CNN Erin Burnett OutFront April 24, 2014 23:48:00
At the ford discovery lab -- >> look how it ate the plastic. >> reporter: to retrieve the data, the phone is pulled apart. the board, which includes the memory chip is bathed in an 80 degree ultrasonic cleaner several times. and any tiny salt deposits are chipped away. this is the most important part. this is where all the data is held and stored. so this is actually looking pretty good. the chip is then actually removed, using heat. >> it was in pretty good shape. so the next step, quite honestly, is to just pop it into an adapter like this. >> eventually, there it is. the e-mails i tried t...