My HTC Wildfire S has effectively been bricked after too many incorrect pattern attempts, and is stuck on the gmail account unlock screen.
My issue is, prior to it being bricked, neither wifi nor 3G had been activated on the phone, so it can't authenticate the gmail account when it's entered. Also, USB Debugging was disabled, hence making it very difficult to do much with a PC.
I'd very much prefer to stay away from a factory reset, as there is a lot of data on there that I'd like to keep, so any workaround, no matter how obscure, I would appreciate.
Which rom is this on stock rom
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It is indeed on a stock rom, yes.
Also, if it helps, the phone is on Telstra.
Wats it showing on screen give me full details so I can help u and tell me if u r roted and have recovery
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The phone is entirely unmolested, I was intending to root it soon but apart from that it's essentially stock in every respect. Also, I have no recovery images.
It's simply the screen requesting a login using the gmail account that was used to set up the phone that appears after too many screen pattern attempts. The problem resides in that the phone has neither network nor WiFi internet enabled, and I can't change that through adb because USB debugging is also disabled.
Maybe u disabled the data connection before I guess
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Yes, the data connection was disabled before, thats my problem, if I could re-enable it, I'd be fine, the problem is the only way I know of doing that is by adb, however USB debugging has also been disabled.
Ya but still u can flash recovery don't wry say me if u have 2012 wfs model
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If u want to knew 2012 wfs model remove batty and c serial no. And last digits shd say 2012
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Huh, got yourself into a pickle there.
From bootloader maybe, but I have no idea.
Just tried that now, I have the phone in bootloader, there's the five options, fastboot, recovery, factory reset, simlock and image crc...not entirely sure how exactly they function, except for of course factory reset...thought to perhaps explore fastboot, and there's the options "bootloader", "reboot", "reboot bootloader" and "power down". Any hints on where to poke my nose around in here?
Could it be possible to access the phone in bootloader or fastboot via adb without having to enable usb debugging within the actual phone?
No to push files u have to enable USB debugging
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Do one thing urs is a 2012 wfs model or old one
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At this point, I pretty much just see a factory reset ..
You can't flash anything, seeing how USB Debug is off, so ..
At the very best, you could ask your local retailer :/
Go to recovery -> mount and storage -> format all (no /sdcard) -> install new rom
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Go to recovery -> mount and storage -> format all (no /sdcard) -> install new rom
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From what I gather, OP is running fully stock.
give this a try op, if you get past it enable your data/wifi asap!
switch off ur phone and press volume up+power button at the same time... now go to revoery and factory reset ur phone.. ur problem will be solved.. btw awl data on mobile will loss...
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Well, I normally dont use any type of lock for my HTC Desire HD, however I had people messing around with my phone therefore I set up a lock screen with password. Problem is I had mistyped the password 2times in a row while setting it up therefore now I don't know how to unlock my device. I have a gmail account however even after typing a incorrect password 75 times it still doesnt give the option to put my gmail it may be that I dont have internet connection at the moment on my device , all I have is emergency call. I dont want to delete my data on the device, I'm running LeeDroid custom rom. I've heard some suggestion about using ADB but couldnt find proper method how to
Replies very much appreciated,
thanks
I think the only thing you can do is wipe and flash rom again although i would assume there is some sort of forgot password repair.
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twiztedvvv said:
I think the only thing you can do is wipe and flash rom again although i would assume there is some sort of forgot password repair.
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that's what I really don't wanna do, got some stuff which I hadn't backed up yet thanks though.
Did you trie to re-install the custom ROM? Don't know for sure but if you don't format or wipe anything maybe it will set the lockscreen back in default.
Download android-sdk, this will give you the adb control.
when you plug your cell to your computer it will ask you what do to, and you can choose internet pass through(get internet from the computer on to the cell) and maybe the lockscreen will send a "reset password" request.
anyway, if you re-flash your current ROM without any wipes, you won't be loosing any data
entered wrong pattern lock, now too many attempts screen, asking email and password which dont work, plz help.
Samsung gal y.
