BUT, I bought a new motherboard, so I should be able to revive it!
Here's the problem- I accidentally broke the display connector while changing the battery, hence the need for a new MB. I have some pictures and videos that are on the tablet, but my computer is not seeing the device. The display works, but the touch functionality is gone so I can't log in. Is there a way to get my stuff off of this MB? Also, does anybody know how I might get this connector replaced so I can sell the MB on eBay after it's fixed?
Thanks!
keyboard mouse
connect a keyboard and a mouse to it via OTG. My logitech ones work perfectly. Even just a mouse would be enough.
DragonTattooz said:
BUT, I bought a new motherboard, so I should be able to revive it!
Here's the problem- I accidentally broke the display connector while changing the battery, hence the need for a new MB. I have some pictures and videos that are on the tablet, but my computer is not seeing the device. The display works, but the touch functionality is gone so I can't log in. Is there a way to get my stuff off of this MB? Also, does anybody know how I might get this connector replaced so I can sell the MB on eBay after it's fixed?
Thanks!
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What ROM is in there? Does it have USB debugging enabled? Are you rooted? If yes:
Either:
1) use ADB to pull your files (NOTE: needs USB debugging/ADB enabled. Either by using a custom recovery or the USB Debugging option under Settings > Developer Options inside Android.)
or
2)
https://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
Download that app, install it with `adb install`. You can read this to get an idea what I'm talking about. NOTE: To remote control, you need root.
Actually, IMO, your best choice would be to get to fastboot, boot a custom recovery (you got an unlocked bootloader, right?), and grab your stuff from the device with `adb pull`. You don't need to touch the screen once for this procedure, neither you'd need to install anything (except maybe required stuff on the PC - for ADB to work).
Need to copy data (broken touch input - physical buttons work fine)
Phone is locked so internal storage shows as empty when connecting via USB, unfortunately developer is not enabled.
Is there any way to get data from device without getting new housing kit
Thanks!
have you tried a usb-otg cable and a USB mouse?
it should let you unlock, after which you can either use cloud storage or pull data off using a PC.
easy as pancake!
gusya_777 said:
Need to copy data (broken touch input - physical buttons work fine)
Phone is locked so internal storage shows as empty when connecting via USB, unfortunately developer is not enabled.
Is there any way to get data from device without getting new housing kit
Thanks!
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I had the same problem with my samsung s5 active when my screen got punctured (hated samsung for that) but it is easy to perform the unlock.
okay, you might have to buy OTG cable for your samsung device, along with that, a keyboard that can be plugged into the android device through the OTG cable, and if you have numberic or alphabetic pin you can enter it through keyboard and press enter, viola!! screen is unlocked, you need to quickly connect it back to the computer so that it can detect the device. Other than that, if you have pattern code, you need to have the screen on, along with that you need a mouse to draw the pattern. That's it. Sorry for your loss brother I was not even under warranty when it happened to my device and im still buying note 4 because of gear 2. have spent so much in samsung due to that watch!
i love gear 2 but hate the fact that in order to make it fully functional you need TW.
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I had the same problem with my samsung s5 active when my screen got punctured (hated samsung for that) but it is easy to perform the unlock.
okay, you might have to buy OTG cable for your samsung device, along with that, a keyboard that can be plugged into the android device through the OTG cable, and if you have numberic or alphabetic pin you can enter it through keyboard and press enter, viola!! screen is unlocked, you need to quickly connect it back to the computer so that it can detect the device. Other than that, if you have pattern code, you need to have the screen on, along with that you need a mouse to draw the pattern. That's it. Sorry for your loss brother I was not even under warranty when it happened to my device and im still buying note 4 because of gear 2. have spent so much in samsung due to that watch!
i love gear 2 but hate the fact that in order to make it fully functional you need TW.
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thanks for reply!
https://findmymobile.samsung.com/dm/m/lockreleaseMyMobilePhone.do
that one might also work if you have Samsung's services enabled.
Just install Kies 3 onto your computer and use that to transfer all your data over.
Ok, so it seems I have a problem.
Some time ago I have dropped my N4. Not the first time, bit this was the one that resulted in a broken screen. Touchscreen doesn't work in the bottom 1/3-1/2 of the screen preventing me from unlocking my phone. I've actually bought a N5X almost immediately (I was planning on the switch for some time, guess the decision was meade for me), but I'd still like to get some data off the old phone (not only data, I'll need to run some apps to export).
