I have a Nexus 4 with a cracked screen. LG Decided to sandwich the digitizer in the glass so now the digitizer is dead as well.
How can I access the storage to recover my files? MTP won't work without unlocking the phone but I cannot get past the lock screen as the touch doesn't work.
I'm sure I'm not the first one to deal with this so what's the solution here?
You can Use adb.
If you have a custom recovery, you can enter into the recovery and then type (on your pc cmd):
adb pull /sdcard/ C:/User/Desktop (Example Directory)
this Command will copy the contenent of the media folder into the desktop.
Have a good day
That was my first thought, however, ADB never seems to work through recovery for me even with my older phones. It says device not found even though it would work perfectly if I'm loaded into a ROM. I'll reinstall drivers and try again.
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Hi guys, after restoring from a backup I made in CWM - which apparently was corrupted - I can't boot past the "X" boot animation, and because of the glitch in the bootloader, I cannot boot to recovery, which would at least allow me to flash a clean ROM. At any rate, I tried to boot to recovery from my computer, but I keep getting "error: device not found" errors from ADB and the Nexus 7 ToolKit (which uses ADB anyway). I have tried all possible scenarios with drivers, but to no avail. I can only assume that debugging is disabled. Is this a reasonable assumption, and if it is true, am I completely screwed out of $250, or is there something I can do?
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Hi guys, after restoring from a backup I made in CWM - which apparently was corrupted - I can't boot past the "X" boot animation, and because of the glitch in the bootloader, I cannot boot to recovery, which would at least allow me to flash a clean ROM. At any rate, I tried to boot to recovery from my computer, but I keep getting "error: device not found" errors from ADB and the Nexus 7 ToolKit (which uses ADB anyway). I have tried all possible scenarios with drivers, but to no avail. I can only assume that debugging is disabled. Is this a reasonable assumption, and if it is true, am I completely screwed out of $250, or is there something I can do?
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Can you get to fastboot if you have the USB plugged in? If so you can use it to restore stock with the factory images from Google.
I managed to use the fastboot method to solve the problem. Everything went nicely for about a day, and just an hour ago my soft navigation buttons stopped responding to touch. A factory reset from the device did not resolve the problem. I'm going to try some work in ADB once I get access to a proper windows computer, but that may not be for a while, is there anything that might work that doesn't require a computer in the meantime? (I'm clueless when it comes to Linux. I tried installing Java and the Android SDK using a LiveCD of Ubuntu, but my efforts were met with frustration.)
You can just put windows on through a disk rather than buying a PC
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Nah, I have a fully functional custom rig, but windows killed itself and my cracked disk image of the install disk is on the same hard drive on the same partition. I'm waiting for my SSD to come in, so I can install Mint on it and burn the iso on my hard drive from there, then install Windows on my SSD.
At any rate, I used my friend's computer to flash to stock from fastboot and it didn't fix anything. Now, every time i try to touch the screen it just pulls the notification bar down to that point on the screen. I'm ready to re-lock my bootloader and bring it back to the store if nobody has a more convenient solution.
UPDATE: I rebooted from there and I'm back where I was in the last post. My navigation buttons at the bottom don't work, and sometimes touches don't register on the rest of the screen. The lock screen also doesn't respond to touch either.
ADB commands only work when its on. Fastboot boot commands when in bootloader.
Or just plug the N7 into the PC, hold down all the buttons to boot into fastboot, then select recovery. It has to be plugged in to the PC to get into ClockworkMod.
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ADB commands only work when its on. Fastboot boot commands when in bootloader.
Or just plug the N7 into the PC, hold down all the buttons to boot into fastboot, then select recovery. It has to be plugged in to the PC to get into ClockworkMod.
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But I'm not attempting to do anything in ADB, unless there is some way I can use ADB to fix my nav bar and lockscreen.
UPDATE: It seems the lockscreen is working. Also, my navigation bar sometimes feels like activating buttons without me touching them.
UPDATE 2: And just like that my lockscreen isn't responding to touch again.
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can we launch fast boot while in recovery cause mine n7 always boot into clockwork recovery, i can not boot into my rom
Hello Everyone,
I have an issue with my nexus 6p screen all of a sudden being unresponsive to touch. The big error on my part was not setting up my videos and images to automatically backup. So now what i'm trying to do is unlock the phone using ADB and a usb cable but haven't had any luck. I've gotten as far as listing my devices, which show up an unauthorized and seem I can only authorize it from my phone. Q1. is this true? Could there be any other way to authorize my phone, or am I out of luck and my data is kaput? I've also tried an OTG cable but it doesn't load since i'm guessing the OS has to fully load for the cable work.
