How do I print out SMS messages from an iPhone?
There are different workarounds to print text messages from iPhone and it totally depends on your requirement. I recently wanted to capture my iPhone text messages conversations to use them as evidence for a court case and these are the methods I discover on the internet:Take the screenshot of your text message: Simply open the message you’d like to print, hold the side button and then immediately click the home button. If you’re using iPhone X, XS, XS Max or later then press and hold the side button and immediately click the volume up button to take the screenshot. You can go to Photos > Albums > Screenshots to find the screenshot your just capture and print them using AirPrint enabled printer. You might find this method cumbersome if you’re trying to print long messages threads.Use some third-party app to print your iPhone text messages: There are some apps like Tansee (How to print iPhone text messages on computer) which makes it pretty easy to print text messages from an iPhone. They make it pretty easy to print multiple text conversations with exact, time and sender information of each text messages. This is what I ended up using to print my text conversations.Forward your text messages to your email: You can also forward your iPhone text messages to your email and print them out. Just open the text messages on your iPhone that you would like to print and hold down your finger on the message until Copy/More appears. Copy the message, open your email app, paste the content of the message, input your email address and tap the “Send” button.Source: The Easiest Ways to Print Text Messages or iMessages Conversations From iPhone
Can I retrieve deleted iMessages with an iPhone that hasn't been backed up?
The answer is yes! I also accidentally deleted the old iMessages from my wife, which were quite important for me.In fact, the old or deleted iMessages still store in SQLite database on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, even you don’t have backup. Thankfully, I just googled and found the methods to recover deleted iMessages from iPhone for free with iMessages Recovery tools (third-party utility), which can read and get access to your iMessage database from iOS device or backup including iMessage photos, videos or auto files. Here’s also YouTube tutorial from that page:To recover deleted/older iMessages from iPhone/iPad for free:Step 1. Download & Run the free iMessage Recovery software on Win or Mac computer; Check the Messages and Message Attachments boxes.Step 2. Connect your device to computer and start scanning iMessages from iDevice or iTunes backup.Step 3. Preview and select the iMessages to recover after it finishes scanning.Note: Please turn on the airplane mode when scanning in case that newly-received messages from other people will overwrite iOS SQLite database.Another solution you should remember is that iMessages sync across all your iOS and Mac platforms on which you activated it with the same Apple ID or iCloud Account. So if you use multiple devices, iMessages will be on each device respectively.This has helped me multiple times. For Example, I just deleted some iMessages from my iPhone, then I simply go to your iPad or Mac and the messages are there. And vise versa.Apple does Not save messages on its server. Unless you use iCloud or iTunes as your backup. Here is a list for what the encrypt/keep on server: iCloud security and privacy overview (remember not all of these are accessible through a web browser)If you use iCloud/iTunes backup (iOS) to regularly save your old iMessages, you can restore your iPhone with the backup file. However, you need to know that if you restore your iPhone, all the data you added to your iPhone after the backup will be wiped from your iPhone. Your choice.
I deactivated my WhatsApp account. Can I retrieve the chats in my iPhone? I deleted my account accidentally, can I activate the account with the same group and individual contacts as I had before?
More important details about deactivated accountsWhen your account is deactivated, it is not completely deleted.While your account is deactivated:Your name is still on your contacts' Favorites / Select Contact lists.Your contacts can send you messages, which will remain in a pending state for up to 30 days.If you reactivate your account before it is deleted, you will receive any pending messages on your new phone and you will still be in all of your group chats.If a deactivated account is not re-activated within 30 days, it will be completely deleted.Note: Since your chat history is stored on your device, we cannot retrieve your previous messages.Source: What do I do if my phone is lost or stolen?