Have you ever jailbroken your iOS device? Have you lost your iOS data then? If this issue happens, do you know how to recover iOS data after jailbreak? Now, in this post, we will show you some useful solutions.
Data Loss after Jailbreaking
Good news, now we can jailbreak our iOS devices by using some jailbreak tools. After jailbreak, we can customize our iOS device in every way possible.
To be specific, we can install themes to change the look and feel of our iPhone or we can use Winterboard that allows us to transform iPhone into an Android phone or transform iPad into a Mac. However, do you know what jailbreak is? What will happen after you jailbreak your iPhone?
Overview of iOS Jailbreaking
What jailbreaking is? You can see the definition as follows:
In a word, iOS jailbreaking is the process of removing software restrictions imposed by iOS, Apple's operating system, on devices running it through the use of software exploits; devices include the iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and the AppleTV 2 and 4. Jailbreaking permits root access to the iOS file system and manager, allowing the download of additional applications, extensions, and themes that are unavailable through the official Apple App Store.wikipedia.com
Tip, if you don't know how to jailbreak you iPhone, you can find answers to complete this task in this 4 Ways to Jailbreak an iPhone article.
Jailbreaking iPhone Causes Data Loss
Although jailbreaking iPhone or iPad will give you the ability to add non-Apple free applications and functions onto the device, it is a risk process. Sometimes, jailbreak may result in a series of problems like data loss.
If you Google recover iOS data after jailbreak on the internet, you will get about millions results. This indicates that iOS data recovery after jailbreak has become a topic of concern to everyone.
However, how to recover data from jailbroken iOS device? Now, 2 solutions to restore iPhone/iPad data after jailbreak are listed here. You can find a suitable one to recover lost data.
How to Restore Data from Backup after Jailbreak
As we know, experienced jailbreakers will always backup their iPhone iPad before jailbreak, because they know jailbreak, especially the failed one would cause data loss of their iOS devices.
Besides, jailbreaking your iOS devices voids the warranty, and this operation often got stuck in DFU mode. Thus, you are unable to access to your data.
So, if you have synced your iPhone/iPad with iTunes before jailbreak, you can extract and recover your data (including contacts, messages, photos, videos, notes, etc.) in iTunes previously.
But one thing you should keep in mind is that don't sync your iPhone/iPad with iTunes after you lost contents, or your previous data will be overwritten and you won't get it back.
Step-by-Step Guide to Recover Data from iTunes Backup
Here, if you're using Windows and don't see a File menu, press the Alt key to turn on iTunes menus.
Besides, if Find My iPhone is enabled on your device, you first have to turn it off by going to Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone on your device.
Step 1: Open the iTunes application on the computer which you have backed up your iOS device. Then, please connect the device to the computer via a USB cable.
In this step, if a message ask you to enter the passcode or to Trust This Computer, just follow the onscreen steps to do that.
Step 2: Then, you need to select the connected iOS device when it appear in iTunes. Next, please choose Restore Backup in iTunes. After that, you need to choose the most relevant iTunes backup file by judging from the data and size of each backup file.
Step 3: Please click Restore and wait for the restore time to finish. If the software asks you to enter the passcode, do it then.
Next, you need to keep your iOS device connected after it restarts and then wait for it to sync with your computer. You can disconnect it with your computer after the sync finishes.
Thus, you have finished recovering data from iTunes backup after jailbreak. On the other hand, you can restore data from a previous iCloud backup file.
Step-by-Step Guide to Recover Data from iCloud Backup
Step 1: Turn on your iOS device and you can see a Hello screen.
If you have already set up the device, you will need to erase all of its data before doing the following steps.
Then, you can follow the setup guide till you see the Apps & Data screen. After that, you need to click on Restore from iCloud Backup option.
Step 2: Then, you need to sign in to iCloud with your Apple ID. To choose the right iCloud backup file, you can identify them from the date and size of each. After choosing, the transfer will start.
When you receive a message saying a newer version of iOS is required, you need to follow the onscreen guide to make an update.
Step 3: You may receive a prompt to inform you to sign in to your Apple ID to restore your apps and purchases. Just do it. While, if you forget the password, you can just Skip this Step and sign in later.
Step 4: Stay Wi-Fi connected and wait until the restoring process ends.
Here, if you still have some doubts about iCloud backup recovery, you can see iCloud: Restore or set up your iOS device from iCloud.
Although we can recover iOS data from backup, what if there is no backup? Besides, with iTunes, you are not allowed to preview or selectively recover your data from iTunes backup. In this case, is it possible to directly recover data from iOS device?
