Friend of mine dropped her AT&T S3 phone and cracked her screen. I have not seen the phone yet, best I can tell she took it to best buy and they said the screen is cracked and the digitizer is broke. She of course has a pin code and is unable to unlock it, I thought when a phone was locked you also couldn't access it from a PC. Her phone is not rooted, is there any way to recover her contacts, text messages, and possibly any pictures?
THanks!
Plug a USB mouse into it
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dms76 said:
Friend of mine dropped her AT&T S3 phone and cracked her screen. I have not seen the phone yet, best I can tell she took it to best buy and they said the screen is cracked and the digitizer is broke. She of course has a pin code and is unable to unlock it, I thought when a phone was locked you also couldn't access it from a PC. Her phone is not rooted, is there any way to recover her contacts, text messages, and possibly any pictures?
THanks!
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One question: has your friend got a samsung account and obviously google account? Are they synchronized?
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One question: has your friend got a samsung account and obviously google account? Are they synchronized?
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she's got a Google account, but since not everything is on her replacement phone I'm betting it's not sync. I was thinking maybe Android lost, installing from Google play Web and seeing what I could do.
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MHL adapter and usb mouse should do the trick.
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MHL adapter and usb mouse should do the trick.
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Good thoughts! I hadn't thought of that
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Turns out no display at all, does the s3 support MHL to hdmi? I'll just buy one if it's the same as the n2
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Good thoughts! I hadn't thought of that
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Lol I literally mentioned that up there
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I'm trying to find a locking app similar to the lock on my iPad, when the phone is rebooted or sleep for more the 2 hours the iPad requires a code to unlock. But during normal use it's just normal unlocking. Anybody know of a Android app that would be similar?
Thought my note slipped out my pocket the.other afternoon while working on my truck and didn't realize I didn't have it till later that night, the last time I used it was outside my apartments with my truck and I automatically thought it fell and somebody found it and took it. Tried to call it but it just kept going straight to voicemail so that definitely made me think it was stolen since my.phone wasn't off before. But I.found it later under the seat in my truck haha. I want a.locking app so if it does get taken and the person turns it off and tried to turn it back on then it will ask for a code and lock them out
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I don't know if it supports 2 hours as an interval, but the stock rom does this. Home, menu, settings, security, I think. Somewhere in there is the option to set the time after which your PIN will be requested.
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I wish we have something like HTC sense provides. Locate phone and if stolen you can delete contents of the phone from the HTC sense website.
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hausman said:
I don't know if it supports 2 hours as an interval, but the stock rom does this. Home, menu, settings, security, I think. Somewhere in there is the option to set the time after which your PIN will be requested.
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The max only 30 mins.
Pretty sure kies offers that...there are also apps that do that
NR017 said:
I wish we have something like HTC sense provides. Locate phone and if stolen you can delete contents of the phone from the HTC sense website.
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sweetboy02125 said:
The max only 30 mins.
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Why is it so hard to have longer options?
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Why is it so hard to have longer options?
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Ask Samsung ..
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A while back I lost my streak and I'd call it and it ring and go to voice mail except once someone rejected the same call and I knew someone had it. Lookout has an app that's called plan b that you can install remotely and will activate your gps so you can find it. Long story short I retrieved my streak and the guy who took it and wouldn't return it ended up with a broken car window. I also believe there's an app out there that'll completely lock your phone down too. Check lookout's suite of software, they may have something for you
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I wish we have something like HTC sense provides. Locate phone and if stolen you can delete contents of the phone from the HTC sense website.
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Try out Cerberus it can remotely take pictures using the front or back camera and it emails the picture to you, bad guys face is there and also can use the back camera to figure out where they are. GPS locator remotely wipe SD and phone memory and also can set up other people's numbers (that you trust obviously) that you can send a wipe message to your phone from as well through text.
And its only $4 for a lifetime license.
I bought this cable because my one got damaged with water. Here it is http://item.mobileweb.ebay.ca/viewitem?index=0&sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=300899900491
My board said rev2.2 when I opened mine. Will this one work?
