User level: Level 1 (4 points)Hello! My year old iPhone 16 phone completely blanked few weeks ago. I took the phone to an authorized service center, and they said it's a motherboard fault.
Is there any way to recover files that weren't saved to iCloud?
The phone is still on my Find My -app but it says it's offline.
Posted on Oct 19, 2026 9:32 AM
User level: Level 9 (74,110 points)Oct 19, 2026 9:36 AM in response to eemil1
Yes, it is technically possible to recover data from an iPhone 16 with a dead motherboard, but it almost always requires board-level repair or microsoldering by a specialized data recovery lab.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256379044