Iphone 3 dropped in salt water. Appears non-functional - won't turn on. Nothing on SIM card -- had that checked. Is there ANY way to retrieve the photos and contacts. There is no backup of them.
iphone 3 dropped in salt water. Appears non-functional - won't turn on. Nothing on SIM card -- had that checked. Is there ANY way to retrieve the photos and contacts. There is no backup of them.
leave the phone in rice for >24 hours to see if it will recover
you can check itunes as well to see if there are backups there from the top of the screen hit edit (itunes on mac) > preferences > devices , and see if a backup is listed
also check icloud.com to see if you had any of the information backed up there (only possible if have have a 3gs or higher)
also there are data recovery companies that can recover data even from wrecked hard drives but its not cheap, if your interested in that I would say lookup a company called drivesavers, I believe they are authorized to work on even in warranty iphones
good luck
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If these are photos that were synced to your phone, the only way to extract them from your phone is third-party software, like this:
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php -
Is there any way to match the dock and USB to the iphone it goes with?
We have several iphones in our household. An iphone 3, two iphone 3S and two iphone 4S. Our teenage daughter keeps snatching everyone's charger and then claims innocence. Funny thing, everyone's chargers are all gone and she's the only one who has one left. We've never caught her red-handed, but we know without a doubt she's the little thief in the house. Is there any way to match the dock and USB to the iphone it goes with?
A charger is only connectors plastic and rubber you Can MAKE one yourself with wires so no memories
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I think those contacts still in iphone database. So you can back up you iphone with itunes to get iphone database off your iphone. Then access the SQLite batabse.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
All data included with the backup is stored in a SQLite database format with the data within various folders not easily accessible.There are some 3rd party utilities that provide for extracting select data from an iPhone's backup and iphone database such as this one.
http://www.datarecoveryforiphone.com/ -
My iPhone 5c is dead, is there any way to retrieve my photos?
My phone suddenly died, and wouldn't switch on or charge. The back-light was on, but no colour/image/symbol. As a result I took it in to Apple and they pronounced my phone dead . Now it won't switch on or anything, regardless of whether I charge it or not. I'm still in the current process of mourning for my loss.
However, I never synced my phone to iTunes or iCloud. Is there any way, no matter the cost, that I could retrieve my images? (they're of my family and little brother, and lots of special moments in the past year). Is there any hardware inside that could be placed into an alternate iPhone that could restore my data? I have no idea myself so maybe I can get help here.
Any help is appreciated xApple have since offered me a replacement so I do have a phone now - (it's strange how they didn't take the old phone back, but perhaps it was because they had to run through my service providers that originally gave me the phone and they'll have to catch up with me now)It's just unfortunate that I've lost those photos, but then again, I should have backed them up. I share an iCloud account so that put me off using it but I'll be sure to have everything backed up from this point forwards. I was just unlucky and naive enough to think my phone would forever be fine. Ahh well, looking at the situation from another perspective, I have a whole lifetime ahead to take photos and preserve memories. Others have it much worse and I guess I should be grateful.
So yup, shame on me indeed :/
Thank you for clarifying my issues though. I'll ensure my saved images are stored in the new iPhone too. -
Can i retrieve the photos and contact to my iphone even i reset and erase all the setings?
i sync my iphone in itune its my first time to sync but i backup in another iphone,then all my photos and contacts erase. i panic,so i reset and earse my iphone,then i sync again to perform backup but i cant find my iphone history in itunes backup,can i retrieve my photos and contacts? plz,help me in my problem.
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Is there any way to retrieve deleted photos from my iphone 4?
I deleted some pictures i had on my phone for some stupid reason, and i'd love to have them back, i never did any sort of backup.
No, when you restore from a backup your settings and data revert to those contained in the backup. There isn't a way to selectively save a portion of the backup on your phone while restoring to a newer backup. The only way to accomplish this would be to try to extract the photos you want from your earlier backup using 3rd party software like iPhone Backup Extractor, and then sync the extracted photos back to your phone using iTunes.
Also, if you do try to restore to your earlier backup, you have to do this carefully or you will overwrite it by automatically syncing. The process to follow would be:
First confirm that the earlier backup exists by, without connecting your phone to your computer, opening iTunes and going to Preferences. Here look at the list of available backups. If you see an earlier one to restore from take note of the name and date of this backup.
