Before I throw it away, is there any way I can get data off my phone? Screen repair is more than the cost of a new phone...
I dropped my phone and the screen is very badly shattered, the phone unlocks using finger print but it's just a mess of pixels and colours - can't make anything out, nothing happens when I touch and I can't see enough to put it in developer mode.
I've tried a few bits of software but they all seem to need it to be in developer mode. I've tried downloading the adb toolkit but it's not listed when I try "adb devices". I've tried using the google drivers, putting it in recovery mode etc.
When I connect it to windows it shows as an external drive and loads hisense, I can't access any files on the phone. I've tried connecting it to a monitor using the USB C to HDMI cable I use for my windows laptop but nothing.
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Is there a way to get into USB drive mode with a dead screen? Had a truck drive over my Vibrant, which completely pulverized the screen. The rest of the phone is still working fine, and I'd like to get my data off the internal drive. But since the screen doesn't work there's no way I can think of to activate USB drive mode. Any tricks to get this done?
I cannot remember which program it was, but there is one that you can use to control your phone. It gives the screen shot of your phone and lets you control the buttons and menu's with your mouse as though you were using your fingers on your phone. I believe you have to have USB debugging enabled though for it to work. You could use that to mount the phone to your pc. Or you could use ADB to get into it and copy everything off the internal sd.
download droid explorer and just plug it in.
Thanks, will give that a try tonight.
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.
Hi guys,
My screen recently died. Before fixing it at a specialized shop, I want to retrieve the data from the phone. Sadly the phone is pattern-locked and until I unlock it I can't access the data when I connect it to my PC. The screen is essentially dead. The image is almost totally black except for small layer in left top corner and the touch sensor is unresponsive, but other than that the phone works and receives notifications and so on.
USB Debugging mode isn't active on the phone and thus I can't replicate the screen of the phone on my PC through software alone, when I connect it via micro-USB. I also didn't think of this problem in advance and I'm not registered on Sony's FindMyMobile or any similar apps.
I tried using a HDMI-MHL adapter and I confirmed that the phone is indeed working because I'm able to get the phone screen's image on my TV. The problem is I can't actually interact with the phone because as I said earlier the touch sensor is not working.
The HDMI-MHL adapter I've used also seems to have a micro-USB port but that seems to work for power only. If I connect a USB-OTG cable on it and connect a USB mouse to it I get image but no mouse. If I connect the USB-OTG and the mouse, alone, I get a mouse cursor but I can't see what I'm doing (phone vibrates as I 'try' and draw the unlock-pattern blindly).
So, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact screen is dead, I wanna connect my Xperia to my TV via HDMI AND use a mouse at the same time to control my phone. Is this possible_
I also thought of another option... go to recovery mode and flash a zip that removes lock. I thought of trying step by step (switch keyboard and TV al the time just to get at point where I can find zip file and flash it). Unfortunately in recovery mode the phone does not allow to stream to TV. It only works when phone is after SIM lock.
Two additions: by removing and re-installing ADB on my laptop my phone is unauthorized. Only a matter of clicking on yes/allow on phone but that's not possible and TWRP 3.1.1-0 is installed.
Anyone any clue? I know I ask a lot but I'm searching the internetz for 2 days now and I'm devistated.
THNX a great bunch!!!
ciao
Valentijm
PS Copy/paste a part of the text from a guy from the internet who had exactly the same problem as I did but his thread ended a few months ago without result.
Just 30 minutes after my post I magically had all the dots correct and that blind!!! So turned on USB debugging and got rid of lock pattern. It was a nice three days of my life Guess there was no solution than getting lucky like I did or screen replacement and getting all your data removed.
ciao
Ever since a few days ago, my LG G5 became very unresponsive. I can only turn off my phone by taking out the battery (which is probably not good) and when I turn on my phone, it only stays responsive for about 10 seconds before I cannot do anything; I can't turn off the phone using the power button (nor hold it down for a hard power off), I can't turn up or down the volume, I can't touch my screen anywhere. At first I thought this might be a hardware problem, and it might still be, but when I turn on the phone it stays perfectly responsive for 10 seconds. No problem turning on and off the phone, volume works and I can touch the screen. Then the phone freezes. The screen is still on and working as notifications are popping up and the wifi and service bars are still going up and down. All I am trying to do is turn on file transfer to send all my photos and videos to my computer. My phone is cracked pretty badly at the top and I do get a static line through my phone but giving the fact that it works for the 10 seconds, I wasn't sure if it had to do anything with the screen and power button becoming unresponsive.
