iPhone deleted all text chains (related to iPad activation?)

DukeSox

absence hasn't made the heart grow fonder
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Dec 22, 2005
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I had an old iPad laying around that I restored to new and then set up / signed in with my Apple account / linked to iTunes etc. Used it to send some texts, no problem. At some point it asked if I wanted to share text messages between my iPhone and iPad, so i said sure, it sent my iPhone some code to enter on my iPad, i entered it, and after that all of my text message chains on my iPhone disappeared. Now the only thing that shows up are messages that I've received / sent since this happened (10 min ago).

Now, I know (think?) the text messages still exist on my phone, because they took up a TON of storage space with all the pictures in the various chains, and my phone storage remaining is unchanged since this just happened. So i think it's just a display thing - for some reason the old text chains aren't displaying.

Anyone run into this before? Thank you.
 

DukeSox

absence hasn't made the heart grow fonder
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Dec 22, 2005
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I was hoping this was a common thing and someone would chime in with a 30 second solution...uh oh.
 

DukeSox

absence hasn't made the heart grow fonder
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Dec 22, 2005
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Not backed up to the cloud that i'm aware of, i back up to my computer when i plug my phone in every few months.