I recently had to restore my iPhone, and was unable to recover the SMS and Notes data since I managed to corrupt my backup. This wasn’t a big loss, since all of my contact data synched right back from my address book, but I did have one note that I wanted to see again. Fortunately, I was able to find MobileSync Browser, which lets you view this data on your computer. It’s not meant to restore your iPhone, but it does let you access that important note or text message that you thought you had lost.