[Guide] how to recover data from your stock android with a cracked touchscreen nexus4

my screen was broken, so i could no longer unlock the phone and so i could not copy data. information on this topic was spread and it ook me a long time. this tutorial should help everyone in this situation - you can even use it if your screen is completey broken! you just need the keys on the side of your phone: volume up, volume down and power key.. but it certainly helps if you still can see what your phone is doing.. but i wrote down every keystroke, so you can even do it "blind".. furthermore it should work the same for many other android phones! rooting is not neccessary.

assumption: the phone is in status "unlocked" in bootloader ( i dont know if that is a factory value or if i once changed it..)

so here are the steps:

- charge phone until full
- shut off ( hold power button long time )
- boot in bootloader ( power on with three buttons: volume down, volume up and power )

- you can now connect a computer via usb
- check Windows device manager: "Nexus 4" sould appear. ( with yellow error marker )
- install driver: http://www.koushikdutta.com/post/universal-adb-driver
- now in windows we find under "android devices" the device "Android Bootloader Interface"

- at next we need the adb tool. ( you can install android sdk or use this simple installer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2588979 )
- start a windows command shell with admin rights
- type "fastboot devices" in the windows shell, this should show one fastboot device

- download a custom recovery tool and save it in the folder your command shell is in ( http://download2.clockworkmod.com/re...0.4.7-mako.img )
- install it with the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.7-mako.img"
- reboot phone with the command "fastboot reboot-bootloader"

- start recovery mode ( press volume down twice, press power )
- choose "mounts and storage" ( press volume down 5 times, then power )
- choose "mount /data" ( press volume down twice, then power )
- type "adb devices" in the windows shell, this should show the recovery device

- navigate the shell to a folder where you want to store your backup
- type "adb pull -a -p /data/media" to copy all files from the phone to the local windows folder
- you now have all personal files on your computer
- if you need additional system files, you can use "adb shell" and navigate through your phone and then pull specific files ( "adb pull /" or "adb pull /data" always made problems for me.. )