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Use Odin to restore or if you are lucky you made a Back-up In CWM or have a custom Rom in CWM Recovery Install that probs Gone!
dr.manoj_n said:
entered wrong pattern lock, now too many attempts screen, asking email and password which dont work, plz help.
Samsung gal y.
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Yes use ur Google Account used in play store and account sync (username password ) Reset Lock.....................
dr.manoj_n said:
entered wrong pattern lock, now too many attempts screen, asking email and password which dont work, plz help.
Samsung gal y.
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Try wipe data
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as mentioned by the previous poster.
I think using "wipe data" will reset the phone to the original settings back to the "click the android to begin".
this method may work unless you still have something you want to backup from your phone.
if it still does not work,then it is a good time to unleash the power of ODIN!!!!
you can unlock it with android sdk.phone must be soft or hardrooted.start the phone usb debug must be enebled for this method,i hope you have,open cmd window(windows)navigate to "platform-tools" from sdk folder where is da adb.exe,type step by step the following commands:
adb remount
adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key
after thats the lock is deleted,the joke is the phone ask for the patternlock,but you can type wat u want all is right now.
Method nr2:
The second option presented here is the quickest and cheapest option, since it costs nothing
You choose first "emergency". Give her as an emergency number
*2767*3855#
Now you can reset your phone and lock the screen is then gone, too, as your data.
i hope it helps:good:
explanation:method1
If your set at the Androiddevice a screen unlock, it is in the folder / data / system file with the name "gesture.key" created. This contains the data as the correct pattern looks like, in encrypted form. If this is now removed with the rm command so the system knows the unlock does not work properly and take any pattern to be correct.
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Try wipe data
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Thanks for help, it worked. Wiped data. Now phone is working.
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Somehow after unlocking, rooting and flashing my AT&T One X, I've lost the dialog screen offerinUSB storage (Disk Drive) when I plug the phone into my mac. Now I'm simply offered tethering options and various Internet sharing features.....but no more Charge Only/Disk Drive option. So I'm having quite the time trying to transfer various huge files over bluetooth....
And I missing something or is there some way to remedy this?
Thanks a bunch!
Did you unlock and stay on stock rom or did you flash custom?
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Did you unlock and stay on stock rom or did you flash custom?
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Flashed custom. ViperXL 3.2.6. Everything else works flawlessly, this is the one hiccup. I used to get a USB icon that would pull down and reveal "Charge Only" or "Disk Drive"...now I get that same icon, but with "Portable Hotspot and Tethering" and the option to turn on or off debugging.
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Flashed custom. ViperXL 3.2.6. Everything else works flawlessly, this is the one hiccup. I used to get a USB icon that would pull down and reveal "Charge Only" or "Disk Drive"...now I get that same icon, but with "Portable Hotspot and Tethering" and the option to turn on or off debugging.
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Try wiping everything acc reinstalling. I flagged 3.2.6 yesterday and transferred 34 gigs back onto device.
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Try wiping everything acc reinstalling. I flagged 3.2.6 yesterday and transferred 34 gigs back onto device.
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Wiping and reinstalling? It's not a malfunction of any kind, the connection option is simply moved somewhere....I'm looking for 'where it went'.
First of all, your bootloader on top says EVITA ....right ? Then you are wrong here. This is the forum for the ENDEAVOURU HTC one x
You have the HTC one XL !
Second : you are using JB ? Then it uses MTP....media transfer protocol.
So please go to the right forum now.
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First of all, your bootloader on top says EVITA ....right ? Then you are wrong here. This is the forum for the ENDEAVOURU HTC one x
You have the HTC one XL !
Second : you are using JB ? Then it uses MTP....media transfer protocol.
So please go to the right forum now.
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Apologies if I'm in the wrong place - however, to clarify, it says Evita, I'm on Jellybean and it is a One X.
If I'm in the wrong place however, kindly inform as to why this its the forum directory path....
> HTC One X > One X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [Q] USB storage gone after ViperXL > Reply to Thread
maybe I'm misunderstanding the protocol here. Are there specific areas for specific boards?
