> There’s a chance you can re-install the current operating system without erasing the user data, but YOU WILL HAVE TO STILL INPUT THE USER PASSCODE TO ACCESS IT. Got it now????
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> However, any CHANGES to the firmware, or a reversion to an earlier iOS version WILL result in the data being erased and the only way to recover the data is from a BACKU
Don’t install an earlier version, install a “new” version which does not limit retries. Do this in a closed environment on a private network.
Ray, Ray, Ray, what part of "changes" do you fail to understand, to grasp? Make any "changes" at all, and the Secure Boot System will REQUIRE the deletion of the data KEY hash. . . forcing the user to go through the who fresh install scenario. I've had experience with client's who wanted an older version of iOS. Every single time, the data was erased. . . and we had to go through a fresh install update of the user data from an iTunes backup, much preferable to an iCloud backup. AND we had to re-install a lot of the Apps.
Again, don't TRY and teach someone who has been doing this for years how to do it, when YOU DON'T USE an iPHone, nor do you know what you are doing. You are just stumbling around, blind as a bat, trying to teach people who are EXPERTS at doing these things and can actually do them BLIND FOLDED.