I'm looking at a droid inc that a friend of mine has, the touchscreen and lcd got broken and he's got some pics from a trip to washington that he wants to get off of the phone. the pictures are on the phones internal memory. Do yall have any tips or tricks i can try? he also has a pass swipe thing on it, and i think its locked out from him trying to get into it.
Thanks in advance,
Marshall
megaleprechaun said:
I'm looking at a droid inc that a friend of mine has, the touchscreen and lcd got broken and he's got some pics from a trip to washington that he wants to get off of the phone. the pictures are on the phones internal memory. Do yall have any tips or tricks i can try? he also has a pass swipe thing on it, and i think its locked out from him trying to get into it.
Thanks in advance,
Marshall
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I'm don't know the commands off the top of my head, but search around on how to use ADB pull files from the phone...there should be a guide on how to do it. One thing though, if you're not in USB debugging mode, I'm not sure if it will work.
i know for sure the phone isnt rooted, so it probably doesnt have debugging enabled. i'll have the phone tomorrow night, so i could work on all weekend.
bump, i'll have the phone tonight.
megaleprechaun said:
bump, i'll have the phone tonight.
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Maybe try HTC Sync? I've never used it, but it may default into a mode which allows you to access the phone.
Plug phone into computer and hopefully get lucky with the optical trackball selecting disk drive.
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i can get it into bootloader mode, is there anyway to pull files from there? im' trying to fumble through the menus with it now to get it into disk drive, i think its giong into usb modem by default
megaleprechaun said:
i can get it into bootloader mode, is there anyway to pull files from there? im' trying to fumble through the menus with it now to get it into disk drive, i think its giong into usb modem by default
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Never tried this...but it might work for you to get into adb while in recovery. Then just read on up how mount and to pull files.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8mheIkQ-1o
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My phone got in a bind this afternoon and the screen did not survive. It will power on, but all I can see is a colorful band at the top of the screen. I am wanting to mount the phone so that I can get some pictures and stuff off of it. Is this possible without access to the screen?
I would also like to get my backups off.
cant you just mount it as a usb drive?
jim93 said:
cant you just mount it as a usb drive?
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I don't know. These were the kinds of questions I need answers to.
With no touch screen your pretty much screwed
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Check out [Tool] Android Screencast 0.4 (open-source)
If that tool doesn't work for you, I'm pretty sure you can still do it using an adb pull
example
adb pull /sdcard/download
jangst123 said:
Check out [Tool] Android Screencast 0.4 (open-source)
If that tool doesn't work for you, I'm pretty sure you can still do it using an adb pull
example
adb pull /sdcard/download
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I will have to give that a try. I assume this dies a full copy of everything on the sd card?
If so,I bet this will work because every time I turn the phone on it alerts me about the last text I received before it wan ruined. It still works just no screen.
On a side note, is there screen replacement for these phones yet?
I just noticed something!
You once connected, you may need to press the power button on the phone, then on the computer clear your lock screen.
Then you should be able to get to your pull down menu and activate the USB connection.
adb pull is easier if you know were the files you want are.
also you can tell it were to put the files you are pulling!
Otherwise it puts it in your current directory.
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/camera c:\phonephotos
More on adb here Lend a hand, learn to LOGCAT!!
Found this one but I'm sure you can find it cheaper.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Tmobile...922?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b7b550d2
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I will have to give that a try. I assume this dies a full copy of everything on the sd card?
If so,I bet this will work because every time I turn the phone on it alerts me about the last text I received before it wan ruined. It still works just no screen.
On a side note, is there screen replacement for these phones yet?
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jangst123 said:
I just noticed something!
You once connected, you may need to press the power button on the phone, then on the computer clear your lock screen.
Then you should be able to get to your pull down menu and activate the USB connection.
adb pull is easier if you know were the files you want are.
also you can tell it were to put the files you are pulling!
Otherwise it puts it in your current directory.
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/camera c:\phonephotos
More on adb here Lend a hand, learn to LOGCAT!!
Found this one but I'm sure you can find it cheaper.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Tmobile...922?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b7b550d2
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Great information. Much appreciated.
On the screen replacement question, what is a used SGS2 going for lately? I am going to look at ebay and craigslist, but I thought you might know off of the top of your head. It might still be worth fixing and reselling.
I did have a full discount through t-mobile on one of my lines, so the one I got to replace the broken one was only $200. I originally purchased the broken one for $100. Nice to have friends that work for certain technology companies.
Any recoup on the price of the two phones is worth it.
