Back in May, I plugged my iPhone 5 into my laptop to back it up, but instead I think I formatted my iPhone because it went into Recovery mode and after a lot of confusion and shock I turned my iPhone on back to like the normal screen. When I then went to check my files I saw NOTHING, I lost all my contacts all my PHOTOS AND VIDEOS (a lot of life memories there) & everything else I had! When I had turned it on, it was like a brand new iPhone asking me stuff like what country I'm in & whether I want Siri or not. So all my data erased completely. Also, since I didn't actually get to back up my iPhone, iTunes doesn't have my backup files, when I restore from a back up, it's all the old ones, even though I had backed it up before this like on March/April but iTunes doesn't have any of it? After all the heartbreak, I tried to find solutions, to restore it all back, but what I found was the actual back up files on my laptop when I go to something like backup>mobile sync>etc (not iTunes) but even that way I can't open the files? It's like a blank square next to the weird long name file instead of a small square preview picture as normal, to view it, I have to right click and open in 'picture viewer' which shows one of my pictures, but mostly doesn't even open that way. Please CAN SOMEONE Help ME, HONESTLY THESE VIDEOS/PHOTOS MEAN So MUCH TO ME. THERE'S SOME VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE IN THOSE PHOTOS LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE NO LONGER HERE TODAY:'( it's the only memory I have of them! Please someone tell me a way that'll work! & no I haven't plugged my phone back into the laptop since this has happened!