Although we have password protected our iPhone and enabled Find My iPhone in iCloud, we still need to secure our data on iPhone. In case we cannot find back the iPhone, we must wipe all the data on iPhone. And then restore data from iTunes or iCloud backup.
How to remotely wipe data on iPhone after lost?
After you lost your iPhone and tried to find it back but failed, you can choose to wipe the iPhone. Without iPhone, you can only restore your data from backup. Therefore, the most important thing is that you have backed up your data on iPhone before you lost it.
Erase data on iPhone by using Find My iPhone
Go to iCloud website and sign in. Click Find iPhone in iCloud, it will automatically to locate your iPhone. Select the device you need to find to locate. After it locate your iPhone, you can click Erase button in the map to delete all the data on your iPhone.
Let iPhone to wipe data by itself after several failed attempts
You can password protect your iPhone and let it to automatically wipe data after entering wrong passcode for more than 10 times. Even if your iPhone is stolen, others cannot guess the correct answer in several times. If you forgot your passcode and repeat enter the wrong passcode, you will lost all your data. Therefore, it’s necessary to back up your data regularly to avoid this kind of data loss.
How to restore data after iPhone stolen?
After you lost your iPhone, you should use the Find My iPhone feature in iCloud to try to find back it as soon as possible. If you cannot get it back, at least you need to wipe the iPhone to secure your data. Even if you cannot find back the iPhone, the data in the lost iPhone is still important for you. As you cannot recover from iPhone, you need to restore from your backup.
Without iPhone, you need an iPhone data recovery software to extract data from backup.
How to extract data from iTunes backup?
First, install H Data iPhone recovery software on the computer which stores your iTunes backup.
Second, launch this recovery program and click “View and Restore files from iTunes backup”. Choose the correct backup to scan.
Third, after scan, you can preview all the data and choose the files you need.
Fourth, choose the files you need and export them to your computer.
All your chosen files has been extracted and saved on your computer. Then you can save them to other devices.