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I can't make out the text on their image. I have replaced mine a few times and had trouble with a Rev 2.3 board - if I recall, there were problems with the speaker and signal reception was very bad. My original was a Rev 2.2 and when I got one of those everything worked perfectly.
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I can't make out the text on their image. I have replaced mine a few times and had trouble with a Rev 2.3 board - if I recall, there were problems with the speaker and signal reception was very bad. My original was a Rev 2.2 and when I got one of those everything worked perfectly.
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Go away. You have an S4 and you make me jelly
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Ah but I still love my S2
Had serious thoughts about sticking with it, but the siren call of the S4 was too strong!
Do contact the vendor. This is a key question in whether the part is actually compatible with the phone - the model number is insufficient - so if they know their stuff they should help.
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Ah but I still love my S2
Had serious thoughts about sticking with it, but the siren call of the S4 was too strong!
Do contact the vendor. This is a key question in whether the part is actually compatible with the phone - the model number is insufficient - so if they know their stuff they should help.
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What do you use the S2 for? Like a media server or something?
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Newbie here. Recently got the HTC One and started using it.
Everytime i take a picture with the flash or put the phone on loudspeaker, the phone will shut off itself and i have to manually power it back up. It also was doing this even when not in use.
I was wondering what can be causing this,
That's some sort of defect and you should get a warranty replacement
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Thanks man.
Just actually called in to HTC and they told me re install the rom and if that doesnt work they will do the ticket for warranty.
Why not use at&t?
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Yeah use att they'll send you a refurb one at no charge and it's fast and easy.
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Yeah use att they'll send you a refurb one at no charge and it's fast and easy.
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even if i was not the original owner of the phone?
I heard good and bad stories from that particular situation, some say it's possible but it's hell. Give it a try and do not be specific, but it's based on when the phone was bought from them so it's pretty unlikely.
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even if i was not the original owner of the phone?
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I believe the warranty is on the phone and not the ownership. If your account is in good standing, they should warrant the phone. And yes it will be a refurbished one.
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Just wanted to vent. Put it down in the WaWa, sometime picked it up, with her purse, and took off!
Android Device Manager, not so useful. Tracked the phone until it was turned off, I sent lock and wrote commands which was accepted but have no clue if it really went through. Verizon says it's dead, even on skell services like frawg.
Asurion replacement coming, rep assured it'll be new and not a refurbished unit. Insurance it's a good thing. Venting over.
Thank God for insurance. Opportunists everywhere. That's why mine is always on hand, in my pocket or on the table in front of me. Sorry for your wife's loss. Hope it's backed up!
Next time you should install the remote tazer app for just these situations.
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Thank God for insurance. Opportunists everywhere. That's why mine is always on hand, in my pocket or on the table in front of me. Sorry for your wife's loss. Hope it's backed up!
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I just got her to keep Google photo backup on. She had been turning it off.
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Next time you should install the remote tazer app for just these situations.
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Or a way to sort the lithium battery. Explosive "fun".
That sucks someone tried to steal my gf's phone on the bus one day but thankfully there was a cop at the stop that was able to get him. and yes insurance is a life saver!
Someone tried stealing my phone. Unlucky for him I work with a lot of cops and used a plan b app. Locked the phone (to where it can't even be turned off without pin, none removable battery), tracked it as I could then activated a siren function.
Guy was pulled out of a cafe with a siren alarming phone by cops while I unlocked the phone, proving it was mine.
Good thing for insurance though. Never trust provider to track it.
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... Locked the phone (to where it can't even be turned off without pin, none removable battery),...
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What app did you use?
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What app did you use?
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I had several installed, but if I'm not mistaken it was the one called Plan B. I believe lookout can do this too though.
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I use cerebus... Good app
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I hadn't been using Lookout on the G2..... but I turned it just now.
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My charging port on my MDK s4 went out. I went to best buy and they ordered a replacement. I assume that it won't me mdk . How screwed am I?
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My charging port on my MDK s4 went out. I went to best buy and they ordered a replacement. I assume that it won't me mdk . How screwed am I?
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Not very, why not just get a wireless charging dock and a wireless charging back cover for your s4 and cancel the replacement?
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Not very, why not just get a wireless charging dock and a wireless charging back cover for your s4 and cancel the replacement?
