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Hey guys, I recently broke the LCD on my Note 3 running stock KitKat ( :crying: ) and realized I hadn't done a nandroid backup in quite some time...
I tried the obvious adb pull, but for some reason I couldn't even get into adb shell or see my device in the device list like I had previously.
I'm all out of ideas now...
Could somebody please throw some help my way?
Does your phone even boot up? Do you get sound, vibration, anything to indicate it's still working internally beside blank screen?
Are you going to try to fix it? buy new one? upgrade to Note 4? Me and my wife used to own GS3 and when she broke her screen, I swapped motherboard with mine to copy pictures mostly and some other stuff, but we werent going to fix it, since I decided to get her GS5.
pete4k said:
Does your phone even boot up? Do you get sound, vibration, anything to indicate it's still working internally beside blank screen?
Are you going to try to fix it? buy new one? upgrade to Note 4? Me and my wife used to own GS3 and when she broke her screen, I swapped motherboard with mine to copy pictures mostly and some other stuff, but we werent going to fix it, since I decided to get her GS5.
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I'm getting a replacement through the phone insurance. It does turn on and function perfectly normal, the screen just has a tiny, tiny fracture point with a crack spanning across the screen horizontally, rendering the bottom half unusable. The top half is functioning though.
I cannot unlock my phone or make a backup with the bottom half not working.
Try using a bluetooth mouse or wired mouse with otg cable
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
Could help, made for exactly your problem. If you manage to get it working download Nandroid Offline backup, which allows you to make a Nandroid backup from Android itself, rather than CWM/TWRP.
EDIT -- Just checked and it works an absolute treat. Providing you had USB Debugging enabled before your phone got broke, it should work fine. It even has the option to swipe to unlock or disable a pattern unlock if you had one enabled.
Pagnell said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
Could help, made for exactly your problem. If you manage to get it working download Nandroid Offline backup, which allows you to make a Nandroid backup from Android itself, rather than CWM/TWRP.
EDIT -- Just checked and it works an absolute treat. Providing you had USB Debugging enabled before your phone got broke, it should work fine. It even has the option to swipe to unlock or disable a pattern unlock if you had one enabled.
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Thank you for the link - it looks like it would be a great solution, but unfortunately I cannot enable USB debugging with the code given :\. I may be out of luck
Well, if nothing else works and data on the phone is that important, then you need to convince the insurance company to send you new Note 3 first and swap the MB as I suggested to retrieve the data, then put everything back to original. I have not done this on Note 3, but GS3 was probably one of easier electronics repairs I've done, just follow one of many youtube videos, to make sure you don't break some wire, before disconnecting. Possibly a shop could do that for you.
Well, freakin sweet deal. After being on the phone with the insurance company and US Cellular for two and a half hours and having them tell me everybody was out of Note 3's and they would only give me $400 bucks for my old phone minus my $175 deductible, I received another call from management at the insurance company apologizing and letting me know that they'd offer me $725.
It just so happens the new Note 4 is $770, so thank the Lord I'm in a good spot!
Hello all,
This is a strange request but desperate times call for desperate measures. My father recently got himself a new Samsung Galaxy S5 here in Australia, unfortunately a tragic motorcycle accident on the 1st of this month led to my father no longer being with us. This was heartbreaking for my family and I, I now have in my possession his phone, It is still operational from what I can gather, it still rings, still vibrates when hooking up to my laptop and it detects it. The screen is completely smashed and doesn't work and the phone is locked. I want to be able to access the phone to recover any photos etc he has on the phone itself, I am unaware of what type of screenlock is on it.
So far I tried Samsung Kies but due to the phone being locked I can't use that,. Nothing shows up on the phone in windows explorer. I've downloaded [email protected] and android studio and have tried to get that to show up so I can see whats on the screen and attempt to use android control to unlock the phone but so far I've had no such luck. I need usb debugging enabled but I'm going to have to assume its disabled and thus proving my attempts so far to be fruitless.
If anyone can give me any ideas or things to try I'm all ears, I'm ok with computers so should be able to figure out most things but this is my first exposure to these types of applications.
