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Title: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 26 September 2014, 11:53:35: My old iPhone 4 has broken. The battery port had de soldered itself from the circuit board (I guess it's the motherboard)

I want to pop it on eBay for spares. Is there any way I can wipe the phone first?
I can't get iTunes to talk to it due to no battery input and it's all to small for me to solder a port on

I have nothing questionable on there but if someone got into the phone they'd find saved passwords etc and would work out my address and occupation via various texts if they looked hard enough

It has a code to open the phone but no idea how secure that is or if it can be bypassed.

In short any advice on wiping it or if anyone could see my data please?

If it's not possible to make it secure I will just destroy it rather than take the risk :y
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: Jimbob on 26 September 2014, 12:03:20: use the find my iphone app to remotely wipe? (from another phone or via icloud.com)
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: 05omegav6 on 26 September 2014, 12:24:23: Microwave it... twenty seconds should see it just about done :y
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: Gaffers on 26 September 2014, 12:28:35: Quote from: Jimbob on 26 September 2014, 12:03:20
use the find my iphone app to remotely wipe? (from another phone or via icloud.com)

That would still need power on the device and it sounds like there is none :(
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: 05omegav6 on 26 September 2014, 12:43:22: If you don't fancy microwaving it... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAuhUTzNwiY&feature=youtube_gdata_player) ;D
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: plym ian on 26 September 2014, 15:12:28: Quote from: Doesn't play well with others... on 26 September 2014, 12:43:22
If you don't fancy microwaving it... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAuhUTzNwiY&feature=youtube_gdata_player) ;D
I love watching that guy he's a real American dude :)
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: cnj on 26 September 2014, 16:51:58: why not repair it, I phone 4s still fetch reasonable pennies and I believe you can watch it being done on you tube !
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: Blueron on 26 September 2014, 17:01:24: Charging connector ribbon on ebay about £4. No soldering required.Just replaced mine on iphone 4 ,all works fine again.Quite fidley but I followed the youtube vids and it is doable.Good luck hope you sort it.
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: Blueron on 26 September 2014, 17:05:57: Sorry just reread.Its you battery connector not your charging port.My Mistake.
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: TheBoy on 27 September 2014, 09:53:29: If its only the batt connector, can't you just plug it in to gaytunes, and do a full factory reset?

Personally, I'd avoid phones on egay. That's just a little bit daft, young'un.
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: tigers_gonads on 27 September 2014, 09:57:30: Plenty of spare parts available for the iphone 4 / 4S
Strip it (fiddly I know) and replace whatever parts needed ;)
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: TheBoy on 27 September 2014, 10:24:30: Presumably he's already stripped it to know what the fault is... ...else I'd be shoving in a £5 battery, and seeing if that fixed it ::)
Title: Re: Removing data from broken iPhone 4
Post by: tigers_gonads on 27 September 2014, 11:08:34: Quote from: TheBoy on 27 September 2014, 10:24:30
Presumably he's already stripped it to know what the fault is... ...else I'd be shoving in a £5 battery, and seeing if that fixed it ::)

::) Its a fair cop guv :-[ ;D