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how to recover deleted photos without backup?

Recently I went on a trip and took photos with my iphone 5s (ios 9), every night I would submit those photos to the icloud shared photos feature and then delete them from the phone because with 12 16Gb one has to find ways of optimize storage space. I decided to show the pictures to my family yesterday and it turns out there are missing pictures. I want to know if there's a way of recovering the files, I didn't backup precisely because I thought icloud was enough. The photos were taken 3 weeks ago.

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Feb 14, 2016 6:22 AM

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Jun 11, 2017 7:19 PM in response to Usmanc83

You need to describe fully and exactly what it is that you are wanting to do. If you are better able to provide the kind of information we would need in order to help you in your native language, please feel free to post in that language.


Short sentences that are not understandable are simply not enough for anyone to be able to help.


Best of luck,


GB

Oct 23, 2017 9:26 AM in response to Biobobs

iCloud Photo Sharing is a service - it doesn't take up space on your device.


Do you mean you had iCloud Photo Library turned on and you turned it off? If so, then the photos should all be in the Photos app on iCloud.com unless:


- You did not have enough space on iCloud to upload any more photos

- Or, you were not connected to Wifi so the photos weren't uploaded yet


Can you provide more information about what you did exactly?


GB

Nov 23, 2017 4:22 PM in response to gail from maine

Hi Gail,


Can you advise on the below please? I have taken some photos on my iPhone 7plus and then subsequently deleted them and cleared the recently deleted folder. I have then factory reset my iPhone as I am looking to sell it. Can you shed any light on the question of if someone new ie not me who bought the phone and started it up if they can access these photos? They will not have an iCloud backup or iTunes backup.


Any info you can provide is appreciated :)

Nov 25, 2017 9:02 AM in response to gail from maine

Hi Gail


Thank you for your reply, I appreciate it.


Just as a question and throwing it out there, even following this process do you think it stops anyone from being able to retrieve items from an iPhone?


I am keen to sell my 7 plus to upgrade however I am nervous about another person having my device if that makes sense. I have only ever recycled in the family so there have never been any concerns.


Have you sold on devices in the past, did you/ would you have concerns?


Kind regards

Allthegearandnoidea😂

Feb 15, 2016 7:55 AM in response to Kattalatribu

First off, note that iCloud Photos simply mimics exactly what you have on your iOS device. If you delete the photo from your iPhone, it also deletes it on iCloud. To help with storage issues on the iPhone go to Settings | Photos & Camera and you can select the option Optimize iPhone Storage.


One thing you can check is open your Photos app on your iPhone, select Albums, then go to Recently Deleted. Any recently deleted photos will be stored there for 30 days. You may be able to find them there unless you already cleared them out.

Jun 16, 2016 9:51 PM in response to regtm11

3rd party software is totally unnecessary in the situation described by the OP. Apple has provided a Recently Deleted album as a part of Photos which allows you to recover any deleted photos for up to 30 days after you have deleted them.


In the OPs case, they had taken the photos 3 weeks before, so they wouldn't need to use software that is not in the iTunes Store (which one shouldn't do as a rule anyway).


Cheers,


GB

Oct 27, 2016 8:11 PM in response to Kattalatribu

Technically, It's impossible. However, you can restore deleted photos from iTunes or iCloud backups if you've done backups before. According to the instructions from Apple: Restore from a Backup File - Apple Support.

Restore from an iTunes backup:

Launch iTunes and connect iPhone to it, then go to "File" > "Devices" > "Restore from backup".

Restore from an iCloud backup:

Reset your iPhone via "Settings" > "Reset" > "Erase all contents and settings". It will prompt you whether to restore data from iCloud.

However, if no luck, you have no backups available. Please check out whether deleted photos are here on the "Recently Deleted" album. Photos and videos are allowed to be recovered from it within 30 days after deleted.
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