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#1 ·
Need help, folks. I've found a great forensic data recovery specialist in my city to (hopefully) get back the 1,300 deleted texts between my wife and her "just friends" male co-worker.

I'm not a social media user, so I have no idea which apps she might be using to deepen their "friendship".

My question is, other than the deleted texts, what else should I ask this guy to look for on her phone?
 
#3 ·
If you have Sprint/Tmobile, you can see text activity for the month once the billing cycle ends. Not text content, but numbers and times. That should give an idea of frequency of deletions, because deleting from the phone doesn't change the online log. If you can see a large number of deletions to a suspect number, bingo.
 
#4 ·
We use AT&T and I was able to download ALL of her texting activity for the past 12 months. That's how I know there were 1,300+ texts between my wife and her friend.

I dumped them into a spreadsheet and used the logs to destroy her "It was all just work stuff" story. The majority were after work hours/on weekends. They were particularly active on my birthday last year...72 texts that day.
 
#7 ·
100% agree. I'm sure this isn't their first rodeo.

Also I would think that with some apps you wouldn't need the history, just the fact she has downloaded messaging apps that her husband doesn't would be added evidence. I know Kik for example is one app people like to download then delete after they use it. You wouldn't get anything from the app itself, but she'd have a hard time explaining why she downloaded it.
 
#6 ·
He mentioned snapchat, instagram and Tiktok (?) and said he can get that stuff back. Are there any other apps I should ask about?

He handles the forensic data recovery for all law enforcement agencies in town. He comes highly recommended from a good friend of mine who is a retired police officer.

And, not only is his price tag way better than other places around here, he also told me he'd cut that price in half, if he couldn't recover what I need.
 
#10 ·
I truly appreciate it. Can't tell you how much better I feel since I found you guys.

We're coming up on our 30th anniversary and I never dreamed I'd be in this position after all these years. The pain is overwhelming at times. But I don't feel alone and isolated anymore and, for that, I owe all of you many, many thanks.
 
#11 ·
I truly appreciate it. Can't tell you how much better I feel since I found you guys.

We're coming up on our 30th anniversary and I never dreamed I'd be in this position after all these years. The pain is overwhelming at times. But I don't feel alone and isolated anymore and, for that, I owe all of you many, many thanks.
Did you get any info from her phone yet?
 
#21 ·
My Data Forensics guy got her passwords first (all e-mail, icloud, messaging apps)...all deleted texts, messages...2 years worth...all of it. If your guy has the actual phone? He will be successful.

So...my post is to support you in the best way I can. Be PREPARED for the worst. Make sure that you are 100% ready to see what you may not want to. Suspecting it is one thing...but when you come face to face with the betrayal and deceit...it can be more than hurtful. Stay focused on making YOUR life better. Starting with getting rid of the person who doesn't care about you enough to stay loyal.

Good Luck!
Jon
 
#25 ·
My Data Forensics guy got her passwords first (all e-mail, icloud, messaging apps)...all deleted texts, messages...2 years worth...all of it. If your guy has the actual phone? He will be successful.

So...my post is to support you in the best way I can. Be PREPARED for the worst. Make sure that you are 100% ready to see what you may not want to. Suspecting it is one thing...but when you come face to face with the betrayal and deceit...it can be more than hurtful. Stay focused on making YOUR life better. Starting with getting rid of the person who doesn't care about you enough to stay loyal.

Good Luck!
Jon
How was your forensics guy able to get all that information without the phone? And how do you find this kind of person? I just uncovered my husbands affair and could really use this to help me through the divorce.
 
#24 ·
Happy too.

I "used" the information as leverage to keep myself from losing my house and my Daughter. In essence, without disclosing what I "had" to the EW...I let her know I had some details and I wasn't afraid of court. She wanted to keep her "appearances" and "reputation" in tact. I have primary custody of my 14 year old, and final decision making as well. I kept my home, my 401k, and everything else.

What I found was that my gut had been right. For about 7 Months she had been betraying me, speaking about my marriage to a strange man. What started as a "emotional relationship" developed into sexual, verbal (phone sexting / picture exchanges, etc.) all right under my nose. Bottom line, I felt it for a year, and was too scared to confront her, to stop it. I blame myself there.

But, at the end of the day, I was trying to let the OP know that if you go down this road...90% of the time, your instinct is right. What you see is very tough...but if you can be prepared, it can be an asset to you if you stay focused, if you don't go off the "rails"...you can use the information to help you get some semblance of "justice". I did...at great personal cost to myself. Seeing what she did behind my back, is something I will never unsee.

Hope this helps someone. I hope anyone in this situation does well.

Good Luck!
Jon
 
#32 ·
You can ask with them. And recently, I had also lost my text messages from my Android phone then, my girlfriend has recommend me to use the Android recovery tool on PC. So, I have tried this program on my Windows PC. It can help me to recover all deleted text messages, SMS, photos, Whatsapp chat & attachment files, contacts, videos, documents, audios, etc. You can also try this tool to retrieve accidentally lost data from your Android device.
 
#33 ·
Need help, folks. I've found a great forensic data recovery specialist in my city to (hopefully) get back the 1,300 deleted texts between my wife and her "just friends" male co-worker.

I'm not a social media user, so I have no idea which apps she might be using to deepen their "friendship".

My question is, other than the deleted texts, what else should I ask this guy to look for on her phone?
Any other chat apps like WhatsApp, signal, and texting numbers that connect via wifi like TextFree, phoner, textingap, messenger, discor, other social media Platforms.
 
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