How would i extract pictures off of my nexus s if the screen is shattered and i cant see anything?
Also anyone know where i can get replacement for the glass, and lcd.
sotorious said:
How would i extract pictures off of my nexus s if the screen is shattered and i cant see anything?
Also anyone know where i can get replacement for the glass, and lcd.
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Install the SDK - boot it up and use ADB
specifically adb pull is what you are looking for. The default directory for photos should be /sdcard/DCIM/Camera.
So:
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/* .
will pull all photos and videos (all files really) from that directory and place them in your current working folder.
If you want to pull any other files you can use adb shell to open up an interactive shell and navigate the file system (then adb pull to grab any files using the full path).
pics of shattered screen pl0x?
ill take some tonight. Where can i get this SDK? I may need some more assistance on this.
sotorious said:
ill take some tonight. Where can i get this SDK? I may need some more assistance on this.
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http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
It's actually quite easy.
Download and extract/install the SDK.
Install the USB Driver: http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Connect your phone via USB
Open up a terminal windows / command prompt
If you haven't added the SDK to your path navigate to the platform-tools folder.
adb devices will list all connected devices (you should see your device here - if you see one it's yours).
adb shell will get you an interactive shell (standard unix shell commands work, ls, cd, cp, mv, rm, etc...)
adb pull allows you to pull files using the full path to the file (wildcards accepted).
After you install adb, you also need to install a platform (e.g. 2.3) to get adb.
Please tell me you had usb debugging enabled when it broke.
Are you, by any chance, rooted and using ClockworkMod Recovery?
Nothing on this phone is rooted. This is actually my mothers phone and she wants to get the pictures off. This is going to be a painful process i can already 4 SEE IT! this is why every phone should have SD card
Ok, I'll give it a whirl.
I'm going to make a few assumptions here:
- The display is completely black.
- The phone is charged.
- You have whatever drivers are needed to mount usb storage.
First off, forget about adb. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say she probably never enabled usb debugging, so adb won't work. Also, make sure you're using the usb cable that came with the phone. The nexus s uses usb 2.0, and some things don't work right using a usb 1.1 cable. Fyi, I think the default screen timeout is 15 seconds. If it sits idle for longer than than, reconnecting the usb plug to the computer will turn it back on with the screen unlocked.
1. //Make sure the phone is on.
Yank the battery, and put it back in. (Use the slot on the top edge to pop the cover off.)
Hold the power button down a couple seconds till it vibrates.
Give it 2 or 3 minutes to make sure it's fully booted.
2. //Make sure the sound is on (& works)
Plug the phone into the computer (or disconnect & reconnect).
Press Volume Up for a second, then tap it again. If it beeps, the sound is on & the screen is unlocked.
3. //Check if the capacitive buttons work.
Say a quick prayer to St. Jude, the patron saint of hopeless cases.
Hold down the search button for a couple seconds to activate voice search.
Say something simple, like "Hello."
After a couple seconds, it should beep & vib.
If that worked, hopefully the touch input on the screen will work.
4. //Mount the sd storage
Mark the locations of the "mount usb storage" and "ok" buttons. The mount button is 1 1/16" above the seam at the bottom edge of the glass, or 1 3/16" above the usb port, centered horizontally. The ok button is 11/16" from the left seam and 1 11/16" above the bottom seam.
Unplug and reconnect the usb cable.
Pick the phone up to make sure it's in portrait mode.
Press the mount button.
Press the ok button.
5. Make yer mama proud.
Good luck
Maximilian Mary said:
Ok, I'll give it a whirl.
I'm going to make a few assumptions here:
- The display is completely black.
- The phone is charged.
- You have whatever drivers are needed to mount usb storage.
First off, forget about adb. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say she probably never enabled usb debugging, so adb won't work. Also, make sure you're using the usb cable that came with the phone. The nexus s uses usb 2.0, and some things don't work right using a usb 1.1 cable. Fyi, I think the default screen timeout is 15 seconds. If it sits idle for longer than than, reconnecting the usb plug to the computer will turn it back on with the screen unlocked.
1. //Make sure the phone is on.
Yank the battery, and put it back in. (Use the slot on the top edge to pop the cover off.)
Hold the power button down a couple seconds till it vibrates.
Give it 2 or 3 minutes to make sure it's fully booted.
2. //Make sure the sound is on (& works)
Plug the phone into the computer (or disconnect & reconnect).
Press Volume Up for a second, then tap it again. If it beeps, the sound is on & the screen is unlocked.
3. //Check if the capacitive buttons work.
