Background:
So my wifes screen on her Samsung Note 3 is completely smashed, and I believe the digitizer is too as the screen does not respond either. the phone turns on as the buttons has lights and I also get a heptic feedback when I hold down the power button on the phone to turn it on.
I need the the photos, photos were not backed up, not on the SD, and USB Debuggin I believe was off. I tried to connect the phone to 3 different PCs and with different cables, but the pcs do not allow me to see the phones camera folder.
replacing the screen would cost more than the phone cost, and the phone is anyway only being used as a second phone so don't want to shed out that much money.
QUESTION:
I have another Samsung Note 3, so my question was, can I take the screen and digitizer from that one and put it on the broken one and then get the photos and then swap the screen and digitizer back?
Also at work we have a Cellebrite device, but when I tried to extract all the data out of the phone with that, the device asked me to press on "allow this computer" on the phone, but as the screen is broken I can't do this :/
I would really appreciate if anyone can shed some light! thanks guys
Sorry I just realised I should not be posting questions on this forum, I will do it on the other part of the forum, please delete
mus7ii said:
Background:
So my wifes screen on her Samsung Note 3 is completely smashed, and I believe the digitizer is too as the screen does not respond either. the phone turns on as the buttons has lights and I also get a heptic feedback when I hold down the power button on the phone to turn it on.
I need the the photos, photos were not backed up, not on the SD, and USB Debuggin I believe was off. I tried to connect the phone to 3 different PCs and with different cables, but the pcs do not allow me to see the phones camera folder.
replacing the screen would cost more than the phone cost, and the phone is anyway only being used as a second phone so don't want to shed out that much money.
QUESTION:
I have another Samsung Note 3, so my question was, can I take the screen and digitizer from that one and put it on the broken one and then get the photos and then swap the screen and digitizer back?
Also at work we have a Cellebrite device, but when I tried to extract all the data out of the phone with that, the device asked me to press on "allow this computer" on the phone, but as the screen is broken I can't do this :/
I would really appreciate if anyone can shed some light! thanks guys
Sorry I just realised I should not be posting questions on this forum, I will do it on the other part of the forum, please delete
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Based on what you say, you have another Note 3. So its easy to replace the Display Assembly (glass+digitizer+frame) and backup the data and again replace them back.
Don't try to remove Glass and Digitizer alone, do it with frame... There are tutorials in Youtube.
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Hi Guys,
First of all, please excuse me for my English, I'll try to do my best.
While replacing the "touch digitalizer" of my Ideos X5 (ordered online on ebay), I made a really stupid mistake. I was following on of these HOW-Tos on Youtube but I think I should have tried all by myself.
When you remove the screen, there are two circuits that you should disconnect. A bigger one at the bottom, and a smaller at the top.
I properly disconnecter the bigger one, broke the small one that links the POWER button and the Rear LED to the rest of the phone. It is only once broken, that I saw how easy it was to unplug this tiny "cable".
I was wondering, or better said hoping if it was possible to buy this small circuit online?
I guess I could even take this circuit from a bricked/broken ideos, but can't find any on ebay.
Any suggestion?
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Hi Guys,
First of all, please excuse me for my English, I'll try to do my best.
While replacing the "touch digitalizer" of my Ideos X5 (ordered online on ebay), I made a really stupid mistake. I was following on of these HOW-Tos on Youtube but I think I should have tried all by myself.
When you remove the screen, there are two circuits that you should disconnect. A bigger one at the bottom, and a smaller at the top.
I properly disconnecter the bigger one, broke the small one that links the POWER button and the Rear LED to the rest of the phone. It is only once broken, that I saw how easy it was to unplug this tiny "cable".
I was wondering, or better said hoping if it was possible to buy this small circuit online?
I guess I could even take this circuit from a bricked/broken ideos, but can't find any on ebay.
Any suggestion?
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I also did the same..broke the power circuit while replacing the digitizer. Were you able to reboot your phone?
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I also did the same..broke the power circuit while replacing the digitizer. Were you able to reboot your phone?
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No, I can't find any other way to boot the phone :crying:
It would be great to be able to start the phone without this circuit, even if I lose functions like camera, speaker, and others until I find a replacement.
Is there a way ?
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No, I can't find any other way to boot the phone :crying:
It would be great to be able to start the phone without this circuit, even if I lose functions like camera, speaker, and others until I find a replacement.
Is there a way ?
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Sorry for relying you late. Yes, there is an alternate way to boot the phone. Follow these steps:
1. Remove the battery cover
2. Plug in the charger.
3. Once you see the huawei logo on screen, remove the battery.
4. Wait till the phone boot till the home screen
5. Once you see the home screen, immediately put the battery again.
6. After system recognize the battery, safely remove the charger from phone and put the battery cover in place.
Once you do these exercise, the phone will work as usual except power button features.
