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[Q] Get picture and data from S3 Locked broken screen

First off, Mark great program. I'e searched the tread and didn't find this question.
I have a Verizon S3 I535 4.1.1 and want to retrieve my pictures and data from the phone. Currently the screen broke so I can't unlock the phone password nor can I put the phone in USB debugging mode. Is there a way I can use this app to retrieve my data?
Thanks

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AltecBX said:
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Can't you just plug it into your USB port? I don't have mine in USB debug mode and I can just open an explorer window and navigate to the device.

Just_AGuy said:
Can't you just plug it into your USB port? I don't have mine in USB debug mode and I can just open an explorer window and navigate to the device.
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I do have it plugged in to the USB port, I just can't access any files but the pre-loaded drivers that on it. I need to first unlock my phone to see the files in it.

I'm just trying to get important pictures off the phone.

Can someone help me out. These are my new born pics from the hospital.

Couldn't you grab the SDK tools, then use the command:
ADB pull \sdcard\DCIM
(or wherever your pictures are located, for me it's \0\SDcard\DCIM because I'm on 4.2)
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every gavenel
I don't know how to do that. This is a screen shot I get when I open Samsung GS3 Toolkit.
Also is another screenshot of what happens when I plug the phone to the computer

AltecBX said:
First off, Mark great program. I'e searched the tread and didn't find this question.
I have a Verizon S3 I535 4.1.1 and want to retrieve my pictures and data from the phone. Currently the screen broke so I can't unlock the phone password nor can I put the phone in USB debugging mode. Is there a way I can use this app to retrieve my data?
Thanks
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open back cover, take out sd card, plug in sd card reader, profit. its in dcim

dragon1357 said:
open back cover, take out sd card, plug in sd card reader, profit. its in dcim
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it doesn't have a SD card. The baby pictures are in the internal memory.

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Can Anyone please help me out with this...

AltecBX said:
Can Anyone please help me out with this...
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Dude. Learn how to use adb. Problem solved. You're not going to get a simpler or easier answer than that.
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Did you try to reinstall the USB drives?
I had an issue recently that when I plugged my S3 into my computer noting came up. Reinstalling the drives fixed it for me.
If you haven't already tried, you could installing Kies. You can get to your phones from that.
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thebeastglasser said:
Couldn't you grab the SDK tools, then use the command:
ADB pull \sdcard\DCIM
(or wherever your pictures are located, for me it's \0\SDcard\DCIM because I'm on 4.2)
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^^^ This
You only need to know a few linux commands id you don't know where your files are located.
adb help will give you a list of commands.
to test if your are able to connect, type adb devices
it will return you phone device number if attached properly.
Use adb shell
This will open a shell so you can cd to directories to find that files and path you need.
Then use as stated above adb pull <location> <remote>

Guys, I don't have my phone is USB debug mode. My phone was locked when the screen cracked. I've installed Samsung Kies for the Samsung drivers, I installed the Samsung drivers from their website, I've also installed the drivers from the phone when plugged in through USB, which is the only thing I see.
-Ajrty33 - I've tried using ADB, but it doesn't recognize a phone connected in the computer. Keeps coming up with nothing found. My understanding is that you need USB Debugging enabled to have it detect the phone, no?
-Just_AGuy - I've tried using the ADB Linux commands to detect the phone. it comes up with nothing. What else can I try?
--Thanks for the help people...I'm really appreciating it

AltecBX said:
-Just_AGuy - I've tried using the ADB Linux commands to detect the phone. it comes up with nothing. What else can I try?
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When you type adb devices, does it just come back with "List of devices attached" then nothing under that?
If it doesn't list any devices, you have bigger problems.
Have you tried different USB port too? I've seen issues with USB3 port not working with odin and the Motorola equivalent RSD lite.
It still could be drivers. I had issue with mine a while ago. I tried reinstalling them and it appeared to install but didn't properly. I had to reboot the computer a couple times and reboot the phone.
As a last resort you might bring it to Verizon and see if they can get the files off for you.

It comes up with no device found. I tried another USB port and nothing. I've tried connecting my wife's phone and it works on all USB ports.
It did install new drivers when I connected her phone and it's the same model.

That's too bad. It sounds like you have hardware issues. Take it to the techs at the Verizon store, I don't think even they can screw it up more.

I just tried installing Kies on my work computer. After doing so, the computer didn't recognize my phone. I rebooted both the computer and the phone. The computer still didn't see the phone.
I shut off the phone and did a battery pull. Then restarted the phone and plugged in the USB cable. The computer recognized the phone and reinstalled the drivers.
Try it.

