Dead man's iPhone

missile

Hi,

A friend of mine husband died and she would like to get access to his mobile iPhone. She has spoken with Apple and they have said if she gives them the phone with a copy of his death certificate they will wipe it.


Any suggestions? :A

stripeyfox

Depends if she wants to get access to the phone so she can re set it and use it OR does she want to get access to it to view messages etc?

missile

She want's to view messages et al.

stripeyfox

missile wrote: »

She want's to view messages et al.

Unless she knows (or can guess) the password then I doubt there would be any possibility of Apple "unlocking" it for you

If she knows the Icloud password it might be possible to restore from that I guess?

poppellerant

Your best bet would be his fingerprint if he hasn't been buried or cremated yet, however I suspect they have been.

dan958

poppellerant wrote: »

Your best bet would be his fingerprint if he hasn't been buried or cremated yet, however I suspect they have been.

do the iphone fingerpint readers not work on electrical conductance? If so, won't work on someone who has been deceased for a while.

stripeyfox

dan958 wrote: »

do the iphone fingerpint readers not work on electrical conductance? If so, won't work on someone who has been deceased for a while.

You mean you can't chop someones finger off to unlock their phone?

:rotfl:

DCFC79

stripeyfox wrote: »

You mean you can't chop someones finger off to unlock their phone?

:rotfl:

Take a print of the fingerprint and use your own finger to press fingerprint against the reader.

stripeyfox

DCFC79 wrote: »

Take a print of the fingerprint and use your own finger to press fingerprint against the reader.

good to know!

unforeseen

Apple refused/couldn't unlock a phone for the FBI, so I don't hold out hope of anybody else being successful.

stripeyfox

Don't think I'd want my missus going through my phone after I'm dead anyway...