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Screen is not woking - how do I back up my phone?

Hello,


I have two vertical lines on my iPhone X and the bottom part of the screen is not working. So, I cannot unlock the screen to back up my phone.


Is there a way around this?


Thanks,

Eirini

iPhone X

Posted on Oct 30, 2020 7:18 PM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2020 7:23 PM

You cannot create a backup when you cannot unlock your iPhone or the screen is not working. The backup had to have been done prior to the issue. Do you have an iCloud backup? If YES then you can restore your iPhone from there after the repair is complete. Do you have any backups of your iPhone on your computer done previously? If YES then you can restore your iPhone from that computer backup as well. If you have no backups then you will have nothing to restore from.


Axel F.

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Oct 30, 2020 7:23 PM in response to eirinipec

You cannot create a backup when you cannot unlock your iPhone or the screen is not working. The backup had to have been done prior to the issue. Do you have an iCloud backup? If YES then you can restore your iPhone from there after the repair is complete. Do you have any backups of your iPhone on your computer done previously? If YES then you can restore your iPhone from that computer backup as well. If you have no backups then you will have nothing to restore from.


Axel F.

Screen is not woking - how do I back up my phone?

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