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Nexus S touchscreen died - how to get data off the phone?

My daughter's Nexus S touchscreen has died. It died slowly in that on the first few occasions she couild pop the battery and it would come back. Now it won't come back at all and is stuck on the pattern lock screen.
Before we send the phone for repair under warranty she is keen to get the photos off the phone since a repair might reset the phone. I was thinking we could mount the phone as a USB device but it doesn't show up perhaps because it won't until the pattern lock is entered else anybody could get data off your phone bypassing security.
Any other things we could try before giving up and hoping the repair doesn't delete all the data?
Thanks

Boot into recovery, make a nand then extract data through adb?

adb pull /sdcard/path-to-whatever

Can you explain the path to whatever? Like if I want it in folder "A" on the desktop.
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Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573744

treUse said:
adb pull /sdcard/path-to-whatever
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Out of interest I tried this on my GN. adb recognises the phone and adb devices shows the serial number. But adb pull /sdcard says invalid remote file. No idea what that means since using ES File Explorer sdcard is a valid directory on the phone (and I suppose it would also be on the Nexus S)

lchiu7 said:
Out of interest I tried this on my GN. adb recognises the phone and adb devices shows the serial number. But adb pull /sdcard says invalid remote file. No idea what that means since using ES File Explorer sdcard is a valid directory on the phone (and I suppose it would also be on the Nexus S)
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ADB "thought" you meant to copy a file.
To copy the entire sdcard directory you should do something like this:
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/ sdcard/backup/on/pc/
The command parameters are "adb pull <source> <destination>"
Just make sure source ends with a /

Maybe a Windows based software?? Droid Explorer, very useful.. http://de.codeplex.com/ :good:

Well I finally got the phone to play with. The screen indeed dead. I installed the Google USB drivers from the SDK and also the Samsung drivers.
When I boot the phone into the recovery menu I can run fastboot devices and see the following
????0AC4B09900?? fastboot (of course the ? are not there but I wanted to anonmyuse the serial)
So far so good.
In device manager under Android Phone it show Samsung Android ADB Interface
But if I try adb devices I get nothing.
Forgot to mention my daughter said USB Debugging was turned off but I am not sure that makes any difference and anyway, we can't boot Android to turn it on
So I select Recovery and see the Android with the exclamation mark. Windows beeps to indicate that some sort of devices has been installed,
But in Device Manager no phone shows which explains why adb can't fidn the phone but not why.
I can bring up the recovery menu but still no adb
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Boot into Fastboot and flash CWM Recovery.

RL77LUC said:
Boot into Fastboot and flash CWM Recovery.
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But it looks like I have to unlock the bootloader to do that and the phone is still under warranty so that would invalidate the warranty wouldn't it? She would like to get the data off the phone. A screen fix shouldn't zap the memory but you never know.

what this device installed CWM?? if installed cwm just bot it to cwm an goto mass storage

cukdus said:
what this device installed CWM?? if installed cwm just bot it to cwm an goto mass storage
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The phone is stock

lchiu7 said:
The phone is stock
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If you unlock the bootloader to flash CWM your memory will also be wiped, so you will loose all the photos you want to save, so don't do that.
Also if you have the USB debugging off, the ADB commands won't work. I'm afraid you're SOL, since you have the bootloader locked you can't flash a kernel with USB host, that would allow you to use a mouse to navigate in the phone and since you don't have USB debug you can't pull files from the "SDcard"... Better take it to the store and try to ask them if they can save the photos before they do anything to the phone, but i guess if it's a digitalizer problem, they won't mess with the NAND.

Check out http://www.moborobo.com/ and see if it works for you.
If you have root you have extended functionality, like control the device from the PC. But if i recall correctly, even without root you should be able to get your files.

[Q] Can a backup be done using ADB sideload?

