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Broken screen backup device

My iPhone 11 screen is cracked and touch screen is not working. I’m unable to unlock device. How can I back up and restore to a new device?

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Apr 22, 2021 7:55 AM

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Posted on Apr 22, 2021 1:16 PM

You can't, but if you were using iCloud to sync items and also to do automatic backups then very likely you have lost little and can restore most of it to another device.

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Broken screen backup device

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