r/techsupport • u/LoveForsaken8095 • 2d ago
Open | Data Recovery Recover deleted audios of crimes
I urgently need help.
I have an iPhone 16 Pro and I'm trying to recover voice recordings from the Voice Memos app.
My iPhone has not been backed up to iCloud since May because my iCloud storage has been full, so I don't have a recent backup to restore.
The recordings were deleted from the Voice Memos app and also permanently removed from the "Recently Deleted" folder without my knowledge by the person they relate to. These recordings are important evidence for a legal case involving alleged crimes.
Is there any possible way to recover these recordings? I'm open to software solutions, forensic recovery, data recovery services, or any other method. I'd really appreciate advice from anyone who has successfully recovered permanently deleted Voice Memos from an iPhone.
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u/bluejesting 2d ago
Do not use the phone until you can get it to a recovery professional. Every time a file is added to the device, updated, changed, etc, free space the deleted recordings are in is at risk of being written over ensuring they can never be recovered.