Need to wipe data on Nexus 4 with broken screen

[lthrtim]

Hi

I'm sending off my Nexus 4. It has a broken screen, which is completey unresponsive so I can't unlock the lock screen, or use the back/home buttons or select anything at all. I need to wipe the data from the phone or do a factory reset. But how can I do this without use of the screen? I have tried connecting to my PC by USB to see if I could delete files that way, but Windows Explorer shows it as completely blank

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Greg C]

Backup and Reset Nexus 4: Cracked and Locked Screen

Hi

I'm sending off my Nexus 4. It has a broken screen, which is completey unresponsive so I can't unlock the lock screen, or use the back/home buttons or select anything at all. I need to wipe the data from the phone or do a factory reset. But how can I do this without use of the screen? I have tried connecting to my PC by USB to see if I could delete files that way, but Windows Explorer shows it as completely blank

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[lthrtim]

Fantastic - very many thanks!

 

[ss492]

Thanks. That was a life saver!

 

[SCOTTY25]

So what was his answer on the broken screen I cant see what he said

 

[gone down south]

Follow the link

Sent from my Nexus 4 using AC Forums mobile app

 

[jcer93705]

How about if I cant see anything. My digitizer is broken. How do I do factory reset?