Thank you kind sir.
No problem, but as you are here to ask questions.....you also might look for roms here and that's the main problem, you can brick it here
You need to go to the at&t, rogers, HTC one xl forum (dont recall the exact name)
But for now you can solve this by entering the recovery and mount it there as a mass storage device.
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No problem, but as you are here to ask questions.....you also might look for roms here and that's the main problem, you can brick it here
You need to go to the at&t, rogers, HTC one xl forum (dont recall the exact name)
But for now you can solve this by entering the recovery and mount it there as a mass storage device.
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Solved - Your mention of MTP reminded me that's not native to Macs - so I installed that and we're good to go - everything back to normal.
Thanks again - I'll be sure to track down more hardware specific forums in the future.
Hello Guys,
Since i have rooted my Samsung S II SGH T-989, now whenever i attach my phone with PC through USB either it gets hang or it gets hand when i start transferring data from PC to Phone.
Please let me know how to resolve this issue as i am facing this since months now.
deepakdhoundiyal said:
Hello Guys,
Since i have rooted my Samsung S II SGH T-989, now whenever i attach my phone with PC through USB either it gets hang or it gets hand when i start transferring data from PC to Phone.
Please let me know how to resolve this issue as i am facing this since months now.
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Have u tried diff cables? Also, how are u transferring? As a media device? Mass storage? It all makes a difference, does it show in ur PC? Can u mount storage from recovery and transfer data?
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Have u tried diff cables? Also, how are u transferring? As a media device? Mass storage? It all makes a difference, does it show in ur PC? Can u mount storage from recovery and transfer data?
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Hi, thanks for your quickly reply.
Yes, i have tried multiple cables, in fact, i use original cable. When i connect phone to PC it ask to "Turn on USB Storage" as i touch it which 5 seconds it gets hanged and only works when i disconnect and restarting my phone.
It doesn't ask whether to use as Media Device or Mass Storage. It used to ask when my phone wasn't rooted, but after rooting it doesn't.
deepakdhoundiyal said:
Hi, thanks for your quickly reply.
Yes, i have tried multiple cables, in fact, i use original cable. When i connect phone to PC it ask to "Turn on USB Storage" as i touch it which 5 seconds it gets hanged and only works when i disconnect and restarting my phone.
It doesn't ask whether to use as Media Device or Mass Storage. It used to ask when my phone wasn't rooted, but after rooting it doesn't.
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OK what recovery do u have installed? When u connect to PC does the usb connected icon appear in status bar? If so, when click it does it bring u to usb mass storage page?Do u have Samsung kies installed cuz that will prevent the phone staying connected sometimes, what I suggest is removing kies, trying diff com ports on the PC, and try going into phone settings/more settings/USB utilities and seeing if u can
Change the connection, if none of that works then my next suggestion would be to install a custom rom, I can suggest a few if u want, if u have any issues or need more help pm me or u can catch me on hangouts too
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OK what recovery do u have installed? When u connect to PC does the usb connected icon appear in status bar? If so, when click it does it bring u to usb mass storage page?Do u have Samsung kies installed cuz that will prevent the phone staying connected sometimes, what I suggest is removing kies, trying diff com ports on the PC, and try going into phone settings/more settings/USB utilities and seeing if u can
Change the connection, if none of that works then my next suggestion would be to install a custom rom, I can suggest a few if u want, if u have any issues or need more help pm me or u can catch me on hangouts too
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Hi,
I am using "aokp_hercules_jb-mr1_build-6". Yes, USB connected icon appears in status bar. When i click it, it asks me to "turn on mass storage" and once i click it my phone gets hanged. Kies is not installed in my PC.
I checked my storage options and i reached to Setting/Storage/USB computer connection it is showing 3 options to connect as
Media device (MTP)
Camera (PTP)
Mass storage
I enabled Mass storage and tried to connect USB again. This time it got connected but which 10 seconds it hanged
deepakdhoundiyal said:
Hi,
I am using "aokp_hercules_jb-mr1_build-6". Yes, USB connected icon appears in status bar. When i click it, it asks me to "turn on mass storage" and once i click it my phone gets hanged. Kies is not installed in my PC.
