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Recover Deleted SMS from SIM or Phone Memory for Free

13 October 2009 12 Comments Posted By Ashik
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data_lossHello Friends,

Have you ever deleted a very important SMS which you regret for the rest of your life? Are you searching for a free SMS recovery Software? If the answer to above questions is Yes then you don’t have to worry anymore as today I will show you how to recover deleted SMS from SIM card or Phone memory.

There exist quite a few softwares to recover deleted SMS messages from SIM cards and Phone memory, but all of them require you to purchase the software. However, if you own a Nokia phone you might be in luck, as there are very good chances of message recovery from your cellphone without need of any specialized data recovery software for free, simply follow the step-by-step procedure below for important data recovery:

Note: This trick does not work on Symbian 3rd Edition cellphones.

1. Download and install this free mobile File Manager – FExplorer.

http://www.easy-share.com/1908114840/FExplorer_english_117.SIS

2. Launch FExplorer and navigate to C: if you use Phone Memory to store your messages (default) and D: if you use Storage Card as your SMS storage location.
3. Now navigate to and open “system” folder.
4. Now open the “mail” folder.
5. This folder should contain many folders named similar to 0010001_s etc. with files named similar to 00100000 etc., These files are the actual deleted messages, Simply, use the FExplorer inbuild text viewer to view these files, You will need to browse through every folder and open all files inside them until you get the required SMS.

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12 Comments »

  • Niv said:

    Thank you man, This could help me next time my friends or little sister.
    Will play with my phone, and delete some important massages.

  • Missy said:

    is there a version of this software in a .jar format?

  • Rehan said:

    Dear Freind,

    I want to recover my deleted SMS from SIM and Phone. I am unable to download Fexplorer. Please send me the file in attachment of email. My mobile is NOKIA 6230i.

    Please also send me any other software if you have for recovery of deleted SMS from SIM.

    I will be very thankfull to you for your help.

    Be happy

    Rehan Feroze
    rehanferoze@yahoo.com

  • Diana said:

    hi,
    if you have some time and u are kind enough, could please send me this software, i really need it to recover my sms. i would be thankfull.
    thanks in advance.

    fota.liviadiana@yahoo.com

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  • Sagar said:

    Thanks very useful…. :-) ))

  • Raymond J. said:

    Bookmarked (Ctrl+D):-) This is useful information. Maybe I will link to this article from one of my english mobile sites.- Ray J.- Mobiltelefon uten abonnement

  • Mac said:

    Hi, it will be great if will work, but (file not supported) on Samsung S8300. What should I do? Thanks

  • geo said:

    Hi friends
    I have download and installed FExplorer_english_117.jar to my phone Nokia 6230i. I had run the programm and tried to open c file, but its telling me access denied, can you help me please….???

  • anni said:

    it wont’ open!!!
    ive tried everything, intenetn, wordpad, pdf

    any help >???

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