Kind regards,
Eric.
trekster83 said:
Hello all,
This is a strange request but desperate times call for desperate measures. My father recently got himself a new Samsung Galaxy S5 here in Australia, unfortunately a tragic motorcycle accident on the 1st of this month led to my father no longer being with us. This was heartbreaking for my family and I, I now have in my possession his phone, It is still operational from what I can gather, it still rings, still vibrates when hooking up to my laptop and it detects it. The screen is completely smashed and doesn't work and the phone is locked. I want to be able to access the phone to recover any photos etc he has on the phone itself, I am unaware of what type of screenlock is on it.
So far I tried Samsung Kies but due to the phone being locked I can't use that,. Nothing shows up on the phone in windows explorer. I've downloaded [email protected] and android studio and have tried to get that to show up so I can see whats on the screen and attempt to use android control to unlock the phone but so far I've had no such luck. I need usb debugging enabled but I'm going to have to assume its disabled and thus proving my attempts so far to be fruitless.
If anyone can give me any ideas or things to try I'm all ears, I'm ok with computers so should be able to figure out most things but this is my first exposure to these types of applications.
Kind regards,
Eric.
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First of all, I'm really sorry for your loss..
If he had a microSD card in his phone, it's likely that his pictures (and other documents) are on the card.
If that's the case, unless he encrypted the content, you should be able to just remove the microSD card and read it on your computer with a card reader.
Eric, do you have a MHL adaptor & HDMI tv?
You can view the screen on this via tv.
If I understand well he is able to see the screen but cannot pass the security lock. If that's the case try to connect the phone to your PC and copy all the internal SD card, I think you will be able to access the content. Also not sure if a factory reset will deactivate the screen lock but you can try it in an ultimate attempt.
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mikka06 said:
If I understand well he is able to see the screen but cannot pass the security lock. If that's the case try to connect the phone to your PC and copy all the internal SD card, I think you will be able to access the content. Also not sure if a factory reset will deactivate the screen lock but you can try it in an ultimate attempt.
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It depends on the type of security lock.
If it's swipe, then he can see the content by connecting the phone to the PC, but not if it's a password, fingerprint, pin, ...
He would have to unlock the screen before the files are available.
Sorry to hear of your loss, especially at this time of year.
The idea of copying the SD card is the first step. If I read you're message right you can't see the screen at all?? I would take the device to a repair shop and get the screen replaced - tell them very clearly NOT to wipe / reset the device. Then you should be able to see the screen and might be able to figure out the screen lock. If the fingerprint reader was used there will always be an alternative password, you might be able to reset this to the gmail account used on the phone (assuming you have access to this?).
Hope you get it sorted.
Mithrandir007 said:
First of all, I'm really sorry for your loss..
If he had a microSD card in his phone, it's likely that his pictures (and other documents) are on the card.
If that's the case, unless he encrypted the content, you should be able to just remove the microSD card and read it on your computer with a card reader.
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I copied all of the sd card and as it was copying it died, so I have most of the data off that.
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Eric, do you have a MHL adaptor & HDMI tv?
You can view the screen on this via tv.
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No I don't have the adaptor but I do have a HDMI tv, so I will investigate this, thank you.
mikka06 said:
If I understand well he is able to see the screen but cannot pass the security lock. If that's the case try to connect the phone to your PC and copy all the internal SD card, I think you will be able to access the content. Also not sure if a factory reset will deactivate the screen lock but you can try it in an ultimate attempt.
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Cannot see the screen, and when I connect it to pc to check if there is anything on the phone itself, It won't let me as the phone is keypad/swipe/fingerprint locked.
Mithrandir007 said:
It depends on the type of security lock.
If it's swipe, then he can see the content by connecting the phone to the PC, but not if it's a password, fingerprint, pin, ...
He would have to unlock the screen before the files are available.
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This is what I am trying to find out what lock is on the phone.
MadMic said:
Sorry to hear of your loss, especially at this time of year.
The idea of copying the SD card is the first step. If I read you're message right you can't see the screen at all?? I would take the device to a repair shop and get the screen replaced - tell them very clearly NOT to wipe / reset the device. Then you should be able to see the screen and might be able to figure out the screen lock. If the fingerprint reader was used there will always be an alternative password, you might be able to reset this to the gmail account used on the phone (assuming you have access to this?).
