How to Recover Photos/Data from Disabled iPhone without Backup

Step 1:

On your computer, complete the download and install process of iPhone Data Recovery. Launch the program afterward.

Step 2:

On the recovery utility’s interface, stay on the Recover from iOS Device tab. Connect your disabled iPhone to the computer via USB lightning.

After the connection, the program prompts you to run a data scan on this iPhone. Hit Start Scan to proceed.

Step 3:

When the scan is done, you can check the list on the left side of the interface. There, locate the following option:

• Message Attachments: the files sent and received via text messages;
• Camera Roll: Photos shot by the camera directly;
• Photo Stream: Photos synced from iOS devices associated with the same iCloud account;
• Photo Library: All shot, saved, and downloaded files (live, videos, gif, etc)
• App Photos & App Videos: All the photos and clips sent and received on apps like WhatsApp, etc.

Choose from these options based on where you save or use those photos. Then, the program will display all the photos it has found on the interface.

Step 4:

Browse all photos and select those you need. Hit Recover and decide on a folder to save these iPhone photos. Click Recover again to start the transfer.

In just a minute or two, you can go to the target folder and find all the iPhone photos there.

Method 2: Recover Photos from Disabled iPhone with iTunes

iTunes can also help us recover photos from the disabled iPhone to a computer.

• First of all, we will back up your iPhone photos with iTunes.
• Then, after we unlock this iPhone, we can recover the photos back to the device.

Follow this:

Connect your iPhone to the computer using a USB cable.

If you’re using a Mac, connect your iPhone to the same Wifi. Your disabled iPhone will be synced to your Mac wirelessly.

Next, once the connection is successful, iTunes (or Finder on Mac) will boot up by itself. On the interface, get into the management interface and hit Back Up Now.

iTunes will start to save photos as well as all the other data to this computer. After you fix your disabled iPhone and start to set it up, remember to recover data from iTunes backup.

Method 3: Recover Photos from Disabled iPhone via iCloud Photos

The first two methods require a USB connection to the computer which will fail when this iPhone is locked or disabled for more than 1 hour. 4uKey and iTunes cannot help you recover the photos.

In this case, let’s turn to iCloud Photos for help.

On iCloud settings, there’s this Sync this iPhone option. Once it’s activated, iCloud will start to share all photos stored on the Photos app with all the other Apple devices that have been logged into the same iCloud account.

That means you can find photos of the disabled iPhone from another iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or Mac.

What you need to do next is to log in to your Apple account on another iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

When iCloud asks you to verify the login by entering a code that’s sent to the disabled iPhone, you can try to get the digits via a phone number or email. Tap on Didn’t get a code and ask Apple to resend the digits.

After the login, check the Photos app and wait till all photos are synced.

Method 4: Recover Photos from Disabled iPhone With iCloud Backup

To many people’s surprise, iCloud will start to back up your iPhone photos and other data automatically.

When we purchase a new iPhone and run through the setup process, the device prompts us to sign in to an iCloud account. It will asks you to create one if you don’t have any.

And the auto backup of iCloud will start to function once the login is done. You won’t have to click a button or do any other settings, iCloud will save the data to the cloud storage every time you:

• Charge the iPhone;
• Connect it to a Wifi network;
• And lock the iPhone.

So, if your iPhone is disabled and you’re worried about the photos and other data, try to do any of the above actions. iCloud will save the data.

Tip: Check And Extract Photos from iCloud Backup

However, we can’t say for certain that iCloud will definitely back up all the photos even if you try to charge or connect the disabled iPhone to Wifi.

To make sure you won’t lose precious photos, try to check the iCloud backup files via a professional checker: echoshare iPhone Data Recovery.

Step 1: Download it and launch the program.

Step 2: Sign in to your iCloud account on the Recover from iCloud Backup tab.

Step 3: Start to unzip the iCloud backup files.

Step 4: Browse the photos from the list and choose to recover.