Broken phone data recovery - MI5 - Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers

Broken phone data recovery - MI5 - Xiaomi Mi 5 Questions & Answers

Hi guys!
I have MI5 with completely destroyed screen, so touch is not working and there is no picture. USB debugging mode is NOT enabled. Bootloader is unlocked, but phone is not rooted. I need to recover mostly pictures from it. I could use PC but I need to select "transfer files" option, which I can't due to broken screen (phone stays in 'charging mode'). Any suggestions what I can do? I have OTG cable and I tried booting to recovery and do something from there but seems the phone doesn't want to go there (it's possible that volume keys are not working).
Any help would be highly appreciated!
Milan

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[Q] AP/CP USB Switching? - This one goes to the developers

Hey there,...
i got a bad problem with my OB. When i plug in the usb cable the droid does not offer to mount the microsd for the pc. under "phone info -> status" the batterie status also says that it is discharging - thats not true batterie is charging.
i cant connect with adb to my phone but usb debugging is enable. on the original rom i was able to active "AP USB" in the AP CP USB Switching menu in the hidden menu (3845#*970#). After that i were able to mount microsd for pc again and connect with adb etc.
i already reflashed phone with:
v10a
v10c
Nova 5
Nova 7
Nova 8
Problem still not solved. When the USB Cable is plugged in and i reboot my phone it instantly goes to the "S/W Upgrade" Mode WITHOUT holding the volume key. Looks like a flag. this is freaky... could someone explain me what AP/CP USB Switching really does?
Sry for bad english - im a german fool x:
thanks for any help!
Greetz
Asso

assotracti0n said:
Hey there,...
i got a bad problem with my OB. When i plug in the usb cable the droid does not offer to mount the microsd for the pc. under "phone info -> status" the batterie status also says that it is discharging - thats not true batterie is charging.
i cant connect with adb to my phone but usb debugging is enable. on the original rom i was able to active "AP USB" in the AP CP USB Switching menu in the hidden menu (3845#*970#). After that i were able to mount microsd for pc again and connect with adb etc.
i already reflashed phone with:
v10a
v10c
Nova 5
Nova 7
Nova 8
Problem still not solved. When the USB Cable is plugged in and i reboot my phone it instantly goes to the "S/W Upgrade" Mode WITHOUT holding the volume key. Looks like a flag. this is freaky... could someone explain me what AP/CP USB Switching really does?
Sry for bad english - im a german fool x:
thanks for any help!
Greetz
Asso
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Defective cable?

Hey,
thanks for reply.
Already did the following things:
- Tested Cable with other phone = no problem
- Changed cable = issue still alive
- Changed PC = issue still alive
Must be something wrong with my phone. I dont think that it is a physical defect because when i switch the ap thing everything works fine?
Greets

Damn... Wrong thread...
excuse

Hm,
i think there is no real solution.
Last question:
is it possible to port the lg hidden menu into nova? i really love nova rom and with the hidden menu i could use the AP USB workaround to mount the microsd for my pc.
maybe there is no need for the hidden menu if i could do the same via the terminal...
some ideas? alternatives?
ty for help
PS.: OMG... Hidden Menu is already implemented...

Do you solve this isuue...?

did anybody solve this?
I flashed a lot around today and found this issue with Zeus Rom 6.2*, Marvel 9, Supressed Rom and with rooted v20o (root achieved with smart flash tool).
When I do an emergency recovery and play around with this settings battery starts to load again and after some time micro sd USB drive is also offered. I think that the problem comes from the patched v20o...

Imo this is hardware problem. If you didnt mess around with the hodden menu prior to the problem you phone is failing. So take it to service center.
Btw i remember at least 2 people having their p970 in service center because of failed socket.

Faulty hardware was my first thought. Since I am still on warranty I did an emergency reco to get back to factory defaults to send the device back. After doing this and running on stock V20o without root everything is working as desired - battery recognizes the charger, and when connected via USB I am offered USB mass storage
As soon as I put another ROM in place battery loading and USB storage are a pitty and I have to tweak each time for this to function...
Today I also tested with Zeus V20n branch. Same thing here.

Same story with ac and usb?

