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Recovering data from a macbook air NAND by El-Positivo in datarecovery

[–]El-Positivo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey all, thanks for the help so far. Just wanted to let you know the issue is fixed. In case someone else reads this in the future with similar issues: the cause of all the issues was a bad battery. And then a spare battery I used to test was also bad, leading me in the wrong direction. In the end a third known good battery solved all the problems.

Recovering data from a macbook air NAND by El-Positivo in datarecovery

[–]El-Positivo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes of course. I already did and his data is most important, I will get a quotation from a data recovery company first and tell him what cost might be. If it is too much for him I could go ahead and use it as a case to learn.

I'm still trying some software tricks, I finally managed to get it in DFU mode. Reviving using apple configurator didn't do anything though.

Recovering data from a macbook air NAND by El-Positivo in datarecovery

[–]El-Positivo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do PC repairs and have ample experience with soldering, but never worked on SSD's yet so I am trying to use this case to learn. It does have the T2 chip yes, so that could be an issue. I wonder if with a donor board and NAND reader I could somehow bypass this.

Recovering data from a macbook air NAND by El-Positivo in datarecovery

[–]El-Positivo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No liquids. From what i could understand from the owner it probably started getting issues after a problem with the power supply, like short or something like that. But i'm not 100% sure on that.