first step is to make a bit-by-bit clone of drive so nothing further gets overwritten.
the data should still be there if has not been overwriiten.
been a long time since i used apple but i would be surprised if open source or relatively low cost recovery software cant retrieve.
if is smartphone, might involve jailbreaking (rooting) device, and i'm not sure whether you can access drive via data cable etc.
Worth a shot thank you. No clue how but this points me in a direction at least
Found [this](https://www.easeus.com/iphone-recovery/ipad-data-recovery-application.html) from EaseUS but am hoping for something I can run in Linux
```shred``` exists for a reason...there must be a way
Found this: make ipad recognizable over usb in virtualbox https://askubuntu.com/questions/797038/how-to-manage-and-restore-a-modern-iphone-or-idevice-on-ubuntu-with-itunesg
