Anyone have some advice for this #Android dilemma? Please comment on the origin post.

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Anyone have some advice for this #Android dilemma? Please comment on the origin post.

Originally shared by Emmaly Wilson

I need some creative thinking from you folks. I have a friend that broke her Nexus 6P phone screen. It's still powered on and is able to be unlocked via fingerprint (because it hasn't been rebooted). The screen is off completely. It seems that some of the touch screen works, but probably not all. She can likely install apps via Google Play if needed. USB debugging is not already enabled.

She needs to get her pictures off the phone. She didn't have any sort of backup turned on, which also means no auto Google Photos backup. Plugging in via USB just goes to charging mode, not camera mode.

Any thoughts on how she might be able to get something to work?

I have a USB-C hub that would allow her to get a mouse or some other USB device connected and working.

Maybe there is a file access program or screen sharing program or screenshot-fetching program that would help. But it'd need to work with either reliable UI interaction going in blind or no UI interaction at all.

Oooh, speaking of blind: maybe there's a way to enable some sort of blind-user mode? It's not likely that the whole screen will accept touch input.

Maybe there's a reliable way to figure out how to get the phone to cast to a Chromecast? That'd be great if so. We certainly have a Chromecast handy.

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