My nexus 7 (2013) just did the stuck on X during start up thing. I have a bunch of photos from my vacation on it that I would like not to lose.
I've been reading up on adb and so far have installed the SDK and toolkit. My PC recognizes that my nexus is attached when I put it into adb sideload mode.
But I'm too new to know where to go from there. There is a lot out there about using the sideloader to do various things but haven't found anything that would help me so far.
Can I somehow use an adb backup command if install a zip file with the proper commands?
Is there a way to reinstall the OS via adb sideload to get the nexus running again without wiping the internal storage?
There have been some methods mentioned that involve have USB debugging enabled or the bootloader unlocked.
But I don't have USB debugging enabled and my bootloader is locked. I couldn't find a way to enable USB debugging without the nexus being able to start up. It looks like unlocking the bootloader requires a factory reset.

You can try to use adb to get your pictures. It's located in %sdk_folder%/platform-tools.
Simply use this command to get your files
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/Pictures /destination_folder
You can also push files to your sdcard while using the push command. I would try this to push a backup to the sdcard.
Are you able to get in recovery mode (CWM etc.)?

lective renzak
Most adb commands gives me "error:closed"
adb devices gives <serial number> sideload
I can upload a zip file via sideload. I just uploaded a zip file with an empty text document. It gave me an error that the update package failed which was expected.
I know nothing about update packages.
Is there one I could install that would get the nexus working without wiping out my pictures?

I was able to install an OTA update over the adb sideloader. So at least something is working.
I was hoping that installing the update would fix things but the nexus still gets stuck on X when starting up.
I'm wondering if I can insert something into the update installer script to do a backup or pull....
There is an install-recovery.sh script that I could potentially edit and then back up.
I there a command I could put into it that would do something equivalent to an adb pull or backup?

If anyone could give me a place to start, I'd really appreciate it.

I am in the same situation as you I have found nothing and only your posts on other forums!

If you have the stock configuration with usb debugging off and the bootloader locked, you're stuck. At least I couldn't figure out anything after many hours and weeks of asking. Had to bite the bullet and do a wipe. I rooted it when I did the wipe so I could try various recovery tools.
I tried dr fone and hexamob recovery and some other ones but no luck.
The nexus toolkit helped me out a bunch to try out adb commands and install a rooted system.
Sorry I don't have better news.
For backup services, I think shutterfly gives you unlimited photo only backups. For others you can do a combination of google drive, dropbox, amazon, etc. Amazon has some special thing for music I believe.

do u have the link for OTA zip file
AM struck at the same point with my Samsung note 3 . i need the link for ota update so that i can update my OS using ADB sideload . i tried downloading a zip file from sammobile but its gives me an error
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
i don't know what else i can do .
i tried DR fone i shows my pictures but never completes the backup process and shuts down.
plz help guys

What's your problem with the note 3? Solution likely different than my nexus issue. The Samsung phones do have a power button issue. Either doesn't work or gets stuck in the pressed position so when you try to start it continues to restart. If that's the case try fiddling around with power button. I find it helpful to pull the phone apart so I can get at the actual button.

i checked the power button is fine because it say up in recovery mode but keeps restarting in safe mode or normal mode. i need to either backup my data on the device using the recovery mode or update my device so that i can fix the corrupted OS. but when i try to do a OTA update using adb sideload and a zip file that i downloaded from sammobile it gives me this error :
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
. or just help me to backup my pictures using the recovery so that i can just do a factory reset any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Haha, got the same problems. But I do have USB Debugging on - does not help anything. Crazy, if you consider that files are there but you have to delete them in order to correct the stubbornness of the OEMs....

