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Top 3 Solutions to Restore Data from Bricked iPhone/iPad

Updated by Brian Davis on Jan 3, 2023 9:32 AM • Category: Restore iPhone
4 mins read

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Nowadays, a sea of significant data are saved on our iPhone or iPad, so it will be very frustrated once they are deleted or lost by accident. Although some of you might know how to recover these data from iPhone/iPad in a common circumstance, yet when the iOS devices get bricked, then what you can do to bring them back? Well, take it easy. In this post, we'll show you 3 optimal ways to recover data from bricked iPhone/iPad.

Part 1: What Is Bricked iPhone/iPad

Firstly, when the title catches your eyes, you may be wondering that what a bricked iPhone/iPad is. Electronically, "brick" means a device not functioning or not working. While when it comes to the bricked iPhone/iPad, it refers to that the device not turning on, not responding, not making calls, stuck in a loop and so on. In most cases, a bricked iPhone/iPad is caused by an interruption or error of iOS software update.

Part 2: The Best Tool to Recover Data from Bricked iPhone/iPad

If one of above similar situation happens on your iPhone or iPad and you are eager to get the lost or deleted data back, then this post is what you are seeking. To recover data from bricked iPhone/iPad, professional iOS data recovery tools such as TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery is necessary. This data recovery software provides three recovery modes for you to retrieve data from bricked iPhone, recover lost iPhone data without backup, or recover data from wiped iOS devices. And its other key functions are as presented below.

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Key features of TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery

  • Recover data from bricked iOS device like iPhone,iPad and iPod.
  • Retrieve data under various scenarios including mistaken deletion and software update failure.
  • Restore diverse types of data like contacts, videos, photos, etc.
  • Fully compatible with all iOS versions including the latest iOS 16.
  • Support previewing and selecting required data before recovery.
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Now it's time for us to start to recover data from bricked iPhone or iPad with three different means.

Mode 1: Recover Data Without Backup

Step 1: Launch TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery and connect your iPhone or iPad with the computer through a USB cable. Then choose the recovery mode as Recover from iOS from the program's main interface.

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Step 2: After the device and different files are shown on the screen, choose the categories on the right column that need to be scanned. Then click the Scan button and the program will begin scanning.

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Step 3: Then all data scanned will appear on the left. Before you click the Recover button, you can preview the iPhone data you want to retrieve from different columns. After that the application will start to bring your data back.

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Mode 2: Restore Data from iTunes Backup

Step 1: Open TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery on the computer and connect your iPhone/iPad with the PC. Then select the recovery mode named as Recover from iTunes Backup on the main screen of the app.

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Step 2: Press on the Scan button to examine your iPhone or iPad data and choose the data on the left column.

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Step 3: Find out the deleted or lost data on your iTunes you are willing to recover and lastly hit the Recover button to restore them to the computer.

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Mode 3: Retrieve Data via iCloud Backup

Step 1: Launch TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery on the computer and make your iPhone connected with the PC. Then choose the third icon called as Recover from iCloud Backup from the main interface.

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Step 2: Log in your iCloud by entering your Apple ID and password. Next, select your own device among many different iPhones or iPads.

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Step 3: Choose the data under the left columns and click on the Recover button to retrieve your lost data from bricked iPhone/iPad to the computer.

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Part 3: Hot Questions about Recovering Data from Bricked iPhone

Q1: How to fix a bricked iPhone without restoring it?

You can use DFU mode, which is known as system restore, to fix a bricked iPhone. This mode will delete every data from iPhone, including software and hardware settings. If you don't want to lose your data, you can try to fix your bricked iPhone with TunesKit iOS System Recovery. With this tool, you are able to fix your bricked device without restoring it.

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Q2: How to restore a bricked iPhone?

To restore a bricked iPhone, you can turn it off first. Then, put your iPhone into the Recovery mode according to your iPhone model. After that, make your iPhone connected to the PC, and restore your bricked iPhone with iTunes.

Part 4: Wrapping Up

This is the end for how to recover data from a bricked iPhone/iPad. With the above professional program -- TunesKit iPhone Data Recovery -- in hand, when your iPhone or iPad becomes bricked suddenly or after a software update, it is helpful in restoring the data on the device. Hope this simple how-to guide, which requires no skills, can do you a favor.

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