[GrahamK]

I updated to 2.1 firmware on my 1st Gen iPhone yesterday.

I had loaded iTunes and thought it had backed it up before the restore happened.

I restored the phone and it wasn't until later realised it hadn't made the earlier back up.

Anyway getting to the point I have lost some pics and wondered if there is anyway of retrieving them or have they been lost forever.

Hope someone can help.

Graham

[Piratbyran]

Unless you want to pay for expensive data recovery, which i don't even know if it is possible to with flash, chances are they have been overwritten. Sadly, those photos are down the gurgler.

[ourfoz]

I did something similar Graham but I didn't care I'd lost the photos, they were rubbish but it taught me a lesson. I'd say you won't be getting them back. Hope they weren't too important.

I now copy them from the camera into iphoto or lightroom just in case the phone crashes and needs the firmware reloaded.

[shihyuan]

The lesson here is BACKUP before doing a restore then you will be safe

[GrahamK]

Originally Posted by shihyuan

The lesson here is BACKUP before doing a restore then you will be safe

The thing is before every other restore it has done a BACKUP.

The problem is that this time it didn't.

[tomricci]

Back ups only back up your data like usage meter, text messages, emails, recent phone calls etc. It doesn't back up your media.

[decryption]

Or you should have just taken the photos off your phone and kept them on your computer.