If you can get into recovery, I can tell you what keys to press to get into USB Mount for your PC.
There's a program called Android Commander that runs on your computer. If your phone boots, it will allow you to connect to your phone and pull files off it pretty easily.
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There's a program called Android Commander that runs on your computer. If your phone boots, it will allow you to connect to your phone and pull files off it pretty easily.
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This assumes USB debugging is enabled on the phone already.
To use Wifi mode, you'll need to install adbwireless.
The above is difficult with a non functioning screen.
USB Debugging is set on the phone. The computer does recognize the phone. I will look into all options when I gt home from work. No time to explore here.
I appreciate all of the replies. Keep the ideas coming.
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So, the ADB "pull" command worked. I just pulled my Titanium Backup files and threw them on the new device and restored. It is loading up right now. I will wipe the delvic cache and be good.
Thanks for all the helpful ideas. I was already familiar with ADB so I just went with it.
Do you mind providing step-by-step instructions? This could potentially be very helpful for the community.
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So, the ADB "pull" command worked. I just pulled my Titanium Backup files and threw them on the new device and restored. It is loading up right now. I will wipe the delvic cache and be good.
Thanks for all the helpful ideas. I was already familiar with ADB so I just went with it.
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My screen got cracked about a month ago, the phone will pwer on, however I cannot see the screen. I received my replacement from the insurance and I haven't sent my old phone back in yet, because I have pictures of my kid on there and quite frankily I think it is bull**** to send it back with that kind of stuff on there. Anyway Asurion sent a threating letter, saying that I owe 500$ if the phone isn't sent in within 10 days, so this is where you guys come in.
I need help retrieving the data from the phone, so that I can have the pictures of my son or if its not possible, I need to wipe it clean so that they cannot (even if they won't) see my stuff. The screen is broken as i mentioned, but it powers on.
Try android screencast.
Turn it on and drop box will do the rest with auto upload (you have to dl the beta on to your comp)(I'm to lazy to link you)
You just have to some how mount it to the computer
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Turn it on and drop box will do the rest with auto upload (you have to dl the beta on to your comp)(I'm to lazy to link you)
You just have to some how mount it to the computer
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Yea without screen functionality it is kinda hard to figure that part out...Is there anyone out there with ADB exp. maybe if I can get in that way I can just pull my DCIM off of the internal storage, but I need to know how.
There are some detailed threads with a ton of adb commands for mounting and unmounting and doing pretty much everything else through adb.
Just search xda for adb commands and you should find a good thread with a bunch lined out.
I'd suggest using HDMI mirroring. You can move everything to your external SD card (via any file explorer) and do that.
You'll need an MHL adapter, though.
From what I am reading if the phone still works just the screen is dead I don't see why you wouldn't be able to just hook it up to your computer and pull everything off then delete everything.
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From what I am reading if the phone still works just the screen is dead I don't see why you wouldn't be able to just hook it up to your computer and pull everything off then delete everything.
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With a broken touch screen how does he enable USB storage mode?
Seriously, I was looking to get more advice than I did, but after all who really helps around here unless they create it and even then they do not offer support any more
Anyways, I took both devices apart and I used the good screen with the old motherboard, hell I even saw the text messages I missed, I uploaded all the photos to my SD and did a reformat on the USB storage to wipe the photos off the phone, because they stayed for some reason.
Thanks, to the guys that gave suggestions.
ok so i dropped my phone and the screen is completely shattered. it turns on and the 4 buttons on the bottom light up but the screen doesn't. i'm gonna be without a phone for a minute since sprint now wants the $100 deductible upfront versus putting it on your bill and we just don't have the $$ right now. anyways i have a question when i used to hook up my phone to the computer and access the usb it would always have 2 drives: one said SD Card and the other said Phone. some of my stuff for some reason was automatically shows up on the phone drive when its hooked up even though it was stuffed that was always on my sd card. now they don't show up on my sd card so i'm assuming its on the phone drive. is there a way to access this drive again without going through the settings, usb/connect usb way? like i said i can't see anything on my screen...its completely blacked out. thanks in advance
Phone's internal memory is mapped to /sdcard, so click "Phone" to get anything off of there. "Card" is mapped to /sdcard/external_sd (your MicroSD card if inserted). If you're not sure you can always drop into adb and check for the files - this doesn't require the display (assuming you had USB debugging enabled before the drop.)
Hope this helps!
