The Most Common Causes for iPhone Data Loss and Data Recovery

iPhone data loss is an unpleasant experience. Because losing important documents always spend a lot of time and money to get it fixed. You think it will never happen to you, yet the iPhone data loss is an issue we all have struggled with in our everyday routine.

So, what are the most common causes of data loss? We rely on our iPhone in our lives. Losing data on iPhone device may feel like we’ve lost a major part of ourselves. So knowing the most common causes of data loss can help you to prevent and avoid it in the future. No matter the cause, in this article you’ll find the most direct and safe way to recover deleted or lost data from iPhone 7/7 Plus/6s/6/5s/5c/5/4s/4, such as contacts, messages, call logs, notes, music, calendars and so forth.

• Part 1. Most Common Causes for Losing Data on iPhone
• Part 2. How to Decover Deleted or Lost Files on iPhone

Part 1. Most Common Causes for Losing Data on iPhone

1. Hardware or System Malfunctions is the most common source of data loss. Absolutely, the hardware or system malfunctions can be shown in many forms, such as electrical failure, head crash, controller failure, etc.

2. Accidental Deletion is another the most common cause for iPhone data loss. Sometime iOS users may accidentally hit the Delete or Format button when they really meant to push save.

3. Physical damage is responsible for a lot of iPhone data loss, such as dropping into water, falling onto ground, spilling coffee, etc. are the most fragile parts of with iTunes for backup. Water damaged iPhone have become more often as well. The physical damage occurs in a matter of seconds, so it is best to keep your iDevcie into a solid protective case.

4. Jailbreak Failure can also make your iPhone unusable and you could lose your data for good. This operation often got stuck in DFU mode, and you may end with having no access to your data. It’s best to stay away from these methods or make a backup before starting such a risky procedure.

5. iOS Upgrade also has the risk of data loss. Many users may have encountered the data loss after iOS 10/9.3.5/9.3/9 update even after restoring the rest of the device’s settings as in the norm.

6. iOS system crashes can also produce data loss. iOS crashing like camera library, mail or contact app crashing will stuck your iPhone in Apple logo screen. It is always better to backup your device frequently.

7. Restoring iPhone to factory settings will wipe all contents and settings on your iPhone device, including contacts, messages, call history, calendars, notes, music, apps, etc.

8. An iPhone lost or stolen also leads to data loss. In this situation, you have a few ways to recover data from a stolen iPhone even if you don’t have access to your device. Read more at: How to Factory Reset iPhone Remotely after Stolen.

9. Replacing the iPhone’s battery results in data loss. This happens because replacing the battery has the same effect as an iPhone factory reset. Since all flash memory (except RAM) in iOS device is retained without power.

10. An iOS virus attack may affect the iPhone’s functionality causing complete data loss. The iOS environment is protected in a very smart way and if your device is not jailbroken. However, you’ll be exposed to viruses if you decide to jailbreak it, because some apps can access the system data, corrupting or damaging critical system files. And more and more hackers are trying to gain remote access to iPhones of other people and more and more viruses and malware are being designed for iOS.

11. Lost lockscreen passcode can also make the iPhone access impossible. It is important to remember that your iPhone data will be deleted completely after 10 attempts. Try keying in a code that you will remember or keep a written version safe some place else.

Part 2. How to Decover Deleted or Lost Files on iPhone

In most cases, prevention is the best solution. That’s why back up your iPhone is essential. Even if you do take all precautions to keep your iPhone safe, you might still have to reply on data recovery solutions like the iPhone Data Recovery which is specially designed for data recovery on iPhone/iPad/iPod. With it, you can recover all types of data, like contacts, photos, videos, messages, bookmarks, notes, reminders, App and more, no matter whether you have backup or not. It’s able to recover iOS data directly from iPhone, iPad or iPod, or from iTunes or iCloud backup. No matter what happens to your iDevice, such as iOS upgrade failure, water damaged, device loss, jailbreak, system crash, white screen of death, black screen of death, stuck on Apple logo, accidental lock, etc, this tool empowers you to get back all deleted or lost data from your iPhone/iPad/iPod in a few minutes.

Here you will be shown how to recover deleted or lost data from iPhone without backup, and you’ll find the instructions for the iTunes data recovery and for the iCloud data extraction.

Step 1.Connect Your Device to the Computer

Install and run iPhone Data Recovery, then connect your device to the computer/Mac with USB cable. Tthe iPhone data recovery software will soon recognized your device and show it in the “Recover from iOS Device” mode. Just move the mouse to the device and click “Start” to continue.

Step 2.Scan Your iPhone for Lost/Deleted Data

Next, sekect data you want and click “Start Scan” to let the program automatically scan your device to find out the lost and existing files.

Step 3.Preview and Recover Data from iPhone

Afterwards, all these files will be displayed on the left side in well-organized categories and you can preview detail contents of you lost data. Finally, mark the files you want to get back and click “Recover” button to save them on your computer.

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