{"id":3252,"date":"2016-08-29T16:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T21:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2017-08-14T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T20:32:08","slug":"guide-unlocking-android-cracked-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/guide-unlocking-android-cracked-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Unlocking Your Android With a Cracked Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve all been there. You\u2019re juggling your phone, your coffee, and your dry cleaning when BAM! You walk into a stop sign, spilling your coffee all over your dry cleaning and dropping your phone on the concrete. You frantically dive for your phone as if it were your baby and nearly break into tears when you see your phone\u2019s screen crushed into a thousand pieces.<\/p>\n

If this sounds like a common occurrence for you, you\u2019ll need to know what to do if your phone\u2019s screen becomes shattered beyond recognition and you\u2019re unable to enter your passcode to gain access.
\nIn this event, there are a couple possible courses of action.<\/p>\n

Read More: 4 Ways You Can Conserve Battery Life With PowerPRO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Use a USB Mouse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your Android\u2019s touch screen is too cracked to function, you can try accessing your phone with a USB mouse and an OTG adapter. Connect the mouse to the adapter and the adapter to your phone. Once connected, the mouse can be used to unlock the phone with either the pattern lock code or your passcode.<\/p>\n

The USB mouse eats up battery life quickly, so make sure to have the PowerPro by PSafe downloaded onto your Android. The PowerPro can identify programs that consume too much of your phone\u2019s battery. The app will suggests solutions to make your battery last longer.<\/p>\n

2. Use an Android Debug Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n

This method of accessing a cracked phone is a little bit more complicated. It requires you to have already turned on your phone\u2019s USB debugging option. Of course, if your phone\u2019s screen is too cracked to access your settings, this method won\u2019t be very helpful for you. To be safe, turn on this option before your screen is cracked, and you can save yourself a headache in the future.<\/p>\n

To use an Android debug Bridge, you\u2019ll need to download the Android Software Development Kit for your platform. Next extract the file and open the folder into which you extracted the Software Development Kit and run the SDK manager. Install the SDK Platform tools package and connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable.<\/p>\n

Now go to the Device Manager, right-click your device on the list and choose Properties. Click \u201cUpdate Driver\u201d and browse your computer for your driver software option. After installing your device\u2019s driver, you should be able to use the Android Bridge Debug and access your phone.<\/p>\n

To further protect your phone, be sure to download PSafe Total. This anti-virus software defends your phone from malicious online threats and lets you share files and browse the internet safely. PSafe\u2019s anti-virus software has the highest score in AV-testing and the extra edge of advanced protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nothing\u2019s worse than a smashed phone screen preventing you from using the device properly. Here are the best ways to access your phone when this happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30,717,349,714,67,2266,2269,2272],"class_list":["post-3252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance","tag-android","tag-cracked-screen","tag-phone","tag-screen","tag-smartphone","tag-unlock-cracked-screen","tag-unlock-phone","tag-unlock-screen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}