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[Q] Screen cracked and unresponsive but display still visible. Need help getting data

Hi guys,
I recently dropped my Nexus 4 on the floor today and the screen cracked. As a result, the screen is completely unresponsive now but I am able to see its display when I press the power button. Could you guys help me/point me in the right direction regarding how to get the data I have on the phone (music, photos etc.) please.
My Nexus is unrooted/stock version. I tried connected it to my laptop via USB, but all it does it charge. I think I might have the USB debugging option enabled (as I remember enabling it before sometime ago). I'm running the latest firmware (5.0.1 I believe). Also the bootloader is locked.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
EDIT: I should note that I have a Password (PIN) for the lock screen.
I installed android sdk and tried to enter commands, but it didn't work. When I typed in 'adb devices', no serial came up (I checked sdk manager for the google usb driver, and it says it's installed). Also, when I tried typing in anything i.e. 'adb shell' it said error no devices found. I was attempting to follow a guide to set up adb for any other steps required to get my data from the internal storage. Bear in mind, I don't have much knowledge on these tools, all I'm doing is following any guides. Please can you help me how to get my photos or the contents of the sdcard.

The pin is not letting you boot into the os and that's why adb isn't working. Can you get into the bootloader? If so boot into twrp then try adb
fastboot boot twrp.img. Where twrp.img is the full file name.
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jd1639 said:
The pin is not letting you boot into the os and that's why adb isn't working. Can you get into the bootloader? If so boot into twrp then try adb
fastboot boot twrp.img. Where twrp.img is the full file name.
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Thanks for responding. I can enter the bootloader (if that's the Volume Down + power button menu). Quick google search shows that twrp is for customer recovery. Bear in mind that I haven't unlocked the bootloader or installed anything like recoveries before (it is basically a stock N4). Would I need to install it? If so, please could you direct me to a tutorial or guide me step-by-step on what to do as I don't have too many ideas on what to do to get the data from the phone.
Just to clarify: My N4 is completely stock, Bootloader is locked (says 'LOCK STATE - locked' in bootloader menu) and it is unrooted. I remember having the USB debugging option enabled the last time I was in the dev menu on the phone.

oracle93 said:
Thanks for responding. I can enter the bootloader (if that's the Volume Down + power button menu). Quick google search shows that twrp is for customer recovery. Bear in mind that I haven't unlocked the bootloader or installed anything like recoveries before (it is basically a stock N4). Would I need to install it? If so, please could you direct me to a tutorial or guide me step-by-step on what to do as I don't have too many ideas on what to do to get the data from the phone.
Just to clarify: My N4 is completely stock, Bootloader is locked (says 'LOCK STATE - locked' in bootloader menu) and it is unrooted. I remember having the USB debugging option enabled the last time I was in the dev menu on the phone.
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We'll you've got a problem. You'll have to unlock the bootloader to run fastboot commands and that'll completely wipe your device. And with the pin and an unresponsive screen you can't get into the os. There really isn't anything you're going to be able to do to save your files. Sorry about that.
Edit, just one more thought, are you still on 4.4.4? If so there may be a hope. Shoot, you'll need to boot into the os though. So my idea isn't going to work.

jd1639 said:
We'll you've got a problem. You'll have to unlock the bootloader to run fastboot commands and that'll completely wipe your device. And with the pin and an unresponsive screen you can't get into the os. There really isn't anything you're going to be able to do to save your files. Sorry about that.
Edit, just one more thought, are you still on 4.4.4? If so there may be a hope. Shoot, you'll need to boot into the os though. So my idea isn't going to work.
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Ah that was what I feared ... I'm running the latest firmware (5.0.1). I wouldn't really care about the phone if it weren't for a few images (should have had it backed up!).
Now I need to decide whether or not to change the screen etc. for £35 or just look in the market for a new phone. If I did buy a new screen/digitiser/frame thing, would these be suitable (where I won't need to use heat guns or glue and stuff)?
ebay (dot) co.uk/itm/LCD-Screen-Display-Touch-Digitizer-for-LG-E960-Google-Nexus-4-Frame-Replacement-/331224787829?pt=UK_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item4d1e892b75
OR
ebay (dot) co.uk/itm/For-LG-E960-Google-Nexus-4-LCD-Display-Digitizer-Touch-Screen-Frame-in-Black-/331227949021?pt=UK_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item4d1eb967dd
Also, if I did change it using the above, would dissembling the phone and reassembling it cause my data to be lost?
Thank you for your help
Edit: I managed to save about 80 photos which were probably in the default images folder in the SD card using AndroidLost. I'm guessing the other images which were in other folders i.e. WhatsApp Images etc. aren't recoverable using the site

