How do i get my photos out of a backup thats in the cloud onto my IOS 8 I phone 5S

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How do i get my photos out of a backup thats in the cloud onto my IOS 8 I phone 5S

Hi,

I just upgraded to a I phone 5S from an I Phone 5. I backed up the I Phone 5 and returned it to Verizon and received the 5S.

I didn't think to worry about doing a photo migration because the I Phone 5S came with IOS 7. What happened was I Tunes went ahead and put IOS 8 on the 5S which is ok but now the 900 + photos that were in my photo stream on my I Phone 5 did not transfer to my IOS 8 I Phone 5S.

BUT...I still have the original backup of the I Phone 5 with all of the pictures on it in I Cloud and a copy of it on my Computer.

Is there a way to get those photos back out of that backup and on to the I Phone 5S or just get them onto my computer? There is also a back up of my original I Phone 5 on my computer also. I always back up all of my devices in 2 places.

Can I use my daughters I Pad Mini running IOS 7 to put that I Phone 5 backup onto to get the pictures back & then restore her I Pad Mini back to a backup I would have created before doing the above or is there another way of doing it. My daughters I Pad Mini is only 16GB and my I Phone 5S is 32GB.

Any Ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I can't replace a lot of those pictures.

Thanks in advance

Steve 🙂

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.2, 32 GB

Posted on Jan 20, 2015 5:39 AM

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razmee209

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Jan 20, 2015 11:10 AM in response to 61Espo

What happens when you try to restore from your icloud backup Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support

If you imported those pictures to your computer then sync them back to your phone iTunes: Syncing photos - Apple Support

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61Espo Author

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Jan 20, 2015 4:04 PM in response to razmee209

Hi..

Thanks for the reply..

My original I Phone 5 was running IOS 6.12

My I phone 5S currently runs IOS 8..When I upgraded it, it had IOS 7 on it which made the I Photo app compatible with everything below IOS 8...( which the photo app is not compatible with ) so I just connected the I Phone 5S to my computer and thinking the new phone had IOS 7 on it that these was nothing to worry about..I thought all 900 + pictures in the photo stream would transfer but somewhere in the process, I Tunes decides to just go and install IOS 8 which requires that you run a " Photo Migration App" to transfer photos from IOS 7 & below. The problem was is that I didn't want IOS 8 on my new 5S so I thought I wouldn't have to do that part..

Anyway the phone emerged with IOS 8 on it and the only photos that remained were the ones that were actually on the phone..The 900 + I had in the stream didn't transfer because the Photos that works on IOS 7 and below isn't compatible with IOS 8..I guess you have to use the photo migration app that comes with IOS 8 & I phone 6..But I didn't ask to upgrade to IOS 8...It just did it on it's own!

I still have the I Phone 5 Back up that I did just before giving it back to Verizon but if I try to restore the I Phone 5S running IOS 8 those photos in the stream will not go back on the phone because IOS 8 isn't compatible with the I Photos" that ran on IOS 7 and below..

So I have an I Pad mini that runs IOS 7..should I try and erase it...and put that I Phone 5 backup on it and pray the photos that were in the stream come back on it so I can transfer them back to my computer...then erase the I pad mini again and restore it using it's original backup that I have on the computer and the in the cloud?

I know this sounds confusing but I'm at a loss as to what to do..This is what I found ...http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201386

but it doesn't help me..

Steve

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razmee209

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Jan 20, 2015 4:10 PM in response to 61Espo

My Photo Stream FAQ - Apple Support

Get help using My Photo Stream - Apple Support

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