i lost my iphone and cant find it.

I lost my iphone probably in airplane mode, and cant find it is there any hope/tips?


I have around 250gb of photos and vids on that phone and due to icloud limits only 5gb are backed up, what i want to know is if that i upgrade my icloud storage plan now on another apple device with the same apple id will it give me my data again? or is that data gone till i find my phone.

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 17

Posted on Nov 9, 2025 2:10 PM

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Nov 9, 2025 2:40 PM in response to karimt1

"i lost my iphone and cant find it.: I lost my iphone probably in airplane mode, and cant find it is there any hope/tips? I have around 250gb of photos and vids on that phone and due to icloud limits only 5gb are backed up, what i want to know is if that i upgrade my icloud storage plan now on another apple device with the same apple id will it give me my data again? or is that data gone till i find my phone."

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Seeing Photos and Videos in iCloud Upgrade:

As long as it is connected to the Internet, and Photos is selected in iCloud settings on your iPhone, then they will to to show in iCloud Photos. But, without an Internet connection, and nothing enabled --you'll need to wait until this syncing occurs.

i lost my iphone and cant find it.

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