I have a Z here with broken screen/digitizer. ADB is not enabled, I want to enable through any means and then config it via vnc or similar with the long term goal of turning it into a headless mediaplayer(xbmc).
I am able to control it using the painstaking method of plugging in a usb kbd or mouse, doing some blind movements and then swapping that out for an mhl/hdmi cable so I can see where I am at.
With that I have been able to disable the lock screen, start terminal emulator, get into developer options and some other things.
The phone had previously been rooted and had adb enabled but my SO had updated it to stock OTA 10.4.B.0.569 (4.3)before The Drop without my knowing so I lost both of those.
So, the problem...I cannot enable adb. I can get into the developer menu but the options are greyed out. I cannot select anything. I don't know why. I suspected it was because there was a usb device plugged in (either mouse/kbd or screen) but I have checked a Z tablet running 4.2 and a Z1, which is running 4.4.2 and you can enable usb debugging with a device plugged in on both those. I tried toggling dev options off/on, but no difference. Annoying.
Because I have lost root I cannot enable it via terminal either.
I unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom recovery (Advance Stock Kernel with Recovery v11 (FW:*10.4.B.0.569}*) from this this thread, linked from [HOW TO] Root 10.4.B.0.569 [ONLY UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER]
In doing this the phone was reset to defaults, but it made no difference to the Dev Options being disabled. I can get into it, but most options are still greyed out, so still no adb
So now I am stuck. With no screen, I have no idea what steps to take to flash the SuperSU zip file from recovery. This is where I need some help
I have no problem wiping the phone, installing custom roms etc. but I need to get root and adb working somehow.
Is there any reason why USB debugging, amongst others, in Developer Options might be disabled?
Possibly a permissions problem? Fixable without root?
Could someone running the same recovery possibly detail the steps needed using the hardware buttons (up, up, power, down, power, etc) to flash supersu so I can get root?
Assume blank external sdcard with only that zip on it
Could someone recommend a custom rom that is safe to install on that software version that has root and maybe adb enabled?
Would it be possible to flash that from fastboot?
afaik, only stock/signed roms can be installed that way?
If I got adb working, could I sideload a rom/zip from that recovery or another non-touch recovery(swipe to proceed is definately out)?
Does anyone have any suggestions, ideas or alternative methods to attempt, in order to get control over the device?
thanks in advance to anyone that can help!
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Hello,
I've got a stock Galaxy S ROM (factory reset - silly, don't ask) with a Speedmod Kernel and a broken screen. Do you know of a ROM (uploadable using ODIN) which turns USB debugging on by default?
Thanks in advance.
Dont know of a ROM that can do that but voodoo has a debug mode option. Its not the same as usb debug but maybe it will help. If you get into recovery i or someone else can give you directions (how many and which keypresses can get you to it) to activate it.
If your trying to access the device via ADB im fairly sure you can access it in recovery.
Why do you need debug mode? If its to replace the screen by Samsung I have read they don't care or look at the software, just replace it and see if it works..
Can't find much information about it, but it might just be a logging option rather than a control.
I haven't been able to access the device in recovery mode via ADB yet. Possibly missing recovery mode through improper key-press timing due to the broken screen, but not sure.
USB debugging enables control of the phone via the computer using ADB and utilities such as "Android Screencast".
Hello everybody.
My phone's display is bricked. In the meantime already bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus but nevertheless I would like to save all the data from my internal SGS+ storage. The difficulties I have are:
1. no chance to unlock the phone after boot, cause I don't know where to push the buttons
2. no chance to get into recovery
3. no idea, if it is possible and how i could maybe save the data via download mode?!
So, does anybody of you know a possible way to get the data from my internal sd on my computer? besides i would like to reset the phone afterwards to prepare it for sale. any ideas for that?!
Thank you all for help!
cya
wormix500 said:
Hello everybody.
My phone's display is bricked. In the meantime already bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus but nevertheless I would like to save all the data from my internal SGS+ storage. The difficulties I have are:
1. no chance to unlock the phone after boot, cause I don't know where to push the buttons
2. no chance to get into recovery
3. no idea, if it is possible and how i could maybe save the data via download mode?!
So, does anybody of you know a possible way to get the data from my internal sd on my computer? besides i would like to reset the phone afterwards to prepare it for sale. any ideas for that?!
Thank you all for help!
cya
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is your phone rooted and can you use adb shell?
then you can dump the partitions
edit: if you have succesfully all data restored, flash a stock rom with odin, before you will give the device away (all your personal data will gone)
wormix500 said:
Hello everybody.
My phone's display is bricked. In the meantime already bought a Samsung Galaxy Nexus but nevertheless I would like to save all the data from my internal SGS+ storage. The difficulties I have are:
1. no chance to unlock the phone after boot, cause I don't know where to push the buttons
2. no chance to get into recovery
3. no idea, if it is possible and how i could maybe save the data via download mode?!
So, does anybody of you know a possible way to get the data from my internal sd on my computer? besides i would like to reset the phone afterwards to prepare it for sale. any ideas for that?!
Thank you all for help!
cya
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if you had the usb debugging active then it`s easy, just start it, download from web QtADB or Android Commander (google them), connect phone to PC and if it`s recognized then all you have to do is to copy from it all you want/need
if you don`t have usb debugging then you have to find a way to mount internal storage in recovery doing it blind isn`t hard, you just need 2 screenshots from exactly the same recovery you had installed on your SGS+ then use one of those programs above to copy from your phone. (I think recovery can be accesed w.o. usb debugging enabled by default)
texten said:
is your phone rooted and can you use adb shell?
then you can dump the partitions
edit: if you have succesfully all data restored, flash a stock rom with odin, before you will give the device away (all your personal data will gone)
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yeah, my phone's rooted and i've already flashed different ROMs with ODIN - thanks so far.
but I've never used the Android SDK and adb shell before, so I have no idea how to connect the phone (via usb mount in recovery? via download mode? boot normally without unlocking it?) and how to use the adb with which commands!?
