Hey everyone.
So I've got a question that I'm hoping you guys / girls can help me with.
I have this old Lumia 520 that fell to its inevitable demise in 2014. The digitizer is cracked and unresponsive, but the screen itself powers on fine and isn't damaged from what I can tell. I saved what I could from the SD card I had in it, but there was still a lot of photos that I wanted that was stored on the device's local storage.
Here's the thing though, I cannot access it from my PC via USB cable unless the screen is unlocked, and I can't unlock it because the touch panel is broken! And so the phone has been laying in a drawer ever since.
Is there any workaround to this? Some way that I might be able to save these long-lost pictures? I really have no interest in repairing the phone. If I can get the photos off it I'll probably just throw it away, as I have a way better device now anyway.
Cheers! :good:
Why not try storage mode? WPinternals.
augustinionut said:
Why not try storage mode? WPinternals.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How does one activate storage mode when you cannot interact with the device?
Just try it.... doh.....
https://www.google.com/url?q=http:/...ds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHlQm2KBku0uoCQKCH0dgXOwYp6vQ
Do not format if asked
No way can do it. U only hardreset the phone and of course all data will be lost. Hz...
What?
Related
Hi,
My phone was damaged by water (yes, I did close all openings properly...) and the repair center tells me that it can't be repaired. My problem is that I would like to dump the internal memory in a way or at least destroy it before leaving it for recycling. It is possible to get contact with the mobile, but since the screen doesn't work I can't unlock the device and therefore PC companion and/or the device won't let me in via USB.
Is there another way? Perhaps remove the memory physically?
Ther is a method. If you are patient, constant, and have basic skills of linux commands
Sent from my little big badass boy!
worf_1977 said:
If you are patient, constant, and have basic skills of linux commands
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why? The phone is broken. Unfortunately I don't know where the memory is. But just hit your phone with a hammer
until you can see the mainboard. Remove and destroy all removable parts. Destroy all chips (with a hammer and a
screwdriver). Break the mainboard in two (or more) pieces and dump them on different places. I think this should be
save enough.
Silkefot said:
Hi,
My phone was damaged by water (yes, I did close all openings properly...) and the repair center tells me that it can't be repaired. My problem is that I would like to dump the internal memory in a way or at least destroy it before leaving it for recycling. It is possible to get contact with the mobile, but since the screen doesn't work I can't unlock the device and therefore PC companion and/or the device won't let me in via USB.
Is there another way? Perhaps remove the memory physically?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As you said that the screen is not working, I assume the phone itself starts. You could try to connect a mouse via otg to your phone and unlock the screen. Then you'll be able to delete you data with the pc.
Also you could try to unlock the bootloader, as this will also remove all your personal data.
If I was wrong and your phone doesn't turn on anymore it's useless trying to delete the data, as no one will be able to read it ( if the phone doesn't turn on your mainboard is already broken)
worf_1977 said:
Ther is a method. If you are patient, constant, and have basic skills of linux commands
Sent from my little big badass boy!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi,
I had the same problem with my xperia z, my phone fell in the water... so now the screen doesn't work at all, but the charging led still work... unfortunately when I connect the phone to the pc, i can see the external drive, but cannot access to it... doesn't work... could you please tell me how can I read the memory with linux?
thanks a lot for your help
Hello
My friend has Nexus 6, or should I say had. Unfortunately, he dropped his phone really hard on concrete. LCD is completely dead. He is dumb enough to never make a backup of his photos etc. Is there any way to get his data back ? Phone is pure stock.
Thanks for any help
grzechu51 said:
Hello
My friend has Nexus 6, or should I say had. Unfortunately, he dropped his phone really hard on concrete. LCD is completely dead. He is dumb enough to never make a backup of his photos etc. Is there any way to get his data back ? Phone is pure stock.
