Hi,
So on mothers day I smashed my phone.. anyways, upon turning the phone on I cant see the screen, and the touch functions are broken.
I connected the phone to the pc, but it wont show up, I think I have to unlock the phone in order for my pc to access the contents of my phone. Is there anything I can do? I don't have a pin or screen lock, just the slider. My phone IS rooted, and I'm sure I can run adb, but I don't know what commands to do. If anyone can help that would be awesome, I'm open to ideas.
CWM Mounting?
One thing you can attempt is, boot into recovery and mount your device as USB drive.
If you run CWM, you will find this in Mounts and Storage. If you mount as USB drive, you can access the SD card...
FeRoCiiOuS said:
Hi,
So on mothers day I smashed my phone.. anyways, upon turning the phone on I cant see the screen, and the touch functions are broken.
I connected the phone to the pc, but it wont show up, I think I have to unlock the phone in order for my pc to access the contents of my phone. Is there anything I can do? I don't have a pin or screen lock, just the slider. My phone IS rooted, and I'm sure I can run adb, but I don't know what commands to do. If anyone can help that would be awesome, I'm open to ideas.
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Alright so last night my phone's screen broke, from the inside of it, so my touch screen won't work at all, and I can just barely see the screen, it's been acting weird since it happened, like 5 hours after it had happened i could actually see 70% of the screen, but it had a blue tint to it. Now I can't see much at all.. Attached are two recent pictures of the screen.
But all I am trying to do is recover data that was on my internal memory, is there anyway I could do this? My phone has an unlock pattern unfortunately and I can't even use the touch screen to unlock it and enable usb connection :/
If it helps, my phone is rooted, and I haven't installed anything like CWM on it.
Thanks in advance,
Gamuh and his SGS2
If you have rooted your phone then you should have CWM recovery, so turn phone off, press volup+home+power, goto Mounts&Storage, Mount USB Storage, and connect phone to PC.
You should see your internal storage.
Copy over whatever files you need to your pc.
I do not have CWM recovery, my phone is having a hard time turning on now/my screen is reeeeeeeallly bad now. Can I use adb to pull anything? I managed to get adb working and recognize my sgs2, but I don't know what command to use to get everything off of my phone.. :/
Thanks for the reply!
Don't use ADB much myself, sorry, but this is a really good tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872128
Since you have adb working just do a pull to get the full sdcard contents. Here is the command to run on the computer.
adb pull /sdcard/ .
Another idea to get a good backup is to install CWM (I assume since you have root but not CWM that you used zergrush to root the phone) To install it just go to download mode and flash cf-root but that will void the warranty.
Then with it installed make a backup then pull it off the phone. which would come with the already mentioned adb command.
thank you for the replies! they would be great help..
but my phone won't even connect properly now! :'( I literally had over 16000 texts on my phone, pictures and some school work.. ughh is there any way I could get any of this? taking the phone apart?
Lg E970 screen is cracked turns on but cannot use it. USB debugging is off and when i plug it to a computer i cannot connect because i cant touch the screen to accept it. Also bluetooth is off and i cant touch the screen to turn it on. Any ideas would greatly help i have pictures of my baby that i need to get off there. im fairly knowlegeable with directions.
anyone?
dbvolcom said:
anyone?
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Am I correct in assuming that the pictures were stored on the internal storage of the phone and not the sdcard? If so the only way I know of to retrieve the files would be by rebooting the phone to the bootloader. This is done by holding the power button and the volume up button at the same time. Once that happens you can connect the USB cable from the phone to your computer and assess the files via ADB. Did you enable USB debugging under developer options before the screen broke? If you did then you should be able to retrieve the files, if you did not do that, then I do not know of any other way to get them other that getting the screen fixed first.
this was my fiance's phone so i did not enable usb debugging : ( anyone know another way. yes its on internal storage
Okay, I really have some files i need to take from my samsung galaxy i9000. its not on the memory card, but on the phone itself.
the screen is broken, so its all muddy and you cant really see anything but when i connect phone usb cable with pc i manage to click the button that said "connect to pc" or something like that. i couldn't really see what it says, but i know i need to do this and after that i can access all my files.
