Display broken, screen locked. How to recover files? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have a galaxy s3 with a broken display and locked screen.
Is there a way to access the files by connecting it to PC?
Only found this method:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...how-to-unlock-android-lockscreen-pin-t3619871
but it requires to put a .zip on the sd card which is not possible (usb connection not activated at the phone)
thank you very much
edit: phone is not rooted
peter

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Friend dropped his GS3 and screen is dead but phone works as evidenced by sounds and button lights, will have it repaired but we want to recover files from internal SD card first (precious kid pics on holiday last week wouldn't you know)
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Apologies but I should have described the problem more, plugging it into Windows does not trigger mtp mode, android file transfer does not see a device on Mac, and Kies sees a locked device we can not seem to unlock via the dead screen...
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