Wht about the direct impact breaking it more and then dropping it in a bucket 
of water for a few hours.

From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kevin 
Gibbs
Sent: Tuesday, 7 December 2021 5:40 pm
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Need to erase old damaged iPhone 6. any advice

Here  Here’s an update. I tried connecting my wife’s iPhone to my Windows 7 
machine and holding the home and sleep buttons to begin the recovery mode 
process. I thought I was doing well until the message still came up that I 
would have to respond on the iPhone to facilitate the download and restore. 
I’ve checked with my wife’s iCloud account and this phone is
Sent from my iPhone


On Dec 6, 2021, at 9:51 PM, Kevin Gibbs 
<kevj...@gmail.com<mailto:kevj...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I have an old iPhone 6 that belongs to my wife and we want to dispose of it 
while making certain that all the data has been wiped.  Unfortunately, the 
screen of the phone is heavily damaged such that it can't really be read at all 
and operating the phone through touch is all but impossible.  I did manage to 
get into the phone twice on different days.  VO does work and that's the only 
way we know that the phone has data.   but getting in is not a sure thing.  
And, even if you manage it, getting around the screens to the reset is not a 
certainty.

My wife is sighted and doesn't use VO at all.  I tried connecting the phone to 
an expendable Win7 computer for the purpose of erasing the data and I was told 
by the Win7 machine that, in order to proceed, I would have to acknowledge the 
computer's attempt to connect with this damaged phone by responding on the 
phone.  You can see the problem.

Does anyone have a hack or a suggestion that would allow me to get to the RESET 
to factory default by any means at all?  My wife is intensely respectful of 
piracy and data privacy and merely handing this off to anyone without making an 
effort to sanitize it is not desirable.

Any help appreciated.
Best,
Kevin

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