
I need help. After update iPhone 6 to iOS 9.2, some messages including my iMessages are missing. I just need the messages. I don't want to restore the iTunes backup again for it is difficult to use it. Can anyone show me how to restore list messages from iPhone after update to iOS 9.2? Thanks. iPhone 6, iOS 9.2
Apparently, after update to iOS 9.2, this user lost some messages including iMessages from iPhone 6. So he needs to restore those missing messages from iPhone 6 after update to iOS 9.2. It is quite common to lose some data like contacts, notes, messages, etc, from iPhone, iPad and iPod touch when update to iOS 9.2. The good news is that you don't have to worry for there are methods to help you find lost messages. keep reading.
In order to restore iPhone missing messages after an iOS 9.2 update, without the help from iFonebox, it is quite difficult to find lost messages due to iOS update. Instead, with iFonebox, you can not only recover deleted or missing messages from your iPhone,iPad and iPod touch directly, but extract and restore lost messages from iTunes or iCloud backup selectively without erasing any data from your iPhone. So far, you should have had realized that it is quite important to back up iPhone data before update to iOS 9.2. Next, I will show you detailed steps to find missing messages.
Just go to download and install iFonebox on your computer. There are two versions accessible: Windows version and Mac version.
Restore missing messages, iMessages from iPhone directly after update to iOS 9.2
Launch iFonebox. Choose Recover from iOS Device mode. Please connect your iPhone to the computer so as to scan and analyze messages from it. Click Start button to begin.

Scan messages from iPhone. Click on Messages item to start scanning process. iMessages is contained in Messages item.

Preview and select all lost messages to recover. After scanning, now you can pick out all missing messages and then, click Recover to PC button to transfer all restored messages to your computer. You will be able to recover missing messages back to your iPhone directly within this month.

Restore missing messages, iMessages from backup selectively after update to iOS 9.2
If you have an iTunes or iCloud backup for your lost messages, you can follow this method to restore lost messages or iMessages from backup. Here, we will take iTunes backup as example.
Run iFonebox. Choose Recover from iTunes Backup mode. All iTunes backup files will be detected. So just pick out one including your lost messages to scan. Click Select button.

Scan messages from selected iTunes backup. Click on Messages item to start scanning process. iMessages is contained in Messages item.

Preview and select all lost messages to recover.

If you have an iCloud backup for your lost messages, you can choose Recover from iCloud Backup mode. Just sign in with your Apple ID and password to download iCloud backup file.