On the Devices tab check "Prevent...from syncing automatically"
Now connect your phone, right-click on its name when it appears on the left sidebar in iTunes and choose Restore from Backup
Select your earler backup to restore from and let the restore process complete
Go back to iTunes Preferences and re-enable automatic syncing if you prefer this -
Is there any way that I would be able to download my pictures and videos from my old android to my iCloud?? I'm desperate to make this happen. It is the pics of my baby girl. I have just received the iPhone so I hope to never have this problem again but I need a solution currently.... Thanks!!
sure pretty simple. make a backup of your current settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766?viewlocale=en_US
then restore device from old backup you need pics off of
then import pics to computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
you may need to save pics to camera roll first
then restore the new backup and sync pics back to phone via itunes
Peace, Clyde -
Hi, I know this is stupid, but without going into the how, I deleted important photos and actually backed up my icloud, so I think they are gone completely! I am furious with my self, is there anyway to retrieve this data from some space even if I have to be charged by apple ... just being hopeful...
Photo stream photos are not backed up, and when you delete them from one device, they are also deleted from iCloud and your other devices. If they were in your camera roll when you last back up you device, restoring the backup should recover them. Otherwise, they are, unfortunately, gone.
Also, photo stream photos don't use any of your iCloud storage so deleting them won't free any storage up in your account.
You can't really use iCloud to back up your photos. It's designed to stream them to your devices and share with others, not to back them up. In fact, photo stream photos only remain in iCloud for 30 days. In order to back up your photos, import them to your computer while they are still in your camera roll, as explained here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083. Or, if you have a Mac that is signed into your account with photo stream enabled, and you are using iPhoto '11 9.2.2 or later, go to iPhoto>Preferences>iCloud and check Automatic Import. This will ensure that your photo stream photos are automatically imported to your iPhoto library where they will be safe (especially if you are using Time Machine to back up your Mac). -
I'm trying to remove my restrictions, and i reset it to factory default, but everytime i back it up the restrictions are still on. I don't want to have to register as a new ipod and loose everything i've bought and added.
- Restore from a backup that was make before you added the Restrictions passcode. If you restore from a backup made with the Restrictions passcode the Restrictions passcode is also restored.
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.
- If you are up to it see:
How to reset forgotten Restrictions...: Apple Support Communities
How to reset forgotten Restrictions...: Apple Support Communities -
I just "successfully imported" over 300 vacation photos. It asked me if I wanted to delete them from my camera and I said yes. I've done this hundreds of times over the past several years. Afterwards, I got sidetracked looking in another photo event and then did something on my phone (unrelated) when I noticed my screen went black. I figured I needed to charge my laptop, so I got the cord and plugged it in. After restarting, I went back into iPhoto and under my events there is a thumbnail for each day from vacation, but a generic black and white picture of a palm tree and no pictures in any of the events. My last import is of the pictures I loaded before this batch. I've looked everywhere and can't find them! This has never happened before! Is there any way to find the photos and restore them to iPhoto?
Thank you so much if you can help!!!a best practice to is to never have any computer program (including iPhoto) delete the photos from the card but to import the photos and keep them and then after at least one successful backup cycle has completed and then reformat the card -- I use three very large (32 GB) cards in rotation so I do not reformat for typically a year or more giving me one more long term backup of my photos
You Back up your iPhoto library, Depress and hold the option (alt) and command keys and launch iPhoto - from the resulting first aid window repair permissions and if necessary rebuild your database
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A very good friend of mine dropped her iphone into water and now it is not working.Her husband recently passed away and text messages from him and from well wishers after his decease are feared lost. Is there any way to retrieve them?
I suggested contacting Compub in Nassau St as the info is priceless and worth the trouble of trying to regain?
Any thoughts? The poor lady is very distressIf she has backed up her iPhone she can replace that iPhone and set up the new iPhone from her backup.
You can put the iPhone that went into water into a plastic baggie with either new silica gel packets (preferred) or raw rice and let it sit for 4 - 5 days. After that time remove the phone and connect it to power for at least a half hour. While it is still connected to power reset it by holding down the power and hold button, wait for the Apple logo then let go of the buttons. Might take several tries. If it revives immediately back it up. -
Does anyone have any suggestions on if there is any way to get the photos off the one that had water damage and put them on the new iPhone 5?
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I know I am responding to my own thread, but I an SOOOO disgusted with Apple right now.
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Device experiences issues, locks up.
I need to do a reset.
How would I do that with a pass code lock in place?
Wait until the battery dies?
Apple's changes in iOS 7 are smarter.
"Losing your iOS device feels lousy. Thankfully, Find My iPhone can help you get it back. But if it looks like that’s not going to happen, new security features in iOS 7 make it harder for anyone who’s not you to use or sell your device. Now turning off Find My iPhone or erasing your device requires your Apple ID and password. Find My iPhone can also continue to display a custom message, even after your device is erased. And your Apple ID and password are required before anyone can reactivate it. Which means your device is still your device. No matter where it is."
http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/
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