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Broken Screen, Locked phone, Not backed up for a year!

My son's iphone 7 has a smashed screen and so unlocking it is impossible as we can't see anything on the screen. We want to transfer the phone to a new handset but realised he's not backed it up for a year so will lose phone numbers, photos and messages etc - disaster for a 13 year old! How do you unlock a phone where you can't see the screen and Siri doesn't work? Thanks


Earlier iPhone models

Posted on Mar 12, 2023 11:37 AM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2023 11:38 AM

You don't.

Backups need to be made before the phone is destroyed.


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Broken Screen, Locked phone, Not backed up for a year!

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