Ways about recovering lost data after updating to iOS 10

“I updated my iPhone to iOS 10 several days ago, it works great. But unfortunatelly, i lost some iPhone data, like contacts, messages ect. Anyone can help me with recovering lost data after updating to iOS 10?”

With the release of iOS 10, many people are updating their iPhone to iOS 10, in order to experience new features. But some people feedback they lost their iPhone data after updating to iOS 10, what to do? Don’t worry, now in this article, we’ll talk about how to recover lost data after updating to iOS 10 to solve this issue.

See below steps and have a try:

Method 1. Recover Lost Data from iTunes Backup Files

If you have backup your files in iTunes, then we can recover lost data from iTunes.
It’s a good and fast way to do it, but it just doesn’t allow us to restore them selectively.

Step 1. Launching iTunes, and connect your iPhone with computer.

Step 2. Click File--Summary, then choose the files you need to restore on the left side. Then tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”. A few minutes later, you’ll have lost data on your iPhone.



Method 2. Recover Lost Data from iCloud Backup Files

Recovering the lost data from iCloud is also a good way, but it need us to erase all the content and settings.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone with Wifi, and go to Setting--General--Erase All Content and Settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to set up assistant with a hello screen.

Step 2. Swipe the screen and go on with the setup progress, choose “Restore from iCloud”, then log in iCloud with your Apple ID and password.

Step 3. Tap on the files you need to restore, and the finish time is depending on the file amount you choose.



Method 3. Recover Lost Data with iRefone

iRefone is a great iOS data recovery tool, when data in your iPhone is lost by cracking, water damage, updating ect, it can help you recover the deleted or lost data in a fast way even you didn’t do any backup. And it’s fast and secure 100%.

Now download and install the free trial version to have a try.



Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC, choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “start”.



Step 2.Then click the files with related icon you need, like notes icon for example, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



Step 3. After scanning and analyzing, you can preview and choose the notes you need, and choose “Recover to PC” or “Recover to Device”



Remark: “Recover to Device” only workds for notes, messages, and contacts right now.

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