[Q] I9000 Screen Shattered - Need Data Recovered

Hi everyone. I have searched the forums with no luck. I have a I9000 that has a shattered screen and as a result there is no image on the screen nor will touch work at all....I know, big surprise right? My goal is to get the data off of the phone. The phone is booting as I can hear the sounds and responds to Doanload/Recovery Mode commands etc. Before I would plug it into PC via USB and I would have to select one of three options on how the USB should behave. One of those options would enable Kies to access the phone. Because the screen is damaged, how can I force the phone to connect with Kies, or the computer for that matter?
All help is greatly appreciated.
Chris

hi, it will depend on what the usb is set to, if you switch the phone on and connect to the PC you should be able to use it as an external disk. If not start Kies then connect and it should connect, then you can recover your files

slow--welder59 said:
hi, it will depend on what the usb is set to, if you switch the phone on and connect to the PC you should be able to use it as an external disk. If not start Kies then connect and it should connect, then you can recover your files
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Hi thanks for the reply. Kies actually doesn't recognize the phone and suggests that I turn on Developer Mode (if I remember correctly).
I read of a way to recover the data by activating the Recovery Mode and plugging in to USB. The issue there is I would almost need screenshots of the menus to try and navigate through and mount the device since the screen is unusable.

thejacl said:
Hi thanks for the reply. Kies actually doesn't recognize the phone and suggests that I turn on Developer Mode (if I remember correctly).
I read of a way to recover the data by activating the Recovery Mode and plugging in to USB. The issue there is I would almost need screenshots of the menus to try and navigate through and mount the device since the screen is unusable.
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Strange experience, you can also try some of these options:
(i) Can use the TV out cable so that the screen is displayed on an external display [Use the 3.5mm TV out cable, even Nokia TV out cable works]
(ii) For using recovery, you should know the cwm/kernal that was installed, as the menu options vary? if not, what last ROM version you had installed, this may also help you get the exact recovery menu options.

gopalasubramanium said:
Strange experience, you can also try some of these options:
(i) Can use the TV out cable so that the screen is displayed on an external display [Use the 3.5mm TV out cable, even Nokia TV out cable works]
(ii) For using recovery, you should know the cwm/kernal that was installed, as the menu options vary? if not, what last ROM version you had installed, this may also help you get the exact recovery menu options.
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I will try that with a 3.5mm to RCA that I have from a digital camera and see if that works. I have never rooted the phone so it's stock and whatever the latest Android version for that phone is. I THINK its 2.3.1 but not sure.

Phone locked at logo boot, usb debugging disabled

Hi all,
I rooted my phone and unclocked bootloader.
My rom is a stock rom.
I managed to install CWM recovery using lg-optimus-4xhd-recovery-v1.0.apk but something happened.
I rebooted my phone in recovery mode and it is always locked to LG logo.
Pressing Volume up and power I can see normal android system recovery, wiping cache and factory reset don't work.
I haven't usb debugging enable so my computer can't see the phone connected with usb cable, and it's impossible for me flashing the phone with kdz rom methods.
What can I do?
Thx in advance for your answers

No one can help me?
Flashing with kdz results in "phone was not found", is there a way to resolve? I've tried with ubuntu, OS (adb) only see my phone if usb debugging is enabled and it isn't, and with a laptop running win8, installing LG drivers and so on, nothing works.

This is salvagable
If you can get the stock recovery mode, all is not lost, all of the important bits are still functioning.
Power down. Hold VolDn and insert the USB cable. If you get the Software Update screen with a green icon you CAN recover the phone. It may require a battle with Windows to get it to play nice, Windows and USB is always a hit or miss affair; but the phone is ok if that screen appears. Do not use the VolUP + Power LG Recovery mode, there isn't a known tool for that in the wild.
I don't normally run Windows and the couple of times I have booted it to do this it required some hassle and usually skipping the nice way since I had never installed the bundled LG Desktop stuff before things went wrong. So just do what I did, pick the Emergency mode that requires inputting the IMEI instead of letting it detect your phone and then let it fix things for you.

