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data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Spiff - 07-26-2021
Long story short, got caught in my shorts (they weren't down) at the beach with my iphone x in my pocket. A wave hit the lower part of my shorts. No biggie. The phone handled it. I even took pics with it on my walk. I did not get it wet again. However, back at the beach house it would not start up. Kept flashing the logo screen off and on. I thought - no worries. I got backups. Um. Backup from April of this year. Doh! Lots of beach pics on it and other pics that I now don't have.
Called around and found a company in wrightsville, nc (Thats where I was at). Well, the phone had to be shipped off to Cleveland to be opened up and looked at. I was told that the cost was going to be $400 and up. OK, I thought, bad but not horrible.
I get the diagnostics today. Connectors broken (not sure how, but they were as I could not charge the phone or read anything from it, even in recovery mode). To get the data off the phone, it will cost me $1300!!! Insane, considering they told me it started from $400, which is not even an option on their data recovery price list.
Is this standard pricing? Anyone with experience from other data recovery companies? Thanks.
Re: data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Filliam H. Muffman - 07-26-2021
It sounds a little expensive, but having a facility that is close/quick/competent will drive the price up.
Jessa Jones runs iPadRehab. You can get an estimate by starting to submit a ticket.
https: //www.ipadrehab.com/index.cfm?Page=Start-a-Repair
Re: data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Sarcany - 07-26-2021
$800 and up is not unusual. Could easily hit $1200-$1400, so the final estimate is in the right ballpark.
I've heard of some people getting professional recovery for as little as $600, but $400 is very very cheap as these things go. What were they promising for $400?
...I'd have just called DriveSavers.
Re: data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Ken Sp. - 07-27-2021
Was it not automatically backing up to iCloud?
Was iCloud photos turned on?
Re: data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Acer - 07-27-2021
Next time, don't jam your crab fork in the charging port. I don't know what you were thinking. Some people. Sheesh.
Re: data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Rolando - 07-27-2021
Makes iCloud backups seem really cheap.
Re: data recovery prices. Anyone with experience? - Speedy - 07-27-2021
Ouch! Spiff, good luck.