Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Android smartphone with broken display: How to unlock it

Once not watched and the Android smartphone crashes on the hard asphalt. An impact that the display may not survive. However, if the screen does not work, it does not mean the end of your data stored on the device. With our tips, you can unlock the smartphone even if the touch screen fails the service.
How to unlock it
With the right preparations, you can also access an Android smartphone with display damage (© 20017 TECHTECH)

Access via web tool

There are several methods to get access to an Android smartphone with broken display. However, you must take precautions for most of the solutions before your screen blesses the temporal. For the simplest method, you need a computer. Go to the "Android Device Manager" website and sign in with your Google account.

Join now your Android smartphone for the service. However, in most cases, your device is already registered automatically, so you do not need to take any further steps. If the GPS is enabled on the smartphone, it is detected by the web tool. Click on "Lock" and select "Unlock". Even with a broken display, you are able to gain access to the device. If you now connect it to the computer, you can transfer and back up all required data.

Display on computer display

A second method of accessing a smartphone with a broken display is remote control from a computer. However, a few steps are necessary for the setup, for which the smartphone must still be fully functional. In our example, we use "Vysor". The program can be downloaded free of charge from the Google Play Store for Android.

After the installation of "Vysor" you have to activate "USB Debugging" on your smartphone. Go to your "Settings" under "My device" and type the "Build version" seven times. This makes the developer options visible. Then follow the path "Settings | Developer Options | USB Debugging | On".

Download "Vysor" on the computer as an extension for the Google Chrome browser. Executes a search for devices in the application and selects your smartphone. Your Android device asks if you want to allow "USB Debugging". Activate the "Always Allow" check box and confirm with "Ok". As soon as the connection between the two devices is established, you confirm again with "Ok". Then you can unlock and control your smartphone from the PC - even if your display is broken. This requires a connection via USB, which then also allows the copying of data.

Many ways lead to the homescreen

Let us not forget that there are other possibilities. If your Android device does not have a lock code, you can connect a mouse via OTG cable, for example, and unblock the smartphone via this device with a click and a wipe movement to the right. There is also another comfortable remote software in the XDA-Entwicklerforum, which is, however, much more complicated to set up.

Summary:


  • To unlock an Android smartphone despite a broken display, you need to make preparations as long as the device is still working
  • You can use the "Android Device Manager" web tool to locate the smartphone and also to unlock it with the "Lock" button if GPS is activated on the device
  • Then you can connect the smartphone via USB to a computer and copy all important data
  • Set up a remote software such as "Vysor" to access your Android device and copy important data from the computer
  • For remote access, you may need to enable "USB Debugging" in the developer options
  • The corresponding menu is visible in the settings, if you under "My device" seven times on the entry "build version" tippt
  • Depending on the manufacturer of the Android smartphone, the exact names of the menu items may differ
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