Remote GUI access for device with broken display

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Thanks to both @gw and @pherjung, both solutions are viable:

  • The lipstick2vnc approach worked

    • I did not dare to reboot my broken device, so invoking lipstick2vnc directly as a defaultuser via ssh did the trick
    • edge swipes were almost impossible
    • interaction was very laggy (client: tigervnc)
    • remote keyboard input probably works (didn’t check)

  • Screencast app via web browser + USB mouse

    • this is the approach I adopted in the end to export data from some Android apps
    • interaction still laggy, but better than via VNC
    • edge swipes with mouse worked decently enough
    • performance massively improved after decreasing quality settings in System settings → Screencast
    • problem: attaching a mouse via USB disabled the on-screen keyboard, the system thought that a USB keyboard was connected as well (at least with my mouse)
      • I was able to get on without keyboard inputs
      • attaching a keyboard via a USB hub might work as well

Interaction was annoying in both cases, but I managed to get out all the data I wanted.

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