Recovering long lost iPhone photos/ videos?

I know this is a huge longshot, and I've tried things like Dr. Fone but it can only seem to find things that are on my phone right now… Anyways, During the summer of 2014, sometime around June, one day my phone went into pure blackness. I couldn't turn it on and it couldn't charge. I plugged it into my computer and my phone began automatically restoring to factory settings. Afterwards, I went into my iTunes to try and back it up but my most recent backup of my phone was from a year earlier. I had several videos and photos that were very important to me and they were just suddenly gone. I brought my phone to Verizon but they seemed confused as well. I recently had a strong urge to get those memories back, and am trying literally everything I can. If anyone can help that would be amazing.

IPhone dropped in water for second time

I feel so dumb lol but I was kinda messing around on it before turning it off (I know I shouldnt have) and it had the screen w the lines so I was wondering if putting it in rice will still help? I haven't plugged it in or anything

What happened to the find my location?

My brother lost his phone and normally you can see where your phone is/has been. For some reason his phone can't be found he has no location like he had no tracking on it. Does anyone know what happened and why it has no location of where it's been? It is an iPhone 6 and it's in his name and turned on.

I've been dreaming every night, what does this mean?

I usually don't dream or remember my dreams. But for the past week or so I have. Some of them include:
- a dream where I got an iPhone 6s then got a sleeping disorder and I was on a car ride and kept falling asleep and reading fan fiction
-a dream where I had boobs and curves (I'm a guy) and I kept looking at them in the mirror (I'm a guy)
-a dream that I went back to my elementary school and talked to my old friends, then almost got hit by a train because there was a train track outside the school, then discovered an Instagram profile which had been posting pictures of me since I was a baby, without my knowledge.

What does this mean?