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Broken Screen, Need USB Debug mode on.

So this is for my dad's phone. He dropped it and the screen and the LCD panel part busted so the whole screen is all black. Can't see a single thing on it. He got a new (read:refurbished) one so that's not an issue. I'm trying to use a screen mirroring program to factory reset the phone before he sends it back to Motorola. Issue seems to be those programs require USB debugging mode to be turned on but since the screen is all black, I can't do that. I even tried doing multiple screenshots and guessing where things were but it didn't work (worried the top of the phone's touch digitizer is busted too but i'm hoping for the best lol). So I need a way to turn on USB debug mode, with a totally black screen (touch still works), NOT ROOTED, so I can then mirror it with the MirrorGo or Vysor mirroring software so I can factory reset the device. If you have any thoughts for a simpler fix then I'm open to suggestions. I'm not tech savvy enough to do anything with Rooting and i'm not confident enough to try doing that with a busted phone (if it's even possible), so that's an option that's out too. :/

Buddha8888 said:
So this is for my dad's phone. He dropped it and the screen and the LCD panel part busted so the whole screen is all black. Can't see a single thing on it. He got a new (read:refurbished) one so that's not an issue. I'm trying to use a screen mirroring program to factory reset the phone before he sends it back to Motorola. Issue seems to be those programs require USB debugging mode to be turned on but since the screen is all black, I can't do that. I even tried doing multiple screenshots and guessing where things were but it didn't work (worried the top of the phone's touch digitizer is busted too but i'm hoping for the best lol). So I need a way to turn on USB debug mode, with a totally black screen (touch still works), NOT ROOTED, so I can then mirror it with the MirrorGo or Vysor mirroring software so I can factory reset the device. If you have any thoughts for a simpler fix then I'm open to suggestions. I'm not tech savvy enough to do anything with Rooting and i'm not confident enough to try doing that with a busted phone (if it's even possible), so that's an option that's out too. :/
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You can go into recovery mode and do the factory reset there, it's probably the easiest way to do it.

zys52712 said:
You can go into recovery mode and do the factory reset there, it's probably the easiest way to do it.
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Yea, i tried that with the bootloader/fastboot thing. It didn't seem to work. I can barely tell if the device is even ON, only indication it's on is the volume rocker makes a noise to indicate volume and the bottom buttons light up. So being able to tell if the device is even IN it's bootloader mode thing was a crapshoot. I'm gonna need either a way to screen mirror in real time without debugging mode on, or a way to enable debug mode remotely essentially.

Data Recovery From Locked Device

Phone: LG G2 AT&T version (D800), unrooted, stock (no custom recovery), wifi off (but phone will automatically connect to home network if wifi can be turned on), not sure if usb debugging is on
What exactly I'm trying to do: get files and data from my phone to my PC (e.g. photos, contacts, notes, music) for later transfer to a new phone.
Details of the problem:
- The phone is pattern locked.
- The screen is cracked and totally unresponsive to touch.
- Upon pressing the power button or USB connection, the screen displays the lock screen. However, only about the top third of the lock screen is visible on the lower part of the screen; only the top row of the lock pattern grid is shown.
- Upon USB connection to mouse via USB OTG cable, the screen displays only the first frame. That is, it will display where the cursor was when the display was turned on, but not any subsequent movement of the cursor.
- Upon USB connection to PC, the phone enters MTP mode. However, when attempting to access the phone's files from the
PC, nothing is displayed, because the lock screen has not been bypassed.
I'd very much rather not let go of the data on my phone, so I hope someone can help. Any thoughts?

The_Pascuzzi said:
Phone: LG G2 AT&T version (D800), unrooted, stock (no custom recovery), wifi off (but phone will automatically connect to home network if wifi can be turned on), not sure if usb debugging is on
What exactly I'm trying to do: get files and data from my phone to my PC (e.g. photos, contacts, notes, music) for later transfer to a new phone.
Details of the problem:
- The phone is pattern locked.
- The screen is cracked and totally unresponsive to touch.
- Upon pressing the power button or USB connection, the screen displays the lock screen. However, only about the top third of the lock screen is visible on the lower part of the screen; only the top row of the lock pattern grid is shown.
- Upon USB connection to mouse via USB OTG cable, the screen displays only the first frame. That is, it will display where the cursor was when the display was turned on, but not any subsequent movement of the cursor.
- Upon USB connection to PC, the phone enters MTP mode. However, when attempting to access the phone's files from the
PC, nothing is displayed, because the lock screen has not been bypassed.
I'd very much rather not let go of the data on my phone, so I hope someone can help. Any thoughts?
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Get a micro USB to OTG cable and connect a wired mouse. You can then use the mouse to draw your pattern and unlock the device. Then connect to PC and recover your data.

