iOS data recovery: how to fix the disabled iPhone and recover data?

Occasionally you may find a message on your iPhone screen says that iPhone is iPhone is disabled. If you have never faced with this problem, it could be serious thing for you. But don’t worry about it too much. This problem is not serious at all, as you know some knowledge, you can solve this problem by yourself.

The causes for your iPhone become disabled

This disable message occurs on the screen have different forms. Sometime, it only says :Your iPhone is disabled Try again in one minute or five miniatures. You can wait for several minutes and try again. While sometimes, it will tell you that your iPhone is disabled for 23 million minutes. That is to say you have to wait for more than forty years to use your iPhone.Apparently it is impossible for you to wait, so you have to solve this problem.

Generally, your iPhone is disabled for you or others have entered the wrong passcode for many times, so the device lock itself and prevent passcode attempts in a certain time.

How to fix your disabled iPhone?

If you cannot enter into your iPhone and forget the passcode, you should restore from iTunes backup.

Connect your iPhone with computer and sync with iTunes. Click “Restore” button.

If the “Restore” fails, you need to reset your iPhone by clicking Recovery mode. If you have no iTunes backup or iCloud backup, you will lost your data due to this operation.

If it still doesn’t work, you can try DFU Mode, which is an extensive version of Recovery mode.

Try to erase all the settings on your iCloud account. You can sign in your iCloud account to use Find My iPhone feature to erase all your data and settings on iPhone. You should do this only when you have backup of your iPhone data.

After you fixed the disabled iPhone, you should restore data from your backups. If you have iTunes or iCloud backup, you can direclty restore them to your iPhone. Also, you can use an iPhone data recovery software to scan and extract data from your backup and then transfer them to your iPhone.

Restore data from iTunes backup with data recovery software

Choose “View and Restore files from iTunes backup” on H Data iPhone recovery software.

Choose the iTunes backup you need and click Scan button.

Wait for scanning ends and preview the data.

Choose the files you need and then export them to your computer.

After you have successfully restored your iPhone, you should set a new passcode for it. To prevent the similar situation, you should set a passcode easier for you to remember and do not frequently change it.