Hi XDA, Please Help.
My screen is cracked on the phone. Still shows pics but I can not use it, touch is not functional. The phone screen is locked with the pattern.
I would like to retrieve at least my pictures. I really need them.
The USB Debugging is enabled. The phone is connected to my home WIFI. Stock phone not rooted.
I was thinking of loading apps from the play store(web site) and go trough my pc and get the pix but I dont know what app to use. I dont have google plus but if i sideload from playstore will it upload pix? Can i back my phone via ABD? Or any other options...
Please help me out.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
USB OTG with a mouse?
Heath05 said:
USB OTG with a mouse?
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good idea, will try it tomorrow. I think I have the usb otg cable somewhere.
EDIT. It totally worked. thank you so much. Even though I had everything i needed, I just could not brainstorm enough to think of it.
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hello guys,
I have one S4 of my friend but unfortunetely the screen bricked due to falling on tiles.
well... he want to get the data which is in phone memory.
He searched in the market for a new screen but it is not available .
So now How can we help that guy to get those DATA.
can we use ADB?
Reply soon.
Thanks
Hi,
I encounter exactly the same broken screen issue and I need your help to recover my data (contacts, SMS, etc) on my phone memory... As I cannot unlock the phone, I cannot access it through my computer. Thanks.
not sure if it help but, If only the screen bricked, you can use the hdmi (mhl), plug the phone in a monitor and unlock it, also plug a keyboard and mouse using otg.
But if you need both at the same time, probably the only solution will by a dock station.
construidor said:
not sure if it help but, If only the screen bricked, you can use the hdmi (mhl), plug the phone in a monitor and unlock it, also plug a keyboard and mouse using otg.
But if you need both at the same time, probably the only solution will by a dock station.
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I've neither connected with MHL, nor used with keyboard and mouse... That's a idea that I will try. I will let you know if it works.... Thanks alot.
I have a stock LG G2 that has a cracked screen. I have a PIN set so I cannot log into the phone or do much else with it. Is there a way to recover the images and other data that I have on the phone?
I think so.
Use the usb-otg dongle along with a usb mouse to control your screen.
Turn on Wireless Storage and transfer your data over.
Hope that helps, others might have simpler solutions
Try the on screen phone app for your computer.. If your model supports it I believe you can access everything and conveniently copy files to your computer while it connected....
Sent from my Xposed G2
votinh said:
I think so.
Use the usb-otg dongle along with a usb mouse to control your screen.
Turn on Wireless Storage and transfer your data over.
Hope that helps, others might have simpler solutions
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This works, I had the same problem with my touch screen not working because of a drop!!
Yep, OTG cable worked!
Hi
I dropped my phone and the touch screen is not working anymore. I cannot unlock the device.
Is there a way to get my contacts from the phone.
Even though I had synced my phone with gmail, my phone contacts do not appear in google contacts. (on gmail).
I can get my photos and stuff by connecting the phone via usb.
Thanks
dkul85 said:
Hi
I dropped my phone and the touch screen is not working anymore. I cannot unlock the device.
Is there a way to get my contacts from the phone.
Even though I had synced my phone with gmail, my phone contacts do not appear in google contacts. (on gmail).
I can get my photos and stuff by connecting the phone via usb.
Thanks
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If your screen still shows all you have to do is get a micro USM adapter that allows you to connect a mouse and use that to control your screen. I hope this helps. You should also invest in software that allows you on a regular basis back up your files to your pc. one suggestion is wondershare.
I hope this helps you
Blacksmith5 said:
If your screen still shows all you have to do is get a micro USM adapter that allows you to connect a mouse and use that to control your screen. I hope this helps. You should also invest in software that allows you on a regular basis back up your files to your pc. one suggestion is wondershare.
I hope this helps you
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Hi
Thanks for the reply. However I read that Nexus 4 does not support OTG functionality.
Would the method you suggest still work?
Thanks
dkul85 said:
Hi
Thanks for the reply. However I read that Nexus 4 does not support OTG functionality.
Would the method you suggest still work?
Thanks
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Yes it will I have done so in the past.... You might consider buying a new LCD/Digitizer with Frame and install it.. It's quite easy. There is a wonderful YouTube video by LE55ONS that shows you everything in detail and very easy to follow. I have done it many times
I hope that helps
Hello xda!
This forum has helped me a lot in the past time with all kind of problems i enocountered and I hope you guys can help me once more time with this big problem i have!
So basically 2 weeks ago i broke my screen on my old s4 pretty bad and it doesnt display anything anymore and the touch is not working. I have a lot of files and photos on it and I've een struggling to access it from my windows PC but i pretty much can't figure it out since it is locked with a pattern and can't unlock it!
I can't unlock it from my samsung account cause the account doesn't display the phone anymore for some unknown reason..and i really dont know what to try anymore I know the pattern and the backup PIN, google account etc, etc but still i couldn't find anything on google aout what could I do.
I have tried ADB but i cant manage to get it working tho, i have read that it wont work if my debugging is not thicked and its not..so the adb didn't detect it when i tried...maybe i did somethig wrong tho cause im not familiar with adb. Followed a guide on youtube and my [adb shell] command in platform-tools cmd didn't seem to work.
Please guys, help me access my files i dont know what to try anymore
If you need any more information about anything else regarding the phone, please ask and I will try anything just to recover my files ^^
Thank you!
without debugging activated ADB won't work. long shot (and quite expensive option) would be MHL adaptor plugged into TV and USB hub and wired mouse also in the hub...