[Q] Bricked - Formatted Partitions with no OS to install

Hello guys, so before I go any further I'll say that I have spent two days attempting to figure out ways to get my self out of this trouble and I've come close, but no cigar. The limiting factor here is the inability to connect to a PC.
Ill begin with the intent: format all partitions to F2FS. I finished backing up all important data to cloud storage and what little I could to my PC (photos only). While I was able to connect my phone to the pc, all I could get it to recognize was as a camera device, not an MTP device, so I was limited as to what files I could back up (hence the cloud storage used for the rest). I tried many different drivers (LG mobile device drivers, Google USB driver, Installing google SDK tools, etc).
I admit that I messed up not realizing I would've needed to restore the f2fs roms previously downloaded in order to re-flash in TWRP. I went ahead and formatted the phone to F2FS and all I have is TWRP 2.7.1.1. I have tried mounting through TWRP in windows XP sp3 and also in windows 8, I can not get the phone to mount the internal SD card in order to drop an f2fs compatible rom to flash.
So I basically have a useless phone at the moment (TWRP and no OS). I was hoping there would be an option to flash a rom image using ODIN, but I can't seem to find any helpful instructions online. Any help at this moment would be greatly appreciated. I'll answer any questions I can.

murph187 said:
Hello guys, so before I go any further I'll say that I have spent two days attempting to figure out ways to get my self out of this trouble and I've come close, but no cigar. The limiting factor here is the inability to connect to a PC.
Ill begin with the intent: format all partitions to F2FS. I finished backing up all important data to cloud storage and what little I could to my PC (photos only). While I was able to connect my phone to the pc, all I could get it to recognize was as a camera device, not an MTP device, so I was limited as to what files I could back up (hence the cloud storage used for the rest). I tried many different drivers (LG mobile device drivers, Google USB driver, Installing google SDK tools, etc).
I admit that I messed up not realizing I would've needed to restore the f2fs roms previously downloaded in order to re-flash in TWRP. I went ahead and formatted the phone to F2FS and all I have is TWRP 2.7.1.1. I have tried mounting through TWRP in windows XP sp3 and also in windows 8, I can not get the phone to mount the internal SD card in order to drop an f2fs compatible rom to flash.
So I basically have a useless phone at the moment (TWRP and no OS). I was hoping there would be an option to flash a rom image using ODIN, but I can't seem to find any helpful instructions online. Any help at this moment would be greatly appreciated. I'll answer any questions I can.
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ODIN? This isn't a crappy Samsung device. Flash factory images with fastboot in bootloader, or adb push a flashable ROM zip to your internal storage and flash it in recovery. If you don't know how to do that, I don't know why you're messing with your device at all. If that's the case, first link of my signature for threads on how.

Lethargy said:
ODIN? This isn't a crappy Samsung device. Flash factory images with fastboot in bootloader, or adb push a flashable ROM zip to your internal storage and flash it in recovery.
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I've attempted to ADB push but I can't get my phone to be recognized. I've checked using "adb devices" also "fastboot devices" and had no luck. I'm currently on a windows 8 laptop (hardly productive, I'm used to windows 7). I would need to reformat the partitions to ext4 in order to fastboot flash stock images no?

murph187 said:
I've attempted to ADB push but I can't get my phone to be recognized. I've checked using "adb devices" also "fastboot devices" and had no luck. I'm currently on a windows 8 laptop (hardly productive, I'm used to windows 7).
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Theres a thread for diagnosing driver issues. You might have to disable signature enforcement on Win8.
Flashing factory images will reformat it to ext4, I'm pretty sure.
Also, there is hardly any UI difference in 8 compared to 7. Even the "start menu" is theoretically the same, just with a different layout. Pinned shortcuts and a list of shortcuts.. You can install a 3rd party start menu if you're someone that can't adapt to something new. Any complaints that "Windows 8 is terrible" are just stupid.

murph187 said:
I've attempted to ADB push but I can't get my phone to be recognized. I've checked using "adb devices" also "fastboot devices" and had no luck. I'm currently on a windows 8 laptop (hardly productive, I'm used to windows 7). I would need to reformat the partitions to ext4 in order to fastboot flash stock images no?
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Make your suffer short. Try lg flashtool. Link in my signature.

bitdomo said:
Make your suffer short. Try lg flashtool. Link in my signature.
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Your method worked thank you very much! Mod can close thread.

