Screen cracked, touch screen not working - options for backup or using phone remotely?

[Sam Mathews]

Hey guys!

First post here, from a man in need.

A friend of mine managed to drop my phone yesterday (I know right... I should have dropped them instead) and cracked the screen, rendering the phone useless (from a touch perspective). I'm going to call my insurance who should cover the fix however i'm getting message alerts and sms's on the phone and would love to read them, also I would like to keep all my settings and apps and not have to reinstall everything.

So my questions are:

- What options do I have to backup the phone without a touch screen?
- Can i connect my phone up to my computer and use it remotely?

Any help would be amazing!

Thanks

Sam

 

[Rizy7]

Depends if you have a pin/password on your phone. If you dont then you should have access to your storage when connecting it to the computer.

 

[Sam Mathews]

Yeah i dont, so is the storage everything? Can i just copy that and paste it on the replacement phone and everything should work?

 

[Rizy7]

That's everything except your app data and SMS messages unfortunately. That is kept at system level which can't be accessed through your computer

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