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Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by mightyoj »

smusamashah wrote: post #9

I have tried a number of times to connect a phone with broken/dead screen. Touch and audio works. I have probably managed to enter pin and login but clicking 'Allow usb debugging' checkbox when I run scrcpy is apparently impossible or may be I am missing from some other critical step. Has someone done anything like that using this tool? It seems like a perfect use case.

Not using this tool, but actually to use this tool. My nexus device had a cracked screen like yours and I ended up running an android emulator to find where to blindly click to finally allow adb

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by MishaalRahman »

nirajd wrote: post #10
moondev wrote: post #3

Other notable features: * Works in tandem with upstream android adb, so after usb(or wireless) debugging is enabled on the target device, there are no apps daemons or hacks needed and it just works. * Install apks that are "unavailable for your device" in the official google play store (on things like chromecasts) * Full Screen or screen section + audio recording * Stream device screen when it's physically off on tar…

Can you share more about using scrcpy to install APKs that are unavailable for the device via Play?

You can just drag and drop APK files onto the scrcpy window to initiate an install (it just does 'adb install' basically).

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by joshvm »

Stupidly useful when I broke my phone in Antarctica and had to wait months for a replacement to arrive (it did, mere days before station close). Also a shout out to gnirehtet which is I think by the same devs? Reverse tether your phone for times when wifi and cell are both unavailable.

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by AlexeyBrin »

tux wrote: post #13

Very cool, is there something like this for Apple iOS phones?

Yes, it is built into iOS - swipe down from the top right corner and chose mirror screen, this will mirror your screen on a compatible device (I only tested with a MacBook).

Re: Scrcpy: Display and control your Android devices connected over USB or TCP/IP

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Post by wastu »

smusamashah wrote: post #9

I have tried a number of times to connect a phone with broken/dead screen. Touch and audio works. I have probably managed to enter pin and login but clicking 'Allow usb debugging' checkbox when I run scrcpy is apparently impossible or may be I am missing from some other critical step. Has someone done anything like that using this tool? It seems like a perfect use case.

You can use mouse with usb otg.
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