I checked my storage options and i reached to Setting/Storage/USB computer connection it is showing 3 options to connect as
Media device (MTP)
Camera (PTP)
Mass storage
I enabled Mass storage and tried to connect USB again. This time it got connected but which 10 seconds it hanged
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Try connecting as a media device, if that doesn't work I know they took the mass sure l storage option out of alot of the 4.2 roms, try flashing a different rom to see if it's the ROM
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Try connecting as a media device, if that doesn't work I know they took the mass sure l storage option out of alot of the 4.2 roms, try flashing a different rom to see if it's the ROM
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I have tried it a lot of times, but every time result is same, phone gets hang.
Can you please give me the link to download best ROM with instructions, how to flash it? Please share your hangout ID so i can get in touch with you.
deepakdhoundiyal said:
I have tried it a lot of times, but every time result is same, phone gets hang.
Can you please give me the link to download best ROM with instructions, how to flash it? Please share your hangout ID so i can get in touch with you.
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Yes I'll give u a link, just pm me, depends what u want touchwiz or aosp, the thing is with most 4.2.2 roms mass storage has been disabled for some reason, don't ask why, but pm me n I'll shoot u as many roms as u want...
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ROMs
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Yes I'll give u a link, just pm me, depends what u want touchwiz or aosp, the thing is with most 4.2.2 roms mass storage has been disabled for some reason, don't ask why, but pm me n I'll shoot u as many roms as u want...
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Hello
I have MP you 2 messages, but i am not sure whether you are receiving them or not.
ROMs
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Yes I'll give u a link, just pm me, depends what u want touchwiz or aosp, the thing is with most 4.2.2 roms mass storage has been disabled for some reason, don't ask why, but pm me n I'll shoot u as many roms as u want...
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Hello,
Please let me know how to pm you as i think you are not getting my messages.
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Hello,
Please let me know how to pm you as i think you are not getting my messages.
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Hello,
can you please ping me in hangouts as i couldn't find you there as i tried to search with your id?
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Yes I'll give u a link, just pm me, depends what u want touchwiz or aosp, the thing is with most 4.2.2 roms mass storage has been disabled for some reason, don't ask why, but pm me n I'll shoot u as many roms as u want...
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Hello,
can you please ping me in hangouts as i couldn't find you there as i tried to search with your id?
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Hello,
can you please ping me in hangouts as i couldn't find you there as i tried to search with your id?
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Ping me as Jason Surprenant
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That ROM is rather outdated. If you're into AOKP, I suggest flashing Milestone 2. Do you have CWMR?
SGH-T989
AOKP M2
Daughter has the GS2. Dropped it, screen cracked.
how can I get into the phone to copy her pictures/call logs if I can't 'unlock' the screen?
The phone is NOT currently rooted, by the way - I am sure that quadruples the problem.
Any help welcomed!
By default mtp is enabled when plugging usb and if you already installed drivers you should see on my computer phone with internal and external memory
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By default mtp is enabled when plugging usb and if you already installed drivers you should see on my computer phone with internal and external memory
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it mounts that way, but shows 0 files....
the password, I believe, prevents it from showing
Which model ? (From the sticker on the phone chassis under the battery).
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Which model ? (From the sticker on the phone chassis under the battery).
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My daughter has the phone with her - it's the GSII white from sprint.
Thought it might be. I'm almost certain it's one of these, and as the last thing we'd want is to give you incorrect info which won't fix the problem at best & might exacerbate it at worst, I've asked mods to move your thread to the correct forum
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Thought it might be. I'm almost certain it's one of these, and as the last thing we'd want is to give you incorrect info which won't fix the problem at best & might exacerbate it at worst, I've asked mods to move your thread to the correct forum
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Thanks, but this question is probably 'android in general' right? Can i put the phone in recovery (how do I do that? Power+vol up+home?) and ADB into the phone even if there is a screen lock password?
