Here Here’s an update. I tried connecting my wife’s iPhone to my Windows 7 machine and holding the home and sleep buttons to begin the recovery mode process. I thought I was doing well until the message still came up that I would have to respond on the iPhone to facilitate the download and restore. I’ve checked with my wife’s iCloud account and this phone is
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2021, at 9:51 PM, Kevin Gibbs <kevj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an old iPhone 6 that belongs to my wife and we want to dispose of it > while making certain that all the data has been wiped. Unfortunately, the > screen of the phone is heavily damaged such that it can't really be read at > all and operating the phone through touch is all but impossible. I did > manage to get into the phone twice on different days. VO does work and > that's the only way we know that the phone has data. but getting in is not > a sure thing. And, even if you manage it, getting around the screens to the > reset is not a certainty. > > My wife is sighted and doesn't use VO at all. I tried connecting the phone > to an expendable Win7 computer for the purpose of erasing the data and I was > told by the Win7 machine that, in order to proceed, I would have to > acknowledge the computer's attempt to connect with this damaged phone by > responding on the phone. You can see the problem. > > Does anyone have a hack or a suggestion that would allow me to get to the > RESET to factory default by any means at all? My wife is intensely > respectful of piracy and data privacy and merely handing this off to anyone > without making an effort to sanitize it is not desirable. > > Any help appreciated. > Best, > Kevin > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/viphone/C5H6POZCzTs/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/d52f0e78-e165-4888-9196-e0fad8e394dan%40googlegroups.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/FF90AE61-0149-464B-A563-4E30A92B6D21%40gmail.com.
