How can I restore my iPhone to an earlier date so I can restore my deleted pictures and videos?

If they were not backed up through iTunes to your computer or to iCloud, they are gone for good. There is no way to restore the phone to an earlier date. You are learning the importance of back-ups the hard way.

TO check if you have backed up to iTunes. On your computer go to the "iTunes" app, click on the littl phone icon right next to the forward and back arrows (if you don't have that plug your phone in and you should get it) look at the "Backups" section and see when the latest backup was.

YYou can click "Reset All Conten and Settings" and then restore from an iCloud or iTunes back up.

If you have never backed up your device to iCloud or iTunes, then there is nothing to restore to. A Windows "System Restore" uses backups to do the restore.

You can open iTunes on the computer you sync with, then click on iTunes in the top menu bar, then Preferences>Devices, and if you have any backups there you will see them listed for your device.

If you have a Mac, or if you have a PC and have installed the iCloud control panel, you can see if you have an iCloud backup. On a Mac, you would go to >System Preferences>iCloud>Manage Storage to see if you have any backups. Not exactly sure where you see them on a Windows iCloud Control Panel, however.

You can also log into iCloud.com on a computer, then click on Settings to see if any of your iCloud Storage is being used for backups. If yours is the only iOS device using that iCloud account, then the backups would be yours.

Since your device is erased anyway, you can also erase it again and when you are setting it up, once you sign into your iCloud account, you will be asked if you want to restore it from a backup. Click Restore from Backup, and if any backups are available, they will be listed. To erase the device go to Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content & Settings. Once you see the Hello screen, follow the prompts to set up the device.

Best of luck,

GB

HAve you ever plugged your phone into your computer to back up? To Check if you have backed up to iCloud go to "Settings", "Apple ID", "iCloud" and check if "iCloud Backup" is turned on.