Evidence guides
Guides to using messages as evidence
Five short guides to the questions that come up every time messages are used as evidence: how they are authenticated, why screenshots get challenged, what timestamps really mean, how to keep messages safe, and how to share an excerpt without losing context.
- How to authenticate text messages for court
Learn the evidence foundations for identifying text messages, explaining an export, preserving context, and checking file integrity.
- Screenshots vs. full message exports
Compare chat screenshots, full exports, and specialist phone acquisitions, including context, timestamps, identity, and preservation limits.
- Message timestamps and time zones explained
Understand chat timestamp formats, missing time zones, daylight saving changes, travel, delivery states, and defensible export ordering.
- How to save and preserve text messages on iPhone
Preserve iPhone texts before deletion: check retention, Messages in iCloud, Recently Deleted, encrypted computer backups, and exports.
- Message excerpts, context, and the rule of completeness
Present focused chat excerpts honestly while preserving full threads, marking gaps, handling redactions, and understanding FRE 106 completeness.
Export the whole chat on your iPhone
Text Records imports a chat from Messages, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram or LINE and exports a PDF with a sender, date and time on every message, plus CSV and TXT. Nothing is uploaded. Free to import and preview.
Text Records is an iPhone app
Point your iPhone camera at the code to install it. No account needed.