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if you had the usb debugging active then it`s easy, just start it, download from web QtADB or Android Commander (google them), connect phone to PC and if it`s recognized then all you have to do is to copy from it all you want/need
if you don`t have usb debugging then you have to find a way to mount internal storage in recovery doing it blind isn`t hard, you just need 2 screenshots from exactly the same recovery you had installed on your SGS+ then use one of those programs above to copy from your phone. (I think recovery can be accesed w.o. usb debugging enabled by default)
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Thanks for the tools, look helpful and as I remember, USB debugging was activated. But should this even work, if my phone is still locked (with this Android-security pattern and SIM-lock as no PIN can be entered)?
Finally thanks for your quick feedbacks!
wormix500 said:
yeah, my phone's rooted and i've already flashed different ROMs with ODIN - thanks so far.
but I've never used the Android SDK and adb shell before, so I have no idea how to connect the phone (via usb mount in recovery? via download mode? boot normally without unlocking it?) and how to use the adb with which commands!?
Thanks for the tools, look helpful and as I remember, USB debugging was activated. But should this even work, if my phone is still locked (with this Android-security pattern and SIM-lock as no PIN can be entered)?
Finally thanks for your quick feedbacks!
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ofc it will work as long your phone is rooted (for the system access) and usb debugging on. The pin doesn`t lock you phone entirely, just the SIM
I tried QtADB and it's great! Exactly what I've been looking for, thanks! The better alternative for people who are not used to the adb shell and easy to use for some basic tasks.
edit: faced some problems while copying data with QtADB, therefore tried Android Commander and could copy all files properly
Hi!, i havae a problem, i tried to update my touchscreen firmware but it failed, now i cant use my Ace, i need some help on how can i activate usb debugging so i can use Android Screencast to try to fix it, i have tried several roms without success, i need to flash a USB DEBUG pre enabled rom, OR, trying to flash a zip with the build.prop correct lines, (says google) there is a way to get back this phone again? Thanks in advance!
You can reflash your STOCK ROM(i assume you know how) selecting debug only option
Disclaimer: phones not root, knew nothing about rooting the device prior to the incident, so please bear with me for a second here.
Dropped my phone few days ago, screen broken(black screen) but still works. Hoping to recover the stuff in it.
Did some research, turns out that the phone can be remotely control on PC
-USB debugging wasn't enabled on my phone so it wasn't feasible.
Did some more research, turns out that USB debugging can be activated alternatively by running adb shell
-need to mount system and data partition, but phones not rooted so it was no good.
Did a little bit more research, turns out that system and data mount can be done via flashing a kernal with recovery in ODIN/download mode.
-went to the Kernal pages, tried to figure out how to install but it seems that the kernals available for Note 5 requires OEM to be unlocked.
That being said, I am properly lost now. Can someone give me some advice to it?
Hi,
My device(gti9000) screen broke. I managed to install Stock JVT 2.3.5 Gingerbread using ODIN.
Screen is beoken so to view screen on PC I have also installed VB application AndroidControl.exe which is working Fine.
Problem is that now I am stuck at on-screen keyboard settings as I have a broken phone screen. So can see the screen on PC. Have tried various methods using ADB like ADB shell input keyevents but still cannot bypass the on-screen keyboard settings.
Can someone guide how can I continue or skipt this setting through ADB. Have also used ADB shell PS and Kill commands to kill processes but got no success.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Are there any ADB commands that can send touch event to Android Phone.
I have managed to write text in the text box but cannot click or send click events using ADB.
Regards
Attaching Screenshot from my PC.
Hi
Are there any custom ROMs that I can install through ODIN or Recovery Mode where I do not need to enter any on scree settings through touch keypad and the phone boots directly bypassing all such settings.
Then I can use ANdroidControl application to control phone.
Am stuck as I cannot by any means skip this on-screen keyboard settings that I got after installing stock JVT using Odin.
Thanks
Ok, so this is what I have searched
The tool that I am using to view broken screen on pc is AndroidControl.exe and that uses commands that do not support shell commands on version 2.3.5. New shell commands for input tap were introduced after 2.3.5.
There are only 2 ways for me to move forward
1. If anyone can suggest a ROM above 2.3.5 with ODIN support can solve my purpose.
2. I can go into recovery mode. If there is a ROM that I can sideload by adb and is above 2.3.5 can also solve my purpose.
Please suggest.
Thanks
Hi,
I have been able to install ICS on my device.
I have also figured out a way to use Input Keyevent in ADB Shell and have managed to bypass initial screen setups. I can see my device on PC only as it has a broken screen.
I have also rooted my device.
All this would have been a cakewalk if my screen was working but accomplishing all this with a broken screen and AndroidControl is a different ball game.
GTi9000 is a very old device but I wanted to take it as a challenge. It definately made me dig through a lots of posts related to ADB, ROMs, JAVA, Shell Commands, Keyevents, Sendevents and lots more.
But I am still facing following issues
1. I cannot boot into recovery. Moment I boot into recovery using ADB it takes me to normal boot.
2. I want to install any ROM version above 4.1.1 but doing so the device bricks and then I have to downgrade to 2.3.5 and redo everything. I have tried numerous custom ROMs but all with fail.
Would be great if anyone can suggest way forward.
Thanks
Same problem with me