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I want to backup my iphone 5s but the screen is entirely broken, it's all black and the touchscreen + home button do not work. I need to control my phone from a keyboard to back it up from icloud on my mac that recognises it.

Is there anyway to do it?

Mel
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  • Related: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/284027/access-passcode-locked-iphone-with-broken-screen-without-jailbreaking?rq=1, https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/128547/control-and-see-iphone-from-mac-with-broken-iphone-screen. With the increased security measures included in recent iOS version the solutions described there might not work any longer though – nohillside Jul 24 '18 at 13:32
  • Which version of iOS are you running? – nohillside Jul 24 '18 at 13:32
  • I'm not sure 100% but it is fairly recent – Mel Jul 24 '18 at 13:42

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Definitely not possible
no access over computer keyboard if your device has not been jailbroken
with openssh preinstalled before

You can use iCloud Backup on recognized WIFI networks to sync automatically
if previously enabled, though

If your iPhone gets recognized by iTunes on your Mac, you are still good to go for a screen replacement considering it not being as expensive as a data loss, nor the lightning keyboard and more important you don't lose your app tokens, for example some banking apps, app-related logins, authenticator apps, etc.

Tomáš Pánik
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