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Can I backup photos from iPhone after erasing it (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by No_Lettuce7271@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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Hello everyone!

Recently, I forgot my passcode to my iPhone and I had to erase everything on my phone in order to get back in.

I had a lot of photos on the device that were not backed up to the iCloud or any kind of storage.

Is there any chance for me to retrieve those pictures or are they lost forever? I saw that some of my recent contacts were backed up and I can see their information but I can't figure out if restoring 2 years worth of pictures is possible or not

Thanks in advance! :)

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[–] Interesting-Buy-5951@alien.top 2 points 2 years ago

No. Obviously not.

[–] Electrical-Plankton1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

lol that horse has already bolted

[–] Velvy71@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

iPhones are fully encrypted, the encryption key being generated and stored when you first configure the device, then as you add things to the phone they’re stored encrypted.

When you “wipe” an iPhone, you don’t wipe the memory, you wipe the encryption key which almost instantly makes it near impossible to recover any of the memory contents. So even if you could remove the chips you couldn’t read the content, and there’s no way to recover the encryption key.

The iOS Security Guide is online if you want more detail.