My Vibrant fell this morning face down flat on the screen, I picked it up and was happy to see that the gorilla screen was perfect, not a scratch on it, but that turned to disappointment when I went to turn on the phone and saw a purple hue across my screen, but things were still visible but barely.
About 30 mins later, the screen is now not visible at all except for a small line near the bottom that is very bright (almost seems like the entire image of the screen is squished into this thin line).
Here is the problem. I need some of the stuff that is on my phone but have a pattern lock-screen on it and I cannot see the screen to put the pattern in, I have tried numerous times and get nothing. I was thinking if I can get it hooked up to a PC I can copy everything off. Is there some other way to maybe boot the phone in a mode to connect to a PC?
Other alternative is to buy just a screen and replace it with my broken one. Does anyone know where I can buy just a screen? I don't want to spend too much because I am a couple weeks away from getting the new Galaxy S II when it releases on T-Mobile Oct. 12th, I don't care to completely fix this Vibrant, I just want my data/apps off of it.
Thanks for any help.
mgiusto
I just need instructions on how to boot into ADB mode without being able to see the screen at all. Can someone please help?
Thanks!
Assuming your phone is rooted and have USB debugging enabled you can always try using "Droid Explorer" for windows. Within this program you can copy files without having to mount your sd card...you just need to have USB debugging enabled though otherwise it will not work. You can also access an emulator within this program called android screencast which will basically emulate your phone allowing you to navigate through your phone with ease. Your best option will be to download this Droid Explorer program for windows or you can also try adb but I don't know the commands so sorry.
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So let's start off saying I messed up bad. REALLY BAD. I'm not the one who is braindead, by the way. It's my vibrant.
http://i.imgur.com/R6UfS.jpg
I have an important recording in one of the folders in my internal data that I would be willing to go very far to restore. The recording would be impossible to reproduce, even under the same circumstances and people involved.
I've been able to boot up the phone (supposedly) because I hear the hardware battery charging sound. Only two of the indicator lights on the bottom light up. The touchscreen seems to be unresponsive, but I could be wrong because the sounds for the phone were disabled before the accident. "HEY MAN YOU SHOULD HAVE USED A CASE" - I did have a case on.
Anyway, when I connected it to the desktop (drivers already installed, done this dozens of times) it said unknown device. I tried other USB ports, still got nothing. I took it to the laptop, same issue. Tried to force install the drivers, that didn't work either. The battery is fully charged. I can restart the phone and the boot times combined with indicator lights at the bottom tell me the phone is "working"
I have Droid Explorer installed, the program I usually use to access the file system. It doesn't find any devices connected. Not sure about ADB. I read somewhere on the forums that you can get into recovery mode by pressing HOME+POWER+VOL UP. I'm not sure if the home button works but I tried this with no luck.
"HEY MAN WHY DON'T YOU BACKUP" - I do. On the first of every month. It hasn't been the first of November, therefore I don't have this backup.
Tell me my friends, is this phone to be euthanized? I would also preferably not want to buy a new screen. Any sort of help is appreciated.
Hey question, is the recording you want on the SD card or the internal memory of the phone, reason I ask is if its on the SD card, you can pull that out, mount it on your lappy or whatever and use the proper SW to explore the card, and retrieve your audio file you want, otherwise, if not then yes you still need a way to overcome the detection of phone to access the two drives for the internal memory of the phone, so you can retrieve your audio file. Yes drivers are the first thing that comes to my mind, however if the phone was being detected prior to damaging it then IDK why that would change unless there is a HW issue from the trauma of dropping it, was the phone detected prior to dropping it with 0 defects and since you damaged it that functionality is no longer working???? I mean your confident its fully booting up, and technically the phones functional except the screen is hosed, do I have this scenario right, and as such is the reason why you cant navigate to the folder you need in order to retrieve your file????
Look you also gotta find a way to see what your doing with the phone so you can get it into mass storage mode, then you'll be able to extract the audio and whatever files you want, BTW replacing the glass isn't that bad, unless your not confidant about doing fragile mechanical work on phones!! And replacing the capacitive glass face would restore the phone to an operable state where you could once again be interactive with it.
Of course if the recording was on the external SD card I wouldn't have a problem with it. It looks like the trauma messed up the hardware, but I can't be sure anymore. Of course If I fix the screen and connect to wifi I can recover it but a screen would cost me another $150 and I'm not sure if that's such a good idea. If only I knew someone else with the same phone, then I could borrow their screen temporarily!
I sort of know exactly everything that you're saying, it's just that there's no solution to the problem so I'll have to either get an expert to recover my files or buy a new screen. Looks like I will need quotes on this.
I have a phone with a cracked screen that still works. That screen with your mobo could be used to at least get a display and pull the files you need. PM me, and I'm sure we can work something out.
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I literally had this same problem. I'll tell you what I did. You need to set up adb on your computer. There are plenty of instructional videos on that. Once you have adb setup for sure, then connect your usb and power the phone on. You should hear your phone recognize your device. Open up cmd on your pc and type in adb devices. You should see your phone listed. Now download a program called "Android commander" it's for windows. Android commander uses adb features to see, copy, erase, and basically manipulate all the media on your device without being able to see your screen or enable mass storage. I used this trick to pull pictures of my daughter being born off my vibrant before sending it back to Tmobile for my replacement. I also was able to delete su and any traces of being rooted or having custom roms on my device thus avoiding my warranty being voided. Hope this helps. If you need further help, feel free to add me on google talk. I'm happy to help. I know how I felt when this happened to me. [email protected]
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Yesterday I dropped my Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 softly on the floor, but immediately I noticed that there was a problem with the screen: the glass was not broken, but colours were abnormally green, with a horizontal white line at the top of the screen, and a little circular dead zone in the upper left corner. I could still use it. But a few hours later, the light intensity of the screen had progressively and drastically decreased, and the phone could no longer be used. Today, the screen is totally black…
All data was saved on the external card, and I thought that Gmail synchronization would have saved my agenda. So initially, it did not seem like a too big problem, except for the cost of screen replacement, but when I realized that my calendar synchronization had not been not properly configured, the problem suddenly became more serious! My main problem is now data, not screen!
