iPhone Data Recovery — Australia-Wide Specialist
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iPhone data recovery is one of our specialist services. We don’t repair iPhones — but if your iPhone is broken, dead, water-damaged, or locked and you can’t get your photos / messages / contacts / files out, we can usually help. Once we’ve recovered your data, you decide whether to take the iPhone to Apple for repair or move to a new device.
Common scenarios we recover from: cracked screen so bad you can’t type (the data is fine, just inaccessible), water damage (need to act fast on corrosion), iPhone won’t turn on (battery / logic-board issue but storage chips intact), locked iPhone with you still know the passcode (we recover with your authorisation), accidentally deleted photos or messages, iCloud backup restore failed on a new iPhone setup.
What we CAN’T recover: iPhones where you don’t know the passcode (this is mathematically impossible — Apple’s Secure Enclave makes the data inaccessible without the passcode by design), Activation Locked iPhones bought second-hand where the previous owner hasn’t signed out (that’s an Apple Support issue, not a data recovery issue). We’re upfront about these limits — no false hope.
Models We Service
Every generation we currently service:
| Model | Year | Common faults | Service status |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone 16 / Pro / Pro Max (2024) | A18 / A18 Pro chip | USB-C | Apple Intelligence |
| iPhone 15 / Pro / Pro Max (2023) | A16 / A17 Pro chip | USB-C | Action Button (Pro) |
| iPhone 14 / Pro / Pro Max (2022) | A15 / A16 chip | Lightning | Dynamic Island (Pro) |
| iPhone 13 / mini / Pro / Pro Max (2021) | A15 chip | Lightning | ProMotion (Pro) |
| iPhone 12 / mini / Pro / Pro Max (2020) | A14 chip | Lightning + MagSafe | 5G capable |
| iPhone 11 / Pro / Pro Max (2019) | A13 chip | Lightning | Last LCD model |
| iPhone XS / XR / X (2017-2018) | A11 / A12 chip | Lightning | Face ID introduction |
| iPhone 8 / 8 Plus / SE 2/3 (2017+) | A11 / A13 / A15 chip | Lightning | Touch ID |
| iPhone 7 and older (2016-) | A10 chip and older | Lightning + 30-pin | Legacy iPhone DR |
Common Issues & How We Fix Them
Find your iPhone scenario
Can’t see / type but data intact
Water Damage
24-hour emergency response
Won’t Turn On
Dead iPhone, data still recoverable
Locked iPhone
With passcode access only
Deleted Photos
Accidentally deleted recovery
Melbourne
GSC top city — workshop service
Sydney
Drop-off + insured courier
Brisbane
Drop-off + insured courier
Our Repair Process
- Free triage — we tell you what’s recoverable before quoting.
- Drop-off or insured courier across AU metros.
- Image the storage first to preserve original.
- Logical or chip-off recovery as needed.
- Data returned on encrypted external drive.
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