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Hello,
I just came back from my honeymoon and all of my pictures are on my N4. Of course before I pull the pictures, I drop the phone is the screen is cracked and the touch does not work anymore.
I'm really desperate to get these pictures. I've read all over online but my problems are this with all of the help out there:
My phone is the latest 4.4.2 on T Mobile.
It has stock EVERYTHING (bought straight form google), and the USB debugger is not enabled. (next phone I get this is the first thing I'm enabling.
I've been trying to follow instructions online but a lot of items have changed between last year and Kit Kat now and some steps such as unlocking the bootloader seems to wipe out everything on my phone.
I've been trying to use ADB and Freeboot but really havent gotten anymore.
I've also read that I can maybe use a usb mouse to substitute and unlock my phone? USB OTG? How do I know if my nexus has that enabled?
I'm even considering getting a new screen so I can try to replace the current one and get my photos. I dont care what happens to the phone but the pictures are priceless to me.
Is there any thread or guide that incorporates 4.4.2? the more detail the better of course.
Much thanks in advance.
have u tried getting into stock recovery ?, and pulling files with ADB ??
i think stock recovery has ADB enabled by default ...
Shubhamqweasd said:
have u tried getting into stock recovery ?, and pulling files with ADB ??
i think stock recovery has ADB enabled by default ...
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Thank you for the quick reply.
I do manage to get into stock recovery, I get past the green guy lying on his back, though the method isnt always reliable. I get to the screen where it gives you the options to reboot, apply update from ADB etc.
I select to apply ADB file and it says "now send the package you want to apply..."
However, when I go into the command prompt on my PC, and type ADB devices, and nothing shows.
Do I need to install the drivers that makes the phone a ADB device and not the normal MTP device?
Thank you.
zhanism said:
Thank you for the quick reply.
I do manage to get into stock recovery, I get past the green guy lying on his back, though the method isnt always reliable. I get to the screen where it gives you the options to reboot, apply update from ADB etc.
I select to apply ADB file and it says "now send the package you want to apply..."
However, when I go into the command prompt on my PC, and type ADB devices, and nothing shows.
Do I need to install the drivers that makes the phone a ADB device and not the normal MTP device?
Thank you.
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Yes u need proper adb setup on ur pc ..
U can find and install nexus 4 drivers with adb setup from this forum threads..
After u have done that check if you can find ur device using adb from recovery..
If u can find the device by recovery .. Then rest is easy ..
Just follow this link afterwards
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449652
Shubhamqweasd said:
Yes u need proper adb setup on ur pc ..
U can find and install nexus 4 drivers with adb setup from this forum threads..
After u have done that check if you can find ur device using adb from recovery..
If u can find the device by recovery .. Then rest is easy ..
Just follow this link afterwards
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449652
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Thank you for your help. However, while I have gotten ADB to recognize and list the device, I still have the same problem in that I cant unlock my phone using the screen and so when type something like "adb pull /sdcard/dcim/, i get "error closed"
Is there anything more I can do? These photos are priceless to me.
Thanks.
zhanism said:
Thank you for your help. However, while I have gotten ADB to recognize and list the device, I still have the same problem in that I cant unlock my phone using the screen and so when type something like "adb pull /sdcard/dcim/, i get "error closed"
Is there anything more I can do? These photos are priceless to me.
Thanks.
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Get the screen replaced, or do it yourself. ADB in the stock recovery is very limited to "adb sideload" commands only, you can't pull files this way.
acejavelin said:
Get the screen replaced, or do it yourself. ADB in the stock recovery is very limited to "adb sideload" commands only, you can't pull files this way.
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I have same problem with broken screen, i bought for 56$ full kit on ebay, no need separate glass from screen. took me 1h20min, never done before but what a relief seeing everything working
You do not need USB debugging to transfer files. On windows, open file explorer and with your nexus 4 connected it should appear on the left side as Nexus 4. Or if you have osx use http://www.android.com/filetransfer/.
