u/lost_in_wibes

Hi everyone,

I have a OnePlus 13 that got wet. The display itself still works perfectly and shows the entire UI, but the touchscreen is completely unresponsive everywhere.

I need to recover some important photos and notes from the phone.

The problem is that I never enabled Developer Options or USB debugging on the OnePlus 13.

Here is what I have tried so far:

The phone display works.

I can unlock it with face recognition.

When connected to my Windows PC via USB-C, Windows detects the OnePlus 13, but the internal storage appears empty because I cannot select "File Transfer" on the phone.

adb devices shows no device.

I tried using a Baseus USB-C OTG adapter with a USB mouse, but the mouse does not work.

I recently bought another OnePlus phone and tested the exact same Baseus OTG adapter and mouse on it. They work perfectly after enabling OTG Connection in Settings.

This makes me suspect that OTG is simply disabled on the OnePlus 13.

Unfortunately, since the touchscreen is completely dead, I cannot go into Settings and enable OTG or Developer Options.

Is there any way to enable OTG, enable USB debugging, or otherwise gain control of the phone from a PC without having USB debugging previously enabled?

I'm also interested in any legitimate method to access/copy the internal storage, especially photos and OnePlus Notes, without wiping the phone.

I have already tried ADB, but obviously it doesn't detect the phone because USB debugging wasn't enabled.

I really want to avoid a factory reset or anything that could erase the data.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.