Need to recover pictures from password protected iphone 5s with broken digitzer. Is it possible?

[iMore Question]

Hello,

I have an iphone 5s that has been dropped in salt water. The screen and digitizer have corroded and do not work. The phone's toast, but it is still recognized by my pc when I plug it in. I see the DCIM folder but I cannot access the content since the iphone has a password and requires me to "trust" the pc from the phone.
Is there any way around this without removing the logic board and trying it in another doner phone (pc software/itunes/hack)? I've seen a wired keyboard as a suggestion for someone with a similar issue (click enter to dismiss message), would that really work?

Thanks!

 

[kch50428]

A device that's been in salt water likely has more wrong with it than a hosed screen/digitizer... If the pics were not in iCloud or backed up anywhere, there's not much ele sou can do.