How can I recover my lost photos on iPhone 16 Pro?

Peng-974 wrote:

So i recently got a Iphone 16 Pro and completed all the data transfer stuff that they prompt you when you get a new phone. After the setup, i check my photos because it has important photos from 10 years ago as well as photos i need for work. I made sure that its all there which it was. Then i started to factory reset my old phone. The next morning most of the photos on my new phone suddenly disappeared saying there was only 7 photos stored on icloud. What happened and what do i do?

It almost sounds as if you went and manually deleted photos from the old phone while it was still synchronized with iCloud.

If you did do a manual deletion, but did not compound the mistake by going into the Recently Deleted album, and deleting the photos from there, or waiting 30+ days, you could go into the Recently Deleted album (on the new phone, which I take it is using iCloud Photos) to restore photos. If they are not there, they are gone, unless you have copies somewhere else you haven't told us about.

“Photos Deleted on New Phone After Resetting Old Phone: So i recently got a Iphone 16 Pro and completed all the data transfer stuff that they prompt you when you get a new phone. After the setup, i check my photos because it has important photos from 10 years ago as well as photos i need for work. I made sure that its all there which it was. Then i started to factory reset my old phone. The next morning most of the photos on my new phone suddenly disappeared saying there was only 7 photos stored on icloud. What happened and what do i do?”

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Transferring to a New iPhone:

Just curious: Did you transfer using Quick Start?: Use Quick Start to Transfer Data to a New iPhone or iPad - Apple Support. Of not, reset your new iPhone to factory settings, and then perform Quick Start transfer.

“What good would Quick start be at this point since they said the already factory reset the old phone?”

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If it’s already reset to factory settings, perform the Quick Start. Elsewise, it’s a manual transfer.

What good would Quick start be at this point since they said the already factory reset the old phone?

They said they already factory reset their old phone, there is nothing to quick transfer to his new phone.