Forgot my passcode and didn’t back up my phone, can I restore it without losing my pics and data?

Unfortunately no. Resetting your phone will wipe the phone clean.

If you forgot the passcode on your iPhone, or your iPhone is disabled or unavailable -

Click on the link for instructions on how to reset your passcode without a computer if you have iOS 15.2 or higher.

If you see an iPhone or iPad unavailable message or Security Lockout screen - Apple Support

Click on the link for instructions on how to reset your passcode using a computer.

If you forgot your iPhone passcode - Apple Support

There should be away ?!? How come ?

we have kids who play with the phone all day , they do a mistake

you should give as a way to do it

cant gust replay like that , pleas common we need a way to do this

i need my pics .

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Apple has confirmed that the answer provided by Kurtosis is correct. There are no other options.