Hi all,
I have a serious problem with my G2 which I could not solve: I used the new LG Flash Tool 2014 with stock KDZ file, everything was going just fine till I received an error message that LG server is not available, I disconnected the USB cable by mistake from my G2 and afterward I saw that it was in the middle of flashing process (12% was completed). I turned it off and tried to reach download mode again and nothing!, I'm receiving the "LG" logo and nothing- the screen goes black (it is still on).
I tried also to connect my phone to the computer- I received a list of 13 "new" local disks "H" to "T", only "H" disk is available and it's showing "image" folder with list of files.
I cannot reach "download mode", nothing is working!
I hope this is not the end for my G2..
please help me
Thank you so much!
If you could receive all those hard disks then you could maybe fix it with linux/ubuntu if you have it. Search for guides to cOpy the neccesary stuff bacK like the bootloader. I can't really help you atm as i am too sleepy.
wulsic said:
If you could receive all those hard disks then you could maybe fix it with linux/ubuntu if you have it. Search for guides to cOpy the neccesary stuff bacK like the bootloader. I can't really help you atm as i am too sleepy.
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Thank you for your reply. I found this on the sticky threads: "[FIX] NO Recovery mode, No download mode, after OTA on rooted LG G2".
I installed ubuntu and followed the instructions. when I type the following: "gdisk -l /dev/sde" I receive an error message:
"GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.5.1
NOTE: Write test failed with error number 13. It will be impossible to save
changes to this disk's partition table!
Problem opening /dev/sde for reading! Error is 13
You must run this program as root or use sudo!"
My device is not rooted, is this the problem?
Please help me!!
Thanks
@NNCa It says you need to run the program as root on ubuntu.
Just use sudo in front of the commands.
You need to type once your password to use sudo, you can't see the password if you enter it for safety I guess but just click enter after you typed ykur password.
wulsic said:
@NNCa It says you need to run the program as root on ubuntu.
Just use sudo in front of the commands.
You need to type once your password to use sudo, you can't see the password if you enter it for safety I guess but just click enter after you typed ykur password.
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Thank you so much!!
I succeeded to push all the files according to this thread, however I do not see the TWRP menu. I have just constant "LG" logo on screen.
Do I miss something?
Thanks!
NNCa said:
Thank you so much!!
I succeeded to push all the files according to this thread, however I do not see the TWRP menu. I have just constant "LG" logo on screen.
Do I miss something?
Thanks!
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Well its good you're an step further, try to reboot to recovery using power+volume down i believe or its up idk try both it should say something about wipe data factory reset, press the power button and you are in recovery.
wulsic said:
Well its good you're an step further, try to reboot to recovery using power+volume down i believe or its up idk try both it should say something about wipe data factory reset, press the power button and you are in recovery.
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Hi,
I powered off my phone by pressing volume down + power for a while ("LG" logo blinked once and phone was fully powered off).
I pushed volume down + power till I saw the LG logo, released it, and pushed again- and finally I reached the Factory Hard Reset screen. I have pushed 3 times the power, and I have got "Factory reset processing..." and nothing is appeared, even when I'm pushing several times on power again.
I guess this is the end of my G2 :crying:
Thank you all for your support, this is an excellent forum!:good::good:
NNCa said:
Hi,
I powered off my phone by pressing volume down + power for a while ("LG" logo blinked once and phone was fully powered off).
I pushed volume down + power till I saw the LG logo, released it, and pushed again- and finally I reached the Factory Hard Reset screen. I have pushed 3 times the power, and I have got "Factory reset processing..." and nothing is appeared, even when I'm pushing several times on power again.
I guess this is the end of my G2 :crying:
Thank you all for your support, this is an excellent forum!:good::good:
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Nope it isn't the end try to install the recovery again or try to push the custom twrp recovery again to the right partition! Dont give up that fast when i hear your things then its still fixable! you already got the factory reset processing so try to Push the Recovery again and search for an guide about recovery maybe Then you would probably get your device fixed.
Just read my things about simplicity so think easy and you can fix it. AND STAY POSITIVE You will repair your phone today :good:
wulsic said:
Nope it isn't the end try to install the recovery again or try to push the custom twrp recovery again to the right partition! Dont give up that fast when i hear your things then its still fixable! you already got the factory reset processing so try to Push the Recovery again and search for an guide about recovery maybe Then you would probably get your device fixed.
