need help retrieving files from my broken Vibrant - General Topics

i just recently dropped my first generation Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant on the ground. most of the screen went black and i am unable to login into the phone. i am trying to figure out how to retrieve my photos off of the phone's on-board hard drive
i installed the Android SDK on my mac (running 10.6.8) and then installed ADB
i am able to put my phone in recovery mode by plugging it onto my mac and using ADB by running "./adb reboot recovery"
but when i run "./adb devices" it does not recognize my device
usb debugging is enabled on my phone.
i also do not have EasyTetherUSBEthernet installed on my mac
any help getting this to work would be much appreciated.

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[Q] Nexus S not responding in fastboot

Hi all,
I am noticing something with nexus s.
When in recovery or in normal homescreen, my nexus s communicates properly with adb commands
But there seems to be no communication from the nexus s when in fastboot mode.
Everytime I enter a fastboot command, I always get a "waiting for device" and nothing happens.
Am I missing something?
Thanks.
Heeter
If your PC is running Linux then you will need to be root.
No I am running windows 7
I got the Android 1.0 driver. Windows Device manager recognizes that my phone is hooked up,
But when I type in "fastboot devices" it is not listed there.
Thanks
Heeter
When I hook up my Nexus S in fastboot mode, I see this at the bottom:
Code:
USB Control Init
USB Control Init End
STANDARD_SET_CONFIGURATION
Everytime I unplug/replug USB wire, another "STANDARD_SET_CONFIGURATION" line gets added
I type "fastboot devices" into fastboot, and my Nexus S does not show up.
The phone is currently unlocked, but I would like to lock to reset it and start from factory rogers setup again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Heeter
You need to install "PDAnet"...search pdanet on yahoo and you will find the website to download it....it has the right drivers for your computer to communicate with your phone.
download it...and before you install it...make sure your phone is connected to your computer and in fastboot mode.
after install your phone will work in fastboot mode..you do not need to install pdanet on your phone
::thanks??::
rubbamade said:
You need to install "PDAnet"...search pdanet on yahoo and you will find the website to download it....it has the right drivers for your computer to communicate with your phone.
download it...and before you install it...make sure your phone is connected to your computer and in fastboot mode.
after install your phone will work in fastboot mode..you do not need to install pdanet on your phone
::thanks??::
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I do have that already, rubbamade.
My Device Mangler is recognizing Android 1.0, and has the drivers for that I took from PDAnet.
The PDAnet itself couldn't install properly, so I extracted the drivers from the package and manually installed them through the Device Mangler.
I still cannot connect to fastboot.
Heeter
I am moving back to Debian,
Had enough of Windows.
Only moved to it because I bought Crysis2 on Steam.
Never had a problem with SDK, ADB and fastboot, until I was on Windows.
Thanks again,
Heeter
I guess you made your decision already in getting rid of windows lol. Anyway goodluck with the fastboot issue. And I hope the 3G issue is looooooog gone from your life. Take it easy
Arnel
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk
LOLOL,
A whole bunch of thanks for that radio to you again
Heeter
Good choice ditching windows. Lol
Offtopic: how is debian compared to Ubuntu concerning repo n 3rd party drivers? Seriously considering switching to debian since Ubuntu adopted the crapy Unity
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk
The driver isnt right if your phone wont show. You have to let windows find the correct driver out of the drivers you point it to. Either point it to x64 or x86 directory only. No further. Windows will find it.
Go to the fastboot thread in development and get the drivers.
Uncle Jimmy says hello
Heeter, it's maybe a bit late but unless you're really strapped for disk space you can keep Windows and create a separate partition for Linux, using the grub bootloader to choose between the two. I'm a Linux user myself (mostly Arch but I love to test most new distros) but I have lots of disk space and I keep an up-to-date Windows 7 installed for testing purposes and gaming.
Since - I have to admit it - I suck at most games, my Windows doesn't get used much but I don't begrudge the space it takes up. On Debian you should have less trouble with the adk and drivers - here's a good post at Howtoforge about using the adk http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-an-android-app-build-environment-with-eclipse-android-sdk-phonegap-debian-squeeze
Heeter said:
I am moving back to Debian,
Had enough of Windows.
Only moved to it because I bought Crysis2 on Steam.
Never had a problem with SDK, ADB and fastboot, until I was on Windows.
Thanks again,
Heeter
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First, just uninstall your Android 1.0 device driver completely and...
All you need to do is connect to USB at the standard Android homescreen (with debugging on), then in command prompt, make sure it loads properly in ADB when fully booted...
"adb reboot bootloader" and let PDANet work its magic, it will pull your drivers and install for you. If you disconnect, it will not pull the right driver.
bender_123 said:
First, just uninstall your Android 1.0 device driver completely and...
All you need to do is connect to USB at the standard Android homescreen (with debugging on), then in command prompt, make sure it loads properly in ADB when fully booted...
"adb reboot bootloader" and let PDANet work its magic, it will pull your drivers and install for you. If you disconnect, it will not pull the right driver.
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I tried that like 50 flippin times! everytime, PDAnet stays locked up during the pulling driver area. I have come back half hour later, still not complete. Then, when I unplug the cable, it spits out an error, and uninstalls itself.
What I ended up doing was, during the PDAnet install, it creats a root folder in C:/Program Files/PDAnet (or whatever it is). Now when it got stuck there, I went into that root folder, copied the "usb-win" driver package from there and set it aside. Then I went into the Device Mangler, and right clicked and manually installed the PDAnet driver.
Hiya Gun26, Thanks for that link. I am actually a site supporter on that site, if you search up "Heeter" over there. Been for a couple of years now.
I guess I could go back to dual booting, haven't done that in a long while either.
Heeter
That was just a suggestion about the dual booting - if you enjoy gaming, why give it up? Linux and Mac may be great (and BSD let's not forget) but for gaming it's either Windows or a console. I don't think you'll have any trouble with the adk and drivers on Debian. Good to hear about your connection to Howto Forge - it's a really useful site.
Thanks for that Gun,
I haven't had time to move back to Debian, and I really do like gaming once in a while.
I should be up and running dual boot this weekend.
Thanks again, guys.
Heeter
i'm having this same problem, it's rather annoying

