How to backup iPhones if lock out and has water damage

zahrya291 wrote:

How to backup iPhones if lock out and has water damage

Invent a time travel device, go back in time to before the great iPhone flood of 2023, and definitely back before the your-data-is-already-gone lockout, and perform the backup.

Otherwise, no.

What data is in iCloud will remain available, as will data copied elsewhere.

What data was within the now-dunked and now-locked iPhone is not now and will never be.

H1290 wrote:

Yes sir, I did.

But water is water; it kills on impact. So I was wondering: Why extract it, if the iPhone is already dead?

That’s like removing the bullet from a dead animal. The bullet has dealt the final blow, why remove it? The water has killed the device, why remove it?

Just wondering to improve my knowledge.

iPhone 12 Pro Mac is water resistant, not water proof. It might still work after a dunking, ignoring any potential future corrosion. Maybe it still works after thoroughly drying it out, and can get a backup. Where this current effort goes awry is with the lockout. That means the data is gone.

About splash, water, and dust resistance of iPhone 7 and later - Apple Support

You don't. The time to make backups is before you get locked out or suffer damage.

zahrya291 Said:

"How to backup iPhones if lock out and has water damage"

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For future reference...

Extracting Water from an iPhone:

Contact your local retailer, asking if they have devices that are made to extracts water from mobile devices. Many retailers do.

Will extracting the water do anything besides costing extra money?

As I understand it, that would be like extinguishing a fire in a house—the damage is already done. But obviously, the fire must be put out to stop the potential threat to human life and property. But the water in an iPhone has done all the damage it can do…

Yes sir, I did.

But water is water; it kills on impact. So I was wondering: Why extract it, if the iPhone is already dead?

That’s like removing the bullet from a dead animal. The bullet has dealt the final blow, why remove it? The water has killed the device, why remove it?

Just wondering to improve my knowledge.

Thank you!

What I was referring to, was if the iPhone was so damaged that it doesn’t turn on, etc, why bother removing the water?

But I now see that there are different levels of water damage, in which case you’d want to remove the water, (depending on the exposure to water,) for obvious reasons.

So thank you MrHoffman, thank you TheLittles, and may you all have a most wonderful day! 😊

H1290 Said:

"Will extracting the water do anything besides costing extra money?"

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Did you read my reply:

"For future reference..."