you did not already have a backup in place, you may be out of luck.
You can try contacting your carrier and see if they can help you.

 

[Member 1919122]

And I'm afraid that once they are deleted they are gone forever without a proper backup in place. There is no "undelete".

 

[Windroid]

This sounds like more of a legal matter than a technical matter. I recommend turning the phone off, and then talking to a lawyer before attempting to undelete. Your attempts to undelete may well make it appear that you're tampering!