@dralfred this "To Buy a completely New iPad Air 1, and possibly open it up, to swap the motherboard and any other parts that may be useful and contributes to the storage from the old iPad onto the new one, with hopes of being able to restore all my lost data. But I don't know how feasible this is, and whether it's even possible", is not possible. All teh data is stored on your logicboard is some encrypoted IC's.
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@dralfred this "To Buy a completely New iPad Air 1, and possibly open it up, to swap the motherboard and any other parts that may be useful and contributes to the storage from the old iPad onto the new one, with hopes of being able to restore all my lost data. But I don't know how feasible this is, and whether it's even possible", is not possible. All the data is stored on your logic board on some encrypted IC's. Moving any of the IC's would be far more complicated microsoldering than the damaged charging port ;-)
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The only way you get your data off is by getting the iPad turned on. You could try to transfer your files via Wi_fi or via iCloud drive. How to Share Files Between iPad and PC via iCloud Drive
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The only way you get your data off is by getting the iPad turned on. After that you could try to transfer your files via Wi_fi or via iCloud drive. How to Share Files Between iPad and PC via iCloud Drive
On your iPad, go to the "Settings" app and select [your name] > "iCloud".
Scroll enable "iCloud Drive".
Open the "Files" app and select "Browse" > "iCloud Drive". Search for the files you attempt to copy to your PC and upload them to iCloud Drive.
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If you have downloaded and set up iCloud for Windows, go to the iCloud Drive folder in File Explorer to access the files from your iPhone. If not, go to iCloud.com, sign in with your Apple ID, choose "iCloud Drive" among the options and then select and download the files to your PC. from [https://www.easeus.com/iphone-data-transfer/transfer-files-from-ipad-to-pc-with-or-without-itunes.html|here]
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If you have downloaded and set up iCloud for Windows, go to the iCloud Drive folder in File Explorer to access the files from your iPhone. If not, go to iCloud.com, sign in with your Apple ID, choose "iCloud Drive" among the options and then select and download the files to your PC. from [link|https://www.easeus.com/iphone-data-transfer/transfer-files-from-ipad-to-pc-with-or-without-itunes.html|here]
@dralfred this "To Buy a completely New iPad Air 1, and possibly open it up, to swap the motherboard and any other parts that may be useful and contributes to the storage from the old iPad onto the new one, with hopes of being able to restore all my lost data. But I don't know how feasible this is, and whether it's even possible", is not possible. All teh data is stored on your logicboard is some encrypoted IC's.
The only way you get your data off is by getting the iPad turned on. You could try to transfer your files via Wi_fi or via iCloud drive. How to Share Files Between iPad and PC via iCloud Drive
On your iPad, go to the "Settings" app and select [your name] > "iCloud".
Scroll enable "iCloud Drive".
Open the "Files" app and select "Browse" > "iCloud Drive". Search for the files you attempt to copy to your PC and upload them to iCloud Drive.
If you have downloaded and set up iCloud for Windows, go to the iCloud Drive folder in File Explorer to access the files from your iPhone. If not, go to iCloud.com, sign in with your Apple ID, choose "iCloud Drive" among the options and then select and download the files to your PC. from [https://www.easeus.com/iphone-data-transfer/transfer-files-from-ipad-to-pc-with-or-without-itunes.html|here]
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