Phone M8 Europe, OS 6.12.401.4
problem:
phone is unaccessible - Error: com.android.systemui stopped working
This happens after he (is not sure tho...) had his phone updating. It was not reacting, so he restarted several times. Finaly he got "preparing apps" (not sure about the english term for it, its appears after you update before you) what amde he think there were an update.
Now after you start the phone the message "com.android.systemui stopped working" appears over the lockscreen. The lockscreen is still visible, clock shows and is not frozen also i can see the statusbar, Volume keys are working too. When i click ok on that message the lockscreen disappears, i sometimes get some screen flickering seeing a background picture (my friend does not know this). Touch inputs not accepted or nothing happens, same for volume keys but i can push power and choose to restart, airplane mode, shutdown and touch-choose this. If i understand that problem right, its related to the homescreen, so if i somehow can bypass this the apps and menus and stetting will work fine.
Now there can be 2 reasons for that. First something went wrong while updating and restarting and second a problem with the launcher (Smart Launcher) he installed on the phone because he had trouble accessing the statusbar.
Now i want to access the phone without factory reset because of all the important apps/data stored and not backed up...
I cannot access via adb - no device shown, i think because of usb debugging not enabled.
Delete the cache did not solve it. I cannot clear Dalvik, HTC Recovery does not show that option. Also installing TWRP is not possible because i cant unlock the phone.
When i install a stock rom its the same like factory reset, right?
HTC Sync Manager will not find the device either.
I am out of options, maybe you have some ideas? Is it possible to fix this without losing all the data? Are there other ways to access the phone like plug in a keyboard and use key combination to try to get into a menu?
maerzhase said:
I am out of options, maybe you have some ideas? Is it possible to fix this without losing all the data?
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Probably not. If the OS is not accessible, and the phone was not previously bootloader unlocked & TWRP, there is no way to retrieve the data.
You can run the RUU, which will probably repair whatever is wrong with the OS. But the RUU will wipe all data on the phone.
Either follow the instructions here, to run the RUU by htc_fastboot: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64926626&postcount=6
Or if you have an SD card, it may be easier to rename the RUU zip to 0P6BIMG.zip , put it on the SD card, insert in phone. Then restart to bootloader, and it should auto detect the zip and install it.
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maerzhase said:
Also installing TWRP is not possible because i cant unlock the phone.
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Don't know what you mean by "can't unlock the phone"
Does that mean you tried, but were not successful? If so, describe the exact steps you took, commands, and specific outputs, error messages, phone status that resulted, etc.
Probably bootloader unlock is perfectly possible, and you just aren't doing it 100% correct. Although the process to RUU is probably easier. Unless you also want to root, custom ROM, etc.
Also, unlocking the bootloader will wipe all data on the phone.
Thanks for your help redpoint73.
Apparently i did not properly read the "how to unlock/twrp", looks like i dont need to put the phone into usb debugging.... Nevertheless does the disclaimer on htcdev warn me about getting all user data deleted in the process :/
Biggest problem is to get the user data, but all solutions i found to get access to the phone involve clearing it. A factory reset will do the trick and she can use the phone again i guess, since the phone is not exactly bricked...more like softlocked. Everything seems to be running fine but the home/lock-screen. If that wont help i will run that RUU.
I will do some more research maybe i find some other solution to bypass it, if not i will we reset.
Also i dont understand how data can be so important that its a tragedy if its gone, but not important enough to backup. but thats not my problem.
maerzhase said:
Also i dont understand how data can be so important that its a tragedy if its gone, but not important enough to backup.
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There is no such thing. If the data is important to you (your friend, etc.), back it up. It's that simple.
There is a variety of ways to backup, and a number of tools were preinstalled on the phone. So there was really no reason for your friend to not be backing up.
Searching for ways to retrieve the data after something goes wrong, is not good plan. The likely result is going to be regret. But I guess some folks need to learn the hard way!
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maerzhase said:
Apparently i did not properly read the "how to unlock/twrp", looks like i dont need to put the phone into usb debugging....