Only problem there is no way to wake up the phone at sleep mode except you put on charger or somebody calls you
Well..somehow I assigned Volume Up button for all Power button feature. If you need, I will also guide you for that. But for now, just see if you are able to boot the phone with above steps.
Cheers :good:
Hello peeps,
I had just recently got this phone, its been 2 months exact and yesterday this happened. It was upside down when it rolled over it (was on the road), I was surprised to know that its back merely seems damaged (see pictures to have better idea).
- Speaker seems to be working fine. (SIM working in it!)
- LED indicator is blinking too and working as it should.
- It turns on/off without any problem.
- The power and volume buttons are also working fine.
I had lock screen passcode on so can't access the data, but it connects to computer fine. I wonder if replacing the display and screen digitizer will be the only things I need to make it work.
PS : I had no screen protector/back case or anything on it.
EDIT 1 : Touch is still working. I just somehow like entered the emergency mode and I can hear the dial pad tones.
EDIT 2: Data accessed!!
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Hello peeps,
I had just recently got this phone, its been 2 months exact and yesterday this happened. It was upside down when it rolled over it (was on the road), I was surprised to know that its back merely seems damaged (see pictures to have better idea).
- Speaker seems to be working fine. (SIM working in it!)
- LED indicator is blinking too and working as it should.
- It turns on/off without any problem.
- The power and volume buttons are also working fine.
I had lock screen passcode on so can't access the data, but it connects to computer fine. I wonder if replacing the display and screen digitizer will be the only things I need to make it work.
PS : I had no screen protector/back case or anything on it.
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cant imagine it is so rigid. should be able to change screen if there is no other damages
OMG seeing that broken screen hurts!
Solid indeed.
fiveman said:
cant imagine it is so rigid. should be able to change screen if there is no other damages
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I just disassembled it, apart from one thing everything in there seems intact, it may require soldering.
analyticbastard said:
OMG seeing that broken screen hurts!
Solid indeed.
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Cracks on my heart!
oouuchhhh... i think changing the digitizer and and front glass is all you need in the case.. wish you had a tampered glass..
smjunaid said:
oouuchhhh... i think changing the digitizer and and front glass is all you need in the case.. wish you had a tampered glass..
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Don't think a tempered glass would've saved his phone from a truck lol. I'm impressed by how little damage it took actually
Please keep us informed if you find any damage other than the screen and back.
Wow sorry about that but also glad to see how it was able to withstand a beating like that :banghead:
Make a youtube video. It might go viral if you can show it still works ie: sound phone call. You might make enough money to buy a new phone.
Captain Danger said:
Hello peeps,
I had just recently got this phone, its been 2 months exact and yesterday this happened. It was upside down when it rolled over it (was on the road), I was surprised to know that its back merely seems damaged (see pictures to have better idea).
- Speaker seems to be working fine. (SIM working in it!)
- LED indicator is blinking too and working as it should.
- It turns on/off without any problem.
- The power and volume buttons are also working fine.
I had lock screen passcode on so can't access the data, but it connects to computer fine. I wonder if replacing the display and screen digitizer will be the only things I need to make it work.
PS : I had no screen protector/back case or anything on it.
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If you had usb debugging enabled, you can completely remove the lockscreen and access your data. There is a reddit post detailing how to do it step by step. Please Google because I don't have a bookmark. I did this to my Z3 when i got damaged. If you didn't have USB debugging enabled, you'll have to find some hack to do that before attempting.
Also replacing the screen and maybe the digitizer (if damaged) should get your phone back up and running.
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If you had usb debugging enabled, you can completely remove the lockscreen and access your data. There is a reddit post detailing how to do it step by step. Please Google because I don't have a bookmark. I did this to my Z3 when i got damaged. If you didn't have USB debugging enabled, you'll have to find some hack to do that before attempting.
Also replacing the screen and maybe the digitizer (if damaged) should get your phone back up and running.
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Can you please help me find the exact tutorial? USB debugging wasn't enabled.
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Can you please help me find the exact tutorial? USB debugging wasn't enabled.
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Hey if USB debugging was not enabled, you might have to find a way to do it. And I did try doing some Google search but couldn't come across anything! Really sorry but the thread was on Reddit and you should probably search for it there. I'm not sure of the exact keywords I used!
Touch is still working. I just somehow like entered the emergency mode and I can hear the dial pad tones. I can try entering the pattern now, but I don't remember if I had to like swipe after pressing the power button or double tapping the screen or it was just the code straight away after pressing the power button or tapping the screen, could someone please help me with the two options as how they work and also just send screenshot of the lock screen with pass code on so I have the idea about it and all?
EDIT : @thedisturbedone : I managed to pull the lock away as touch screen is working haha!
Is there anyway possible that I can use it via PC? Asus PC link requires the app running in background. Also anyway possible to backup the contacts now?
