How to Get Photos Off a Broken or Dead Android Phone
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A recovery app needs a working phone. When the phone is damaged, these are the realistic options – from easiest to hardest.
1. Check your cloud first
Open photos.google.com (or Samsung Cloud / OneDrive / Xiaomi Cloud) on another device with the same account. If backup was on, your photos are there.
2. Screen broken, phone still works
- Connect the phone to a computer with a USB cable. If it was set to file transfer, the photos appear as a drive.
- No touch? Connect a USB mouse with an OTG adapter to unlock the phone and allow file transfer.
- Samsung: Smart Switch on a PC can copy data if the phone was trusted before.
3. Phone does not turn on
- Try charging for 30 minutes with another cable and charger.
- Take out the SD card – photos stored on it can be read in a card reader.
- A repair shop can often replace the screen or battery; the data stays on the phone.
Once it works again, scan it with Deeps to find photos deleted earlier.
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