“What to do? After updating to iOS 12, my iPhone couldn’t be archived. Anyone can help me fix iPhone couldn’t be archived issue after updating to iOS 12?”
To archive your iPhone before or after updating to iOS 12, we recommend you third-party iOS data recovery software iRefone, which has two version,
Window version and
Mac version. Now we’ll show you detailed information about it.
Main Feature of iRefone
-Support data like photos, videos, messages, contacts and more
-Three recover mode to get back lost data
-Extract data in iTunes and iCloud backup
-Preview data before recovery
-easy to use with fast speed
-100% safe with data loss
When you need, you can download and install the free trial version to have a try.

Archive iPhone after Updating to iOS 12
Now follow below steps and archive your iPhone selectively.
Step 1. Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, then tap on “Next”.
Step 2. When we enter the new interface, we can see many data icon and media icon there. Find and click “Message” icon for example, and it will be scanned by iRefone.
Step 3. After scanning, you can preview and choose messages you need to archive, tap on “Recover to PC” to backup them.
And you can repeat this process to backup other data on your iPhone selectively.