@ASUS_Khang : Have a look here.
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@ASUS_Khang : Have a look here.
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Hey there, thanks for sharing...been away on Thanksgiving. You want to save your data? Hmm...good question. Here's what I would try to do:
- Contacts should be backed up in Google - so no worries there...you can access via. http://contacts.google.com I think
- Connect the phone to PC, Install ASUS PC Link. You should have the app running on the phone.
- I would then try to drag all the files you need to your computer,
- Or the other thing you can do is if the information is crucial....And I don't promote doing this, and this is not an official ASUS fix...because you will void your warranty..sooo anything issue that happens is on you and ASUS will not help you if something goes wrong...is to root your device, install Titanium Backup, and use that to save all your data (apps and everything) into Google Drive, or Dropbox. Then, you can restore that data back to your phone when it's fixed.
What about micro USB to HDMI and then follow on the big screen what you're doing?
@ASUS_Khang : I wanted to have your attention for the giveaway thing as my story is all posted here. Thanks for the input anyway.
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What about micro USB to HDMI and then follow on the big screen what you're doing?
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I have recovered the data from the phone itself, the remaining things are notes/contacts which I can't do via connecting the phone to PC now and I had backed up contacts already so no worries.
Haven't read the whole thread, not sure what your plans are, but thought I'd share a recent experience.
My wife knocked her phone off a table at a restaurant a few weeks ago. Landed on the corner when it hit the tile floor. Screen shattered. Was still usable, but bits of glass were flaking off.
I ordered her a new screen & digitizer from amazon. Took about 3 weeks to show up. I replaced it using a plastic spudger tool I had from an old iPhone screen replacement kit, and some patience. The screen replacement kit I ordered came with some double sided tape to reseal everything. Took about 90 minutes to complete as I was taking my time. The replacement went flawlessly and you can't even tell her screen has been replaced. I'd recommend trying that before replacing the phone, unless you want to.
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Haven't read the whole thread, not sure what your plans are, but thought I'd share a recent experience.
My wife knocked her phone off a table at a restaurant a few weeks ago. Landed on the corner when it hit the tile floor. Screen shattered. Was still usable, but bits of glass were flaking off.
I ordered her a new screen & digitizer from amazon. Took about 3 weeks to show up. I replaced it using a plastic spudger tool I had from an old iPhone screen replacement kit, and some patience. The screen replacement kit I ordered came with some double sided tape to reseal everything. Took about 90 minutes to complete as I was taking my time. The replacement went flawlessly and you can't even tell her screen has been replaced. I'd recommend trying that before replacing the phone, unless you want to.
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What were your keywords/title?
iPhone screen? Or something like that?
Bumpy!
Bump it up!
Okay, a couple of days have been past now. I was using my phone back then, playing a game and then suddenly the notification led lighted blue and then the screen turned black. But it's still working. I thought it got hanged out or empty battery but it didn't show the samsung logo. So I restarted it. It started and I can unlock the lockscreen but it's all showing black screen. Can't see anything. Menu, home, power, volume and back buttons are all working.
I brought it to phone repair centers and they all said it was LCD problem and I need to pay for like $100(converted) for a new LCD. Are they saying the truth or I can still resolve this?
Yes, there seems to be a physical problem.
I cant say if its the LCD itself, or a cable, or a conector, or the graphics chip on the board. But yes, it seems to be a hardware issue.
If you are able to work on stuff like that, open the phone yourself, clean the board with Isoprophyl, clean the connectors and put it back together.
Maybe that will already fix it. If not, let them take a shot.
If you are not sure about that procedure, there are a lot of videos on youtube showing you how to dis- and reassemble an S4.
First things first, Hi
Second, Only the S4 Active has an LCD screen, the others are AMOLED.
Third, You say that all the keys are working. Are you basing this on the touch sounds, or are the any visual indicators?
what reaper said... if you go ahead and get it repaired insist that you get an AMOLED panel and not an LCD, you'll regret it if you don't...
GDReaper said:
First things first, Hi
Second, Only the S4 Active has an LCD screen, the others are AMOLED.
Third, You say that all the keys are working. Are you basing this on the touch sounds, or are the any visual indicators?
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yes. ui touchpad works, volume buttons, power and home. i can hear the lockscreen being unlocked when i swipe it after being locked.
it's just the screen is all black.
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Yes, there seems to be a physical problem.
I cant say if its the LCD itself, or a cable, or a conector, or the graphics chip on the board. But yes, it seems to be a hardware issue.
If you are able to work on stuff like that, open the phone yourself, clean the board with Isoprophyl, clean the connectors and put it back together.
Maybe that will already fix it. If not, let them take a shot.
If you are not sure about that procedure, there are a lot of videos on youtube showing you how to dis- and reassemble an S4.
