How to RECOVER DELETED IPHONE PHOTOS? - 1

Okay I need some serious help. Two weeks ago I went to Jamaica to celebrate my Sweet 16 with family and friends. I took so many pictures that held great memories and I planned to keep forever… Then I made a silly mistake this weekend.

Because my iphone is only 16 gb, I've been running out of space and tried to make more space by downloading the Dropbox app, thinking it would help solve all my problems. What i did was allowed Dropbox to take all my photos and I would delete the unimportant ones from my camera roll and photo stream and keep the rest in Dropbox.

This weekend I was clearing out my important photos from Dropbox to make sure there was enough space in the app, and didn't realize I was actually in my camera roll. I deleted all my sweet 16 photos and feel so hopeless… I haven't backed up my phone in a really long time either so i know they're not on my computer.

I've read many things on Google about different software downloads that can recover deleted photos but all 4 I've tried haven't found the right ones or want me to pay a high price to get everything back.
I'm not very savy when it comes to electronics but if it matters, my icloud backup option was on when I deleted the photos from camera roll and photo stream.

Please Please someone help me find a way to retrieve my memories without telling me I should've backed up my phone. I'm willing to pay for any software as well but I need to know which ones are trusted.

I feel your pain, I do. You try calling Geek Squad. They may have a service to help you recover your photos or your phone provider store. Also, try going onto your account online. They may have something to recover your deleted photos. If not, I'm very sure you may have lost your photos. I'm sorry to hear that.

For future reference, have your photos saved on Icloud.

You are not thinking.
On one hand you said that you uploaded all such pics onto Drop-Box. You also say that while you were cleaning important pics from Drop-Box you accidentally were in you camera roll ( on the iPhone) so you deleted all your sweet 16 pics from the iPhone. This somehow tells me that they still should be in the Drop-box. Check there. Again, if you were clever enough to have deleted them prior to sensibly deleting them from your iPhone then without paying money you may not be able to retrieve them.

Why don't you go to an Apple Store near you and see if they can help you. Since you are willing to pay money, maybe they well charge you.