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Hello,
I have the Galaxy S II T989 (Tmobile) and the screen got broken and is completely black. But The phone is working and i can start it and feel the vibe at start and after it starts, i cant tap the bottom 4 buttons and they light up.
My phone was protected by pattern password. So when i connect the phone to USB and launch Kies , it asks me to unlock it...
But i can't since my screen is broken and doesn't light up.
Is there a way to download the internal contents of the flash memory (not the SD card) to the PC somehow?
I have tons of pictures and video clips that are very important to me.
Please help.
Paul.
Is USB debugging enabled? If so, you may be able to pull the files that way. You may also be able to do it through recovery (hold both volume buttons down at powerup while not USB connected). If you can get adb access, you can use it to pull the pictures that way.
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Boot into recovery. Connect USB to PC Mount drives. Success!!
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Boot into recovery. Connect USB to PC Mount drives. Success!!
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When you say to boot into recovery, do you refer to VOL_UP + VOL_DOWN + PWR buttons at boot ? When you get to the menu that you can select between Device reboot, Firmware update using external memory, etc...
Or are you referring to something else?
Thanks much!
laker4ever said:
When you say to boot into recovery, do you refer to VOL_UP + VOL_DOWN + PWR buttons at boot ? When you get to the menu that you can select between Device reboot, Firmware update using external memory, etc...
Or are you referring to something else?
Thanks much!
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Dont know how broken your screen is or what recovery you have, but yes, that's what I mean. There is an option somewhere in recovery to mount drives.
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What recovery you have? Being that your LCD is shattered I could guide you step by step on how many clicks on the volume rocker to access on latest cmw. Since it doesnt work the same on twrp I can you guesstimate the location on touch and maybe your screen could recognize it enough to enable you to mount from recovery..
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Best bet is either through ADB access either with USB Developer Mode turned on or using ADB in recovery to pull the files. Neither one of those options requires using the phone more than turning it on. How was the phone set up before the LCD broke? Did you root it? Did you put a new recovery on it? Or was it completely stock. If it was completely stock, go fix the LCD and then access it, there's no way around it... well... actually, you could get into Download Mode, flash a recovery, then access it that way.
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Best bet is either through ADB access either with USB Developer Mode turned on or using ADB in recovery to pull the files. Neither one of those options requires using the phone more than turning it on. How was the phone set up before the LCD broke? Did you root it? Did you put a new recovery on it? Or was it completely stock. If it was completely stock, go fix the LCD and then access it, there's no way around it... well... actually, you could get into Download Mode, flash a recovery, then access it that way.
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I'm able to use the HDMI converter and "SEE" the screen of the phone on my TV. However, i cannot unlock it (it had the pattern lock) because the touch screen is not responding to my touch. I guess the touch sensor is broken.
It is a stock phone. never rooted it.
I was trying to get to recovery mode by pressing POWER and VOL UP and DN, but i wasn't able to see anything on my TV. Could it be that the HDMI converter into TV only works when the phone is booted normal and doesn't work in recovery mode.
How can i get it to download mode and flash the recovery?
datrapstar said:
What recovery you have? Being that your LCD is shattered I could guide you step by step on how many clicks on the volume rocker to access on latest cmw. Since it doesnt work the same on twrp I can you guesstimate the location on touch and maybe your screen could recognize it enough to enable you to mount from recovery..
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The touch sensor is not working as i was able to see the screen on my TV( with the MHA - hdmi adapter) but touching the screen on the phone did nothing...
laker4ever said:
I'm able to use the HDMI converter and "SEE" the screen of the phone on my TV. However, i cannot unlock it (it had the pattern lock) because the touch screen is not responding to my touch. I guess the touch sensor is broken.
It is a stock phone. never rooted it.
I was trying to get to recovery mode by pressing POWER and VOL UP and DN, but i wasn't able to see anything on my TV. Could it be that the HDMI converter into TV only works when the phone is booted normal and doesn't work in recovery mode.
How can i get it to download mode and flash the recovery?
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Yeah, I don't think the drivers to show on the TV screen would be loaded while in Download Mode.
There's still hope, you can still install a recovery without actually needing the touchscreen. Once in recovery, you'll be able to access your system files through adb and pull whatever you need onto your computer.
You'll have to do it all blind though because you won't be able to see if the phone has successfully rebooted into recovery. I can walk you through it step-by-step if you feel it's that important to you to recovery whatever data is on the phone.
Buy a new Phone.
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Yeah, I don't think the drivers to show on the TV screen would be loaded while in Download Mode.
There's still hope, you can still install a recovery without actually needing the touchscreen. Once in recovery, you'll be able to access your system files through adb and pull whatever you need onto your computer.
You'll have to do it all blind though because you won't be able to see if the phone has successfully rebooted into recovery. I can walk you through it step-by-step if you feel it's that important to you to recovery whatever data is on the phone.
