I have this captivate whose screen went completely kaput on me, and I don't have a clue how to access the internal storage blind. I have sensitive information that I had on it before the screen broke. Should I adb? Or try and mount it?
You could do either, hell one better, look on Google for a program that allows you to have an interface like apk explorer or I think thats what its called.. anyways I have a glide now so this phone is my girls and I just mod it when she gets bored and wants to try something new...
johnd.the.cuban said:
I have this captivate whose screen went completely kaput on me, and I don't have a clue how to access the internal storage blind. I have sensitive information that I had on it before the screen broke. Should I adb? Or try and mount it?
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ADB is probably your best bet here.
BWolf56 said:
ADB is probably your best bet here.
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But right now, without the screen working at all, I don't have a way of turning on the usb debugging. I tried doing it blind, but I'm not even sure that the touch digitizer is even working either.
Is there a work around? Maybe like something I could do in download mode.
johnd.the.cuban said:
But right now, without the screen working at all, I don't have a way of turning on the usb debugging. I tried doing it blind, but I'm not even sure that the touch digitizer is even working either.
Is there a work around? Maybe like something I could do in download mode.
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You can use adb commands through your pc, you won't need your phone's screen to force mount.
Another option would be to replace your screen.
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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:
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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
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Does he have USB debugging enabled?
grzechu51 said:
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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
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If the phone turns on and boots just plug it in the PC and you might be able to port them to the PC.
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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
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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.
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.
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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?
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!!!!
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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
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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.
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Yeah... It's not my phone. All my stuff is backed up automatically. My girlfriend has learned a valuable lesson though!
After I took this Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos(SCH-i589) and refreshed the GT-S5830 ROM with Odin, it became a hard brick (I did this because I installed AIDA64 Android Edition and it said gt-s5830 under "Hardware", which turned out to be purely misleading, I thought it would refresh successfully) now the phone has no reaction, no Recovery, no download mode, nothing, complete hard brick, no reaction, what should I do? : (
DavidLiang1129 said:
After I took this Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos(SCH-i589) and refreshed the GT-S5830 ROM with Odin, it became a hard brick (I did this because I installed AIDA64 Android Edition and it said gt-s5830 under "Hardware", which turned out to be purely misleading, I thought it would refresh successfully) now the phone has no reaction, no Recovery, no download mode, nothing, complete hard brick, no reaction, what should I do? : (
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If the device is completely unresponsive, there is nothing you can do as an end user to fix it.
You're going to have to have it repaired or replaced.
V0latyle said:
If the device is completely unresponsive, there is nothing you can do as an end user to fix it.
You're going to have to have it repaired or replaced.
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Thank you for your reply! It's not completely unresponsive, after I press the download mode shortcut for a few seconds, the screen flickers a little and then goes out, nothing happens, as if it wanted to enter download mode but failed
V0latyle said:
If the device is completely unresponsive, there is nothing you can do as an end user to fix it.
You're going to have to have it repaired or replaced.
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In addition I had to remove the battery and then connect the computer without the battery before this could be triggered
In addition, I tried this method, but I don't know how long to press these buttons, I keep pressing them, but the screen just keeps flashing and nothing happens
V0latyle said:
If the device is completely unresponsive, there is nothing you can do as an end user to fix it.
You're going to have to have it repaired or replaced.
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my friend who has a Samsung Galaxy Ace 3(GT-S7278U) also went through a hard brick like this, he told me to charge the phone, after about 24 hours, the phone will automatically go into download mode, I haven't tried it yet, I've never heard of this method (picture is my friend's phone)
V0latyle said:
If the device is completely unresponsive, there is nothing you can do as an end user to fix it.
You're going to have to have it repaired or replaced.
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I bought a USB JIG from an online shopping platform because I checked the forums and the vast majority of people said that USB JIG would help, but the merchant said "this product will not help hard bricks" which confused me a little, I wanted to know the exact answer? If you or someone else can answer it, I would appreciate it! (Also, luckily, I didn't refresh the partition table. A friend of mine said that if I did, the phone would be dead.)
DavidLiang1129 said:
I bought a USB JIG from an online shopping platform because I checked the forums and the vast majority of people said that USB JIG would help, but the merchant said "this product will not help hard bricks" which confused me a little, I wanted to know the exact answer? If you or someone else can answer it, I would appreciate it! (Also, luckily, I didn't refresh the partition table. A friend of mine said that if I did, the phone would be dead.)
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The only jig I could think of would be JTAG, and while I imagine the board does have a JTAG header, Qualcomm (and Samsung) provides a means to perform low level flashes using specialized tools such as QPST. However the tools and the files necessary are not publicly available and there is zero end user support. Most repair centers won't reflash your phone; they'll just replace the main board and program it with your IMEI.
