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how do i recover lost data from iphone 4s after accidental restore?

how do i recover lost data from iphone 4s after accidental restore. i had not backed it up, not recently synced and icloud was off.

iPhone 4S, iOS 5

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 4:22 AM

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Jul 24, 2017 9:35 AM in response to Braindead1

No, it would have been YOU who stored all of your data. In one or all of the following ways:


1. By making backups of your device

2. By having iCloud turned on and syncing your Contacts, Calendars, Notes, Reminders, etc.

3. By importing your photos either to a photos app on a computer, or to iCloud Photo Library


If YOU have stored all of your data, then you can get it back.


Apple has no direct access to any of your stored data.


GB

Sep 18, 2017 8:21 PM in response to KiltedTimme

What is in (and can be recovered from) iCloud is not the issue here.


What is at issue here are the things that are contained in Backup of the iOS device. If the person has not backed up their device, then anything they are not already syncing with iCloud will be lost. Messages, for example. No backup - no Messages. If you are not using iCloud Photo Library, then your entire Camera Roll other photo albums. App & Game data - only on a backup. Device Settings - only on a backup.


So, the answer remains. If you do not have a backup, you will be able to fully recover all of the data on your device.


As with the ability to restore anything that is being sync'd to iCloud, you also will be able to re-download any purchases made from the iTunes & App Stores.


But all of the stuff in the middle up there will be gone.


GB

Jul 23, 2013 6:02 AM in response to mvpt

As long as you don’t disable the automatic sync option in iTunes, it will automatically generate a backup for your iOS device when you plug your device into your Mac or PC, and the backup file updates along with your every sync. So it is certainly sure and easy to restore iPhone from iTunes backup with Vibosoft iTunes data recovery. That is, you can recover your iPhone/iPad/iPod data from the recent iTunes backup whenever the data is missing.


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Jul 23, 2013 5:57 AM in response to mvpt

If you have synced your iPhone 4s to iTunes on a computer before and have not synced it after you lost all your data, you can get them back. But iTunes can't help. You need to get a third party iPhone data recovery software like iTunes Data Recovery, which helped you recover lost data on iPhone 4s after accidental restore. You can give it a shot! Get it from CNET Download.


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