Say a quick prayer to St. Jude, the patron saint of hopeless cases.
Hold down the search button for a couple seconds to activate voice search.
Say something simple, like "Hello."
After a couple seconds, it should beep & vib.
If that worked, hopefully the touch input on the screen will work.
4. //Mount the sd storage
Mark the locations of the "mount usb storage" and "ok" buttons. The mount button is 1 1/16" above the seam at the bottom edge of the glass, or 1 3/16" above the usb port, centered horizontally. The ok button is 11/16" from the left seam and 1 11/16" above the bottom seam.
Unplug and reconnect the usb cable.
Pick the phone up to make sure it's in portrait mode.
Press the mount button.
Press the ok button.
5. Make yer mama proud.
Good luck
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LMAO @ the end. I dont think the capacitive buttons work as i didnt feel the phone vibrate as i touched them but ill give this whole setup a try. the voice search im guessing will confirm if the buttons are working or not. Also if they are not working i am pretty much screwed right?
Also another thing which sucks is that Asurion the insurance with t-mobile does not have this phone and they are offering me the vibrant in replacement.
What i haven't tried to do is see what bestbuy would do for me.
You forgot step 6
Picz plox :3
But in all seriousness hopes this works out for ya
Yea ill get them to you, i just been doing all this from work.
sotorious said:
Also another thing which sucks is that Asurion the insurance with t-mobile does not have this phone and they are offering me the vibrant in replacement.
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WTF I'm cancelling my insurance right now!!!
I agree that it was a stupid move to not use sd cards. There would have been a very good chance that everything on a physical card would have been okay.
Then you also have the situation like that happened in miami. A guy starts video recording a police scene. Cop sees him doing it and demands at gunpoint the guy give him his phone. The cop smashes and stomps the phone then gives it back to him. The guy removes the sd card and puts it in his mouth so the cops won't find it. Long story.
I think the sd card slot should be on the outside of phones so that would be for easy and quick removal if need be. Taking a phone out of a case then remove the back cover then remove the battery then unlock the card then remove it is too much **** to do.
Even if it had to be under the back cover, don't put it under the battery. Put it in a spring loaded locking slot like on other phones. I also hated the HTC locking bar mechanism for cards too.
A vibrant?! I don't know T-Mobile phones well enough to know if that phone is good or not. Knowing insurance companies, if you totalled your vette and had full coverage, they'd try and pass off an aveo on you (to save them a **** load of money on a claim).
If you had insurance, couldn't you try and see if best buy would help you? If they won't give you another phone then maybe they could help you with the insurance company to make them give you a same model replacement. If you really want to be a **** about it, you could in to consumerist.com and share your story. Hopefully the bad press would encourage the insurance company to give you a new nexus just to make the bad publicity go away. It would be cheaper and easier to give you a new one than to get bad press.
I called best buy, i called t-mobile and back to asurion, nothing but the good ol run around. I even asked t-mobile if they can make me eligible for an upgrade again since i didnt want the vibrant. I explained to them why i didnt want it, stock android vs touch wiz. So i think im just going to end up buying a new phone. try to extract the photos and maybe send it in for the insurance and sell the vibrant.
It's easier to give someone the shuffle off when on the phone. It isn't as easy in person. Isn't there authorized repair centers that work with t-mobile? They would take one look at it and ask if I had insurance and then order me another one. Then they'd take the old phone and send it back. You sign a paper or two, maybe might have to pay a deductible. I know with sprint, I've never got the run around with a repair center.
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It's easier to give someone the shuffle off when on the phone. It isn't as easy in person. Isn't there authorized repair centers that work with t-mobile? They would take one look at it and ask if I had insurance and then order me another one. Then they'd take the old phone and send it back. You sign a paper or two, maybe might have to pay a deductible. I know with sprint, I've never got the run around with a repair center.
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I asked best buy that, they asked if i had their insurance plan, which i didnt, which i guess now i wish i should have gotten. I asked them if i give you the phone and pay whatever deductible you want will you be able to do it for me? they kept telling me no.
How long ago did you buy the Nexus from Best Buy? If it was within 30 days you might just try calling them and trying to add the Black Tie (or whatever it's called) replacement plan. I think they just need the IMEI, but I have never used their service.
No need to mention that the phone is borked. And to all of your moralists out there, I'm not telling him to defraud anyone- I'm pretty sure BB gives you 30 days (might be less) from your purchase date to add on that extra warranty.
sotorious said:
LMAO @ the end. I dont think the capacitive buttons work as i didnt feel the phone vibrate as i touched them but ill give this whole setup a try. the voice search im guessing will confirm if the buttons are working or not.