P.S. I am getting a new phone but I would really like to get the photos and videos off this phone. If there is a way to turn on file transfer without using the screen then please let me know too.
EDIT: I think that there are some spots on the screen that are ghost touching as the pull down menu seems to shake and the phone occasionally turns off on its own (double tapping same spot)
Hi, if you have TWRP installed (or USB debugging already enabled) you can use the ADB PULL command to retrieve the photos from the phone. You can also simply use the MTP transfer by just connecting the phone to the PC with the cable.
If you have an OTG USB adapter you can connect a mouse to the phone and use it instead of the touchscreen to do what you want.
Then, when you have retrieved you photos, you may try to factory reset the phone by booting in stock recovery (if you don't have TWRP) or wiping system partition and reinstalling the ROM (if you have TWRP), to check if the unresponsiveness is caused by the broken touchscreen or maybe by some virus.
tremalnaik said:
Hi, if you have TWRP installed (or USB debugging already enabled) you can use the ADB PULL command to retrieve the photos from the phone. You can also simply use the MTP transfer by just connecting the phone to the PC with the cable.
If you have an OTG USB adapter you can connect a mouse to the phone and use it instead of the touchscreen to do what you want.
Then, when you have retrieved you photos, you may try to factory reset the phone by booting in stock recovery (if you don't have TWRP) or wiping system partition and reinstalling the ROM (if you have TWRP), to check if the unresponsiveness is caused by the broken touchscreen or maybe by some virus.
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So I did figure out a way to connect my phone to my computer by using Vysor. Because Charging only was enabled, I couldn't transfer my files. So when using Vysor I turned on File Transfer which then got the phone to be able to transfer files. Fast forward to today I remembered that I also need to save my contacts so I tried using Vysor again but now because the phone is on File Transfer only I can't use it. Do you know of a way to switch back to original settings?
Davidkm8 said:
So I did figure out a way to connect my phone to my computer by using Vysor. Because Charging only was enabled, I couldn't transfer my files. So when using Vysor I turned on File Transfer which then got the phone to be able to transfer files. Fast forward to today I remembered that I also need to save my contacts so I tried using Vysor again but now because the phone is on File Transfer only I can't use it. Do you know of a way to switch back to original settings?
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Maybe the contacts are saved in Google Contacts, try logging into the website and see what shows up.
I've reset the H10 Pos using recovery but I want to connect the POS to my computer so that I can install and debug the app I'm developing for it. The app will basically print receipts I've doing some R&D and it says I need to writed to the Serial Port (/dev/ttyS1) to print.
The thing I'm stuck at is connecting the device to my PC so that I can use the debugger. Also, I have another model with a lower Android 4.4 which is giving me "No Command" Screen when I try to reset it usign the recovery mode like I did for the first machine which has Android 5.1.
I'll appriciate if someone can help me solve this two problems.
Check whether "USB debug" in Android Settings -> Developer options is offered or not: If, then enable it to get ADB working, reboot POS.
jwoegerbauer said:
Check whether "USB debug" in Android Settings -> Developer options is offered or not: If, then enable it to get ADB working, reboot POS.
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I've already enabled USB Debugging in the POS and restarted it several times but with the POS connected to my PC when I run ADB and do "adb devices" it shows empty list. I've tried changing modes from MTP to charge etc. Also, tried to change cables and different PCs.
May be you're using an outdated ADB-driver or Android's USB-driver isn't set to support ADB mode: MTP mode in any case is the wrong mode.
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May be you're using an outdated ADB-driver or Android's USB-driver isn't set to support ADB mode: MTP mode in any case is the wrong mode.
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on the mother board at the side of the sim card you will see a micro usb port, this the only port that works for ADB, to get to this you have to take out the 4 screws that holds the screen to the printer, lift up the screen as if you was changing the print paper you will see 4 silver screws under the screen take them out and close the lid back on the printer, under the screen on all 4 corners take out the 4 screws you may need to take off the sim/memory card cover if it is on, then you will see the 2 buttons memory card and sim card, look to the left and you will see the micro USB this is the one you use, i used a micro usb lead from a mobile phone. i allso soilderd on a electrotec microphone for the phone to work and just driled a smale hole on the side of the case .