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Update:
I got a replacement phone and using some youtube clips and info, i swapped the boards between the two phones. So I was able to start the phone (old board, new screen), and simply transferred all data to the computer.
Now, i will put it back together and be all done.
I also enabled USB debug mode...for next time....
Thank you so much for the help.
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Yeah, I don't think the drivers to show on the TV screen would be loaded while in Download Mode.
There's still hope, you can still install a recovery without actually needing the touchscreen. Once in recovery, you'll be able to access your system files through adb and pull whatever you need onto your computer.
You'll have to do it all blind though because you won't be able to see if the phone has successfully rebooted into recovery. I can walk you through it step-by-step if you feel it's that important to you to recovery whatever data is on the phone.
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Hello Senior Member ,
I too have a similiar dilemma. My Note 2 has a cracked screen and its all black . I am not sure the digitizer is in working condition . Although I have alot of files I wish to recover. Its been nearly a year Ive held on to it just to recover data. My phone is stock , NO ROOT and unfortunately USB Debugging has been turned off. Mind you, its a korean version, model SHVE250K . I do not want to chance rooting if I can not see the screen . I am afraid of making a mistake. ANY advice and ideas would be greatly appreciated. I would feel more confident working on it, with someone more experienced guiding me along the way.
Three letters with one word= MHL cable. I do it all the time with one of my t989's.
Now im soo broke, I cant even pay attention!
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laker4ever said:
I'm able to use the HDMI converter and "SEE" the screen of the phone on my TV. However, i cannot unlock it (it had the pattern lock) because the touch screen is not responding to my touch. I guess the touch sensor is broken.
It is a stock phone. never rooted it.
I was trying to get to recovery mode by pressing POWER and VOL UP and DN, but i wasn't able to see anything on my TV. Could it be that the HDMI converter into TV only works when the phone is booted normal and doesn't work in recovery mode.
How can i get it to download mode and flash the recovery?
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If the HML cable works but doesn't respond to touch, then both the lcd AND digitizer are broken. Replacement screens have gotten sooo much cheaper than a year ago, they're like $65 now. I fix em all the time.
Now im soo broke, I cant even pay attention!
Hi Folks,
I'm helping my sister's boyfriend to recover what's possible from his AT&T Galaxy S III that fell into a pool when they were on vacation.
When I first got the phone, it would not boot or charge the battery - the red notification light would flicker in a noticeable pattern when power was attached and the battery removed.
After I took it apart following these nice instructions, then soaked+scrubbed its circuit boards, contacts, etc. in rubbing alcohol and ensured everything was dry again, I put it all back together and it booted up but will not respond to touch input on the display. The side and bottom buttons still work fine.
When cleaning the phone, I did notice what appears to be damage on pins for the "display data cable" (according the dis-assembly pages), which might be the LCD and Digitizer connection. Is this also related to touchscreen input?
BTW, I tried a couple ways to get into the phone:
It appears that he never enabled USB Debugging, so I can't get ADB or other programs to access phone storage over USB
I have also tried a USB OTG cable and mouse, but his phone is not showing the mouse pointer or responding to its input - it does show recognition that something was connected, because the display will turn on if already off and I simply connect the OTG cable
So, I'm wondering if anyone has advice on how to get the data off this phone and/or enable the touchscreen input.
SOLVED:
Rooted the phone using CF-Autoroot method for AT&T Galaxy S III phones via Odin. Not sure if this was necessary.
Installed stock drivers from "SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.18.0.exe" package
Placed the phone into Stock Recovery
Used ADB in Windows to copy media files from the phone onto my PC: adb pull /data/media/DCIM C:/backup
Installed PhilZ Recovery via Odin and copied the phone's /data contents to an external SD card, which then enabled access to txt messages, application settings, etc. on my PC with a card reader
Thanks,
- ooofest
Use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43332821
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mkfryan said:
Use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43332821
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Thanks, it's a good idea but requires root - this is a stock, unrooted phone I'm dealing with.
Currently looking at the idea of finding a phone frame for sale with just LCD and digitizer, and possibly just replacing the circuit boards with those in this phone. That is, I'm assuming its built-in storage is somewhere on the motherboard.
- ooofest
Why not put the phone in download mode Odin cwm recovery reboot into recovery and adb pull what you need?
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mkfryan said:
Why not put the phone in download mode Odin cwm recovery reboot into recovery and adb pull what you need?
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Because I was unfamiliar with that method?
Honestly, I was searching everywhere and came up with that exact same process - the phone is now rooted with CWM (via Odin, as you suggested) and for some reason ADB isn't able to see it when I connect in Recovery mode. Hm.
More work to do.
