Hello. I accidentally erased my phone on the find my iPhone app... is there any way to restore my phon? My last backup was in 2016...

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QRobertson Author

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Hello. I accidentally erased my phone on the find my iPhone app... is there any way to restore my phon? My last backup was in 2016...

I erased my phone in error on the find my iPhone app... help please

Posted on Oct 22, 2017 6:18 PM

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Lawrence Finch

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Oct 23, 2017 11:24 AM in response to QRobertson

If you have no backups then you cannot restore anything. However, if you had enabled iCloud syncing for things like contacts, calendars, notes, photos, etc then they will be restored when you log back in.

As your iPhone can easily be set to automatically back up to iCloud every day you might consider using this feature in the future. Just open Settings, tap on your name, then iCloud, then turn on Backup. When your phone is locked and connected to Wi-Fi and power it will back up daily. A good reason to charge your phone overnight, every night.

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jeremy_v

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Oct 23, 2017 11:17 AM in response to QRobertson

Hello QRobertson,

Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Community. I understand you've erased your phone and would like to retrieve your data, and I have some information that may help.

Have a look at the article below for some helpful steps for restoring from a backup.
Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

If you run into any trouble, please reach out again.
Best Regards.

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