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If i backed up my ipod, when i restore it and use the backup, will i still have my pictures

I have forgotten the password to my ipod and i am one wrong enter from being completely disabled. I think i have an old backup. if i use this will i get all my pictures from that time point? also, is there anyway i can back up my pictures while its locked then restore it?

iPod touch (5th generation), iOS 8.3

Posted on Jun 1, 2015 11:54 AM

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Posted on Jun 1, 2015 12:29 PM

Yes for photos taken or saved to the iPod when the backup was made.

Photos synced to the iPod will not be restored.

For photos only in your PhtoStream album, ony the last 30 days will be restored.


Disabled


Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.

iOS: Forgot passcode or device disabled

If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.

How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings

For how to restore:

iTunes: Restoring iOS software

To restore from backup see:

iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.

You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store


If problem what happens or does not happen and when in the instructions? When you successfully get the iPod in recovery mode and connect to computer iTunes should say it found an iPod in recovery mode.

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Jun 1, 2015 12:29 PM in response to zach_mcd

Yes for photos taken or saved to the iPod when the backup was made.

Photos synced to the iPod will not be restored.

For photos only in your PhtoStream album, ony the last 30 days will be restored.


Disabled


Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.

iOS: Forgot passcode or device disabled

If recovery mode does not work try DFU mode.

How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings

For how to restore:

iTunes: Restoring iOS software

To restore from backup see:

iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes

If you restore from iCloud backup the apps will be automatically downloaded. If you restore from iTunes backup the apps and music have to be in the iTunes library since synced media like apps and music are not included in the backup of the iOS device that iTunes makes.

You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:

Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store


If problem what happens or does not happen and when in the instructions? When you successfully get the iPod in recovery mode and connect to computer iTunes should say it found an iPod in recovery mode.

If i backed up my ipod, when i restore it and use the backup, will i still have my pictures

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