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Recover Data from iPhone after Factory Reset

By Selena KomezUpdated on September 23, 2019


[Summary]: After resetting your iPhone to factory settings, all your data on the iPhone is erased? Don’t worry, this post teach you how to recover lost photos, contacts, text messages, notes, videos etc after factory reset iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro.

My iPhone 11 can’t download App on App store, so I perform a factory reset, but all data including contacts, SMS, photos are lost after factory reset iPhone 11 Pro, how can I recover iPhone lost data after factory reset?

When the iPhone is not responding or some problems, performing a factory reset will fix a problem with your iPhone, but you may found all data and settings will be erased after factory reset iPhone.

Actually, the data is not completely erased after factory reset, these data are only hidden, the data can be restored as long as it not covered by new data. When you find the data deleted, lost, erased, wiped, you need to use a professional iPhone Data Recovery to recover lost data from your iPhone as soon as possible. This article will share with you the best iPhone data recovery solution, you can recover lost data on iPhone 11/11 Pro/XS/XS Max/XR/X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus/6S/6/SE/5s/5 after a factory reset.

Follow the below free iTunes/ iCloud data recovery solution and using the iPhone data recovery software to recover lost data from iPhone, iTunes and iCloud.

Method 1: Using iTunes to Recover iPhone Lost Data After Factory Reset

When you using iTunes to sync iPhone files, the iTunes will help you create a backup files automatically. So, you can use iTunes to restore the iTunes backups to your iPhone, if you have an iTunes backup. Let’s follow the below step-by-step guide on how to use iTunes to recover iPhone lost data after factory reset.

Step 1. Open iTunes on your computer that has backup files.
Step 2. Connect your iPhone to your computer.
Step 3. Select your iPhone icon when it appears in iTunes.
Step 4. In the Summary panel, click “Restore from backup…
Step 5. Select a backup from a list of archives available, then click Restore.

restore iphone data from itunes after factory reset

Step 6. After completing the steps, you should see your missing data will shown on your iPhone again.

Note: It is free to restore data to iPhone by using iTunes, but all current data will be overwritten and erased, you can preview and recover the lost data selectively. If you looking a more simple way to recover data from iTunes backup files, we recommend you use a safely iPhone Data Recovery.
Also read: How to recover iPhone data from iTunes

Method 2: Recover iPhone Data After Factory Reset With iCloud Backup

If you have backup your iPhone data to iCloud before performing a factory reset, follow these simple steps to recover the lost iPhone data from iCloud backups:

Step 1. Turn on your iPhone.
Step 2: Follow the on-screen prompts to set up the device.
Go to Settings > Generaol > Reset > Erase all content and settings > Erase Now.
Step 3: When arrive at “App & Data” screen, select “Restore from iCloud” Backup
Step 4: Sign in iCloud with Apple ID and password.

restore data from iCloud

Step 5: Proceed to “Choose backup,” then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.
Here your iPhone will begin to restore the data from iCloud backup.

restore iphone data from icloud backup

Note: When you restore data from iCloud backup then all previous data will be erased from iPhone. If you want to selectively recover iPhone data From iCloud backup, we recommend you use a profession iPhone Data Recovery.
Also read: How to recover iPhone data from iCloud

Method 3: Directly Scan and Recover iPhone Lost Data after Factory Reset

If you haven’t backup your iPhone with iTunes and iCloud, or can’t be sure the backup files you made. Don’t worry, you can use an professional iPhone Data Recovery to directly scan and recover lost data from an reset iPhone, remember don’t add new data to the devices or do no take photos with your phone, just follow the below steps to recover your iPhone lost data as soon as possible.

Free try this iPhone Data Recovery to directly scan and recover lost data on iPhone 11/11 Pro/XR/XS/XS Max/X/8/7/6 Plus/6/5C/5S/5/4S/4, etc. after factory reset. It is an powerful and safe iPhone data recovery program, which is designed to recover all kinds of data including photos, videos, call history, text messages, contacts, notes, reminder, WhatsApp messages, etc. No matter the was data lost or deleted, the software also can help you fix iPhone to normal and extract data on it.

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More Features:

  • Support to recover deleted iPhone data without any iTunes or iCloud backup. No matter who accidentally delete your iPhone data, iPhone data recovery tool can help you to recover them, even if you haven’t created any iTunes or iCloud backup.
  • Extract data from iTunes or iCloud backup, preview the details of backup file and selectively choose the contacts, SMS and notes you need to restore, save as CSV, TEXT, or HTML format to computer so that you can view or print them at any time.
  • Support to recover 22+ file types for all iPhone iPad iPod, including photos, videos, contacts, text messages, iMessages, mms, notes, call history, safari bookmark, voicemail, voice memos, WhatsApp, WebChat, Viber, Kik, Skype, message attachments etc.
  • Support all iOS devices running a variety of versions of iOS versions, compatible with all windows and mac computer, get back lost data due to deletion, device crashed, smashed or broken, device loss, jailbreak, iOS upgrade or factory settings restore etc.
  • Provide the most powerful features to fix iOS system to normal, you won’t lost any data after your phone stuck at apple logo/ recovery mode, white/black screen and other issue. When your iOS system appear some problems, can’t boot sucessfully, you still have a way to get notes back.
  • iOS Data Backup & Restore: One click to backup your iPhone or iPad data, including contacts, text messages, photos, videos, podcast, music, WhatsApp, Messenger, etc. And easily restore data to iOS devices from backups.

User Guide: Recover Lost Data on iPhone 11(Pro) after Factory Reset

This guide shows you how to recover lost photos from iPhone 11 by using iPhone Data Recovery(Mac version), you also can follow the same steps to recover iPhone lost data on Windows 10/8/7/XP.

