How can i retreive photos that were on my new iphone before restored a backup from an old iphone?

I had 11,000 photos on my phone that I sent from my old iPhone. I chose to do it manually because there were many photos I didn’t want going to the new phone. So I took my time to transfer manually and deleted all the photos from the old phone. Including “recently deleted” album.

After doing this, I couldn’t find a way to get my messages from my old phone to my new one so I used a backup option on iTunes. I backed up the old phone, and then connected the new one and restored backup. It inadvertently replaced everything that was on the new phone and it wasn’t what I wanted. I regret it badly and I’m just throwing this out there in case anybody can help me. Is there any way I can get my pictures back?


NOTE: I don’t have them backed up anywhere, not iCloud not iTunes.

please help.

iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Dec 24, 2023 8:14 AM

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Dec 24, 2023 8:21 AM in response to VanessaBella_

If you need a second opinion, Kurtosis12 is 100% correct. I'm sure you do regret the restore, but when you did that, you restored what the backup contained and it overwrote what was on your iPhone. The photos are gone and without them being backed up anywhere else, there is nowhere to get them from.


Since I don't want to ever lose photos, I have multiple backups of my photos. They are stored on my MacBook Pro. I'm an Amazon Prime customer and use their photo backup and I also have Carbonite, a backup service, where my photos are stored. Redundant, for sure, but better safe than sorry.

Dec 24, 2023 10:50 AM in response to VanessaBella_

If they are still on your iPhone 7 and your iPhone 7 has not been wiped and it is using the same Apple ID as your new iPhone, do the following:


  1. Make sure the iPhone 7 is connected to Wifi and still active. Go to Settings, Your Name, iCloud and make sure Photos are turned on. They will sync with iCloud. On the new phone, make sure you do the same, so the photos will then sync from the cloud to your new iPhone. But they have to be using the same Apple ID
  2. You can also connect your iPhone to your computer and transfer the photos to your computer, then sync them using iTunes to your new phone. This link explains how to move them from iPhone to computer --> Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support
  3. This linke explains how to sync photos from a computer to your iPhone using iTunes --> Sync photos in iTunes on PC with devices - Apple Support


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