hi, I lost access to my old iPhone that was previously equipped with the default iCloud storage plan. I have now subscribed to the 50g plan on a separate device logged in with the same Apple ID. I was wondering if somehow this would allow my lost inaccessible phone to upload its photos to the cloud with this new subscription under the following circumstances:
it is intact
it may receive power
it is locked
I’d appreciate an answer ASAP
iPhone 8
noran301 wrote:
But I should wait at least if the current owner of the phone does plug it in and it connects to a recognised network automatically, right? And as long as it hasn’t powered off since I last unlocked it it should begin to sync photos. My current phone is in the process of syncing so I’m unsure as to wether or not it’s uploading local storage from my previous phone or not…
No. You implied. that you lost the device. If there is a new owner, it's likely logged into their account. If you did lose the device someone would need to connect it to power and it would need to connect. to a network (this is unlikely). If instead the device has a new owner, you should have first wiped the device clean. Otherwise, your data is their data. You should operate under the assumption that the data is lost. You'll need to recover from your backups.
If the device has not been restarted it may still sync if power and connected to a network. That is unlikely if it hasn't happened by now.
But I should wait at least if the current owner of the phone does plug it in and it connects to a recognised network automatically, right? And as long as it hasn’t powered off since I last unlocked it it should begin to sync photos. My current phone is in the process of syncing so I’m unsure as to wether or not it’s uploading local storage from my previous phone or not…
Photo recovery from lost device
