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Iberio Ralda
Are you sure it is an iPhone 4 and not a 4s? If it is indeed an iPhone 4 there may be a solution. The architecture of the A4 processor phones does allow communication of the board and a computer in DFU mode, and the data is not encrypted. With the 4s, the data is encrypted and useless.
we see a lot of data recovery jobs and you'd be surprised how many people keep a note on their phone with all their passcodes/passwords. and people tend to use the same pin code for everything. 0000 and 2580 are the most common passcodes, as well as year of birth. I wouldn't recommend trying to guess the passcode because that will disable the device, possibly making recovery impossible. What you could try is to restore another device with a recent backup from your sons device If you can log into iTunes as him With Apple ID and password. Then you can see if in that backup he has a note with passcodes. Shot in the dark, but I thought I'd throw it out there.
If he used the photo library his credentials will be sufficient to gain access to it, if not they will get her into his computer where the photos will be, if he never synchronized them this won't work.
My post, typed in brevity on my phone, is meant to suggest the shot in the dark of logging in to iTunes and finding a backup that may have app data, notes, texts, email etc, that may reveal the passcode. One could skip the step of actually loading any such backup onto a device and instead parse the backup and view details with third party software such as iExplorer or many others. Many people confuse iPhone 4 with iPhone 4s and something like this may be worth pursuing since other avenues are difficult or impossible.
To the OP---Apple ID is usually your son's email. If you don't know his Apple ID password, you can attempt to answer security questions to have the password mailed to the email address---which then will likely require a password. This really sounds fruitless, but I can understand that in the grief process you don't want to leave any stone unturned Girlfriends and wives are a great source of passwords/passcodes as well.
However, if the phone is INDEED an iPhone 4 and not 4s, then the picture is much less bleak. Check out this tool. I have successfully used this to recover data from a corrupt iPhone 3g, and it is likely that is could work for an iPhone 4.
Dear Amy: My husband of many years is addicted to his iPhone. It goes everywhere with him and has his undivided attention. There was once a time that this was necessary for his work. I understood and did not mind, but it is no longer a necessity for his work, and his time on this device has me concerned.
One way I measure usage is to imagine the smartphone as a book or newspaper. Would you take a book or newspaper to bed or into the bathroom? Possibly. Would (or should) you read a book or newspaper while driving 65 mph down the highway, while out at dinner with your spouse and friends, or while walking through the woods? No.
There are very practical ways to control smartphone usage that your husband could try, starting with deleting social media apps from his phone (he could still check on a laptop), or turning off notifications. He should leave it face down, turned off, or in another room during meals. There are apps that will help a person track and control their usage. One article I read suggested that getting a smart watch could help break the phone addiction.
We should be happy we are invited to every birthday, christening, graduation, bridal shower, wedding and every other social event in their lives. But each occasion calls for a gift of some kind that has been putting a strain on our fixed-income budget.
My son put a passcode lock on his phone then forgot the number he used! Now the phone is locked with only emergency call access. I haven't linked it to my iTunes account yet, so I can't unlock from there can I? How do I get access to his phone to clear the passcode and regain use of the phone?
I was trying to my dad and the call just went straight to voicemail. But my dad can call me, and I can call all other people in my contacts. And my dad wasn't even blocked me nor have I. I have even tried deleting my contact off my dad's phone permanently and tried redialing the number but still I can't call my dad.
If it's not that and you've confirmed your dad hasn't accidentally blocked you on his phone, you may want to call AT&T with your dad for further support. Unless your dad just happens to have no signal when you call him or there's a network issue, that shouldn't happen.
But cars have been around for more than a century, so we've had time to figure out how to use them safely. In Vermont, kids aren't allowed behind the wheel until they're 15. Then they have to pass a driver's ed class, practice driving for 40 hours in addition to the six hours required for the class, and have a learner's permit for a full year before earning a license to drive on their own.
