Control your smartphone using your laptop I have a sony xperia z and the screen recently smashed.  Touch screen capability has also gone.  As such I can't even unlock the phone.  Does anyone know of an app or a method for connecting it to my laptop and gaining full control of the phone through the laptop?  I need to unlock it and access an app that's installed.  I've been through the folders on it using the laptop but need access to the app itself to get the data I need.
Since your screen is smashed and touch screen capability is gone, you may not be able to use apps like AirDroid, as VarnerBeast14 has suggested. Instead you can use a service like Droid@Screen. Follow the steps below to view your screen.


Install Java JRE (or JDK), version 6 or later
Install Android SDK
Run its SDK Manager and install the Platform Tools
Set the environment variable ANDROID_HOME to point to the
installation directory of the Android SDK
Install USB drivers for your own Android device, by getting it from
the vendor’s support web page
Download and install the latest version of Droid@Screen
Configure your device to allow USB Debugging (Settings-> Developer
options -> USB debugging)
Plug in the USB cable between your device and PC
Launch Droid@Screen