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Phone's internal memory is mapped to /sdcard, so click "Phone" to get anything off of there. "Card" is mapped to /sdcard/external_sd (your MicroSD card if inserted). If you're not sure you can always drop into adb and check for the files - this doesn't require the display (assuming you had USB debugging enabled before the drop.)
Hope this helps!
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thanks but that didn't help because i can't access my screen and enable/connect the usb through the menu because my screen is out
MBM7881 said:
thanks but that didn't help because i can't access my screen and enable/connect the usb through the menu because my screen is out
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If you were getting Phone/Card then that should mean you were running off of ICS, which also means the USB connection ran in MTP mode instead of USB mass storage. Short of physical damage (beyond the screen) it should recognize and allow you to pull files.
Do you get anything when you plug it in to the USB port?
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If you were getting Phone/Card then that should mean you were running off of ICS, which also means the USB connection ran in MTP mode instead of USB mass storage. Short of physical damage (beyond the screen) it should recognize and allow you to pull files.
Do you get anything when you plug it in to the USB port?
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no but with some more research and tinkering i was able to get all my stuff saved on the internal/phone card using kies and i wish i had ICS but nope my phone was gingerbread and all vanilla aka no root or any custom ROMS. i'm too scared to try that stuff with my phone lol
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no but with some more research and tinkering i was able to get all my stuff saved on the internal/phone card using kies and i wish i had ICS but nope my phone was gingerbread and all vanilla aka no root or any custom ROMS. i'm too scared to try that stuff with my phone lol
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In the end that's all that matters - devices can be replaced, the data's not as easy (if at all possible)...
garwynn said:
In the end that's all that matters - devices can be replaced, the data's not as easy (if at all possible)...
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you're not lying lol...the thing that always bothers the most is the pictures
I have a spare black complete housing. Do you know how to chage it out? I would sell it to you pretty cheap (always willing to help out a fellow XDA member). If not, you could ship it to me, I could put the new housing on it, then send it back to you...
Let me know...
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I have a spare black complete housing. Do you know how to chage it out? I would sell it to you pretty cheap (always willing to help out a fellow XDA member). If not, you could ship it to me, I could put the new housing on it, then send it back to you...
Let me know...
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thanks i appreciate that but my phone is white and i already sent in for a replacement. thanks though
ok so today some bad news (( i broke my s3 screen but i would really like all my pictures and videos back. it was rooted with cyanmod 10.1 all im asking is there any app or something that would be able to access the storage on my s3 i have alot of important documents and pictures on there of my daughter.. anything would help thank you
Turn it on and plug it into a computer then copy everything out of both external and internal storage. The phone auto mounts to computers.
Also, you could use a hdmi cord with a compatible end to plug the phone into a tv, then while the screen is displaying on the tv do a factory reset
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ziggy46 said:
Turn it on and plug it into a computer then copy everything out of both external and internal storage. The phone auto mounts to computers.
Also, you could use a hdmi cord with a compatible end to plug the phone into a tv, then while the screen is displaying on the tv do a factory reset
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk 2
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ok so i didnt know that it auto mounted haha. but for some reason when i click on my phone from my computer it shows up as empty folder
micky14x360 said:
ok so i didnt know that it auto mounted haha. but for some reason when i click on my phone from my computer it shows up as empty folder
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give it a couple minutes. mine does that every once and awhile but the contents eventually show up
ziggy46 said:
give it a couple minutes. mine does that every once and awhile but the contents eventually show up
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well its weird cuz it shows up as a different device. says portable device doesnt show up as like an sdcard would or whatever but im gonna try a different computer ill let u know if that works
i think the reason i cant see the files is because the screen is locked with a passcode. so is there anyway i could just use adb or something im no expert with that so i wouldt kno what to do. any help will help . im desperate to get back the memories i have from videos and pictures on my phone, maybe t mobile would be able to retieve files?
So I dropped my G3 today. The screen shattered and won't respond to knock code or anything else.
I connected it to the computer via usb. The computer recognizes the phone but won't let me in since I can't unlock it on the device. I have a few pics on it which I'd like to retrieve but what I really need are several things I have composed in the Quick Memo app.
Is there any way to force my way in without being able to unlock the screen? I haven't tried anything in recovery yet because I didn't want to screw my chances further.
I don't want to send it back to BB for replacement before I have exhausted every way to try and get the stuff off but the phone is useless and I need one since I'm on call for the week starting Mon evening.
BTW I can't even shut it down properly since when I try I can't select shut down or shut down and restart from the touch screen. Popping the battery out is the only way.
