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JohnJackRice Author

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iPhone 5: How to recover deleted photos?

Hello,

I recently got an iPhone 5 and been happily snapping away. However, the other day managed to delete a load of photos that didn't want to delete.

I'm travelling and don't have a computer or have made any backups, via iTunes and neither Photostream or anything like that.

I'd really like the photos back and wondering if there is a way of doing it? I'd put some in the app "Photo Vault" to try and keep some secure, but they're gone as well.

I've used SD card software to recover photos from SD cards before with some success, and was wondering if there's a similar thing for iPhone?

Thanks

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Jan 17, 2013 10:22 PM

116 replies

Apr 20, 2015 5:05 AM in response to The Sheriff Of Cosham

Agreed with The Sheriff - even though i Cloud can be frustrating at times, it's saved my pictures in the past as well!

Apr 20, 2015 8:35 PM in response to weruto112

Your reply makes no sense to the OP who posted the question 2 years ago. The feature you are describing did not exist then. Updating to iOS 8 is not going to bring photos that were deleted before there ever was any such thing as a Recently Deleted album. Pay attention to what you are posting and to whom.

Apr 20, 2015 8:36 PM in response to Stanthemanwithaplan

Then reply to a post that is within the timeframe of the feature you are describing.

May 15, 2015 11:01 AM in response to The Sheriff Of Cosham

Hello

I have a big problem, i just pluged my iphone in my Windows and went to itunes, i accidently pressed "back up now" instead of restoring my old back up to my phone. So.... My iphone backed up in sec. and i lost the old backup and i don't know why, please help me with my problem i want to know how can i recover this backup, it is really important to me because i had like 2k photos on it.

Please guys help me out.

May 15, 2015 1:04 PM in response to MaDness97

MaDness97 wrote:

Hello

I have a big problem, i just pluged my iphone in my Windows and went to itunes, i accidently pressed "back up now" instead of restoring my old back up to my phone. So.... My iphone backed up in sec. and i lost the old backup and i don't know why, please help me with my problem i want to know how can i recover this backup, it is really important to me because i had like 2k photos on it.

Please guys help me out.

ty

Most of the time (I wish I could guarantee, but "most of the time" is the best I can do!) itunes makes a snapshot backup right before restoring. The snapshot backup folder has a date stamp on it, unlike the usual backup. If you go into the iTunes preferences (edit menu in iTunes for windows I think) and the Devices section, do you see an extra backup for your phone, with the date in the name?

Nithikm

Level 1

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Jun 6, 2015 3:32 AM in response to kingvictor

Can u explain the full process...

Jun 6, 2015 4:13 AM in response to Nithikm

Nithikm wrote:

Can u explain the full process...

The person to whom you're replying was a spammer who posted two years ago. They are not going to help you do anything. If you deleted your pictures and do not have a back up, they are lost.

Jun 6, 2015 4:55 AM in response to JohnJackRice

You can go to Albums at the bottom and go to the recentley deleted pictures folder then go to the top and hit recover all or delete all or select the ones you want to delete or restore.

Jun 6, 2015 5:07 AM in response to matdawg6077

matdawg6077 wrote:

You can go to Albums at the bottom and go to the recentley deleted pictures folder then go to the top and hit recover all or delete all or select the ones you want to delete or restore.

That feature didn't exist when the person to whom you're replying posted, two years ago.

Jun 11, 2015 9:02 PM in response to Arorawry

Arorawry wrote:

Photos missing after iOS upgrade - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4362944?answerId=19787456022#19787456022 - different groupings for photos on mobile device and recovery options

i recently updated ios 7.1 software to ios 8.1.2 and i lost a lot of photos from photostream from my iPhone 5S, how i can recover these photos ?

lapeq

Level 1

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Jun 22, 2015 3:35 AM in response to JohnJackRice

Hey JohnJack,

1 - Super sorry that's the worst!

2 - I only went through 3 pages but no body seemed to say that you have a folder which says "recently deleted"! It's in your photos under your "albums" no backup is needed within certain time limit. I hope you find them!

Jun 22, 2015 4:08 AM in response to lapeq

lapeq wrote:

2 - I only went through 3 pages but no body seemed to say that you have a folder which says "recently deleted"! It's in your photos under your "albums" no backup is needed within certain time limit. I hope you find them!

The reason no one mentioned that is because, two and a half years ago, when the original poster asked this question, that option did not exist. If you had read the whole thread, rather than just part of it, you would have seen that you are not the first person to make this error.

Hopefully, in the intervening two and a half years, they have either found their pictures or resigned themselves to their loss. However, we may never know as they haven't posted since.

Jul 13, 2015 8:14 PM in response to JohnJackRice

If you really don't backup photos to iTunes or iCloud, there is no way for you to recover. I am sorry about that. If you have backed up data to anywhere, you can still use a third-party program to help you recover.

Jul 13, 2015 8:44 PM in response to Colby Lightner

Just in case you didn't notice - the OP you are responding to posted his inquiry over 2 1/2 years ago....

Cheers,

Nicou502

Level 1

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Jul 17, 2015 11:18 AM in response to The Sheriff Of Cosham

Thanks for the advise! I didn't even think about my photo stream. I read your post and immediately checked my photo stream and sure enough my photos were right there! This was a quick easy fix.

iPhone 5: How to recover deleted photos?