Just_AGuy said:
I just tried installing Kies on my work computer. After doing so, the computer didn't recognize my phone. I rebooted both the computer and the phone. The computer still didn't see the phone.
I shut off the phone and did a battery pull. Then restarted the phone and plugged in the USB cable. The computer recognized the phone and reinstalled the drivers.
Try it.
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I tried that. I then installed in other computer running Windows 7 64bit, same issue.

Locked tablet - Pattern, wifi off

Hi,
Yesterday my friend had fun with my pattern on the lockscreen at playtime. When I came back, saw that my tablet is locked and the only way to unlock it is to log in the Google account. I know my login and password, but WiFi in my TF700T is off. Is there a possible solution to unlock my Asus without any data loss? If not, maybe I can copy my files from tablet to sd-card or computer?
My tablet is:
-locked
-rooted
-Wi-Fi off
-USB Debugging off
-official Asus Android JB
I would be very pleased if You could help me with this abysmal problem
Patrick
P.S. Sorry for my poor English ​

kyrtap10 said:
Hi,
Yesterday my friend had fun with my pattern on the lockscreen at playtime. When I came back, saw that my tablet is locked and the only way to unlock it is to log in the Google account. I know my login and password, but WiFi in my TF700T is off. Is there a possible solution to unlock my Asus without any data loss? If not, maybe I can copy my files from tablet to sd-card or computer?
My tablet is:
-locked
-rooted
-Wi-Fi off
-USB Debugging off
-official Asus Android JB
I would be very pleased if You could help me with this abysmal problem
Patrick
P.S. Sorry for my poor English ​
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799

buhohitr said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800799
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Thanks for reply, but I have USB Debugging off so I can't use this metods. When I try to do something by the adb, it shows me "Device not found"

If your data is on MicroSD you can copy it. If you use Device Tracker, You will lose Asus Support (because rooted). If you had USB Debbuging On, you would break password. There's only 1 way. When tablet is off, please push Vol- & PWR and wipe data in bootloader menu.

Hazard17 said:
If your data is on MicroSD you can copy it. If you use Device Tracker, You will lose Asus Support (because rooted). If you had USB Debbuging On, you would break password. There's only 1 way. When tablet is off, please push Vol- & PWR and wipe data in bootloader menu.
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My data is in internal storage, I didn't register my device into Device Tracker, and I have USB Debugging off. It means, that I haven't any hope to unlock my tablet without data loss? :/

Doesn't plugging in the TF700 to a Windows computer open it up as external media? Then you can browse to your files and copy them over to your computer's drive.

originalnabisco said:
Doesn't plugging in the TF700 to a Windows computer open it up as external media? Then you can browse to your files and copy them over to your computer's drive.
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Yes it opens, but I can see there my files only if screen in tablet is unlocked.

do you have the dock or know someone with the dock you can simply press the wifi button if you do

nhsccdp said:
do you have the dock or know someone with the dock you can simply press the wifi button if you do
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I tryed to turn wifi on with keyboard, but tablet had to be unlocked.
I think that this thread can be close because today I did Wipe Data. In the future, I will be doing more backups of my files..
Thanks everybody trying to help me!

[Q] Is The Encryption Breakable? (4.2.1)

Hello everyone,
A device of mine fell into the hands of someone whom I'd rather it didn't. This person is computer literate enough to try something. I have encrypted my phone, which is running CM10.1 (an android 4.2.1 variant), and have employed a password (not a pin code).
I wonder how secure the encryption function is. From poking around the net, I've learned that if one can obtain access to the phone's system partition, one can grab the password database/hash, desalt it, and run a brute force on it. This is assuming that one can get into the phone and grab that file, which is not possible from recovery at least (mount operations are apparently protected by encryption). My bootloader is unlocked. I wonder how worried I need to be.
Note that I'm not asking for instructions on how to crack through a phone's password screen; I'm merely asking if it would be possible so that I can know how secure my data is. What do you guys think?
Cheers

If you had Enabled USB Debugging then he can easily get access to your Files.He Just needs to pull them on his computer which is very much possible.Or if you had a custom recovery he can create a Nandroid and then get access.But if you dont have a Custom recovery or USB Debugging enabled then it should be hard but not impossible.

manasgirdhar said:
If you had Enabled USB Debugging then he can easily get access to your Files.He Just needs to pull them on his computer which is very much possible.Or if you had a custom recovery he can create a Nandroid and then get access.But if you dont have a Custom recovery or USB Debugging enabled then it should be hard but not impossible.
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Hi, thanks for that.
I flashed ClockWorkMod recovery so that I could flash ROMs to the phone. It's possible to reboot into the recovery menu, but because it's encrypted, there's no way to mount the USB storage and push files to the phone. If USB debugging is disabled, would it suffice to keep CWM on the phone?