Totally ****ed up p9 lite

Hi,
Oke i will save you most of the details which is normally not the best part but i think it doesn't matter how i got here anymore. Basically i tried to update my phone to nougat. So i installed TWRP. Before i could install that i had to unlock bootloader and my phone which i did. After that i succesfully installed TWRP and directly my problems started...
I couldnt get my phone booted into recovery. Finally after hours spending i managed to hook it up on the adb tools via the command line. Long story short, the only thing my phone does right now is boot, where i get the warning that my device is unlocked. If i do a normal boot, nothing happens, if i go to fastboot i can do nothing there because my PC doesn't see the device anymore. I cant use HiSuite to recover it because it shows me a warning that i dont have right for support. When i go to erecovery and connect to my wifi and recover the phone, the package info always fails.
So is there anything i can do to get my phone back to work? Because i am really out of options, somehow sometimes i managed to get into that "installing update" part but appearantly the file in my dload is not the right version so the update always fails.
What to do i? I am really about to smash my phone because i am so mad at myself that i bricked my dive :crying:

Try to get the right firmware for your device or if you remember your old one.
Flash stock recovery and then lock your bootloader also.
Put the firmware inside of your sd card and make a folder called 'dload' push the update.app there inside and make the 3 button way
Good luck.
And if its gonna end badly, Huawei have a VIP service which they will repair it for free IF it is still under warranty.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...huawei-p9-lite-firmware-compilations-t3517124
Get correct firmware from this page & put update.app in dload folder

if you can boot into fastboot, the pc should be able to see it. have you tried looking into device manager to see if the driver is working?
anyway, if you were on stock marshmallow, you should be able use the 3 button combo to reflash the stock rom. after that the phone should be in factory state, with stock recovery and locked bootloader (eventhough in fastboot it still says unlocked).

[Sharing Method] Bootloader Locked+Dead Boot+OEM Lock+Recovery Stuck

Hello XDA
As title say, I 'm going share my experience in this thread.
History
I purchased this device almost 8 month back.Purchased from a local store.Was very smooth and i was satisfied with the performance.Battery was good.Got regular update and these updates are from google,so why not install it,right?Then this Android N came,and i was so happy.7.0.0 was good.Then the nightmare 7.1.2 came.Phone started to lag continuously,Battery drained too much.But I was like Okay.May be this will fixed in new update.Then suddenly one day my phone was stuck.Not booting.Stucked at Google.I understood that phone already booted and fingerprint was too working but it showed nothing on display just black light.I was afraid as i didn't purchase it from Google Play or any authorized seller.So no warranty or chance of having replacement.So I started searching about this issue and found not only me many people are facing this.But there are no proper guideline or solving this issue.Tried everything and ended up with Locked Bootloader Irony!
Journey
As i never try to mess with my phone because it was Nexus 5x! So i never touch OEM or try to unlock the bootloader.So i tried to access stock recovery,But Alas! in recovery Volume up and down wasn't working.So I couldn't wipe or factory reset.So Now ended up with :
1.Locked Bootloader
2.Locked OEM
3.Recovery Stuck
Googled and found many solutions but none of them came to solve my issue.So i thought why not flash stock rom.But HOW! Cause fastboot only work with unlocked bootloader.And you can't unlock bootloader when your OEM is locked and you can't unlock it with fastboot.It can be only unlocked from developer option only.GOD!
Now I have only 2 options left:
1.Fastboot mod where no functions working
2.Download Mod (This will save you)
Now fastboot option is out and only download mod option is available.So what can i do with Download Mod?
LGUP TOOL helped me.Downloaded a tot file for Global version (LGH791) and flashed it and stucked at google logo and in recovery too.But next time i flashed the same file in a different way.Ok here it is:
1.Drivers are important here.I'm using windows 10.I have adb and fastboot and Lg drivers.Workplace okay.
2.Opened device manager and change the com port of Android phone 3 to 41. Port Changed!
3.Connected my phone to pc using 3rd party cable (Careful here,try to use original cable.) and entered into download mod and.
4.Opened LGUP Tool ,checked REFURBISHED mod,checked BIN file and select the tot file downloaded before.And quicky close it.(No need to click start)
5.Then again opened lg tool and click start.(BIN Checked and it showed the previously selected tot file).No need add anything new this time,just open and click START.
6.Rebooted and again stucked at Google screen.But wait! recovery is working.Pressing and holding volume up button for a while then a android logo with red cross inside will come up.Now holding power button and volume down button at the same time,Recovery will show and menu is working.Great!
7.Now Wiped cache and factory reset.And after that selected Apply update from Adb sideload
8.My device was connected to pc from the beginning,right? Now i downloaded a file previously called bullhead-ota-opp2.170420.019-c449d2bb.zip from Google Nexus 5x OTA update page.
9.In Adb folder,copied the file and named it ota.zip.Opened a command prompt using shift+right click in the folder.Phone was on Adb sideload mode.Typing this command adb sideload ota.zip
10.This took more than 8-9 minutes to finish.After flashing and phone rebooted.WOW
11.Couldn't believe my eyes.The OTA update was about Android O.I quickly enabled the developer menu and made oem unlcocked and usb debugging on.Boot into bootloader and unlock bootloader with this command fastboot flashing unlock
12.Now bootloader is unlocked and i flashed TWRP recovery for future need.
13.Rebooted the phone and after using for 1 minute the phone freezed again
14.This is the end of the story for today.
Planning
I'm thinking the OTA update was the problem.Now I'm downloading 6.0.1 version.And will do a clean install.Let's see what happens next.
Any kind of help is appreciated.If you think there is something i'm missing here then please suggest.
And Thanks to XDA.I got all these helps from here.Will update the post tomorrow.

