Phone was lost.  Requested info be erased.  Phone is found.  how do I cancel request?

My phone was lost in the airport.  I cancelled telephone service and contacted Apple.  I was advised to request that all information on the phone be erased if it were connected to the internet.  I put in the request.  Since that time, I was contacted that the phone was found.  Apple says I cannot cancel the "erase" order.  What should I do to save the non-backed-up data when the phone is returned to me?

If the phone was connected to the Internet, it probably will have been erased immediately.
If for some reason it has not been erased when you receive it, make sure it does NOT connect to the internet.
If the phone reaches you switched off you could do the following:
Remove SIM
go to a location where there is no known WLAN
Turn phone on, and switch it to airplane mode immediately
If the phone is on, but not erased, switch it to airplane mode immediately.
Now you have time to rethink your recovery options.
This could work:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4700165?tstart=0
Or go to an iphone repair center, tell them your story. They might have a device to backup/clone your phone, and restore it right after it has consumed the erase request from the internet...

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