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You don't need debugging for fastboot commands; you only need it for adb commands. While adb and fastboot are related, there are important differences. Fastboot (not adb) is what is needed to unlock the bootloader or RUU.
You were right, i was not able to save any data. The problem itself was solved with a reset - phone working again, top of the screen still not accessible, prob. broken.
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Tried to post this in the developers forum in the correct thread but I'm restricted - sorry mods but if you could move this post, that would be ace?
I've tried following the instructions for using the r2: Superboot process to root my phone, but having trouble with it.
I've installed the drivers that came in the zip - with the phone switched on as normal, Windows recognises it no problem, as does ADB. When I put the phone into the bootloader, Windows doesn't recognise it - showing in device manager as "Android 1.0" and making a funny beep as the USB is plugged in. Neither ADB or Fastboot recognise the phone as being attatched.
Just bought the phone today, sim free, in the UK, so possibly a different hardware or software version to those who've got it working?
When running normally, "About Phone" shows as Android version 4.0.1, Kernel 3.0.1-ge2433f2 [email protected] #1 and Build number ITL41D.
In the bootloader it shows Fastboot Mode, Product Name - tuna, Varient - magura, HW Version 9, Bootloader Version - PRIMEKJ10, Signing - production, Lock State - locked.
Anyone got any ideas where to go from here?
Thanks
Make sure you turn on ADB Debugging from the settings menu and plug it into your pc.
Then run:
adb devices
See if its there. If so, continue
You need to force the drivers to install in fastboot mode first. Download the 'drivers' files from *THIS* forum and try them it worked for me (make sure you are in fastboot mode when you install them). You will also need to unlock the bootloader first which will wipe your phone including sdcard so make sure you have any files you need backed up first.
Mark.
Ah, fella, you're a superstar!
Done it now, can tweak my phone just how I want it now.
Thanks so much for your help
mskip said:
You will also need to unlock the bootloader first which will wipe your phone including sdcard so make sure you have any files you need backed up first.
Mark.
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I have been assuming that 'wipe your phone' means wipe it of anything the user has put on it, but that the OS remains; is that correct?
Yeh, it resets it to the same state as when you first get the phone, wiping any personal data and any changes you've made to the system
Have to say I'm impressed though, it remembered by Wifi password and downloaded all my apps again without me doing anything! I'm liking ICS so far!
scooby359 said:
Yeh, it resets it to the same state as when you first get the phone, wiping any personal data and any changes you've made to the system
Have to say I'm impressed though, it remembered by Wifi password and downloaded all my apps again without me doing anything! I'm liking ICS so far!
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The Wifi password and app restoration is all in the cloud just pointing that out lol
scooby359 said:
Yeh, it resets it to the same state as when you first get the phone, wiping any personal data and any changes you've made to the system
Have to say I'm impressed though, it remembered by Wifi password and downloaded all my apps again without me doing anything! I'm liking ICS so far!
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Your passwords and all your list of apps from the market are stored under your google account so when you sign back in on a new phone (or wiped one) and synch with your phone all your market apps under that account are re-downloaded and certain information is restored.
Mark.
I don't remember that happening on my old Desire.. that just something I've missed or new to ICS?
I've noticed ICS brings up my bookmarks from Chrome on my PC, that's deffinately a new trick!
scooby359 said:
I don't remember that happening on my old Desire.. that just something I've missed or new to ICS?
I've noticed ICS brings up my bookmarks from Chrome on my PC, that's deffinately a new trick!
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Could be you didn't enable personal data backup, or Sense doesn't do that (my guess)
And the Chrome bookmark sync is one of the things I'm definitely looking forward to with ICS I know I can do it with some apps right now but having features be native is always nice
hi2all
before post this thread i cheked all xda but anyone method did not help me
my problem is "scanning media files"
one day when i serfing inet my E975 has been rebooted
after load i got a first time boot start message
all data lost and phone ask me to set all setting from beginning
now i see alltime 'scanning media files'
I have tried the following: steps:
made hard resets - no effect
flashed using KDZ updater (E97510C_00, E97510a_00 E97510f_00) - no effect
used LGtool (selected recovery..inserted my IMEI and load) - no effect
and followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2010624
but problem haven't solved
always media scanning
cant try any ways like fleshing kernel, becose need fastboot mode
cant unlock fastboot, cos cant make root... anyone way to install root not work, cos no access to phone storage
someone told me i can try to do root with adb shell... but cant find how i can use this in my sutuation
I would be very thanksfull any help
i rly dont know what should i do next....
