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Stuck SM-N900A - No free space

Ok this phone was running out of space, so my friend attempted to delete one of her exchange email accounts from work to free some space and then the phone went crazy crashing every second. After pulling the battery out, it boots and gets stuck in the ATT logo.
I have searched this forum and google endlessly and the most reasonable solution i found was trying to access the storage using ADB.
so this is what happens:
1. Windows does not detect any hardware being plugged in the computer if the phone is in recovery mode like in the attached pictures.
2. Windows DOES detect an MTP device when the phone is stuck in the ATT logo, and plugged to the computer, but the driver fails to install and i get the yellow exclamation mark on the device manager under portable devices.
3. I waited and clicked on scan for hardware changes but still get the "Device cannot start (code 10)" in windows.
4. I wiped the cache partition to no effect.
5. Everything is stored on the internal memory, she never had a micro SD card installed.
All i know this is a stock phone. My friend got it with ATT and no one ever played with it (rooting and stuff). I have no clue about what software version was installed other than the numbers you see in the attached pictures.
I know "wipe data/factory reset" will get rid of the problems, but she needs to recover pictures, and work related SMSs that she never backed up. Losing this data will set her back very badly with customers and more than a year of work.
Any tips are much appreciated and i hope there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Thanks a lot.

[Q] I9505 Help Needed ADB

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.

Recover data from S8 with broken screen

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.

deveauwelle32 said:
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.

How to recover deleted files from Samsung Galaxy S5 with broken screen.

Hello,
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 with a broken (black) screen) and I tried this tool but [email protected] didn't recognize the phone. So USB Debugging Mode must be off... Well I tried to turn it on following this guide. I downloaded G900F firmware (1.5GB) , ADB Automator and Odin.. I created the ADB firmware file (13MB) from the original firmware and I started Odin. I removed the battery of the phone to turn it off and I started it again in Download Mode. Then I connected it the phone to the PC and with Odin I flashed successfully the phone . Then I tried again the first tool but the result was the same.
Now when I connect the phone to the PC, I see it as a Device... it has the same name as before but there are no files inside...
I wanted to recover my contacts but now I lost everything I had on this device...
Could you please advice me what to do ? I really need my contacts back

After a recovery in Download Mode there are no files to recover anymore. Except on sd card, which you could simply insert elsewhere. This is the perfect procedure before sale, but the worst to recover personal data.

I followed a Youtube vid that got another S5 that wasn't broken and plugged the screen from that phone into the board that had the damaged screen. This was all done without having to physically remove the screens from the devices- just temporarily swapped the plugs/sockets with the phones side by side. When all my data was done transferring to my PC, I put things back where they should have been and that was that.

Need Debrick image / help?

Recently rooted my galaxy s10+, seemed to work fine at first, just the camera app causing the phone to crash, right now it's in a constant reboot loop where i can't enter recovery or download mode.
Phone is instantly rebooting when I plug in a usb cable so adb won't recognize the device nor will my pc in general.
Read up on a lot of threads online & what got recommended on older threads was booting from a debrick image off of your sd card, although i'm unsure if this'll work. regardless not that I can no longer boot the phone I'm unsure of how to generate this file to begin with, which is why I was hoping one of you guys might be able to help me out with generating or linking me to said debrick image.
Or if anyone knows of another way to possibly fix my phone, please do let me know.
Thanks in advance,
A galaxy s10+ user

I don't think there is a debrick image for the S10 or S10 plus. You might want to try flashing your stock firmware in Odin.

Not sure how I am supposed to flash it without having acces to Recovery or Download mode. Any suggestions

You can't get into recovery or download mode? Sounds like you might be hard bricked then. In that case, a phone repair shop might be your best bet.

Carry on with key combi v down and Bixby plus power
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