Hello,
My phones screen is broken so touch controls won't work.
I'm trying to get the data of the phone (had allot of sentimental pics in there).
Is there any way to connect it as a mass storage device\suite without actually touching the screen?
I would really appreciate a quick response
dj30 said:
Hello,
My phones screen is broken so touch controls won't work.
I'm trying to get the data of the phone (had allot of sentimental pics in there).
Is there any way to connect it as a mass storage device\suite without actually touching the screen?
I would really appreciate a quick response
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As long as you don't have a pin/pattern lock, it should connect automatically.
Otherwise, you'd best get familiar with ADB.
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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 .
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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
Hi XDA
I have a problem I hope you can help me with.
Yesterday, while I was using my phone, the screen looked like it "shorted". It went black and white, horizontal lines apeared, flashing all over the screen. I haven't been able to get the screen to show anything since. The touch function still seems to work though.
I have a lot of pictures of my daughter and such on this phones that I would very much like to retrieve from the phone, if possible, before I send it to be repaired. I fear that, if they have to change the motherboard, I will loose all of the data, since it's located on the phones internal memory.
Now I've not been very smart, I haven't backed up the photos on Dropbox or Google Drive etc. so all of the pictures are placed on the phone, and as an attempt to reset the phone, I've pulled out the battery, reseting and LOCKING the phone in the "enter pin code" screen (Samsungs buildt in security), meaning that I cant "open" the phone and retrieve the pictures from the PC - Kies does not work either, it tells me the phone is locked, meaning I have to open it with the pin, and since there is no screen, this is impossible.
Is there any program or "root" hack etc. that I can install on the pc and force the phones USB data sharing to open, so that I can mount it on the PC and get the pictures?
I've googled around, but nothing I can use, has showed up.
Thank you in advance!
try adb from recovery, but if the pin encrypts the phone, it won't work. nothing will, actually.
what you have to do is hook up a tv out and use yout tv as a screen
Glebun said:
try adb from recovery, but if the pin encrypts the phone, it won't work. nothing will, actually.
what you have to do is hook up a tv out and use yout tv as a screen
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Recovery wont work.. how do I hook it up to a tv? The phone only has usb...
Nvm
I'll go buy an mhl cable !
Well that didn't do the trick.
The phone wont send picture to the tv, so I guess I'm screwed
but once you've got your phone screen on tv, you could upload photos to drop box/google drive?
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but once you've got your phone screen on tv, you could upload photos to drop box/google drive?
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True, but the phone won't show on the tv :-/
Today the screen on my phone decide to finally give in (see link)
i62.tinypic.com/o5zt6b.jpg
I now have a slight issue.... I thought oh it will be easy to recover my photos and files from he phone and itll be a 5 minute job.. however this is not the case. I plugged my s4 in to my computer and it come up as a media device. I searched for videos and photos on the device but nothing came up.
After looking on the internet, i found an application that i can use my my phone via usb on the pc.... however it appears that usb debugging is NOT enabled, this is also tied with the issue that my phone had a pattern lock and a pin combination to access the system
Is there a way i can recover the files from my phone? It contains some sentimental photos of past family members and some really important documents for my assignments.
andy93k said:
Today the screen on my phone decide to finally give in (see link)
i62.tinypic.com/o5zt6b.jpg
I now have a slight issue.... I thought oh it will be easy to recover my photos and files from he phone and itll be a 5 minute job.. however this is not the case. I plugged my s4 in to my computer and it come up as a media device. I searched for videos and photos on the device but nothing came up.
After looking on the internet, i found an application that i can use my my phone via usb on the pc.... however it appears that usb debugging is NOT enabled, this is also tied with the issue that my phone had a pattern lock and a pin combination to access the system
Is there a way i can recover the files from my phone? It contains some sentimental photos of past family members and some really important documents for my assignments.
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The media is not going to be accessible while the pattern lock is enabled, which is why it connects but does not display any files. There is not a way around this. Your only solutions will be to get the screen fixed or to find a friendly shop that can connect a screen long enough to disable the pattern lock and enable USB Debugging, if needed. In the future, it might be a good idea to look into syncing your pictures and other important data to a cloud service like Google+, Dropbox, etc. on a regular basis to avoid being stuck with less than desirable solutions during worst case scenarios.
Hi,
My Kindle Fire HDX 7'' fell on the floor and now the screen is broken. I want to buy replacement LCD screen and digitizer, but first I want to be sure the device doesn't have any other damage. When I press the power button, it looks like it turns on. If I press the volume keys I can hear beeps, but the think I'm afraid most is it doesn't connect to my wifi hotspot.
Is there a way I can know the device is still working? I think it didn't had debug enabled, so no adb.
Thanks
Nobody can help me?
ttortuga123 said:
Nobody can help me?
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Did you try it connect to Pc or notebook? If you can access your internal storage, that should be a good sign, otherwise without adb access, there is a very little you can do (AFAIK).
Hi, thanks for answering.
I connected it to my PC and Windows detected a Fire device, but I can't access internal storage since I enabled the unlock password.
I just want to know the device is not dead, before spending $70 on parts (lcd+digitizer). My main concern is the fact it isn't connecting to my home wifi router as it did before the accident happened. Maybe If I enter fastboot I can see anything from the PC?
hey, a week ago my phone was crushed by one of my friends somehow and now, as you could guess, it doesnt.. display. No touch response either as far as i can tell. only response is vibration (turning on and off, recovery mode etc)
see.. i've really messed up here. this is a samsung device which means i have two tools useful in aiding my problem. kies and FindMyMobile (to unlock the screen) and as i just noted my phone is locked so kies will not work. why cant i just import files? Usb Debugging is disabled. FindMyMobile? not enabled on device. AllShare? Remote Control? both disabled. everything seems to be blocking me.
so the question is, is there any way possibly using adb or another method to either enable usb debugging or pull my files from my internal SD? if so, sorry to be a pain but this hasn't happened before. well, my data hasn't been as important before. Anyway, could you explain in deep detail for me? i'd appreciate it.
if not, is there any program or method to unlock my phone through my computer?
please, no one suggest USB OTG as even if my device does support it, it either wont work or i wont be able to get one in time. my phone goes off for repair or replacement on the 28th. (factory reset)
i've been looking for the past 5 or so days for a software that can do this. Wondershare was one of them, installed the recovery package on my phone but did nothing at all.
I apologise for the long and vague question im not sure what im asking. i just want all my photos and videos off my phone. nothing else. my computer recognises my phone but doesnt allow data transfer. i guess my priority right now is finding out a way to unlock my phone. Thank you in advance