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iphone backup extraction... - 9/2/2013 7:49:15 PM

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I know this probably isn't the best place to ask this, but I've seen some knowledgeable people post in the past, so I thought i'd utilize all options available.

I have a friend going through a nasty divorce right now, and she's come to me for technical help (not the best idea, but I'll do what I can). Is there a way to get a copy of an sms message conversation in a printable format with the attendant information like timestamps and caller id? I couldn't call apple support today, and the wesite was showing under construction. I managed to forward the text in an email, so I could print the meat of the conversation for the lawyer to get an idea of the tenor of conversation. This won't be worth squat in a court though.

I managed to get itunes to back up the phone, but now I can't extract the files into a readable format. Is there a program that will read the backup files? Oh, and I'm having problems locating that back up. Where does itunes dump backups?

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/2/2013 8:49:47 PM

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I don't know if this will work but you can get stuff off one phone to put on another, or store on your computer or Mac

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/2/2013 8:56:14 PM

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iTunes lists backups via the summary page they are usually date and time stamped unless you backed up to the computer itself.

Even if you printed off the sms yourself they won't be worth crap in a court case. The lawyer must request them from the service carrier via court order. Anything else is too easily able to be tampered with and changed. There has to be a process in regard to chain of custody in order to ensure that no tampering of the evidence was involved.

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/2/2013 11:46:31 PM

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Apple maintains a knowledge base article with some information on iOS backups, including the location used in various OSes for local backups.

For Mac OS X, the path is: "~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/"
For Windows (post XP), the path is: "\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\"

The backup data is not stored in a particularly human-readable form, however. The file names are hashes and many of the files, including the SMS one, are SQLite databases. Fortunately, there are lots of programs available that can extract messages and other data in a friendlier format – at least providing you don't select the option to encrypt the backup in iTunes. A few options that I've seen decent things about, although I don't personally vouch for any:

iPhone Backup Extractor (Cross-Platform)
PhoneView (Mac)
CopyTrans Contacts (Windows)

There are even web apps:
http://iphone-sms.com/

However, as SDFemDom4cuck already pointed out, since it is possible to manipulate the data in a backup, a copy of messages that someone claims were recovered from a backup probably isn't going to carry much legal weight by itself.

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/3/2013 12:15:45 AM

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/3/2013 5:29:26 AM

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Even if you printed off the sms yourself they won't be worth crap in a court case. The lawyer must request them from the service carrier via court order. Anything else is too easily able to be tampered with and changed. There has to be a process in regard to chain of custody in order to ensure that no tampering of the evidence was involved.

I know it's not worth shit in court, but as a bargining tool for her lawyer when talking to the other lawyer it may help. As in, 'i can get a court ordered version, and it will show the same thing...'.They're still at the talking stage, fortunately.

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/3/2013 5:40:03 AM

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Thanks Shallowdeep. I managed to print some off yesterday, but it was done in a very convoluted way, without some of the useful information like times and sender. Now it's more of a curiosity on my part, cause there's got to be a better way of doing it than what I did last night. I don't use apple products myself, so when someone comes to me asking how, I take it as a challenge to figure it out. It's how I push myself to keep learning. Plus, apple products are everywhere these days, so the chance to learn how to navigate them is useful for me.

I'm definitely going to play around with your suggestions. Thanks again.

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RE: iphone backup extraction... - 9/3/2013 8:29:55 AM

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