Learn How To Jailbreak iPhone Without Losing Data From Your iPhone!
Overview: Do you want to jailbreak your iPhone to remove the OS restrictions or install apps from other sources except Apple Store? But you don’t want to lose data from your iPhone while jailbreaking your iPhone? Read this article as here I provided steps to jailbreak iPhone without data loss and some solutions to recover data if it lost while jailbreaking iPhone.
What Should You Do Before Jailbreaking Your iPhone To Avoid Data Loss?
Before you jailbreak your iPhone, you should do the following things so that you don’t lose data after jailbreaking iPhone.
- Create a backup of your iPhone data in iCloud, iTunes or computer. Try iPhone Backup & Restore software to backup iPhone data to the computer.
- Update your iPhone to its latest iOS version.
- Update iTunes to its latest version.
- Use a strong Wi-Fi connection to connect your iPhone.
- Check that your iPhone is fully charged because if during the jailbreaking process it turned off then you may lose data from your device.
- Make sure your iPhone has enough space of about 2GB.
After following all the above precautions, now you can follow the below steps to jailbreak your iPhone without any data loss.
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How To Jailbreak iPhone Without Data Loss (How do you get jailbreak on your iPhone)?
To jailbreak your iPhone you need to use jailbreak apps like Cydia, Pangu, TaiG, etc. Select any one app which supports your iPhone version to jailbreak iPhone.
Now, follow the below steps to jailbreak iPhone without data loss.
Step 1: On your iPhone, open Safari browser and find a jailbreak for your iOS version.
Step 2: Select the jailbreak app website and download it. For example, search downloadpangu.org and download the Pangu app for your iOS version.
Step 3: Now, scroll down to the bottom of your iPhone screen and when the page completes loading, tap on UP arrow icon.
Step 4: After that choose “Add to Home Screen”.
Step 5: Next rename the app which you have downloaded. For example “Pangu”.
Step 6: After that tap on it.
Step 7: Finally, you can jailbreak your iPhone using the app which you have downloaded.
When the jailbreaking process completes, you can download and install apps, themes, etc. from unknown sources besides Apple Store.
Do you lost data after jailbreak iPhone? If “YES” then don’t panic, you can recover them back to your iPhone.
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Restore Lost Data After Jailbreak iPhone Using iTunes Backup
If you have created a backup of iPhone data in iTunes before you jailbreak your iPhone as I have mentioned above then you can easily restore them back.
Here, follow the steps to restore iPhone data lost due to jailbreaking iPhone using iTunes backup.
Step 1: Connect your iPhone with your computer using a USB cable and launch iTunes on your computer.
Step 2: Select your iPhone which appears in iTunes.
Step 3: In the Summary tab, from backup section click on “Restore Backup” button.
Step 4: Now, select the backup from the given backup file list which you want to restore by looking at its date and size.
Step 5: At last click on “Restore” button.
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Restore Data From iCloud Backup Lost Due To Jailbreaking iPhone
If you have taken the backup of iPhone data in iCloud then follow the below steps to restore from iCloud backup.
Step 1: On your iPhone, go to Settings > General > Erase All Contents and Settings.
Step 2: Set up your device, under Apps and Data screen, choose “Restore from iCloud backup”.
Step 3: Now, sign-in to iCloud account using the same Apple ID and password.
Step 4: Next, select the backup file from the available list and restore the selected iCloud backup file.
But, if you don’t follow our instructions which are given above to backup iPhone data before you jailbreak your iPhone then try iPhone Data Recovery software to recover deleted data from iPhone without backup.
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Recover Lost Data From iPhone After Jailbreaking Without Backup
In case, if you have forgotten to back up your iPhone before performing jailbreak and now you don’t have any backup. Don’t Panic! You can still get back deleted data from iPhone using iPhone Data Recovery software.
Here is the – Steps To Retrieve Data Lost Due To Jailbreaking iPhone Without Backup
Related Frequently Asked Questions [FAQs]
Question 1 – How long does it take to jailbreak an iPhone?
Answer – There is not any exact time to jailbreak an iPhone. It depends on your system speed and other things like Wi-Fi connection, etc. But it will not take more than 10 minutes. If everything is good then jailbreaking iPhone gets over within 2 or 5 minutes.
Question 2 – Does Jailbreaking iPhone delete everything?
Answer – No, jailbreaking iPhone does not delete everything. But if you follow any wrong steps while jailbreaking iPhone then it may delete your device data. So, whenever you jailbreak your iPhone take a backup first.
Question 3 – Does jailbreaking delete photos?
Answer – No, jailbreaking does not delete photos from your device. But, if anything went wrong while jailbreaking the iOS device then it will delete photos along with other data.
Wrap Up
I hope you have successfully jailbreak your iPhone without data loss after reading this guide.
You should always back up your iPhone before your jailbreak iPhone and also follow other instructions provided above so that you don’t lose data or if by chance lose them then you can restore from the backup.
But in case, if you forget to backup iPhone data then try iPhone Data Recovery software to recover data from iPhone without backup which has been lost due to jailbreaking iPhone.
And if you want to selectively restore data from iTunes or iCloud backup then you can try iPhone Backup & Restore software and you can also backup your iPhone data using this tool.
Max Field
Max Field is a founder of recoveriphone-data.com. He is an iOS lover and loves to write tips, tricks, fixes for errors, data recovery solutions and more related to iOS, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, iTunes and iCloud.