Thanks for any help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does he have USB debugging enabled?
grzechu51 said:
Hello
My friend has Nexus 6, or should I say had. Unfortunately, he dropped his phone really hard on concrete. LCD is completely dead. He is dumb enough to never make a backup of his photos etc. Is there any way to get his data back ? Phone is pure stock.
Thanks for any help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If the phone turns on and boots just plug it in the PC and you might be able to port them to the PC.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
grzechu51 said:
Hello
My friend has Nexus 6, or should I say had. Unfortunately, he dropped his phone really hard on concrete. LCD is completely dead. He is dumb enough to never make a backup of his photos etc. Is there any way to get his data back ? Phone is pure stock.
Thanks for any help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well a very annoying thing about Marshmallow is that the phone requires you to unlock it and select file share over usb mode otherwise it will only charge off a computer, if he had ADB enabled AND had it used on a computer in the past then you can do an ADB pull, but again on a new computer you'll have to confirm that you trust the computer to get adb to work. And even if he had TWRP recovery installed you'll still need to decrypt the phone using a passcode unless he used a unsecure lockscreen. Also if you have ADB access then you can use a chrome extension called "vysor" which mirrors the phone screen onto your computer to interact with it.
EDIT: just read pure stock...
Debugging is unfortunately off.
Is the actual screen destroyed, or just the digitizer?
If the actual screen is toast along with the digitizer, replacing the screen is the only means of retrieving his data. The good news in that regard is that taking apart the Nexus 6 is actually quite easy, based upon iFixit's teardown of the device.
If only the digitizer is gone, there may be some hope. Grab a USB OTG cable and a PC mouse. Connect the mouse to the OTG cable and plug the OTG cable into the MicroUSB port. Android should then generate a mouse cursor that you can use to maneuver around the device. From there you should be able to enable USB debugging if you want, or simply copy his data to Mega, Mediafire, Dropbox, or Google Drive for later retrieval.
I had the same thing happen to my N6. With nothing to lose, I banged it against my palm and saw the screen flicker. After a few more taps, I got the screen to come back long enough to back up data and get me through till a replacement arrived.
My htc one m7 doesn't turn on anymore. The phone was perfect untill i woke up in the morning to find out it wasnt charged, and i couldnt turn it on again.
I tried Power + volume up, i tried it with volume down and also all three buttons. For more than 3 minutes each while plugged in the wall. When i plug it in usb nothing happens.
Did i try everything? Is my phone dead? I can accept that but what can i do to save the storage? I only need to access the files and transfer it to my pc
Please help!
can't i just take out the back plate and take the sd card?
twizzle654 said:
can't i just take out the back plate and take the sd card?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The sdcard? Unless you have a dual sim variant, there is no sdcard in your phone. The emmc (memory) is soldered to the motherboard and can't be removed. If the phone doesn't boot you can't pull any data from it, sorry
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs
alray said:
The sdcard? Unless you have a dual sim variant, there is no sdcard in your phone. The emmc (memory) is soldered to the motherboard and can't be removed. If the phone doesn't boot you can't pull any data from it, sorry
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Labs
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oh thats too bad. Thanks for the reply
Would it be possible to repair it? Like replacing some parts. Can that be done without losing the data?
i called with a repair service
ofcourse they will take money just for looking at it, even if they cant fix it. I would like to know, because some members here are more experienced than some professionals, what are the chances (given the situation that even usb doesnt do anything) that a battery replacement can fix this?