In the past I have a problem with media scanner message, always running in the background, although I had no problems about rebooting or soft-resets, it was only a message running in the background always. The way I solve it was to go into "almacenador de medios" (dont know in english, maybe something like "media store") in app manager, and then force stop, clean data and clean cache, reboot and after a first past again, all went ok. I suppose you continue with the message after reseting maybe because cache or dalvik cache is not clean.
Hope that help.
pr0_eMoTIoN said:
hi2all
before post this thread i cheked all xda but anyone method did not help me
my problem is "scanning media files"
one day when i serfing inet my E975 has been rebooted
after load i got a first time boot start message
all data lost and phone ask me to set all setting from beginning
now i see alltime 'scanning media files'
I have tried the following: steps:
made hard resets - no effect
flashed using KDZ updater (E97510C_00, E97510a_00 E97510f_00) - no effect
used LGtool (selected recovery..inserted my IMEI and load) - no effect
and followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2010624
but problem haven't solved
always media scanning
cant try any ways like fleshing kernel, becose need fastboot mode
cant unlock fastboot, cos cant make root... anyone way to install root not work, cos no access to phone storage
someone told me i can try to do root with adb shell... but cant find how i can use this in my sutuation
I would be very thanksfull any help
i rly dont know what should i do next....
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have you tried the lg pc suite?go to lg's site and download it and the connect your phone to pc in "pc suite" mode.then from there you can do an update or press the "emergency firmware recovery" under device menu.This will propably recover your phone.
MafiaGR said:
have you tried the lg pc suite?go to lg's site and download it and the connect your phone to pc in "pc suite" mode.then from there you can do an update or press the "emergency firmware recovery" under device menu.This will propably recover your phone.
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already tried this
but problem havnt solved after "emergency firmware recover"
anyone knows how i can made root without access rights to sd card?
ways like "frameroot.apk" and via bat file "currentroot.bat" - not worked (all those methods need access to sd card)
or maybe there are any commands on ADB to reset or fix sd card?
i'm rly sad with my problem....
what is the model of your phone and ROM?
did You try go back to stock rom with LGMobile Support Tool?
I have same problem but it occurs when I flash to E97510D ROM (my phone is F180K):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2246867
when I want to fix it, I make emergency firmware recovery in LGMobile Support Tool (and factory reset after this).
Maybe your motherboard is giving up
no... every time I go back to stock ROM, its working fine
bihslk said:
Maybe your motherboard is giving up
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i think this is rly...
cos i have tried already all ways...
Hi,
I need to retrieve my 1) contacts, 2) Messages. If someone could help i would be really grateful and appreciative.
My HTC One X is standard with no mods (software/hardware).
Ive never updated firmware from 4.0.2 i believe.
Recently i downloaded a few programs from Play store.
I dont know if that was what caused the problems but i started getting problems with the apps closing/crashing.
Long story short spoke to O2 whom im with who were no help just wanted me to factory reset. Spoke to Dialaphone who said factory reset. And tried a couple times with HTC with the second time the girl advisor suddenly saying she will terminate calls while i was talking of options and hwen i stated i had done nothing wrong ie did not raise voice, did not say anything bad/derogatory etc and why she was doing that she cut the call off. I was understandably very angry, and i feel i will not be buying a HTC again with that kind of treatment.
As i couldnt get into play store due to crashing apps. I rang HTC. When i first rang HTC they said backup and do factory reset. I asked how they said use HTC SYnc Manager. Dl'ed and connected phone. No phone coming up. The phone at the time was again crashing all the apps now inc the android core something app.
I uninstalled the recent apps i had installed. Two sound meter apps, two lightmeter apps.
And i restarted phone. Phone then restarted but has to date not gone past the HTC bootup animation screen.
