How to Unlock an iPhone with Broken Screen

You accidentally dropped your iPhone on the ground, and the screen gets broken. Now you spent hours on searching on the Internet, trying to find a feasible way to unlock your iPhone without password.

Unfortunately, you failed.

Is there any solution for you to solve such a frustrating problem?

Of course, the answer is Yes!

In this page, we will show you three effective methods to help you unlock your iPhone with a broken screen, as well as backup and recover all the contacts, messages, photos, videos and so on from the broken device. If you are interested in this topic, read on and learn more details!

• Part 1: Unlock Broken-Screen iPhone with iPhone Unlocker (Fastest)
• Part 2: Unlock iPhone with Broken Screen via iOS System Recovery
• Part 3: How to Unlock iPhone with Broken Screen via iTunes
• Part 4: How to Unlock iPhone with Broken Screen via iCloud
• Part 5: How to Recover Data from iPhone
• Part 6: FAQs of Unlocking iPhone with Broken Screen

Part 1: Unlock Broken-Screen iPhone with iPhone Unlocker (Fastest)

While your iPhone is broken and cannot input password to use, you can get the fastest tool, Apeaksoft iOS Unlocker to get into the locked iPhone.

Apeaksoft iOS Unlocker is the professional iPhone unlocker software. Whether your iPhone is locked by Face ID, 6-digit, or customed alphanumeric code, this program can unlock it easily.

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Now, let’s see how to unlock the broken-screen iPhone.

Step 1: Connect iPhone to computer

Free download iOS Unlocker and run it after the successful installation. This software is compatible with Windows and Mac computer, and you can download whatever you need.

Choose Wipe Passcode mode. Connect your iOS device to computer via a USB cable. Click the Start button to continue.

Step 2: Confirm iPhone information

Then the information of your iOS device will be loaded automatically. Confirm it. Or modify the information based on your device, and click the Start button to proceed.

Step 3: Download iOS firmware

Then this tool will download the firmware package. It will take some time, and you just need to wait the process patiently.

Step 4: Unlock iPhone passcode

After the firmware downloading is complete, click the Unlock button and input 0000. After that, click Unlock to confirm the unlocking process.

During the process, your iPhone will restart and your broken-screen iPhone will be unlocked. You just need to replace a screen and use the iPhone normally.

Part 2: Unlock iPhone with Broken Screen via iOS System Recovery

When it comes to how to unlock your broken iPhone without any loss of data, the best choice for you to choose should be using Apeaksoft iOS System Recovery. Apeaksoft iOS System Recovery, as one of the most professional and powerful iOS system recovery software, provides multiple solutions for you to fix the iPhone to normal state. Moreover, this iOS repairing tool is safe enough. It will never put your iOS device at risk.

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Simple but clear guide will direct you to unlock your iPhone with a broken screen:

Step 1: Download Apeaksoft iOS System Recovery

Free download and install iOS System Recovery from the official web. This software is available for both Mac and Windows. Don’t forget to launch this program when you have done the installation.

Step 2: Connect iPhone to computer

Connect your iPhone to iOS System Recovery with a USB cable. Then click "More tools" on the left column and tab the "iOS System Recovery" on the preview window. After that, click “Start” button in the right lower corner.

Step 3: Lead iPhone into DFU mode

Next, click on "Question" button and follow the instructions to turn your iPhone into Recovery mode or DFU mode. Here we put disabled iPhone into DFU mode. Then choose your iPhone model and click "Download" to download the repaired device plug-in.

Step 4: Unlock iPhone with broken screen

When the plug-in download is finished, iOS System Recovery can automatically remove the passcode lock screen.

You can check whether your iPhone is back to normal status.

Part 3: How to Unlock iPhone with Broken Screen via iTunes

iTunes is also a nice way for you to unlock your iPhone with broken screen, especially for those who are used to sync the data from iPhone to iTunes.

Just connect your broken device to the same computer that you synchronized previously, you can easily backup the recent data to iTunes without entering the passcode.

Here are the detailed steps:

Step 1: Open iTunes in computer

To unlock your broken screen iPhone, plug your broken iPhone to the same computer that you used before, and launch iTunes app on the computer.

Step 2: Check for update

Go to the navigate panel on the left, tap on "Summary", and click "Check for Update" in the right window. Then iTunes will tell if there is any new vision of iOS system available.

Step 3: Finish restore process

Click "Restore" button, and iTunes will prompt how to complete the restoring process. You’d better backup your iPhone in case.

Step 4: Unlock your iPhone

Tap on "Restore from iTunes backup" when you are prompted, and your broken screen Phone will be unlocked and restored without passcode successfully!

Part 4: How to Unlock iPhone with Broken Screen via iCloud

Besides, you can also consider unlocking your broken screen iPhone through iCloud. It is easy to learn and you can quickly remove the passcode on your iPhone. Follow the next tips to make it:

Step 1: Log into iCloud

Sign into iCloud with your Apple ID and password, find and locate "Find My iPhone", and open it.

Step 2: Clear the passcode

Move the mouse to "All Devices", and select your iPhone in the list. To unlock your iPhone with broken screen, click on "Erase iPhone" to remove the passcode.

Step 3: Restore from iCloud Backup

Next, go to the "App & Data" page on your broken iPhone, and choose "Restore from iCloud Backup" via Setup Assistant.

You can easily unlock your iPhone with broken screen through the three solutions mentioned above. However, iTunes and iCloud methods may lead to the loss of data. So you are suggested to fix your broken iPhone via Apeaksoft iOS System Revocery.

Part 5: How to Retrieve Data from iPhone

But what if you want to retrieve all your data restored into your iPhone after fixing your broken screen iPhone cannot be locked?

Do not worry! iPhone Data Recovery can help you easily recover the deleted, lost data and files from locked iPhone. Now let’s start learning how to recover data with iPhone Data Recovery:

Step 1: Download and run iPhone Data Recovery

Download and install iPhone Data Recovery on the computer, and it is completely free to download. Then open the recovery software by double clicking its icon.

Step 2: Plug your iPhone in computer

Connect the iPhone with broken screen with your computer via a USB cable. Then iPhone Data Recovery will start detecting and scanning your iPhone automatically.

Step 3: Recover data from iPhone

Now you can choose recover data with the “Recover from iOS Device” mode. After that you can click the “Start Scan” the button to retrieve files for broken iPhone. Select the desired files you want to recover from the scanned results.

Step 4: Sava data as backup

Preview and retrieve contacts, photos, messages and other data from your broken screen iPhone. You can click the “Recover” button to get the desired files. Do not forget to save them as backup in your computer.

Check the details to recover data from broken iPhone here.

Conclusion

There are 5 methods that you can unlock iPhone when forgot your iPhone password. You can wipe iPhone password via iTunes, iCloud, Recovery mode and the third-party tools. After unlocking your iPhone, you can get pro solutions to restore iPhone with iTunes backup or iCloud backup selectively. It means you can choose certain items to restore with backup files from iTunes or iCloud. Therefore, you will not waste time on restoring iPhone entirely only to find back a deleted picture. All in all, you can see the step-by-step guide about how to reset iPhone and bypass a forgotten iPhone passcode here.