[Q] Phone not recognized by computer

Alright, here goes my first post. I have lingered in these forums for awhile, and have always found what I needed. This is the first time my searching on here, as well as google, has let me down.
To clarify, if I connect to my computer and have USB Mass Storage on, I can see it, move files to it and everything. My problem is, I am using my old phone (P500) to learn and practice ADB (I own a GNEX), and would like to install CWM via ADB, but I need to move files to the root of my sd.. but my phone won't show up if it's in debugging mode!
I have the drivers installed, and used a toolkit to root (worked fine, no errors). Am I missing something here or is there another issue?
Info:
Windows 7 64bit
Telus Mobility (Canada)
Model: LG-P500h
Android 2.3.3 (stock)
stock kernel
MissBizz said:
Alright, here goes my first post. I have lingered in these forums for awhile, and have always found what I needed. This is the first time my searching on here, as well as google, has let me down.
To clarify, if I connect to my computer and have USB Mass Storage on, I can see it, move files to it and everything. My problem is, I am using my old phone (P500) to learn and practice ADB (I own a GNEX), and would like to install CWM via ADB, but I need to move files to the root of my sd.. but my phone won't show up if it's in debugging mode!
I have the drivers installed, and used a toolkit to root (worked fine, no errors). Am I missing something here or is there another issue?
Info:
Windows 7 64bit
Telus Mobility (Canada)
Model: LG-P500h
Android 2.3.3 (stock)
stock kernel
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Since the device is not getting detected with USB Debugging enabled it's safe to assume a bad driver installation. To verify tho, enable USB Debugging on the device and connect it to your PC. Go to Device Manager. Somewhere towards the top, assuming the drivers were installed will be a device "ADB Interface" with a subitem "Android Platform Sooner Single ADB Interface" or something similiar. If the "ADB Interface" item isn't there then the drivers weren't installed correctly. Uninstall them. Reboot computer. Rerun driver installation program. When it finished, reboot your PC. Power off the device. Connect it to your PC. Power on the device and let all drivers install. You should be good to go from here.
If you'd like a good known set of LGE USB drivers, download Android Flash Recovery, link is in my signature. Hope this helps.
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Oh, and Welcome to XDA

