I need help recovering photos that were hidden in a "Secure Gallery" application. My old Samsung Galaxy S3's screen cracked and will turn on but will not display anything. I put the old Sd from said phone into my new replacement Gs3 but it didn't recover any of my photos or music or the photos inside the Secure Gallery app. I have tried plugging my old phone with the cracked screen into my computer via Usb and looking through files but I couldn't find anything. Any suggestions on how to recover the photos? I don't have the right tools to switch motherboards with my phones, either.
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Hey there. Well, the "Geeks" over at Best Buy deleted all the files off my Mac Pro and my Macbook. I'm devastated. So I've been looking through my old phones to try to recover as many photos as I can of my little boy & some other very important events. They were all backed up on the Macbook & Mac Pro. 4 years of pics & videos. Gone. *sigh*
I found my Nexus S and when I power it on it is stuck on a black screen. I know the device is on because the lights on the bottom are on. When I plug it in to my laptop (pc) I can see it in my Devices but I cannot see it as a drive, which is the way I used to transfer photos from the phone to my computers.
If I remember correctly (I've had 4 phones since I used this one) I had to swipe the screen down from the top to allow my computer to recognize it.
Is there any workaround for this since my screen is dead?
Thanks in advance for your help. <3
nik.g said:
Hey there. Well, the "Geeks" over at Best Buy deleted all the files off my Mac Pro and my Macbook. I'm devastated. So I've been looking through my old phones to try to recover as many photos as I can of my little boy & some other very important events. They were all backed up on the Macbook & Mac Pro. 4 years of pics & videos. Gone. *sigh*
I found my Nexus S and when I power it on it is stuck on a black screen. I know the device is on because the lights on the bottom are on. When I plug it in to my laptop (pc) I can see it in my Devices but I cannot see it as a drive, which is the way I used to transfer photos from the phone to my computers.
If I remember correctly (I've had 4 phones since I used this one) I had to swipe the screen down from the top to allow my computer to recognize it.
Is there any workaround for this since my screen is dead?
Thanks in advance for your help. <3
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You could try to use this method:
[GUIDE][Windows] Making backups with adb
but USB debugging must be turned on on the device...
Do you remember what version of Android was installed on your Nexus S?
One good way to recover deleted files from nexus S is to use android data recovery software, download from: Nexus data recovery
Nexus root toolkit.. Your phone is unlocked?
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Hey Guys, I have a weird situation that I can't find much info on (if the info exists, please point me in the right direction).
Recently my screen died on my Nexus 6P, Google sent me a new one under warranty and it will arrive in a few days, however I want to recover my data (particularly text messages, contacts, app data, and settings from the old phone before sending it back in.
As the phone sits now, the screen shows no display, however the digitizer works and I can unlock the phone with the fingerprint reader. The phone is running marshmallow and has not been rooted.
How would I go about either enabling MTP mode so I can transfer the files over USB, or turn on USB debugging without being able to view what I am doing? Is there a way to use voice commands to change settings? Is there any way to change these settings from a computer (doubt it).
Hi,
Try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
The experts there may be able to help.
Good luck!
My girls phone appears to have water damage. There is water visible in the camera lens. However, the water indicator sticker is still ok. T-mobile is replacing it under warranty. Before she sends it off she wanted to know if there was any way to get the images she had just taken off the phone. No external SD card. Only internal.
The phone will not boot past the black screen with samsung on it. It is bootlooping. I can get into recovery and thought I would be able to ADB pull the pictures folder but the only way I can get it to show in ADB Devices is to go to the sideload option. But from there all I get is the "error: closed" from any command. My adb and drivers are up to date but I havnt used a samsung phone in a few years.
Is there any way to get to the images stored on the phone before sending it back?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Im guessing the phone is stock running stock recovery? Ya I thnk if ADB is not working you're all out of options.
Not much help now, but in the future set up a drive or dropbox account for your GF that automatically uploads pics to the cloud. That being said, check her google drive/photos ? I know google used to harass me about their option to upload my camera shots to their servers all the time , maybe your girlfriend happened to do that one day?
Alright, so I just recently broke my phone so that my screen is completely black and won't respond to any touch. I have quite a few photos that I am trying to recover and transfer to my laptop, but can't do most obvious ways because of said screen damage. I had a friend suggest ADB but have no clue how to use it. Anyone have any ideas?
There are solutions, but they are not free
You can use a data recovery tool to install on your PC and access your phone through it. However, most of these tools cost.
Do NOT use Dr Fone or similar tools, they just wreck the OS
If you had lockscreen security enabled on the phone you would need some way to unlock it before copying via USB worked
If they're that important, get the screen fixed
Smart Switch might be able to make a backup but it's not very good
Hello. My mother has recently found her old Samsung Galaxy S7 and doesn't remember the pin. She has some very important photos (Baby Pictures, ETC) on the phone and needs to get them somehow. She has never turned on any development options or USB Debugging. I don't really know what else to post here because this is my first post. I was told by a friend that this forum could help
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Hello. My mother has recently found her old Samsung Galaxy S7 and doesn't remember the pin. She has some very important photos (Baby Pictures, ETC) on the phone and needs to get them somehow. She has never turned on any development options or USB Debugging. I don't really know what else to post here because this is my first post. I was told by a friend that this forum could help
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The only way to unlock without wiping data is to use Android Device Manager but you have to know the Google account and password the phone was using.
You can use Google DM on a pc to do this. Your phone must be charged and turned on with an active SIM.
If this does not work, a Samsung repair centre can unlock the device if you have proof of purchase.There is no way to unlock AND save your data if both the methods are not available to you.
You can as a last resort reset the device to use again but all data will be lost.
Also things to check first.
1. Often pictures are stored on the SD card in the phone, remove the card put it into an sd adapter or another phone and see if the pictures are stored there in the DCIM folder
2. Pin numbers are often dates of birthdays or bank card pin numbers etc ask your mum if this is the case it might jog her memory.