Whos Texting The iOS6 sms db It didnt take long from the release of iOS6 on 09/14/12 until I got my first iOS6 device to process: 18 days. In this case, it was an iPhone4 with iOS6. In so short a time, there are not too many commercial or open source tools out there prepared to analyze the new OS or its new data formats. Fortunately for me, the phone was not locked. To process the phone, in which the prime interest was text messages and contacts, I used the latest iTunes to create a backup of the phone. Fortune was again on my side: the phone was not set for encrypted backups. iTunes Backup If you are not familiar with iTunes backups, then allow me to introduce them generally. iTunes copies user data (media, databases, settings, applications, etc.) to a directory in the operating system. The location of the directory varies by operating system and version. Since this is primarily a discussion about the new iOS6 sms.db, Ill let you find the locat...