I have used soft reset by using power button. Recovery mode by way of pressing volume button and power button and then selecting recovery. When i do do recovery it shows its doing something and then i get a red triangle with an exclamation mark.
Please i need help to retrieve the data contacts and mesages on the phone. Asi never had problems with the phone before i didnt get round to making a backup. Normally i used to do this but have had a lot of other things going on and have become somewhat lazy.
Many thanks
MazzaUK said:
Hi,
I need to retrieve my 1) contacts, 2) Messages. If someone could help i would be really grateful and appreciative.
My HTC One X is standard with no mods (software/hardware).
Ive never updated firmware from 4.0.2 i believe.
Recently i downloaded a few programs from Play store.
I dont know if that was what caused the problems but i started getting problems with the apps closing/crashing.
Long story short spoke to O2 whom im with who were no help just wanted me to factory reset. Spoke to Dialaphone who said factory reset. And tried a couple times with HTC with the second time the girl advisor suddenly saying she will terminate calls while i was talking of options and hwen i stated i had done nothing wrong ie did not raise voice, did not say anything bad/derogatory etc and why she was doing that she cut the call off. I was understandably very angry, and i feel i will not be buying a HTC again with that kind of treatment.
As i couldnt get into play store due to crashing apps. I rang HTC. When i first rang HTC they said backup and do factory reset. I asked how they said use HTC SYnc Manager. Dl'ed and connected phone. No phone coming up. The phone at the time was again crashing all the apps now inc the android core something app.
I uninstalled the recent apps i had installed. Two sound meter apps, two lightmeter apps.
And i restarted phone. Phone then restarted but has to date not gone past the HTC bootup animation screen.
I have used soft reset by using power button. Recovery mode by way of pressing volume button and power button and then selecting recovery. When i do do recovery it shows its doing something and then i get a red triangle with an exclamation mark.
Please i need help to retrieve the data contacts and mesages on the phone. Asi never had problems with the phone before i didnt get round to making a backup. Normally i used to do this but have had a lot of other things going on and have become somewhat lazy.
Many thanks
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Maybe you will not be able to restore anything on your phone because of the factory reset but maybe you will have working phone. Go in bootloader and after this connect the phone to a computer you must see fastboot USB download fastboot and adb extract it to c:\fastboot open cmd and type cd\ after this cd fastboot and run the command fastboot getvar version-main and post the result here
Hi Thant,
Thanks for the help. To clarify i have not done any type of factory reset and do need the data. I have done a Recovery which showed the red triangle with exclamation mark.
If i do bootloader thing as you have specificed will it flash over the data?
Please let me know.
Many thanks
Thant said:
Maybe you will not be able to restore anything on your phone because of the factory reset but maybe you will have working phone. Go in bootloader and after this connect the phone to a computer you must see fastboot USB download fastboot and adb extract it to c:\fastboot open cmd and type cd\ after this cd fastboot and run the command fastboot getvar version-main and post the result here
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Connected the phone to PC but PC says it doesnt recognise usb connection
Thant said:
Maybe you will not be able to restore anything on your phone because of the factory reset but maybe you will have working phone. Go in bootloader and after this connect the phone to a computer you must see fastboot USB download fastboot and adb extract it to c:\fastboot open cmd and type cd\ after this cd fastboot and run the command fastboot getvar version-main and post the result here
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MazzaUK said:
Connected the phone to PC but PC says it doesnt recognise usb connection
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You must to go in bootloader and choice fastboot after this connect the phone to computer. Then you must download fastboot files and paste in c:\fastboot. Then run cmd and navigate to this folder and run the command fastboot devices and you must to your S/N. If you didmn't see the phone install latest HTC drivers and post the result from command fastboot getvar all and delete your S/N and IMEI from the info
Thats perfect. It worked. Thank you.
I Have attached an image with the results.
Thant said:
You must to go in bootloader and choice fastboot after this connect the phone to computer. Then you must download fastboot files and paste in c:\fastboot. Then run cmd and navigate to this folder and run the command fastboot devices and you must to your S/N. If you didmn't see the phone install latest HTC drivers and post the result from command fastboot getvar all and delete your S/N and IMEI from the info
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MazzaUK said:
Thats perfect. It worked. Thank you.
