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Mrfatboy

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Dec 15, 2008
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My iphone 5s died. It would not turn on at all. I tried all tricks and ended up taking it to the apple store. They could not do anything with it either and gave me a new one with no questions asked.

The phone could not be erased due to the fact it could not be turned back on. How safe is my data? Do they bulk erase it? Do they try to ressurect it? I was signed in to a lot of apps.(Email, eBay, mint, Dropbox, etc) and don't want somebody snooping.

Should I worry or not? I could go through and change all passwords but that is a huge pain in the butt and prefer not if I can avoid it.
 
Just go to find my iPhone and tell it to wipe it. When it comes back on and connects to the internet it will wipe.
 
the main board is probably fried, and i doubt your info is in any danger of being compromised.
 
I always wonder that whenever I leave my Mac there. I'm pretty sure they will try to erase everything. It's not like you took it to a basic department store.
 
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