get text messages off my phone

[AC Question]

I have a Samsung J3 2016. The screen is destroyed. I can not do anything with the phone. I need the text messages that are on it. is there anyway to get them off my phone onto my computer or other phone

 

[Rukbat]

They're in a database, so if you can connect to the phone through adb, find the correct database and know enough SQL to tell the database app to get the entries you want, it should be easy. About as easy as balancing an elephant on your finger. Practically? Unless you replace the screen (even temporarily, with a used one that's barely working), no.