Can I recover photos and contacts from lost/stolen phone days ago? Lost phone (LG Optimus) 2 days ago, anyway to recover photos and contacts?  Reported phone to sheriff's dept and Sprint.
Yes, there is a way to recover both if your Android phone was synced to your Google account. All you have to do is just sign-in on a new Android phone and all of your data should be redownloaded.

In order to see if your photos were backed up, just go to Google Photos and you can view your photos there.