All my messages disappeared on my iPhone 4 iOS 7.0.4 how to get them back?

I turned my iPhone 4 with iOS 7.0.4 this morning and all my messages were gone. Is there any way to get them back or at least prevent this from happening again?

I'm having this same issue here, It's frustrating! But I went to a contact and sent them a text and that whole conversation loaded, might do the same for you!

Recovery mode I guess

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