Can data be recovered from a liquid damaged iPhone 15?
- Device
- iPhone 15 phone
- Symptom
- liquid damage
- Outcome
- Data recovered
What arrived at the lab
The iPhone 15 arrived as a liquid damage phone case. We photographed and logged it at intake, then opened it on the bench for inspection under the scope. With phones, we treated the device as an encrypted system tied to its original board, so the job was not to pull storage chips and read them directly. The path was to make the original board stable enough to boot and return access to the owner.
Bench work on the iPhone 15
We inspected the board under magnification, tested the phone, and cleaned for liquid exposure before any recovery attempt. Phones that arrive like this usually have corrosion, residue, or shorted lines in areas that can keep the board from starting or staying stable. The usual suspects are power rails, connectors, and small board-level components, but those are patterns from similar liquid cases, not a claim about a specific failed part on this ticket.
For iPhone recovery, the storage is encrypted and paired to the original logic board. We never bypass or crack passcodes. Recovery meant repairing this board far enough for the phone to boot normally, then the owner’s passcode could unlock the data. After the phone reached a usable state, we imaged the accessible data to a healthy drive and verified the recovery before preparing the return.
What data recovered meant
The outcome was Data recovered. In practice, that meant the recovered files were checked for readability and staged onto a healthy drive for the customer. For mail-in cases, MDRepairs provided insured UPS Second Day Air shipping both ways anywhere in the US.
If yours looks like this
If your iPhone 15 has liquid damage, do not keep charging it, heating it, or trying repeated power cycles. Leave it powered off and call 732-933-7717 before more board damage develops. MDRepairs is a family-run Lincroft NJ lab with 20,000+ cases since 2014. The flat $100 diagnostic is applied toward the recovery, and the diagnostic answers everything before any decision.
Every case is different. Results depend on the physical condition of your device, so we never promise a percentage or a guaranteed outcome. Diagnosis is a flat $100, applied toward your recovery, and if there is no data recovered, there is no charge.