Why am I not able to retrieve iMessages prior to February 16th?

[iMore Question]

I wanted to go and copy a conversation from January and I can only go as far back as Feb. 16 th. I didn't delete anything....why can't I retrieve further back ?

 

[Just_Me_D]

iMessages, SMS messages, Email messages or what?

 

[iMore Question]

I have an Iphone 4s and I can only retrieve my messages back to Feb 16

I wanted to go and copy a conversation from January and I can only go as far back as Feb. 16 th. I didn't delete anything....why can't I retrieve further back ? It is imessage from 1 iphone4s to another ipone4s ...

 

[LeadMeKnot]

It is an imessage going from one iphone 4s to another iphone 4s