Control a Device with a Broken Screen From the Comfort of Your Windows PC

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Occasionally, the situation arises when our cell phone screens die completely. Be it due to a nasty fall, playing a bit too rough with other items in your pocket or backpack, or other device trauma, these things unfortunately happen from time to time. We hope that you never have to experience this rather unpleasant situation, but if it does ever happen, we might have a solution for you that will enable you to control your device in order to extract its data.

If your touchscreen doesn’t respond, some would assume that their data is lost. However, there are various ways to connect to your device and retrieve your data. XDA Forum Member k.janku1 created a handy tool for Windows users that allows you to control your device using a mouse and on-screen buttons. Your device’s screen is shown in a small window, which gives you a way to copy your texts, gallery or anything else that happens to be stored somewhere in phone’s memory. As you would expect, in order to run this tool, your Android-powered phone or tablet needs to have USB debugging turned on. The app then handles the rest.

Do you have a broken screen and do you need to still access your device? If so, all you need to do is head over to the original thread and give this tool a try.