Q: My iPhone 4S deleted my photos
My phone deleted almost all of my photos and I am wondering how to get them back. I had around 9000 and now there's only 630. They are not photos that are on my computer either, and I hadn't synced recently. They really just vanished.
Posted on Jan 2, 2016 9:16 PM
Community Specialists
Hi there ptsdasuke,
It sounds like you are suddenly missing most of your photos on your phone for some reason. Had you recently disabled iCloud Photo Library? That could be one reason they aren't showing anymore. You can check online to see if they had been synced up to iCloud:
You can also access your entire photo library from the Photos app on iCloud.com.
If not then you will need to restore from a backup made in either iCloud or iTunes to restore any missing data:
Restore your device from an iCloud or iTunes backup
You may want to see about either importing your existing photos:
Import photos and videos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer
Or creating a backup of your phone first in case you need to restore from it. I would suggest backing up to iCloud for this purpose:
How to back up your devices using iCloud or iTunes
CLOS
Posted on Jan 5, 2016 9:14 PM