but when i tried today, first i couldnt unlock my phone because i forgot my pattern. and now im stuck to a point where i cant even guess my patern anymore because it only promts that screen to enter gmail user and pw. so what can i do now? all i want to do is access some files on my pc. it does show on pc like "removable disk (F)" but when i try to enter it, it says please insert a disk into removable disk f. now thats what usually happens and after i click connect to pc on my phone, it works. but now i cant do that because my phone is locked and i cant really type my user and password because i cant see much on the screen.
is there any way out? i tried droid screen with adb, but it doesnt recognize it. i also installed samsung kies and it wont recognize it either, i guess usb deburging mode is probably not on.
please help me. thanks
Hi all,
I wonder if somebody could help me.
At the moment I have a Z5 compact with a broken screen (totally black) and touch. I know it still can boot, because it responds to my fingerprint when booted up. However, it does respond to my finger, but still needs a patern on first boot, which I cannot do on account of the broken touch screen. Also, my computer detects the phone.
I want to access my data, but for that I would have to use the onscreen menu which pops up when I connect the phone with usb. That's impossible.
I looked around on the internet and it is possible to remotely control the screen or access via adb. However, for that I either need to install some app on the phone, enable usb-debugging or authorise access via adb. All of those are impossible.
My phone has un unlocked bootloader and is rooted, so as a last resort I've tried to flash a modified kernel to enable usb debugging by default. This fails. Probably because I make some mistake in modifying the kernel, but I don't know. There's not a lot of response from my phone, as you understand ... Besides, I've absolutely no experience modding myself.
Anybody any idea, please?
So I just fixed the same issue you're having this week. It required opening up the phone.
Basically the ribbon cable that connects the screen to the motherboard had become unseated and needed to be plugged back in for me.
The Z5C isn't the easiest phone to take apart but it's not that difficult either. Just requires some basic tools (Hair dryer, tweezers and some precision screw drivers). There's a bunch of videos showing you how on ifixit or youtube. You just have to go all the way to the part where they flip over the motherboard and unplug the two ribbon cables, one of those two will be the culprit.
This is the first and only phone I've taken apart so any amateur can do this.
Boot to recovery and connect your phone to PC
Nutchos said:
So I just fixed the same issue you're having this week. It required opening up the phone.
Basically the ribbon cable that connects the screen to the motherboard had become unseated and needed to be plugged back in for me.
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Yes, actually I've had problems with a broken backlight before and opening the phone and re-adjusting the cable solved that. Not in this case however. Thanks for your suggestion, anyways.
mlleemiles said:
Boot to recovery and connect your phone to PC
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Would recovery provide me with some way to enter my pattern via a PC, e.g. with ADB?
Actually, I'm not sure I had any recovery installed at all. I've tried this before and just tried it again. I press the on/off-button while holding volume down. After that no response whatsoever. My computer does not see any device when connected. I suppose my recovery does not work properly, but without screen I can't be certain.
mlleemiles, you are a _hero_!
After reading your post I decided to try flashing another recovery to try if that might work. Now I can access my files without ever having entered any pattern .
Nevermind that it turns out my files weren't encrypted and I thought they were.
If anyone has a similar problem in the future, this is what worked for me:
My exact situation:
- My phone runs a stock rom (downloaded from XperiCheck) with version 32.4.A.1.54. When my phone was still running ok I had the bootloader unlocked and my device rooted with Rootkernel.
Working solution:
- I downloaded Twrp, version 3.2.1, from this page:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/development/twrp-twrp-3-2-1-z5-compact-t3748952
- Shut down my phone by disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it again
- Started my phone in fastboot mode and flashed recovery to my phone with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery_suzuran_220218_2.img
- Booted my phone in recovery with volume down + on/off-button.
- Connected my phone to my PC, et voila.
Turns out I can also access my phone with ADB as root, so after backing up the entire internal memory, I might try to get some remote screen tool working.
So thanks for the help and if I find something interesting and new, I'll post that too.
