{"id":4715,"date":"2020-04-14T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2020-04-13T08:39:28","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T12:39:28","slug":"my-phones-screen-is-broken-how-can-i-get-my-data-to-my-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/14\/my-phones-screen-is-broken-how-can-i-get-my-data-to-my-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"“My phone’s screen is broken. How can I get my data to my computer?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by Gabriel Austria)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Android phones use utterly-standard USB connections. Even if the phone’s screen is cracked or otherwise damaged, if you can still turn the phone on and log in (by any means — face, voice, fingerprint, pattern, password…), you usually can retrieve the phone’s user data via USB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just plug the on-and-unlocked phone into any standard PC via a normal USB cable, and the PC will usually recognize the phone and give you access to its files, simple as that. With full normal access to the phone’s data, you can copy-and-paste whatever files you want to wherever you want on the PC’s hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If any phone data is on a plug-in\/add-on memory card, recovery is even simpler: Turn off the phone, remove the card, and plug the card into any standard PC. (No card reader? You can buy one for under $10. Examples<\/a>.) The PC should automatically recognize the card and give you normal access to its contents; you can copy whatever files you want to the PCs hard drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy as pie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Answer requested by Gabriel Austria) Most Android phones use utterly-standard USB connections. Even if the phone’s screen is cracked or otherwise damaged, if you can still turn the phone on and log in (by any means — face, voice, fingerprint, pattern, password…), you usually can retrieve the phone’s user data via USB. 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