Hope you get it sorted.
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I took it to a repair shop, its a catch 22 situation, They want $150 to pull the data off the phone, and if there is no data of use then thats a waste of money, They wants $240 to replace the screen, the phone has a very slight bend in it so if I replace the screen the phone still may not be able to be used properly so again would be a waste of money.
This is the main reason why I am trying to at least view the screen to ascertain what lock is used, I do have his gmail credentials so I can reset from there, from what I understand resetting the phone also loses any data (messages, pictures, etc) that is on the actual phone.
Last but not least thank you to everyone so far for your replies, I really appreciate you all taking the time to reply and try to help!
Regards,
Eric.
trekster83 said:
I copied all of the sd card and as it was copying it died, so I have most of the data off that.
No I don't have the adaptor but I do have a HDMI tv, so I will investigate this, thank you.
Cannot see the screen, and when I connect it to pc to check if there is anything on the phone itself, It won't let me as the phone is keypad/swipe/fingerprint locked.
This is what I am trying to find out what lock is on the phone.
I took it to a repair shop, its a catch 22 situation, They want $150 to pull the data off the phone, and if there is no data of use then thats a waste of money, They wants $240 to replace the screen, the phone has a very slight bend in it so if I replace the screen the phone still may not be able to be used properly so again would be a waste of money.
This is the main reason why I am trying to at least view the screen to ascertain what lock is used, I do have his gmail credentials so I can reset from there, from what I understand resetting the phone also loses any data (messages, pictures, etc) that is on the actual phone.
Last but not least thank you to everyone so far for your replies, I really appreciate you all taking the time to reply and try to help!
Regards,
Eric.
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No worries.
Do you know if he was using Cerberus or Theftspy or another anti theft tool?
If he did and you can find out his credentials, you should also be able to unlock the phone with a command (at least Cerberus does that) or even transfer all the data to a cloud (dropbox, google drive,...).
Could he not physically open the phone and get to the actual sd card that the phone comes with that the OS and all that is on? Or is that locked down?
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I had a idea for the lock screen but it will not help with seeing which you would have to deal with first. Any chance he left Gmail loged on any computer you have access to. You could try installing a app to bypass the lock screen.
I have never tried this one it was just the first I found that fit my theory of a workaround, although you could look around for a free one that may be better then you wouldn't have to worry about passwords to do the purchase.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thomascannon.screenlockbypass.pro
shadowofdarkness said:
I had a idea for the lock screen but it will not help with seeing which you would have to deal with first. Any chance he left Gmail loged on any computer you have access to. You could try installing a app to bypass the lock screen.
I have never tried this one it was just the first I found that fit my theory of a workaround, although you could look around for a free one that may be better then you wouldn't have to worry about passwords to do the purchase.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thomascannon.screenlockbypass.pro
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If you know his samsung account information, you can login to their web service and remove the lockscreen passcode. From there, you should be able to USB the files off of it.
Last week a friend of mine decided it was time for my Moto X to retire and unwillingly broke its screen by putting a weight on it at the gym. I would now like to retrive the data it contained (especially the photos) but it's not that simple, since my phone was pin-protected and it was completely stock. As of right now neither the touchscreen nor the display are working.
Any advice on how to proceed?
Thanks in advance.
For starters, hopefully the PCB didn't get damaged, also, for the people that know how to work with this phone better than I, what is the model of the phone, was the bootloader locked or unlocked, did you have a custom recovery onboard
mrmidnight said:
For starters, hopefully the PCB didn't get damaged, also, for the people that know how to work with this phone better than I, what is the model of the phone, was the bootloader locked or unlocked, did you have a custom recovery onboard
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Yeah, sorry for lacking details. My phone is the XT1052, and I have no custom recovery nor root on my phone. Plus the boot loader is locked.
I wanted to solve this myself, but maybe the guys over at Motorola's assistance could help me?
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Yeah, sorry for lacking details. My phone is the XT1052, and I have no custom recovery nor root on my phone. Plus the boot loader is locked.
