This is because several key components store a checksum and if any one of these components is changed, the checksum for the entire phone fails, the device will not boot and the information remains forever encrypted. Getting data out of a modern Apple phone is almost impossible (as the FBI know), it is claimed, and if any of a series of critical chips are damaged, there is no chance of recovery. The upshot of this is that mobile data recovery is usually done by repairing the phone or device, rather than trying to extract the data. Smartphones are also considered to be more difficult to recover than hard disks, thanks to the ever-tightening security used to protect them. When the term ‘data recovery ’ is bandied about, people naturally think of hard drives, but the process is increasingly being applied to mobile devices, prompting Kroll to open a dedicated lab to deal with tablets and phones.Īccording to Michael, who ran the tour, most companies that send in tablets only do so for devices belonging to members of the senior management team, rather than rank and file employees. The fact is that sometimes there are data loss incidents that even the specialists can ’t fix, because it all depends on how much of the magnetic residue remains intact. The company frequently has to repair not only the damage done by the DIYers, but also the repair shops that offer to have a go at recovering the lost data themselves at bargain-basement prices. With this situation in mind, Computer Weekly paid to a visit to the premises of data recovery firm Kroll Ontrack, which describes these ‘DIYers’ as the worst type of client.
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The recovery process stalled due to a lack of understanding about how to approach it, but the company keeps the drive to one side in the hope that its contents could be recovered one day.
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