S3 screen is totally dead including touch. We cannot enter the PIN to unlock the device due to dead screen. We need to get the pictures from the internal SDcard/built-in storage.
We tried booting into recovery mode (we used another S3 to test the timing since we can't see the screen). Once in recovery mode we used the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit, it recognizes the device/serial number but trying to pull data it says "waiting for USB debugging" - how can we get past this?? I even tried with a working S3 and even in recovery mode it still says waiting for USB debugging.
How can we get to the files?
Thank you,
androidnoob10 said:
S3 screen is totally dead including touch. We cannot enter the PIN to unlock the device due to dead screen. We need to get the pictures from the internal SDcard/built-in storage.
We tried booting into recovery mode (we used another S3 to test the timing since we can't see the screen). Once in recovery mode we used the Samsung Galaxy S3 Toolkit, it recognizes the device/serial number but trying to pull data it says "waiting for USB debugging" - how can we get past this?? I even tried with a working S3 and even in recovery mode it still says waiting for USB debugging.
How can we get to the files?
Thank you,
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Without usb debugging turned on, you won't be able that way (or any ADB based way).
You can try to get in recovery and mounting your sd card. (will have to use you other S3 to know how many times you need to go down).
One thing though, even with the PIN to unlock, when the phone is on and plugged to the pc, shouldn't you be able to see the storage?
damn PIN
BWolf56 said:
Without usb debugging turned on, you won't be able that way (or any ADB based way).
You can try to get in recovery and mounting your sd card. (will have to use you other S3 to know how many times you need to go down).
One thing though, even with the PIN to unlock, when the phone is on and plugged to the pc, shouldn't you be able to see the storage?
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A computer can see the device but when you go into it no drives/shares appear until you enter the PIN in the phone, as soon as you enter the PIN the storage appears with all pics and such.
androidnoob10 said:
A computer can see the device but when you go into it no drives/shares appear until you enter the PIN in the phone, as soon as you enter the PIN the storage appears with all pics and such.
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Ah ok. Well flashing a ROM will remove the PIN lock so that's another option (stock included).
Never tried, but just a thought: what if you connect USB keyboard through micro USB port, then enable Debugging.
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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.
CptCrackers said:
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.
soundwave4 said:
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.
Hello smart people. Hoping someone there has an idea for me...
This morning I dropped my GN and killed the screen. The display kinda-sorta works, but the touch sensor is non-op. OK, no problem, I've got in contact with Samsung and they'll fix it for the same price I can buy a replacement lcd/digitizer assembly anywhere I've found. Only problem: They'll be wiping the phone.
90% of what I need on the phone is synced to the cloud in one way or another, so I'm not too worried, but I WOULD very much like to recover some recent video and pictures that haven't been archived yet (daughter's dance recital). Phone is still working, except that it's pin-locked now (company policy) and I can't see the file tree to pull the stuff out.
Then I thought I'd play with the GN Toolkit. Only problem there is I guess I need USB debugging turned on, or something else I need enabled is disabled and I can't twiddle the menus to enable it.
Let's start with the obvious easy question: Any way to sync to the file system without unlocking via the touchscreen?
Failing that, is there any way to unlock/enable whatever I need to use the toolkit to pull the images out of the media directory?
I have a little time before I need to send the phone to Samsung for repair, so I'm willing to mess with this a bit and learn whatever I need to learn, but I'm not sure if what I need to do is even possible.
Thanks.
Can't just plug the phone in to a computer and it appear as a media device? Should be able to just pull the internal data.
Sent from my sprint galaxy nexus
ÜBER™ said:
Can't just plug the phone in to a computer and it appear as a media device? Should be able to just pull the internal data.
Sent from my sprint galaxy nexus
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If the phone is pin-locked, the file system shows as empty when you connect as a media device (until you unlock it).
Herbie555 said:
If the phone is pin-locked, the file system shows as empty when you connect as a media device (until you unlock it).
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Sorry wasnt aware of that. If you cant get it unlocked.. and USB debugging isnt enabled... then your outta luck.
You could get an MHL adapter and plug in a mouse, then use that to enter your pin at the lock screen. You could also go into recovery and factory reset, as that shouldn't touch your /sdcard contents.
