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marynnnn
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Fran text message from an MDM phone. How do I get around it?

I need my text messages for court and the Telcom administrator is being an *** and saying it’s personal we don’t have to help you.

There it is an MDM on my phone if I buy a new iPhone, can I just transfer my text messages to the new phone so I can download them properly for court?

I’ve seen the previous responses and if I transfer data from the MDM phone to the new phone, the MDM will transfer to how do I make sure the MDM doesn’t transfer? (I am not restricted in doing this download. It’s just the phone is broken and it’s stopping everything.)

Posted on Sep 18, 2026 6:48 PM

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MrHoffman
User level: Level 10 (169,253 points)

Sep 18, 2026 7:21 PM in response to marynnnn

Chat with your lawyer about what is appropriate.


One potential option: scroll to the oldest message, enable screen recording, and manually scroll through the messages.


Another: there are third-party apps that can export messages, as well.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360156