You downloaded Android O Developer Preview. Final OTAs are here:
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Just try flashing newest Factory Image via fastboot, but don't forget to flash TWRP back:
https://developers.google.com/android/images

TBH I NEVER thought this phone will be dead by hardware failure all of a sudden, I dont mind another few hundreds bucks but the problem now is the fking data within it.
Cant even pass google logo if you choose Recovery Mode
GG LG, well played

I have a 16gb variant dead....same issue like urs .....can i use the same lgh791 tot file?... in fastboot it says lgh791 16gb

usefully
usefully

I STRONGLY recommend that the original post is corrected to change "Download mod" to "Download mode" in all of its four occurences.
Same for one ocurrence of "Fastboot mod".
It is horribly confusing as it is, as calling them "mod" implies some modification you have to apply to the phone (be it software or hardware).

same of my expirience, flash 4CoreOreo..
my nexus 5x now is fully working

the_uker said:
I STRONGLY recommend that the original post is corrected to change "Download mod" to "Download mode" in all of its four occurences.
Same for one ocurrence of "Fastboot mod".
It is horribly confusing as it is, as calling them "mod" implies some modification you have to apply to the phone (be it software or hardware).
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I suppose that makes sense. Then again, when an instruction is telling you to boot into download mod.....using common sense I'm gonna understand that's a typo and they meant download mode. But you're right, for some folks that may be a bit of a challenge. Common sense isn't as common as it was when I was young.

And the links?
I'm brazilian and i'm having a hard time to find the links to download stuff. Mine is dead and bootloader blocked. The tutorial seems to work but i can't understand well

