Recovering Deleted Text Messages

[AC Question]

Something messed up during the firmware update on my old HTC Desire HD. Not a huge deal since the only reason I turned it on was to get some old messages back but it seems to have deleted everything. I did a bit of Googling and programs like How to Retrieve Deleted Text Messages | TextRar SMS Recovery and say they scan the memory and find deleted texts on the phone.

Does anyone know if this stuff works? Am I better calling T-Mobile?

 

[anon8380037]

There may be a simpler way, but if you log in to your gmail mail account on a pc, you should see synced SMS on the left of the inbox page.

 

[teesmum]

Did this textrar ultimately work for you, and was it safe? I've lost text messages on my HTC one m8, and didn't back them up. Please let me know.