That would cost 90euro. I have no problem spending that amount, i just have a couple important notes that havent been backed up. And a couple screenshots i really need. If its going to be in the range of 200/300 i can only think about it if the repair procedure doesnt touch the data, because then repairing is useless.
tried to google for a solution, but found nothing. Here is the problem my sister autistic son dropped her galaxy s6 phone and somewhat broke the screen. he tried to unlock the phone but it would not register now the counter is on the 14 try and if one more attempt is made it will reset the device. Now my sister has no knowledge of where the memory was so she attempted to open the phone to retrieve the memory card (yea I know it doesnt have one, but she didnt) not only did she totally screw up the lcd ,charge port and everything else. When she brought it to me I had to ask her did you use a hammer to open it up . So now I managed to buy a used lcd and connected her motherboard on it. To my surprise it turned on but it is saying it will take 869 minutes before another attempt can be made to unlock it. My question is there any way I can retrieve her pictures and files. Connected the phone to the computer but it will not show any files. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. She has alot of pictures of her son and daughter she does not want to loose.
xda751 said:
tried to google for a solution, but found nothing. Here is the problem my sister autistic son dropped her galaxy s6 phone and somewhat broke the screen. he tried to unlock the phone but it would not register now the counter is on the 14 try and if one more attempt is made it will reset the device. Now my sister has no knowledge of where the memory was so she attempted to open the phone to retrieve the memory card (yea I know it doesnt have one, but she didnt) not only did she totally screw up the lcd ,charge port and everything else. When she brought it to me I had to ask her did you use a hammer to open it up . So now I managed to buy a used lcd and connected her motherboard on it. To my surprise it turned on but it is saying it will take 869 minutes before another attempt can be made to unlock it. My question is there any way I can retrieve her pictures and files. Connected the phone to the computer but it will not show any files. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. She has alot of pictures of her son and daughter she does not want to loose.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If the computer won't recognize the device then maybe try having the photos upload to drop box or Google Drive or something.
Hello all.
My girlfriend dropped her S10, and the screen has smashed. The top ~20% of the screen is visible still, but the rest doesn't work. The screen is responsive some of the time - but hard to tell where I'm hitting anything... and becoming increasingly difficult to unlock (Might be locked out for ___ minutes? Can't tell!)
She's gotten a new phone as the cost of a new screen was prohibitive... but I'm trying to recover the data (photos) from the phone and not having much luck. Plugging in the USB, I'm unable to allow the access to the storage....
I've done a quick google search and have found plenty of 'free download' options (which you have to pay to use of course) to recover data.... is there any actual free tool anyone can point me to in order to get her photos off of the phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
Hello nogoodname, try with USB adapter on usb-c with a mouse you should see the cursor is able to navigate.
If not as USB debugging not activated try with recuva or samsung dex
nogoodnames said:
Hello all.
My girlfriend dropped her S10, and the screen has smashed. The top ~20% of the screen is visible still, but the rest doesn't work. The screen is responsive some of the time - but hard to tell where I'm hitting anything... and becoming increasingly difficult to unlock (Might be locked out for ___ minutes? Can't tell!)
She's gotten a new phone as the cost of a new screen was prohibitive... but I'm trying to recover the data (photos) from the phone and not having much luck. Plugging in the USB, I'm unable to allow the access to the storage....
I've done a quick google search and have found plenty of 'free download' options (which you have to pay to use of course) to recover data.... is there any actual free tool anyone can point me to in order to get her photos off of the phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You will hardly be able to bring it back. I have everything that matters to me and on PC. In the case of something, I switch everything from PC to the phone. I am writing to you that from now you everything that is important to you, you save for PC.
meric57 said:
Hello nogoodname, try with USB adapter on usb-c with a mouse you should see the cursor is able to navigate.
If not as USB debugging not activated try with recuva or samsung dex
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's a good shout. I did actually manage to download Google Home .. then managed to cast the screen to my Nest Hub. Then I was able to see where I was touching and managed to allow access to the PC. Photos copied over successfully.
recuva / Dex...... I'll look into these to see if anything else wanted off the phone! Thank you!
ZmisiS said:
You will hardly be able to bring it back. I have everything that matters to me and on PC. In the case of something, I switch everything from PC to the phone. I am writing to you that from now you everything that is important to you, you save for PC.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah... It's not my phone. All my stuff is backed up automatically. My girlfriend has learned a valuable lesson though!