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Seeking Assistance Q.Q!

Hi guys! I'm new to the board. I've done some searching and still haven't been able to resolve my issue so hopefully, with your expertise, I can get this fixed.
Here's the story: I bought a Galaxy Nexus (GSM) second hand from a guy on Craigslist. He showed me the phone, works and looks like new. Yippee!! Well, when I got home I see that there's a lock code on it.. Tried calling the seller a few times and left a VM - now it says the number is disconnected... Emailed, no response. So I looked on here and learned how to get into the Bootloader menu...except when I hit Power and VOL+/-, it just boots straight back into the lock screen..
I've installed the appropriate Samsung drivers on my PC and tried to get it to be recognized that way. However, it seems to be in mass storage mode because when plugged in it just mounts it like a drive. I've tried the "Toolkits" but since my PC isn't seeing the phone properly it never makes a data connection for ADB. So, what're my options? Am I completely SOL?
The phone is beautiful and would love to use it =(

Not sure what exactly you mean by "lock code". But could be a stolen and locked phone.
How does the prompt look like?

You can't get to the bootloader? Really? That's the weirdest thing I've heard actually ...
Are you SURE you pressed both volume up and down then pressed power? Sometimes, you might boot into the ROM first, then press the volume buttons.
Also, I believe that you gotta unlock to install drivers and use ADB commands at first. My phone didn't let me install driver on my computer when it was locked (screen turned off)
If you can't get to the bootloader, you ARE pretty much screwed.. since you can't use fastboot and adb commands either

abnah said:
Not sure what exactly you mean by "lock code". But could be a stolen and locked phone.
How does the prompt look like?
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It's just the standard lock screen. Keypad, Date/Time.
kyokeun1234> Yes, I am certain I'm holding the buttons in - there is a "click" on both VOL+ and VOL- as well as the Power button.
I've tried holding them all in. Holding just the VOL- button (for ODIN) - same result. OS just boots normally and goes back to the keypad requesting the code.

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It's just the standard lock screen. Keypad, Date/Time.
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Okay, that looks like the phone just wasn't reset (resetted? Help, please, English isn't my native =D) properly. If you somehow manage to get into the bootloader, no worst case. But how you can do that when the button-combo isn't workling is above my knowlegde. Sorry. :/

There is a "special" micro USB cord called a Jig that can be used to coax the device into download (Odin) mode simply by plugging it into the device.
Hopefully someone will come along and give information as to where you can obtain one.
Once the device is in download mode you should be able to use Odin to return the device to a factory state.
Edit: I read an article that claimed this jig is compatible with the Galaxy Nexus:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053H73JQ/ref=redir_mdp_mobile?redirect=true&ref_=ox_ya_os_product
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Cracked screen, visible but doesn't respond to touch.

Hey guys, I am in dire need of help... I have a family member with an LG Optimus G and the screen has been cracked on it, unfortunately the device is full of baby photos. The device was left in charge only mode and we can't seem to access media sync or anything like that. The strange part was that we also tried getting it into bootloader but it REFUSES to do so. We can see the screen, it just doesn't respond to touch. Any ideas? It seems like most data recovery programs require usb debugging to be turned on and then we were gonna go the adb pull route but like I said... It won't go into bootloader. Phone boots fine though.
It seems the device will only show up as "Unknown device" as well.

Daiskei said:
Hey guys, I am in dire need of help... I have a family member with an LG Optimus G and the screen has been cracked on it, unfortunately the device is full of baby photos. The device was left in charge only mode and we can't seem to access media sync or anything like that. The strange part was that we also tried getting it into bootloader but it REFUSES to do so. We can see the screen, it just doesn't respond to touch. Any ideas? It seems like most data recovery programs require usb debugging to be turned on and then we were gonna go the adb pull route but like I said... It won't go into bootloader. Phone boots fine though.
It seems the device will only show up as "Unknown device" as well.
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Bumping as I REALLY need help with this.

HTC One X with black screen but working charging LED, Softbuttons and MTP Access

Hi everyone,
first off, I've spend days now trying to find a fix. If I've missed anything, I'm sorry, it wasn't for lack of trying.
Here's the situation: I have acquired an HTC One X earlier this year which has worked quite flawlessly. I went ahead and unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom recovery. However, since I handed the phone off to my not-so-techy sister I did not use a custom ROM, and after the HTC update failed with the custom recovery I reversed that as well. The device should now be stock everything with unlocked bootloader.
After a few months my sister encountered heavy problems, though. She described them as battery related (wouldn't turn on correctly) and eventually she moved to a new phone. Now I have gotten the device back and I am trying to fix it. After charging it I managed to have it boot once. However, I but it to the side and wanted it to load some more. Ever since then the screen doesn't come on. The charging LED seems to work fine (eventually switched from red to green, too, indicating that the device is fully charged) and the button backlight still works, too. Most significantly though, the device is recognized as MTP device in Windows: I can access all the data in the storage without problems.
I have read that there is an issue with the HTC One X and the display connector so eventually I went ahead and took the device apart. It's lying in front of me now in pieces, but I still couldn't get the screen to come alive. The obvious conclusion would be to buy a new screen but the device doesn't feel like it's worth the investment. Besides, I would like to know for sure that it's the screen before I do anything.
So I turn to you guys and ask if you have any idea how I could access the phone via my computer. I tried to boot it up in bootloader mode but due to the strange standby methods HTC is using and not seeing anything on the screen I haven't been able to do that yet: Whenever I connect my USB cable it's recognized as MTP device, not ADB. Debugging seems to be deactivated so that doesn't seem to be an option. Does anyone have any idea how I could get the phone to talk to my computer (i.e. get into the bootloader or ADB screencast for sure)? With my Galaxy S I could simply plug in this dummy micro USB and would be sure to end up in download mode.
Any help is appreciated!
tl;dr: HTC One X screen is dead but LEDs work, is recognized as MTP device. How to make it talk to the computer?
Thanks,
rien

