Part 1. Is it possible to recover stolen iPhone photos without backup?
Very sorry to tell you that if your iPhone is lost and you had not backed up the iPhone before losing them, it’s very likely you’ll lose the photos in the stolen iPhone permanently. The only possible way to recover stolen iPhone photos without backup is getting the iPhone backup. You can set it up on your iCloud by making use of "Find My iPhone". Here are the steps for how to locate your iPhone with "Find My iPhone".
1. Open the iCloud page with your computer web browser.
2.Log in with your iCloud account. Go to the "Find My iPhone" window. From there, select the iPhone you’ve lost. From there, you can see where it is. After then, you can make a call to your iPhone, asking the receiver to return it.
3. If your iPhone is offline, you should check the option "Notify me when found".
Part 2. How to recover Stolen iPhone photos with backup
If you had backed up your iPhone to iTunes or iCloud before you lost your iPhone, you can recover the pictures from stolen iPhone by extracting the pictures from iTunes or iCloud backup with iBeesoft iPhone Data Recovery.
Recover Pictures from Stolen iPhone with iBeesoft
- It comes with 3 recovery modes: recover from iPhone itself, recovery from the iTunes backup file, and recover from an iCloud backup file. It means you can recover photos from stolen iPhone with backup. If you have your iPhone on your hand and you deleted files from it, you can use the software to scan for deleted files.
- Developed for individuals to recover iPhone data. It’s very easy and simple to use. You can follow the built-in wizard to do the recovery in 2 or 3 simple steps.
- Fully compatible with all iPhone models, including iPhone XS, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and latest version.
- Supports all the files recovery on iPhone, including pictures, videos, messages, contacts, notes, reminders, browser history, and more.
Here in the following, let’s learn how to recover stolen iPhone photos from iTunes and iCloud backup files with professional iPhone data recovery software for Mac or Windows PC.
#1. How to recover photos from stolen iPhone with iTunes backup
Step 1. Please download and install the iPhone Data Recovery software on your computer where you once backed up your iPhone to. There are separate versions for Windows PC and Mac. Choose the right version for your computer.
Step 2. Launch the best iOS photo recovery APP. In the start-up window, please select the "Recover from iTunes". Then, you can see all the iTunes backup files. All of them are listed. Please select the one which contains all the pictures you lost from the stolen iPhone and click "Scan" to recover photos from stolen iPhone.
Step 3. Wait for the scanning process to finish. After then, you can preview the found pictures and select the needed ones, clicking "Recover" to save them on your computer.
#2. How to Recover pictures from stolen iPhone with iCloud backup
If you have iCloud backup files, then you can extract the stolen iPhone pictures from the iCloud backup file as well.
Step 1. Download and install the iPhone data recovery software on either your Windows PC or Mac where you want to recover stolen iPhone photos.
Step 2. In the main window, click "Recover from iCloud". After then, sign in with your iCloud account. In the displayed iCloud backup files list, please select the one which contains the stolen iPhone pictures. Select it and click "Scan" to recover stolen iPhone photos.
Step 3. In the result windows, select the found pictures to preview. When finding the target stolen iPhone pictures, select them and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.
You see, it’s hard to recover stolen iPhone photos without backup. In this case, you should keep a great habit to back up your iPhone to iCloud or iTunes. If you do not have any iCloud storage plan, then try to back up to iTunes. It never cost you a penny. Only with backup files, your data is safe.
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