[Q] [CM11] Can't find my Moto G via USB, ADB, Fastboot

Hello there,
I'm running CM11 20141223 NIGHTLY on my XT1033, and everything is working fine so far, with the exeception of USB communication. I develop my stuff on my desktop, which is running W7. Consider the following scenarios:
1) If I plug it in MTP mode (debugging deactivated), it won't find. Windows tries to install a USB Composite Device driver and fails.
2) If I plug it in PTP mode (debugging still deactivated), Windows installs a Moto G driver and access the DCIM camera folder normally (that's what I've been using to "push" files into it, and then move it with file manager with temp su access).
3) In both MTP and PTP mode, but with debugging activated, Windows detects it as a USB Composite Device. On Device Manager it shows up with the yellow triangle warning icon, but I can't seem to update it (tried with the extra Android drivers that comes with ADT).
4) Neither adb nor fastboot can detect the device. Which is weird because on my notebook, running windows 8.1, I got the same situation but adb (only, fastboot still can't) can detect it.
5) I also installed Koush universal ADB Drivers on both machines.
Does anyone have some insight on the matter? Should I get rid of Koush?
I don't intend on upgrading to CM12 anytime soon. In fact, I did it some weeks ago, but I'm more confortable with CM11 so I rolled back to it.
Hoping it's okay to bump my thread after a month.
Does anyone know what to do in this situation?
Thanks!
jorge_quintanilha said:
Hello there,
I'm running CM11 20141223 NIGHTLY on my XT1033, and everything is working fine so far, with the exeception of USB communication. I develop my stuff on my desktop, which is running W7. Consider the following scenarios:
1) If I plug it in MTP mode (debugging deactivated), it won't find. Windows tries to install a USB Composite Device driver and fails.
2) If I plug it in PTP mode (debugging still deactivated), Windows installs a Moto G driver and access the DCIM camera folder normally (that's what I've been using to "push" files into it, and then move it with file manager with temp su access).
3) In both MTP and PTP mode, but with debugging activated, Windows detects it as a USB Composite Device. On Device Manager it shows up with the yellow triangle warning icon, but I can't seem to update it (tried with the extra Android drivers that comes with ADT).
4) Neither adb nor fastboot can detect the device. Which is weird because on my notebook, running windows 8.1, I got the same situation but adb (only, fastboot still can't) can detect it.
5) I also installed Koush universal ADB Drivers on both machines.
Does anyone have some insight on the matter? Should I get rid of Koush?
I don't intend on upgrading to CM12 anytime soon. In fact, I did it some weeks ago, but I'm more confortable with CM11 so I rolled back to it.
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Have you tried Motorola's drivers? It installs separate drivers for adb, fastboot, mtp. https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/prod_detail/a_id/97326/p/30,6720,9050

factory reset / wiping data from Z3 via ADB (windows/os x)

hey,
a couple of months ago I dropped my phone, damaging the touchscreen (unresponsive & dark since then). However, the rest of the device seems to work. A couple of weeks ago, I plugged the device into my PC and saved my stuff from the SD card. In the meantime, I updated my PC from win7 (x64) to windows 10 and now the device does not show up any more in the windows explorer.
I tried to connect it to my girlfriends PC (win7 x64) and here, the device shows up but is "empty" (no files & folders visible).
I downloaded Android SDK on both machines and tried to run ADB commands like "adb devices", but it won't show the device on either of the two machines.
Next, I tried to do it on my macbook. After downloading Java and Android SDK, I navigated to the folder in the terminal and tried to run "adb devices", but all I get is the response "-bash: adb: command not found"
the phone is connected to the machines and USB debugging on the phone should be enabled (otherwise I would not have been able to save my stuff from the SD card previously, right?)
what am I doing wrong?
thanks for any advice

Adb devices show blank after Twrp wipe

I am actually following the steps from the pwnieexpress guide to build my own pwn phone, in an attempt to build my own pwn phone. With no malicious intent, I'm trying to build up my pentest skills on the go.
I'm currently on Windows 7 using the android sdk. Fastboot devices manage to return my device but on step 13, my adb devices shows blank in the list of devices.
When I plugged in my wiped out nexus 5, device manager shows the Google nexus adb driver, but I cannot seem to get the adb devices to show my device.
I tried restarting the adb server and reconnecting my device to multiple USB ports but doesn't seem to work.
Any ideas? I've yet to try on a different machine, but could it be a problem with the ports?
Looking forward for any help available.
Don't slam me for asking the obvious, but do you have USB debugging ticked on in the os settings? You may have to go through an update of the android composite adb interface drivers via device manager. Just choose to browse computer, pick from a list, then run the update on each item listed. This doesn't install anything new but does seem to reset drivers. Beyond that, can't help.
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Fixed. Seem to be a problem with the usb drives on my home PC, it failed to detect the device during adb devices. Weird, as fastboot seemed to work out well.
I basically installed the drivers in another machine and adb devices and adb push .. /sdcard/ worked just fine.
Thanks!

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