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Backup phone when touch screen not working?

I dropped my phone tonight and it is broken to the point of the touch screen not working. Is there any way I can get the information off of my phone without using the touch screen? I can see the display, press buttons, and talk to siri but thats about it. I want to get any pictures, texts, app data, or anything else that I can onto the cloud or on my computer so i can transfer them to a different device later.

iPhone XR, iOS 13

Posted on Oct 17, 2020 6:31 PM

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Posted on Oct 17, 2020 6:35 PM

If you have previously backed up to your computer and trusted it you can connect and get one last backup. If you turned on automatic iCloud backups when you charge your iPhone tonight it should connect to iCloud and back up.


If neither of those are true there is not way you can back up.

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Oct 17, 2020 6:35 PM in response to KingzV12

If you have previously backed up to your computer and trusted it you can connect and get one last backup. If you turned on automatic iCloud backups when you charge your iPhone tonight it should connect to iCloud and back up.


If neither of those are true there is not way you can back up.

Backup phone when touch screen not working?

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