I wanted to solve this myself, but maybe the guys over at Motorola's assistance could help me?
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They would tell you to send it in if it's still under warranty and give you a replacement, no data retrieval. There was another thread recently from someone who had a similar issue. I'd read that to see where it went (not that long of a read). Its not entirely clear what happened to the user, though you can pm him/her to see if the feedback given actually worked. Here's the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/moto-x-qa/headless-mobo-data-retrieval-t3125471
Yeah, it is still under warranty, however I believe the one time free replacement policy is only available in the US.
As far as my problem is concerned is there any way to control the input of the phone via an external input? (Maybe connecting it to a computer?)
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Yeah, it is still under warranty, however I believe the one time free replacement policy is only available in the US.
As far as my problem is concerned is there any way to control the input of the phone via an external input? (Maybe connecting it to a computer?)
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You could use an OTG cable with mouse/keyboard
With nothing at all on the screen, I would be very concerned the PCB is broken. Do you get any vibrations when attempting to power on and off? How about when you call it, does it ring?
I honestly haven't tried to call myself since my SIM card now lives on another phone. However the phone does vibrate when turning on.
Plus, when I discovered it was broken one small part of the screen (upper right corner) still showed battery percentage and network connectivity. Now even that part doesn't seem to be working.
When you connect the phone to the computer, is it recognized?
As far as I remember, you don't need the screen to work in order to unlock the bootloader via the Motorola website (if you can get your serial elsewhere or already signed in Moto Care). You could do that and use adb pull, granted you know what exact files you want to retrieve.
What do you want to retrieve exactly? If it's totally stock, chances are that things like contacts, calendar and etc were already cloud synced to your google account. (Or even pictures if you activated that)
The Moto X will not illuminate the screen if the AMOLED display layer is cracked. If the phone acts like it's working (vibrates on boot etc) then you probably just have a broken screen. Have you tried to turn it on and plug it in to a computer and just copy the data off? You could also replace the display if you're so inclined with a refurbished display assembly. I've seen them as low as $40 on ebay. Disassembly is not overly difficult if you have an appropriate heat source and a T3 torx screwdriver.
kGospel said:
I honestly haven't tried to call myself since my SIM card now lives on another phone. However the phone does vibrate when turning on.
Plus, when I discovered it was broken one small part of the screen (upper right corner) still showed battery percentage and network connectivity. Now even that part doesn't seem to be working.
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I just replaced a shattered screen on the wife's moto x last night. The screen still works but looks like hell. I was about to throw it out but you can have it if you promise to reimburse my shipping costs. I can even give you a few tips based on my experience following the ifixit guide online and I'll even send along the cheap (but good enough) t3 & t5 torx screwdrivers that came with it. Let me know.
Hi guys, I apologize not having been here for a while, but I have been out of town for the last couple days.
alenym said:
When you connect the phone to the computer, is it recognized?
As far as I remember, you don't need the screen to work in order to unlock the bootloader via the Motorola website (if you can get your serial elsewhere or already signed in Moto Care). You could do that and use adb pull, granted you know what exact files you want to retrieve.
What do you want to retrieve exactly? If it's totally stock, chances are that things like contacts, calendar and etc were already cloud synced to your google account. (Or even pictures if you activated that)
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When I connect the phone to the computer it does get recognized in the sense that Windows does recognize it as a periferial and makes its annoying sound, but it then isn't accessible nor it does show up as an external device.
Is this enough to unlock its bootloader via Motorola's website?
Also, the phone regularly powers on and vibrates while booting on. I guess this should be a good sign.
cntryby429 said:
I just replaced a shattered screen on the wife's moto x last night. The screen still works but looks like hell. I was about to throw it out but you can have it if you promise to reimburse my shipping costs. I can even give you a few tips based on my experience following the ifixit guide online and I'll even send along the cheap (but good enough) t3 & t5 torx screwdrivers that came with it. Let me know.
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You guys are amazing, I really appreciate your offer, but I honestly cannot accept it.
kGospel said:
When I connect the phone to the computer it does get recognized in the sense that Windows does recognize it as a periferial and makes its annoying sound, but it then isn't accessible nor it does show up as an external device.
