Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone without Backup

“Yesterday, I decided to free up some space for my iPhone 6. However, I deleted several photos on it by accident. These photos are very important to me and I don’t have any backup. Can I possibly get these photos back? If possible, what should I do?” - Sammy

In the past, you can not take a high-definition photo without a digital camera. Nowadays, with the quick development of the technology, camera on phones can assure you the photo quality as well. Therefore, more people tend to take photos on their phones to record good times because of its portability. However, as time goes by, you may experience the same problem as Sammy! Then what can you do? Here, I will illustrate how to recover deleted photos from iPhone without backup in detail.

First of all, you can check the “Recently Deleted” folder on your “Photos” app to see if you can find the deleted photos. If they are there, you can choose the photos you want and get them back very easily according to the prompts. Obviously, this is the most effective way to recover iPhone pictures without backup. However, what if you can’t find them? 

If you can’t find the deleted photos in “Recently Deleted” folder, you can still recover them. All you need is a recovery software - Jihosoft iPhone Data Recovery. This software can help you recover deleted/lost iPhone photos without backup no matter what is the reason to cause the issue. Even if you lose photos because of factory reset, you can still recover iPhone photos after restore without backup. Actually, It can recover deleted/lost contacts, call logs, photos, videos, notes, etc. from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch directly. Let’s see how to do with it:

                           

Step 1: Download and launch this software on your computer. You will see the interface as follow:

Step 2: Connect your iPhone to the computer and click “Start Scan” to let the software scan your iPhone data (both existing and deleted) after your iPhone is detected.

Step 3: Preview the scan result and choose the pictures you want and then press “Recover” button to recover them.

More about Jihosoft iPhone Data Recovery

Recover data from iOS devices directly;

Restore data from iTunes/iCloud backup;

Easy-to-use and user-friendly software.

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How to Recover Deleted Photos from iPhone Camera Roll

There is an indisputable fact that most people, especially iPhone users, would like to hold an iPhone on hand rather than a digital camera to take photos. This is because cameras on iPhone are getting more attractive to people for their various functions and portability. However, as time goes by, you may delete some important ones from thousands of photos by accident when freeing up space. Then, what can you do to recover iPhone photos missing from camera roll? Next, I will guide you with methods to solve this problem in two aspects - with and without backup.

Recover Photos from iPhone Camera Roll with Backup

If your iPhone photos disappeared from camera roll and you happen to have an backup of iTunes/iCloud, you can recover these lost photos with backup easily.

For iTunes Backup:

At first, connect your iPhone to computer and open iTunes. After your iPhone is detected by iTunes, you’ll see an iPhone icon on the top left side. Click this icon, navigate to “Summary” and then press “Restore Backup...” to choose backup from iTunes and recover iPhone to get the lost photos back.

Please note that this method will replace all the existing data on your iPhone with the backup you choose, so that you’d better think over whether to recover or not. If you have some important data created after your last sync, you will lose that part of data after restoring from previous backup.

For iCloud Backup:

If you choose to recover from iCloud backup, you have to reset your iPhone to factory settings and then restore from backup.

Step 1: Tap Settings>General>Reset>Erase All Content and Settings on your iPhone to reset it to factory settings. After that, your iPhone will restart automatically.

Step 2: Set up your iPhone with screen prompts after the restart unless you see “Apps&Data” screen. And don’t forget to connect your iPhone to Wi-Fi during the process.

Step 3: On the “Apps&Data” interface, choose “Restore from iCloud Backup”.

Step 4: Wait for the progress bar from appearing to vanishing in patience. This process may take very long to finish. You can get what you want only after the process is done.

What if you don’t have any backup or you don’t want to erase all your iPhone data with a previous backup? Actually, you can still get the deleted/lost photos back.

Recover Photos from iPhone Camera Roll without Backup

Under such circumstances, you can recover deleted photos from iPhone camera roll with a recovery software - Jihosoft iPhone Data Recovery. This software can help you recover deleted/lost contacts, call logs, photos, videos, etc. from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch directly. Just download this software on your computer and then follow the steps below:

1.Launch this software and connect your iPhone to your computer.

2.Click “Start Scan” after your iPhone is detected by the software.

3.Preview and choose “Camera Roll” on the left side list after the scan and then tap “Recover” to retrieve deleted/lost photos.