How to restore photos after a factory reset on iPhone

My iPhone worked so slowly that I performed a factory reset on it, but what makes me upset now is that all my photos that I've collected for over years are disappeared in a flash. I'm not sure whether my photos were on iPhone can be recovered after reset, Any idea?

As glitches sometimes happen to iPhone, it's essential to reset it to factory settings to make your iPhone run back to normal. And when you are ready to sell or ditch away your iPhone, you'll want to reset iPhone to its original factory setup to erase all of the stuff on it effectively.

But what happens if you lost all your photos after iPhone got reset to factory settings?

Photo loss can be a frustrating experience, but don't panic just yet! Provided that you have iPhone backed up within iTunes or iCloud prior to the factory restore, there is great chance that you can restore photos from the backup. The photos are in your backup. In this post, we've got the steps you'll take to get through the process.

1. Recover Photos on iPhone After a Factory Reset - Apple Route

It is actually fairly easy to recover iPhone photos after restoring to factory settings using the Apple route. All you need to do is restore your device from the backup. Here is how.

Restore iPhone from iCloud

• Turn on your iPhone. You should see a Hello screen.
• When asked, choose your Language > Country or Region.
• Activate your device by connecting to a Wi-Fi network.
• Set up Face ID or Touch ID and create a passcode.
• Restore your info and data. On the App & Data screen, tap Restore from iCloud Backup.
• Sign in to iCloud account with your Apple ID
• Choose the latest backup from the list of backup archives available.

Stay connected and wait for iCloud restores your photos and other data.

Restore iPhone from an iTunes Backup

If you have backup archive that's made in iTunes on local computer, you can use it to retrieve photos after iPhone has been restored to factory.

• Connect the iPhone to computer, and run iTunes.
• When the device icon appears in the iTunes window, click it.
• Select Restore Backup... under Summary section.
• Pick up the most recent backup and click Restore.

It's important to take note that Apple provides an all-or-nothing recovering process, which means that you can't extract just the pictures from the backup and put onto your iPhone. To get more control over the process and restore photos only from iTunes & iCloud backup after your iPhone got reset to factory settings, please go with the next method.

2. Restore Photos After Factory Reset on iPhone - 3rd Party Way

Instead of doing a full restore from the backup, you can now just get your lost photos back in a breeze with iOS Data Recovery utility - a fast and effective file recovering tool that devotes its operations to restore photos and other data from backup after iPhone is finished with factory resetting process.

While there will be little chance to recover pictures from a factory reset iPhone directly, the software includes the capability to do a deep scan through the iPhone backup that safely stores in iTunes and iCloud. When scanning completes, it can organize the results into file types, which makes it easy to locate the files quickly and retrieve what you want.

Now that you're ready to perform the task of restoring pictures after iPhone factory reset, first you need to download the application and set it up on your computer. The complete guide covers two feasible ways to get the job done, in which you just choose the one that suits your need.

Option 1: Extract Photos from iTunes Backup

Step 1: Choose recovery mode

Run the software on your computer, and the first thing you'll see is a clean interface that packs three recovery modes for different kinds of tasks.

On the left side of the startup interface, select "Recover from iTunes Backup File" mode, and all the iTunes backups on the local computer will immediately get displayed on the right pane.

Step 2: Scan iTunes backup for lost photos

Choose the most relevant backup from the list, then press the Start Scan button at the bottom. The program will thoroughly scan all the files embedded in this backup and return you an overview. All the found files will be categorized in the left pane of the window, based on the file types.

Step 3: Retrieve photos to iPhone that you made factory reset

You are able to preview the photos specifically by clicking the "Camera Roll" category from the left sidebar of the screen. If necessary, do the same for "Photo Stream", "Photo Library" and "App Photos" categories under "Media" section until you've found all the pictures you need.

Next, identify the photos you want to extract and select the ones you would like to retrieve back.

After that, press the Recover button and select where to save the recovered photos in the pop-up window.

Next, hit the Recover again in the pop-up window to kick off the recovering process.

Within just a few seconds, all the pictures should be recovered and stayed in the folder on your computer.

Option 2: Restore Photos from an iCloud Backup

Step 1: Log into iCloud account

Choose "Recover from iCloud Backup File" from the left side menu of the interface and sign up for your iCloud account with Apple ID and password when prompted.

Step 2: Choose a backup and download it

Once successfully signed in, the program will give you a list of backups synced with your account.

Select one that includes the photos you need and click the Download button on its far right. This will bring up a popup, showing all the types of files that are available for download.

By default, all the options are selected. For the aim of get back photos to iPhone after factory reset, we just tick the options associated with photos, including "Camera Roll", "Photo Library" and "App Photos". Once you have done this, click the Next button to move on.

Step 3: Recover photos to factory reset iPhone

By the time, the backed up photos have been downloaded and are presented on the screen.

Go ahead and select photos you want to restore.

When you're satisfied with the selection, press the Recover button to let the program retrieve photos and save onto the computer that you can then transfer over to your iPhone.

Want to get iPhone photos recovery after factory reset without backup? You may try scanning the iPhone internal memory through "Recover from iOS Device" mode built in the program, but there is no guarantee that you can find you lost photos.

The Bottom Line

Anyway, making a regular back-up plan of your pictures taken with your iPhone is a good way to keep you from ever experiencing the stomach-churning feeling, most especially before any update or factory reset attempt. You can do this by backing up your iPhone on computer or syncing with cloud service.