Recovery of Deleted Text Messages is Not So Simple As You Think!

Mobile phones have come a long way from their early inception when all we could do was make a telephone call using a device the size of a house brick. As mobile technology moved forward, so do the ability of a mobile phone. Soon we were able to send text messages, then we had a camera and so it grew in capacity.

Nowadays nearly all mobile phones have the ability to access the internet, take and send video, chat privately, shop with confidence and bank securely. In other words they are a pocket computer.

It is the power of these devices that make them so convenient that we now take them for granted in our everyday lives.

In law enforcement today, one of the first things Police do is seize a suspect’s phone. They know that they will find details of criminal associate’s, incriminating evidence, information concerning their movements and communications to other people, among other things.

Even when we believe we have deleted text messages, browsing history, pictures and video, this not actually the case.

Like your home PC, tablet or laptop, all data that has been accessed and created on a mobile phone can be recovered. It just takes time, and specialist software to locate it on the phones memory and piece it all together in order for it to be read and viewed easily.

The retrieval of this data is technically complex and requires an expert to forensically trace the missing data and present it in a format that a lay person can understand it.

If you believe a local phone shop can recover the data you require, think again, all they will do is recover the data held on a SIM, which is normally the last 15 text messages. Before you hand over the money, ask them what they can actually retrieve from the phone’s memory.

The same goes for the detection of spy malware that may be hidden on a mobile phone.

This mobile spyware allows a person to download software onto the memory of a mobile and monitor the use of the device remotely. They are able to read all text messages, see what numbers are dialed and received, web sites and chat rooms visited and conversations that take place. The software also allows the viewer to see photos on the phone, videos and in some cases track the movements of the phone.

Finding this software is extremely difficult and requires the services of a competent mobile phone analyser, as the software is often buried within the phones memory in sub folders using Trojan horses.

Interestingly this software is readily available on the web for as little as much as £50. But remember, it is illegal to intercept a person’s mobile phone without their permission, and that includes reading their emails, text messages and chat room conversations including What’s App and Facebook.

If you wish to recover a phones memory including its web browsing history, all its text messages, photos and video that have been deleted or contacts list that has been wiped off, then contact us.

Whatever your mobile device, Iphone, Android or other smart phone, and you wish to know how much it costs and how long it takes, then e-mail us at enquiries@sghprivateinvestigators.co.uk, or call us on 0845 544 1947.

Please note this service can only be carried out if we have the phone in our possession, the recovery cannot be carried out remotely.

 

Data retrieval can be done, but it requires the services of an expert to make sure everything is recovered