Apple not able to recover data from missing teen iPhone

[NumLock21]

 

 

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A Team of engineers at Apple couldn't extract information from an iPhone belonging to one of the two teens who went missing last summer, but one of the families is still pushing for further testing.

Last July 24, Austin and Perry both 14, went missing after they have gone on a boat fishing trip all by themselves, setting out from the Jupiter inlet, Florida. Their capsized 19 foot craft was found this March by a Norwegian supply ship, off the coast of Bermuda. A iPhone was found in one of the boat's compartment. The phone was sent to Apple engineers, who had to disassemble it, ran diagnostics, and repair components before any data can be extracted. Sadly Apple was not able to retrieve any data from that phone, as the iOS running on was 8.4, and they're unable to bypass the username and password. Apple said they can handle over the phone over to others, that might be able to recover it, if the families wishes them to do so. The missing teens families are devastated by the outcome, and wish any data can be extracted, just to have a piece of their son's memory. 

Let's hope those other might be able to, or another way, like find their son's finger print, make a mold and use that to unlock.

 

 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-austin-and-perry-no-iphone-data-20160511-story.html

[SansVarnic]

This is sad for the family and I wish them condolences and the best with their search.

 

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[Tech_Dreamer]

7 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Apple said they can handle over the phone over to others that might be able to recover it, if the families wishes them to do so

*Cough* FBI *Cough*

[pagani123]

Its a very sad story and i hope the family gets what ever information they want off the phone.

[NumLock21]

17 minutes ago, SansVarnic said:

This is sad for the family and I wish them condolences and the best with their search.

 

OP your post does not meet the posting requirements. FYI

On mobile

[SansVarnic]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

On mobile

Understood....

[PlayStation 2]

apple

if you can't crack your own os, that means you did something right

repeat that ffs

[atrash]

From what I read elsewhere, the phone was so badly corroded by the salty sea water, there was very little to no chance of recovering anything from the phone.  

 

 

Edit: also they found the phone 8 months after the boys went missing.

Edited May 13, 2016 by atrash

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, atrash said:

From what I read elsewhere, the phone was so badly corroded by the salty sea water, there was very little to no chance of recovering anything from the phone.  

 

They were able to turn it back on after the repair.

[M4st4M1nd]

Before I die I am I definitely making sure all my passwords are secure. The last thing I need is my mum going through all my midget porn bookmarks

[MrDynamicMan]

Am I the only one who doesnt get why they want to get into the phone? Its not an investigation, its not a crucial piece of evidence. Theres either a story here or theyre just being strange about it. Your son just died, and now you want to get into his phone why?

[FakezZ]

3 hours ago, M4st4M1nd said:

Before I die I am I definitely making sure all my passwords are secure. The last thing I need is my mum going through all my midget porn bookmarks

This is public though so I will make sure your family knows about your midget porn fetish  

[VerticalDiscussions]

11 hours ago, SansVarnic said:

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It sure seems it does....

[Bhav]

I think, in my not so expert opinion, that the teenagers by now will have been passed through a shark's (or several sharks, if they were sharing) digestive tracts and turned into shark poop, and then into undersea compost.

 

Unless they were actually kidnapped by some adults who are into doing evil things with teenage boys, but since it was a boating trip, Im going with my shark theory.

 

However, in the case that they merely drowned, then its only a case of searching the globes entire sea bed to look for their remains, starting with the pacific. 

 

But then, even if they drowned, sharks likely still ate them. How could they resist free food? Nommy.

[NumLock21]

2 hours ago, MrDynamicMan said:

Am I the only one who doesnt get why they want to get into the phone? Its not an investigation, its not a crucial piece of evidence. Theres either a story here or theyre just being strange about it. Your son just died, and now you want to get into his phone why?

They want to know what happened, at last moments of their son's life. Maybe there is a message, video clip or a picture.

 

[Stadin6]

Why, why do they even try. It is impossible to unlock it without the passcode (the FBI did it with an older iphone without some security features).

 

[TheRandomness]

14 hours ago, atrash said:

From what I read elsewhere, the phone was so badly corroded by the salty sea water, there was very little to no chance of recovering anything from the phone.  

 

 

Edit: also they found the phone 8 months after the boys went missing.

It has stuff growing on it....

[NumLock21]

20 minutes ago, Stadin6 said:

Why, why do they even try. It is impossible to unlock it without the passcode (the FBI did it with an older iphone without some security features).

 

 

 

unlock starts around 13:00

 

[vorticalbox]

if the phone backed up to the cloud i'm sure they could have that data oer and someone could brute force it.

[Stadin6]

1 minute ago, NumLock21 said:

 

 

unlock starts around 13:00

 

in the video they needed his finger. the teen and therefore the correct finger is gone. 

[Stadin6]

3 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

if the phone backed up to the cloud i'm sure they could have that data oer and someone could brute force it.

brute force the icloud or iphone data? 

I think they already have the unencrypted icloud data.

 

edit: and you cant brute force AES 256-bit if that is what they used on icloud

[vorticalbox]

1 minute ago, Stadin6 said:

brute force the icloud or iphone data? 

I think they already have the unencrypted icloud data.

Icloud, i assumed it would be encrytpted when uploaded and would be almost the same data as the phone

 

[NumLock21]

2 minutes ago, Stadin6 said:

in the video they needed his finger. the teen and therefore the correct finger is gone. 

They can probably make a mold out of a finger print, just like the first video.

[Stadin6]

3 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

They can probably make a mold out of a finger print, just like the first video.

they might have a problem finding a  8 month old fingerprint of high enough quality to satisfy touch id.

That is assuming the data on the touch id controller isnt lost.

[FakezZ]

2 hours ago, Stadin6 said:

brute force the icloud or iphone data? 

I think they already have the unencrypted icloud data.

 

edit: and you cant brute force AES 256-bit if that is what they used on icloud

Technically you can but it is definitely not advised to do so