How to Recover Data from Water Damaged iPhone 14, 13?

"Can data be recovered after water damage?"

iPhone users sometimes are complaining about iOS update issues on forums. But even if they don't update their devices, problems come outside the phones as well: water damage.

Some models of iPhone do not have any water protection, thus they are prone to turn into malfunction status after being water damaged. Some iPhone users have dropped their iPhones into swimming pools, sinks, toilets, and even washing machines.

Then they found that their devices were not able to boot up, the speakers didn’t work properly, or the buttons gave no reaction when pressed on them.

What’s worst, some important files like family photos are inaccessible. Just like the case below.

Users might think of transferring data from broken iPhone to new iPhone or directly recovering the data.

If the device cannot be fixed, users may need to buy a new one, and then it will be a quite big non-planned expense, not to mention the data loss. Though data is a kind of virtual wealth that cannot be touched.

At this time, an efficient iPhone data recovery solution is in urgent need.

So, how to deal with a water damaged iPhone data recovery issue? Before putting that, let’s view some manifestations of water damage on iPhone. Check if you have the same situation.

Manifestation of water damage to the iPhone

● Boot-up problem. When intruded by water, you may encounter a boot-up failure, or the device restarts automatically, ceaselessly, or periodically.

● Hardware failure. The button may be affected when the device enters the water, in the form of no response when the button is pressed. And it may also affect the speakers and cause speaker glitches.

● Overheating device. Water in the mobile phone may cause a short circuit, which is manifested as the overheating mobile phone.

● Warning signs. If the iOS device interface is damaged by water, you may receive the following warning: “This accessory may not be supported”, or “This accessory is not made to work with iPhone”.

Besides, Apple provides a liquid contact indicator location chart. The indicator is typically white or silver in appearance, but it becomes completely red when it comes into touch with water or a liquid that contains water.

After checking your circumstance, now let’s go to the solution.

How to Deal with water damaged iPhone data recovery issue?

How to recover data from water-damaged iPhones? Firstly, it is of vital importance to do some preconditioning before trying to recover data from a wet iPhone. Here are some dos and don’ts you need to follow.

Preconditioning: dos and don’ts

>> Dos:

• ✔ Remove your phone case.
• ✔ Power off your iPhone immediately.
• ✔ Remove the SIM card.
• ✔  Dry it with a towel and then put your iPhone in silica packets to absorb the liquid safely. It is recommended to leave it with silica packets for 24 or 48 (better) hours.

>> Don’ts:

• ✘ Do not try to boot up your iPhone when you haven’t dealt with the liquid in it.
• ✘Do not try to use a hairdryer to dry it, because the high-heat air may burn the inner delicate parts.
• ✘ Do not put your iPhone with raw rice to avoid the dust from entering the inner parts and doing further damage.
• ✘ Do not connect it to any electrical connectors or charge it.

After these, you may now have successfully saved it from water damage. But what is not addressed yet—is the data on it. Here is the remedy for data recovery.

Recover data from water-damaged iPhone via Stellar

Here software can be of great help to recover data from water-damaged iPhones. Follow the tutorial down below to get your precious files back.

Recover data from wet iPhone with iCloud backup

Backups would be helpful when accidents occur. You could recover data from iCloud to iPhone.

Step 1. Install and run Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone. Select “Recover from iCloud Backup” in the sidebar.

Step 2. Log in to your iCloud account to see your backup histories. Select the backup version you need and click “Scan” to start the scanning.

Step 3. Then the files in the backup will be sorted out, preview the detected files and select the data you need and click “Save”.

Now your data is safely extracted from a wet iPhone.

Retrieve data from water-damaged iPhone with iTunes backup

iTunes is also an option. But if you found iTunes cannot restore iPhone from backups, this tool could help you.

Step 1. Install and start Stellar Data Recovery for iPhone on your PC. Select “Recover from iTunes Backup”.

Step 2. Select the needed backup version in the list, then click "Scan".

Step 3. Before recovering, you can preview the files in iTunes backup, then choose the files you need and click “Save” to restore your data selectively.

Conclusion

In this article, you can get a detailed guide to dealing with your water-damaged iPhone, and retrieve data from water-damaged iPhone easily with the help of a third-party tool.

By following the dos and don’ts provided above, things would go smoothly. But, to prevent you from falling into the same bad situation, it is strongly recommended that you use a waterproof phone case, and wisely made backups of your important data.

AOMEI FoneBackup would be a great iPhone backup tool to help you with its amazing features.