Photos missing from iPhone after formatting
"I formatted my iPhone and all my photos are gone."
"Can you help me?"
iPhone 12
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"I formatted my iPhone and all my photos are gone."
"Can you help me?"
iPhone 12
ghady243 wrote:
"I formatted my iPhone and all my photos are gone."
"Can you help me?"
What do you mean by formatting?
If you backup your photo to iCloud or iTunes restore from that backup.
If you were syncing them to the cloud look, then reenable photos or look in deleted folders.
Photos missing from iPhone after formatting