How do I erase a dead iPhone 14 that won’t turn on?

MgpMD wrote:

Thanks. In what seems like terrible luck I had temporarily disabled my passcode the night before. I’ll never do that again!

That would be bad, yes.

From earlier:

But I can’t believe the only option from Apple is to send all your personal info back and pray it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

The expectation is to have the necessary protections such as passcodes or backups are in place prior to the failure, as all hardware will inevitably and inexorably fail.

The device passcode is the data decryption key, in this case.

Once the device fails, it fails.

If there was no passcode or no backup or whatever, then the data clearly wasn’t valuable enough to warrant that concern. (Unfortunately, most of us get to learn these lessons the hard way.)

Local preference for passcode is longer is better, with more than a dozen characters in use, and with Face ID or Touch ID to reduce how often the passcode needs to be entered, and with Stolen Device Protection enabled.

If the last two letters on your nick here are a title and if there’s potentially any sensitive data on that device related to that title, I’d seriously consider shredding the device. USD$1200 is cheap, as compared with a potential data disclosure and entanglements from a no-passcode-protected device.

The strength of the existing passcode and the pending erase are the available option for protecting that data, as well as whatever trust you might have in Verizon and affiliated organizations.

If your data is sufficiently sensitive that the passcode and the pending erase (and Verizon security) are deemed insufficient for your needs, work with a data destruction firm and destroy the iPhone.

If your phone had a passcode on it no one can access the data on it.

Did you try this→If your iPhone won't turn on or is frozen

If you physically plug your iPhone into an electrical outlet, are you able to power it on? 📲🔌

Take it to your local Apple Retail Store and have them recycle it. ♻️