jmorris_42 said:
If you can get the stock recovery mode, all is not lost, all of the important bits are still functioning.
Power down. Hold VolDn and insert the USB cable. If you get the Software Update screen with a green icon you CAN recover the phone. It may require a battle with Windows to get it to play nice, Windows and USB is always a hit or miss affair; but the phone is ok if that screen appears. Do not use the VolUP + Power LG Recovery mode, there isn't a known tool for that in the wild.
I don't normally run Windows and the couple of times I have booted it to do this it required some hassle and usually skipping the nice way since I had never installed the bundled LG Desktop stuff before things went wrong. So just do what I did, pick the Emergency mode that requires inputting the IMEI instead of letting it detect your phone and then let it fix things for you.
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Many thanks for your answer, I resolved the problem late at night, yes, after a hard battle with windows.
I installed windows 7 32 bit, I tried a lot of Lg drivers, 3.8.1 maybe the best, after inserting the USB cable with SW Update screen some LG peripherals were recognized but the result in KDZ_FW_UPD was always "phone was not found", then I tried connecting USB cable with the Phone in Android recovery mode ( power & Vol up), and OS added a couple more peripherals, and attempting again with SW Upgrade mode worked.

My Z2 Pro dead .. help me ..!!

i did something Stupid and my Z2 Pro dead
there is no fast-boot and no recovery .. only black screen and when i press power button there is a short and long vibration just that and the LED there is flash yellow for 0.1 second

aljthab said:
i did something Stupid and my Z2 Pro dead
there is no fast-boot and no recovery .. only black screen and when i press power button there is a short and long vibration just that and the LED there is flash yellow for 0.1 second[/QUOTE try connecting it to the PC, if it doesn't show anything on PC then just hand it over to the lenovo service center and blame it on the device that it stopped booting :silly:. I thought i had bricked my device but they did something and gave it to me in 3 to 4 days and that was done under the warranty no extra charge and don't confess that I had rooted ur device , If u tell them that they will try to extort money from u :crying:
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aljthab said:
i did something Stupid and my Z2 Pro dead
e LED there is flash yellow for 0.1 second
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I have exactly the same, what to do? I installed the dev 44, the rate of established but after 15 minutes, logo is stalled, not waiting until the end of excess freewheeling dev 300, it is not fully established and bug crawled, I rebooted the machine and an endless vibration with green LED :crying:
1 Charging can be a little warm
2. can not be detected pc
3. can not access the fastboot mode
4. when charging, the notification light dies
5. deep flash cable has not helped
sorry my bad english

kerei said:
I have exactly the same, what to do? I installed the dev 44, the rate of established but after 15 minutes, logo is stalled, not waiting until the end of excess freewheeling dev 300, it is not fully established and bug crawled, I rebooted the machine and an endless vibration with green LED :crying:
1 Charging can be a little warm
2. can not be detected pc
3. can not access the fastboot mode
4. when charging, the notification light dies
5. deep flash cable has not helped
sorry my bad english
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Refer to this http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/how-to-unbrick-zuk-z2-from-diagnostic-port-900e.2856/ and this http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/howto-flash-a-stock-zui-rom-zuk-z2-z2131-only.104/

same issue with zuk z2
adriano1593 said:
Refer to this http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/how-to-unbrick-zuk-z2-from-diagnostic-port-900e.2856/ and this http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/howto-flash-a-stock-zui-rom-zuk-z2-z2131-only.104/
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Hello there... Any solution you found? I am stuck with my zuk z2 in same situation ?? any help ?

I have a similar problem.
What caused the black screen? -
History:
I booted to test mode at 2.5.033 ST, the phone got stucked at this menue there was no way to get out. TWRP Restore to Nandroid bougt only black screen after 2nd vibration and ZUK logo.
I fixed the Test mode bug, by flashing the ZUI 1.9.104 ST Stock ROM via QPST.
After the phone was "repaired" I unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, made a nandroid backup of fully stock ROM and restored a nandroid backup from before the test mode problem.
The nandroid restore was successful, I rebooted the phone and it was "dead". Black screen, only rebooting (perioldy vibrating) there was no end, until the battery was empty.
I got no luck to reach any mode with tricky button pressing (vol+ pwr; vol- pwr; vol+ vol- pwr; usb in vol-) nor Windows detecting the phone. That's why I decided to remove the back glass cover, to got access to the battery.
Now I'm able to get the phone detected by my PC.
What I did: disconnect the battery, connect the phone to my computer, pressed the vol- button and connect the battery.
This made my PC able to detect the phone, but no I have an other problem. Windows only detects the phone as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". I don't know any way to install the driver....
Maybe anyone is able to help me or has any tip?
Thanks!
Cheers,
m_atze