Thanks very much for any help in advance.
m
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So I dropped my G3 today. The screen shattered and won't respond to knock code or anything else.
I connected it to the computer via usb. The computer recognizes the phone but won't let me in since I can't unlock it on the device. I have a few pics on it which I'd like to retrieve but what I really need are several things I have composed in the Quick Memo app.
Is there any way to force my way in without being able to unlock the screen? I haven't tried anything in recovery yet because I didn't want to screw my chances further.
I don't want to send it back to BB for replacement before I have exhausted every way to try and get the stuff off but the phone is useless and I need one since I'm on call for the week starting Mon evening.
BTW I can't even shut it down properly since when I try I can't select shut down or shut down and restart from the touch screen. Popping the battery out is the only way.
Thanks very much for any help in advance.
m
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is usb debugging enabled? and does adb shell have su permission
suljo94 said:
is usb debugging enabled? and does adb shell have su permission
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I guess I should have qualified this question with the fact that I'm pretty much a novice. Only experience is rooting an EVO 4G years ago and a Nook color almost as long ago. Have very little recall of the details of Android/phone hacking. Sorry. I haven't even installed ADB on this computer. I can certainly install ADB on this machine if need be or any other tools but have little experience using any of it and it was in the distant past.
The 3G is stock and unrooted if that helps. So obviously it didn't have Super User installed.
I have no idea if debugging is enabled. Would I be able to enable it in recovery? I can't access the OS from the touch interface. Hell, I'm not even sure how to get into recovery on this phone but assume it's via the hardware buttons. Otherwise I'm hosed.
I'll try whatever if you've got the patience to give a virtual noob detailed guidance.
Thanks again
m
cosmichippo said:
I guess I should have qualified this question with the fact that I'm pretty much a novice. Only experience is rooting an EVO 4G years ago and a Nook color almost as long ago. Have very little recall of the details of Android/phone hacking. Sorry. I haven't even installed ADB on this computer. I can certainly install ADB on this machine if need be or any other tools but have little experience using any of it and it was in the distant past.
The 3G is stock and unrooted if that helps. So obviously it didn't have Super User installed.
I have no idea if debugging is enabled. Would I be able to enable it in recovery? I can't access the OS from the touch interface. Hell, I'm not even sure how to get into recovery on this phone but assume it's via the hardware buttons. Otherwise I'm hosed.
I'll try whatever if you've got the patience to give a virtual noob detailed guidance.
Thanks again
m
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I'm sorry to say but without root it is not possible to delete the screen lock.
suljo94 said:
I'm sorry to say but without root it is not possible to delete the screen lock.
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No way into the phone at all just to get the data off?
Any suggestion of things to try to get the screen to respond just long enough to unlock it? I know I'm grasping at dead air here but anything else I can try?
Is there any way to unlock it in the stock recovery?
Thanks. Sorry, I'm just desperate. And yes, I've learned my lesson. Back up, back up BACK UP. 1st to SD then to PC.
m
cosmichippo said:
No way into the phone at all just to get the data off?
Any suggestion of things to try to get the screen to respond just long enough to unlock it? I know I'm grasping at dead air here but anything else I can try?
Is there any way to unlock it in the stock recovery?
Thanks. Sorry, I'm just desperate. And yes, I've learned my lesson. Back up, back up BACK UP. 1st to SD then to PC.
m
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actually yes I do try using an usb otg cable to plug in a computer mouse, then an micro usb to hdmi cable to mirror your screen to the tv/pc then unlock, transfer everything to sd then be happy and dance
you can buy these things at amazon
suljo94 said:
actually yes I do try using an usb otg cable to plug in a computer mouse, then an micro usb to hdmi cable to mirror your screen to the tv/pc then unlock, transfer everything to sd then be happy and dance
you can buy these things at amazon
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THANKS for giving me a little hope!
Is that what the 3G has, micro USB? Won't the phone need to be unlocked to load the mouse driver before it can see it?
Are there otg cables with 2 inputs or is there some sort of daisy chain connection you are referring to? Sorry if I'm being dense I just wanna buy the correct things the 1st time.
Thx a million again!
Mike
cosmichippo said:
THANKS for giving me a little hope!
Is that what the 3G has, micro USB? Won't the phone need to be unlocked to load the mouse driver before it can see it?
Are there otg cables with 2 inputs or is there some sort of daisy chain connection you are referring to? Sorry if I'm being dense I just wanna buy the correct things the 1st time.
Thx a million again!
Mike
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it should be in the os
suljo94 said:
it should be in the os
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cool! Thx so much again