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The only jig I could think of would be JTAG, and while I imagine the board does have a JTAG header, Qualcomm (and Samsung) provides a means to perform low level flashes using specialized tools such as QPST. However the tools and the files necessary are not publicly available and there is zero end user support. Most repair centers won't reflash your phone; they'll just replace the main board and program it with your IMEI.
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Thank you for your reply. As far as I know, USB JIG comes in two varieties, one is forced to boot the device into download mode via a MicroUSB plug with 4 resistors, and the other is what you call JTAG, and I bought the former
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The only jig I could think of would be JTAG, and while I imagine the board does have a JTAG header, Qualcomm (and Samsung) provides a means to perform low level flashes using specialized tools such as QPST. However the tools and the files necessary are not publicly available and there is zero end user support. Most repair centers won't reflash your phone; they'll just replace the main board and program it with your IMEI.
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USB JIG arrived today, but it didn't work... I removed the battery two seconds later, put it back on the phone, and plugged in the USB JIG, but nothing happened, I even waited five minutes, was I using it wrong? I even paid about 10 CNY(about $1.50) for it, including a 2 CNY USB JIG and 8 CNY shipping... If it's just a dust plug, it's not a good deal...) I need help. Thank you so much!
Good news, guys! Instead of using the USB JIG, I switched to a USB cable that was just on the charger of one of my old phones. I connected my battery-free Galaxy to my computer, pressed volume up + Volume Down + Power, and something magical happened: my computer made the sound of new hardware discovery! The screen lights up and displays the Samsung Logo, but it goes black after a few seconds. (I think the USB cable doesn't connect reliably, but only it works.)
DavidLiang1129 said:
Good news, guys! Instead of using the USB JIG, I switched to a USB cable that was just on the charger of one of my old phones. I connected my battery-free Galaxy to my computer, pressed volume up + Volume Down + Power, and something magical happened: my computer made the sound of new hardware discovery! The screen lights up and displays the Samsung Logo, but it goes black after a few seconds. (I think the USB cable doesn't connect reliably, but only it works.)
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Check Device Manager and see if it displays an unknown device
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Check Device Manager and see if it displays an unknown device
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Thanks for your reply, on my first attempt, I didn't look for an unknown device, Windows just said "failed to install device driver" and I never succeeded again... The screen was just black, but when I plugged the phone into the computer using the USB cable, Windows said there was an unrecognized USB device. I tried several USB cables, but only that made the computer respond
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The only jig I could think of would be JTAG, and while I imagine the board does have a JTAG header, Qualcomm (and Samsung) provides a means to perform low level flashes using specialized tools such as QPST. However the tools and the files necessary are not publicly available and there is zero end user support. Most repair centers won't reflash your phone; they'll just replace the main board and program it with your IMEI.
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By the way, this phone uses Qualcomm SOC. Can I remove it and short some contacts to enter 9008 mode?
DavidLiang1129 said:
By the way, this phone uses Qualcomm SOC. Can I remove it and short some contacts to enter 9008 mode?
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Not that I know of
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Not that I know of
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Ok, so it doesn't seem like there's any other software-based way to recover it, thanks for all your help, but I'm still looking forward to what software-based way to recover it
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Ok, so it doesn't seem like there's any other software-based way to recover it, thanks for all your help, but I'm still looking forward to what software-based way to recover it
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You can try these if you haven't already. Sometimes 3's a charm... This article indicates there are hard points present, I can't verify that as you're deeper than I ever care to go. If that option is viable you better make sure you get it right as it bypasses all built in safeguards and as I understand it could completely brick the phone for good. Might want pay a expert with lots of experience try to recover it... or learn as you go.
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You can try these if you haven't already. Sometimes 3's a charm... This article indicates there are hard points present, I can't verify that as you're deeper than I ever care to go. If that option is viable you better make sure you get it right as it bypasses all built in safeguards and as I understand it could completely brick the phone for good. Might want pay a expert with lots of experience try to recover it... or learn as you go.
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Thank you!! When I followed Method 3, the phone screen flashed and Windows told me it had found an unrecognized USB device! I feel like I'm getting there!!
blackhawk said:
You can try these if you haven't already. Sometimes 3's a charm... This article indicates there are hard points present, I can't verify that as you're deeper than I ever care to go. If that option is viable you better make sure you get it right as it bypasses all built in safeguards and as I understand it could completely brick the phone for good. Might want pay a expert with lots of experience try to recover it... or learn as you go.
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What do I do next? Do I need any hardware drivers?
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What do I do next? Do I need any hardware drivers?
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I haven't a clue but for Windows you need the right USB drivers. You can try the find the right driver option as well as checking Event Viewer for error messages, etc. Or more Google searches...
I purposely avoided playing with the firmware on Androids including upgrades/updates. That works well for me.