Do I have any choice on saving my data with a USB cable and command line or can someone suggest a tool that would help me out of this situation?
Put it into fastboot/download mode and flash the latest TWRP recovery.
Use TWRP's file manager or ADB Pull commands to pull your data off. Use ADB push to push a new ROM image and flash over everything except userdata (back it up just in case).
Hello all,
I recently dropped my phone, shattering the screen and rendering the LCD useless. I need to use my phone to access some important messages, so I am trying to use Android Control to emulate my phone until I can get a new one. The problem is I didn't have USB debugging turned on when I dropped it. To fix that, I am trying to use ADB and recovery mode to turn it on, but ADB can't/won't recognize my device. I have installed the universal adb driver and my phone shows up in the device manager, but when I run "adb devices" in the command prompt, nothing comes up. Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks!
lonshlon said:
Hello all,
I recently dropped my phone, shattering the screen and rendering the LCD useless. I need to use my phone to access some important messages, so I am trying to use Android Control to emulate my phone until I can get a new one. The problem is I didn't have USB debugging turned on when I dropped it. To fix that, I am trying to use ADB and recovery mode to turn it on, but ADB can't/won't recognize my device. I have installed the universal adb driver and my phone shows up in the device manager, but when I run "adb devices" in the command prompt, nothing comes up. Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks!
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Did you have TWRP installed? (Unlocked bootloader?)
If not, I don't know of any way to turn on ADB.
If TWRP is installed you boot into recovery and you are good.
tech_head said:
Did you have TWRP installed? (Unlocked bootloader?)
If not, I don't know of any way to turn on ADB.
If TWRP is installed you boot into recovery and you are good.
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Unfortunately I don't have TWRP installed
Unfortunately I don't have TWRP installed
No USB debugging and no twrp and no LCD ....
That's a no go.
I'm having an issue where my touchscreen completely stopped responding to touches, but the physical buttons still work. I'm rooted and have TWRP installed. I'm trying to backup my files before reformatting. I have an OTG cable which i tried using with a mouse but it doesn't work. I'm not sure if it's because OTG isn't enabled by default? I'm currently able to unlock my phone using fingerprint and I'm already on wifi. I haven't restarted the phone yet because I'm afraid of getting stuck at the startup encryption screen that requires me to physically draw the unlock pattern.
I've had something similar happen a few months ago where I rebooted and wasn't able to get into the phone because of the startup lock screen. I followed a thread to delete the lock files but it ended up completely locking me out of the phone (due to new android security i guess) and in the end I had to reformat everything and lose all my data .
What's the best way to go about this now and either be able to get the OTG/mouse working or at least be able to access and backup all my data? Is there anything I should do before restarting while I can still access my phone using fingerprint unlock?
twrp should allow you to activate usb (think its on by default), that way you can make a nandroid and copy it to pc, as well as copy any photos etc from the internal storage
yusuo said:
twrp should allow you to activate usb (think its on by default), that way you can make a nandroid and copy it to pc, as well as copy any photos etc from the internal storage
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Ah.. thanks, I will try that!
Hi,
I have the same issue: my touchscreen stopped working a couple days ago, and I'm not able to enter my pattern. I have a USB-C mouse, TWRP 2.7.3 installed, my bootloader is unlocked, but for some reason I'm not able to use the mouse in TWRP. Any ideas?
Many thanks!
I found a solution to backup your data, even if USB OTG is disabled.
First, you need a mouse and an adapter. Personally, I bought this one from Amazon (France).
Second, you need to download the latest version of TWRP for cheeseburger.
Finally, plug your device to a computer and boot into fastboot. Open a terminal and type 'fastboot boot C:\path\to\twrp-cheeseburger.img'.
Your device reboots into recovery, and the USB mouse is working. Enter your pattern, mount Data and plug back the phone to your computer: you should see your data!
Hope this help.
adb backup -apk -shared -all -f backup-file.adb
adb restore backup-file.adb
Hi all,
My mother's Redmi Note 7 have a broken screen and it seem to be somewhere in the motherboard rather than the screen itself (tried replacing the screen with a new one and the issue is still there).
There's TWRP on it, the phone seem to boot (I can see it on my PC, I just can't enable USB file transfer) and ADB seem to launch but get me an unauthorized error message. I'm trying to get it back (pull /sdcard/ for starter) and I know the decrypt password for /data/.
Is there a way to make it work through ADB despite the unauthorized message (already cleaned the key in .android and restarted)? Or can I remote in TWRP in some way? Last option I see is an OTG adapter for screen + mouse but the one I have from the PinePhone doesn't seem compatible so I don't know if other brand would work?
Thanks in advance!