Alright, sometimes just posting stuff like this helps already. I was now finally able to get the phone into fastboot (apparently) and it's reacting to the fastboot commands. I suppose the next step is to load CWM and connect via adb. This way I can at least do a factory reset.
Does anyone have any ideas regarding the original issue with the screen? Especially since it does seem to work occasionally. And doesn't show any fragments...
Can I enable USB debug mode from within the recovery to work in the system?

Data backup - phone on, screen broken, touch not working

Hello,
As you probably already read in the title I have a problem. Yesterday my loving MI6 fell on a stone and the screen broke. Fortunately the phone is still on.
The Screen will go on but I can only see pink lines and no image. Touch is not working. The fingerprint sensor seems to work randomly (I get a vibrate feedback) but I guess because of the cracks it doesn’t recognize my fingerprint.
My biggest concern now is to get the data of my phone. Of course, just connecting it to a computer doesn’t work because I would have to unlock the phone and set it to data transfer. Right now the computer recognizes the phone but the drive doesn’t show anything.
I thought about booting into TWRP and connecting it to the computer but TWRP also requires an unlock which I cannot try because of the broken touch.
Any ideas how I can get my data back?
Are there any adb commands that I can use?
I am on LOS15 (TWRP installed).
Thank you for your help!

Update:
Just wanted to let anyone know who get stuck with the same problem. I couldn’t get the data from the phone. I tried several things with data rescue tools and remote control tools for android but nothing worked.
So in the end I bought a new LCD screen on eBay and replaced it. Phone works great again and eventually I was able to access all my data.

Question Screen not working unable to get into the phone

Hi, I need help and looked almost everywhere for answers. For the past few days, I've been trying to recover the photos and videos on my phone. The screen went completely black last week and I've restarted it thinking this would fix the problem. It didn't and now I can't even get past the PIN unlock. The phone still works when connecting with an HDMI cable, but I'm unable to get past the pin unlock.
I tried using an HDMI adapter hub and connected with a keyboard to no avail. The keyboard powered on, but anything I tried pressing on my keyboard the phone didn't respond to the keys, numbers, and all. Also even tried using a mouse.
I also tried using Samsung Dex, but I just couldn't get past the startup PIN.
What can I do to retrieve my files?

A data recovery specialist may be able to retrieve them.
Always regularly and redundantly backup critical data.Another disadvantage of not having a SD card slot as it's data if unencrypted it would by accessible

Thank you for your kind response. Would it be possible to have the screen fixed then I'd be able to have a working phone?

You're welcome.
Perhaps. That may increase the risk of data lose though. If it was me I would have written the lost data off already. I've lost a database that was 30 yo and not replaceable. Some lessons are learned the hard way.

Man, that's a terrible and awful lesson to learn. But you are right, that's the hard way. I'm going to try one last thing, I can't give up, I'm going to purchase a wireless keyboard and pray that I can type my pin in.

skyhonor said:
Man, that's a terrible and awful lesson to learn. But you are right, that's the hard way. I'm going to try one last thing, I can't give up, I'm going to purchase a wireless keyboard and pray that I can type my pin in.
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You can also connect a USB mouse, but then you have to find out where on the screen the numbers normally appear.

M1chiel said:
You can also connect a USB mouse, but then you have to find out where on the screen the numbers normally appear.
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Templates help.

skyhonor said:
Man, that's a terrible and awful lesson to learn. But you are right, that's the hard way. I'm going to try one last thing, I can't give up, I'm going to purchase a wireless keyboard and pray that I can type my pin in.
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I'm thrilled that my solution worked! I'm now using Samsung DEX in combination with a universal adapter hub, a wireless mouse, and keyboard, and transferring files to an external SSD. I am grateful for the advice provided by others.
Edit: After further exploration, I've realized the solution was even when the screen was black. I can still swipe up and type my pin blindly while using Samsung Dex. (The screen isn't active when not in Dex, but in Dex, it works somehow.)
Edit2: The only way to get past my pin was to blindly type my pin like this the way to get access to my phone data was to blindly accept the access from computer. (I say blindly because I could not see the what I was pressing and it was just through memory that I was able to do it)
Edit 3: If you are suffering from a dead screen issue and are unable to access the data from your phone, there is still hope. But first, you must remember your pin and where each press goes. Although you cannot see your screen, swipe up (this would allow you to type your pin). Type your pin, and if done correctly you have unlocked your phone (although you cannot see this). You should however be able to access your phone through Samsung Dex, see your screen, and access your files. Sometimes Samsung Dex just doesn't want to work. It's okay, now, connect your phone to your computer. You should see your internal storage. If not, then your phone is asking permission. (You can't see this) Simply tap on the bottom right of your phone to OK the permission. I hope this was helpful. Thank you
Some notes; a day before my screen went completely black, the top half of my phone was not touchable (the touch screen just didn't want to work.) I was very lucky the bottom half to type my pin was still working even though I could not see (just through memory).

Kindly change the thread to SOLVED thank you