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How to Fix Error 53 after iOS Update or Restore - Save Your Bricked iPhone
Many iOS users have their iPhone/iPad bricked by "Error 53". If you are in the same boat, it is time to fix this problem.
If your iPhone has been bricked by "Error 53", please follow steps below:
1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes.
On your computer, run iTunes, go to "Help > Check for Updates". If there is new version available, download and install it.
2. Force restart your device.
Press and hold both Home button and Sleep/Wake button for at least ten seconds until you see the Apple logo. This should only be applied when your iPhone is not responding.
photo from Apple
3. Try to restore your device again.
Apple explains that "Error 53" appears when a device fails a security test, which is designed to check whether Touch ID works properly before the device leaves the factory.
The problem usually occurs after users have their iPhone 6/6Plus screen along with Touch ID and Home button , not in Apple Store or Apple-authorized repair center, but third-party stores. When you try to update iOS or restore from backup, the software checks to make sure the Touch ID sensor matches other hardware. If it doesn't, your iPhone will stop functioning.
This solution can unbrick your iPhone and prevent non-Apple repair from bricking iPhone in the future, but the Touch ID sensor will still no longer work. You have to replace it in Apple Store or Apple-authorized repair center.
Click here to know about other Apple errors.
Source: https://support.apple.com/en-hk/ht201559#force
If your iPhone has been bricked by "Error 53", please follow steps below:
1. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes.
On your computer, run iTunes, go to "Help > Check for Updates". If there is new version available, download and install it.
2. Force restart your device.
Press and hold both Home button and Sleep/Wake button for at least ten seconds until you see the Apple logo. This should only be applied when your iPhone is not responding.
photo from Apple3. Try to restore your device again.
Apple explains that "Error 53" appears when a device fails a security test, which is designed to check whether Touch ID works properly before the device leaves the factory.
The problem usually occurs after users have their iPhone 6/6Plus screen along with Touch ID and Home button , not in Apple Store or Apple-authorized repair center, but third-party stores. When you try to update iOS or restore from backup, the software checks to make sure the Touch ID sensor matches other hardware. If it doesn't, your iPhone will stop functioning.
This solution can unbrick your iPhone and prevent non-Apple repair from bricking iPhone in the future, but the Touch ID sensor will still no longer work. You have to replace it in Apple Store or Apple-authorized repair center.
Click here to know about other Apple errors.
Source: https://support.apple.com/en-hk/ht201559#force
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
2 Popular Chinese Smart Phone Brands
As is known to all, smart phones from China are usually related to “budget” and “competitive specification”. Many people, however, have ever bought counterfeit Chinese smart phones and swear will never buy again unless on a “budget”. On this post, I’m going to list some big smart phone brands in China and reliable channels to buy these budget devices.
1. Huawei
Listing Huawei on the top conforms with the current situation of mobile phone sales volume. According to IDC, in the third quarter, 2015, Huawei ranks third, after Samsung and Apple, on smart phone shipments, occupying 7.5 percent market share. Many Chinese regard Huawei as a hero in the field of smart device. A well-known device in 2015, Nexus 6P, is the result of Huawei’s hardware skill and Google’s software. As for brand models of its own, Huawei has Honor series, Mate series and P series, the first among which mainly focus on the low priced end of the market. Huawei P8 and Mate S are competitive flagship devices.
2. Xiaomi
Xiaomi has been very popular for high specs and low price in mainland China since the release of its first smartphone in August 2011. Just like its slogan “Only for Fans”, Xiaomi has been spending much effort promoting the playability of its OS and UI in order to improve user experience. By virtue of its competitive price and specs and effective internet business model, Xiaomi has won many handset users. However, as a brand that sprang up basing on internet, hardware quality is its shortcoming. One widely known problem is that Xiaomi smart phones are easily hot. BTW, to people who may concern, Xiaomi has been called the “Apple of China” due to similar product design, marketing strategy and announcement style.
Supplement
Many people in west world may be more familiar to another Chinese smart phone brand, OnePlus. However, in the eyes of most Chinese, OnePlus’s popularity in overseas is quite unbelievable, since it is not that famous in China.
OnePlus forum: https://forums.oneplus.net/
Apart from Amazon and other west world websites, people can also buy Chinese smart phones from Aliexpress, a Chinese shopping site for foreigners.
by Gihosoft Studio
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Free iPhone Data Recovery App Review
Mobile phone data recovery has always been a big expectation, which seems so far to meet. Let alone recover data from iPhone. With a psychological anticipation like this, you’ll be greatly surprised to know an iPhone data recovery tool that supports up to 16 types of phone data and iOS devices like iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Let’s put it ahead, this is not an app that totally free for all kinds of files, which is impossible to find in my humble opinion. It’s free for messages attachments, voice mail, notes, calendar, reminders, Safari bookmark and voice memos. For photos and videos (including Camera Roll, Photo Stream, photos & Videos from other App), messages, contacts, call history, WhatsApp and Viber, you can pay $ 59.95 to get a pro version.
Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery Free is a sister tool to Gihosoft Android Data Recovery Free, which is also from Gihosoft Studio. As a newly released iPhone recovery software, this app absorbed essences from similar tools and solved problems have long troubled users. Apart from common recovery items, like contacts, messages, call history, it adds more options for iOS users, like memos, reminders, voice mail, Safari bookmarks, WhatsApp, Viber, etc. Following is a usage experience.
Connection Speed
People who have ever tried Android recovery tool must find it terribly hard to have the device recognized. BTW, Gihosoft Android Data Recovery does well in terms of this. During our test, this program recognized the device in no time and got no trouble without misoperation.
Scanning Depth
An essential concern that worries users is whether they can get back the data they eagerly want completely, since lost data will be overwritten by new data in arbitrary order. With Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery Free, thanks sincerely, we got back some photos and messages that had been deleted for a long time.
Preview
If you have iTunes backup for your lost photos or videos, it would be easy to restore them with iTunes. However, if you’re not sure whether the lost data are in the backup, iTunes can not provide preview. Of course, you can have a try regardless the risk of replacing existing data. Backing them up first is our suggestion. Anyway, Gihosoft excels iTunes and other recovery tools on this point. It allows totally free preview and marks deleted/lost data with distinct color and icon. Yes, it lists out existing data, too. So you can easily recall important messages or call logs in right order. These guys are really considerate. And, messages, contacts, call logs and other text data are listed with complete contents and status information. You don’t have to recover them. You can view these messages for free. Now can we call it a freeware?
Recovery
This tool can certainly recover the data that you select to computer with one click. But wait, that is far from the end. In the folder you appointed, all files are in separate sub-folders named with type. You can conveniently view and use photos or videos. The text files, like contacts, messages, call history, are saved in multiple formats, like csv, txt, html. It is worth mentioning that you can open the html file in the bottom of the list to view and print those text data. You can also do it by opening the html file in each folder.
This is the end of the review of Gihosoft iPhone Data Recovery Free. We have to say, it is really awesome. There may exist some flaws that did not occur in our test. But we believe that the unknown merits must be more. Why not have a try and show your need to it?
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