Interesting. Thanks

How-To UNLOCK Verizon Desire 530 Boot-Loader

As I had anticipated the SD Card I came up with for unlocking the Desire 526 Verizon is working on the Desire 530 Verizon.
@supermaxkato has created a tutorial in the 526 section to do this. (See the last page of the thread below)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/de...oader-root-t3587118/post72408625#post72408625
Follow the Instruction for making the SD Card in the beginning ot the thread Here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/de...oader-root-t3587118/post72408625#post72408625
Then Follow the instruction posted by Supermaxkato to unlock your desire 530. VERIZON.
When I get some free time I will Re-Write here the instructions for the 530 only.
@supermaxkato
Verizon HTC Desire 530: unlock bootloader, custom recovery, root, xposed
I'll put the tutorial here since it's related to the 526, and then eventually start a new thread in the 530 forum.
This won't include every step, just the main ones, so this assumes you've unlocked an HTC phone before.
Do I have to put the disclaimer about not blaming me if something bad happens to your phone?
You should know this already!
*All credit goes to @BigCountry907!
*Thanks to @jcase, @Chainfire, and other xda folks for making all of this magic possible.
Verizon HTC Desire 530 prepaid: unlock bootloader, custom recovery, root, xposed
UNLOCK BOOTLOADER
1) Create the SD card as described earlier in this thread (I used the exact SD card he purchased, not sure if it works with other brands)
2) Power off the 530 and insert your created SD card
3) Boot into download mode (black background) with volume down+power
4) Connect to your windows PC (I did all of this on a laptop running XP)
5) Login in to htcdev.com and follow the steps to unlock the bootloader (choose HTC Desire* just like you did with the 526)
6) Open a command line window and type: fastboot oem get_identifier_token
7) Follow the rest of the instructions on htcdev to finish unlocking the bootloader
It should now say "unlocked" instead of locked
Done.
CUSTOM RECOVERY
1) Remove the custom SD card and replace with any other one
2) Download the custom recovery created by @jcase from his non-verizon 530 root thread
3) Put it wherever fastboot.exe is on your PC
4) Open a command line window and type: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (or whatever the *.img is named)
5) Hit the phone power button as instructed on the phone to complete
6) From the 530 download mode menu (black background) choose: reboot bootloader
7) From the 530 bootloader menu (white background) choose: reboot recovery
It should open TWRP.
Done.
ROOT
1) Place the superSU.zip from @Chainfire on your sd card (make sure it's one for android 6.0)
2) Boot into TWRP recovery and install it
3) Reboot
SuperSU should now be in your app drawer
Done.
XPOSED
1) Place the xposed-v87-sdk23-arm.zip on your sd card (this version is specific to android 6.0)
2) Boot into TWRP recovery and install it
3) Reboot and install XposedInstaller_3.0_alpha4
Open the installer and you can now install and use xposed apks.
Done.
Finally your Verizon HTC Desire 530 can be all you want it to be!
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Bigcountry. Thanks to your freaking amazing work. And everyone else who took the time to accomplish this. And the wife's add girlfriends who tolerate us lol. I have the 530 from Wal-Mart. Prepaid. I've gotten better at rooting over the past year of just reading teaching myself. So if you could please message me or post on exactly how to go about unlocking or running this off my SD. I did read everything and attempt the SD card but I believe in going to have to get a new SD card like others. Any chance when you get time to give me detailed instructions on how to do this. Like baby steps lol. So excited to see this thread. Can't imagine the work it takes so I appreciate each and everyone of y'all. I got few more questions as well. Hope you guys continue on this Verizon phone. Thanks guys!

Bootloader
i did something wrong trying to unlock my bootloader vzw 530. Now it says software status modified locked s-on. I try to reboot and it flashes some wrong build type and i cant get past bootloader/ download mode. I can get to recovery mode i just cant get into phone. Have no idea what i did or how to find a way to get my phone back to stock. I have been trying for three days. Please please help. Thanks!

Worked great tyvm

Non-prepaid?
Does this work/has anyone tried this with the non prepaid version of this phone? If it doesn't work then what's stopping it from doing so? Thanks.

I gave it a try, any advice?
So, I made an SD card from the HTC.img file, placed it into my Verizon 530 and booted into Download Mode. But using "fastboot getvar all" still shows all my original info and using "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" returns the same error as before..,
I did notice one strange thing though., Everything that Ive seen regarding the Desire 530 says that the device is an htc_a16ul but my device reports as being an htc_a16wl I am assuming this is a problem.

