Is there a way to get a hold of text messages that have been deleted off your phone, or is this a contact the service provider situation?
They're likely gone. Even if verizon does keep track of them, you'd probably need a court order to retrieve them.
PJNC284 is correct. Once the message is deleted from your phone, the only way to retrieve deleted messages is to have a court subpoena. Hope this information is helpful.
You may want to check though to see if you saved the text messages to a particular place. I use SMS Backup to save my texts to my sd card. Also go to the link below if you have a court order to contact Verizon.
Question:
How do I retrieve text and picture messages after I have deleted them from my wireless phone?
Answer:
At this time, there is not way to retrieve a text, picture, or video message without a court ordered subpoena. If you do have this document, please contact Verizon Wireless with your request at:http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/contact/index.jsp
At this time, there is not way to retrieve a text, picture, or video message without a court ordered subpoena. If you do have this document, please contact Verizon Wireless with your request at:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/contact/index.jsp
Where do I find this SMS backup so I can save some text messages to my SD card and put it into my new phone?
