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my iphone 6 hit the ground pretty hard and the screen didn’t break, but all the ribbon cables going to the front panel (screen, front camera, home button, etc.) ripped because the front panel came off. i’d rather buy a new phone than replace the screen but i’d like to get it powered up to get some data from it. right now it doesn’t seem to be booting up, based on lack of USB enumeration and lack of sounds/vibration motor. It is claimed that the thing should boot up with only the battery connected. Is there anything I should check, or any special tricks to force it to boot? Thanks in advance. I don’t know if I’m attached enough to the photos and whatnot on there to justify removing the flash chip and accessing the data directly, if that’s even possible.
If your phone has a passcode you will need to enter it to obtain USB. So you might have to install a replacement screen. If you haven’t got a passcode the phone will connect to iTunes with just the dock connector and battery but it would have needed to be trusted before on that PC.
