Short version: can I connect a phone to another phone screen without damaging the phone with the working screen? (if same model? same brand? (Samsung) between different brand?)
Long version:
It seems that these days are bad for screens... two friends of mine broke their screen, and I'm trying to see if I can recover their data (Samsung J5 (SM-J530f) and Samsung A40).
However, I don't manage to unlock them blindly (tried manually and with a USB OTG keyboard on the J5), and of course they don't have USB debugging on, and I don't think they have a Samsung account linked with the phone. I was thinking to use the screen of another phone (I have a working Samsung A3, and I think I can find other phones, including another A40) as a temporary replacement. However, I know nothing concerning smartphone screens, and I'd like to make sure I have a chance to succeed before risking the life of my mobile. So:
Is there a chance to use temporarily the screen of one phone on another phone (if possible without breaking the first phone) if:
1) the two devices are the same model?
2) the two devices are both Samsung?
3) the two devices do not share a same brand?
If it's not possible due to some "security" mechanism, is there a way to bypass the security mechanism? Or is there any other idea to recover the data?
Thanks!
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Hi guys in my family i am the one to always fix electronic problems (and there are a lot). So my dad has a new phone and he is having some sort of issue with it, i was wondering if anyone knew of an app or feature in which i could control his phone from a computer. I could probably use teamviewer to get to his computer and do something from there but i would need to be able to see his phone's screen and hopefully manipulate it. i know there are a couple apps that will allow me to do this if i am rooted but for obvious reasons (my dad is bad with tech) i rather not root my dad's phone
btw i have no way to go to his house and fix his phone my self because i am currently in a different country than him
My i717 was bricked due to faulty screen (not my fault) not sure why the screen has to do with anything turning on, regardless the phone wont turn on at all. AT&T said its covered by warranty and I'm getting a new phone this week. Only problem is now that my phone is bricked, I cant get any of my pictures. I have a lot and some important ones. Is there anyway to recover these photos from the bricked phone. I cant even go into download mode let it alone turn on so solution needs to bypass that. Thanks.
Your screen won't turn on, or your phone won't turn on? If is just the screen, you should still be able to connect to your pc and just copy your pics in the DCIM/camera Folder l folder. Something doesn't sound right about this though. You sure you didn't flash something that you shouldn't have? I've never heard of a phone just up and brick all on its own... Gues it don't matter at this point, just Find it very odd.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717 using xda app-developers app
Unless the device can be powered on (regardless of screen operation ) and if USB connection is enabled prior to the failure, you will not be able to access the internal EMMC partition on the device.
External storage can of course be removed for access via PC or alternate device.
Ultimately, if the device can be seen by PC when powered, the data can be recovered.
But without power...for the internal board....via USB interface ...you won't be successful.
I suppose it's possible to force power to the mainboard via jumper wires, similar to the riffbox and JTAG methodology.
But of course, that is well beyond my skill set.
Rather than requesting a JTAG or similar repair, you might could contact the same folks that repair the device.
Mobiletechvideos.com
They could certainly tell you if internal access is possible using the forced methods they have perfected for our devices.
That's really all I've got at this point ...g
you didnt use a micro sd card?
i dont see it getting off the device any other way
Shirokishi said:
you didnt use a micro sd card?
i dont see it getting off the device any other way
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I had the same issue except it was just a non functioning LCD. I booted the phone into recovery and pulled everything off using ADB. if your phone wont turn on, (like mentioned before) then there's no way to access the internal memory through the phone. You'd need to pull the phone apart, which would void your warranty
Seems like you have good advice on your current situation...but maybe for the future...
Try downloading Dropbox. They have an auto-upload feature that saves images to your dropbox. Could keep a situation like this from happening again.
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Thanks for all the advice, the phone did brick up all on its on at&t described it as a faulty screen but the whole phone is bricked. I appreciate the help and responses but looks like I am SOL. Not that I am an alien to the inside of a phone, but if I were to open it up, I'm sure AT&T would void the warranty, costing be 540$. Looks the dropbox idea would be a good idea the for future.
Or even an SD card would be better for your personal media than using internal memory.
Hello every-xdadeveloper-one~ here i would like to ask questions about my S2 GT-i9100g
My phone is dead. No download mode, recovery mode, usb connection, odin recognition, kies detection, charging, turning on, nada. Meaning in whatever it is, it is not responding to anything.
