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I was playing terraria today, and my friend came and deleted the my world.

Is there a way for me to recover my world?

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Honestly, no.

This applies for all games on all iOS devices due to having no access to raw files and the way files are stored.

So, why?
iOS files are stored in a file architecture completely different to PC. The way files are stored is similar to how NBT tags work in Minecraft (yet are still completely different).
When data is changed, it does not leave an imprint behind, whereas Windows store files in a index format; ie. "Data Chunk 1, 2, 3 and 4 is file X", while iOS stores it in a compound or data structure.

Even if you could find a software to do this (there's quite a few out there), the data may be scrambled from the writing of other sectors in your phone's memory, making it unreadable.

Side note: Pictures and music are stored in a different structure to apps.

"but i can still try my ipad isnt jailbreaked, can say please a few of the data retriver programs i still want to try" – Eric
Can I recover my deleted world?

There are many software out there that do this. But sadly - None are free (that I could find).
All I can suggest is use the trials for them. They should have trial versions anyway, but watch out for the restrictions that the trials have (apart from the simple time limit).

Recovering is very simple.
Just plug in your device, let the program detect for "deleted files" and then choose what to recover.

Some programs you can use:

http://www.freeiphonedatarecovery.com (free version of FiPR)
http://www.aiseesoft.com/iphone-data-recovery/
http://www.leawo.org/ios-data-recovery/
http://www.datarecoveryforiphone.com/ios-data-recovery.html

Alternatively, restoring an earlier backup of your iOS device should also work as iTunes (on default) backs up your phone every time you upload new apps/songs/whatever to it... Unless you don't have a backup that was created close to (but still before) the world was deleted.

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  • but i can still try my ipad isnt jailbreaked, can say please a few of the data retriver programs i still want to try
    – Eric
    Commented Oct 27, 2014 at 6:13
  • I didn't see him asking for more until you mentioned my name. (You see, the answer was BEFORE he asked for data retrieving programs.) - I'll go look for some.
    – aytimothy
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 10:19
  • @Unihedron - Noted, and done.
    – aytimothy
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 10:35
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    I know this is an iOS question, but it's worth noting that a deleted world on Windows IS gone forever.
    – Kyle Baran
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 15:34
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    (Unrelated to the Op's question, but related to your comment but..) @Kyle Actually. It depends. Programs like Recuva allows you to restore deleted files on the PC. That's if another file haven't already overwritten the memory chunk that was allocated to it.
    – aytimothy
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 22:37
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Restore your IOS device form an backup that has been created before the world deletion.

but be careful with that: because ALL data from ALL apps (contacts, calendar, other games, ...) will be restored.

there is no way to just restore your terraria world without a jailbreak.

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  • I'm sure there are programs that let you choose what to restore. (And yes, restoring through iTunes replaces everything)
    – aytimothy
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 10:39
  • no. there are definitly no programms that let you chose what to restore. if there are some, show us.
    – DropDeadSander - EUW
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 10:47
  • iTools allows you to backup/view individual app's data (and the app itself). If you mean the backups that iTunes create - I'm not very sure if that's extractable. Just note that iTools does not allow you to recover deleted data. It's more of a data management app.
    – aytimothy
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 13:58
  • so this tools does not what OP wants...
    – DropDeadSander - EUW
    Commented Oct 30, 2014 at 14:02

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