hello.I lost all my photos on my iphone BECAUSE my storage is full.Can you please help me .I didnt know.Pleas ehelp me

Hello.Can someone please help me.I lost all my photos and i didnt know when storage is full we lose our photos.Please help me restore the back

iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 13

Posted on Jan 21, 2021 12:09 PM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2021 2:18 PM

I am guessing you have “icloud photos” on when you tap on the “on” at the end of the Photos line.

iCloud photos will upload any new photos you take after turning it on. That is not the same as a full icloud backup of your entire photo library. You would need an icloud storage plan at least the size of your phone, and 5GB will not cover it.

This lengthy user tip explains it

iCloud photos vs backup. USER TIP

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250002769

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Jan 21, 2021 2:18 PM in response to ghita224

I am guessing you have “icloud photos” on when you tap on the “on” at the end of the Photos line.

iCloud photos will upload any new photos you take after turning it on. That is not the same as a full icloud backup of your entire photo library. You would need an icloud storage plan at least the size of your phone, and 5GB will not cover it.

This lengthy user tip explains it

iCloud photos vs backup. USER TIP

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-250002769

Jan 21, 2021 1:18 PM in response to LD150

Hi Peter.Thank you for your effort and your answer.But no it was not an error 14.Because when i go on the cloud, it says my pictures are using up 1.9gb of space and the rest of the space is all used up as well. So when i connected my ihpne to my mac i found that i only had 200 pictures but on my PHOTOS folder i had 15000. AND WHEN I check the cloud it shows YELLOW color for the space pictures are using up so this means the pictures are still there? Also as you can see i freed up space but when i check my PHOTOS file i still dont have my pictures but only 200 and 200 pictures dont represent 1.4gb, thats less ....so where are they then?:( are still there??

Jan 22, 2021 1:04 AM in response to LD150

Hello Peter. Thank you for your reply but I’m not sure I understand.

could you please tell me if I can recover my old photos after paying fr a new plan of 0.99 dollars every month? I’m not a tech person at all so I didn’t know about what a backup is let alone iCloud. I would just take pictures and that’s it. So by paying now ça I please get them back? Please help me Peter. I swear I don’t now what to do and I don’t even know how to do a backup. I was only able to recover 167 pictures. If I pay a plan will the pictures gone yesterday we recovered please??kindly help me


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