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That would work, but then I'd still not be able to connect it to the computer...
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True ? well have you thought about getting just the port replaced at an electronics repair shop?
You can buy the part and do it yourself for $20 on Amazon... I did it. Really easy! Heck, Ill take your mdk phone if you don't want... ??
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Honestly though, I'd cancel your best buy order and just buy the part and replace.. There are YouTube videos on how its done
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I agree have someone fix it or look on YouTube for a step by step guide. MDK is too valuable to loose! That's why I'm so careful with mine, I've gotten so used to aosp I couldn't go back to touchjizz.
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knock.back said:
My charging port on my MDK s4 went out. I went to best buy and they ordered a replacement. I assume that it won't me mdk . How screwed am I?
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amazon charging port is a few dollars and like 5 to 10 mins to put it in easy as pie one ribbon cable and one clip on I think
Is there any soldiering involved?
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knock.back said:
Is there any soldiering involved?
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No soldering... Just pull up the glue and remove two plugs. (They just snap on and snap off)
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as myself previously having a MDK S4 rooted in all AOSP glory and having to get a replacement and stuck with safe strap now. you really really want to keep your phone and fix it yourself. This phone is a POS when not AOSP.
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That would work, but then I'd still not be able to connect it to the computer...
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Well not true. There are wireless connection methods used everywhere with this phone: I happen to use Hyperdrive Rom's FTP transfer to connect my MDK S4 to my home's wireless network, to transfer files between phone and computer. You can do everything you need to wirelessly: charging, and file transfers!!
You don't need to fix anything, just buy the wireless charging thing, and do wireless file transfers!
Plus we've got removable batteries. I've got two spares and an external charger/dock. I just rotate the batteries while charging isn't available.
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Well not true. There are wireless connection methods used everywhere with this phone: I happen to use Hyperdrive Rom's FTP transfer to connect my MDK S4 to my home's wireless network, to transfer files between phone and computer. You can do everything you need to wirelessly: charging, and file transfers!!
You don't need to fix anything, just buy the wireless charging thing, and do wireless file transfers!
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What about Download Mode and Odin?
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What about Download Mode and Odin?
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Oh, good point. Well, I guess if you need to use one of those things, you'll have to replace the USB port, or lose your MDK. Sucks, but I'd go for replacing the USB port any day. It's a good opportunity for learning more about how phones are put together, too.
UPDATE: Ordered the part from Amazon, got it in about 2 days. Took about 10 minutes to swap, and that was only because I was having a hard time putting the super small screws back in. Everything went well and I have a working usb port and kept MDK!
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UPDATE: Ordered the part from Amazon, got it in about 2 days. Took about 10 minutes to swap, and that was only because I was having a hard time putting the super small screws back in. Everything went well and I have a working usb port and kept MDK!
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Nice! Glad you could keep your MDK!
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knock.back said:
UPDATE: Ordered the part from Amazon, got it in about 2 days. Took about 10 minutes to swap, and that was only because I was having a hard time putting the super small screws back in. Everything went well and I have a working usb port and kept MDK!
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can i ask which one you ordered? mine just went out.
dopedig said:
can i ask which one you ordered? mine just went out.
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I second that question, because I would like to order one too, as mine seems like it's about to go out, so please let us know which one you ordered (or which seller you ordered from). thanks!
dopedig said:
can i ask which one you ordered? mine just went out.
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I second that question, because I would like to order one too, as mine seems like it's about to go out, so please let us know which one you ordered (or which seller you ordered from). thanks!
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http://www.amazon.com/ePartSolution...eplacement/dp/B00EZ6LQ76/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5e3r_2N15c
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+USB+Board+Replacement/16542
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Samsung_Galaxy_S4
Also beware of this before you buy:
I purchased this product because my Galaxy S4 USB port stopped working. I installed the replacement part and so far so good - my phone charges again! I initially had a microphone problem (which others have mentioned here), but I was able to resolve it by removing an orange / amber colored piece of protective tape that was covering the microphone port / hole.
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That's the one I was looking at. But it said 17-31 days shipping when I ordered. So I cancelled. Appreciate the response.