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The buttons might not vibrate if she turned haptic feedback off or if the screen is locked. (Plugging it into a computer will unlock the screen.) Yes, if you get a beep & quick vib from voice search, that means the touch buttons work, so hopefully the rest of the touchscreen will work.
Oh, and all this is assuming that the phone powers on, and that she didn't have a password on the phone. Step 2 should confirm this.
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Also if they are not working i am pretty much screwed right?
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You're not totally screwed, but you will have to move on to a hardware hack.
If you get another Nexus S, take the motherboard out of the old one and put it in the new one. Assuming the internals are ok, you can copy everything off of the sdcard, then swap the motherboard back into the old one & get the insurance replacement. (You can probably also get most of the data off the phone storage, but it's a bit tedious without root. Let me know if you want help with that.) Taking the phone apart is actually not as hard as it might sound. There's a pretty good guide at http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-S-Teardown/4365/1 . Stop after step 6, and skip the NFC part of step 3. All you need is a small phillips screwdriver and a little patience. (An anti-static wrist strap is never a bad idea.) The hardest part is probably just unplugging the connectors.
Oh, and make sure you find out how long you have to file the insurance claim after the incident. As someone who has spent many hours inside a cell phone claims center --- well, lets just say I don't buy the insurance anymore. Oh, and arcarsenal, we defined fraud as "misrepresenting a material fact (such as the date of an incident) to gain something of value." Just sayin.
Anyone else running into problems with wallet delays when attempting to pay? NFC is enabled, wallet configured correctly, but nothing seems to happen when i go to pay. My screen is active, but nada. I then unlock the screen, and google wallet automatically says "setting up wallet", and then it lets me pay with a pin. feels like more effort than an actual card however.
everyone else running smoothly? any ideas about when a pin is absolutely required?
Read the instructions and all problems will cease.
1. You must type in you pin number to unlock Google Wallet before you can use it. (and it will time out and re-lock after 5 minutes)
2. Your phone must be unlocked before it will work. Not just turned on sitting at the lock screen.
Personally, I set a slider link to Google Wallet on my lock screen. That way I can just whip out my phone, slide to the Wallet icon and enter my pin while I'm waiting in line or giving my order. Then it is ready to go long before they ask for payment.
Works perfect every time.
narcopolypse said:
Read the instructions and all problems will cease.
1. You must type in you pin number to unlock Google Wallet before you can use it. (and it will time out and re-lock after 5 minutes)
2. Your phone must be unlocked before it will work. Not just turned on sitting at the lock screen.
Personally, I set a slider link to Google Wallet on my lock screen. That way I can just whip out my phone, slide to the Wallet icon and enter my pin while I'm waiting in line or giving my order. Then it is ready to go long before they ask for payment.
Works perfect every time.
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I had been misguided thinking it was simpler. So might as well turn off nfc until I want to use it as well right?
Thanks for the response.
Hey guys I need some advice on what to do with my Nexus 4 - I had it for less than a week when it slid right onto the kitchen tiles, and as a result I have an unrooted Nexus 4 with developer options disabled, a pattern screen lock and a completely smashed and unresponsive touch screen.
I don't want to fix the screen if I can help it as I would just end up selling it and would basically break even on just the repairs.
From my current position is there any way to get the phone functional in terms of being able to use a keyboard and mouse with it, perhaps as a server or some other capacity like that?
Please list any and all ideas of how you would proceed from here, from the research I've done it seems as though I'm severely limited by the fact I can't change certain settings without the touchscreen working (Such as getting OTG working)
PS. I don't care about getting data back, just want to be able to use the phone in some way so it's not a complete loss, if possible!
GrombleTromble said:
Hey guys I need some advice on what to do with my Nexus 4 - I had it for less than a week then I thought it would be fun to drop it on the kitchen tiles, and as a result I have an unrooted Nexus 4 with developer options disabled, a pattern screen lock and a completely unresponsive touch screen.
I don't want to fix the screen if I can help it as I would just end up selling it and would basically break even on just the repairs.
From my current position is there any way to get the phone functional in terms of being able to use a keyboard and mouse with it, perhaps as a server or some other capacity like that?
Please list any and all ideas of how you would proceed from here, from the research I've done it seems as though I'm severely limited by the fact I can't change certain settings without the touchscreen working (Such as getting OTG working)
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I wonder how did u think of such S**t with this Lovely baby.
