My T989 is rooted. I use it to log my work hours in "It's About Time". I back that app's data up every day to the box folder, and I sync with box. HOWEVER, the box syncing has aparently been pretending to work and doing nothing since february, so I'm screwed right now as the touchscreen on the phone was shattered today. It has no visuals or touch ability. the gorilla glass survived just fine, but the screen behind it is gone.
What I need to know is how can I access the data in the builtin memory. I would love to use Kies, but Kies, points out that my phone is locked (I use a pattern lock) and says I have to unlock it.
Is there someway to remotely unlock a broken phone? The phone can go be a doorstop at this point, but I HAVE to have those backup files sitting in the box folder. They aren't on the microsd card.
So the display is damaged but the digitizer is fine correct? As for data just pull files with adb....I believe you can do that unless you never had USB debugging on
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CptCrackers said:
My T989 is rooted. I use it to log my work hours in "It's About Time". I back that app's data up every day to the box folder, and I sync with box. HOWEVER, the box syncing has aparently been pretending to work and doing nothing since february, so I'm screwed right now as the touchscreen on the phone was shattered today. It has no visuals or touch ability. the gorilla glass survived just fine, but the screen behind it is gone.
What I need to know is how can I access the data in the builtin memory. I would love to use Kies, but Kies, points out that my phone is locked (I use a pattern lock) and says I have to unlock it.
Is there someway to remotely unlock a broken phone? The phone can go be a doorstop at this point, but I HAVE to have those backup files sitting in the box folder. They aren't on the microsd card.
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You can always boot into recovery and pull from your data partition using ADB. Then you can restore that to another phone after you install your time tracking app.
I have been in usb debugging. It may be in usb debugging mode right now.
When I connect it, it shows the drive, but they show as empty. Which is the same thing that happens on my GS4G when it's in debugging.
If you could tell me how to go about extracting files, that would be great, assuming there is even a way.
Is the digitizer the touch portion of the touch screen? If so, then no, that's not working. The phone boots, it receives texts, makes other sounds like it's working, but the screen is black. The LCD is cracked, and it will not accept touch input. I have haptic feedback on and it's definitely not letting me attempt to do the unlock screen.
slm4996 said:
You can always boot into recovery and pull from your data partition using ADB. Then you can restore that to another phone after you install your time tracking app.
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Could you tell me how I do this? The only time I ever booted into recovery was during the rooting process. Do I need to be able to see the screen to do it, or is there a way to get into it remotely? If so, can you either tell me what to do or point me at a tutorial or something? I wouldn't know where to start.
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Could you tell me how I do this? The only time I ever booted into recovery was during the rooting process. Do I need to be able to see the screen to do it, or is there a way to get into it remotely? If so, can you either tell me what to do or point me at a tutorial or something? I wouldn't know where to start.
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To get into recovery, pull your battery then put it back in, then hold both vol up and vol down and hit the power button.
Type "help" without quotes in ADB to get a list of commands.
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628138
It got me out of a jam once on my vibrant, when the same thing happened to me and needed some pictures for my work. USB debuggin has to be on though.
To backup the data from a damaged phone using ADB:
1) Enter Recovery mode:
Turn the phone off, remove the battery. Insert battery, hold volume up AND down while turning on. Plug in usb cable.
2)Open up your terminal/console. Enter the following commands (one command per line, press enter after each)
(this backs up the entire data partition)
Code:
mkdir phoneDataBackup
adb shell mount data
adb pull /data phoneDataBackup
You now have a copy of your phones /data folder, this contains the settings and data from your apps. Get a new phone and then install you app on it. Once you do that simply put the correct named folder from the phoneDataBackup back into your new phones /data folder.
Code:
adb push phoneDataBackup/data/com.rds.itsabouttime /data/data/
This should work just fine for you, I assume you already have ADB installed or can install it first.
THANKS ALL!!!
I am currently using the suggested Android commander to dump everything out of the phone. Lucky the usb debugging got left on when I was cleaning out bloatware last week!!!
Once it's done, or if even if it doesn't work, I'll be playing with the adb connection since it's not like I can break the phone worse... good learning opp!
Thanks for all the tips from everyone.
Quick update, and info in case someone later finds this thread in a search. The android commander did get back what I needed most. However, it also did some strange things. It can see a lot of stuff on the phone, but when pulling things from the phone, for some reason, some files and directories do not come over. I imagine this may have to do with permissions on those items.
I'm basically making thsi note here in case someone finds the thread, thinks they have dumped heir whole phone... just make sure you pick through the important directories before you think you've got everything and discard the phone.
Thanks again everyone. Ass officially saved.
Hello everyone.
I also just cracked my screen and have neither touch capability nor screen lighting, so I'm effectively blind in controlling my phone.
I know I have Clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.7 installed and rooted, but these solutions are not working for me.
I have tried removing the batt, reinserting the batt, holding UP+DOWN+POWER until the device vibrates, then let go of the POWER while holding UP+DOWN for another 10 seconds to be sure.
