So, the screen died on my Vibrant yesterday. I am going to get a warranty replacement, but I need to get the camera pictures from the internal flash card. It still responds to touch, but the screen is black. What would be the easiest way to get the pictures off? I had it set to prompt on USB connection, but I can't seem to hit the USB Storage option.
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I managed to tap the USB storage button.
You just randomly tap until you hit it. ._.
^ use your... sensory?? skills????
Tap where you think is - i don't even know.
Use vibrant AIO tool box you can download anything you want off your phone l.
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Android screen cast will also work. Shows your phone screen on your pc.
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Sorry if I'm not putting this in the right spot but, my friend got a Droid Incredible and some how his screen broke and he has no clue how. He gave it to me to try to get his data off, like pictures and so on but since nothing comes up on the screen I can't. Is there any command I can put in ADB to mount the phone? It didn't put his pictures on the SD Card, which I thought was odd, so I'm hoping it put them on the main phone storage, is there any way I can get into that so I can copy the pictures for him, they're from a family vacation he went on and really wants them. I know the phone still works because the soft buttons light up and when you hold the volume button and let go it beeps letting you know it's turned up, holding down it eventually vibrates letting you know it is now in vibration only. Could anyone help?
You don't need to use the touch screen to choose the mounting behavior if it's not saved in the settings.
If you plug the phone in, hit menu twice (to unlock the phone) and then scroll down twice on the optical pad(if screen was on you would be selecting the mount as disk drive option) click the optical pad (to select the option) then scroll down three times more on the optical pad( highlighting the done button) and click down.
If you did it correctly the phone should be mounted as a disk drive and you can get the data off. I tested this and the instruction is correct, this is assuming that you have not previously selected a behavior for the phone when it is mounted.
Hope it helps.
Or you could just hook up the phone and cd in to an empty folder on your comp then run "adb pull /emmc ." and yes that is a <space> then a period after /emmc.
I tested and this worked fine pulling my whole internal storage info off and on to my comp.
You could technically do this for any partition you wanted if he wanted to get his /data/data info off he could run it for that too.
kseunder84 said:
Sorry if I'm not putting this in the right spot but, my friend got a Droid Incredible and some how his screen broke and he has no clue how. He gave it to me to try to get his data off, like pictures and so on but since nothing comes up on the screen I can't. Is there any command I can put in ADB to mount the phone? It didn't put his pictures on the SD Card, which I thought was odd, so I'm hoping it put them on the main phone storage, is there any way I can get into that so I can copy the pictures for him, they're from a family vacation he went on and really wants them. I know the phone still works because the soft buttons light up and when you hold the volume button and let go it beeps letting you know it's turned up, holding down it eventually vibrates letting you know it is now in vibration only. Could anyone help?
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I am experiencing a very similar issue. The screen often remains black, but the 'buttons' and screen touch seem to respond still. (Getting haptic feedback on the buttons and from some random-ish on-screen swiping.)
Sometimes I can get it to bootload screen. First time I wiped phone storage and rebooted, it worked for a few hours, then conked out again. Since then it has remained pretty much unusable. Occasionally I get the HTC screen to come up, or the bootload, and the next screen is a dim version of that screen with a bright horizontal bar across it.
One thing that makes me wonder a bit about battery here: the few times I've got it to come back up is usually when it's plugged in by USB and charging, and when I unplug it, the screen goes dim except for that same bright horizontal bar I mentioned previously.
Samsung Intercept
I have the exact same problem, but with the Intercept. Can anyone post a step by step guide to mounting or maybe post a video so I could follow blindly on my blackedout screen? Thanks.
I went to install the new samsung update. I've used odin and never had many problems, but it didnt start the donwload, i removed the usb cable (while on the download screen on phone). Unplugged again, unresponsive to odin. Turned off phone and now when i turn it back on I get icon of PHONE ! Computer
I can't search for anything, because it's saaying the search is down for 5 minutes (10 minutes ago) . I know there is info on here for this but can someone tell me or point me where the correct link is so i dont mess up the phone.
THANKS!!
Just redo the download procedure,ie turn off phone, plug in the usb and hold vol and power
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rizzxx7 said:
Just redo the download procedure,ie turn off phone, plug in the usb and hold vol and power
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I took out battery, phone is off, plugged in usb cable and I get the icon of the phone with exclamation point and PC. I never was able to get to download mode without using adb reboot download, but obviously now, i cant get to adb because it doesnt find the device anymore.
Don't worry about the icon, just do the same procedure and it'll do on download mode
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But you can't because it doesnt see the device... im freaking out...
after you pull the battery and put back in, hold down the up and down volume buttons, THEN plug the usb in WHILE holding the volume buttons.
just imaging the icon with the phone and the pc is the battery icon... and do the same procedure... you will get to download mode again. and restart your computer and try.
That happened to me and just replaced my phone with tmobile and got a brand new one, yrust me nothing works when is in that image I gave up and called tmobile.
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were you on eugene373's hybrid rom? I was and now it wont take any update old or new it either freezes or goes dark NOT TO BLAME EUGENE373 i love his work and I am just trying to find a common denominator
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were you on eugene373's hybrid rom? I was and now it wont take any update old or new it either freezes or goes dark
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I was on Vibrant9 (I liked that one the best).
I hope I didnt kill this, if I did, then many people are going to
I've had my phone with this icon numerous times and had no problems getting back to download mode, like the previous poster said, just pretend its the battery icon and repeat the steps
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it took about 25 tries but it finally worked may we should odin to old stock first then new stock,
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just imaging the icon with the phone and the pc is the battery icon... and do the same procedure... you will get to download mode again. and restart your computer and try.
