i prefer minitool products. minitool mac data recovery is really nice.

one more i would like to suggest here which i ever used.

http://www.recoverfilesdata.com/itune-data-recovery.html

Thanks

I thought I had found a free way to recover my deleted text messages on my iPhone when I discovered this giveaway. However, after I downloaded and installed it. I encountered the invalid registration code problem. After all those %^$& frustrating attempts, I successfully registered it but found it cannot directly recover data my iPhone if there is no iTunes backup.

Then I searched via google, and finally found these programs that claims to recover data directly from iPhone:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Recover_data_from_an_iPhone (Free, Jailbreak needed)
http://www.aolor.com/iphone-data-recovery/ (Paid)
http://www.leawo.com/ios-data-recovery/ (Paid)
http://www.fireebok.com/fone-rescue.html (Paid)
http://www.wondershare.com/data-recovery/iphone-data-recovery.html (Paid)

Have you guys used any of these? If you have any experience, just let me know, so that I can decide which one to buy. My iPhone has not been jailbroken.

#1
Hello, Richard,

Could you mind following the guide below to register the program again.
1- Download the software from GAOTD, not from our official website.
2- In the top right hand side corner of the opened software window, click on the (downward) arrow to drop the menu

(help, register, buy now, about),
3-Click on register
4-Put "licensed" e-mail(iTunesDataRecoveryGoTD@Tenorshare.com) into the top little frame/window. Please do not put your own email to it.
5-Put your registration code (The code you received in email) into the lower little frame/window.
6-Click “Register” button to finish registration.


Sincerely,
Defina

Installed fine on Windows 7, SP1, but was difficult to register. After several failures, I tried to register at the web site but received an error message that I had already registered and they would resend the code. I did a total reinstall and used the code they sent and all is working. The registration process is a bit convoluted, sending me a new "licensed email address" rather than my email address.It looks like it would be useful to extract data from the backup on my PC. For a complete backup, icloud seems to work best.

I think I have solved the invalid registration problem.

Do NOT put your own email address in, but use iTunesDataRecoveryGoTD@Tenorshare.com instead. Worked first time I tried it.

Installed normal, Registered OK but instructions very vague and could have been set up easier. I picked an iphone backup stored in itunes and the software broke out the information categories. I selected a category and all the info at the time the backup was taken was displayed. Text messages, contacts, photos, etc all displayed easily so the information could be recovered for individual items easily without restoring the backup and losing current items. Backups must be already taken, data that was never backed up can't be recovered like you can do with a unformat program on a disk.

@4 Please clarify My understanding of this offering is that it restores from iTunes backups
Does it have some "recovery" or even backup capacity separate from using an already created iTunes backup? thanks

doesnt make much sense ...... why not a Mac version? I dont backup my devices on my Windows PC.

I downloaded but passed on the install when I saw you had to visit a website and provide your email to get the registration code (I have an iPod Touch and a dumbphone, and because this isn't a program I see myself using, I'm not jumping through that hoop today).

That said, I can see this being useful. While iTunes backs data up, it also stores it in a manner that renders it completely useless, unless you're restoring to another iDevice. If this program can pull specific data from those backups, and export it into something you can actually read (which is what I'm getting from the description), those with an iDevice -and no other backup options- might be wise to grab it.

Nobody plans on losing/damaging/destroying their phones, but accidents happen - and when you lose it ALL, it sucks. But sometimes, it's not even that drastic. I accidentally deleted some of my notes once, and it was either live without them or roll back to my previous backup, and lose a lot of other stuff (or backup, then restore to the backup before that, email the contents of my notes to myself, restore to the backup I'd just done, open my email and copy and paste the notes back in. Huge pain in the .... yeah. Being able to run a program to pull that data out of the backup would have been nice!)

I can not activate, I paste in the registration code and there are no extra spaces before or after it.
I can not send email to address included on the registration page.
I have done all things mentioned on technical support page.
Why did I download this again?

I rate this product a "F" and not ready for prime time.

"... even when your devices got damaged, smashed, broken or stolen."

How in the world can you recover ANYthing from your device if it has been stolen? This app must come with its own police detective. :-)

Tried all of the suggestions above to activate it; no luck (except #20) Given that WOT has their site popping up as unsafe, and I've already spent enough time on this, I am NOT willing to turn my security off for this thing! Uninstall

I have disabled my anti-virus programme but still not received any registration code in my email.

NO iTunes for ANYTHING. That's how you get all kinds of spam Any proprietary software is simply awful programming, not to mention BAD BUSINESS.

100% unuseful and restricted to users of Apple products.
I hope GAoTD will do the same in the future: products just to Android and WindowsPhone users.
But Apple and users do not say Apple products never have problems?
A software to recover data to Apple products and "even when your devices got damaged, smashed, broken ...".
Oh my god, Apple devices damaged, broken? How is it possible?
In the future why not try a WindowsPhone, specially from Nokia.
A lot less problems.