I've never tried it, but in principle it should work
Even if the mhl cable will display an image on a monitor, you can't unlock the phone or enable debugging if the digitizer is busted.
audit13 said:
Even if the mhl cable will display an image on a monitor, you can't unlock the phone or enable debugging if the digitizer is busted.
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that's where the mouse is supposed to come in, I understood maybe incorrectly that android has native support for a mouse...
How would the mouse connect to the phone? Do all ROMs support a mouse?
Well,Long story short,Nothings gonna work had the same issue with my phone back in the day,I've tried everything possible but was of no luck,you need to the change the screen and digitalizer to use it again (sadly) that's the only way out or you can borrow screen from repair shop get it unlocked. Goodluck
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How would the mouse connect to the phone? Do all ROMs support a mouse?
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I mentioned a hub, if a mouse is supported it'll work fine through a USB hub, the question is will the MHL adaptor work thru one at the same time. I know some do not, and that's why I called it a long shot...
I flashed custom recovery and tried to mount usb storage blindly following guides but it doesn't seem to work...i wonder if there is any way to flash with odin a stock rom or custom rom without losing pictures and personal data such as documents just to get rid of the pattern..
Hi,
My brothers phone screen is basically unusable.
When I connect the phone to the PC it recognises it in Windows but the phone contains no folders. At first I assumed it was because his screen was locked so I connected a OTG and keyboard and using commands managed to get his phone "unlocked" to the home screen.
However this didnt fix the issue.
Reading around it seems I may need USB Debugging enabled (if he hasn't already) but due to not being able to use the screen how would I do that?
Do I need a MICRO USB to HDMI & USB adapter to use a mouse and TV output?
Or is there a way I can fix this through windows using ADB?
At this point we are willing to try anything as all we are looking for is some family photos off of it then binning the phone and I don't want to put £100-200 into the screen replacement just to attempt this data recovery.
All help is greatly appreciated,
Cheers
ADB is the door to any Android device. As long as ADB has not been activated on the device - and the related RSA keys got created - you have no chance to pull out data from device, IMO.
Ok,
Well see the fact when I connect it to windows it shows the phone but not the folders inside, and I can only assume there will be a popup on the screen mentioning to ALLOW/DECLINE transfer etc..
If I use the OTG adapter I can plug my keyboard in and use the sequence SPACE, SPACE, BKSPACE, BKSPACE, then my PIN and ENTER and it unlocks to the home screen.
But because I would need the phone connected by both PC and KEYBOARD at the same time is it possible to get a splitter on the OTG adapter and this would hopefully let me press RIGHT and ENTER to accept the message?
If not then can the phone be connected via HDMI to see if any message is infact popping up??
Rowan88 said:
Hi,
My brothers phone screen is basically unusable.
When I connect the phone to the PC it recognises it in Windows but the phone contains no folders. At first I assumed it was because his screen was locked so I connected a OTG and keyboard and using commands managed to get his phone "unlocked" to the home screen.
However this didnt fix the issue.
Reading around it seems I may need USB Debugging enabled (if he hasn't already) but due to not being able to use the screen how would I do that?
Do I need a MICRO USB to HDMI & USB adapter to use a mouse and TV output?
Or is there a way I can fix this through windows using ADB?
At this point we are willing to try anything as all we are looking for is some family photos off of it then binning the phone and I don't want to put £100-200 into the screen replacement just to attempt this data recovery.
All help is greatly appreciated,
Cheers
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OK, new to this. To get usb debugging on, click system. About phone, Software information, build number. Click that several times. (AT least 10). You will see a message that you are in developer mode. Go back to home screen. Click settings icon. Scroll to bottom you should now see { } Developers optiions. Click that. Find the section for ADB, enable ADB. Once ADB is up and running you should be able to pull the files. The screen for an android is the desktop, mouse, and keyboard. (PC analogy). You need something to see your icons, something to click, and a keyboard. If OTG acts as a mouse, and you can see the basic display, and have an external keyboard. I think you can do this. I am not sure what OTG is .
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OK, new to this. To get usb debugging on, click system. About phone, Software information, build number. Click that several times. (AT least 10). You will see a message that you are in developer mode. Go back to home screen. Click settings icon. Scroll to bottom you should now see { } Developers optiions. Click that. Find the section for ADB, enable ADB. Once ADB is up and running you should be able to pull the files. The screen for an android is the desktop, mouse, and keyboard. (PC analogy). You need something to see your icons, something to click, and a keyboard. If OTG acts as a mouse, and you can see the basic display, and have an external keyboard. I think you can do this. I am not sure what OTG is .
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1. I cant follow that process as the screen is completely destroyed (no display/no touch), thats why I have been blindly using a keyboard to try and find the setting
2. OTG is ON THE GO , its a small adapter that lets you connect USB devices to your phone.
Sorry about that. I think you are stuck. without some visual clues I think you can not put the phone in developer mode. Did you try just a plugin (via usb) into windows and seeing if there is a pictures folder?
It find the phone in Windows, but wont display the folders.
The OTG splitter I purchased to be able to connect it to the PC and KEYBOARD at same time didnt work as it doesnt supply power (should have checked reviews).
Any other solutions? Or is this a new screen for £200 just to get data?
I purchased another OTG splitter that has a OTG/CHARGE switch so this should let me connect it to the PC and KEYBOARD.
Can anyone give me shortcut keys or step by step on how many times I need to press certain buttons to get down to the USB DEBUGGING section please?