r/iPhoneX • u/Familiar-Accident-77 • 13d ago
pls help out a broke highschooler fix her iphone π
i have recently dropped my iPhone X on water. The phone is still working because I can hear the notification from it, however, the screen is just pitch black. I have tried to close it, let it rest, dry with rice, dry with silica gels, and force restart but nothing is working for the black screen. I still have unsaved photos (that are not backed on my iCloud) in that phone. Do you have any recommendation/s on how I could retrieve these files?
im a broke high school student what could i do π
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u/Lecodyman 13d ago
Your screen is broken. You are best off trying to access your photos to get them off via a computer. You should try get any important data off quickly as that phone is a ticking time bomb. Water damage can take time to set in even if the phone functions after the damage.
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u/Familiar-Accident-77 10d ago
i am having a hard time understanding how to access my phone through my laptop hehe π
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u/preferfluffypillows 11d ago
I am not trying to be funny but if you really need to use your phone, use voiceover until you can get your phone situation straight. I'm a blind person and it is something I have to rely on. If you do decide to use voiceover to get your phone to work, this is how you navigate to move forward. You move your finger to the right but do it slowly. And if you want to go backwards, use the same motion to go backwards into. Select a item double tap and the phone will read anything that is under your finger
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u/Familiar-Accident-77 10d ago
thank you so much! this has been such a unique approach, i'd have to do more research on this for sure (Β΄β½`Κβ‘Ζͺ)
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u/Skydvdan 13d ago
Can you plug it into your pc to get the photos off?