Is this enough to unlock its bootloader via Motorola's website?
Also, the phone regularly powers on and vibrates while booting on. I guess this should be a good sign.
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I guess it is! However I genuiely don't know if the X is supposed to be detected by default or if you need to install the Motorola Drive. I guess you should give it a try! Try installing the Motorola Device Manager (available directly from the Moto website, just google it and it should be the first result), it comes with drivers for the Moto X. Plus you'll need it to unlock the bootloader.
The bootloader unlock is also quite easy. To be honest it was my first contact with the Android SDK (the Moto X being my first cellphone ) and I had no real problem apart setting the drivers and stuff (there is a very detailed step-by-step guide in the Moto X General section btw, very useful! The one provided by Motorola isn't bad neither).
You didn't say what exactly you wanted to get back by the way!
PS: I'd put the links if I could, but I can't atm because I didn't reach 10 messages yet. I think this is my tenth, so I'll try editing the post afterwards and see if it works.
Edit: it works!
Moto Device Manager: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481
Moto Unlock Bootloader: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Step by step guides to pretty much everything Moto X related: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/ref-complete-moto-x-guides-information-t2603358
alenym said:
I guess it is! However I genuiely don't know if the X is supposed to be detected by default or if you need to install the Motorola Drive. I guess you should give it a try! Try installing the Motorola Device Manager (available directly from the Moto website, just google it and it should be the first result), it comes with drivers for the Moto X. Plus you'll need it to unlock the bootloader.
The bootloader unlock is also quite easy. To be honest it was my first contact with the Android SDK (the Moto X being my first cellphone ) and I had no real problem apart setting the drivers and stuff (there is a very detailed step-by-step guide in the Moto X General section btw, very useful! The one provided by Motorola isn't bad neither).
You didn't say what exactly you wanted to get back by the way!
PS: I'd put the links if I could, but I can't atm because I didn't reach 10 messages yet. I think this is my tenth, so I'll try editing the post afterwards and see if it works.
Edit: it works!
Moto Device Manager: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481
Moto Unlock Bootloader: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a
Step by step guides to pretty much everything Moto X related: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/ref-complete-moto-x-guides-information-t2603358
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Thank you once more! However, as of right now, I'm not sure whether my phone is functinal or not. Here's what I can tell you:
After I hold the power button down for a while the phone vibrates as if it was turning on. Then after about a minute or so it does vibrate again but with lower intensity, as if there where unread notifications on the phone (which could be possible).
However, neither my MacBook nor my Windows PC seem to recognize the phone. Any idea?
In order for the Macbook to recognize it you need to download an app called Android File Transfer. It is not in the App Store, however Google is the author. I use it pretty regularly and it is awesome!
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However, neither my MacBook nor my Windows PC seem to recognize the phone. Any idea?
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Have you installed the Motorola device drivers? You said your phone was pin-protected. I tried connecting my phone to the PC and my phone would not enable the media device connection to the PC until I entered the pin. I don't know if the touchscreen remains functional even if the display underneath is broken, but you could try it.
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Another option you could try is to unlock your bootloader, flash TWRP recovery, and boot into TWRP. I believe TWRP will present an adb interface and that should allow you to pull your files.
I just tried it out. I didn't even need to use adb, TWRP showed up as a portable device and I was able to simply drag and drop files off the device.
Sorry if I hadn't been detailed enough: in my previous attempts I already had the Motorola drivers installed, and I also tried with the Android File Transfer App but nothing has worked so far.
tormin said:
Have you installed the Motorola device drivers? You said your phone was pin-protected. I tried connecting my phone to the PC and my phone would not enable the media device connection to the PC until I entered the pin. I don't know if the touchscreen remains functional even if the display underneath is broken, but you could try it.
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Another option you could try is to unlock your bootloader, flash TWRP recovery, and boot into TWRP. I believe TWRP will present an adb interface and that should allow you to pull your files.
I just tried it out. I didn't even need to use adb, TWRP showed up as a portable device and I was able to simply drag and drop files off the device.