@supermaxkato
@BigCountry907
When i insert my special sd card and boot into download mode i still can't get an identifier token. When i try to boot into Android the system hangs at the HTC logo and i have to eventually force a power down. Any suggestions??
My system info:
Verizon HTC Desire 530 Prepay
Android 6.0.1
A16_WL
HTCD160LVWPP

ericzollman said:
@supermaxkato
@BigCountry907
When i insert my special sd card and boot into download mode i still can't get an identifier token. When i try to boot into Android the system hangs at the HTC logo and i have to eventually force a power down. Any suggestions??
My system info:
Verizon HTC Desire 530 Prepay
Android 6.0.1
A16_WL
HTCD160LVWPP
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This makes me think you didn't build your sd card correctly. I would try following @BigCountry907 instructions again and be sure you are using the same sd card type he mentioned. Good luck.

supermaxkato said:
This makes me think you didn't build your sd card correctly. I would try following @BigCountry907 instructions again and be sure you are using the same sd card type he mentioned. Good luck.
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I guess it could be the sd card. I'm using a PNY Prime Performance 32gb. The site says that it's rated at 85mb a sec...
Dunno how i could have did anything wrong writing the sd. I formatted and created the sd with the tools he used and it's a really simple process.
When i try to do a full system boot it does try to boot from the sd card but it seems to just hang on the white htc logo. Although oddly enough i can detect the phone using adb while it's in this state. So it's def doing something. But booting into download mode just seems to boot from the phone. IDK. I'll keep messing with it cause i can't abide a non-rooted phone.
I'll keep you guys updated...

@BigCountry907
Do I need to flash the RUU in the your 526 thread before I start with the SD card creation in @supermaxkato 's guide? I assume no but I just want to double check
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Ok well now this is a problem, I burned the SD card with is supposedly rated at max. 95 MB/s and booted my phone with that in, and now it's hung up on the white HTC logo in a fashion very similar to @ericzollman
Holding the power button does nothing, and it was at almost full charge before I started. Guess I have to wait till it dies? No way to get info from ADB either, the device is detected but logcat and other commands return missing path errors. Anything I can do?
Here's the card I had:
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...ts32gusdu3_32gb_ultimate_uhs_i_microsdhc.html
Sorry about the double post
EDIT: holding power and volume down rebooted me into download mode, so I guess the card I picked was ok? I'll stop for now until I can get some more info on what the heck just went down...

Can't get identifier token for htc dev site
In the guide you say to follow instructions on the htcdev site to get your bootloader unlocked, except I can't get the oem identifier token to put into htcdev and I can't turn oem unlock on, and therefore I can't unlock my phone. Am I missing something or is this tutorial not working?

BigCountry907 said:
As I had anticipated the SD Card I came up with for unlocking the Desire 526 Verizon is working on the Desire 530 Verizon.
@supermaxkato has created a tutorial in the 526 section to do this. (See the last page of the thread below)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/de...oader-root-t3587118/post72408625#post72408625
Follow the Instruction for making the SD Card in the beginning ot the thread Here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/de...oader-root-t3587118/post72408625#post72408625
Then Follow the instruction posted by Supermaxkato to unlock your desire 530. VERIZON.
When I get some free time I will Re-Write here the instructions for the 530 only.
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Thanks a lot I used in a MetroPCS desire 530 and worked very good

Help cannot fix may have hard bricked phone please help!!

my phone is everything first off and i cannot do any thing erecovery cant do anything because im on unoffical 90nrdm os when i try do anything i adb it cannot find my device and just says waiting for device when trying to lock bootloader in fastboot mode so i tried unlocking it (i got the code) but it says s"FAILED stat does not match" and i cannot flash anything to fix my phone and i cannot find the huawei page to unlock my bootloader because it keeps saying " this id is registered on the other site" but never tells me where to go or find the "other site" bootloader unlock page i really need my phone to work resetting it is fine i got back ups but i really need the phone to work all help is welcome, i have adb and fastboot installed i tried useing srk tools 2.0 lod-chong and also cmd to try fix my issue but i get no where. i have no recovery either it just wont boot into twrp it just goes straight to erecovery so i cannot do any dload method. also when i tried other methods it said password wrong for some reason.
i flashed oeminfo.bin and custom.bin to go back to offical nougat from somewhere after this update nougat didnt work (hisuite refused to install it) : http://ministryofsolutions.com/2017/03/huawei-p9-lite-vns-l31-nougat-b371-update-stable-europe.html so i then looked into downgrading and got to this https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...nt/europe-vns-l31-toolkit-bootloader-t3432873 and i did the oem info flash and it like the person said on my previews post ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/help/bricked-device-dont-how-to-fix-l31-t3617851) and it just like he said but i did it before he commented and now my phone wont boot and when i enter my bootloader code it says FAILED stat does not match and because i cannot re lock and unlock my boot loader i cannot flash anything to get my phone back, how can i fix this.