I Have attached an image with the results.
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Download THIS and run as Administrator and fallow the instruction. To hope you will not lose any data because if you unlock your bootloader have big chance to wipe everything
MazzaUK said:
Thats perfect. It worked. Thank you.
I Have attached an image with the results.
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Any news with the RUU?
I followed the instuctructions and the phoe rebooted and started working and booted into Android. But messages and contacts seem to have been erased in the process as nothing is showing.
Thant said:
Any news with the RUU?
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Yeah that's what a ruu does, it deletes everything and put the phone back to factory stock
MazzaUK said:
I followed the instuctructions and the phoe rebooted and started working and booted into Android. But messages and contacts seem to have been erased in the process as nothing is showing.
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Yes but you have your pictures you must to use google acount for future to not lose your contacts. sorry but I say in my first post maybe you will not restore your data but you will have working phone. Sorry again for the contacts and for future use google account
For me the phone didnt matter but i needed the messages and contacts. My fault for not backing them up but they were all very important to me. If there was a glitch/hack that allowedrooting without wipe i think that would have been a way around it. Even HTC didnt want to help which i think is silly for situations where it is vitally important info and for fee as well not a freebie.
Thank you for your help anyways in getting the phone past bootloop.
Thanks
Thant said:
Yes but you have your pictures you must to use google acount for future to not lose your contacts. sorry but I say in my first post maybe you will not restore your data but you will have working phone. Sorry again for the contacts and for future use google account
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MazzaUK said:
For me the phone didnt matter but i needed the messages and contacts. My fault for not backing them up but they were all very important to me. If there was a glitch/hack that allowedrooting without wipe i think that would have been a way around it. Even HTC didnt want to help which i think is silly for situations where it is vitally important info and for fee as well not a freebie.
Thank you for your help anyways in getting the phone past bootloop.
Thanks
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No way to restore contact or message from broken phone sorry. If you unlock the bootloader have big chance to lose your picture but with RUU you keep them and lose only data,system and cache partition on the phone
Thant said:
No way to restore contact or message from broken phone sorry. If you unlock the bootloader have big chance to lose your picture but with RUU you keep them and lose only data,system and cache partition on the phone
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I have latest firmware and phone constantly restarts and more recently screen freezes. Mainly restarts all the time. Fed up of htc and their problems
I have hit dead end after dead end, after many hours, just want to get copy of text messages off this phone somehow, and then erase all data. I have spent many hours on this, my level of experience with all this is beginner/intermediate, as I'm sure you will be able to tell by the ramble below. Skip to the last paragraph **** with the asterisks to get to the important part of my inquiry. if you don't want to read about what I have tried already.
Before you suggest the obvious, replace lcd, let me say that the motherboard lcd connector is damaged beyond repair. water damage, but the phone boots normally and seems to run fine. phone calls ring and other sounds indicate the phone is able to function but no display or touch function obviously. the usb port works. Also there is no samsung account on the phone so that option to bypass screen lock does not help. Kies, smart switch, etc don't help due to the "screen lock"
ie... There is a basic swipe to unlock "lock" on the phone, so otg cable options also hit a dead end. There are workarounds to bypass other lockscreens, but no way to do the swipe over otg that I can find. And even if/once I am able to swipe to unlock over otg, there are other obstacles to get around that may not be possible (click ok, navigate to enable usb debugging). If I am wrong here and there is an obvious solution I am missing, let me know (explain in detail if you can) and I will get the hub & cable back out and try again!
Dr.phone android recovery (data recovery/damaged device option) looks like the most promising, and here I have also run into trouble. Dr phone will put the phone into download mode but then always seems to fail "flash recovery package failed" at some percentage. dr.phone downloads the recovery package (I am selecting the correct model n910v) successfully, but the percentage before flash recovery package fails changes. It hasn't made it past 85%. the dr.phone log files don't reveal anything to my untrained eye.
