"My iPhone notes disappeared after update. Is there any way to solve the problem? I really need to get them back, please help me" -Jamie
Many people face the problem of iPhone notes gone after update. There are many reasons that cause the notes to disappear from the iPhone:
If your iPhone notes disappeared, don’t worry! There are 5 ways to recover disappeared notes from iPhone. Check out the details right away!
It is the situation that most people encounter that iPhone data, including iPhone notes disappeared, but people had not backed up the iPhone notes at all. When it happens, people don’t know how to recover the iPhone disappeared notes. Actually, it is quite simple and easy. You just need to scan for the deleted or lost files, find them and recover iPhone notes in Windows or Mac.
Prep work: Install iPhone Data Recovery Software
No matter when you lost the iPhone notes, the very first thing you need to do is trying iPhone data recovery software. There are many options available to download on the Internet. Here I recommend you try iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery. It is a professional tool, offering you 3 modes to get back disappeared iPhone notes: scan iPhone for disappeared iPhone notes, extract iPhone notes from iTunes or iCloud backup files. Let’s see how it works.
Click the download button to get the latest version of iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery for your computer. Both Windows and Mac version are available. Choose the one that matches your computer OS.
Use a USB digital cable to connect your iPhone with your computer, making sure it is detected by your computer. If not, please unplug your iPhone and connect again, and make sure you’ve tapped the option "Trust this computer".
In the main window, click the option "Recover from iOS". After then, you can see your iPhone is listed in the main window. Click the "Scan" option on the right side of the panel, letting the software scan your iPhone.
In the result window, you can see all the found files by the software. Please filter the file type in the left panel and preview them on the right side. When finding them, select the iPhone notes and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.
If you have backed up your iPhone to iCloud, then there are 2 ways for you to retrieve disappeared iPhone notes from iCloud: extract disappeared iPhone notes from iCloud Backup(part 2) and restore iPhone notes from iCloud backup (part 4). I prefer part 2 mentioned way because it never has overwritten the current data. Here are the steps:
The software we need to install is iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery. iCloud backup is a protected file package. Without the help of a software tool, you can’t extract the notes disappeared from iPhone 12 and other iPhone modes. Install the software on your computer. Both installation package for Mac and Windows PC are available.
In the main window of the software, please select "Recover from iCloud". Next, please log in with your iCloud account. The software never collects any of your private information, but find iCloud backup files for you. Feel free to log in.
Next, the software will list all your iCloud backup files. You need to choose the one that contains your disappeared iPhone notes and click "Scan" solve iPhone notes disappeared after update.
Last, you can see the extract files from the iCloud file package. Select the file type(s) in the left side, and preview them on the right side. When finding the target iPhone notes, select them and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.
If you have the habit of backing up your iPhone to iTunes, it is great, because you can extract disappeared iPhone notes from the iTunes backup files. Here are the simple steps:
For sure, if you do not mind old data overwritten your iPhone, you can try part 4 and part 5 of restoring iPhone disappeared notes with an iCloud and iTunes backup file. Check out the steps now:
The following steps are how to recover disappeared iPhone notes by restoring from iTunes backup: