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Locked out by uninstalled keyboard (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I accidentally all Gboard layouts and can’t enter my password anymore. I do have some other keyboard apps, but they don’t load immediately after booting. adb shows no devices, probably need to unlock and allow USB debugging… I thought about connecting a hardware keyboard. How would that work?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

If it's USB-C, either you plug it straight in, or you get an adapter or a dock or anything that converts USB-C to an A port. Most laptop adapters for that will work just fine.

If it's USB micro B, there's a thing called an OTG adapter that gives you a regular USB-A port as well.

Then you just plug it in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Do you have a bluetooth keyboard? That would probably work as well.. though not very common lol.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You need to unlock it to pair new devices, you can only turn Bluetooth on and off while locked. That could be really exploitable otherwise: just pair a keyboard, wait for the user to unlock their phone and install a remote control app via keyboard sequences.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Oh yeah, i was thinking something previously paired, where all you need is the BT on, but thats even more of a longshot. The only reason i brought it up is cause I have a bluetooth keyboard/trackpad combo device that I've used on my phone once or twice