How can I press the iPhone Home button using PC keyboard?

I have: - a iPhone with a (mostly) broken screen (no touch capability) - a PC keyboard (USB) - a lightning-to-USB cable - a female-to-female USB adapter

The keyboard is plugged into the female-to-female USB adapter that is plugged into the lightning-to-USB cable that is plugged into the iPhone.

Is there a key combination to press on the PC keyboard to swipe the locked screen?

Justin Giboney

Posted 2017-02-24T20:31:50.240

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According to the comments here, hit Caps Lock twice: http://lifehacker.com/quickly-unlock-your-ipad-using-just-an-external-keyboar-1207624915

– wysiwyg – 2017-02-24T20:44:07.740

That's using an already-paired bluetooth keyboard. You cannot simply connect a USB keyboard to an iPhone - it will not recognise it. – Tetsujin – 2017-02-25T14:21:05.213

Answers

CapsLock twice will only work once a keyboard is actually connected & recognised. Over Bluetooth - the only way to add a keyboard without additional hardware - you would first need to pair them, which would require you can actually use the phone as intended.

An iPhone natively cannot detect a USB keyboard. The only way to connect a USB keyboard to an iPhone is using the Lightning to USB Camera Adapter.

I'm still not certain it will then wake the phone. Even if it does, you still require a functional touchscreen to launch an app.

So, TL:DR - get the screen fixed.

Tetsujin

Posted 2017-02-24T20:31:50.240

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