I guess my problem is twofold:
1. Unlock phone without a touchscreen (not sure if I remember my lock pattern, I've been using N5X with a new one for a while)
2. Run some apps etc, basically operate the phone without touchscreen.
My problems would have one easy solution - connecting a mouse to the phone - if only N4 had OTG.
I've tried getting on the phone via ADB, but I"m getting a message:
error: device unauthorized.
This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set
Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.
Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.
Could you point me in a right direction?
Thanks for the help
Rgds,
Michael
PS. As far as I remember I do have the USB Debugging enabled. ROM was the latest stock android (5.1.1, was it?)
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Ok, so it seems I have a problem.
Some time ago I have dropped my N4. Not the first time, bit this was the one that resulted in a broken screen. Touchscreen doesn't work in the bottom 1/3-1/2 of the screen preventing me from unlocking my phone. I've actually bought a N5X almost immediately (I was planning on the switch for some time, guess the decision was meade for me), but I'd still like to get some data off the old phone (not only data, I'll need to run some apps to export).
I guess my problem is twofold:
1. Unlock phone without a touchscreen (not sure if I remember my lock pattern, I've been using N5X with a new one for a while)
2. Run some apps etc, basically operate the phone without touchscreen.
My problems would have one easy solution - connecting a mouse to the phone - if only N4 had OTG.
I've tried getting on the phone via ADB, but I"m getting a message:
error: device unauthorized.
This adb server's $ADB_VENDOR_KEYS is not set
Try 'adb kill-server' if that seems wrong.
Otherwise check for a confirmation dialog on your device.
Could you point me in a right direction?
Thanks for the help
Rgds,
Michael
PS. As far as I remember I do have the USB Debugging enabled. ROM was the latest stock android (5.1.1, was it?)
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If your bootloader is unlocked, you should at least be able to access your data by flashing TWRP, and connecting to a computer from there. Unfortunately, I don't know how you can access the phone normally without adb working.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using XDA Labs
Hmm so basically I need to replace my screen to get to my data... It sucks to spend lots of money on the repair only to get data from 2 or 3 apps... But if there is no other way then I guess I have a decision to make.
Thanks for the reply, @elonus
Nexus 4 HAS otg if you flash a kernel that supports it and get a Y-shaped powered microUSB-female USB cable. I have one so I can confirm that it works.
Plug in a mouse?
Plug in a mouse? I think it would work...
Hello people,
so a few days ago I dropped my Galaxy S5 and the screen is now black, I can't use it. I want to try to save the data, but it's not as easy as plug in and transfer, since I have a password that I can't unlock. Using a screen mirroring program is also out of question, because I had USB Debugging disabled before I dropped it.
My next thought was to enable USB debugging with the help of adb, but that didn't work, since adb sees my device as "unauthorized". It still shows up as "Samsung Android ADB Interface" up in the Windows Device Manager.
So my next thought was to flash a custom recovery such as CWM via Odin (my phone doesn't have to be rooted for that, right?). That way I could use the volume keys to navigate through recovery mode once I enter it. All I would have to do is look at screenshots online and count how many times I press the volume buttons to know when to hit enter since the sceen doesn't work.
Would that even be helpful? I really hope that someone can help me or at least tell me there is no possible way to recover the files so I can sleep in peace. I've been trying so much, but all I find is more problems. I even had to use the Samsung 300K tool to enter Download mode, since that didn't work at one point. And I did that to use Dr. Fone's Android Lock Screen Remover which didn't remove my password. So that was 50 dollars well spent.
Looking forward to any kind of help, really desperate right now!
i dont think you can enable usb debugging from outside of the GUI. Can you use one of those MHL devices to get the display output to something? Perhaps the digitizer will still recognize touch input and let you turn it on from there.
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i dont think you can enable usb debugging from outside of the GUI. Can you use one of those MHL devices to get the display output to something? Perhaps the digitizer will still recognize touch input and let you turn it on from there.
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That's a pretty good idea! Looks like I haven't tried everything after all. I'll take a look if I the local electric market has some sort of adapter or is there anything I have to take into consideration? I am not familiar with the term MHL...
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That's a pretty good idea! Looks like I haven't tried everything after all. I'll take a look if I the local electric market has some sort of adapter or is there anything I have to take into consideration? I am not familiar with the term MHL...
