Accidentally deleted Notes app, redownloaded and everything was gone. Synced gmail and iCloud accounts but only recovered notes all the way up to 30 days ago. All of the notes I made after those 30 days are gone, I need them back. Recommended software or techniques or anything is very helpful.Submitted by Supa_Dingus t3_zxucqk in iphone
Wellcraft19 t1_j25e0sa wrote
Many comments, might have been mentioned, but unless you can see your (missing) notes in the web interface for iCloud and Gmail, they are gone. Only other possibility, as you likely stored some notes locally, would be if you have a device backup in iTunes/Finder, or - less likely - one in iCloud (remember the iCloud backup is dynamic and updates essentially every day). In case you have a iTunes/Finder backup:
- do an iCloud backup
- restore from your iTunes/Finder backup (immediately turn off iCloud backup so you don’t overwrite your fresh iCloud backup)
- when you have access to your Notes, move them from locally on your phone to iCloud or Gmail
- verify via web interface that they are there
- use your fresh iCloud backup to restore your phone back to ‘current’ stage - but with access to your (now in cloud) stored notes.
Truly_Unending_ t1_j2617fu wrote
As long as notes are backed up to iCloud, they won’t disappear if the notes app itself it deleted and reinstalled, right?
Wellcraft19 t1_j274uid wrote
Notes are never ‘backed up’ to iCloud (unless when locally stored on the device and the device is backed up to iCloud).
In normal cases they are SYNCED to iCloud (or other services like Gmail, Outlook.com, etc) and will remain there until actively deleted (via an app, or via web interface). So no, they will not disappear just because the [Notes] app is deleted.
Truly_Unending_ t1_j28cbja wrote
Thank you for that info.
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