u/New-Assistant-8729

Hey everyone,

I recently found my old iPhone 5s from my school days while cleaning. It was dead for years, but I replaced the screen and battery and managed to turn it on.

It’s running iOS 12 (I remember updating it back then), but I’ve completely forgotten the passcode.

I never backed it up (no iCloud or iTunes as far as I remember), and there are a lot of childhood memories on it that I’d really like to recover.

I’ve tried the obvious passcodes I used back then (DOB, old patterns, etc.), but no luck so far. I also don’t want to keep guessing and risk locking it permanently.

Is there any way to access the data without wiping the phone on iOS 12?

Or any safe method to recover photos if I can’t unlock it?

Appreciate any advice

Thanks 🙏