Solved Recover Android files on phone with broken screen
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A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
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@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
I paid a local shop $20 to put a screen on temporarily that I could then type on, connect the phone to a computer and download the stuff, then gave it back to them and got a new phone.
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@dashrender That is pretty enterprising of you.
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@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
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@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
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@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I'd try a keyboard first. The OTG should let the keyboard through.
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@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I didn't realize you needed the pin to allow the approval, for some reason I was just thinking it was a popup window with an allow/deny choice.
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@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I didn't realize you needed the pin to allow the approval, for some reason I was just thinking it was a popup window with an allow/deny choice.
That’s the computers security. Not the Androids.
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@scottalanmiller said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I didn't realize you needed the pin to allow the approval, for some reason I was just thinking it was a popup window with an allow/deny choice.
That’s the computers security. Not the Androids.
Really? My experience is that it wont allow file sharing unless you accept it on android.
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@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I didn't realize you needed the pin to allow the approval, for some reason I was just thinking it was a popup window with an allow/deny choice.
It makes sense though, because you dont want anybody just picking up a phone that can't unlock and being able to pull the files off. It kinda defeats the whole purpose of the pin.
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@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I'd try a keyboard first. The OTG should let the keyboard through.
It looks like you can use a keyboard as one of the forum members mentions doing it in a reply here. He/she was sucessful doing it on a S5 which is what we have.
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I just started file transfer with keyboard. Hopefully it doesnt lock and stop copying....
Edit: finished successfully
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@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I'd try a keyboard first. The OTG should let the keyboard through.
That worked!
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@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@stacksofplates said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
@irj said in Recover Android files on phone with broken screen:
A family member has refused at least 5 attempts of me trying to back up their pics and videos on cloud storage. Well, today my daughter (15 months old) picked up her phone and dropped it and damaged the screen. The phone will turn on, but the screen is completely black.
It's obviously working as notifications are coming across. The screen has a passcode, but we know it. I tried connecting it as a media device, but on screen approval is needed. What can I do?
Ok maybe stupid question, does the digitizer still function? If you plug it in and just tap on the area where the pop up is, can you get it to accept?
I am not sure, I was thinking about hooking up an OTG cable and a usb mouse which I know would work, but if I am sure I have a high chance of locking myself out with incorrect pin entries.
I'd try a keyboard first. The OTG should let the keyboard through.
That worked!
awesome!
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If the mobile support Mhl you can connect it to a TV with a Mhl-Hdmi cable and watch the mobile screen in the Tv.
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In your situation, you may need to ask help from a Broken Android Data Extraction tool. It helps you extract data from a broken screen or dead Android phone.
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