Can I Swap internals to a non broken housing

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iPhone 7 Plus

Released September 16, 2016. Models A1661, A1784, and A1785. Available in 32, 128, or 256 GB configurations in Rose gold, gold, silver, black, jet black, and (Product)Red.

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Zachariah Boesel @zackboesel

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Posted: Nov 2, 2017

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Can I Swap internals to a non broken housing

I have an IPhone 7 plus. The screen and housing is smashed and cracked beyond repair. I have photos of my family and other info on that device that has not been backed up and I need to recover it. My thoughts and plan would be to disassemble the broken iPhone completely, and swap the internals to another iPhone 7 plus... for example; I may buy an iPhone 7 plus that I found on Ebay for a cheap price, the iPhone from EBay is "locked"/"bad ESN"... So the question is, will swapping the internals from my smashed phone into the "bad ESN" IPhone from eBay create a working IPhone 7 plus? assuming that all is swapped correctly without damaging any parts... If not, will that idea work with a good working iPhone 7? Essentially I just want to swap my "hard drive" in to a new iPhone 7 plus

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Have you tried going to icloud.com to see if the iPhone backed your photos online?

Nov 2, 2017 by S W

Do check your iCloud account like S W recommended first.

If the case is that damaged I fear your logic board is as well. Maybe the better way to get whats on the phone off is to send it to a recovery service or just try plugging in a new screen assembly to see if the phone is still alive before you go the the expense of a new case and all. Don't forget your home button needs to be transferred over too!

Nov 3, 2017 by Dan

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Have you tried going to icloud.com to see if the iPhone backed your photos online? — S W
Do check your iCloud account like S W recommended first.

If the case is that damaged I fear your logic board is as well. Maybe the better way to get whats on the phone off is to send it to a recovery service or just try plugging in a new screen assembly to see if the phone is still alive before you go the the expense of a new case and all. Don't forget your home button needs to be transferred over too! — Dan