- ooofest
Do you have another android device to test to see if adb is working on the computer? Otherwise maybe the recovery doesn't have adb enabled
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mkfryan said:
Do you have another android device to test to see if adb is working on the computer? Otherwise maybe the recovery doesn't have adb enabled
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To that point, I had adb working with its stock recovery and can communicate with my primary Galaxy S III, so it seems that this CWM is not supporting adb.
I installed CWM 5.5.0.4 from CF-SGS3-CWM-v5.5-v1.2.tar via ODIN, essentially. Perhaps another version would work better with adb?
- ooofest
Upgraded to latest CWM for this phone via Odin by creating a .tar from the latest .img file for AT&T Galaxy S IIIs, but it still doesn't allow adb access :/ .
Need to find a custom recovery that offers adb access, because I hope to pull the data via adb as mentioned above.
Any hints?
- ooofest
At that point of the stock recovery working on your other device possibly try to Odin back to stock and try adb again just tossing out a suggestion
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Installed the AT&T stock recovery back via Odin and ADB was not enabled on the phone - although it worked for my purely stock phone - until I installed the absolute latest Samsung USB drivers. Re-rooted just for the heck of it using the CF-Autoroot method and Odin.
Seeing what's available to pull now . . .
EDIT: Whoo Hoo! adb pull /data/media/DCIM C:/backup is copying all the pictures and videos from the phone!
Thanks for all helpful advice - I've been all over the boards, searching for ways into storage and this finally worked. Seems I didn't need a custom recovery, after all.
- ooofest
Problem:
ARC S - Stuck in Safe Mode
connected usb:
automatic boot in fastboot
back button isn't recognize for flashtool
Question:
is there another way to install firmwares without using FLASH TOOLS?
Flash a custom kernel, then install a ROM through the recovery.
It's that simple.
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We need to know if you have an Unlocked bootloader, if you have a custom kernel installed at the moment, and if it's a custom rom that you want to flash.....
If your bootloader is unlocked and it's a custom rom you want then the menu button is the only one you need
Nathan
You might have a broken menu button which doesnt trigger properly, I had a waterdamaged phone with this issue a while ago and I fixed it by replacing the secondary board with microphone and buttons.
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devstaff said:
You might have a broken menu button which doesnt trigger properly, I had a waterdamaged phone with this issue a while ago and I fixed it by replacing the secondary board with microphone and buttons.
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Guys, i have unlocked bootloader and currently using MIUI 5 because it's the exceptional rom that i'ved used without any issue while
using GB, ICS & Jelly bean will always end up in SAFE MODE.
to Devstaff, how did you replaced your secondary board with microphone and buttons ?
Thank you ...
Hi
I have an xperia play which I haven't touched in a while as the flex cable broke, but I have just replaced the flex cable and the screen works but there is one problem, the phone does not seem to want to boot into the system, meaning that I can't use the phone.
Here is a list of things I have tried based on research on the forums:
-Fastboot: Can't boot into it using key combos, can't boot into it from recovery either.
-Flashmode: Doesn't want to boot into it either
-Recovery: I am able to get to the recovery, but I can't do too much from there,
- I have tried flashing different roms with no effect
Any help would be appreciated
AlphaLeak said:
Hi
I have an xperia play which I haven't touched in a while as the flex cable broke, but I have just replaced the flex cable and the screen works but there is one problem, the phone does not seem to want to boot into the system, meaning that I can't use the phone.
Here is a list of things I have tried based on research on the forums:
-Fastboot: Can't boot into it using key combos, can't boot into it from recovery either.
-Flashmode: Doesn't want to boot into it either
-Recovery: I am able to get to the recovery, but I can't do too much from there,
- I have tried flashing different roms with no effect
Any help would be appreciated
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Err, kernel? ROM?
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Err, kernel? ROM?
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The kernel from what I remember is one of the ones from the (almighty) DoomLord.
So far, I got the problem half solved, I've managed to get a rom working on it with the help of a friend, it's a rom that me and him quickly built based on cyanogen mod I think, either way, the phone boots into the system now, touchscreen and all is working (I'm assuming that it is since I get none to little force closes).
The only problem I have no is that I still cannot get it to go to flash/fast boot, heck, I can't even use ADB USB debugging.
I have the drivers installed and all else working on my computer as I have tested ADB with my old note 2 and I checked the fast/flash boot using my xperia z and both have worked, but the xperia play just doesn't want to do anything, I'm thinking now that it could be a broken USB port and I could replace it since I have the part and tools to do it.
AlphaLeak said:
The kernel from what I remember is one of the ones from the (almighty) DoomLord.
So far, I got the problem half solved, I've managed to get a rom working on it with the help of a friend, it's a rom that me and him quickly built based on cyanogen mod I think, either way, the phone boots into the system now, touchscreen and all is working (I'm assuming that it is since I get none to little force closes).
