Usually, you use your iPhone to take a lot of pictures in your daily life and work.

If your iPhone’s screen is broken by mistake one day, it will be a disaster.

Part 1: Can I Retrieve Photos from an iPhone with a Broken Screen?

click on scan the start the scanning process

While plugging it into my laptop it suddenly turned on again and there was light through the cracks.

But still I couldnt enter my iPhone because the shattered screen didnt allow me to input password.

For example, the above user wants to retrieve photos from his/her iPhone with a broken screen.

enter scan result interface

Of course, the answer is yes.

But the premise is that you should have a piece of reliable and professionaliOS data recovery software.

The powerful and professional software MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS is an excellent option for you.

choose a location to save the selected pictures

This freeware allows you to recover two pictures each time.

If you are using the Mac version, c’mon use the Mac edition with similar steps.

How to Recover Your Broken iPhone Photos using MiniTool?

click on recover from iTunes backup file

This software will detect your iPhone automatically and display it on the interface.

Then, you should press on the lower sideScanbutton to continue.

Step 2: You will enter the results interface after the scanning process is finished.

choose photos from the scan result

On the left side of the interface is a list of all data types.

Step 3: There will be a small rectangle pop-out window then.

Your selected iPhone photos will be saved to the specified path and you will be able to use them.

enter Apple ID and Password

you could continue to read to learn another two useful recovery modules.

Generally speaking, iTunes backup file is stored on the computer and cant be used directly.

If not, it’s possible for you to also copy the target backup file to your machine.

choose the target iCloud backup file to download

In addition, this recovery module can work without a data pipe connection.

Step 1: Select theRecover from iTunes Backup Filemodule from the main interface.

Then the iTunes backup files will be listed here.

choose the type of files you want to download

It is quite possible that there is more than one iTunes backup file on the interface.

In this case, you’re able to choose the right one by judging from theirNameandLatest Backup Date.

If the iTunes backup file is stored on another path, it will not be shown here.

choose photo from the download result

ChoosePhotosfrom the left list to make the software display the scanned iPhone photos only.

Then, punch theSign Inbutton.

Step 2: Here, this software will show you all the available iCloud backup files.

you’re able to choose the target one by judging from theirName,Latest Backup DateandFile Size.

Then, press on theDownLoadbutton to continue.

Step 3: In this step, you will see a pop-out window with the iPhone data types.

Finally, those recovered iPhone photos are saved to your specified path.

And you are also allowed to view and use them directly.

Part 3: Some Useful Tips

1.

If your iPhone screen is damaged, you had better let the professional Apple staff fix it.

From part 2, you might see the importance of making iTunes and iCloud backup files.

Of course, you still need a piece of professional iOS data recovery software MiniTool Mobile Recovery for iOS.

The compability of iTunes/iCloud backup file and this software is super powerful in the field of iPhone data recovery.

Take good care of your iPhone as it is an important piece of technology that hosts your valuable data.

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