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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 lazylion2 »

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.

if you have access to your phones files (or the phone backs up photos automatically ) you could try to use screenshots to guide you, or screenshare

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

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Post by smusamashah »

lazylion2 wrote: post #131
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.

if you have access to your phones files (or the phone backs up photos automatically ) you could try to use screenshots to guide you, or screenshare

Can you explain a bit more please. I do have some random screenshots backed up in Google photos. How does that help?

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

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Post by denysvitali »

Super useful for my broken Pixel 6 Pro which has a broken screen (and replacement parts are still out of stock).

It does also support touch gestures, which makes it basically a software replacement for my screen since I can use my Thinkpad to touch-control the device over adb.

Kudos to Genymobile!

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

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Post by rand0mx1 »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #64
MishaalRahman wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

The real question is, where do you get trustworthy APKs, if you cant download them from playstore ? You can already install an APK through the phone

From aurora store, an alternative front-end for play store available on f-droid.

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

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Post by wkat4242 »

quartzic wrote: post #6

Works well for streaming video from a Quest 2 to a computer.

It has built-in Chromecast functionality too.

In case you know, is there a quality difference? I generally find the Chromecast to be very low fps, is this better?

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

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Post by thegabriele »

smusamashah wrote: post #132
lazylion2 wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if you have access to your phones files (or the phone backs up photos automatically ) you could try to use screenshots to guide you, or screenshare

Can you explain a bit more please. I do have some random screenshots backed up in Google photos. How does that help?

You take screenshots to navigate your dead screen phone

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

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Post by zikohh »

I love this project but it also makes me feel uneasy since no indicator is shown on the device when connected. If someone forgets their phone unlocked, connecting it to your pc and using ADB over WiFi can give you full control and the victim will never know.

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

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Post by rubatuga »

mahathu wrote: post #85
throwaway2056 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

how can you enable ADB/dev settings on the phone with a smashed screen?

I'm also wondering this. I tried connecting a USB keyboard and a TV via HDMI but couldn't get the phone to unlock let alone the screen to show up on the TV.

Android is notorious for blocking usbc video out

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

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Post by andrewaylett »

smusamashah wrote: post #107
andrewaylett wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's worth learning how to use TalkBack anyway because of the insight it gives you into how accessibility tooling works, and also it's perfect for this use-case.

Can I turn the talk back on blindly? This phone is a pixel 2. Again, this does sound like a very good advice which I can try on emulator first. Thanks.

Most phones seem to have the default accessibility shortcut set to enable TalkBack -- I've needed to turn it off (for someone with dyspraxia) more than I've needed to turn it on.

Try holding down the two volume buttons down together for a few seconds, it might well activate.

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