How to set MTP mode on phone with broken screen in USB charge-only mode My phone’s screen broke from a 30 cm drop. The touchpad is dysfunctional while the display itself still works (i.e. I can see everything).


USB mode is charge-only, so connecting to the PC is not working (./adb devices yields empty results)
Developer mode is enabled, USB debugging is enabled
A MicroUSB to USB (OTG USB) cable is available, I can control the phone with a mouse
Phone is a LG G2 with Android 5


Now since the USB mode is charge-only, I cannot set the mode to MTP because I can't control the phone while it is plugged into the computer.

How can I switch to MTP mode or have my computer recognize the phone so I can retrieve data from it?

(I guess I could just move the data I have on there to a cloud storage, but I prefer to do it via computer)

(Honestly, not being able to set the preferred USB mode without a active USB connection is a pretty big design flaw for scenarios like this. It would be so simple.)
Probably its too late. I had exactly the same problem and i used a Bluetooth keyboard with a touch pad / a Bluetooth mouse should also work. Use the OTG to connect the Bluetooth device then disconnect the OTG. Connect it to the Computer and you can change the mode with the Bluetooth device.