Is there another way for enable debugging on Nexus?
I guess we can't enable debugging via adb, right?
If you just find a way around to do that, maybe you can use the line "adb pull"
(If you search for "adb commands" on Google you will find a list commands to use on developer.android.com)
Stadsport said:
You could get an MHL adapter and plug in a mouse, then use that to enter your pin at the lock screen. You could also go into recovery and factory reset, as that shouldn't touch your /sdcard contents.
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If he's on stock then yeah that will delete his internal. If he's on a custom recovery no.
Sent from my sprint galaxy nexus
There's a plug in for the SDK called screencast which let's you use your computer screen a duplicate screen to your Android device. You can select things with your mouse. We used to use it in the early gingerbread days of my old vibrant when recovery was hidden behind the double rainbow
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mnoguti said:
I guess we can't enable debugging via adb, right?
If you just find a way around to do that, maybe you can use the line "adb pull"
(If you search for "adb commands" on Google you will find a list commands to use on developer.android.com)
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Debugging has to be enabled for ADB to be able to interact with the phone.
Glad I ran across this thread. I have a colleague in the same situation.
Stadsport said:
You could also go into recovery and factory reset, as that shouldn't touch your /sdcard contents.
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Ahh, this might be a path to victory. Didn't realize I'd be able to do a factory reset and have stuff stay intact. Might be my best approach...
ÜBER™ said:
If he's on stock then yeah that will delete his internal. If he's on a custom recovery no.
Sent from my sprint galaxy nexus
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Oops, got excited. Yeah, stock ROM. So a factory reset will wipe everything?
Herbie555 said:
Oops, got excited. Yeah, stock ROM. So a factory reset will wipe everything?
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Yes. And the only way to get anything to work is to have USB debugging enabled. Screen cast only works with adb enabled.
Looks like I might be boned on this one. Thanks much for everyone who had suggestions. Sounds like leaving USB debugging enabled might be a best practice from now on, eh? (Or at least making sure EVERYTHING syncs to the cloud automatically...)
Looking at the google policy manager, I can remotely: Lock the device (duh), Reset the Pin, make it ring, or "Wipe", which I'm guessing is a factory reset. Might try that as a last resort, but I'll remain hopefull.
I'm sure you've tried this - but if you''re on stock you may be able to boot into recovery using voldown + power (or is it volup+voldown + power? Not sure, can't remember). THEN plug it into your machine and see if it shows up in the toolbox as a connected device...
adb should be enabled in recovery. reboot to recovery [power + vol up and down] mount sdcard and then adb pull whatever files.
ipfreelytech said:
adb should be enabled in recovery. reboot to recovery [power + vol up and down] mount sdcard and then adb pull whatever files.
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Feel like I'm getting closer. I can see enough screen to scroll through to "Recovery Mode" and hit enter. It seems to reboot at that point, but then I can't see enough of the screen to navigate any additional menus. Should I be able to connect at that point?
Herbie555 said:
Feel like I'm getting closer. I can see enough screen to scroll through to "Recovery Mode" and hit enter. It seems to reboot at that point, but then I can't see enough of the screen to navigate any additional menus. Should I be able to connect at that point?
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Plug it in via USB and see if the Toolkit picks it up...
thepatman said:
Plug it in via USB and see if the Toolkit picks it up...
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I've apparently managed to get it mounted in the Bootloader interface and in fastboot mode, but can't figure out how to get it into adb mode, which is apparently what I need to do the pull.
The LCD has gotten worse, I have almost no visibility now. If I knew now many down or up strokes to make at each menu stage, I could probably do it blind...
Herbie555 said:
I've apparently managed to get it mounted in the Bootloader interface and in fastboot mode, but can't figure out how to get it into adb mode, which is apparently what I need to do the pull.
The LCD has gotten worse, I have almost no visibility now. If I knew now many down or up strokes to make at each menu stage, I could probably do it blind...
