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How to recover deleted file on iPhone?

I deleted a voice memo file on my iPhone 3G by mistake. Any ideas how I can recover it?

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1. You can very often recover deleted files from a phone or camera memory card or USB Memory stick. However, to increase the chances of being able to recover files after they have been deleted you must not save any new files, files or data to it. When you delete files (or any files) from a memory card or USB memory device the data itself isn’t deleted, just the file system pointers that says where the data for those files is located. The area where the deleted picture data was stored is also now marked as free space so it is available to the system for any new files to be written there instead. If and when that happens, then it is too late to recover your deleted files so it is very, very important that new files or files aren’t saved to the memory card in the meantime. One of the easiest ways to see if your deleted files can be recovered is to try some file recovery software. One tip is to try a demo version of a commercial product that will scan the memory card for deleted files and show you exactly what files can be recovered. At least that will show you if you can recover the deleted files or if it’s too late already. You can find more useful information on recovering deleted files from a USB memory stick or camera card at http://www.getdeletedfilesback.com