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nothing else really to take into consideration, just hope it works for ya
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/413PWcLXQHL._SY300_.jpg
Phone fell out of my pocket and got run over. Screen is completely black and the digitizer is done as well. If I connect it to my PC, it comes right up, but I have no way to enable USB file transfer mode so I can't "see" the SD card or internal memory. I tried to use [email protected] with Android Control, but it appears USB Debugging is turned off on the phone as ADB tells me the device is "unauthorized" and [email protected] gives me a "Rejected" status when it connects with the phone. (Yes, I did remove the ADB keys from my PC's ./user/.android folder and tried again)
Recovery is stock so no ADB access to open a shell and tweak anything. I haven't run across an ADB enabled recovery that I can install on this unlocked bootloader. (I can get into download mode and Odin recognizes the phone.) so I thought I'd try the "simple" route.
I bought an MHL adapter and an OTG cable thinking I could use a spare monitor and a mouse to turn on USB debugging or, at a minimum, turn on USB file transfer so I can get my data off the phone. I connected everything up and I can see the display, but mouse movement isn't being passed through the MHL cable assembly. If I plug the OTG cable directly into the phone, the phone does react to mouse movement and clicks and I can get lucky and launch apps, but I can't see WTH I'm doing. The odds of me turning on USB debugging like this are slim.
Anyone know of an MHL adapter that will allow "piggybacking" a USB mouse or an ADB enabled recovery I can flash to the phone? Maybe some uber-secret method to turn on USB debugging without access via ADB?
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Phone fell out of my pocket and got run over. Screen is completely black and the digitizer is done as well...
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I don't have this device but, I believe that one or both of the following threads may be helpful for what you need and don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within one of them.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3607259
Good Luck!
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I don't have this device but, I believe that one or both of the following threads may be helpful for what you need and don't be afraid to ask for some member guidance within one of them.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
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Yep, have all this working. Replacement phone works so my config is correct. The issue is USB debugging got turned off somehow. If I can get in via ADB, I can tweak the files I need to turn it back on. Or, I can find a MHL/OTG combo that works and just turn it on via the screen. Hell, if I could view the ADB key on the phone, I'd modify that file on my PC and it'd probably work.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3607259
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Read this one as well. I'm not sure what all gets nuked in the process nor have I researched ADB enabled ROMs. I have 2 files I *need* to get off the phone before I send it back. If I had local copies, I wouldn't sweat it and I'd boot into recovery and since I'm familiar with the order of the menus in there, I can probably do a factory restore. Unfortunately, the 2 files I need were updated/created while I was doing the errands that resulted in the broken screen.
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Yep, have all this working...
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If you are unable to obtain any member guidance, within any of those threads, the only other thread, that I can point you to, is the following Q&A thread that's specific for all S5 Variants.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
Good Luck!
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Looks like it should be a cable with 11-pin connector.
Something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/252931732046
bbsc said:
Looks like it should be a cable with 11-pin connector.
Something like this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/252931732046
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Yeah, I've seen a bunch of those, but have read several reviews that state it does not work with the S5. I wish I could find one locally just to try it out and if it doesn't work, I can return it without too much hassle.
Just spent almost an hour on the phone with Verizon and Samsung. The 2nd tier person at Verizon said that if the phone was still activated, they *might* be able to get in remotely and tweak the USB Debugging setting for me. I would have to acknowledge the request on the screen, but that may have been doable via blind mouse clicks after seeing where the dialogue was located on the display. Unfortunately, the phone was already deactivated and without a working digitizer, I would not have been able to temporarily reactivate it.
Samsung was slightly better than useless. I had to explain several times, to two different people, the specifics of my situation and they couldn't seem to grasp the idea that both the display and the digitizer were dead and all I was looking for was a way to get MHL and OTG working at the same time. That concept seemed completely foreign to them and they couldn't tell me if the dock they manufactured for the S5 would do what I wanted. The capper was the last person I spoke to all of a sudden said, "Thank you. Have a nice day." and hung up while I was asking a question.
I called Asurion again to see if I could send the replacement phone back (Because the sound quality is so bad it's almost useless. Even the Samsung Advanced Support guy said the quality on his end was crappy.) and just get this screen replaced. They told me "That service is not available in your area (I'm in a city of approximately 1.3 million - surely they'd have a vendor here?) and "we don't replace the digitizer, only the glass." When I asked, "How is that possible when the glass, the LCD and the digitizer are all one unit (At least I've not seen the separate components in my searches) that you can replace the glass?" The response was a seemingly scripted, "We don't replace the digitizer." When I asked if I could just send this replacement back and replace the screen myself, they said the phone would no longer be insured. Same as if I had a "professional" swap it out.
