Help Operate phone - Broken Touch screen

[Android Question]

Hi all

I have an LG phone with a non working touch screen. I know the screen can be controlled by a mouse, but the one I have uses a full usb output not the micro. Is there any way for me to operate the screen through a PC or something? I know I could buy one of those USB OTG things, but I can't possibly forsee any other use for it to justify buying it. Anyone run into this before?

 

[UncleMike]

I think it's a safe assumption that you're intent is to recover data from the phone before sending it in for repair or replacing it. If the data isn't worth the $6-7 or so that an OTG adapter would cost, why bother recovering it at all?

I'm not trying to be a wise a$$, I'm just trying to point out that buying an OTG adapter is probably already justified, even if this is the only use you ever have for it.

 

[Hadron]

An OTG adapter doesn't cost very much, so if you need to control the phone to retrieve important data then it might be worth a few £/€/$.

I don't see any other way of controlling the phone via a computer: you'd need the touch screen to be working to enable USB debugging (to retrieve data via ADB), or pair with a bluetooth device (if it even has the profile for a bluetooth mouse, which I've no reason to believe it does). If you already have a WiFi sharing app on the phone you might be able to retrieve data using that, but if not you'd need the touchscreen in order to activate it.