Got a new phone, pictures were not on iCloud. How do I recover them

Cameron_Rodl wrote:

Got a new phone. Can’t use the old one. A lot of pictures were not backed up. On the new phone, bought more iCloud storage. How do I recover all of the photos I lost?

Well can't recover what wasn't backed up.

Cameron_Rodl wrote:

What about texts ?

Same answer applies, no backup no recovery.

Goes for any other data on any other devices.