Monday 31 October 2016

Recover Lost Photos from iPhone

“My iPhone storage is almost full, so i deleted some photos in my iPhone. Now i want them back, because i some photos i need by mistake. What should i do to recover those lost photos from my iPhone?”

Many people are photo lover, when they experience something special, they’ll take photos to record the special time; when they see something beautiful, they’ll take photos; most of all, many people like selfie ect. In this way, photos mean a lot to us. It records the moment of our life and keep all the good memory. So when we lost some photos, it’ll make us crazy. Now luckily, in this article, we’ll learn how to recover our lost photos from iPhone. No crazy any more.

First. Recover Lost Photos from Recent Deleted Folder

If you lost some photos from your iPhone with iOS 8 or later, you can find those lost photos from Recent Deleted folder on your photo album.

1, Open your Photo App, tap on “Album” menu to open the list, then tap on “Recent Deleted” folder.

2, Now you’ll see your deleted photos, and tap on “Recover” at the right bottom on the screen.

By this way, you can only recover your recent deleted photos within 30 days, if your deleted photos are out of the date, it won’t help.

Second. Recover Lost Photos from iCloud Backup

If you have done backup in iCloud, you could recover your lost photos from iCloud Backup.

1, Connect your iPhone with Wifi, go to Setting--General--Erase all content and settings, when all content and settings are erased, go to setup assistant with a hello screen.

2, Swipe to begin the setup progress, choose “Restore Backup”. Then you’ll have your photos restored to your iPhone.

Remark: It doesn’t allow us to restore the photos selectively, so many photos in your iPhone will be overwritten as well as other iPhone data.

Third. Recover Lost Photos from iTunes Backup

If you have done backup in your iTunes, you can also recover your lost photos from iTunes backup.

1, Launching your iTunes and make sure it’s with latest version, connect your iPhone with PC. And click iPhone image icon.

2. Go to Files--Summary, then you can see your backup files on the left side bar.

2, Choose the backup files you need, tap on “Restore Backup”, and confirm with “Restore”.

Remark: it won’t allow us to preview the photos before restoring, and we couldn’t do it selectively.

Last. Recover Lost Photos with iRefone

If you want to selectively recover your lost photos and preview them before restoring, iRefone is your best choice.

iRefone is a professional iOS data recovery software, it can extract data from iTunes and iCloud backup selectively, and you can preview them before restoring. Also it can recover your lost or deleted iPhone data even you have no backups, like photos, messages, contact, notes, reminders, WeChat messages ect.

Now download and install the free trial version to have a try.



1, Run iRefone, connect your iPhone with PC. Choose “Recover from iOS Device”, and click “Start”.



2, When we enter the new interface with data files that iRefone can recover, click “Photo” icon, and it’ll be scanned by the software.



3, After scanning, you can preview and choose photos you need, tap on “Recover to PC”, and choose folder path to save them.

Then you’ll have your lost photos back.



Remark: when you have backup your iPhone data in iTunes or iCloud, you can also use iRefone to help you restore them.

See below article for reference:

Access Group Messages from iCloud Backup

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