eryenakgun said:
What id shown in unknown device.
Like ven_9102&dev_1234
Maybe with editing quallcom drivers for your device id, you can still install it.
and if luck qpst can recognize it as qualcomm debug mod
Sent from my ZUK Z2121 using Tapatalk
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Hi,
Thanks for your quick response.
The Hardware ID: USB\DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR_FAILURE
"Error Message": This device has been stopped because it has reported errors. (Code 43)
An error occurred while requesting the USB device descriptor.

m_atze said:
I have a similar problem.
What caused the black screen? -
History:
I booted to test mode at 2.5.033 ST, the phone got stucked at this menue there was no way to get out. TWRP Restore to Nandroid bougt only black screen after 2nd vibration and ZUK logo.
I fixed the Test mode bug, by flashing the ZUI 1.9.104 ST Stock ROM via QPST.
After the phone was "repaired" I unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, made a nandroid backup of fully stock ROM and restored a nandroid backup from before the test mode problem.
The nandroid restore was successful, I rebooted the phone and it was "dead". Black screen, only rebooting (perioldy vibrating) there was no end, until the battery was empty.
I got no luck to reach any mode with tricky button pressing (vol+ pwr; vol- pwr; vol+ vol- pwr; usb in vol-) nor Windows detecting the phone. That's why I decided to remove the back glass cover, to got access to the battery.
Now I'm able to get the phone detected by my PC.
What I did: disconnect the battery, connect the phone to my computer, pressed the vol- button and connect the battery.
This made my PC able to detect the phone, but no I have an other problem. Windows only detects the phone as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". I don't know any way to install the driver....
Maybe anyone is able to help me or has any tip?
Thanks!
Cheers,
m_atze
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Alright bro, there is one method you can try.
http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/howto-flash-a-stock-zui-rom-zuk-z2-pro-z2121-only.57/
I assume your phone is a brick now. The only method you can use is the 9008 unbrick mode. (AKA QBST)
There are a few things you need to prepare before you save ur phone. U need to download the require application that the website provided above, after you set everything up,
make sure you download the latest 2.5 QBST rom,
http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2pro/t554654/
Because ur phone wont be able to enter 9008 through software, thus u need to do the following.
1. Load the content XML fille,
2.Turn off your phone. After it's fully shutdown
3. press and hold the volume up button for 3 seconds
4. press power button while hold the volume up (press it for 0.5second and keep holding it)
5. after 0.5 seconds, plug in the usb right away
6. the QFIL tool should appear the Qualcomm usb QD loader
7. the download button should turn blue
8. flash it and wait for reboot

OtakuLi said:
Alright bro, there is one method you can try.
http://zukfans.eu/community/threads/howto-flash-a-stock-zui-rom-zuk-z2-pro-z2121-only.57/
I assume your phone is a brick now. The only method you can use is the 9008 unbrick mode. (AKA QBST)
There are a few things you need to prepare before you save ur phone. U need to download the require application that the website provided above, after you set everything up,
make sure you download the latest 2.5 QBST rom,
http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2pro/t554654/
Because ur phone wont be able to enter 9008 through software, thus u need to do the following.
1. Load the content XML fille,
2.Turn off your phone. After it's fully shutdown
3. press and hold the volume up button for 3 seconds
4. press power button while hold the volume up (press it for 0.5second and keep holding it)
5. after 0.5 seconds, plug in the usb right away
6. the QFIL tool should appear the Qualcomm usb QD loader
7. the download button should turn blue
8. flash it and wait for reboot
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Thanks for your tip.
I followed your described procedure, but the phone will not be recocnized by the PC.
1st: I loaded QFIL XML file. (By the way this tut is made by me)
2nd: I disconnected the battery (The phone can't be turned off normally!)
3rd, 4th, 5th
6th: nothing happend!
7th: "-"
8th: "-"
The only way the phone will detected by the PC:
1st: disconnect battery
2nd: plug in USB (PC and Phone)
3rd: press VOL+ or VOL- or PWR button (doesn't matter which one)
4th: connect battery
5th: detected as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)"

