It has happened to all of us that of deleting a photo or video from the mobile and then regretting it. Either because the deletion was by mistake or because later we wanted to realize that it could be useful to us. Is it possible to recover those deleted photos from iPhone? Yes, and in this article we will tell you how it can be done, being valid also for the iPad and also including video content.
If you permanently delete the photos and empty the “Recently Deleted” album
The possibility of recovery varies from case to case. In general, if you immediately stopped using your device and got help from a data recovery tool after suffering a data loss, it will recover most (even all) of your deleted data.
iMyFone D-Back iPhone data recovery software is able to recover your lost data directly from your iOS device without backup, including deleted photos and videos.
Follow these simple steps to do.
Step 1. First of all, download and install iMyFone D-Back on your computer. Launch the software and choose Recover from iOS device
Step 2. Connect your iPhone to the computer and choose the types of data you need to recover, D-Back will scan the data.
Step 3. When the scan is finished, a pop-up window will appear showing all the photos that can be recovered. Preview them and check the ones you need. You can also choose “Show deleted data only” and after selecting the photos you need, click Recover to complete the process.
You can also use iMyFone D-Back to recover deleted data from a broken iphone.
If you just took a photo or video and it doesn’t appear
Although it is not the most common, there are times when we have just taken a photograph or a video and when we enter the film we get an unpleasant surprise when we see that it does not appear. And all this without us having been able to see even the preview. Obviously this is not normal and although it may be a specific bug and irrecoverable content, in most cases it has a logical explanation and a simple solution.
There are times when, due to the weight of the photo or video, it takes a little longer to load. In many cases, just wait a few seconds or close the Photos app and reopen it . In others, on the other hand, the loading process gets stuck and you have to restart the iPhone , already having the photo or video available after having turned it on again. If this does not work, keep reading because in the following sections you could also find the solution to this problem.
If you remember having deleted the photo or video
If, on the contrary than in the opposite case, you are aware of having deleted the content of your gallery, obviously it is not a system error. Luckily there are ways to recover this type of deleted content, as we explain in the following points. Of course, they will only be valid if you use the native Photos app as the main manager of your albums.
If it was less than 30 days ago
You probably already know this, but if you don’t or you just couldn’t remember, you should know that Apple adds an album of recently deleted photos and videos in the native Photos application. All content of this type that has been deleted within a period of 30 days or less is stored in this, although after the passage of this period it deletes them.
If you enter the app, you must search for this album and you will find that everything is ordered according to when you deleted it. Investigate thoroughly if among that deleted content is what you were looking for and if so, click on the ” Recover ” option and you will see it again in your gallery, being already safe from the definitive elimination. Of course, remember that the photo will not appear in its chronological order of origin, being therefore located in the main album on the date it was stored on the iPhone and not on the date you retrieved it.
Restore a backup
If you do not have the photo library synchronized with iCloud and you remember having made a backup copy of the phone with the photo or video still having, it is possible to recover it this way. Of course, you must restore the iPhone completely to be able to load the backup, because it cannot be loaded once the phone is already configured. We therefore understand that it can be somewhat tedious, but you can always restore that old copy, recover the photo / video and put it safe in the cloud and then restore it again by putting your most recent copy and loading that content that you thought was lost.
For the restoration of the iPhone you can use a computer and connect both devices by cable, although in this case it is not strictly necessary. All you have to do is go to Settings> General> Reset and click on the “Delete content and settings” option. Once it is done, you must configure the device again and load the old copy of iCloud in the corresponding section.
Check iCloud sync
You can check if you have activated the synchronization of the Photos app in iCloud from Settings> your name> iCloud and checking if you have the option “Photos” activated. If your iPhone has a version that is iOS 10.2 or earlier, the path to follow is different, being Settings> iCloud. If you see that it is enabled, you should know that possibly the photo you deleted will continue to be kept on other devices such as iPad or Mac if you are logged in with the same Apple ID, so you can check in the Photos app of these if it appears.
If you do not have another Apple device or cannot access it at the moment, you can access iCloud via the web to see if it has been stored in the cloud or if it has been erased as well. This access can be done from Safari or another iPhone browser and even from Android and Windows devices, although you must have your Apple ID and password at hand because you will be required to log in.
Are you sure it was on the same Apple ID?
If you’ve recently set up your iPhone, whether it’s new or restored, or just signed out of iCloud from Settings, that’s probably why your photos aren’t showing up. It is possible that the deleted content was linked to a different Apple ID than the one you are using and therefore does not appear now on your device.
For this reason, and in the same way that we commented previously, it is recommended that you log in to the iCloud website with the previous Apple ID (and with anyone you remember) to be able to review the photo library in search of the photos and videos that you gave for lost, since it is very possibly stored in one of them. Then it will only be a matter of saving said content on your iPhone so that it is accessible again and now associated with the new account you are using.
Other solutions to these problems
If you have any type of backup in other services such as Google Photos or any other cloud storage service, it is possible that by accessing these you can find the deleted photo or video. Also on external drives where you have been able to save a backup of them at some point. The other alternative that would remain would be to resort to third-party applications that offer, among other functions, the possibility of recovering this type of data.
Of course, there are drawbacks to take into account and that is that many of these apps are usually paid (and most of them not cheap), in addition to the fact that they do not always perform this recovery task successfully at the same time that they could affect data erasure current of your device. In any case, if you have not already recovered that content with what was previously commented and you need to do so, you can use them as a last solution. Some of the best known are:
- Tenorshare UttData
- EaseUS MobiSaver
- iMyFone D-Back
- Dr. Phone
- iMobie PhoneRescue