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Data recovery · No-fix · no-fee

Thought your photos were gone?
Maybe not.

Photos, contacts and files off broken phones, water-damaged laptops, dead hard drives and corrupted SD cards. We don't charge unless we recover.

  • Free diagnosis
  • 90-day warranty
  • Walk-ins welcome
Data recovery from a hard drive on the Phone Studio bench in Courtice
5.0· 200+ Google reviews

Data recovery & backup · Courtice

Data recovery for phones, laptops and drives, all done on the Courtice bench

Photos, contacts and files recovered from broken phones, water-damaged laptops, dead hard drives and corrupted SD cards: it all happens in-house at our 2 Glenabbey Dr, Unit 5 store in Courtice. We start with a free assessment and tell you exactly what we can pull before any recovery work begins. If we try and cannot recover your data, you do not pay. That is the no-fix, no-fee promise that covers every recovery job we take on.

Customers arrive from Oshawa, Bowmanville, Whitby and across Durham Region with devices that shops elsewhere have written off. Your device and its data stay on the Courtice bench the entire time, no mail-out, no depot. If your laptop will not boot at all, we may be able to get the machine running long enough to copy everything off before any repair work begins.

iCloud backup help is one of the most common questions we get that never requires opening the phone at all. We set up automatic iCloud or Google Photos backup so losing everything only happens once, sort out why an iCloud backup keeps failing or says storage is full, move photos and contacts across when you get a new phone, and confirm your backup has actually finished before you hand a phone over for a screen or battery repair. None of this needs a broken phone, plenty of people book it as routine maintenance before a trip or before dropping a device off for repair.

iPhone data recovery in Courtice covers a specific set of panic scenarios on our bench: an iPhone that will not turn on at all, one stuck on the Apple logo or a boot loop, and iPhones that have taken a drop in water. A dead screen or a phone that will not boot does not automatically mean the storage chip is gone, and a boot loop is often something we can work through before we call it. Customers bring these in from Clarington and across Durham Region, not just Courtice itself. The one honest limit: if the iPhone is locked with a passcode or Face ID you do not have, we cannot bypass Apple's encryption to get the photos off it, and we do not bypass activation lock on a device that is not yours to unlock. We will tell you upfront if a device falls into either category rather than promise something we cannot deliver.

Hard drive data recovery is its own compact category on the bench: hard drives that click or will not spin up, external SSDs that have died, drives that show up as corrupted or RAW instead of their normal file system, and SD cards or USB sticks that were formatted by accident. It runs through the same free assessment, no-fix, no-fee process as phone recovery: we tell you what is realistic before any work starts, and if we cannot recover anything you do not pay.

  • 200+Google reviews
  • 9+Years hands-on experience
  • 90-DAYWarranty on repairs
  • FreeDiagnosis on every device

Common repairs

What we fix on a typical day.

  • No-fix · no-fee

    Phone data recovery

    Off a phone with a smashed screen, dead motherboard or that won't turn on.

  • No-fix · no-fee

    Hard drive recovery

    Clicking drives, drives that won't mount, accidental format, corrupted partition.

  • No-fix · no-fee

    SSD recovery

    Dead SSDs (limited success, SSDs are notoriously hard but we always try first).

  • Often same-day

    SD & USB recovery

    "Card not formatted" errors, files deleted from camera SD, dead USB sticks.

  • Photo & video recovery

    Specifically recovering DCIM folders and camera roll content from any device.

  • Often same-day

    Cloud-to-cloud move

    iCloud → Google Photos, OneDrive → Dropbox, old Gmail → new Gmail.

  • Often same-day

    Backup setup

    Set you up with proper backups (Time Machine, iCloud, Google One) so this is the last time.

Sounds like your phone?

Why people bring it in.

  • Phone won't turn on but I need my photos
  • Hard drive making a clicking sound
  • Drive says 'needs to be formatted'
  • Deleted a folder by mistake
  • Water-damaged phone or laptop
  • Forgot iCloud / Google password
  • Old phone, new phone, files didn't transfer
  • SD card from camera unreadable
  • Ransomware encrypted my files
  • MacBook won't boot but I have unsaved work

When the phone is dead, the data usually isn't.

