Question Move files and settings to new phone from phone with broken screen?

[quillo]

Hi everyone,

quick question - my Xiaomi 11 fell down this morning and it got a huge crack in the screen, rendering the phone useless, it is not showing anything anymore, it still seems to run, although I am not sure to which extent. Anyhow, I need a new phone and most probably moving the settings will be hard as the 11 doesn't support USB-C screen connection. I (probably) don't have GDrive backup enabled, only Google Photos. Any clue, what I could do? Replacing a screens is quite expensive, so I can just toss a few bucks more and get a more recent device.

Thanks for you help!

 

[SpookDroid]

Without a way to see what you're doing on the screen (or having input on it for that matter) it will be nearly impossible to do any sort of data transfer/back up if no cloud services were previously enabled.

Only if the device is unlocked would you be able to connect to a computer via USB and transfer files that way (so if you can unlock from muscle memory on a blank screen, maybe that'll help).

 

[mustang7757]

Nothing much I can add here but definitely a newer phone and make a habit to back important stuff up in multiple places going forward.