Well sounds like you need to hook it up by using mhl. It basically puts the screen on a tv through a cord. If the screen still registers touches that would be awesome. But if not I wouldnt know how to go about anything further. Because in order for you to hook up a mouse at this point you would need a bluetooth mouse. Because the usb port would be used up by the mhl adapter. Not sure how you would be able to bypass that one and hook up the mouse. Kies also will pull data but that would require the phone be passed the security lock.
You could however try using odin. You can hook your phone up to mhl. Put your phone in download mode. Which is power button and volume down. Hold both until you reach a screen with text. Then push volume up. At that point you can flash the el26 kernel. Which gives you cwm recovery. Then reboot into recovery. Volume up and power. Hold until the recovery screen comes up. From there you can mount your sd cards. And pull data like normal.
Goodluck whichever way you decide.
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Get a new screen...
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In terminal for adb type
Code:
adb pull /storage/sdcard0 /your/backup/directory
Obviously you'll replace /your/backup/directory with where you're going to save the memory to, and it helps if you've already created the directory if you're putting it into a new folder.
Stryke_the_Orc said:
In terminal for adb type
Code:
adb pull /storage/sdcard0 /your/backup/directory
Obviously you'll replace /your/backup/directory with where you're going to save the memory to, and it helps if you've already created the directory if you're putting it into a new folder.
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Thanks for that.
With ADB, I'd need to be in recovery mode or something right - where the OS is not running / password protected?
So how do I make sure the internal storage is mounted?
Bigjohn_S said:
Thanks for that.
With ADB, I'd need to be in recovery mode or something right - where the OS is not running / password protected?
So how do I make sure the internal storage is mounted?
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Bigjohn save yourself time and do what patrao_n said. That's the best way for you to be able to save your data. The second part with the Odin ids what I mean. It's quick and very useful.
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Bigjohn_S said:
Thanks for that.
With ADB, I'd need to be in recovery mode or something right - where the OS is not running / password protected?
So how do I make sure the internal storage is mounted?
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No, as long as Adb recognizes your device you can do it while everything is running.
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FuMMoD said:
Bigjohn save yourself time and do what patrao_n said. That's the best way for you to be able to save your data. The second part with the Odin ids what I mean. It's quick and very useful.
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Figuring out what he said, about mhl, finding a cable that would do that, and etc. is much HARDER than trying ADB.... he provided no links, just general statements. ADB 'commands' to do this sort of thing are on several forums; just wanted to confirm that it's similar on this phone.
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No, as long as Adb recognizes your device you can do it while everything is running.
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Interesting.
This is a stock phone without root - so I've heard if you never put the phone in USB Debug enable mode you have to do this with the phone in recovery and mount the sd card, then back it up.
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Interesting.
This is a stock phone without root - so I've heard if you never put the phone in USB Debug enable mode you have to do this with the phone in recovery and mount the sd card, then back it up.
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Ah, sorry I missed that part. Yes, you're correct that you need to do it from recovery. When I get back to my pc I'll double check that the same methods work.
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Alright, I'm going to need a little more info before we can figure this one out.
The screen is broken, ok. Is it black, or can you see anything? Is it responsive in any way?
You're running unrooted stock, what version? Ics, Jellybean?
What OS is on your computer, and what tools do you currently have?
In order to do this, you will need to root the device (unrooting without a trace is easy as pie ) but I will need to know what situation we're looking at, ie.. How bad is it? lol
Couldn't he just flash a one click that preserves user data like music and pics but deletes settings and apps, then connect it to a computer and browse through its folders?
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Couldn't he just flash a one click that preserves user data like music and pics but deletes settings and apps, then connect it to a computer and browse through its folders?
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No because nodata restores keep all user data intact, which includes passwords.
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The best thing he could do would be to get into ODIN mode and use adb.
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I still think he should just fix the damn thing. Its not that expensive nor is it hard to do. It is a lot better than getting a completely new device for a few hundred dollars.
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