m_atze said:
Thanks for your tip.
I followed your described procedure, but the phone will not be recocnized by the PC.
1st: I loaded QFIL XML file. (By the way this tut is made by me)
2nd: I disconnected the battery (The phone can't be turned off normally!)
3rd, 4th, 5th
6th: nothing happend!
7th: "-"
8th: "-"
The only way the phone will detected by the PC:
1st: disconnect battery
2nd: plug in USB (PC and Phone)
3rd: press VOL+ or VOL- or PWR button (doesn't matter which one)
4th: connect battery
5th: detected as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)"
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Make sure you have to plug in the usb right away as soon as you u press power, and keep holding them

OtakuLi said:
Make sure you have to plug in the usb right away as soon as you u press power, and keep holding them
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Yes, I did exactly you described. Sorry but this isn't working.
I don't know what I should do. Even a repair shop couldn't fix it.
Maybe I need to do this:
http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2/t121791/?highlight=900e
But I don't want to destroy my PC (3000 bugs)

m_atze said:
Yes, I did exactly you described. Sorry but this isn't working.
I don't know what I should do. Even a repair shop couldn't fix it.
Maybe I need to do this:
http://bbs.lenovomobile.cn/z2/t121791/?highlight=900e
But I won't destroy my PC (3000 bugs)
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oh well, good luck

OtakuLi said:
oh well, good luck
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I will report the result.

OK. I made the deepflash cable.
After using it there is no difference between pressing one of the button combinations I recently mentioned (VOL+ or VOL- or PWR).
The phone will be detected as Unknown device. After intalling my modified driver to match the unknown ID, QFIL don't detect the COM Port.

Hello had the same problem, only with the difference that my battery was not completely discharged.
What has helped:
1 Start QFIL Tool
2 Press the volume +
3 Connect the original cable to the PC
4 QFIL Tool recognized the phone and I could play an original Rome.
Mfg
Ps. Is now the battery cover (glass) broken?

No, I used a hairdryer, a razorblade, plastic tool and a suction cup to lift the backcover glass.
The glass is fully intact no damages.

You have good nerves. I would not have expected that.
But in the end, it does not matter if it does not start anymore.
Thank you again for your great instructions for playing and rooting the mobile phone.
I hope you get your phone back.
Mfg

Good and bad news
The guy unbricked the phone successfully, I received it today.
Now I have an other problem:
The phone is very very slow and laggy now.
The problem occurs everywere, Recovery, boot (the bootlogo laggs), booted System, also the test mode laggs now
Furthermore the sceen flickers sometimes and at the right side the sceen is mirrored sometimes.
Did anyone has an idea?
What I did today:
reflash through qfil
1.9.104_ST
2.3.044_ST
ZUI_2.5.335_ST

Hi m_atze, I am exactly in the same situation as You. After using deep flash cable method, I got "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". Could You tell me what was the solution to unbrick the phone?

[Q] Boot loop for no reason

I left my Lumia 928 charging on the wall for the night and first thing in the morning while taking it off I noticed it was stuck in a boot look at the "NOKIA" screen. Seems like bootloader got corrupted for no good reason.
I can make it start Flash mode though and also Mass Storage mode with WP Internals.
Is there some way I can restore boot other than flashing original firmware and losing all my data???
Any help attempt is appreciated

I have just got this problem on my lumia 730. I have used Windows Recovery Tools to repair my phone. connect your phone to your computer by a USB cable. open WRT, if it don't detect your phone, hit the button My phone was not detected, choose your your device family and press power button + volume down button until it detected. if this doesn't work, try it again or you can use Nokia Recovery Tools. Hope this work for you

giahuy2201 said:
I have just got this problem on my lumia 730. I have used Windows Recovery Tools to repair my phone. connect your phone to your computer by a USB cable. open WRT, if it don't detect your phone, hit the button My phone was not detected, choose your your device family and press power button + volume down button until it detected. if this doesn't work, try it again or you can use Nokia Recovery Tools. Hope this work for you
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Yes, I am probably going that way. Thing is I wanted to retrieve some data in the phone first. I managed to enter flash and mass-storage modes. But can only acces system files in mass-storage mode

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