Step 1: Download, Install and Launch iOS Toolkit
First of all, please free download the iOS Toolkit on your computer, then install and launch it on computer, you will get it’s main interface as below, then click “iPhone Data Recovery”.

iphone 11 data recovery

Step 2: Get Your iPhone 11 Connected to Your Computer
To directly scan and recover lost data from iPhone device, please click “Recover Data from iOS Device” and connect your iPhone 11 to computer, then you will see 3 recovery modes, simply select “Recover from iOS Device”.

connect iPhone 11 to computer

Step 3: Select the Types of Data you want to Recover
As soon it detects your device, the below window will appear, please select photos, contacts, sms, notes and more types of data you want to recover.

Select Types of Data

Step 4: Start Scanning Your iPhone to Find Lost Data
Click on the “Start Scan” button to start analyzing your iPhone 11. If your iPhone can not be detected, please click here to get help.

scan iPhone

Note: please always make sure that your iPhone is connected to keep the scan progress on going and avoid unnecessary termination of the process, otherwise it will start again.

Step 5: Preview and Recover Lost Data from Your iPhone 11(Pro)
Once the scanning process is complete, you can preview all found data before performing recovery. These data will be displayed in three categories according to file types. If you only want to recover the deleted files, then you can select “Only display the deleted items” to ON. Here you can preview the deleted/lost data. Finally, please choose the contents you want to recover, press the “Recover” button to save them on your computer.

Recover data from iPhone after factory reset

Step 6: Transfer the Retrieved Files Backup to iPhone or iPad
After saving the lost data on the computer, you can easily transfer the data back to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch through iTunes or this iPhone/iPad/iPod Transfer tool, this iOS transfer tool not only can help you import files from computer to iPhone/iPad/iPod, but also helps you backup your iPhone data easily.

With this iOS Toolkit, all data recovery, backup and restore becomes easy. It can help you easily and quickly recover lost data from iPhone after factory reset. This powerful iOS Toolkit also can help you fix iOS system to normal, when your iPhone stuck in recovery mode, Apple logo, DFU mode, etc.

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By Selena KomezUpdated on October 20, 2017


My iPhone is stuck sometimes when I was browsing the web. Then I wiped my phone by restoring it to the factory reset. However I forgot to backup the contacts on my device now I need to restore some phone numbers. Is it possible to recover the contacts after factory reset restoring? How?

Factory reset is an important operation means to get the phone back to factory settings, which can erase unnecessary files and all settings to free up space the device, but it can also delete some data we do not want to delete. If you feel regret after restoring device to the factory reset, you may want to restore data from device immediately. To be honest, it is a little bit difficult to recover iPhone data after a factory restore normally. But if you have backups, you can definitely restore your iPhone from a previous backup file, that’s why you should backup iPhone frequently. However, If you’ve not a backup for device, it is still not impossible to recover lost contacts and other data from iPhone after factory reset.

Restore iPhone Contacts after Factory Reset via iPhone Data Recovery

In this case, I would like to recommend iPhone Data Recovery for you. This powerful data recovery program enables to restore iPhone data under any data loss circumstances, the kinds of iPhone data including contacts, messages, photos, videos, calendars, reminders, call logs, WhatsApp messages, apps and more. iPhone Data Recovery supports to restore iPhone contacts after factory reset for three modes: directly recover from iPhone without backup, recover from iTunes backup, recover from iCloud backup. Other data loss circumstances are also supported by iPhone Data Recovery, such as, deleted by mistake, iOS system, iOS jailbreak, device broken, etc,.

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Part 1: Restore Contacts from iPhone Directly after Factory Reset

Step 1. Run Program and Connect iPhone to the Computer
Download and install the iPhone Data Recovery on your computer. Then connect your iPhone to the computer with USB cable.

Step 2. Choose Recovery Mode
After the program recognizes your device, choose “Recover from iOS Device” on the interface of program and click “Start Scan“.

Now the program will begin to analyze data on iPhone.

analyze data on iphone

Step 3. Preview and Restore Contacts from iPhone
The scanning result will be listed in the left column of program, go to “Contacts” file and preview the detail of each item. You can select all or the specific ones you need and then click “Recover” after that.

recover contacts from iphone

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Part 2: Restore iPhone Contacts after Factory Reset with iTunes Backup

Step 1. Run Program and Choose Recovery Mode
Choose “Recover from iTunes Backup File” in the beginning after running program on the computer. Don’t run iTunes to avoid data overwriting by iTunes synchronization while the program is running.

Step 2. Choose iTunes Backup File to Scan
You will get several iTunes backup file if you have made before. Choose the latest one and click “Start Scan“.

select itunes backup file

Step 3.Preview and Restore Contacts from iTunes File
Now you can preview the contacts and then restoring the selected contacts on the computer.

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Part 3: Restore iPhone Contacts after Factory Reset with iCloud Backup

Step 1. Run Program and Choose Recovery Mode
Choose “Recover from iCloud Backup File” in the beginning after running program on the computer. Log in your iCloud account.

log in icloud

Step 2. Choose iCloud Backup File to Download
Select the iCloud backup file to download which contains the contacts you need.

download icloud file

Step 3.Preview and Restore Contacts from iCloud File
Now you can preview the contacts and then restoring the selected contacts on the computer.

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Note: Recovering data from iTunes/iCloud backup, you don’t need to connect your device to the computer. So you can get back your personal data when your device is lost or other cases when your device is not on hand via the iTunes/iCloud recovery mode.

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