[jman1126]

A client of mine has presented the task of recovering photos on a deceased relative's iPhone 5s. No I-cloud backups are available and the only computer which may have contained backups was sold at an estate sale. I know it's kind of the same old story 😒.

I run a small side business with mostly windows based computers and data recover so I figured I would take a crack at it.

The family has come up with approx 20 different 4 digit pin numbers it "could" be. However I would like to gain unlimited pass-code attempts before I attempt and disable the phone.

Phone Model A1533 5s 6,1 iOS 8.3

Following advice on Reddit I was able to download and install Legacy iOS tool kit onto my old Mac book with Linux Mint. Installed SHH Ram disk iOS 12 and mount the boot partition /mnt2 which contains the necessary com.springlist.plist file and must be edited for unlimited pass-code attempts.

This is where my luck ended, I have been unable to download the file using either cyber-duck or Filezilla to edit the plist file. The mounted partition /dev/disk0s1s2 /mnt2 will not accept downloads even tho I can view the contents no issue.

I have been getting mixed reports from Reddit, some say it cannot be done on 64 bit devices, others have said it should work no problem.

If anyone has any experience or info they can share I will be forever grateful.

[DramaKing]

A client of mine has presented the task of recovering photos on a deceased relative's iPhone 5s. No I-cloud backups are available and the only computer which may have contained backups was sold at an estate sale. I know it's kind of the same old story 😒.

I run a small side business with mostly windows based computers and data recover so I figured I would take a crack at it.

The family has come up with approx 20 different 4 digit pin numbers it "could" be. However I would like to gain unlimited pass-code attempts before I attempt and disable the phone.

Phone Model A1533 5s 6,1 iOS 8.3

Following advice on Reddit I was able to download and install Legacy iOS tool kit onto my old Mac book with Linux Mint. Installed SHH Ram disk iOS 12 and mount the boot partition /mnt2 which contains the necessary com.springlist.plist file and must be edited for unlimited pass-code attempts.

This is where my luck ended, I have been unable to download the file using either cyber-duck or Filezilla to edit the plist file. The mounted partition /dev/disk0s1s2 /mnt2 will not accept downloads even tho I can view the contents no issue.

I have been getting mixed reports from Reddit, some say it cannot be done on 64 bit devices, others have said it should work no problem.

If anyone has any experience or info they can share I will be forever grateful.

Read permissions means that you can copy the file. I think that you mean that you can't write to the file. Check the permissions. Make sure that the drive is mounted read-write.

Only exploits that I'm aware of to do this are for iOS 9.

[ttbr0]

https://cellebrite.com/en/ufed/

[DramaKing]

https://cellebrite.com/en/ufed/

Don't post links to tools that OP can't use with no explanation.

[ttbr0]

Don't post links to tools that OP can't use with no explanation.

the website has all the explanations. im pretty sure its a point and click device anyway. if you are a data recovery person and cant figure your way around that then you have bigger problems. lets see if you can give a better resource that is more practical or works better.

[DramaKing]

the website has all the explanations. im pretty sure its a point and click device anyway. if you are a data recovery person and cant figure your way around that then you have bigger problems. lets see if you can give a better resource that is more practical or works better.

The explanations say that it costs thousands of dollars and is restricted forensic software.

[ttbr0]

The explanations say that it costs thousands of dollars and is restricted forensic software.

maybe you can find one that will fall off a truck.

[Hsdtf x]

maybe you can find one that will fall off a truck.

Hahaha have, then he must be the luckiest man alive right now