The password/passcode used to unlock the phone is not the encryption key that is used to decrypt the phone. The phone uses the password/passcode in conjunction with a hardware identifier to derive an AES256 key that cannot be read directly.
If you clone/copy the phone, you lose the hardware identifier, and cannot do as many attempts as possible.
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The password/passcode used to unlock the phone is not the encryption key that is used to decrypt the phone. The phone uses the password/passcode in conjunction with a hardware identifier to derive an AES256 key that cannot be read directly.
If you clone/copy the phone, you lose the hardware identifier, and cannot do as many attempts as possible.