So the screen on my Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo is broken (black screen and no touch), and I did NOT have developer tools enabled. It had a pattern lock as well. Now I can't access it using smart switch (because it is locked) and u.fone, fonepaw,.. cannot access it since usb debugging is not enabled. They have a "broken phone" tool, but the s5 neo is not listed as supported.
Can anyone help me recover my contacts/pictures/... ?
Anyone
Anyone?
I think there would be a change only if you have a custom recovery like TWRP. Without OEM unlock activated from developer tools, I don't think you can flash it/back-up something. There are changes that if you had a Samsung Account and Sync activated (or used OneDrive, Google Photos, etc for backup), the photos, contacts, messages and the apps could be backed up in cloud and safe. You can get them by trying to restore a backup on a Samsung Device. If you used another back-up solution, access it via a browser on PC and download the files (probably only photos).
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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
I have a Galaxy Note 4 (SM-N910G) and don’t normally muck around with the system. I have limited experience with Android.
My phone is locked (with important data stored in it)– a couple of days ago (presumably after a system upgrade) it suddenly would not recognise my fingerprint nor backup password.
I tried unlocking the phone using Android Device Manager but although I could get my phone to ring or display text, I could not change the password after locking the phone.
I called Google who said that Android Device Manager only works on earlier Android Versions - ?4 and below and most likely my phone would be running Marshmellow.
I called Samsung who said my only option is to restore to factory settings.
I wanted to use ADB and downloaded it and tried to use it from the c:\ prompt but I don’t have USB debugging enabled. No device was recognised when running ADB.
I had not registered for a Samsung account so I could not use Find My Mobile.
I tried to apply an update via external storage in recovery mode (I downloaded files such as Lockscreen_Security_bypassV1.1.zip or Pattern-Password-disable.zip) but unfortunately when I tried to apply them, it came up with E:footer is wrong, E: signature verification is required.
(I also tried “Android Multi Tools”).
I do not have CMN recovery loaded nor Aroma+File+Manager, but have downloaded zip files for them.
My question is: should I try and use Odin (have downloaded odin3_v3.11.2.zip) and TWRP to try and enable USB debugging or try to disable footer/signature verification??
Any other suggestions to try and unlock my phone???
At the minimum this has been an education!
Thank you for your help!
Hello Guys
i have a galaxy a5 with broken black screen and i wanna restore my stuff fromthe internal storage
the phone has a pattern lock and no usb debugging enabled and also not rooted
is there any solution that i can get at least my photos from it ?
thanks alot
Hi everyone!
I broke my S8 screen completely by dropping it (the phone is still working, not know if the touch still works).
I want to recover WhatsApp backup folder and DCIM folder (i had no backup service enabled, nor samsung account, nor google photo or gdrive), so i thought to go ahed through ADB. Anyway adb list no devices until i unlock my phone through pattern code ( i had no facial/retina/fingerprint mode set).
So i thought to proceed through download mode, flash twrp through odin and access adb through twrp. Anyway it looks like i cannot use odin to flash until i trigger on "OEM Unlock" in developer options which i can't do no more cause of the broken screen.
Is there another way to enable OEM Unlock which doesn't require touch input? Or is there any other way to recover my two folders?
A big thanks for everyone who could help
You can use an otg adapter and a mouse and try to replicate your pattern code and after your in just transfer your files. If you happen to have a second cell phone I would suggest you practise a bit on that screen first so you can replicate the exact movements to unlock your phone. Had an issue with my s6 edge and that worked like a charm.
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If you don't know how to recover data from S8 phone, just use an Android data recovery software, it can help you recover data from an broken Android device, it is really simple to finsih the recovery process. And you can preview and recover the data from your broken phone, so that you don't lose these data.
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Yep, that's the best thing you can do.
Cristian.CT46 said:
Hi everyone!
I broke my S8 screen completely by dropping it (the phone is still working, not know if the touch still works).
I want to recover WhatsApp backup folder and DCIM folder (i had no backup service enabled, nor samsung account, nor google photo or gdrive), so i thought to go ahed through ADB. Anyway adb list no devices until i unlock my phone through pattern code ( i had no facial/retina/fingerprint mode set).
So i thought to proceed through download mode, flash twrp through odin and access adb through twrp. Anyway it looks like i cannot use odin to flash until i trigger on "OEM Unlock" in developer options which i can't do no more cause of the broken screen.
Is there another way to enable OEM Unlock which doesn't require touch input? Or is there any other way to recover my two folders?
A big thanks for everyone who could help
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Log into Samsung Find my mobile. Use your Samsung Account details to log in.
There you will see alot of options that you can perform on your Galaxy S8 remotely.
Use the remotely unlock my device option to unlock your device.
Then connect your phone to the Laptop or PC using data cable and recover the data.
Hope it helps.
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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