At this point, it appears I'm dead in the water. I'm still going to research the feasibility of cobbling my own cable(s) together before I have to return this phone. This seems so simple to solve, but it's proving to be an exercise in frustration.
Having a little success in "driving" the phone now with the use of an MHL adapter and some swapping of MHL and OTG cables and a keyboard. I've verified USB debugging *IS* enabled, turned it off, revoked previous privs, turned developer options off, rebooted the phone, turned developer options and USB debugging back on.
I installed the Samsung USB drivers on my notebook and installed Android Control and [email protected] and tried again. Still getting an unauthorized response from ADB with a request to check the screen for messages. Unfortunately, as soon as I unplug the USB cable from the phone to plug in the MHL adapter, any message that may have been there disappears. I did this same thing on my replacement phone and after a couple tries, I got the Authorization message and was able to get that one "talking" again.
At some point I had installed a screen mirroring app on the old phone and managed to get WiFi working with some blind mouse clicks and got the mirroring working with a keyboard plugged in. It's VERY slow, but I was able to turn on BlueTooth as well. I ran out of time for the trial version of the mirroring app and can't seem to make it work again so....
I'm off to buy a BT keyboard and mouse. The plan is to try and sideload Samsung Smart Switch, use the BT KB/Mouse to "drive" and the MHL adapter to "see" and transfer data that way. Alternately, if I can get the screen mirroring working with BT KB for control, I could, in theory, reauthorize the USB stuff.
Alternately, what's the trick to making ADB work via TCPIP? I've been reading a few threads about it and actually got a brief response (Still unauthorized) early this morning (0230-ish) but have been unable to repeat that. Trying with my new phone ADB tells me it can't "see" any devices and "unable to connect to :5555"
Found a thread on Stack Overflow that mentions adbd insecure needing to be disabled, but I have no idea where that might be done.
Continuing from other thread...
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If I could get an ADB shell up, I can turn on USB debugging *and* copy my key to the phone, but I've got no ADB ability in recovery mode..
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And here is a chicken and egg. For you need USB debugging activated in order to provide you with an ADB shell. At least as I understand it.
Smart Switch is already installed, but I can't access the confirmation dialogue(s). If I can get the thing talking to the PC, I'm golden. I can pull my data and then do a factory reset.
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That's strange. I managed to get it working on my Core Prime with a dead screen. Well broken enough. With no OTG support. And I wasn't aware of any dialogue on screen. I loaded up Switch in Windows and it communicated with Switch on the mobile fine AFAICT.
I can the phone recognized by ODIN and wouldn't mind attempting to flash something if it'll help. At this point, I'm considering this pretty much a lost cause so if something gets jacked, I don't care.
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If your phone has a supported custom recovery then you have a chance.
Was able to recover an ADB key file pair from Saturday afternoon's initial attempt to get in to the phone. Still no joy. However! I *was* able to drive through the settings menus with a keyboard. USB debugging IS on and I was able to revoke USB debugging Authorizations
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This started off well but if your phone had a list of keys already, even if you didn't know it is, then revoking the keys pulls rug from under your feet. So to speak. However, if you can satisfy the dialogue to authorise a new computer, then that's no problem and your in!
Am I on the right track with revoking authorizations? Any way to make the phone think I've never "touched" it with ADB? Again, the new phone connected right up with no input required from me.
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I wouldn't have done that given it freshens the slate. But if you wanted to clear it to a near untouched state that is the way to do it. Strange the new phone was easy that way. In that case it would be a good idea to clear it if the old one acts the same.
Here is my story about trying to get USB debugging working:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...how-recover-data-core-prime-sm-g360g-t3681433
Here is a guide I wrote from my story detailing how I hacked my adb key in to authorise my computer for USB debugging:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/guide-modfying-cf-autoroot-kit-to-t3725596
Now this details what's involved but my phone was fully unsupported by everything but the CFAR kit. Which I needed to hack. You shouldn't need to go to such measures. Just need a recovery with ADB enabled.
Hypexed said:
Continuing from other thread...
And here is a chicken and egg. For you need USB debugging activated in order to provide you with an ADB shell. At least as I understand it.