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I guess unlocking the bootloader seems like my best option as of right now, however I thought unlocking the boot loader erased all the data from the phone which would mean I'd lose the photos I'm trying to recover if I did.
I guess unlocking the bootloader seems like my best option as of right now, however I thought unlocking the boot loader erased all the data from the phone which would mean I'd lose the photos I'm trying to recover if I did.
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That... is true. You don't want to unlock the bootloader.
Final offer on shipping you my busted but functional screen I just replaced. I kinda like the idea of paying it forward to the xda community which has been so helpful to me in the past. No strings, just reimburse my shipping once you get it.
kGospel, I would take his offer. He is offering to send you the screen and then have you pay for it.
That may be your only option to save you files outside of paying out the yingyang for a new screen
Hello there,
today, it just happened out of the blue, my pretty new S7 does only show up a blank grass green screen now! It can be turned off and on, touch works. I just can't see anything at all anymore. I really need a way to mirror the screen to the PC or something... USB debugging is not active :crying:. There are some apps installed, I need to use because I have to create the backup files in them!
What would be the easiest way to get access to this?
The phone is connected to my WiF if that helps.
Thank you so much!
I need help really urgently. (
Put it in download mode and reflash in odin
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I need help really urgently. (
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If you can aquire a mhl cable for your s7 you will be able to output the video output of the s7/edge to a tv/display. Just search mhl cable for s7 edge on amazon or ebay and you should be good to go.
Edit: just read the s7 and the s7 edge don't support mhl so you might be out of luck.
@Rydah805 I want to backup my data .... and I don't think that would help at all. The screen is pretty much done.
@amar95353 I read online that there is no more MHL support on the S7 anymore.
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@Rydah805 I want to backup my data .... and I don't think that would help at all. The screen is pretty much done.
@amar95353 I read online that there is no more MHL support on the S7 anymore.
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Your SOL on data. You can try SmartSwitch on PC but even then you'll need to approve the backup via the phone.
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NewHere92 said:
Hello there,
today, it just happened out of the blue, my pretty new S7 does only show up a blank grass green screen now! It can be turned off and on, touch works. I just can't see anything at all anymore. I really need a way to mirror the screen to the PC or something... USB debugging is not active :crying:. There are some apps installed, I need to use because I have to create the backup files in them!
What would be the easiest way to get access to this?
The phone is connected to my WiF if that helps.
Thank you so much!
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Original answer deleted. I'm a complete idiot. I should have checked but believe I was given incorrect information from my sprint sales person on location of reset. Sorry.
I turned off the phone many times.
Phone works fine, just the screen doesn't. I found a lot of forum posts for this problem it seems common...
I didn't root this phone.
Now, I finally know what's the hole for LMAO! What does happen if I poke it? Update: Hey, that hole is not used for resetting the phone. It's for noise reduction.
I don't think this will help on a broken screen anyway.
slaldrich said:
i assume you turned your phone completely off and on again (not just the screen).
If you did that, did you try a reset? There is a little hole on the top of your phone and in your box, you received a little tool. Poke the hole and hold it in until something happens (a few secs). This sort of reset is like pulling the battery. You should not lose any data in doing this.
If you created this problem by trying to root your phone unsuccessfully... Then you will probably need to odin new stock software.
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please dont put anything in that hole. This is not a reset button............... ITS A MICROPHONE and that tool its design to open the sim card bay.
Don't worry, I wont do that.
I'm so stuck here... and also I need to send this phone to T-Mobile! Right now I 'm using an iPad as a phone replacement. lol
Just wish I could save this data...
Is your screen experiencing this?
http://i.imgur.com/iOmtR2T.jpg
If so, it's a defective screen.
I got mine replaced already since it was under 30 days replacement guarantee. You can read more about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3359221
But the bad news is you won't be able to backup anything. I had to sacrifice a lot of stuff as well.
This is exactly what my screen does look like! And I did not only had problems with the screen, I wasn't able to get my carrier's settings automatically, I have problems with the charging, it won't display my phone number in the settings and also sometimes the camera app freezes. I installed the updates which didn't change anything. This new smartphone which doesn't even has a tiny scratch, never fall down is totally wrecked. Really disappointed about this "top high end" phone. I don't trust, that it will work after they "repeard it". I have it since release.
