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i’m looking to give away my phone but my concern is the data that once stored and that i have factory reset it many times but my anxiety still crawls in. what are the ways of assurance or maybe a tips for me to get technical where i can replace a new data chip (not sure what its call, need your help on this)
Mhd Znd, Download 3uTools and connect your phone to your computer (Windows as 3uTools is for Windows). When connected and authorised, you can enter the Flash menu. Download the latest iOS package in 3uTools (it will list out the compatible, signed, versions). There is an option there in the Flash menu, that is made to prevent the recovery of data. Select that option before clicking the Flash button! NOTE! I haven’t done a recovery test on a device after using that option, so I can’t attest to it’s reliability personally!
You can rest assured there will be no way to access the data once the phone has been reset. Apple have designed there phones with security at the top of their list. There is an IC on the logic board called the “logic eeprom” it holds all the keys necessary to access your data, when the phone is reset so are the keys. Even the most sophisticated forensic software used by the law enforcements would not be able to access the data once the phone has been factory reset.
Think about it this way: If the FBI has to subpoena Apple to come up with a backdoor and they refuse because it is literally technically impossible, the phone is going to be securely erased once you reset the phone and remove the data. They design the phones so that even they can’t get into it if you forget something like the passcode. The passcode is literally the encryption key with iPhones - without it all of the 3 letter agencies who use the courts like the FBI tried and failed to are dead end.