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USB debugging *is* on. I was able to verify that once I figured out how to drive "blind" with a keyboard. I was able to turn it off, turn off debugging options, reboot, turn debugging options back on, then turn on USB debugging.
That's strange. I managed to get it working on my Core Prime with a dead screen. Well broken enough. With no OTG support. And I wasn't aware of any dialogue on screen. I loaded up Switch in Windows and it communicated with Switch on the mobile fine AFAICT.
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I'll have to try again but when I used Switch to move my wife's data from her Droid Mini to an S5, there was a confirmation dialogue on the Mini.
If your phone has a supported custom recovery then you have a chance.
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G900V. Locked bootloader (Thanks Verizon) and I haven't found a custom recovery I can install without rooting.
This started off well but if your phone had a list of keys already, even if you didn't know it is, then revoking the keys pulls rug from under your feet. So to speak. However, if you can satisfy the dialogue to authorise a new computer, then that's no problem and your in!
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I was getting the "unauthorized" status of the device via ADB and had no way to compare keys. I revoked keys so I had a known starting point. Yes, if I can get to the dialogue to confirm the access, I'm golden. Going to try the BT keyboard/Mouse and screen mirroring this evening when I'm done for the day. Even if I get Switch to start talking and get my data moved over, I'm going to figure out the ADB thing - it's become personal.
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USB debugging *is* on. I was able to verify that once I figured out how to drive "blind" with a keyboard. I was able to turn it off, turn off debugging options, reboot, turn debugging options back on, then turn on USB debugging.
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Then you're half way there. Almost living on a prayer. And if you can do the above it should be a cinch to get over the line and get that computer authorised.
I'll have to try again but when I used Switch to move my wife's data from her Droid Mini to an S5, there was a confirmation dialogue on the Mini.
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It may work different from a non-Samsung phone. I used Switch on Windows to back up data from my Samsung phone. It was able to do so without intervention on the phone. Well I didn't see any prompt on the phone. Since my screen was blank.
G900V. Locked bootloader (Thanks Verizon) and I haven't found a custom recovery I can install without rooting.
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Aha. Well hopefully you can get it going without need of that. In my case my under supported phone wasn't locked.
I was getting the "unauthorized" status of the device via ADB and had no way to compare keys. I revoked keys so I had a known starting point. Yes, if I can get to the dialogue to confirm the access, I'm golden. Going to try the BT keyboard/Mouse and screen mirroring this evening when I'm done for the day. Even if I get Switch to start talking and get my data moved over, I'm going to figure out the ADB thing - it's become personal.
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Haha. Yes I know what you mean. You can see by the links I posted how personal I got.
I managed to CF-AutoRoot my phone before I got USB debugging even close to on. Of course I still couldn't do much with a broken rooted phone since all actions needed acknowledgement on screen. Later when I finally broke in and got the authorisation I still didn't have root access from an adb shell since that needed the screen working.
I had AirDroid installed. So once USB debugging was working I could do screen mirroring right away. That was a reward in itself. But it was the darnedest thing. The time I got it up and working suddenly the screen started responding to touch which didn't work before. I could brush my finger across the screen and hear the waters. So I quickly backed up my data. The next day, the screen stopped detecting my touch again. As well as AirDroid being unable control input. It's stuck in the corner and I can't use the mirroring to echo any touch to the phone. Most bizarre! I backuped my data just in time.
I used Helium to do a non root backup even though it was rooted. Worked well. Needed the mirror to see on screen.
I'm in! I was able to use my MHL adapter and a mouse via OTG to get the trial version of Stream Screen Mirror going. Once I got that going, I was able to pair a BT mouse/keyboard and use an MHL adapter to "see". Out of "spite", I fired up Android Control and authorized ADB access and voila! Remote screen and control. Pretty slow, but it works.
Sideloaded Switch via SMB and got it transferring data. It's grinding along now but will likely be another hour or so.
Thanks to everyone for the help.
That's good you got it going. Well done, I knew you would get there. Now if only there was a better solution than all this fiddling around.
Hypexed said:
That's good you got it going. Well done, I knew you would get there. Now if only there was a better solution than all this fiddling around.
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No kidding... I can't imagine someone without any technical knowledge being able to move their data over in this type of situation. Oh well, it was a nice learning experience. I got a BT keyboard and Mouse for use with my Rapsberry Pi and now have a solution for the next time.
Actually, I think I'm going to root this thing and avoid all the hassle in case this happens again.
I agree with you there!