The only problem I have no is that I still cannot get it to go to flash/fast boot, heck, I can't even use ADB USB debugging.
I have the drivers installed and all else working on my computer as I have tested ADB with my old note 2 and I checked the fast/flash boot using my xperia z and both have worked, but the xperia play just doesn't want to do anything, I'm thinking now that it could be a broken USB port and I could replace it since I have the part and tools to do it.
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does your PC recognize the phone ? If yes, how ? Anyway I would try installing the drivers again. Which OS do you use ?
AlphaLeak said:
Hi
I have an xperia play which I haven't touched in a while as the flex cable broke, but I have just replaced the flex cable and the screen works but there is one problem, the phone does not seem to want to boot into the system, meaning that I can't use the phone.
Here is a list of things I have tried based on research on the forums:
-Fastboot: Can't boot into it using key combos, can't boot into it from recovery either.
-Flashmode: Doesn't want to boot into it either
-Recovery: I am able to get to the recovery, but I can't do too much from there,
- I have tried flashing different roms with no effect
Any help would be appreciated
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Fastboot - When you hold in your search button when device is powered off and you plug in your USB cable to a PC which is turned ON does your LED Light on the power button light blue?
Flashmode - When you hold in your home button when device is powered off and you plug in your USB cable to a PC which is turned ON does your LED Light on the power button light green?
If either of these apply you'd need to install the appropriate drivers for the Xperia Play.
AlphaLeak said:
The kernel from what I remember is one of the ones from the (almighty) DoomLord.
So far, I got the problem half solved, I've managed to get a rom working on it with the help of a friend, it's a rom that me and him quickly built based on cyanogen mod I think, either way, the phone boots into the system now, touchscreen and all is working (I'm assuming that it is since I get none to little force closes).
The only problem I have no is that I still cannot get it to go to flash/fast boot, heck, I can't even use ADB USB debugging.
I have the drivers installed and all else working on my computer as I have tested ADB with my old note 2 and I checked the fast/flash boot using my xperia z and both have worked, but the xperia play just doesn't want to do anything, I'm thinking now that it could be a broken USB port and I could replace it since I have the part and tools to do it.
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You would need to talk to DooMLord
Hello, I've been searching for a situation like mine for a while and was unable to find it.
My phone had the screen destroyed over the weekend and I purchased one that would not turn on to replace the broken screen. I swapped the motherboard from my working phone into the broken phone.
When I hit the power button, it vibrates and the screen will get power (no display, just a blank backlight) and the phone will power back off.
It will not boot in safe mode either.
Is this a symptom of a broken motherboard? Or are there other things I can try? I have not had a chance to hook it up to try the pc companion.
I have the old screen assembly (with the flex cable and such, digitizer and LCD are shot)
My phone is not rooted, and it is unlocked.
Any help would be appreciated. Thank you for reading!
Update:
Connected to Sony pc companion. Pc companion recognized that there was a phone and allowed me to run a repair.
Charging light came on during process (was not responsive previously).
Still will not boot. Only charges when hooked up during repair.
Still no recovery mode :/
Are there any secondary recovery programs available that you would recommend?
Sorry for the double post.
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Mattsand89 said:
Update:
Connected to Sony pc companion. Pc companion recognized that there was a phone and allowed me to run a repair.
Charging light came on during process (was not responsive previously).
Still will not boot. Only charges when hooked up during repair.
Still no recovery mode :/
Are there any secondary recovery programs available that you would recommend?
Sorry for the double post.
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I'm thinking that you might have a hardware problem rather than a software problem, but if you want to try to play around some more with possible software fixes... you'll want to learn how to use Androxyde's Flashtool program. It allows us to flash firmware onto the Xperia Play, with both locked and unlocked bootloaders. (Also, I'm not sure if you are trying to get the phone to boot into a stock recovery, but the Xperia Play does not come with a stock recovery like most other android phones. If you want a recovery on it, you would need to install one).
Here's the site where you can grab the most recent Flashtool: http://www.flashtool.net/index.php
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Here are some links to Flashtool Tutorials:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1384535
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2054486
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Here's a thread where you can find FTF firmware files to flash with Flashtool:
"Xperia Play Index - ROM'S, FIRMWARE, KERNEL'S, GUIDE'S, THEMES, MOD'S" - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2184897
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For hardware issues.... here's a thread that I had bookmarked that gives good tips for repairing the hardware on the phone: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332296
Good luck!
Thank you! I spent the whole weekend trying the software fix. It had no result so I tried the hardware like you suggested. I swapped the ribbon cable and it did the trick!
Mattsand89 said:
Thank you! I spent the whole weekend trying the software fix. It had no result so I tried the hardware like you suggested. I swapped the ribbon cable and it did the trick!
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:good: That's good to hear. Good work with sticking with it until you got it fixed.