My phone screen is shattered, totally un-usable. When I plug it into my computer (Linux Mint) it is recognized but I can not enter pin to unlock the screen and also USB debugging is not enabled :(

Is there any way to get the fotos and stuff off the phone?

  • richteas
    5•23 days ago

    I recently faced a similar problem with a phone that had its screen slowly turning black after it was accidentally dropped. The process of turning black lasted about two days so I was able to react. First thing I did was remove any device locking method (PIN, face unlock etc) so that this would not get in the way once the screen was completely unusable. I then allowed device debugging via USB and used scrcpy (link to scrcpy on github) to mirror the screen to my Linux PC (and control the device via mouse). Through this, I was able to move any data I still needed away from the device even after the screen was completely black There are precompiled binaries for scrcpy on the GitHub project site.

    • @SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de
      4•23 days ago

      Yeah scrcpy is a lifesaver. I have successuflly used scrcpy-GUI (together with an OTG adapter for a mouse) in the past, but my screen was partly usable, so I could see and did not have to do too much adb/fastboot magic.

      If OPs screen is broken and they did not do anything beforehand, I would have no idea how to proceed, since HDMI alternate mode seems (still) not very widespread.

  • @Ediacarium@feddit.org
    4•23 days ago

    Does your touchscreen still accept input? If it does, you can try locking your screen, pressing the power button (a non-brocken screen would turn on) and hold down both volume buttons to enable Talkback.

    Talkback will read aloud what is visible on the screen. If you never configured it, it might be hard to understand depending on your language settings and the talking speed.

    But with some patience you should be able to navigate to where you need to and enable the USB datatransfer to backup your data or navigate to the settings menu to enable ADB debugging for a full adb backup.

  • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
    1•23 days ago

    If you have the various cables you might be able to connect it to a screen via HDMI and a mouse via USB on-the-go, but otherwise it’s gonna have to be a screen replacement. You might be able to get a really cheap one that won’t last long, but will let you get data onto a computer.