When the phone is on, and connected to my PC via an USB cable, I can only access two folders on the phone: “Card” and “Phone” (the external card is still in the phone). I have the original ROM, the phone is not rooted.
Do you think that my calendar data is there somewhere? I don’t know where to find it.
I’m afraid that all data will be lost if I send back my phone to the reseller's after sales service.
Alternatively, is there a mean, with an HDMI adapter and an external screen, to use the phone anyway: only the display does not work, the rest of the phone seems OK. The touch screen still worked fine yesterday, when I could still see something. Will I see anything on the TV when touching the phone screen? It would be wonderful if I could just reconfigure my synchronization, in spite of that black screen, and thus recover my agenda data via my Gmail account, before sending the phone to the after sales service.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Search exact same question been asked before and i believe a workaround was found .
jje
You can use ADB to make a backup of all your apps + data. However USB Debugging must be enabled for this to work. Is it enabled on your device?
If yes, there are a lot of guides on how to backup your phone`s content such as Apps + Data.
One such guide is this: http://www.thesuperusersguide.com/adb-backup--restore.html
No, I had not activated "ADB debugging" and without screen, it seems a little bit difficult to do it now, thus precluding "ADB" use. That's why I was wondering if there was a possibility to use the phone with an external screen via a MHL-HDMI adapter, assuming the touch screen still works… Any idea?
yes, just do that. you can also access adb from recovery without having to enable anything
I am now pretty sure that touch screen is OK. Even if I don't see anything, swiping the screen to unlock it produces the usual sound. So I won’t do anything until I get a MHL HDMI adapter. I think it is the simplest way, if that works… I keep you informed in a few days. Many thanks
My partner recently dropped her SGS3 from about 2 feet onto the floor. It was in a rubber case (ZeroLemon battery case) but the screen is now black. It's not cracked at all and the digitizer still works fine and the phone rings and if you touch the screen in the right place you can answer calls etc.
For a few days prior to this there were occasional lines on the screen and I suspected a loose connection at the time. After the drop and the screen going black I took it apart and sure enough the ribbon cable to the screen had popped off. I have put the cable back on but the screen is still black. When turning the phone off and on, the backlight does flicker on for a split second but there is no graphics on the screen visible. Even booting into download or recovery mode nothing is visible on the screen.
It was running CWM recovery (I can't remember which version) and CyanogenMod 10 (unsure of the exact version) and we desperately need to access some data from the phone, particularly the contacts and text messages. Is there a way we can recover this or gain remote control of the phone from a computer at all? I've seen several posts about using the SDK and ADB to do this but USB debugging is disabled so this wouldn't be an option. I've also read that it's possible to get an adb shell to enable debugging from CWM but can't seem to find any clear instructions on how to do this, I've booted into CWM and tried the adb tools but it does not list the phone.
Can anyone advise why the screen wouldn't work after plugging it in again? Or is there any other way to control the phone from a computer without usb debugging being enabled? My partner is desperately trying to access her google account and this phone is the only device that's logged in and is her only hope to recover the account.
So I've been searching Google all day and still can't find a way around all this...
Phone (Nexus 5) got the black screen of death, where a connector on the motherboard gives up due to heat/old age. It only then works by applying pressure to the connection. The digitizer would sometimes play up and I'd have to press on the spot to write emails and texts. My phone got the the point where it became unusable and the digitizer started spazzing out, in that, the flight mode button got pushed, now the screen doesn't work at all.
So heres my dilemma..
Since I flashed Android 7.1 the USB debugging mode has never stayed on through a reboot and is currently off. That ruins my Vysor option to control the phone via usb. Theres a post about a guy who turned on USB debugging via Cerberus which I have, but with flight mode on that rules that out. I've managed to find my way into recovery and ADB works but I have plenty of issues, maybe because I had to use SUhide atc after 7.1 decided to clamp down on rooted devices with banking apps, snapchat etc. My Slimport hdmi adapter isn't working well but I guess thats a cheap fix and will allow me to at least see the screen, (no digitizer though). Other option is to use usb otg to connect a mouse and try things blind.
So are there any other ideas out there? ADB still may work, I got Boot.img onto my computer, but had trouble unpacking it.
i'm not sure what forum to put this or if i'm even allowed to ask here but ummm okay here goes..
a week ago or so my g7 maxx fell and the screen broke and went crazy constantly jumping tap marker and nonresponsive with only about 15% of the screen visible but hard to make out and constantly waving..
i ordered a new phone the same type hoping i could just transfer the settings apps and service to the new phone. but to start the backup/transfer i have to go on the google app on the broken phone and i'm unable to do this. i've tried lots of things but have had no luck.
i know dev mode is on but i'm unsure if i had usb debugging on.
is there anything i can do?
https://ibb.co/hfcm5r8 picture of the screen . cant unlock it as the screen is unresponsive. btw phone isnt upside down in the pic or set-up weird yes the time is in a very wrong place for it to be
bump* . (am i allowed to do this?)
The door to Android is ADB. Why not simply run command
Code:
adb devices
to check whether ADB is working?
that kinda stuff is new to me.
would i just plug it in via the usb/type c and then type it in cmd?
it makes no reaction when plugged in unless i boot it to clockwork so i was assuming even though dev mode is on that the debugging wasnt