Broken screen, need to get data off

OK, a friend of mine's girlfriend's daughter (insert Spaceballs joke) broke the screen on her One S. She wants him to get the data off her phone (likely pictures and whatever else). Does anyone know of a way to do this? The bootloader isn't unlocked, which apparently makes a difference. I've never touched a HTC device before, so I don't know if there are any quirks, but there seem to be.

Few windows programs( Android Manager, Android Commander) will let you access the sd card, and adb commands will do it too if you have usb debugging enable. Look like you are on stock recovery. Is been so long time since I use stock recovery that I do not remember if you can have the "usb mount" in there. When you plug the phone into computer, can you access the sd card?

liesnomore said:
Few windows programs( Android Manager, Android Commander) will let you access the sd card, and adb commands will do it too if you have usb debugging enable. Look like you are on stock recovery. Is been so long time since I use stock recovery that I do not remember if you can have the "usb mount" in there. When you plug the phone into computer, can you access the sd card?
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No, hence the question. No offense, but if it was that easy, I wouldn't have posted this question...
It may not be booting up correctly or something, but without a working screen he can't tell. Or she may have a security code or pattern, which would prevent you from accessing the SD until it's unlocked. But either way, if the phone is booted up, you can't see the SD. And even if the stock recovery has a Mount USB option...well, the screen is busted, so he can't see that option or select it.
The only possibility I can see is if it can be booted into the bootloader, and do an ADB pull for whatever files she wants. But apparently to do an ADB pull (or for ADB to even recognize the device, according to him), the bootloader has to be unlocked first?

Android Manager will let you bypass the security as long as usb debugging is enable. Hard to tell. I had that problem with my friend phone, but he had the usb debugging enable. I wish that I could help you more - I know "that pain" of busted screen. Try that Android Manager. Is free - nothing to loose but time searching for it on xda. I forgot the link.

USB Connection Issues

I just rooted my s8+ with partcyborg's samfail and everything is working great except the usb isn't being recognized. I can see my phone on my computer and I can move files to my desktop but on my phone I get this message - "The connected device is unable to access data on this device. Reconnect the USB cable and try again." I have USB debugging enabled in settings. I'm using windows 10. ADB is up to date. I installed the samsung USB drivers. The device isn't recognized in kies or smart switch.
I'm at a total loss here. Any ideas? Could this be related to the 80% battery bug I was seeing? It's been at 80% for a while now.
Apologies if this is an obvious fix. I haven't rooted a phone since kitkat I looked around but the other threads weren't helpful.

chikichiken said:
I just rooted my s8+ with partcyborg's samfail and everything is working great except the usb isn't being recognized. I can see my phone on my computer and I can move files to my desktop but on my phone I get this message - "The connected device is unable to access data on this device. Reconnect the USB cable and try again." I have USB debugging enabled in settings. I'm using windows 10. ADB is up to date. I installed the samsung USB drivers. The device isn't recognized in kies or smart switch.
I'm at a total loss here. Any ideas? Could this be related to the 80% battery bug I was seeing? It's been at 80% for a while now.
Apologies if this is an obvious fix. I haven't rooted a phone since kitkat I looked around but the other threads weren't helpful.
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So what do you wanna do with your USB connection? Just MTP (e.g. transfer files like you would when connecting a USB-Stick to PC) or you wanna do some ADB operations?
If you just want to transfer files, there's no need to have USB-Debugging enabled (in fact this is kind of a security risk when you connect to an unknown pc)

jaannnis said:
So what do you wanna do with your USB connection? Just MTP (e.g. transfer files like you would when connecting a USB-Stick to PC) or you wanna do some ADB operations?
If you just want to transfer files, there's no need to have USB-Debugging enabled (in fact this is kind of a security risk when you connect to an unknown pc)
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I'm trying to use the phone as a bootable drive because my USB stick was stolen. I want to put a linux distro on my laptop.

chikichiken said:
I'm trying to use the phone as a bootable drive because my USB stick was stolen. I want to put a linux distro on my laptop.
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In the past I used an app on play store call drive droid to boot linux.....
I have the same issue on mine and have not found a fix been looking for a while i kinda just gave up

TheMadScientist said:
In the past I used an app on play store call drive droid to boot linux.....
I have the same issue on mine and have not found a fix been looking for a while i kinda just gave up
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Yeah I've been trying to use drivedroid but it says there are issues with the mass storage. I'm going to send the dev a message with the ROM and see if there's anything he can do. For now just gonna flash back to stock

chikichiken said:
Yeah I've been trying to use drivedroid but it says there are issues with the mass storage. I'm going to send the dev a message with the ROM and see if there's anything he can do. For now just gonna flash back to stock
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I'm sure he has looked into it. I talk to him quite a bit now that I think about it I have not heard nothing about it