If my phone has been inadvertantly reset ...

My son thought he would try to guess my password.  After multiple guesses (3?), the phone has reset itself (as one would hope in the case of theft).  Is there any way to reverse this before I try to recover from a back up?  (as it has been a while since I last took one and I will loose more than I would appreciate.)
Thanks in advance to any of you smart cookies that know the answer for certain.

Thanks for the info KiltedTim (not what I was hoping to hear of course).  I suspected that was the "for sure fix" answer, but knowing that computers don't actually "bleach" the data, rather currupt the indexes, I thought that there may be a reversal ability in the event of "accidental password mishaps".
I do have a few elements backed up the the cloud and I am sure I will get them back, but with only 5GB of cloud space and a 64GB phone, I doubt I am going to get everything back - OH, the pictures.
Cheers

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