Photo recovery on iPhone 4 in reboot at an affordable cost??
iPhone 4 (8GB)
Actually, it cannot be done by a data recovery specialist at any price.
Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos?
If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.
Actually, it cannot be done by a data recovery specialist at any price.
Are you sure you didn’t do ANY of these ways of preserving photos?
If the answer is no to all of the above your photos are gone forever.
Adok1031 wrote:
No to all. And I know Apple offered a service to recover data but discontinued it in 2017 because phone sales were down. I’ve already upgraded the phone so not worried about it, just need the photos as they are for my 82-yr-old parents.
The way iPhones are designed (at least since the iPhone 5S) it is not possible to recover data from a disabled phone. Any data recovery service that says they can recover data is mistaken or deliberately lying. The reason: Storage on an iPhone is encrypted with strong encryption. The decryption key is saved in the Secure Enclave, a special storage area in the processor chip. When iOS starts the Secure Enclave is opened by the processor using your phone’s passcode, and storage is decrypted. (Your biometric parameters are also stored in the Secure Enclave, which is why you must enter your passcode after restarting the phone.)
And, as Tim said, Apple never offered a data recovery service. Even when the FBI ordered them to recover data from an iPhone 5 used by a terrorist, Apple said they could not. The FBI was able to recover data from that phone by hiring an Israeli hacking firm; The FBI paid them $980,000 to do it. And the method used in that case was pre-Secure Enclave, and will not work on newer phones than the iPhone 5.
No to all. And I know Apple offered a service to recover data but discontinued it in 2017 because phone sales were down. I’ve already upgraded the phone so not worried about it, just need the photos as they are for my 82-yr-old parents.
Hello,
Start here:
If your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch won‘t turn on or is frozen
Are your photos backed up anywhere? See this:
Good luck.
Adok1031 wrote:
It is an iPhone 4. Never used a password on it at all. The phone was absolutely fine until the update was attempted, got stuck in boot loop, and now can’t recover photos. Thanks Apple!!!
APPLE? How about Thanks to YOU who never bothered to back up the photos that were important to you, despite the fact that Apple gave you several different ways to do so?
Yes, there was a problem with your phone that probably resulted in your losing your photos, but you might have also dropped the phone in a toilet or puddle, it could have been stolen or lost, or thrown under a bus. And all of them would have also resulted in losing photos that you hadn’t synced or backed up.
Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
I realize you need to someone to blame and Apple seems like the best choice to you. But you need only look in the mirror as to who to blame for not backing up data, which clearly is/was important to you. No one but YOU didn't back up your data. Apple certainly didn't stop you. Blaming Apple now for not making it easy to get your data back is foolish.
Bottom line is, whether it’s a laptop, desktop, tablet, smart phone or anything else, nobody assumes any responsibility for your data other than you. It has always been 100% on device owners and users to safeguard their own data since the dawn of personal computing in the 1970’s.
Even online services like iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox and others offer no guarantee of access to your data and expect that you’ve made independent backups in the event of a catastrophe. Their terms of service exclude them from liability for data loss.
If you care about your data, on any device or service, back it up. If you don’t and the worst happens, you will lose your data. Because nobody else is going to assume any responsibility for it.
Adok1031 wrote:
And I know Apple offered a service to recover data but discontinued it in 2017 because phone sales were down.
That is false. Apple never offered such a service.
It is an iPhone 4. Never used a password on it at all. The phone was absolutely fine until the update was attempted, got stuck in boot loop, and now can’t recover photos. Thanks Apple!!!
I’ll relay the message to my elderly parents!! 👏
They are probably not older than me 😏
I’ll let my parents know! 👌
I need to recover photos on iPhone 4 that is stuck in reboot. It can be done by a data recovery specialist, but at a cost of over $2,000. Need something more affordable!! Any suggestions?