I would like to ask some professional help here in xda; what has happened to my phone? Is it the emmc? power supply failure? or anything related to it? i really need to know any related things that i'll be dealing with before going to the last step, service repair. it is working fine, i have rooted, unrooted, cyanogenmod and stock, cwm and stock, but none of this has given any problems until one day when it is charging, it suddenly turned off forever.
Please tell me any related things of what has happened.
note: i used a few PIT files when flashing before this, and i'm not sure which is which for the mobo. and few months back before the s2 is totally dead, it keeps on turning off by itself even when full battery, but still workable.
Probably the EMMC, but without having the phone in front of us with the tools to diagnose it, nobody here can tell you this for certain. Fix will be motherboard replacement (assuming you intend to keep this phone & not get a new one).
Take it to a Samsung service centre (more expensive option), or source a 2nd hand motherboard online & either swap the boards yourself, or pay a local mobile repair shop to do it (cheaper option).
Well i just bought a phone from amazon and got it monday it had half battery when i got it so i put it on the charger A hour later it was dead so dead that it wont even charge i tryed diffeent plugs different chargers still nothing what could it be ???
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What model; I.E sticker on the phone chassis under the battery, what does it say ?
I guess it is :crying: Heard there is a workaround that maybe the balls beneath the emmc is like problematic? Maybe i need to reheat it a few seconds and cool it instantly to MAYBE get it able to turn back on? Changing a new board is not an option as important work flowcharts are in the internal storage. I guess service repair of the emmc is needed. Hmmm.
Is it possible that wrong PIT files be the culprit that made all this?
You won't be recovering any data regardless of how you proceed.
You can't 'repair' the EMMC, and it's not feasible to just replace the EMMC (and even if it was, your stuff is on there which means you lose it anyway), replacement of the board is how you proceed. Even if it was possible to replace just the EMMC, you'd probably end up paying 3-4 times the cost of having the entire board replaced due to the cost of labour (swapping a board takes 10 minutes).
If a PIT was the problem, the problem would have occurred immediately after the PIT flash I.E you would have flashed the PIT, and the phone wouldn't have booted immediately after. It's a simple case of component failure, which happens with all electronics all the time. I'm always surprised by how people on here seem to find this incredible. Stuff breaks, simple really.
The only possible very rough chance you have of recovering any data is a company who specialises in recovery of data from dead HDD's, they may be able to help, though very unlikely. If they are able to help, expect this to be very expensive. I have not seen a single post from anyone who has contacted one of these companies & been able to recover data from a phone in this state in the over 2 yrs I've been here.
Thank you for the info. Now i guess the only choice to do, is to repair(replace the mobo), or go buy a brand new s2(or higher models). I will check if there is any way to retrieve the data inside, and i dont mind the cost. :good:
Someone I work with his come to me for help because he knows I'm all into android gadgets. I have rooted my last two phones within hours of getting them and have become a flashaholic. Always messing with my devices.
He has a Samsung Captivate that he has "retired" and I'm interested in buying it for a few purposes. Unfortunately, he let his (adult) son play with it and the lock screen pattern is set. He doesn't know the pattern or the google account password associated with the account on the device. (When he upgraded and moved out of the device he had to create a new google account.)
He wants to look into the device one more before he turns it over to me. (I will wipe it and root it for my purposes.) Is there a way to get past the lock screen without the complete reset in recovery?
Sent from my GS4 running GoldenEye 26 while holding a homebrew.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs642eujuLA
This might depend on what update it is on, but you can try that.
More generic ideas:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
There are also tools that have the capability to bypass it that some professional shops would have, but probably would be hard pressed to find one of them and between the time and $, probably not worth it.
Hello everyone,
There's a question that has been running in my mind for quite a long time: the question of the device protection
Rooting / Modding etc. generally means you have to shatter any usual and/or OEM-implemented protection in order to modify your device however you want: bypassing FRP lock, KNOX etc., enabling USB debugging allowing you (but also any unwanted person with physical access) to do almost any kind of operation on it from a computer, using a custom recovery anybody can get in...
Obviously in such configuration anybody stealing your phone can access your data, and your chances of finding back your device drop to zero. But now I realized the later is the price to pay to tweak your device to your will.
However, since I heard of "killswitch" (basically the kind of protection allowing to lock/wipe your device that is shattered when modifying) I was wondering, what do you think would be the best way to implement such system a custom ("handcrafted") way ? By that I mean, absolutely any trick (i.e. send a signal from your smartwatch while your phone that just got stolen is still in the area)