How to recover data and files from a lost iPhone?

If you had an iCloud Backup before your iPhone was lost, all your data should be saved in the cloud. That includes all your messages, photos, videos, apps, emails, etc. Without some kind of a backup all your data will be gone. Realistically, lost iPhones are never recovered.

You are trying to restore a backup of ab iPhone 15 Pro Max, which can run iOS 18, on an iPhone 8, which cannot run anything higher than iOS 16?

I”m not sure how restores work if you are doing them to a phone running an older version of iOS.

Magnus1123 wrote:

If I have my original SIM and place it in IPhone 8 that was unlock can I recover my files and data??I am in Asia right now and used the local SIM of that country!

No data is stored on your SIM card. It cannot be used to unlock the phone.

Magnus1123 wrote:

If I have my original SIM and place it in IPhone 8 that was unlock can I recover my files and data??I am in Asia right now and used the local SIM of that country!

The SIM card only contains a small amount of information needed to connect your phone to a cellular network. It does not contain data like photos and videos.

If your data exists in some place other than your lost phone, e.g.,

• Synchronized to iCloud
• Backed up to iCloud
• Stored on e-mail servers (e-mail and associated calendar entries)

then you may be able to recover it.

If your data existed only on your lost phone, you cannot recover it, unless by some miracle you get the lost phone back in good condition.

Magnus1123 wrote:

What happened if I forgot my password in the iCloud?

Use one of the 3 methods here to reset your iCloud Password:

If you forgot your Apple Account password - Apple Support

If you were synchronizing data to iCloud, you can view that data by logging into https://www.icloud.com/ using just about any modern Web browser.

With iCloud backups, you can't see what is in a backup without restoring it (and wiping the phone to which you're restoring it, in the process).

Magnus1123 wrote:

I have my iCloud backup in my lost iPhone now I’m using my old iPhone 8 with different email address can I still recover it?

Your iCloud Backup is not saved on your lost iPhone, but rather in the cloud, where you can access anywhere on any device. If you sign in to your original Apple Account login on your current iPhone, you can access all your data on there.

The new iPhone must be logged into the same Apple Account that you used to make the backup.

It is possible o change the primary e-Mail address associated with an Apple Account, but if you are talking about having created a different Apple Account, you will not be able to restore the backup from it. Any more than you can watch a TV set in your neighbor’s living room from your own living room.

If I have my original SIM and place it in IPhone 8 that was unlock can I recover my files and data?

Sorry, but no. The SIM card does not store any files or data.

I lost the iPhone 15 Pro Max