It's like really a huge amount of data... Of one app it is everything from 2 years (7GB)! There is no possibility to create a backup, you can just send the data to a new phone via WiFi that's all. If your phone breaks everything is lost.
I realized many app developers don't take enoughh care of backup solutions.
Yesterday the screen got back to life but just for a short moment
So it seems like there is no way to get back this data...
Can I get back my WhatsApp backup at least? I was able to create a backup before the screen died. When I plug in the phone to PC I can see "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" in my explorer an that's about it. When I click on it there is no content to show.
I just got an idea how to enable the god damn USB debugging!
Can someone share here how to connect the device as a mass storage to PC (by screenshots please)!
I was just thinking, I can work my way to the Developer Options by taking screenshots but I need to access the media for this!
When I connect the device to PC and then click on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge it's empty... There most be done something before.
Thanks!
You guys can call me a ****ing genius! I managed to install Teamviewer by taking screenshots and look at them on the PC (I set up the device as mass storage blindly) so I knew what to do next. It was still tricky but possible.
I'm recovering my data now.
Thanks to the Google voice app I was able to type in "Teamviewer"
Thank you anyway!
NewHere92 said:
You guys can call me a ****ing genius! I managed to install Teamviewer by taking screenshots and look at them on the PC (I set up the device as mass storage blindly) so I knew what to do next. It was still tricky but possible.
I'm recovering my data now.
Thanks to the Google voice app I was able to type in "Teamviewer"
Thank you anyway!
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WTF bro! You seem to hack it pretty easily!
Wish you had done that before mine got replaced.
Now I have permanently lost my previous data
techsammy said:
WTF bro! You seem to hack it pretty easily!
Wish you had done that before mine got replaced.
Now I have permanently lost my previous data
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It wasn't really easy dude... The most difficult was to make this damn thing work as a mass storage device. So I could finally have access to the data on the Windows Explorer.... I was just touching on the screen like a maniac!
But this is a way to do it guys. If you own a Galaxy S7 Edge I recommend to activate USB debugging and install Teamviewer quick support (Samsung version, there are different editions) just in case the screen breaks. lol I install Teamviewer on all my devices now...
Hey! The same thing just happened to my phone an hour ago. Green grassy screen. It's terrible!
Ok, so what were the steps you took in order to get to where you can turn on USB debugging and backup your phone?
Well, what happens when you connect your phone to your Computer (USB)? If nothing, then you need to check connect the device as camera or mass storage, blindly! Which is kinda tricky... You need to pull down your notification bar and then select the USB options thing and in this menu which pops up you need to select camera or mass storage... But once you get that done, you're good to go! You will be able to take screenshots and view them on your computer instantly. You don't really need to care about USB debugging, you can just get Teamviewer Quick Support (for Samsung) that is really important, the normal version won't work!
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Well, what happens when you connect your phone to your Computer (USB)? If nothing, then you need to check connect the device as camera or mass storage, blindly! Which is kinda tricky... You need to pull down your notification bar and then select the USB options thing and in this menu which pops up you need to select camera or mass storage... But once you get that done, you're good to go! You will be able to take screenshots and view them on your computer instantly. You don't really need to care about USB debugging, you can just get Teamviewer Quick Support (for Samsung) that is really important, the normal version won't work!
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Thanks for the reply. It actually looks like my issue was much worse. My phone degraded pretty quickly, since I wrote my post. It got to a point that while I could type on my lockscreen, it wouldn't go past and enter the OS. I didn't even have a green screen anymore, the screen turned to an off black. At that point, I gave up and sent it in for repairs. I think the motherboard got fried.
Hi, so I recently smashed the H*** out of my Essential Phone. I put my sim in my wife's old Nexus to try and get back into the Gmail account I've had for 10+ years, and they've forced 2 step verification onto my account and will not let me use my number for recovery. The ONLY way to complete this verification is to use my Broken Essential Phone to accept screen prompt. So here's my question... I was rooted, with TWRP and Custom rom but do have Full Back ups on my computer, so if I were able to get another essential phone and root it, would I be able to then restore the factory image and back ups I had created for this old essential phone onto the new device and gain access to my Gmail account that way, or am I totally out of luck unless I fix my smashed phone enuf to get to the screen on to accept screen prompt to verify my identity....? Any insight here is greatly appreciated. I have 1000's of $$ invested in that Gmail and have been unable to access it for a week now. Google has been zero help. Sorry if. This is posted in the wrong space, I haven't been here in a while.