The Merovingian said:
Get a micro USB to OTG cable and connect a wired mouse. You can then use the mouse to draw your pattern and unlock the device. Then connect to PC and recover your data.
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Thank you for your reply, but I've already tried that.
The_Pascuzzi said:
- only about the top third of the lock screen is visible on the lower part of the screen; only the top row of the lock pattern grid is shown.
- Upon USB connection to mouse via USB OTG cable, the screen displays only the first frame. That is, it will display where the cursor was when the display was turned on, but not any subsequent movement of the cursor.
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At this point, the only other thing I can think of is those 5-in-1 OTG adapters that allow simultaneous mouse input and HDMI output, so I can see where my cursor is pointing via TV. The thing is they're hard to come by around here. They're not exactly cheap, either.

The_Pascuzzi said:
Thank you for your reply, but I've already tried that.
At this point, the only other thing I can think of is those 5-in-1 OTG adapters that allow simultaneous mouse input and HDMI output, so I can see where my cursor is pointing via TV. The thing is they're hard to come by around here. They're not exactly cheap, either.
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Depending on the method required for your model number, you can try rooting and/or flashing custom recovery, use the custom recovery to create a nandroid backup and extract the data from the backup(backups made in TWRP recovery are almost impossible to extract valid data from), or while in recovery you can try using adb to pull the data you want or even do an adb backup then extract the data from the adb backup using something that can extract .tar/.rar files. You could even use adb with root to delete/modify the data stored for lockscreen then you can probably connect to PC normally and transfer whatever you're after.

Recover Data from a broken phone

Hello,
I'm trying to take off my files from my old Moto X. The screen is black due to the screen's ink which covers the display, but the digitizer is functional and I can unclock my phone! The problem is that when I connect the device to the pc, I can see the XT1097 on the hard drive display but there is nothing inside. I'm thinking that if I could change the USB mode from charging only to Transfer Files would solve the problem but after I blind-unlock the phone I do not feel any vibration.... The phone is rooted but I'm not sure about the USB debugging. I found this, but the links don't work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j0N9bndQUE
I have also installed the TWRP.
Any advice?
edit: I tried to search my phone through ADBDriverInstaller.exe but it cannot be seemed. Maybe the USB debugging is off.

Broken screen: Steps for using a keyboard to turn on USB debugging

Hi,
Long story short I dropped the phone and the screen is now useless. Lights up halfway but does not work for button press.
The phone turns on and communicates. I also have face unlock on so may be able to get past the fingerprint/pin. I managed to turn wifi on, off, and back on with google assistant.
My question is this: I am thinking of connecting a keyboard via USB-C to OTG USB cable. Would anyone be able to do me an absolute solid and find the exact keyboard button presses need to get USB debugging turned on?
I am also open to any other ideas but that is the best way I can think of.
I am on the latest official build of the Xiaomi global ROM for the mi 9.
Thanks for reading.

Question USB Debugging not working after every reboot

The phone "USB Debugging" not working properly after every reboot. The "USB Debugging" button still "ON" but it only charge the phone when connect to the pc without open a windows with internal storage shown. I have to manually turn the "USB Debugging" OFF and back ON and wait for that 10s warning to make it work again or change the Default USB configuration from "File Transfer" to something else to wake that feature up.
Is that a known bug or hardware related issue ?? Thanks

Well, I use linux (and other phones/tablets) but I usually run into one of these problems:
set the USB-mode of the phone correctly, not just charging ("circle with dot" or similar should show in top bar)
the phone must know the fingerprint of the computer (phone should notify you, so accept and store)
reboot phone after applying such changes (really, I wasted hours on this one, only to realize that only and nothing but a reboot would fix that)
Sometimes even all of them together (but perhaps it really is something specific to your phone)

SigmundDroid said:
Well, I use linux (and other phones/tablets) but I usually run into one of these problems:
set the USB-mode of the phone correctly, not just charging ("circle with dot" or similar should show in top bar)
the phone must know the fingerprint of the computer (phone should notify you, so accept and store)
reboot phone after applying such changes (really, I wasted hours on this one, only to realize that only and nothing but a reboot would fix that)
Sometimes even all of them together (but perhaps it really is something specific to your phone)
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I will do fastboot flash once the phone bootloader is available for unlock after 168h to see if that fix the problem. Finger cross.