Broken iPhone and lost photos? This way you can easily get them back

It’s hell for people with a broken iPhone: how on earth do I get my photos back on my device? That’s easier than you think and OMT editor Dennis Mons gives you some tips.

Trust me when I say that I’ve also had some panic over the past few years about keeping my photos on my phone. But the end is not near when your iPhone dies. With these tips you can probably find them.

iPhone photos are worth the sentiment in gold

Let’s be honest; many of us take a lot of pictures on our iPhone and we sometimes forget that those pictures could disappear if your iPhone breaks down or even gets stolen. But don’t worry: they are often easy to retrieve. I’ll give you a few tips.

1. Dive into iTunes backup with your iPhone

If your iPhone breaks (and it happened to me often), you should first see if you don’t secretly have an iTunes backup running on your Mac or PC anyway. If that is the case, then there is a good chance that you will be able to find many (not all) photos anyway.

• So open iTunes and connect it to your computer (only use the hard buttons if you want a hard reset)
• You will find the backup option here and choose Restore
• Then choose the backup you want

2. The divinity called iCloud

Chances are greater that you already have an automatic iCloud backup. After all, it goes wireless. When you connect your new phone, you don’t have to do much. If you have a new iPhone, all you have to do is Restore from iCloud Backup and you will get the Apps & Data screen. From there you can immediately choose what you want to sync.

3. Retrieve photos without backup

Now it gets tricky but not impossible: however, recovering your photos from a broken iPhone is a bit more challenging if you don’t have a backup. For example, there are digital tools such as Anyrecover. But there are countless alternatives. The advantage of Anyrecover is that it also tries to retrieve data from your phone, even if it has been floating for a while.

4. Call on Apple

This one is probably more tricky. You can check if Apple can help you. It is useful to physically go to an Apple Store. The Genius Bar (still a stupid name by the way) might be able to help you. Small salient detail: they can certainly help you, but that costs a penny.

Is it all worth it? I couldn’t remember what I looked like when I broke my iPhone. Mine went down in a fairground ride. But there was no need to panic, thanks to these handy tricks.