My iphone11 was stolen and found later. Unfortunately the last year data wasn’t backed up. The one who stoled the phone has inserted the password incorrectly many times so the phone has blocked. What shall I do to restore my data of last year?
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iPhone 13, iOS 17
Anything that existed only on that phone, and nowhere else, is gone. My understanding is that the only way to get into that phone now is to erase everything on it.
There are a couple of cases where your data might exist outside of the phone even if you were't making backups.
These are the exceptions that prove the rule.
Anything that existed only on that phone, and nowhere else, is gone. My understanding is that the only way to get into that phone now is to erase everything on it.
There are a couple of cases where your data might exist outside of the phone even if you were't making backups.
These are the exceptions that prove the rule.
Unfortunately the last year data wasn’t backed up
Unfortunately then, you will not be able to restore anything from the last year.
Please make a note to start today to automatically back up your phone overnight every night so something like this will never happen again.
How to back up your iPhone or iPad with iCloud - Apple SupportApple SupportOfficial Apple Support › en-us
Yea all it takes is someone to put the password in too many times and they can completely wipe your phone. Had this happen to me, I lost almost 3 years of data because my phone screen broke and entered my password wrong too many times. Pretty dumb design if you ask me.
All you can do is get mad and then learn from it going forward. I now use amazon photos to backup all my photos/videos to the cloud and once in a while I plug my phone into my computer and backup to itunes (although I just bought a 1TB external hard drive so I’m going to start using that now)
You won’t be able to restore data unless you have a backup.
(although I just bought a 1TB external hard drive so I’m going to start using that now)
If you were thinking that you could back up the iPhone to the external hard drive......save yourself some time and frustration trying to get this to work.......because it won't.
Is it possible to restore data after iPhone theft?