Moto G 2013 (xt1033) with no OS, can't adb push/sideload rom.

I have a Moto G xt1033 with no operating system.
I can recognize the device using fastboot devices and adb devices. (drivers are installed properly)
CWM recovery is installed properly.
There's no operating system and the sdcard is empty.
When I try to use the command adb push to get the rom.zip into the sd card (or data/media folder) it just won't work, it will give me a 'protocol failure' after a couple of seconds.
When I try to use the command adb sideload it will immediately crash (at 2%) and give me the error: failed to write data 'protocol fault <no status>'.
I've also tried to install a stock rom using flashing through fastboot, but it also failed.
Anyone has any idea of how I can save this phone?

It sounds like something is not right with your ADB / Fastboot setup. What operating system is on the PC / Laptop?
You might want to try reinstalling ADB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790​
Alternatively, a quick way to get access to Recovery Mode ADB is to use Linux, either as a LiveCD or full install. The command to install ADB / Fastboot on Ubuntu is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot​

Thanks for the tips, my computer's OS is Windows 7, but the problem was related to my computer's front USB ports, all 6 of them. As soon as I connected to one of my back USB port it worked.. Most likely because my front ports are 2.0 and the back ones 3.0. Never thought it would make a difference in this case, kinda feel stupid for having wasted so much time looking for a solution when it was so simple.
Thanks for the reply anyway @lost101.

XT1032
Am experiencing the same problem,
unable to sideload/push stock rom gets stuck on push at 31%
Recovery CMW, able to boot into recovery
getvar=all, i don't even have imei shown in that!
pls help me fix it...
Thanks a load in advance

As soon as I select 'ADB sideload' on TWRP, the phone is no longer recognized by the desktop computer nor ADB.exe...
But when I select cancel, the device is then recognized. This is version 3.3.1-0
Edit: It seems to only logical solution is to use 'adb push [image_name] /sdcard/.'

OP6 bootloop, pc cannot find op6drive when in twrp

hey guys,
I was on stock 8.1 oxygen 5.1.8 rooted magisk with exposed installed, everything worked fine !
Untill I flashed https://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony-themes-apps/8-0-8-1-t3822594 I flashed the first zip file (8.0-8.1 black theme), after restart the phone is stuck in the oxygen bootscreen. Just to be safe before flashing I also put the uninstall zip file, so I flashed the uninstall zip file, but the phone is still stuck in the oxygen boot screen.
The big problem is, I have some data on my phone which i which to retrieve, I can enter into twrp but when connecting to the pc, the pc does not find my op6 drive. How can I fix this, the data is really important on the op6 which i would like to retrieve to my pc.
I hope someone can help me out here.

TWRP doesn't support MTP for now. So use:
adb pull /sdcard
It will download all files from Your internal storage to Your PC.
Just make sure that You have minimal adb installed on Your PC, and then run that command in PowerShell/CMD or Terminal.

ProtoDeVNan0 said:
TWRP doesn't support MTP for now. So use:
adb pull /sdcard
It will download all files from Your internal storage to Your PC.
Just make sure that You have minimal adb installed on Your PC, and then run that command in PowerShell/CMD or Terminal.
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thnx for response, but could you just tell me in steps what I should do to retrieve my internal data without moving all the files from the phone to pc, the most important files are only the pictures and videos I shot. Is there a way to select specific folders that I would like to transport to my pc ?

There's an mtp enabled unofficial twrp version that you could boot from fastboot:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-2-0-touch-recovery-t3813317

comicbookguy72 said:
There's an mtp enabled unofficial twrp version that you could boot from fastboot:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-2-0-touch-recovery-t3813317
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thnx but i am already transfering all the files from my 128gb through the adb pull, I already extracted around 55gb, I think in one hour it should be done.
Anyways, I am really gratefull for the help I received, I hope to see a stable twrp with mtp ^^,