Like the title says if I connect the S4 mini to my computer without touching the security pattern I have no access to the SD card and internal memory only if unlock the phone witch is a bit worrying since I can broke the screen a lose access to my important info.:crying:
Thanks in advance
It's a security feature, if you broke your screen make sure you have a working adb in your recovery and computer
I am not sure but I think one time the mini connected to the PC without unlocking
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Hello guys, i just changed my HOXL for the ATT GS3 but i have been having some problems, Im Totally new to Samsung devices
i rooted the phone and then download some ROMS to try them out but when i reboot in recovery nothing appears in my internal storage :S
also when i plug in the phone to the PC via USB it doesnt recognized it (I do have all drivers installed)
i dont use a micro SD card, and i didnt have any of these problems with my htc phones, so can someone help me??
Also the name of my carrier appear in the status bar twice with a little "i" circled and it looks ugly, is there any way to remove it?? it eats all the status bar space... :S
thanks in advanced guys
I'd like to start by saying I checked but couldn't find any similar threads to this issue I've been facing with my S3. I believe it to be a global issue since samsung did away with needing drivers to mount internal and external storage on their phones to just having the device showing up as a media device to simplify the user experience.
My question is that short of encrypting the phone and SD card (for those of us who don't have any incriminating or secret information on our phones but want at least a screen-lock's level of security), is there a way to prevent your phone from automatically attaching to any computer it's plugged into via internal storage and SD? Otherwise, I don't see a point in using a screen lock. Anyone can steal this phone, plug it into a computer, and have full access to all of your files.
Again please redirect this post if a thread currently exists. Such a security hole makes me nervous, granted I am rooted and use avast's defense module to safeguard a lost phone predicament. Thank you everyone!
With PIN lock, I can't access the contents of the int/ex SD card until I unlock the phone once.
Check your phone settings again. When my phone is locked (pin/face/etc), if I were to plug it into a PC, it detects the device but does NOT allow access to internal memory or SD card.
Yeah, when I connect via usb to my computer i have to drag the notification bar down and click on mount usb. When the screen is licked obviously you can't do that until you unlock it.
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Recently I dropped my Note 2 and the screen shattered. Went totally black. I still am able to receive texts and calls etc. So i got a replacement phone and need to get some pictures off my broken Note 2's internal hard drive. Is there any way to do this by plugging the phone in? Really would like to figure this out before I have to ship my phone back to the insurance company.
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Matt
Just plug it into your computer and it will appear mounted so you can navigate to the internal sd card and get the data you need. I think you don't need to install anything because it mounts as camera device or something like that.
You'll need to install the drivers for it to show up on your PC.
Get them from Samsung or here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956
malandante said:
Just plug it into your computer and it will appear mounted so you can navigate to the internal sd card and get the data you need. I think you don't need to install anything because it mounts as camera device or something like that.
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it mounts as MTP. but if you have a lock screen of any sort, you'll need to be able to unlock it before the internal drive and sdcard become visible on a windows pc.
Hello All, i recently was given a att s3. i tried connecting it to my computer but all it does is charge. previous experience tells my android phones are picky about the usb cable. i dont have the original and but tried several others and all it does is charge. didnt have an sd card in it. now it does but the phone only mounts it if i push it in past the click and hold it. let go, says removed. i would like to be able to connect it and flash stock rom via odin and root and flash all the good things but since it wont recognize on the pc, cant. im using a mac that had parallel desktop and windows 7 but uninstalled that to try dual boot with boot camp. ive tried suggestions in other forums and post but nothing has worked. does anyone know why or what i can do to get it to stay mounted and not holding it?
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Sounds like something is wrong with SD card slot. Does it lock into place when you put it in?
yeah it clicks and locks into place. sometimes it only mounts when you push it a little past the click and hold it. but as soon as you let go, it says removed.
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yeah it clicks and locks into place. sometimes it only mounts when you push it a little past the click and hold it. but as soon as you let go, it says removed.
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Yeah. Sounds like the slot is bad. Maybe try cleaning the contacts or somehow try to rig it to make it stay pushed in a little farther.
i tried putting a thin piece of paper under the edge to lift the edge and tilt the contacts downward slightly. no dice, but only tried once. at times i can push it past the click and it mounts then other times it still doesn't. push down on the socket itself and hear a click but no mounting. is the socket serviceable or possibly a reflow? thanks for your replies. ive had an s3 before and i loved/missed it.
i guess it is. i just order a replacement sim card/ sd card slot assembly. do you think that if the assembly on it is not allowing the sd card to connect and mount would cause the usb cable to not connect? i kinda wanted to flash the stock rom on so i know its how it should be and then root and customize to my wish.
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i guess it is. i just order a replacement sim card/ sd card slot assembly. do you think that if the assembly on it is not allowing the sd card to connect and mount would cause the usb cable to not connect? i kinda wanted to flash the stock rom on so i know its how it should be and then root and customize to my wish.
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Do you have the samsung drivers for the phone installed on your computer. It should still see your internal storage if even if the ad card is not working. You can google search for the drivers
yeah i had the drivers installed. once with galaxy s3 toolkit then downloaded from samsung. i was running parallel desktop on my macbook air to run windows 7. my wifes iphone will bring up an option to connect with mac or windows 7 but everything else i plug in just connects straight to the mac side. i uninstalled windows 7 and parallel and try boot camp.
finally got windows up and running with boot camp. updated and installed samsung drivers twice. connect the phone, computer says usb devce not recognized.
I am trying to use this to bypass a pattern lock on a Samsung Galaxy s6 Active and have been unable to do so. The phone does not have an internal Micro SD slot, so I have tried it with a dual adapter flash drive (micro sd) an On the Go cable to a flash drive, and a micro SD card reader to no avail.
Each of these things shows up on the screen if I am in normal mode, though I can't access them, of course, because it is locked.
However, in Recovery mode, if I select "Apply update from SD card" it says "Couldn't mount / sd card. Installation aborted."
If I select "mount / system" it says "Couldn't mount / sd card. Installation aborted. Mounted system."
What am I doing wrong? Please, if anyone can help me I would be deeply grateful and even happy to pay you.
Is this how you "flash" something?
If neither of these options work, can someone tell me a way to use ADB to bypass the pattern lock? Note that the phone is not "rooted" and “USB debugging" is not enabled unless those are things the phone comes set to as a default out of the box.
I am comfortable using a terminal type interface a little, with specific instructions. I have a Windows 10 machine and a Macbook pro I can do this on. Do I need to run something that simulates a Linux machine?
Any ideas? Please.. so desperate. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
I really need the data on my phone and can not do a factory reset. Mostly, I need the text messages. Is there a way to get this off the phone another way?