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I LOST MY MY IPHONE 5 (VERSION iOS 10.1.1 .HOW CAN I RETRIEVE MY PHOTOS FROM IT

I LOST MY IPHONE YEARS BACK. HOW CAN I RETRIEVE PHOTOS AND OTHER FILES FROM IT

Posted on Sep 5, 2021 10:36 AM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2021 10:45 AM

If you didn’t back it up or sync it before it was lost there is no way to recover anything from it.


Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos and videos?


  • emailed, texted or messaged the photos to friends or family
  • iCloud photo sync
  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
  • Sync to Amazon Photos
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

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Sep 5, 2021 10:45 AM in response to jalal185

If you didn’t back it up or sync it before it was lost there is no way to recover anything from it.


Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos and videos?


  • emailed, texted or messaged the photos to friends or family
  • iCloud photo sync
  • iCloud backup
  • iTunes backup
  • Transfer your photos to your computer via USB cable
  • Apple Photo Stream
  • Sync to Google Photos
  • Sync to some other photo archiving service such as Shutterfly
  • Sync to Dropbox
  • Sync to box.com
  • Sync to Microsoft OneDrive
  • Sync to Amazon Photos
  • back up to Livedrive
  • Backup to any other backup or archiving service

If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.

I LOST MY MY IPHONE 5 (VERSION iOS 10.1.1 .HOW CAN I RETRIEVE MY PHOTOS FROM IT

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