[Q] Recovering data? - HTC Wildfire S

Hi
My mother's phone has finally met it's match as seen here:
http : // i . imgur . com / Z6ixR . jpg
Anyway, I'm trying to recover all her phone numbers from it as it was never synced with a Google account so there's only about 5 numbers on it.
It's unrooted, running latest unbranded FW. I assumed holding power and vol down would allow it to work with ADB but apparently not. HTC Sync has been useless as ever too.
Is there absolutely ANY way I can get her contacts back?
Thanks.

Is it completely dead? Or is just the screen broken?
What happened to the phone?

theq86 said:
Is it completely dead? Or is just the screen broken?
What happened to the phone?
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The digitizer and the actual screen is dead
The phone itself works though, it makes noises when it starts up and whatnot.
From what I've been told, it got updated, then it was lagging so much it wouldn't even let her answer the phone and she just lost her temper. Phone, meet wall!

rather phone meets hammer. this is really no wall damage
but, however.
If the firmware on it is completely stock and the digitizer is defect, then you will not be able to enter pin, activate usb debugging and pull the contacts from the phone.
If you were unlocked there would come at least 2 ideas to my mind to retrieve data. But when it is stock, no way.
* you can't unlock bootloader. and even if, during the process data is wiped
* you can't access adb if the phone is not fully booted
* you can't fully boot the device when you can not enter the pin.
so there is no way.

Is it a GSM phone? If so, it should have a SIM card which may have the contacts stored on it.
Try using the SIM card to copy the contacts to another phone. Then copy the contacts from that phone to the computer (or just keep them on the phone).

theq86 said:
rather phone meets hammer. this is really no wall damage
but, however.
If the firmware on it is completely stock and the digitizer is defect, then you will not be able to enter pin, activate usb debugging and pull the contacts from the phone.
If you were unlocked there would come at least 2 ideas to my mind to retrieve data. But when it is stock, no way.
* you can't unlock bootloader. and even if, during the process data is wiped
* you can't access adb if the phone is not fully booted
* you can't fully boot the device when you can not enter the pin.
so there is no way.
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There is no pin and debugging was never enabled so I guess it's goodbye contacts. She could use a clearout of them.
Thanks anyway!
kalaker said:
Is it a GSM phone? If so, it should have a SIM card which may have the contacts stored on it.
Try using the SIM card to copy the contacts to another phone. Then copy the contacts from that phone to the computer (or just keep them on the phone).
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I already tried the sim in my phone to no avail I think it was set up to store numbers to the phone by default. Not the best idea ahaa. Definitely taught me to make sure all my contacts are backed up though.
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My phone got stolen

Hey guys, about a year and a half ago, my lg g3 d855 got stolen, I know that's sad I probably also posted some questions about it back in the days.. it took a long time but today I got it back ( it was an evidence in court so I couldn't take it and now when they are in jail and the case is closed they gave it back to me ).. anyway, apparently the thief changed the phone password, and I really want to get all my information inside, I guess USB Debugging is off since I can't use adb commands (adb devices returns an empty string), and after booting to recovery I see it has the stock recovery installed, so flashing zips is not an option,
I have no other option then trying, am I right?
Just to mention, I can try as many backups pins as I want, it doesn't lock me there, and I can also try his Gmail password..
JusTeN_ said:
Hey guys, about a year and a half ago, my lg g3 d855 got stolen, I know that's sad I probably also posted some questions about it back in the days.. it took a long time but today I got it back ( it was an evidence in court so I couldn't take it and now when they are in jail and the case is closed they gave it back to me ).. anyway, apparently the thief changed the phone password, and I really want to get all my information inside, I guess USB Debugging is off since I can't use adb commands (adb devices returns an empty string), and after booting to recovery I see it has the stock recovery installed, so flashing zips is not an option,
I have no other option then trying, am I right?
Just to mention, I can try as many backups pins as I want, it doesn't lock me there, and I can also try his Gmail password..
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Wait as i understood.. You want to put your info inside to your phone?
Then why don't you do a factory reset and then do it..?
I know it may get the Google security (it needs the gmail and password that was in the phone) (it may be your gmail so give it a try..)
Sotiris02 said:
Wait as i understood.. You want to put your info inside to your phone?
Then why don't you do a factory reset and then do it..?
I know it may get the Google security (it needs the gmail and password that was in the phone) (it may be your gmail so give it a try..)
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I want to see the info inside the phone, all my photos, chats, were stolen.. anyway I already did a reset.. thank you

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Unable to reset Andriod ZTE phone bc of FRP lock, Looking for help unlocking Please!

Hi,
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Recovering from Locked Phone (forgotten pw)

I seem to have really screwed things up. Device is at the required lock screen after a restart (biometrics are obv still fine), but I have forgotten my lock screen credential. USB debugging is not enabled, so adb isn't playing nice. Never unlocked the bootloader. What can I do other than wipe the device? I have data I wish to recover, so would prefer to rule out wiping, if possible.
notmike_ said:
I seem to have really screwed things up. Device is at the required lock screen after a restart (biometrics are obv still fine), but I have forgotten my lock screen credential. USB debugging is not enabled, so adb isn't playing nice. Never unlocked the bootloader. What can I do other than wipe the device? I have data I wish to recover, so would prefer to rule out wiping, if possible.
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you might just have to deal with the unconditional you're losing all that info that you still gradually want to keep you should have made a backup beforehand especially knowing that you keep a screen lock but you forgot it... I don't know if he had passwords etc backed up through your Google account if you have a Google account and a serious question is your phone even the unlockable type? I would suggest making backups and keeping them on a PC not directly onto your phone does backup every file manually but you may have to take the slight loss on this one I'm not 100% on that but I wish you luck I've been there before in the past and learn my lesson the harsh way
notmike_ said:
I seem to have really screwed things up. Device is at the required lock screen after a restart (biometrics are obv still fine), but I have forgotten my lock screen credential. USB debugging is not enabled, so adb isn't playing nice. Never unlocked the bootloader. What can I do other than wipe the device? I have data I wish to recover, so would prefer to rule out wiping, if possible.
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Try to remember the pin, pattern or password you used. Whatever you do, DO NOT RESET THE DEVICE. If you do reset, Google's Factory Reset Protection will kick in, and you will need to know the pin, pattern or password to continue setting the device up.
I pretty much gave up for now. The timer between tries is at around 4m. I hope perhaps some day in the future that there may be a way to activate usb debugging on the device (for adb) or somehow otherwise get my data off, but I don't have super high hopes.
notmike_ said:
I pretty much gave up for now. The timer between tries is at around 4m. I hope perhaps some day in the future that there may be a way to activate usb debugging on the device (for adb) or somehow otherwise get my data off, but I don't have super high hopes.
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if you know you google account you can easily unlock it but you will loos all your data , reset your device through recovery then while setting on FRP use your same account that you have setup on your device and it will ask you to add new account or use current . make sure you use current account and not new account
- hope this helps , if you dont get anything work around i would suggest you to go to nearest google SVC and ASk them for the same issue they will surely help as they have software to solve this kind of issue frequantly :good:

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