You’d need an identical iPhone SE to swap the logicboard (where all the storage is) but if the issue is with the logicboard, it’ll present itself on the new phone as well.
Direct connection to the storage on the phone isn’t possible I’m afraid, it’s all heavily encrypted and soldered onto the logicboard. _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> i...@macambulance.com <mailto:i...@macambulance.com> www.macambulance.com <http://www.macambulance.com/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 23 Jun 2022, at 12:58, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group > <smug@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Backstory is complicated but I have my son's phone (SE 2nd edition) which > won't start, charge or recognise a USB connection in any way. It's slightly > bent so wireless charging doesn't work either. We want to retrieve the data > on the phone and suspect it is going to require physical dissassembly and > connecting to the storage directly via another phone or adaptor. > > Is this even viable as a plan? It's our last option now, I think. > > (have thoroughly cleaned lightning port, left overnight, different cables, > two different wireless chargers. Only thing not tried is physically bending > it back into shape which seems high risk of doing further damage so that is > the absolute last resort and will probably require clamps etc I don't have!) > > There are no back-ups we know of (I have access to his iCloud and computer). > > Cheers, > > Jason > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/074E2FA8-57A9-4910-B67C-793D2FF18064%40me.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/50D7DC41-EDE6-43F7-8FD7-B074099DDBEE%40macambulance.com.