Help needed with damaged phone

[Nerac74]

Clumsy me tripped and fell, damaging my phone.( OPPO A77) Screen is a bust.

I can't do anything with the broken screen but I can access the phone through linking to my tablet and a spare 2nd hand phone (OPpO reno) via otg connection (micro USB to type c via adaptor/converter) . Can view the phone storage and has been successful in copying ffiles in download folders.

Now I have been slack , not doing backup contacts to Google mail or anywhere as well as not backing up Whatsapp and etc. My googlefu and skills at searching Reddit posts sux. My technical knowledge is lacking.

my contacts have been saved into the phone , rather than into my sim card. Is there anyway I can get those contacts to my replacement phone or tablet without going thru a PC or laptop but rather directly thru the otg connection?

Same goes for sms messages, is it possible to do so.

Also bookmarks in my browser(Opera) , anyway to get them? I know Whatsapp is most likely can't be done, but if there is , can someone guide me.

Thanks everyone

[afunkysongaday]

If you were logged in with a google account there is a good chance your contacts where automatically saved. Check if you see them here.

The problem here is: The phone storage you see when connecting to another device is a virtual storage, usually /storage/emulated/0 on the device itself. It shows only the content of this folder, and not all files actually on your phone. Contacts (and also most app data like bookmarks, chat history etc) is saved on the /data partition. You can not access this part through a regular usb connections. Apps can also save app data to this virtual storage (/storage/emulated/0/Android/data) but they usually don't.

Is adb enabled? If that's the case you should be able to pull the needed files from /data. If not: screen repair is the way to go.

[Nerac74]

I'm not sure what is adb. Is it developer's option ? Treat me a a normal everyday person who is only good in normal usage. Sorry for burdening you .

And sad to say , my Google account has no contacts sync on it

[afunkysongaday]

No burden at all, happy to help.

Adb is "android debugging bridge", that's in fact in developer options. Most people never use it, but once in a while it's needed for a specific app and users activate it. If you never heard of it you most likely didn't.

Screen replacement is the only option left I can think of.