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I just bought a new iPhone 6 Plus yesterday. I have lost all of my text messages. How can I get them back?

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I just bought a new Iphone 6Plus yesterday. I have lost all of my text messages.

I just bought a new Iphone 6 Plus yesterday from Verizon. The Verizon people transferred all of my contacts over from my 4S to my new phone. I have lost all of my text messages and well as some of my contacts. How do I get these back?
 

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Re: I just bought a new Iphone 6Plus yesterday. I have lost all of my text messages.

Restore your most recent backup onto your new iPhone. You do have a recent backup of your iPhone 4S, right? If not, logging in to iCloud *may* cause some of them to sync to the new device, but don't count on it.
 

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Re: I just bought a new Iphone 6Plus yesterday. I have lost all of my text messages.

My son had to restore his iPhone replacement and the Apple Support told him to use iTunes to get his messages he got em slowly