Just read my things about simplicity so think easy and you can fix it. AND STAY POSITIVE You will repair your phone today :good:
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Thanks, but after connecting the device to linux/windows, it seems that it is not recongized, I do not see the partitions anymore even when typing "ls /dev/sd*" through linux terminal..
NNCa said:
Thanks, but after connecting the device to linux/windows, it seems that it is not recongized, I do not see the partitions anymore even when typing "ls /dev/sd*" through linux terminal..
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Yeah because the phone has bootloader etc again so maybe you can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
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Yeah because the phone has bootloader etc again so maybe you can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
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Hi there,
I tried to flash my phone using the lg flash tool, unfortunately it cannot recognized any connected device through USB.. I don't know what else will work for my device
NNCa said:
Hi there,
I tried to flash my phone using the lg flash tool, unfortunately it cannot recognized any connected device through USB.. I don't know what else will work for my device
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Did you already installed the LG drivers? and checked in device manager or there is like any change when you connect and disconnect your phone?
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Did you already installed the LG drivers? and checked in device manager or there is like any change when you connect and disconnect your phone?
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Yes, I checked it- no response during connecting/disconnecting the device..
Maybe I did a mistake when trying to push those image files.. I guess there is nothing I can do to fix my phone..
Do you have any other suggestions?
Can someone please help me. How can I get to the LG device- Is there another software I can use to flash files into this device?
Thanks
NNCa said:
Can someone please help me. How can I get to the LG device- Is there another software I can use to flash files into this device?
Thanks
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Sorry for late reaction but i needed to think of something. Did you tryed to use another cable? Did you tryed to do it on another pc? Did you tryed to maybe install LG PC suite and see if it gets recognized? If you have the PC Suite you may need to turn it off in the LG flashtool idk. Can you tell us more like which windows you have?
wulsic said:
Sorry for late reaction but i needed to think of something. Did you tryed to use another cable? Did you tryed to do it on another pc? Did you tryed to maybe install LG PC suite and see if it gets recognized? If you have the PC Suite you may need to turn it off in the LG flashtool idk. Can you tell us more like which windows you have?
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Hi,
I tried all you suggested, however my devide is not recognized. I tried to use the LG PC Suite and to flash by IMEI, however it is still saying that no device was connected.. I checked windows device manager, and nothing changed there.
There is any chnage I can see my connected device? use some tool or another software?
Thank you again for your patience and help!
NNCa said:
Hi,
I tried all you suggested, however my devide is not recognized. I tried to use the LG PC Suite and to flash by IMEI, however it is still saying that no device was connected.. I checked windows device manager, and nothing changed there.
There is any chnage I can see my connected device? use some tool or another software?
Thank you again for your patience and help!
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Hi, sorry to say but you have unfortunately completely hardbricked your device. It happened to me too however I was able to get it replaced under warranty at no extra cost.
What happened was that when your phone was still detected by linux, you had a chance to recover by flashing the correct partitions to gain access to download mode and from there, flash a KDZ to go back to complete stock. However, the files you used were probably incompatible with your variant which has now corrupted your bootloader sequence. I suggest you read this reply by fizzy177 as well as the rest of the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51522304&postcount=118
So right now, you cannot do anything as you have already found out, no computer will recognise that your phone is plugged in. Your phone fails to boot when you try enter the download mode and it just freezes on the splash screen which looks like this: http://www.lg-phones.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/image2.png
What's meant to happen is your phone should load past that initial splash screen into this http://www.androiddunya.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/LG-G2-DownloadMode.jpg which accepts KDZ flashing and warns the device has been rooted.
So it's a blessing that your phone cannot boot as LG cannot find out you have voided warranty and you will be able to get a replacement free of charge.
Issue was solved- device was fixed under warranty
Hi,
I just want to update you all that my device was fixed under warranty! (motherboard replacement)
Thank you all for help and great support, this is a great forum with great community :good::good:
Hello
From past 2 weeks i am wondering on internet for a solution . Hours and hours of surfing and articles but still
Hope some one solve this issue.