I then plug in the USB cable and my Windows 7 laptop does the "found USB device chime", so I know the device is on (and has not booted into Android, since the Samsung Galaxy logo jungle has not played.)
I also see that Windows 7 sees new "Removable Drives" that it adds after I plug in the device, but the drives cannot be accessed/are not available to Windows 7.
I'm definitely sure I'm in recovery because when I hit POWER, the Windows 7 "unplugged USB device" chime plays, the device vibrates and I'll hear the Galaxy S logo chime, which means I hit the 1st "reboot device" option on the recovery menu.
But when I open a console and type "adb devices" none are listed.
I have also tried Android Commander, and no devices are there either, so these 2 methods do not work. I'm wondering why adb cannot see recovery on mine if people are saying that it can.
I know that Clockworkmod recovery has a option for mounting the sdcard and data via USB. I also see that different versions of Clockworkmod have different menus.
Can someone help me by letting me know what/how many button presses I need to do to get to the "mount sdcard" and "mount data" options once I'm in recovery as I'm flying blind.
Thank you for any help.
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Hello everyone.
I also just cracked my screen and have neither touch capability nor screen lighting, so I'm effectively blind in controlling my phone.
I know I have Clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.7 installed and rooted, but these solutions are not working for me.
I have tried removing the batt, reinserting the batt, holding UP+DOWN+POWER until the device vibrates, then let go of the POWER while holding UP+DOWN for another 10 seconds to be sure.
I then plug in the USB cable and my Windows 7 laptop does the "found USB device chime", so I know the device is on (and has not booted into Android, since the Samsung Galaxy logo jungle has not played.)
I also see that Windows 7 sees new "Removable Drives" that it adds after I plug in the device, but the drives cannot be accessed/are not available to Windows 7.
I'm definitely sure I'm in recovery because when I hit POWER, the Windows 7 "unplugged USB device" chime plays, the device vibrates and I'll hear the Galaxy S logo chime, which means I hit the 1st "reboot device" option on the recovery menu.
But when I open a console and type "adb devices" none are listed.
I have also tried Android Commander, and no devices are there either, so these 2 methods do not work. I'm wondering why adb cannot see recovery on mine if people are saying that it can.
I know that Clockworkmod recovery has a option for mounting the sdcard and data via USB. I also see that different versions of Clockworkmod have different menus.
Can someone help me by letting me know what/how many button presses I need to do to get to the "mount sdcard" and "mount data" options once I'm in recovery as I'm flying blind.
Thank you for any help.
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If you have adb setup just do adb pulls. You can get anything that way. Slow, but a plan b if nothing else. I would count for you but I run twrp and I don't have time or battery to flash it over to cwm right now.
Edit: for whatever reason tapatalk didn't load anything past the OP...disregard.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
Last week I wiped out hard onto concrete while travelling at a fairly high rate of speed on my bicycle, trying to ride blind and no-handed. I had too much of my attention focused on typing and sending somebody an SMS message message. My phone didn't survive the impact. Everything including the light up navigation buttons, except for the screen, which remains black. I cannot say with certianty whether or not the black screen is responding to me touching it or not. I am rooted and running what was the latest version of CM9 at the time.
Before I go back to the Sprint store and beg for what would be my forth time getting it replaced on the spot for almost free,I would love having allo of my data from the internal drive, particularly the week old NAND backup that didnt make it onto my PC yet, so I dont have to start over clean again when I do get it replaced.
Obviously I also plan on flashing back to a stock EL29 as well before handing it to Sprint. I haven't actually tried it yet, but I imagine getting download mode and connected to ODIN wont be a problem.
I spent about 30 minutes connected to my PC with no luck trying to get the "connect via USB" button pressed, just going by memory on exactly how to pull the menu down and access that screen. The only other way I can think to try would be to flash a gingerbread kernel that has CWM and going through the recovery menus to the connect internal storage to USB option that way, but there is no way I could remember how far down the list those options are.
Also, I am an experienced linux user. I have not owned a PC with windows on it for several years. I would be borrowing my roommates computer to use ODIN. ...if that makes any difference with ways to get access..
What is the best way to get my data safely onto my PC from that internal USB flash storage drive?
edit: The phone connects to my wifi network automatically after booting up, if that gives me any more options
follow these instructions you will be able to view your screen through your pc.
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
I read a thread that you can access the data via kies. All you have to do it Download it from Samsung website and connect ur phone. Hope it helps.
I broke my screen and then stupidly damaged the LCD while trying to replace the glass. Im trying to sell it now but I need to wipe the data. Since I can't see anything on the screen i need some help with erasing it. I've been looking at the odin guide and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225405 adb and fastboot.. but still unsure
ChadSxngtn said:
I broke my screen and then stupidly damaged the LCD while trying to replace the glass. Im trying to sell it now but I need to wipe the data. Since I can't see anything on the screen i need some help with erasing it. I've been looking at the odin guide and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225405 adb and fastboot.. but still unsure
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Ya just Odin back to stock. That will erase EVERYTHING. open Odin pull out ur battery. Put it back in. Hold power home and vol down for about 10-15 seconds then press volume up I believe. That will put u in download mode. Plug it in via usb to ur pc. If the box on Odin turns yellow....ur good to go. Select ur pit file. And flash. Good luck
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Old thread I realize. But same issue - want to wipe an AT&T Note II on its way to the dustbin without having anything visible on-screen.
