How do I access a phone with a broken touch screen through a computer?

Daisy Raines

 

Chief Editor at Wondershare Dr.Fone.

How do I access a phone with a broken touch screen through a computer?

Nowadays, practically everyone in our immediate vicinity owns a smartphone. Modern smartphones have a screen-to-body ratio so low that they resemble slabs of glass, increasing the risk of them slipping and shattering. The majority of us have experienced the "My Phone Broken" scenario, where our shiny phone falls from our grasp and cracks the screen.Protecting the smartphone with screen protectors and back covers can help stop that from happening because they significantly lower the chance of breaking the device.

Here, I'll go over how to view the phone's screen on a computer and recover data from an iOS or Android phone that has a broken screen:

Method 1: Accessing Broken Smartphone via OTG:

This is one of the methods of Android broken screen data recovery. This method is very effective if the display of the broken smartphone is totally unresponsive. You can use an OTG to control your smartphone with a mouse. All you need to do is to plug the OTG device into the broken smartphone and then plug in the mouse to the smartphone using the OTG. Now you have a cursor on your smartphone that you can use to control and access the smartphone.

Cons:

• Necessitates the purchase of a physical OTG device and a mouse.
• Not compatible with iPhones.

Method 2: Recovering Data via Cloud Backup

This method is a great option if the smartphone is completely unresponsive. You can easily access the data if you have a backup made. On an Android phone, you can easily retrieve the data by simply logging in to the backup Google account on your PC or another Android device. Whereas, on an iPhone, you can access the data from the iCloud account.

Cons:

• The expense associated with cloud storage can be high.
• Creating a backup can be a time-consuming process.

Method 3: Recovering Data using the iTunes

Another effective and free method to retrieve data from an iPhone is by using iTunes. This is one of the simplest ways to access the data from connecting the damaged iPhone to iTunes on your computer. All you need is a USB lightning cable to connect the broken iPhone to the laptop, and you can simply retrieve the data from the broken iPhone.

Cons:

• Data retrieval using the iPhone necessitates a computer.
• Exclusive functionality limited to Android devices.

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