Before running dr.phone, adb "permission denied"...after using dr phone, however, while the phone is still powered on and in download mode, once I close dr phone, I am able to start to get somewhere with adb! adb devices shows the phone as an emulated device, and (some) adb commands start to work! I think if I just am able to find the exact location of the stock messaging log, I will be very close.
If anyone can suggest some commands to try in adb to grab just the sms log I would be very grateful!
I can run "adb backup", and have tried a few other adb commands, but none of the standard backup commands actually contain a sms log.
***Anyway, I think the best option might be to flash a custom recovery after getting the phone in download mode & adb working successfully (showing as an emulated device) with dr.phone as described above... However I have no way to tell what firmware version the phone is running (don't want to brick it or loose data), and I am really looking for specific directions on which clockworkmod or twrp recovery file to try for n910v, that will allow me to get a sms backup, and/or a recovery that will have usb debugging enabled.
Thanks for the input! sorry for the rambling post, I hope it's possible to make sense of it.. ANY help greatly appreciated!
beefriendly said:
I have hit dead end after dead end, after many hours, just want to get copy of text messages off this phone somehow, and then erase all data. I have spent many hours on this, my level of experience with all this is beginner/intermediate, as I'm sure you will be able to tell by the ramble below. Skip to the last paragraph **** with the asterisks to get to the important part of my inquiry. if you don't want to read about what I have tried already.
Before you suggest the obvious, replace lcd, let me say that the motherboard lcd connector is damaged beyond repair. water damage, but the phone boots normally and seems to run fine. phone calls ring and other sounds indicate the phone is able to function but no display or touch function obviously. the usb port works. Also there is no samsung account on the phone so that option to bypass screen lock does not help. Kies, smart switch, etc don't help due to the "screen lock"
ie... There is a basic swipe to unlock "lock" on the phone, so otg cable options also hit a dead end. There are workarounds to bypass other lockscreens, but no way to do the swipe over otg that I can find. And even if/once I am able to swipe to unlock over otg, there are other obstacles to get around that may not be possible (click ok, navigate to enable usb debugging). If I am wrong here and there is an obvious solution I am missing, let me know (explain in detail if you can) and I will get the hub & cable back out and try again!
Dr.phone android recovery (data recovery/damaged device option) looks like the most promising, and here I have also run into trouble. Dr phone will put the phone into download mode but then always seems to fail "flash recovery package failed" at some percentage. dr.phone downloads the recovery package (I am selecting the correct model n910v) successfully, but the percentage before flash recovery package fails changes. It hasn't made it past 85%. the dr.phone log files don't reveal anything to my untrained eye.
Before running dr.phone, adb "permission denied"...after using dr phone, however, while the phone is still powered on and in download mode, once I close dr phone, I am able to start to get somewhere with adb! adb devices shows the phone as an emulated device, and (some) adb commands start to work! I think if I just am able to find the exact location of the stock messaging log, I will be very close.
If anyone can suggest some commands to try in adb to grab just the sms log I would be very grateful!
I can run "adb backup", and have tried a few other adb commands, but none of the standard backup commands actually contain a sms log.
***Anyway, I think the best option might be to flash a custom recovery after getting the phone in download mode & adb working successfully (showing as an emulated device) with dr.phone as described above... However I have no way to tell what firmware version the phone is running (don't want to brick it or loose data), and I am really looking for specific directions on which clockworkmod or twrp recovery file to try for n910v, that will allow me to get a sms backup, and/or a recovery that will have usb debugging enabled.
Thanks for the input! sorry for the rambling post, I hope it's possible to make sense of it.. ANY help greatly appreciated!
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This tool might work for you. Ive never used it myself but it looks promising. It supposed to be able to control your phone on your pc.
For the custom recovery, it should tell you what model you have when you boot into download mode but the TWRP for the note 4 has been unified so it should work either way. This link is for the most recent version. Get the .tar file if you're looking to use ODIN to install it.
Thanks for the reply! The tool you inked to requires USB debugging switched on. I was looking at it previously but didn't consider it because of this. I have USB debugging off, and the process I described with the dr phone windows application /download mode, doesn't turn usb debugging on.
