Question Need help with Samsung phone with dead screen

[raven403]

The screen on my wife's Samsung phone has gone dead. The phone itself seems to still be functional, but I cannot do anything with it because of the dead screen. I'd like to be able to delete any potentially private data from the phone before we dispose of it. Is there any way to connect the phone to a PC and see the phone's screen on the PC. I know there are ways to cast a phone screen to a PC screen, but those require the cast to be initiated from the phone. What I need to do is operate the phone from my PC. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Laura Knotek]

If Smart Things Find My Mobile is enabled, then you don't need to connect the phone using USB cable. You can simply leave the phone on, go to https://smartthingsfind.samsung.com/login on the PC, and remotely wipe the device. The phone will be factory reset without even seeing its contents.