IMyFone Fixppo (iPhone restore):
Save yourself a lot of time and money - because IF you buy for instance this SW, you will not get anywhere.
Real-person reviews (in-between a suspiciously crowd of? Fake/machine-reviews?, of especially the Tenorshare-products), do tell this story! - and, after trying myself, in wain, ending with a fight for my spend money back - I have to agree: "0-1 star".
My "trip" started with a "looping black-screen" on a iPhone-Xs, and with iTunes-restore ending with "error 4013".
And, after the same happened with iFixppo (no matter what workouts, I included), then I took to the last resort: Full Refund, as iMyFone so nicely had promised, as a last resort.
But, things should get more complicated, and I needed to write several emails (which were met with simple half-answers in bad-english) - and I needed to make it 100% clear, that I would follow up their refusal to fully-refund, with honest (=very bad) reviews - before a FullRefund was given!
So, IF you do choose iMyFone (or other restore windows/Mac-Apps), then be prepared for a long trip. Which can end with "no refund", "half refund" - or do like I did: "Make the threat, that you will write bad reviews"...
All i All: A lot of wasted time, and for you maybe wasted money.
So, what does such an alternative SW actually do, "for the spend money"?
- well, as I did experience the proces, it nearly did the same as iTunes.
- the fault and timing within most parts of the proces, was also the same as in iTunes.
- and, the result was the same.
- the choices was also the same - just with different words. A partial restore (=iTunes Update), and the full (with all userdata erased).
- even the error text was exactly the same.
And, after "being forced to give me" the full refund, the company asked me to erase my reviews.
This I cannot do - because it would be wrong - since some-one has to warn other users, not to fall into the same trap, in the desperate situation, when their iPhone "black box" fails.
- Instead, I have updated this review, to match my end-result... and I have been kind to iMyFone (I have removed expressions, such as "this is a scam").
Other Restoration-SW (TenorShare etc):
- if iTunes cannot fix your problem, then chances are very high, that other SW also cannot... making them a complete waste of your time & money.
- And: I also do question the moral of these SW-products, because the user is a desperate prey, hoping for a miracle!
And, I will end with iMyFone's "argument" for not full-refunding:
"... Our program also needs to use firmware, but it works in a different way from iTunes. That's why it can fix the problems that iTunes cannot do.
Based on our policy, we will be happy to offer a full refund if "Software purchased has terminal technical problems, and no solution has been provided". But your device probable has a hardware issue and this could not be fixed by software. That is why I suggested a half refund and kept the license code for you. I suggest that you can check the hardware problem with the maintenance staff in the Apple Store."
[this company-text unfortunately doesn't make anybody any wiser... because on one hand "this is claimed to work, when iTunes doesn't", and on the other hand "when this miracle doesn't happen, then HW-failure is blamed as the cause"... and, in between is "the? Non existing? Promised success" (which everyone desperately hopes for (making us "easy prey")...
My recommendation: Save your money on something, that will get your phone to work, such as the (likely) expensive repair - or throw your unit away - or sell it as being defect (so that a tech-repair/nerd/company maybe can fix it / use it as spare-parts)].
[you knew all this, when you did buy an expensive Apple-unit: The focus is design, earnings and slickness... Apple doesn't spare any customer-wallet (just try and get a battery changed, and you will know what I do talk about... especially if you choose a not-Apple-partner company, and end with a "battery warning... seek repair" message! - even with an original battery!)!]
think twice. You are desperate, when you visit sucha website/shop - but, save your precious money on the coming HW-repair
"iMyFone Fixppo", that didn't work. iMyFone blamed the HW. I don't have any faith in Fixppo, after buying and using, in wain - it also works like if it was a copy of iTunes.