Is there a way that I can flash a recovery for the note 4 that has USB debugging enabled from the start? If anyone knows please describe the process or post the link.
I think I need step by step instructions or screen shots for what to do with the Note 4 twrp recovery. I am trying to acquire a second phone so I can view the screen and know what buttons to press, but so far it is not looking like I have enough information to do sms backup from the twrp menus..on the device when I can't see the screen.
I see reference to being able to use adb commands to control the twrp recovery / backup process, but so far I haven't found anything that will help for my particular situation. If anyone knows what adb commands to use to pull the note 4 sms files , or a backup that includes them, PLEASE let me know.
thanks again
Hello!
I need help regarding a Redmi Note 8 that no longer accepts the correct pattern and is locked.
I'm looking for a solution that would allow me to either unlock my phone without data loss, or make a backup of the phone's internal storage on an sd card/pc before hard resetting.
The device is not rooted and I don't have custom recovery installed. USB Debugging is on, but my laptop is not authorized.
With Adb, the device is detected but unauthorized. It seems to be detected normally in fastboot mode. I was able to get my laptop to detect it in recovery mode by clicking on "Connect with MIAssistant" while it was plugged in, but only in sideload mode. I also somehow managed to get into safe mode, but I used the stock screen lock, so unless there's something else that can be done in that mode, it doesn't seem useful in this situation.
I tried the actual MIAssistant software but it tells me to update my device before connecting. From what I found, this is because it doesn't even work with phones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above, so that seems to be a dead-end, unfortunately. Downloaded from here, updated to version 3.2.1.3111. If there's a newer version that could support my device, even an untranslated one, I would love to know, but I couldn't find a working one.
I had some ideas that could potentially solve my problem, but couldn't find a way to actually execute them, so here they are in case someone out there who knows more than me could help me with one of them.
1, Is there any way I could authorize my laptop for USB Debugging without being able to accept the prompt on screen?
2, Is there a way to make a backup of the internal storage of my phone in fastboot/sideload mode?
3, Is there a way to get adb to detect this device normally in recovery mode, instead of in sideload mode?
4, Is there a way to get my device into mtp/ptp mode instead of charging mode when connected to a PC without USB Debugging so I can copy my files?
5, Here's a thread I found that seems promising, although it's old. Could I somehow use this, or a similar method on Redmi Note 8? The Recovery Mode is much more limiting on this device, unfortunately, so I can't exactly follow this tutorial. Are there alternatives that can be done in adb fastboot/sideload mode, perhaps?
6, If I am forced to hard reset, is there any software out there that could recover at least some of the deleted data afterwards, or is everything lost in case of a reset?
I am open to new ideas not listed above, as well. I am not a very advanced user so I probably missed some things.
Thank you so much for any answer in advance!
zoey_96 said:
Hello!
I need help regarding a Redmi Note 8 that no longer accepts the correct pattern and is locked.
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do you have the default recovery ? or a custom one ?
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Is there any way I could authorize my laptop for USB Debugging without being able to accept the prompt on screen?
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No
loopypalm said:
do you have the default recovery ? or a custom one ?
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Default, which doesn't have many options on Xiaomi. :/
loopypalm said:
No
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Sad to hear that. Are there any alternative options that could solve my problem? I'd really rather not factory reset.
zoey_96 said:
Default, which doesn't have many options on Xiaomi. :/
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if you had twrp or similar your problem would be solved ...
zoey_96 said:
Are there any alternative options that could solve my problem?
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not as far as i know, ask in ADB thread if you find any
Updated with extra info in case anyone else has any ideas.
Even if you can copy your files to PC, they are problably unusable because of encryption.
That is why you need that pattern
For security this is exactly what you want, if your phone is lost or stolen.
Elinx said:
Even if you can copy your files to PC, they are problably unusable because of encryption.
That is why you need that pattern
For security this is exactly what you want, if your phone is lost or stolen.
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Do you mean that the reason it doesn't accept the correct pattern anymore is for security? I would have thought it would still accept the correct one, at least after several tries of the same thing. Being completely locked out even when you know the correct password is a little strange to me.
zoey_96 said:
Hello!