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Can't do adb in Fastboot mode. While in flastboot mode. Hit the volume up twice and hit the power button. This will boot into recovery. Then try using the
Code:
adb devices
command. If you get a gibberish code next do device ID. Then your good. Go ahead and
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/
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Hey guys. My Wildfire's screen doesn't respond to touch. Also the phone doesn't respond when I use the buttons at the bottom so I can't do anything. I want to try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680
but firstly I would like to recover the data on the phone. Obviously, I need to put the stuff on my computer using USB. But whenever I connect it to the computer, it goes into charge mode and doesn't mount as a disk drive. Is there anyway to get around this, given that the screen isn't responding? I'd mostly like to get the contact details, if possible. Many thanks.
deadman1206 said:
Hey guys. My Wildfire's screen doesn't respond to touch. Also the phone doesn't respond when I use the buttons at the bottom so I can't do anything. I want to try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680
but firstly I would like to recover the data on the phone. Obviously, I need to put the stuff on my computer using USB. But whenever I connect it to the computer, it goes into charge mode and doesn't mount as a disk drive. Is there anyway to get around this, given that the screen isn't responding? I'd mostly like to get the contact details, if possible. Many thanks.
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are you s-on or s-off? if you have no touch input you are really gonna struggle. especially without root. does the trackball still work and do you have usb debugging on?
heavy_metal_man said:
are you s-on or s-off? if you have no touch input you are really gonna struggle. especially without root. does the trackball still work and do you have usb debugging on?
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I haven't done any rooting or anything like that (I don't know much about it) so it must be s-on. The phone doesn't seem to respond to the trackball or the volume buttons either. I don't know if I have USB debugging on. I think I do. When I connect it to the computer the phone says "USB debugging connected" but I can't remember if I had it turned on or off in the settings. The computer recognizes it as "Android Phone" but, as I said, the phone is in charge mode and I can't access any of the files.
deadman1206 said:
I haven't done any rooting or anything like that (I don't know much about it) so it must be s-on. The phone doesn't seem to respond to the trackball or the volume buttons either. I don't know if I have USB debugging on. I think I do. When I connect it to the computer the phone says "USB debugging connected" but I can't remember if I had it turned on or off in the settings. The computer recognizes it as "Android Phone" but, as I said, the phone is in charge mode and I can't access any of the files.
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Hmmm. OK, can you power off the Phone for me and then reboot with volume down held in and power at the same time.
This will take you to a white screen with info like s-off, s-on and hboot and a version number beside it. Can you share with me that Info please.
Then use the volume buttons to navigate the phone to reboot and use power to select. Then once it has rebooted connect it to the PC with the screen unlocked/awake and see if it pops up on the screen with USB debugging connected.
If we can security unlock your phone with revolutionary we will be able to add a custom recovery to your phone and make a full back up of your mobile. If USB debugging is not enabled you are stuck, and cannot retrieve anything from the phone before you ruu unless you are s-off already, (but that is very unlikely).
Your SD card can be removed from the back of your phone and with it all your pictures/music videos ect will be safe but your contacts are on the phone.
If you had the phone linked to your Google account it may be worthwhile logging in on the website and going to the Google dashboard. Find your phone on the list and your contacts "may" be backed up there if you enabled it during your initial phone set up.
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Hey all. I'm in a bit of a pickle. My Tmobile LG g4 has stopped fast charging. When I plug in any cable, I do NOT get the USB notification which allows me to connect to my PC. Enabling the MTP option in the Dev options still does not allow the device to be connected to the PC to flash back to stock for warranty support.
Is there any way for me to save something to the SD card to reset back to stock? Do I have to connect it back to stock or at least relock the boot loader?
I've tried multiple PC's and multiple cables with no success to get the device connected. When connecting to a PC, I get. The device has malfuntioned on my machine.
ftblstr2319 said:
Hey all. I'm in a bit of a pickle. My Tmobile LG g4 has stopped fast charging. When I plug in any cable, I do NOT get the USB notification which allows me to connect to my PC. Enabling the MTP option in the Dev options still does not allow the device to be connected to the PC to flash back to stock for warranty support.
Is there any way for me to save something to the SD card to reset back to stock? Do I have to connect it back to stock or at least relock the boot loader?
I've tried multiple PC's and multiple cables with no success to get the device connected. When connecting to a PC, I get. The device has malfuntioned on my machine.