Okay. First i m using LG G2 F320 K update to lollipop . Non rooted. It was working fine . I can transfer files in MTP .
But about a month ago i get an update for my phone . And after some days i need to transfer some files to my phone , i wonder when i connected my phone to computer nothing happened . No notification on mobile for changing PTP MTP option . Also nothing happened in Computer device manager..
From that day i am unable to connect my phone with windows 10. It always charging mobile.
I uninstalled all drivers in device manager and installed from LG website. I updates windows N and NK MTP update from windows for windows 10.
I changed different data cables and different computers and different ports . All stuff i can do. Still no luck.
When ever i plug USB data cable it always put my Mobile on Charging . No notification on Mobile. Also i go in setting > storage> and there is no option in upper right corner to select USB PC connection .
I am in developer mode and debugging mode is on also. Also USB tethering option is Disabled .
Kindly some one help me regarding this.
LG G2 F320K updated to stock Koren lollipop 5.0.1 . Non root.( i updated lollipop in April 2015)
Issue i am facing is no notification for Charging/ MTP/PTP Usb Debugging on mobile notice bar when i attach my phone using USB cord with computer. Also in computer device manager nothing happen. Even i checked on windows 10 , 8.1, 8, 7 .
I remember it was working like charm 4 weeks before I can change MTP PTP or Charge only mode by selecting notification when i attach it to my laptop. I can transfer files can use LG PC suit .
Then i received an software update like 40 mb and i updated my mobile. That i remembered.
After that 2 weeks before i need to transfer some books from laptop to my mobile. When i plugged my device there no notification to select MTP mode . Also there is nothing happened in my windows 10. I looked in task manager. No yellow icon in computer task manager for driver thing.
Laptop is just silent and mobile is just on charging .
Then i go to setting in LG and looked for USB PC connection settings. I wonder there is nothing . Settings > storage > 3 dot in upper right corner.. it suppose to be there . But here is no 3 dot in storage. Then i looked into share and networks in android setting and i found that USB tethering. But its faded mean it is disabled and i am unable to use this feature also.
I tried on different computers different cables , original, but nothing. Always when i plug usb mobile went on charging and in all computers nothing happen in device manager.
USB debugging is on.. I factory reset device 2 times. but useless. Also i uninstall all drivers from my laptop and then reinstall drivers from LG website also i tried google drivers , ABD, different ports. Nothing nothing happen.
Also now if i try put mobile on download mode by turning device off and then push + vol button and then put cord in mobile . No download mode also it went on charging. Well charging from laptop or from charger is okay.
Hope i explain all.
Hi, I have a S4 i9505 with a problem, screen broken and no display at all + usb debugging is disabled.
Phone: Not rooted, original software, usb debugging disabled, no display at all
What I want to achieve: restore all my photos / videos on the phone memory, no sd card
What I have attempted:
installed ADB & fastboot based on instructions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
What I need help with:
- When i try to get into recovery mode, i wasn't sure if i am indeed in there since i can't see anything, but in total there's a vibration when i turn on the phone, and another vibration when i release the power up+power+home after pressing them down for about 5 seconds.
- When in command prompt I type adb devices and there was none, and when i type adb shell it says error: device not found
I have ensured all drivers for my phone are installed (even with PdaNetA4180 & UniversalAdbDriverSetup6 from cynanogen) but the error remains. refer to attached image.
I have done extensive search on the forum but still couldn't find any ways to get usb debugging enabled on my crippled phone.
Any step by step guide would really be helpful! Thanks
Ps. Main problem = device not found in adb , usb debugging disabled, screen no display/cracked
What do you want? To recover files? To my knowledge that is not possible.
You would first need to flash a custom recovery for adb to work in recovery.
Then you would need to allow the connection on your device (which you can't do).
Yes I need to recover photos only. Nothing else.
Please kindly guide the steps on how to flash a custom recovery (w/o control of the phone's display or touch)
Thanks.