From the vendor's own description, this is NOT a data recovery software.

You must have had already backed up your iDevice's data to your PC.

Then when your iDevice got damaged or the data in it is somehow lost, you use this software to Restore or Copy what is already in your PC, to your iDevice.

It does NOT "recover" any thing.

I figured out the problem.The antivirus program is interfering with the registration. Shut it off.

I followed the directions exactly indicated by #18 six times and kept getting an error message stating I either entered an incorrect email or password.

For those having registration issue , be sure and insert the reply email code and the email given just above the code as the registration email.
like this,, ps (thank you GOTD for a great app giveaway.)

Product Name : Tenorshare iTunes Data Recovery

License E-mail: iTunesDataRecoveryGoTD@Tenorshare.com
(Dont use Y O U R personal email use this one above)
Registration Code : (Copy this code from e mail to reg window)
and it works flawless.
fire5150

#12 - Recuva from Piriform works - and its free.

9. tc1uscg

@5.. Agree. Why not combine all 3 platforms? Droid, Windows and iOS all in one package. So theres the suggestion.


LOL...because in this way developer(s) earn more money!!!
It's all about MARKETING, baby!!

This will not work for my phone. Does anyone know of a Free SIM card recovery software?
Thanks C

i have NSIS Error how i can fix it

Invalid Registration Code where is the problem ?

i cut and pasted the License E-mail and Registration Code i was sent, 4 times. each time i was told it was the wrong e-mail and code. very frustrating because i'm not a moron and i followed the instructions to the letter. i've deleted the program.

I have tried to register the software a number of time by copying and pasting the email and registration code a number of times but keep getting an error message saying one or the other is invalid. I even tried removing the hyphens in the code but it didn't work.

@5.. Agree. Why not combine all 3 platforms? Droid, Windows and iOS all in one package. So theres the suggestion.

Dear Customer，

This is Defina from Tenorshare support team.

If you encounter registration code problem,please check whether you have left blank when copy the licensed email and registration code to the register frame. If so, please register again and make sure there is no blank left before or after licensed email and registration code.

Defina
Tenorshare support team

Thank you for the previous 2 comments! I was about to pass on this based on the thumbs down, and am glad I didn't. Excellent software for IoS users!

Why do they think EVERYONE owns Apple?

#2 Luke Williams testimony sounds highly suspect... it cleary states he DID NOT back it up to iTunes but it is only by those iTune backup files stored on the PC that this tool recovers the data... so no backup, no recovery of data!

Unless iTunes performs unsolicited spyware type backups in the background... Even more reason to avoid apple products if they do such things... and a good reason for a secure wipe for iProducts and their associated docking iTunes with all the iProducts being used for business and personal media and content!

Well, saying that with human language this program lets me extract to PC some minimal data from backup file which I must create myself with free iTunes on PC a second before I smashed my iPad to the floor.
Many thanks but I can extract it myself with free iTunes 5 minutes before I decided to smash.
Nothing of real recovery of really lost data.

I'm still looking into trying this software installed... but if you want to take up the offers from the registration email, you'll have to be quicker than I was...

"More products up to 60% discount are provided here: http://www.tenorshare.com/cooperation/giveaway-of-the-day.html
It is for Giveaway users only, and this activity will end on Aug, 13. Come on!

For further information, please contact giveaway@tenorshare.com

Best Regards,
www.tenorshare.com
"

I am using Tenorshare iPhone Data Recovery. I dropped my phone down the toilet and I have photos of my family that some have passed away and I wasn't able to back It up to iTunes and I was so scared I was gonna lose everything but this has been a massive help thanks so much Tenorshare!

kind regards Luke Williams

Well, despite its ridiculous current low rating this GAOTD is an excellent and very handy tool, as long as you own an Apple device of course!!

So it's clearly addressed to a narrow market niche (Apple devices' owners), but giving it a THUMBS DOWN simply because you don't have an iPhone, Ipad or Ipod is absolutely LUDICROUS.

BEST (and maybe even BETTER) FREE ALTERNATIVE

* EaseUS MobiSaver
http://easeus.com/mobisaver-mobile.htm

And to recover photos, videos, files and even emails and archives from your ANDROID Phone/Tablet and SD Card:

http://7datarecovery.com/android-data-recovery


So 30 bucks??? ==> LOL <== !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cannot resize windows on Win7 x64. Window and popup are too small. Not able to register or exit help/registration screen because the button cannot be reached. Program is effectively locked up.

Please fix.

Installed software within the 24 hrs. Followed instructions and received email with license email and registration I was suppose to input to activate program. Keep getting window saying that email or registration code is invalid. I wanted to try the program but looks like I will have to use the trial version