How to Recover Data from Broken iPhone

Part 1. Dropped and Broken Your iPhone: 1st Thing to Do

It depends on the extent of the drop. Whenever your iPhone is broken, the first thing you need to do is to get your iPhone to have a check first. Don't do it by yourself if there is serious damage. Bring it to Apple Store or other professional stores and listen to what they will say. Then you can determine how to repair your broken iPhone.

Just remember. If you're not so professional, your iPhone could be damaged further due to improper operations.

Part 2. What's Next? Backup Your Data from iPhone!

When your iPhone needs restoring, don't forget to backup data on your broken iPhone first. Once it's restored, you can never get back the data on it, but only from the previous iTunes or iCloud Backup (if you have one). Hence, as long as there is such a condition that you still can use iTunes/iCloud to Backup your dropped iPhone, just do it immediately.

What if you can't use iTunes or iCloud to Backup your iPhone 13, iPhone 12, or any other iPhone model, or you just don't want to use either of the tools?

Then you need to use a professional third-party tool like Dr.Fone - Phone Backup (iOS), which allows you to directly scan your iPhone and selectively Backup the data out of your iPhone.

All you need to do is three steps:

Step 1. Connect your iPhone 13 or another iPhone model to the computer, and run the program. Select "Phone Backup".

Step 2. After your iPhone is connected successfully, Dr.Fone will detect your iPhone automatically. Then click on Backup.

Select what file types to Backup. Then click on "Backup"

Step 3. The whole backup process will take some minutes, depending on the data amount on your iPhone.

The whole process of backing up your iPhone is illustrated in this video.

Part 3. How to Fix Broken iPhone to Normal

If your iPhone 13, or any other iPhone model was broken in the iOS system, you could use the feature of Dr.Fone - System Repair to get it repaired. It's really a piece of cake to fix a lot of iOS system issues by yourself.

Follow the steps below to have a try first.

Step 1. Choose "System Repair" from Dr.Fone. Then you will see the following window. Click "Start".

Step 2. The program will detect your broken iPhone automatically here. Confirm the information and then boot the phone in DFU mode.

Once the iPhone is in DFU mode, Dr.Fone will begin downloading the firmware.

When the download is complete, you don't need to do anything else. The program will continue to repair your broken iPhone. Just wait until the whole process is done.

When you see the window below, your broken iPhone has been successfully repaired. Restart and use it.

Watch this video tutorial to understand how to repair your broken iPhone in detail.

Part 4. iPhone Totally Broken? Recover Data from Broken iPhone!

Unfortunately, the professional technician declares that your iPhone 13, or any other iPhone model is completed destroyed. There is no way to repair it, or the repair fee is enough for you to purchase a new one.

What can you do now? You can still choose to get it recycled by Apple or sell it to some local repair store for some money. Then you need to get yourself a new phone. No matter it's an iPhone again or other phones, don't forget your data in iTunes or iCloud Backup. You can still get them back.

How? Since Apple doesn't allow you to preview and get data out of the iTunes and iCloud backups, you can use a professional iPhone recovery software to get them extracted from iTunes and iCloud. Dr.Fone - Data Recovery (iOS) is such a tool. Just download the trial version above to have a try for free now.

1. Recover Data on Broken iPhone from iTunes Backup

Step 1. Choose the Backup and extract it.

Launch the program on your computer once you've installed it. Then go to "Data Recovery". Connect your broken iPhone and select "Recover from iTunes Backup File". There, you can see all existing iTunes backup files on your computer.

You can choose any of them to extract. Just choose one and click on the "Start Scan" button. The program will begin scanning and extracting the backup file.

Step 2. Preview and recover whatever you want from the Backup

When the scan stops (it would be in a few seconds), you can now preview all data in the backup one by one, such as photos, messages, contacts, notes, call logs, and more. While previewing, you can tick any item you want and get them all back with one click on "Recover to Computer" at last.

Video guide: how to recover the data of broken iPhone from iTunes backup

2. Recover Broken iPhone Data from iCloud Backup

Step 1. Download and extract the iCloud Backup.

Switch to the option of "Recover from iCloud Backup File". Then you can sign in your iCloud account by inputting the Apple ID and the password. Once you've entered, you can see all the backup files in your iCloud. Choose one and download it with one click. After that, you can continue extracting it.

Step 2. Preview and recover data on your broken iPhone via iCloud Backup

The downloading and extracting process will take you a while. Wait and relax for a moment. Once it stops, you can preview all data in your iCloud backup file like photos, contacts, messages, calendars, and more. You can recover any of them as you wish.

Video guide: how to recover broken-iPhone data from iCloud Backup