This is an iPhone logic board on our Courtice bench with the NAND flash chip lifted off. The NAND is where your photos, messages and files actually live. When a phone will not power on, the data is often intact and it is the board around it that failed. We remove and read the storage chip directly to recover what a parts-swap shop would write off.

iPhone NAND flash chip removed from the logic board for chip-off data recovery at the Phone Studio bench in Courtice
The NAND storage chip lifted from a dead iPhone board in Courtice, the chip that holds your photos and files.

Devices we cover

Devices we recover from

  • iPhone
  • Samsung Galaxy
  • Google Pixel
  • MacBook
  • Windows laptops
  • External HDD / SSD
  • SD cards
  • USB sticks
  • NAS drives

How it works

1. Free assessment

  • Bring the device in
  • We open it / image the drive
  • We tell you what we can pull and what it costs

2. You decide

  • Written quote before any recovery
  • If you don't proceed, you don't pay
  • If we try and fail, you don't pay (no-fix / no-fee)

3. Delivery

  • Files delivered on a USB drive or your cloud
  • Original device returned
  • We securely wipe our copy after pickup

Real Google reviews

The neighbours have opinions.

A handful of recent reviews, straight from the people who walked in with a broken device. 5.0 stars on Google across 200+ reviews.

5 out of 5 stars

VJ was great to deal with and replaced my lcd screen and screen on my iPad for a great price and same day!

JbCourtice · iPad LCD screen repair
5 out of 5 stars

My ps5 was turning off after playing it for 20-30 min. Vj helped me out and told me what the issue was super helpful. Vj fixed up super quick for me and now it works brand new. Would definitely recommend.

EthanCourtice · PS5 repair
5 out of 5 stars

My 6 year old broke her screen on her tablet. I called these people . They made time for me right away. Finished in 1.5 hrs. Great service, great price! Highly recommended :)

DaleCourtice · Tablet screen repair
5 out of 5 stars

They fix my iPhone 12 Pro Max screen and back both on same day Thank you so much guys . Really good store in courtice

AshwinCourtice · iPhone 12 Pro Max screen and back glass
5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful and patient. Helped me get all our memories from 20 year old equipment. Come here for data recovery. I highly recommend

LauraCourtice · Data recovery
5 out of 5 stars

I came in today with a phone which had been run over with a truck. Zero display and afraid of losing data. VJ calmly looked at the phone, gave me 2 screen options with pros and cons and told me it would be about 40 min. Cost was less than half what I anticipated and the knowledge, courtesy and professionalism displayed by VJ was second to none. I will not go anywhere else!

WayneCourtice · Phone screen repair, data recovery concern

Visit the shop

Phone Studio.

Inside Glenabbey Plaza, just off Townline Rd S. Look for the orange sign, parking is right out front.

Phone Studio storefront in Glenabbey Plaza, Courtice
Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 10-6, Sun 11-5Parking out frontWalk-ins welcome
Hours
Mon to Fri10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Saturday10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sunday11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

courtice@phonestudio.ca · free diagnosis · 90-day warranty

Free quote

Lost your files? Let's see what we can get back.

Tell us what happened to the drive or device. Free assessment, no-fix / no-fee, and a clear quote before any work. Most quotes come back inside 30 minutes during shop hours.

  • Free diagnosis
  • Written quote, no surprises
  • 90-day warranty on repairs
  • Same-day on common parts

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FAQ

Data recovery FAQ

  • It means if we can't recover any of your data, you don't pay for the diagnostic work. The only exception is if you ask us to do invasive work that involves consumable parts (like a chip transplant), we'll always tell you before we touch anything.

  • Usually yes. If the phone still turns on, we can usually pull the data via a working temporary screen. If it doesn't turn on at all, we look at the board, sometimes a small repair is enough to boot it long enough to copy everything off.

  • Not without the passcode. Apple's encryption is genuinely strong, that's the trade-off. If you can remember even an old passcode used during setup, we can sometimes work with that.

  • It depends on what's wrong with the device. Free assessments first, we don't quote until we know what we're dealing with.

  • Simple recoveries (deleted files, working drives) often same-day. Failing hard drives or board-level recoveries are typically 3–7 days because we run them slowly to avoid further damage.

  • Data recovery and backup are handled at our Courtice store at 2 Glenabbey Dr, Unit 5. We're one Courtice bench serving customers from Oshawa, Bowmanville, Whitby and across Durham Region. Your device and its data never leave the shop.