My friend stepped on his SGH-I317 (AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II), and has already purchased a Note 5 as a replacement.
Nothing visible on the screen, don't know if touch works, but the phone is alive enough to get everything that matters to him off the MTP (USB) link. Photos, ringtones, music sorta stuff. That's done; only the timestamps are lost.
Phone wasn't rooted and adb was not turned on (the on-screen ADB whitelist thing would probably have prevented using ADB anyway)
=> Without downloading anything at all (e.g. from Sammobile), is it possible to just wipe the data partition using Odin?
Or, alternately:
Would one of you mind booting into your recovery and verifying the button press sequence for a factory reset? I think it is
Off -> Hold Home+VolUp+Power -> wait a little -> 3 VolDown clicks -> 1 Power Click
(possibly followed by 7 VolDown clicks and 1 Power click)
I'm trying the above but I don't see any evidence of the phone coming alive with Home+VolUp+Power after a battery pull based on LED or USB state. (It will boot normally with the Power button)
thanks
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Well, Murphy's law. Apparently the phone was stepped upon right on top of the volume rocker switch, so it won't go into Odin Download Mode, nor will it go into the Recovery boot.
Hopefully it is still speaking to the owner's WiFi* - I'll take a laptop over there and if so, we'll give the Android Device Manager a try later on tonight for wiping the device.
* The SIM card size changed between the Note II and Note 5, so no SIM swapping for temporary purposes.
Hi All,
My Dad has given me has HTC 10 has the battery drain is crazy, when look at the phone the capacitives back and recent apps were not working only the menu button.
i checked the settings and nothing out of the blue why this was happening, so the first thing i did was factory reset the phone, this didnt resolve the issue.
So i though i would reflash the RUU on his phone but the phone will only show has slow charge on my Windows pc, laptop and chromebook, i cant get it to to pick up in ADB etc...
I also hard reset it too in the boot menu (again even if i load in to boot loader the phone isnt detected ) I have over 10 usb c cables (and these work fine on my HTC U11 and allows mew to go in to debug mode etc.. on that phone)
does anyone know what to do so i can flash it to an old version, his CID is H3G__.001 but i cant find the RUU for this only the HTC__.001 and this fails with incorrect footer etc.. i just also tried installing the update via the sd card and getting the same errors.
regars
Scott
The Capacitive buttons and the charge port are part of the same board. You could have an issue with that board. If the phone isn't rooted, to allow adb over Wi-Fi, you might be out of luck.
Hello!
Unfortunately my 9 SE (6GB RAM, 64GB ROM, bought from e-tec.at) got stuck in the boot loop yesterday afternoon.
About the phone: European version, has the latest updates on it, no custom Rom, USB debugging mode is unfortunately not set, no Mi backup, was not registered in the MI account).
The storage space was already quite full. The "MI deep cleaner" app was running and got stuck, a window is constantly popped up. Honestly, I can't say if I clicked and just deleted an app by accident. I heard that it can also be a problem if you simply delete certain apps. So I wanted to restart the phone and it has been in the boot loop ever since. Actually I don't no the real reason it was lagging.
I get into Recovery Mode 3.0 and Fastboot. But I really want to have the photos on my cell phone again, so I dont want to swipe all data. The cell phone is recognized via the PC, but cannot access via the Xiaomi PC Suite (which should be out of date?).
I still have a guarantee for my cell phone. What if I would send it to Xiaomi support, would theyy try to save the data or simply reset everything to factory settings? Who has an idea how I can solve the boot loop problem?
Should I take the cell phone off the power until the battery runs out? It is reboots all the time.
best regards, thank you for your help in advance!!
chewei
@Chewei8152: try to get /sdcard of the phone visible in file explorer of pc during recovery or fastboot mode. Then copy your files to pc. Sorry, but there's only a very little chance. (Assuming stock recovery and USB access off.)
Xiaomi repair service will advice a factory reset first and, if they accept your delivery, surely not save any data before.
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@Chewei8152: try to get /sdcard of the phone visible in file explorer of pc during recovery or fastboot mode. Then copy your files to pc. Sorry, but there's only a very little chance. (Assuming stock recovery and USB access off.)
Xiaomi repair service will advice a factory reset first and, if they accept your delivery, surely not save any data before.
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Thank you for your reply! How do I manage to get the sccard visible?
Do you think that is possible to flash the phone from EDL mode without clear the data (from someone who can do this for me)?
Cheers and many thanks!
Chewei8152 said:
How do I manage to get the sdcard visible?
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Simply connect with PC and hope that the folder /sdcard and is shown in PC file manager.
Do you think that is possible to flash the phone from EDL mode without clear the data?
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Sorry, no idea.