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that's what i'm guessing but i let them use my phone and see the problem and they all said LCD considering it's amoled yeah. I may try that but i need tools to open it like small screw etc..
I have a Galaxy S5 that belongs to my brother which has a cracked screen. It powers on fine and recently factory resetting itself but can't see the screen. I'm trying to recover photos from the device of my brothers son during the first year of his life. The photos are very important to him and I'm trying my best to recover them.
I'm using MobileEdit Forensics and other recovery software but having problems connecting to the device. I'm thinking it's because of USB debugging isn't enabled. Is there a command of the line code I can run to enable it?
Would replacing the screen be any benefit to me? Am I taking the right approach?
Thanks in advance for any help given.
Do you know if touching any part of the screen has any effect (even of you can't see what touching it does)?
Replacing the screen is an option, but it's an expensive option if there are other things that might/could work instead.
The reason I asked about whether the screen is still responsive is because if it is, you can simply get an MHL adapter from somewhere like ebay and use it to connect your device to a TV so that whatever is on the phone screen (even if you can't see it) will be on the TV screen. Then you can perform the retrieval from the phone by looking at the TV screen.
The MHL adapter I got to use with my phone cost me £5.
The galaxy s5 don't have a digitizer so probably if the screen is dead,then the touch function is too(as I know from my brothers note 3 witch has the same mechanism for the screen).
You said you did a factory reset on the phone.. If you did, wouldn't those pictures be deleted?
A good option is to try Samsung back up (I think it backs up pictures too) or other back up software the phone may have..
Another thing to try is if the phone have adb enabled then you could unlock it by:
Powering it on
Let it auto connect of to a wifi you have already given the password for it when the phone was workings (if WiFi was enabled last time the phone worked)
Log it to Samsung website and apply the'unlock my phone' option
Then connect it to the PC and obtain the pictures...
Tryed to see if the pictures are located in the SD card?
If nothing of this works then the only solutions remaining are repairing the screen or get it to a data recovery company..
Hope I helped you and good luck with it
Uh...The S5 *does* have a digitizer....In exactly the same way that *every* other touchscreen device ever produced does.
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Uh...The S5 *does* have a digitizer....In exactly the same way that *every* other touchscreen device ever produced does.
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It doesn't.. It reads touch events directly from the amoled screen.. The digitizer is just a glass for the s5.. It does nothing, the phone can work too if you just remove the glass and it reads touches normally
The digitizer is the part of the screen that tells the device *where* the screen was touched ie the 'grid reference' of the interaction. If the S5 doesn't have a digitizer, what replaces it...without the digitizer how is the S5 going to know what to do when you touch the glass at a specific point...which app/function is being selected at any given location on the display if the device can't tell the location of the touch?
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The digitizer part of the screen exists...pure and simple. It is usually bonded to the underside of the outer glass panel.
If as you say, the touch works without the glass, then it's built into the amoled display....but it *is* present and a part of the screen, regardless of what part of the screen module it's built into.
That *may* well have implications for the touch functionality.
If it's just the 'backlighting' that has failed, but the touch functionality remains, then connecting the device to a TV via MHL should work.
If the screen is totally dead, an MHL connection will be pointless, and a new screen is probably the only option. But as has already been mentioned, if a factory reset has been performed, the chances are that what you are trying to recover has already been erased.
Alright, long story short... I've been a user of a D-802 for the last 4 years. I was unlucky enough for the phone to be dropped from 2nd floor at work (don't ask how), the panel housing the screen is bent in right upper corner, which ultimately means this; I've fixed the screen two times, for it to be broken in less than half a month. Even more so, I ordered a new screen a week ago and it broke because of the bent frame 10 minutes after fitting the screen, as in, simply putting on the rear plastic cover, which broke the screen and the flex cable. Took it over to a repair store, they told me the phone has a broken cable on the screen and a new screen costs 90 EUR (not really worth considering how old the phone is.) and the motherboard was damp, too.
Now what I've got is a glorified brick. It turns on, the screen is black/non responsive to touch and it's stuck in file transfer or charging mode. Not really a problem, as I was able to retrieve all the photos from the phone through USB connection, however, what I'm really after are the phone contacts in there. We're talking about 3+ year old contacts that have a monumental value to me and I'd see gladly see them backed up.
Now, the reason I hadn't backed the phone is because it's rooted, obviously.
Out of ideas so far, will be eternally grateful to anyone with suggestions.
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Out of ideas so far, will be eternally grateful to anyone with suggestions.
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I think the easiest way is the same way you rescued your photos from internal storage. Search the system partition for database files like contacts.db or other *.db-files. One should contain your contacts.
Good luck! :good:
Thanks, but no luck on that behalf. Already tried that, also didn't find much luck with adb or other software, as it all requests USB debugging to be turned on.