You had FUN! Now just pay the price for having fun with the unresponsive screen. Njoy.
Rohit :/ He didn't mean it literally. you are shame for us Indians..
OP - nexus 4 can't output enough power to use a keyboard or mouse.. Boot into recovery factory reset and flash a kernel that supports OTG. Then MAYBE with a Y-Cable you could connect a device to use.. though I doubt it.. Go to your nearest LG shop and repair it and BUY A CASE.
GrombleTromble;4178069..
PS. I don't care about getting data back said:
1.Cough up $150 to LG to fix it.
2. Read the return policy. In 2012, It stated you can "return the device for ANY reason within 14 days". In 2013, its been revised.
3. Sale it on amazon and ebay for $200-250.
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With direction lock, you can unlock your phone by drawing a pattern on it...pretty cool I think
https://youtu.be/iIQUWxuLhOI
Considering I'll be coming from a G2, it's a far cry from knock on. I will miss knock on more than anything on my G2 I'm sure. It might break the boredom of just swipe to unlock, but leaves more room for error and will take longer.
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Considering I'll be coming from a G2, it's a far cry from knock on. I will miss knock on more than anything on my G2 I'm sure. It might break the boredom of just swipe to unlock, but leaves more room for error and will take longer.
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Knock on was very cool, pressing the home button once with the fingerprint reader is cooler.
Well, I'm getting an S6, so I'm certainly willing to give it a shot.
After activating the direction lock feature I have run into a very serious issue. An OTA software update came in from AT&T after which the phone did a reboot. I cannot unlock the phone as it no longer recognizes the direction lock pattern and sadly, it is requiring that specific unlock method for the first unlock after reboot. Samsung tells me there is no way around this except a full master reset which the data loss would be devastating! I cannot locate any software that will pull the data via USB either as the model is an S6 Edge SM-G925A which is not offered via FonePaw, Phone Doctor or Mini Tool. Since the direction lock is located in the Accessibility menu the "unlocking" methods don't work either as the values are apparently in a different location. I seriously need some help with this issue. Losing all the critical data from my last backup to now is beyond stressing me out as it is vital as well as having some very sentimental items. If I could just find a way to either pull the data or explore the phone via third party software I would be one very happy man!! Please, if there is anyone that has an idea, I am willing to try just about anything to prevent a factory reset! Thank you very much in advance!! And yes, I have searched and read and searched and read..... over 5 hours worth of time spent online trying to get this solved... BTW, the phone does not have USB debugging enabled and is not rooted. Just stock Android 7.x
I purchased a Note 3 at a general auction of undeliverable post office items. I mention this only because some might wonder what I am doing with a phone locked by a PIN. It is legally mine, but I have no desire for the information on the phone...I only would like to use the phone. The phone appears to be fully functional, but it is locked at the PIN screen...however, I am able to boot it up, use the camera and know that the screen is functioning, that the audio appears intact, etc. For all intents and purposes, the phone is good to go but for the locked by PIN.
I see two possibilities to use this phone...either use it for parts from a broken second phone (say, has a broken screen) and so to use two broken phones to make one whole phone...OR, to buy a second phone and take parts from it, to replace whatever "holds" the PIN and data information on this phone (again, taking two broken phones and forming 1 whole phone). I would assume if I can get a replacement motherboard from a donor phone, that this might work to make one good phone from two "broken" phones. If not motherboard, then what part does hold the data and PIN information (I have no desire for this info...just need to know what part to toss).
I am sure there will be some who will feel that I am trying to take advantage of the original owner...if there were a way to figure out how to get it back to that owner, I would be happy to do so. This is simply one of those things that somehow happened within the post office system...and they then auction the lost/undeliverable property to the general population. Anyway, that is how I got the phone and would simply like to try to make use of my purchase.
So, can anyone tell me if there is a single item that contains the data and PIN that I could toss from this phone if I can get the same part from another...if so, what part exactly has this info? Or, alternatively, if I were to buy a phone that has a broken screen, how hard is it to move my screen (which appears to be functioning perfectly), to that phone? I see broken phones being sold all the time on eBay for a reasonable price...perhaps that would be my best option.
Factory reset the phone. From power off...hold home, volume up and power button to get to recovery and select factory reset
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donc113 said:
Factory reset the phone. From power off...hold home, volume up and power button to get to recovery and select factory reset
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What great advice...couldn't have been more on the mark. Old data gone, and now I have a phone (well, android device as i don't plan to use it as a phone...just to run some android apps (my regular phone is from the dark side (iOS)). Thank you so very much.
Glad I could assist
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