Your device is shown connected in windows
Why not use the mtp protocol and copy whatever you want
Hi, in the beginning, my phone is locked with a pattern pin.
I read the tutorials and managed to get away with the pattern pin by resetting my phone to factory settings via recovery mode i guess by watching youtube guide.
I didn't knew the photos and all will get deleted off from it, so there's nothing to transfer over when i got MTP working and able to access files inside the phone.
What do you recommend? Would fixing the screen and then using dr fone recovery works? or is there any other way to solve this without getting the phone display fixed? Thanks.
If the photos are deleted by the factory reset then i am sorry to day but you cannot recover them even if you get the screen fixed
bomby481 said:
Hi, in the beginning, my phone is locked with a pattern pin.
I read the tutorials and managed to get away with the pattern pin by resetting my phone to factory settings via recovery mode i guess by watching youtube guide.
I didn't knew the photos and all will get deleted off from it, so there's nothing to transfer over when i got MTP working and able to access files inside the phone.
What do you recommend? Would fixing the screen and then using dr fone recovery works? or is there any other way to solve this without getting the phone display fixed? Thanks.
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Your photos are gone and there is no way to get them back.
HI
So far all attempts have failed. I have broken screen but all hardware buttons work well.
I've tried a lot of methods and I do not know anymore.
The device had a locked screen, but I managed to remove it. Smartphone works. I do not know how to enable mtp when the display is broken. I did root and installed TWRP recovery. Now I know in Recovery mode to see files in phone but there is nothing in the data / bla.bla.bla.contacts folder. I need mainly contacts that were only on my phone. When the phone is normally on, I can not type the command because the device is unauthorized. In recovery mode, I allowed adb debugging through the command, but after restart, I still have no access to the device and neither samsung kies can see anything. I tried the VYSOR procedure but it did not work because I can not install an application via commands to the device.
I welcome any help.
WELL THANK YOU
Michael
Did you have Google contact sync on or off in that phone ?
If it was on then your contacts should be safe with Google just sync another phone with your Google id and see if all your contacts are restored or not .......
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Seriously? Stupid question .. If I was so stupid, do you think I would know what is XDA? But thank you for your interest. Problem is solved. Helped this link. Devices authorized and now all the instructions work. Beware the right way!
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Hi guys,
the phone is from my sister and it got hit by some tool from her (ex-) husband. The screen has been hit on the left side with destroying the battery too. So I have NO display, NO Touch. Latest Android (I think 7.0.1) is installed. The phone has never been tampered with and all is stock.
Because of all the photos from kids and cat she asked me to rescue the photos from it - and then the fun began.
Of course I bought a used A3 2016, but the display showed just static crap. A new display spare part did the same ...
The mainboard seems to be working ok - I am with Apple Phones only because my employer tells me to
It is for almost a year now, and I cant get to the photos.
So far I've read that I should root the device so I could access the filesystem to just simply save the jpgs. Of course no USB-debugging enabled the phone is locked with a patternlock ...
Problems so far: I cant get the phone into Download-Mode - it seems to bee booting through and after 30-40 secs my PC recognizes the device as it should, but the file folder is empty.
I can get into recovey-mode, and there I'm stuck. I can use "get update by adb" and adb shows me, that the phone is in sideload-mode but any upload ends with an error at 0% ...
Total factory reset could be an option, because I think I can recover most of the files from internal storage, right?
So I decided to ask the PROs and ask for help and/or ideas here ...
Thanks for reading !
How would you recover the files if you factory-reset the device? Are they not saved in standard locations? If yes, a factory reset will remove all normal user-files.
Are you able to get into an ADB shell from recovery mode? ("adb shell" command)
If you can get a shell, you could navigate to the directories and download ("adb pull <file>") the files to your PC.
I believe you could get a shell from TWRP. If you can flash the recovery with TWRP and boot into it directly via console (unfortunately I don't have a command handy), then you might be able to access the shell, too. (Take this with a grain of salt, but it's better to try it before doing a factory reset.)
Do you know if the storage has been encrypted? If so, then forget everything I wrote.