As is known to all iCloud only provides 5GB of free storage for each new user, which is easily used up with just a few large files. If, for this reason, you did not back up your iPhone photos to iCloud, and at this time, you accidentally lost some important pictures, how to recover photos from iPhone without iCloud? Is there any other reliable method to find them back? Suppose you are currently in this situation. In that case, the tutorial in this article will be very helpful to you.
The answer is positive. Where do the deleted photos go on your iPhone? When you remove a photo from the Photos app, it does not delete permanently from your iPhone. Instead, the deleted photo comes into the Recently Deleted folder and stays there for up to 30 days. Thus, when you find your photos are missing, the first thing you can do is to check the Recently Deleted folder. If you are lucky enough, you will recover photos from your iPhone without iCloud from the Recently Deleted folder.
However, if there is no photo in the Recently Deleted folder, the chances of recovery will depend on the specific situation. In general, if you stop using your iPhone and turn off the Wi-Fi and cellular data at once, you may recover lost iPhone photos with the help of professional iPhone data recovery software or from other backup locations like iTunes, Google Photos, etc. But assume that you continue using your iPhone after data loss. In that case, the newly created data will overwrite the deleted photos. If you didn't back up your iPhone photos, you would never find them back in any way.
In other words, you'd better cease to use your iPhone and switch off the network connection once losing photos if you wish to get them back. Also, you need to back up your iPhone in daily use regularly.
As we mentioned above, the deleted photos from the Photos app will temporarily store in the Recently Deleted folder for 30 days before disappearing forever. If you don't back them up, you can first check this folder to see whether they are there.
How do I recover pictures that I didn't back up?
Step 1. Go to the iPhone Photos app and tap the "Albums" section.
Step 2. Scroll down to select the "Recently Deleted" album. If there are photos, select and tap the photos you want to restore.
Step 3. Hit the "Recover" button at the bottom, and you're done.
Except for iCloud, iPhone users also get the option to back up the iPhone to iTunes. Assume you have backed up your iPhone with iTunes before losing photos, you can recover deleted photos from the iTunes backup. You can choose to use the professional recovery tool Coolmuster iPhone Data Recovery to extract photos from the iTunes backup without overwriting existing data, or you can perform a full recovery using iTunes directly.
Coolmuster iPhone Data Recovery is a powerful iPhone photo recovery app that allows you to selectively recover data from your iPhone without backup or from iTunes/iCloud backup files. It supports more data types than photos, like contacts, messages, calendars, voice memos, call logs, notes, etc. If you have previously backed up your iPhone to the computer via iTunes, you can quickly retrieve the lost photos with this software wirelessly.
Key features of Coolmuster iPhone Data Recovery:
Here is how to recover photos from a lost iPhone without iCloud using iPhone Data Recovery:
01After installing the program on your computer, please open it and choose the "Recover from iTunes Backup File" mode from the left side. Then it will scan the default iTunes backup location on your PC. Please select one from the list when the backup files show up and hit the "Start Scan" button below. (Note: If you cannot find the wanted file, please tap the "Select" button to choose the iTunes backup file from your customized folders.)
02When you reach the following screen, tick off "Photos" from the table and click the "Start Scan" button again.
03After scanning, preview and check the desired photos to recover, and press the "Recover to Computer" button at the lower-right corner. After that, please wait until it finishes the recovery process, and the whole process won't last long.
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If you don't want to spend money, you can directly restore the entire device's backup through the iTunes application to recover the lost photos, but this method will overwrite the existing data on your iPhone. In that case, you can follow the steps below to recover iPhone photos via iTunes.
Here is how to recover deleted photos from iPhone without iCloud via iTunes:
Step 1. Run iTunes on your computer and connect your iPhone to the computer on which you store the iTunes backup file.
Step 2. Tap the iPhone icon when it appears in the iTunes window, choose the "Summary" tab, and click "Restore Backup".
Step 3. Pick a backup file from the list of backups and hit the "Restore" button.
If you don't have an iCloud backup, iTunes backup, Google Photos backup, or other backup files, then using iOS Data Recovery is the last option. This software can directly scan your iPhone and recover deleted photos and other data.
Here is how to use iOS Data Recovery to recover deleted photos without a backup:
01First, download and install the software on your computer. Launch it and choose the "Recover from iOS Device" mode. Next, connect your iPhone to the computer using a USB cable for the software to detect it automatically. Then, simply click "Start Scan" to begin scanning your iDevice.
02The software will scan all your iPhone data and display it in different categories. On the left panel, you can choose from folders like "Camera Roll", "Photo Stream", "App Photos", or "Photo Library" to view the images on the right.
03Preview and select the photos you want to recover, then click the "Recover" button. Your deleted photos will be saved to your computer.
We believe that people who have ever experienced data loss from their iPhones want nothing but to keep the data safe. In this regard, there are several pieces of advice for you to avoid photos and other data loss from your iPhone again.
At the end of the article, I believe you have mastered how to recover photos from iPhone without iCloud. If you have backed up your iPhone to iTunes, I highly recommend you try Coolmuster iPhone Data Recovery for the following three reasons:
If you haven't backed up your iPhone and there is no photo in the Recently Deleted folder, I highly recommend you try iOS Data Recovery to directly retrieve the deleted photos from your iPhone without a backup.
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