The answer is Yes. As long as you turn to a piece of professional iOS data recovery software like MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS, you can directly recover data from your iPhone/iPad instead of backup.
Now, you might be wondering:
How do I recover data after jailbreak with data recovery software?
How to Restore Data via iOS Data Recovery Software
To recover lost data on jailbroken iPhone/iPad without backup, you can try using a piece of free iPhone data recovery software. MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS is an excellent choice.
With this iOS data recovery software, you not only can directly recover data from iOS device, but also can preview files before saving.
Besides, this software allows you to selectively and directly recover files (like photos, app photos, videos, photo stream, message, WhatsApp attachments, contacts, call history, calendar, notes, Safari Bookmark and app documents, etc.) from iOS devices, such as iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
With the free edition of this software, you can recover some specified types of data for free(see details in the functional limitations), and you can download and install this freeware on your computer to check whether it can find the files you want to recover.
Once you discover that this software is helpful, you can use its full edition to restore all of your needed files.
Next, you can read to learn the detailed steps to restore lost data after jailbreak.
Recover Data from iOS Device Directly with MiniTool
To recover files from your iOS device directly, you need to use the Recover from iOS Device module.
To make this recovery module works successfully, you need to install the latest iTunes version on the machine.
Step 1: Connect your iOS device to computer, and open the software. You will enter the Recover from iOS Device module by default.
Note: To avoid data overwriting by synchronization, you had better close iTunes when using this program.
The device will be displayed on the interface automatically. Then, you need to click on Scan button to continue.
Step 2: If it is the first time for you to connect the device to your computer, you need to Trust This Computer.
Step 3: After analyzing iOS data, the software will scan the device. The scanning process will take a few minutes, and it depends on the amount of data saved on the device.
Step 4: After entering the scan result interface, you can select desired data including photos & videos, messages & call logs, and others, and then click Recover button on the bottom right corner to store them.
Usually, the software will show you a default storage path. You can save the selected files into it directly. Or, you can click on Browse button on the pop-out window to choose another path to save them.
If you want to break the limitations to recover iOS data after jailbreak, you can use a full edition of this software.
Optional: Recover from iTunes/iCloud Backup File after Jailbreak - MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS
As a professional data recovery tool, MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS also offers other two excellent features, namely Recover from iTunes Backup File and Recover from iCloud Backup File, to help to recover lost data.
Besides, the Recover from iTunes Backup File module can show the backup files to you in a very intuitive way. Therefore, you can find needed data conveniently.
The Recover from iCloud Backup File module allows you to quickly download backup files from the cloud to local drive. After the scan, you're able to see the results intuitively and choose to recover them easily.
Unfortunately, however, if you want to choose the following 2 modules to start a recovery session, you should have backed up your important data before data loss occurs.
Here, you need to know that due to the limitations of iCloud, currently MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS does not support recovering iCloud backup data from devices running iOS 9.0 or above.
Solutions: MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS Fails to Recognize Your iOS Device
Although this professional iOS data recovery software can help to recover lost data from jailbroken iOS devices, users, sometimes, may find this software cannot find their iOS devices, as shown in the following picture.
In this case, you can try the following ways.
- If you have already installed iTunes, please check whether the Apple Mobile Device Service is enabled. If NOT, please start the service manually and then restart MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS to retry.
- Please make sure you are using the latest version of iTunes. If NOT, download it from Apple's official website and restart MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS again.
- Try another USB port, because the poor contact may lead to faulty connection.
- Reboot your iOS device.
- If all solutions above are proved to be useless, please don't hesitate to contact us via [email protected].
Necessary Tip Before Jailbreak: Backup Data
See! Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad can help you to install third-party applications, tweaks, mods, themes, useful utilities, and other content (called packages) from Cydia, the jailbreak equivalent of the App Store on iOS. However, Jailbreak may cause data loss.
So well, backing up your iPhone/iPad content to iTunes or iCloud is recommended as a precautionary measure. This is very important. If something goes wrong during the jailbreak, you should be able to restore those lost data from backup contents.
Bottom line
Did you jailbreak your iPhone? Are you still worried on finding a suitable solution to recover iOS data after jailbreak? Here, if you still not find a suitable solution, you can try using the above methods. On the other hand, if you find a new and effective solution to restore lost data, please share it with us in the comment below.
If you have any question or doubts about our suggestions, please let us know via leaving a comment below, or sending an email to [email protected].
About The Author
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It’s going to be 6 years since Bella came to MiniTool family. She has been writing tech articles for many years. Her special focuses are video editing tips, change video format, data recovery, and manage partitions. She loves to travel and likes to try all new things.
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