Small update:
After successfully flashing Twrp I backed up the internal memory, so must of the important stuff was safe by then.
However, it turned out that my phone now wouldn't boot into anything other then Twrp. I decided to flash my rom again. First I installed my apb keys using Twrp:
Code:
adb push adbkey.pub /data/misc/adb/adb_keys
It turned out I already had usb debugging enabled.
I then flashed my original firmware again, and connected with adb. This time it connected correctly, without me having to click any dialogue on my phone. I fiddled with several remote control Android tools most of which didn't work. Finally, it turned out Vysor does exactly what I want to do. It is a bit unstable, but workable.
Anyways, I've finally managed to copy all the stuff I wanted from my phone.
Hello guys.
I have a unique problem here. I have a Redmi Note 10 with a broken black screen. I want to access the phone to be able to backup all my files and if possible to use it with my PC with Vysor or Cast. Because I am still not able to repair the screen right now. And I would also like to have backed up my files before it is repaired.
So I've tried many youtube tutorials to access the phone but it seems none of them can help me because not only can't I see anything on the screen but also I have a very complicated pattern so it is impossible to guess the pattern with a mouse. The screen itself is dead so it doesn't respond to touch.
But I want to believe that I can be able to access my phone because my phone is rooted with Magisk and I'm running a custom rom - Crdroid version 8.9 Android 12. I also have a PC. I am able to get into Crdroid recovery when I press volume up + power button. I am also able to enter into fastboot mode when I press volume down + power button.
I'm stating all this because I want to know if there is any way I can be able to backup my files or access the phone with my laptop. I saw that one can be able to access their phone if Developer Options are turned on. Mine were turned off before the screen broke. Is there any way I can be able to turn them on in my situation?
Please help.
try to boot twrp in fastboot.
fastboot boot twrp.img
i think mtp is activated automatically. problem is if it will ask for the unlock pattern on twrp
Okay
devcon69 said:
try to boot twrp in fastboot.
fastboot boot twrp.img
i think mtp is activated automatically. problem is if it will ask for the unlock pattern on twrp
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So if I boot into TWRP, the computer will be able to read my files automatically?
i think there is no hope in your state...
complicated screenlock + fully dead screen + developer options turned off
if you had USB Debugging enabled you could use this software to use the phone on the PC like in the picture because i have a phone in the same status like yours but USB Debugging was enabled.
with twrp you can save your internal storage files but it will ask for pattern and you won't be able to access those files without unlocking it.
so i guess the only way is trying to guess the pattern with a mouse... i know that will be really hard but is the only thing i can suggest.
otherwise just take your phone to a repair shop
Oka
alonsoj636 said:
i think there is no hope in your state...
complicated screenlock + fully dead screen + developer options turned off
if you had USB Debugging enabled you could use this software to use the phone on the PC like in the picture because i have a phone in the same status like yours but USB Debugging was enabled.
with twrp you can save your internal storage files but it will ask for pattern and you won't be able to access those files without unlocking it.
so i guess the only way is trying to guess the pattern with a mouse... i know that will be really hard but is the only thing i can suggest.
otherwise just take your phone to a repair shop
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Okay. I guess I'll just take it to the repair shop then since it's impossible to guess that pattern. Thank you for your reply.
alonsoj636 said:
i think there is no hope in your state...
complicated screenlock + fully dead screen + developer options turned off
if you had USB Debugging enabled you could use this software to use the phone on the PC like in the picture because i have a phone in the same status like yours but USB Debugging was enabled.
with twrp you can save your internal storage files but it will ask for pattern and you won't be able to access those files without unlocking it.
so i guess the only way is trying to guess the pattern with a mouse... i know that will be really hard but is the only thing i can suggest.
otherwise just take your phone to a repair shop
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Are there any adb commands that can be used to backup data?
RichezCool said:
Are there any adb commands that can be used to backup data?
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backup/restore commands needs USB Debugging enabled afaik , so sadly there's no way
alonsoj636 said:
backup/restore commands needs USB Debugging enabled afaik , so sadly there's no way
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Okay. Thank you.