Samsung S8 screen gone black and unusable - Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers

Hi,
My girlfriend has a Samsung s8 and the screen has gone black and we can not see the screen. We are still getting notifications but no screen.
The thing is she needs to access the phone to retrieve images and videos of our 5 month old. Also to access texts to access her bank account and Facebook gmail etc.
I have looked on net and been told to put in debugging mode and connect to pc but I can't see the screen so I can't do that, I have been told to put it in download mode to use some software to do it but I can't put in download mode.
Anyone any ideas to wither mirror the phone to pc and use on pc or put in download mode without using the buttons or screen of the phone.
Thanks

Sounds like the digitiser is broken.
Don't think there's a way to mirror the screen without downloading an app or changing system settings I'm afraid. Your girlfriend should still have warranty on the phone though, so I'd say send it to Samsung for them to fix it. Unless the device was dropped or tampered with and/or there's visible damage that's the way to go I guess.

Jaffabfc said:
Hi,
My girlfriend has a Samsung s8 and the screen has gone black and we can not see the screen. We are still getting notifications but no screen.
The thing is she needs to access the phone to retrieve images and videos of our 5 month old. Also to access texts to access her bank account and Facebook gmail etc.
I have looked on net and been told to put in debugging mode and connect to pc but I can't see the screen so I can't do that, I have been told to put it in download mode to use some software to do it but I can't put in download mode.
Anyone any ideas to wither mirror the phone to pc and use on pc or put in download mode without using the buttons or screen of the phone.
Thanks
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James160103 said:
Sounds like the digitiser is broken.
Don't think there's a way to mirror the screen without downloading an app or changing system settings I'm afraid. Your girlfriend should still have warranty on the phone though, so I'd say send it to Samsung for them to fix it. Unless the device was dropped or tampered with and/or there's visible damage that's the way to go I guess.
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My thoughts exactly

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