Need to put iphone in recovery mode after disablement but haven't got any back up anywhere to restore after

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Need to put iphone in recovery mode after disablement but haven't got any back up anywhere to restore after

I desperately don't want to lose my photos etc so I was wondering if anyone knows if I could download any apps for retrieving photos and messages etc to try and get everything back either before or after I try to fix the disablement. If so, which would be a good one, preferably free (but they only seem to retrieve a limited amount, about 1GB) or if I need to pay, is there a cheapish one which would do a good job (that's if this method would work in my situation)?

Posted on Aug 11, 2023 02:42 AM

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kb1951

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Aug 11, 2023 04:31 AM in response to JTM555

If your phone is disabled, it is too late to try to save anything. Unfortunately, at this point all of your data is gone. You need to restore your phone and then manually reload what you can. Then set it up for a daily iCloud backup so you don’t lose everything again.

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JTM555 Author

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Aug 11, 2023 04:02 AM in response to FelipeV

Yes I have and it sounds like things can be recovered but I wanted to know if it actually works and with what has happened in my situation re disablement etc . I'm so desperate to save my photos I don't want to do the wrong thing if there's any chance of recovering them so was hoping I might hear that someone has done it successfully and how.

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FelipeV

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Aug 13, 2023 06:01 AM in response to JTM555

At this point it doesn't really matter which you use. It could be that it works, or it does not. You are probably better off trying as the option is to lose the data anyways.

The lesson is to : back up, back up, back up, your photos (and other data on phone) on another device (HD, Cloud or computer). The iPhone is NOT a photo storage device.

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