How to Recover iPhone Data without iTunes/iCloud Backup

For some people, they have no concept about iPhone data backup until lost their precious data. And for some people who know well in data backup but still sometimes it is too late for them to backup the new files. Then, is there any way to recover iPhone data without backup? The answer is YES!

Note: please Don’t write more data into your iPhone after lost files, or the lost data probably be overwritten forever.

Now, let’s begin to talk about iPhone data recovery without backup. You can choose to backup data on iTunes or backup files on iCloud so that you have two ways to recover data from backup, then how many ways can we recover iPhone files without backup? For the time being, there is only one. And the only way is to use a third-party data recovery tool. You can found lots of iPhone data recovery software on the internet and some even claim it is free. I have tested 8 recovery tools and draw the conclusion that Tenorshare iPhone Data Recovery is the best.

Key features of Tenorshare iPhone Data Recovery

Retrieve iPhone data without backup

Restore iPhone data from iTunes backup

Restore iPhone data from iCloud backup

Recover iPhone data caused by accidentally deletion, iOS update, factory reset, jailbreak etc.

Support all the iPhone models including iPhone 5s/5c/5/4S/4 and iOS 7.1

So here's a look at how to retrieve iPhone data without iTunes or iCloud backup step by step.

Step 1

Download iPhone data recovery software on your computer and install it. Mac users, click here.
Run program, you will get the interface as below (Take Windows version for example).
 

Step 2

Choose the first recovery mode “Recover Data from iOS Device” and connect your iPhone with PC via data cable. The program will distinguish your phone in seconds and begin to scan all the files in iPhone memory. The scan time is determined by how many files in your iPhone. When the scanning is over, you can preview files before recovery.

Step 3

Mark data like contacts, text messages, photos, notes, whatsapp, tango and more file you need to recover, click “Recover” button to save them on your computer.

Although it is pretty easy to recover data without iPhone backup, someone still can’t get back all the lost data for it is hard to avoid writing more data into iPhone before data recovery. Therefore, backup iPhone data with iTunes and iCloud is much important!