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Nope, this is not working, did this 10 times. I put battery back in, hold up.down then plug usb while holding, the screen keeps coming back the same. But like i keep saying, i was NEVER able to get to download mode before. Must have tried it 200 times.
take the battery out, put it back in. Plug the device and when you see the icon, hold vol up and down and power, as soon as the screen goes black remove your finger from the power button, but KEEP holding the vol. buttons until the dl screen comes on
Batt and cable off, plug cable hold buttons then battery in.
Remember u broke it u bought it, but ofcourse tmo will have to fix something U broke.
98classic said:
Batt and cable off, plug cable hold buttons then battery in.
Remember u broke it u bought it, but ofcourse tmo will have to fix something U broke.
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oh well, no matter what i try , it keeps going back to same screen. This is freaking frustrating. In my reading on here, there seems to be some people that are not able to get into donwload mode from the buttons. If this is the case for me, do i have ANY other options then bringing it to be Tmobile. I have only had the phone for 3 weeks, but i really want to get it resolved without bringing it in, i have lots of stuff on phone (i have backup off the phone).
Try all the steps here if you haven't already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771247
Just call tmobile your gonna pop a vein trying to fix this just don't tell them you rooted your phone lol.
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Just call tmobile your gonna pop a vein trying to fix this just don't tell them you rooted your phone lol.
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Should I call them or just go into a store with the box and all and say, the phone shut off then when i pushed power, this came on.. I cant believe this happend.
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Just call tmobile your gonna pop a vein trying to fix this just don't tell them you rooted your phone lol.
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You know that they can probably fix it and that its not really BRICKED then when they find out that he had Superuser.apk, they'll add a fee to his bill and that would be even worse.
I so hope someone can help.
Downloaded an app which i then couldnt close no matter what so i pulled out the battery put it back in and now all i have is a black screen and cant use my phone at all.
Tried hooking up to Kies but it wont let me do anything as saying app is still open.
Really hoping i dont loose everything can anybody help???!!!!
what app was it ?
ph1n1c said:
I so hope someone can help.
Downloaded an app which i then couldnt close no matter what so i pulled out the battery put it back in and now all i have is a black screen and cant use my phone at all.
Tried hooking up to Kies but it wont let me do anything as saying app is still open.
Really hoping i dont loose everything can anybody help???!!!!
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What was the app, and where did you download it from?
And if you hooked your phone up to kies and it saw it....then the phone must be powered up. Remove the battery again, wait 10 minutes, then replace it.
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From the silence I assume he realised he hadn't actually turned his phone off at all and sorted it out...or the app killed HIM as well.
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Nope im not dead and im a she not a he.
Yes the phone has power but only shows a black screen.
Yes the battery has actually been out all night.
No Kies did not tell me anything i got a box up on my phone when it conected saying could not connect as application open.
The application was called Kids mode by zoodles.
They have sent me 2 ways to reset my phone one of which to hold down the volume button then press the power button which shows a menu choose clear storage using the volume button and the phone should be restored....it doesnt do any of that just turns on.
The other way is this
a) Install the Android SDK from a website they mentioned
b) Connect the phone to the computer with a USB cable
c) Type "adb uninstall com.zoodles.kidmode"
of which i am currently attempting to understand.
If you know any different then your help would be appreciated.
oh and the app itself i found on the android market on my phone
try getting into recovery by pressing vol up+home button+power and release when the S logo pops up
Thank you for that. It didnt work.
Have been defeated all this messing about so have taken in to have system rebooted.
I had the same almost and am still locked in the "Logo of Limbo" ( the big S) after 10 days and dealers trying this and that. Can't say it was an app that caused it, but it seems resetting SGS is a task and a half sometimes
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Thank you for that. It didnt work.
Have been defeated all this messing about so have taken in to have system rebooted.
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Well, it's not pressing but holding:
Shut down the phone
Hold Vol-Up+Home and power
Release power when you see "Galaxy S, GT-i9000, Samsung" blinks
if this doesnt work, try Vol+Down instead of Up, and update the status here with what you see.
So, like the title says, I dropped my S5 today. I have a case on it, so it wasn't a direct hit, but nonetheless, the screen isn't coming on now. There are no cracks or visible damage on the outside and there is still sound. The LED still works, the home button is still functional, the capacitive buttons still work, it's just the screen. I realize that the easiest thing to do would be to send the phone into T-mobile and get a replacement, but I need a way of backing up the app data. Would you guys know of any solutions?
I am trying to pull a backup image, but I am not even know if the process I am using will even work for me or if I can restore the image afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818321
The phone is rooted. I am pretty sure USB Debugging is enabled. Is there a way I can get into my phone and pull off the app data? I ideally want to make a nandroid backup and then flash the replacement phone in twrp.
**EDIT** - found a guide that used "adb shell twrp backup SDBOM" as a method. Would it work in my case for what I need? What I mostly care about is my app data and messages. I am not too great with the adb commands as I have never really had the need to use them, but from what I have read I should be able to accomplish everything I need to do. I should mention that I can get into recovery using Android Tools
****EDIT**** - I figured it out. I used this tool to access my phone.
Hi,
Try taking battery off.
Press power button for a minute.
Then put battery after 5 to 10 min.
Now try to power on.
See if anything comes on screen.
for me it works.
Good luck.
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As the title says, I broke my phone screen (Samsung galaxy 8+) and the phone still turns on and I can use the screen for a short period of time and then the pixels die and the screen goes black. And I can't really open it long enough to allow USB to be authorised on my computer to move files off of it (i now regularly back up my new phone....).
So can I somehow get access to the content of my phone either by pc control or direct HDD access? I can unlock the screen but that's about it before it goes black.
Cheers.
I posted here because it seemed like the most general place to get an answer? =]
You can't debugging must be on to access phone data
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