I need help regarding a Redmi Note 8 that no longer accepts the correct pattern and is locked.
I'm looking for a solution that would allow me to either unlock my phone without data loss, or make a backup of the phone's internal storage on an sd card/pc before hard resetting.
The device is not rooted and I don't have custom recovery installed. USB Debugging is on, but my laptop is not authorized.
With Adb, the device is detected but unauthorized. It seems to be detected normally in fastboot mode. I was able to get my laptop to detect it in recovery mode by clicking on "Connect with MIAssistant" while it was plugged in, but only in sideload mode. I also somehow managed to get into safe mode, but I used the stock screen lock, so unless there's something else that can be done in that mode, it doesn't seem useful in this situation.
I tried the actual MIAssistant software but it tells me to update my device before connecting. From what I found, this is because it doesn't even work with phones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or above, so that seems to be a dead-end, unfortunately. Downloaded from here, updated to version 3.2.1.3111. If there's a newer version that could support my device, even an untranslated one, I would love to know, but I couldn't find a working one.
I had some ideas that could potentially solve my problem, but couldn't find a way to actually execute them, so here they are in case someone out there who knows more than me could help me with one of them.
1, Is there any way I could authorize my laptop for USB Debugging without being able to accept the prompt on screen?
2, Is there a way to make a backup of the internal storage of my phone in fastboot/sideload mode?
3, Is there a way to get adb to detect this device normally in recovery mode, instead of in sideload mode?
4, Is there a way to get my device into mtp/ptp mode instead of charging mode when connected to a PC without USB Debugging so I can copy my files?
5, Here's a thread I found that seems promising, although it's old. Could I somehow use this, or a similar method on Redmi Note 8? The Recovery Mode is much more limiting on this device, unfortunately, so I can't exactly follow this tutorial. Are there alternatives that can be done in adb fastboot/sideload mode, perhaps?
6, If I am forced to hard reset, is there any software out there that could recover at least some of the deleted data afterwards, or is everything lost in case of a reset?
I am open to new ideas not listed above, as well. I am not a very advanced user so I probably missed some things.
Thank you so much for any answer in advance!
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Howdy bro (I also have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 8).
I've been almost two intense weeks reading and watching the XDA forum, trying somehow and I did not find the way to unlock it .... Besides that I have the Bootloader disabled it makes me more difficult, because for that I need to format my phone and is what I do not want .... Already today is my last day of searching and I think I will have to leave my memories behind and Format my cell phone.
I leave you a thread of a user that explains well the process of why you can not:
A Comprehensive Guide to getting Past the Android Pattern Lock Screen
So, here's the situation I’m in. Also I am 99% sure I got something wrong so please tell me. I’m past the pattern lock screen so ADB won’t directly work to unlock the lock screen. If I was at a pattern lock screen, I could use ADB to unlock the...
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and several more of the many threads that I searched, maybe it will help someone:
[Xiaomi] How to unlock phone after forgetting the password.
Hello, today it happened that I forgot a password to my phone. I've tried to restore it by logging in into my xiaomi account and my google account. Unfortunately it only offers to wipe my data, which I want to avoid at all costs. I have Poco F2...
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[Android][Guide]Hacking And Bypassing Android Password/Pattern/Face/PI
- DISCLAIMER - This Is For Educational Purposes Only You Shall Not Use This On Other People Phones Without Permission Under Any Circumstances I'm Not Responsible For Any Eventual Errors And Misbehaving Of Your Devices Files And Tutorials Are...
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[Android][Guide]Hacking And Bypassing Android Password/Pattern/Face/PI
- DISCLAIMER - This Is For Educational Purposes Only You Shall Not Use This On Other People Phones Without Permission Under Any Circumstances I'm Not Responsible For Any Eventual Errors And Misbehaving Of Your Devices Files And Tutorials Are...
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[GUIDE] Unlock bootloader without losing user data.
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Hi Community, you are my last salvation. I am owner of Pixel 4a 5g since half a year and now it cannot boot anymore. I see only the google-"G" and the loading bar nothing else. I can start the Boatloader but before i do a factory reset i need to...
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