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does it go into download mode.? phone off vol up key and connect usb.?
if you want to remove unlocked bootloader follow this comands
UPDATE:
I was able to Lock the bootloader.
1. I connected the phone to my PC
2. Powered on the Phone (it took a few tried of pulling the battery and powering on)
3. Check the box for OEM Unlock in Dev. Option
4. Use Minimal ADB and Fastboot and type in
Quote:
adb devicecs
- you should see the phone listed as one of the devices in the command line window
Quote:
adb reboot bootloader
- phone should reboot and you shouold see 3 lines of text on top
Quote:
fastboot oem lock
- nothing will happen on the phone, but on in the commandline it should say that it is done
Quote:
fastboot reboot
Phone reboots and the boot screen does not show the unlocked bootloader message anymore
Unfortunately, the computer will NOT detect the phone. No computer will. Using a USB cable that came with it , no luck either. Any ideas?
raptorddd said:
does it go into download mode.? phone off vol up key and connect usb.?
if you want to remove unlocked bootloader follow this comands
UPDATE:
I was able to Lock the bootloader.
1. I connected the phone to my PC
2. Powered on the Phone (it took a few tried of pulling the battery and powering on)
3. Check the box for OEM Unlock in Dev. Option
4. Use Minimal ADB and Fastboot and type in
Quote:
adb devicecs
- you should see the phone listed as one of the devices in the command line window
Quote:
adb reboot bootloader
- phone should reboot and you shouold see 3 lines of text on top
Quote:
fastboot oem lock
- nothing will happen on the phone, but on in the commandline it should say that it is done
Quote:
fastboot reboot
Phone reboots and the boot screen does not show the unlocked bootloader message anymore
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ftblstr2319 said:
Unfortunately, the computer will NOT detect the phone. No computer will. Using a USB cable that came with it , no luck either. Any ideas?
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so basically theres no comunication with phone. not really. unless you go and exhcnage it to tmobile, so you cant remove bootloader unlocked message either. if you lucky and tmobile doesnt check for it then you may be able to get it exchanged. as it not recognized in any computer ill say its hardware problem. good luck.
Hi,
sadly I broke my one plus after dropping it the other day, the phone is still working but the screen is completely cracked and wont turn on.
Do I have any chance of accessing my data?
Info:
Android OOS 10.0.16
Bootloader unlocked
TWRP Recovery 3.4.0.2 HotDog
ADB sadly unauthorized...
ADB Shell in TWRP (seems useless tho)
I tired accessing the data via adb in twrp but as we know the decryption is not working.
I was thinking maybe booting a patched boot image would allow me to access the data via adb?
Any ideas would be appreciated I tinkered with the phone for a few ours.
Thanks
Replace screen?
I assume pc can't see your internal sd?
HueyT said:
Replace screen?
I assume pc can't see your internal sd?
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Yeah I cant see the internal SD sadly.
I already got a replacement 7t so I wont be repairing the screen.
I just found a solution thats working for me mileage may vary:
Requirements:
USB Debugging enabled but the phone was NOT authorized
Win 10 with a ADB terminal ready
Type C cable (the original one is prefered)
USB OTG Adapter
A USB Keyboard
Turn On Sound if your Phone is silent this will help you since we are flying blind
1. Open a terminal type "adb devices"
2. Restart your phone (hold Power + VolUp for about 15 sec it should vibrate
3. Connect the OTG Adapter with they keyboard and press spacebar, next type your PIN and press enter (as far as I know your out of luck if you have a pattern setup
4. DONT TOUCH the screen. Connect your Phone to the PC
5. One the Phone will be a popup asking if you want to allow USB Debugging
6. Connect the OTG Adapter again and be careful not to touch the screen.
Press TAB once and press spacebar to permanently remember the PC.
Next press TAB twice and press Enter.
Thats it!
If you did it correctly you can connect back to the pc and the phone should be authorized.
Now to backup the Data from the phone just type
adb pull /mnt/sdcard .
this backups all data to the current folder
If your screen is still working than this is much easier of course, I had to give it 5 to 6 tried before I got it working!