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Transfer files from phone with broken screen possible? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/android@lemmy.world
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Hi there, I've had a broken phone lying around for ages, only kept it as I know there are some pictures and files I wish I could gain access to again. I've tried a variety of methods gaining access to the files, but it doesn't seem possible as I cannot actually use the screen to "allow usb transfer" etc.. Is there any methods I might have missed or something that could help me retrieve these files?

It's an Huawei Mate 10 Pro.

Any tips, tricks and recommendations are appreciated 🌻

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago

If you have USB debugging on then yes. If not try to see if you can mirror display with USB and a TV/monitor. If that doesn't work a USB mouse will have to do if you know that layout of your phone. A keyboard could also work for the pin. I always suggest leaving USB debugging enabled and paired to your computer so in such cases you could just do

adb pull /storage/emulated/0(or another number if you have different users or work profile /path/to/desired/location

This way you'll pull all the data from everywhere and delete what you don't need. With USB debugging enabled you could also use SCRCPY, it's a neat tool that'll mirror your screen and you can control the phone with computer mouse and keyboard. If you do want to try and enable it'll be in Developer options/settings, if you have them enabled if you don't you gotta press on Build Number in your about phone section in settings.

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