And yet we don't do much to teach people how their phones work, or how to use them appropriately. There's no established curriculum, no smartphone education class at most schools. There's no equivalent of a driver's test for owning a smartphone, either. So when Ann-Elise and I felt that Graham was ready for his own iPhone, I made my own test. He had to pass it before we handed over the metaphorical keys.
Since then, Ann-Elise and I have talked about the test with lots of other parents. The most common feedback we've heard is: "I wish I'd thought of that" and "What's on the test?" So I'm sharing it, along with some of the resources I used to create it, to help you make your own.
I pooh-poohed it as an exaggeration, but research suggests that he might have been right: In 2019, more than 50 percent of 11-year-olds had their own smartphone, according to a survey by the nonprofit research group Common Sense Media. That number has likely increased in the two years since.
Mark Zuckerberg is only part of the problem. As any parent of a teen will tell you, our kids are much more likely to be using video-sharing sites such as YouTube and TikTok. Both have recommendation engines that suggest content to keep a viewer engaged.
The website Raw Story tried the same tactic and in October published its own series of alarming stories, detailing how TikTok served fictional teen users content about firearm accessories, serial killers and school shooters, as well as videos promoting jihad and white nationalism, and disturbing videos about suicide, eating disorders and self-harm. Writer John Byrne reported that "TikTok played videos of users discussing suicide attempts from hospital beds; children joking about using razor blades for self-harm; and videos showing young women hospitalized for anorexia."
After the Wall Street Journal revelations, a TikTok spokesperson said that "Protecting minors is vitally important, and TikTok has taken industry-first steps to promote a safe and age-appropriate experience for teens." The company has also taken down some of the videos mentioned in these stories. But not all of them. And users keep uploading more.
Kids can also use their phones to access shocking amounts of pornography. Hate to break it to you, parents, but finding porn online is much, much easier than swiping a copy of Playboy was back in the day.
Making your kids take a smartphone test isn't going to keep them from falling down one of these rabbit holes. But it at least offers a chance to talk about these issues so that you can navigate them together.
The test you design will depend on the age and maturity level of your child. Mine focused on a few key skills: avoiding phishing attempts, understanding legal risks, developing basic news literacy, and understanding and avoiding smartphone addiction.
I used the resources listed in the sidebar on page 27 to come up with questions. And I looked up statistics about distracted driving, as well as laws around sexting and revenge porn, which Vermont outlawed in 2015.
I also wanted him to think in advance about how he wanted to use his phone. We got it for him because we wanted to empower him to connect with friends from camp, coaches, teachers and his boss at his part-time job, and to listen to music without wi-fi. I wanted him to reflect on how he could do that and avoid unintentionally losing hours to games and apps designed to suck him in.
The test was also just the beginning of our conversations about appropriate phone use. The topic is now something we discuss regularly over meals and at family meetings. We all pull out our phones and look at the screen time app that keeps track of what we're doing and when. We also talk about the information we're seeing.
Need an icebreaker for these talks? Ask each member of your family about the ads they see on YouTube and free streaming services such as Pandora. You'll likely have different and even surprising answers.
For parenting-specific information, try Common Sense Media, an independent nonprofit that provides research, reviews and guidance for TV, movies, video games and devices. Its website, commonsensemedia.org, includes a section on cellphone parenting, with helpful answers to FAQs like, "What are the best privacy settings for my computer and cellphone?" and "Should I demand my kids' passwords to social media and apps?"
For an overview of smartphone and social media use for teens, try watching The Social Dilemma with them on Netflix.The accessible docudrama explains what goes on in your brain when you use social media.
For a deeper dive, the best resource I've found is the Center for Humane Technology, which assisted in producing The Social Dilemma. Started in 2018 by people with a background in the tech industry, this nonprofit is identifying and articulating the problems with our technological infrastructure, as well as advocating for solutions. Its website, humanetech.com, includes resources for technologists, policy makers, parents and educators. These include a new youth toolkit, designed for young adults ages 13 to 25.
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