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can't adb into phone with broken screen and lock pattern

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i accidentally dropped my Pixel 6a on the counter a little hard. it landed flat on it's back. no physical damage. but the screen froze up. i pressed the power button to try and lock the screen (which it did), but when i pressed the power button again to unlock it, the screen stayed black. figured maybe the phone just froze up. held down the power button for about 15 seconds to see if force rebooting it would work. nope. guessing the screen or something got damaged. replacement is on it's way, but is there any way to recover stuff from it that wasn't cloud-synced or backed up? i tried adb, but it's not showing up when adb devices is ran. when i plug the phone in, it vibrates, so i know it's working and on. but i'm guessing since i can't authorize abd on the phone (if i remember right, a popup happens) i can't interact. usb debugging was turned on a long time ago, as i used adb on it several times recently. phone has a pattern lock and fingerprint lock. i tried a usb-c to hdmi cable, but nothing shows up on the monitor (nor when i plug it into my Pixel 4a 5G, but it does work on an android tablet i have, so i'm guessing the phone doesn't natively support it)
Asked by crookedleaf (101 rep)
Sep 29, 2022, 07:55 PM