[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] Leksu:
Hey! I broke my Oneplus 5 phone's screen a few days ago, and it turned completely black. It doesn't seem to respond to touch either. I would like to recover my files. Does anyone know any way I could do that?

Specifications:

-Android Oreo, OxygenOS (newest OxygenOS since October 2018, so probably OxygenOS 5.1.4 according to this https://www.androidauthority.com/oneplus-5-update-784001/)

-Fingerprint sensor still works, so I can unlock the screen.

-The bootloader is unlocked

-The device is rooted

-USB Debugging seems to be off as "adb devices" doesn't bring up anything and dr.fone asks to turn USB Debugging on. (dr.fone is a random app someone recommended on a similar thread, https://drfone.wondershare.com/)

-I think the phone recognizes my laptop as a "charging device" (instead of MTP I think?), which is why it shows that my OP5 is empty when I try to open it in file explorer

-My bluetooth keyboard is still connected to the phone. It also has a touch pad so in theory I can navigate the phone. (pretty sure it's this one https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B078RGRJGD/)

The keyboard has some weird shortcuts and doesn't have a windows key though so I might have to get a USB C to USB adapter to plug my USB keyboard in instead.

-sound works, notification light works, button backlights light up when touched if screen is unlocked, internet access on w/ sim card

Solutions I can think of:

-Turn USB Debugging on so I can use adb or some file recovery program to move my files to my pc OR Change the USB "charging" mode to MTP or whatever.

*By blindly using my bluetooth keyboard that is already connected to the phone.

(like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=741MqF5uQDw

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...n-via-otg-and-restoring-data-with-mtp.717039/ )

I tried this but it didn't work. Maybe my bt keyboard doesn't open up notifications by pressing start/cmd + N? (normal keyboards open notifications when pressing Windows + N)

*By somehow sending a magical command from the pc to change the settings?? Maybe from fastboot or recovery mode or something?​

-Somehow connect the phone to an external display so I can control it w/ the bt keyboard (I read somewhere that OP5's usb c port doesn't support hdmi)

-Have someone call me on LINE, Messenger, Discord, Telegram, Skype etc, somehow answer, and somehow turn screen sharing on? haha

Also I'm 95% sure I have some version of TWRP installed from when I first rooted the phone. I can try to find the version from my pc files if that helps. (not 100% sure what TWRP even is but it has some backup/restore features right?)

similar threads:

https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-5/help/screen-broken-how-to-save-data-interior-t3780630

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/screen-broken-want-the-data.782264/

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/files-recovery-with-broken-screen-touch-is-working.999114/

https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...up-files-but-no-usb-debugging-enabled.788563/

Thank youuu, sorry for the long post :)

EDIT:

Didn't get it to work so in the end I had to repair it.

I got some folders to show up on my pc doing some adb/fastboot stuff, but all the files were encrypted as I wasn't able to unlock the phone in TWRP (you need to swipe the slider at the bottom and input the swipe pattern thing, fingerprint unlock didn't seem to work) so in the end I didn't get access to the files.

*This was 2 months ago so I might be remembering something wrong