disabled iphone data recovery

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disabled iphone data recovery

My son recently disabled my iphone 6+ and after entering the 'correct' passcode, still locked me out and it now asks me to connect to iTunes (i.e. no hope to get any data back). I am wondering if anyone has had any success with a type of third party software that can extract photos and video without backup? I know it is a risk to spend money on (as it is not 100% guaranteed), but if anyone has personal experience (either good or bad), it would greatly help me in deciding which one to get. Thank you

Posted on Feb 19, 2017 5:48 PM

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Answer 1

FoxFifth

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Feb 19, 2017 6:12 PM in response to doreyme11

Any chance that you had Settings > iCloud > Backup turned on? I suspect that is something easily forgotten as it can be turned on a long time ago and it will continue to automatically back up when the phone is charging and connected to wi-fi.

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doreyme11 Author

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Feb 19, 2017 6:18 PM in response to FoxFifth

Thank you so much for your reply 🙂 Unfortunately, me being extremely stupid (and yes I only have myself to blame here), I didn't have iCloud turned on to backup my data and I just checked my iCloud account and no data from the phone is there. Thanks though for the suggestion. I have switched on the iCloud backup on my new phone though, so that this doesn't happen again.

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Feb 20, 2017 7:22 AM in response to doreyme11

There is no way to recover content from a locked iPhone, as the FBI discovered. Of course, they were able to, but it cost them over $1 million. And that was an iPhone 5. The later models have closed the loophole that the FBI used.

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Jul 14, 2017 3:50 AM in response to doreyme11

If it is an iPhone 5s or newer and is disabled, there is no way to extract anything from it. Do not waste any money on data recovery software - it is worthless on any iphone with secure enclave hardware and firmware, which first was introduced with the 5s. All any recovery software could possible get back from the device would be unintelligible encrypted gibberish. Once disabled, simply knowing the screen lock passcode alone is insufficient to decrypt the data.

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Answer 5

Feb 20, 2017 7:22 AM in response to doreyme11

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