Restore iPhone from Previous Backup with 2 Tricks

How do I recover these photos from my iphone 4s backup?
When looking at the photos on my iphone in iPhoto, a few of them are stacked on top of each other (each photo is visible at least in part, they’re layered on top if each other and each is slightly translucent, so clearly the image data is still there). I was wondering if there was a way for me to restore iPhone 4S from backup, as I would like to have some of them back.

Method 1: how to estore iPhone backup with iTunes Data Recovery Tool

Step-1. Choose the iPhone backup to scan
Install and run the iPhone recovery tool on your computer. Don’t connect and sync your iPhone with iTunes when you recover data from your iPhone. You’ll have to choose your device type to scan first.
After checking your device type and selecting “Recovery from iTunes backup file” mode, all iDevice backups will be showed here. You only need to choose the backup of your iPhone and proceed to “Start Scan”.

Step-2. Recover iPhone Photos
Here all contents in iTunes backup file has been displayed, and you can preview and check them one by one. After preview, check those you want back and hit to “Recover” and save them.

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Method 2: how to restore iPhone from backup from iTunes directly

You can restore iTunes backups to your iPhone at any time. Follow these steps to choose a backup and sync the data to your iPhone.

1. Connect the iPhone to the computer with a USB cable.
2. Open iTunes.
3. If you have a new or erased iPhone, iTunes will prompt you to restore from backup.
4. Otherwise, Control-click on your iPhone under DEVICES in the left menu.
5. Select Restore From Backup…
6. Choose the backup you wish to sync and click the Restore button.

Both of two ways are very simple, start to restore iPhone from previous backup now! And remember to backup your files from time to time

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