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Hi, so I recently smashed the H*** out of my Essential Phone. I put my sim in my wife's old Nexus to try and get back into the Gmail account I've had for 10+ years, and they've forced 2 step verification onto my account and will not let me use my number for recovery. The ONLY way to complete this verification is to use my Broken Essential Phone to accept screen prompt. So here's my question... I was rooted, with TWRP and Custom rom but do have Full Back ups on my computer, so if I were able to get another essential phone and root it, would I be able to then restore the factory image and back ups I had created for this old essential phone onto the new device and gain access to my Gmail account that way, or am I totally out of luck unless I fix my smashed phone enuf to get to the screen on to accept screen prompt to verify my identity....? Any insight here is greatly appreciated. I have 1000's of $$ invested in that Gmail and have been unable to access it for a week now. Google has been zero help. Sorry if. This is posted in the wrong space, I haven't been here in a while.
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A few years back you used to be able to get a new phone install TWRP create a backup on new phone and then copy the files from the old phones backup into the new backup folder (with the new unique file number). But think I read this doesn't work anymore on new version (but not sure you'll have to check yourself or hopefully someone here knows)
Even if that works what type of 2FA is it? Authenticator or SMS?
https://support.google.com/accounts/troubleshooter/4430955?hl=en
without a backup code it may not work anyhow
if you can see your screen but touch is not working just plug a mouse into the usb & click away! If screen is blacked out but rest of hardware good easiest to buy a replacement screen as cheap or use usb-hdmi hub to mirror screen (not sure if Essential phone requires any input to set up as haven't tried with this phone)
If other hardware damage it will depend, but as rooted you are in with a chance. Is usb debugging on?
Thanks for your response, Google has been zero help and I've definitely considered ordering a screen to see if I can get the old device to work, but the og screen is detached from the chip board, as far as I can tell it will power on with some serious prompting, but idk if it's actually trying to boot up or in some kind of safe mode detecting the screen is missing, or just wrecked completely...? Lol the notification Light stays red until the battery dies. I've considered maybe trying to clone the esn of my old essential phone to another phone to try to trick their servers that way but idk if they recognize the device via that (The ESN) or tokens generated locally on the device, and the more I think about it, the more I think the latter sounds more logical considering the nature of the beast I'm fighting here... Seems It would b wildly irresponsible of them to rely solely on esn to identify a "Trusted" device. Idk what to do, lol except cry... I'm basically at a loss at this point, so I will order a screen and go from there I guess, if the screen option doesn't work. You'd think with the money they have, they'd have some type of account recovery team, or a way to recover in the event something like this happens, or someone to speak to at the very least, the can verify my account in seconds over the phone, but do literally nothing for me, nor let me speak with or point me towards anyone who can.... And this is a pretty common issue it seems after lookin at their "Community help section" it's literally top to bottom ppl complaining about what I'm looking to "get help" with. There is zero reason they should be forcing 2fv on my account it's shut off in my account settings, I can get far enuf to c them, just doesn't let me change anything with out "Signing in" and verifying. Nor does it give me the option to use my only ACTUAL set up recovery option on the account, a code via text. It's almost like theyre protecting all my own s***, from me. The owner. Makes zero sense to me.
It sounds like when you setup the essential, you configured your Google account to use the *device* (via the Google app) for verification. I've done this also, but I have an old device also configured to authenticate. So the pop-up screen appears on both.
If you use a computer to log into your Google account (not gmail) on the screen that is waiting for verification, there should be a link to try a different method. Hopefully you setup a secondary email address in addition to the gmail account one.
Edit: start here https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7682439?hl=en
OT: I realize you are frustrated, but it would be easier to pick out the relevant information in your posts if they were not one long paragraph.