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by brainfeed0 2620 days ago
SMH. No, you're guessing and you guessed wrong. Turning on a passcode turns on Data Protection. https://www.macworld.com/article/2029998/understanding-ios-p...

iCloud maybe a better/easier way to recover some, but not all, data.
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adnanazadsg 2620 days ago
The data gets encrypted, but its not deleted. Although I guess I was wrong in saying Apple can help - they wouldn't/can't unlock the device for you - but I'd probably still ask them what my options are.
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