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[Q] Screen doesnt work - how to access data?

Hello,
I dropped my phone today, and LCD screen cracked - so while the phone is working (buttons light up, vibrate feedback works), i cant access my data.
What can i do/how can i access the data on the internal storage without changing the screen?
Phone is Galaxy S i9000,rooted with SlimRom (Android 4.1.1)
Thank you very much

phemark said:
Hello,
I dropped my phone today, and LCD screen cracked - so while the phone is working (buttons light up, vibrate feedback works), i cant access my data.
What can i do/how can i access the data on the internal storage without changing the screen?
Phone is Galaxy S i9000,rooted with SlimRom (Android 4.1.1)
Thank you very much
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If you have USB Debugging enabled then you can use ADB to pull the files. If not then you're stuffed.

phemark said:
Hello,
I dropped my phone today, and LCD screen cracked - so while the phone is working (buttons light up, vibrate feedback works), i cant access my data.
What can i do/how can i access the data on the internal storage without changing the screen?
Phone is Galaxy S i9000,rooted with SlimRom (Android 4.1.1)
Thank you very much
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You may connect your phone to PC, where you can access you data.

USB Debugging is not checked
And how can I connect it to PC, to access internal SD files?

phemark said:
USB Debugging is not checked
And how can I connect it to PC, to access internal SD files?
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Unless you have set the phone up to automatically mount as a storage device on connection, I can't think of any way you can possibly get access to the file system without ADB

SimonTS said:
Unless you have set the phone up to automatically mount as a storage device on connection, I can't think of any way you can possibly get access to the file system without ADB
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I see....
Any way of deleting/formating/clearing everything from a phone then?

phemark said:
I see....
Any way of deleting/formating/clearing everything from a phone then?
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Giant electromagnet? Microwave oven (don't try it at home)? Industrial hard-drive shredded? Sledgehammer?

SimonTS said:
Unless you have set the phone up to automatically mount as a storage device on connection, I can't think of any way you can possibly get access to the file system without ADB
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SimonTS said:
Giant electromagnet? Microwave oven (don't try it at home)? Industrial hard-drive shredded? Sledgehammer?
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yea.. all spectacular suggestions...
any more?

SimonTS said:
Giant electromagnet? Microwave oven (don't try it at home)? Industrial hard-drive shredded? Sledgehammer?
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A magnet won't wipe the flash memory .

Here's what you can do assuming you have a custom recovery.
1. Pull the battery
2. Re insert, Attempt to blindly boot into recovery mode
3. adb shell
4. You now have access and can pull the files from your phone./

does anyone know exact steps, that i can do blind, in order to mount sd card and access from pc?
like:
1) hold volume down+middle+power
2) two down, enter
3) 1 doen enter
4) 5 down enter
mounted
?
I was on 4.1.1, slim rom

[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.

malware in my motorola

Hi.
First of all sorry for my english.
I have the malware FBI/interpol/police virus in my computer (i dont know the name in other countries but it makes my tablet useless, i cant tap buttons or perform any device because it only apears a page that told me that i have to pay a certain amount of money to unlock)
i try to reset my tablet to fabric mode but when i enter in the recovery mode i cant do the restore to fabric mode and practically anything (wipe data/wipe cache) because the tablet shows a message telling that E: cant mount cache/log and another 4 items similar.
I supose that a solution can be connect the tablet to my pc but i cant enter in usb debugging so i cant use mobile device programs that can remove that malware of my computer
I have the MZ601 model
Thanks and again sorry for my english!

hi!
i fix my problem using cmd and sdk because i foud a blog that explain how to reset our tablet and you only need an usb cable and be able to enter in fastboot mode.
im not sure if you can put external links in this forum but if someone have similar problems (i think it can be used if you have your tablet bricked) y can send the link or put it here if it is posibble

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