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[Completed] [GUIDE] Recover Data with Broken Screen and USB Debugging Disabled

A friend of mine just dropped her phone and the LCD stopped working (no cracks, tactile was still working), her phone (Oneplus X) was running stock, unrooted and USB Debugging was disabled, so none of the available solutions were useful in this case. I almost lost hope after reading everywhere that there was not much left to be done when USB Debugging was diabled, so I tried a different approach.
There are a bunch of software that claim they can recover data but they all need USB Debugging to be enabled, so this was a big barrier. After a few tries I finally came up with a solution that I think can help anyone facing a similar situation. In my case I did all this blindly tapping on the blank screen, if your screen is more damaged you can use an OTG cable and a mouse or keyboard, you can find more info on this in other threads.
Step 1: Connect to a WiFi Network
First I needed to connect the phone to a wifi network, which I managed creating an unprotected network with a freshly installed DD-WRT router and clicking blindly on the phone. We all have a mental image of where things are located on the phone so this should be easily doable (slide from the top, tap to enable wifi, long press to see list of available networks, tap to select network) and if you are sitting next to the router the unprotected network will appear first in the list. On the router check for connected devices and the IP of the phone. A ping test will confirm that the phone is succesfuly connected to the network.
Step 2: Install AirDroid
Fortunately when I received the phone it had already installed Airdroid, so this made the process a little easier for me. The first time you run Airdroid a couple of extra screens will appear trying to get you to subscribe to access all the extra features so this will make things a little more complicated for those installing for the first time, try to google these images so you know whre to tap. I understand there are other apps with similar functionality but the fact that Airdroid starts with an A is very helpful here because it shows (at least for me) on the first row of your Apps Drawer.
Step 3: Connect to Airdroid
Now it's time to connect to AirDroid, to do this you need a computer connected to the same wifi network that the phone is connected, and since you already know the phone's IP this becomes a process of trial and error. Again, blindly tapping on your phone access the Apps Drawer and start the app placed on the first position (upper left corner under the search bar), in your computer's browser type the phone's IP followed by ":8888" (192.168.1.143:8888 in my case). If you fail to open AirDroid the page will just time out so you go for the app on the second position and reload the page on your browser, then the third and so forth.... once you successfully manage to open AirDroid a page will finally load and you'll hear a notification from your phone (it was the fourth try for me). Now there should be a notification window waiting for your confimation on your phone (google this to see where it is) so it shoud be an easy guess on where to tap. Once you can access your phone via AirDroid, the hard part is over! Now we can download pictures, files, ringtones and other stuff, but if you want to backup contacts there's no tool for this so we need to enable USB Debugging.
Step 4: Enable USB Debugging
With AirDroid running we can now take screenshots of the phone with the hardware buttons and view them using the "Photos" folder in AirDroid, so you open the notification drawer and tap where the "settings wheel" should be, take a screenshot and view it to confirm you succeeded, then scroll all the way down and take another screenshot to se if "Developer Options" are enabled. I'm sure by now you get the idea of the process, after any tap or scroll take a screenshot and view it to confirm your progress, once I got Developer Options enabled I managed to scroll down to USB Debugging and to enable it!
Now with USB Debugging enabled you can use programs like MyPhoneExplorer to backup your contacts to a .csv file or use screen cast apps like Vysor to see your phone's screen on your computer vía USB.

rtorresz said:
A friend of mine just dropped her phone and the LCD stopped working (no cracks, tactile was still working), her phone (Oneplus X) was running stock, unrooted and USB Debugging was disabled, so none of the available solutions were useful in this case. I almost lost hope after reading everywhere that there was not much left to be done when USB Debugging was diabled, so I tried a different approach.
There are a bunch of software that claim they can recover data but they all need USB Debugging to be enabled, so this was a big barrier. After a few tries I finally came up with a solution that I think can help anyone facing a similar situation. In my case I did all this blindly tapping on the blank screen, if your screen is more damaged you can use an OTG cable and a mouse or keyboard, you can find more info on this in other threads.
Step 1: Connect to a WiFi Network
First I needed to connect the phone to a wifi network, which I managed creating an unprotected network with a freshly installed DD-WRT router and clicking blindly on the phone. We all have a mental image of where things are located on the phone so this should be easily doable (slide from the top, tap to enable wifi, long press to see list of available networks, tap to select network) and if you are sitting next to the router the unprotected network will appear first in the list. On the router check for connected devices and the IP of the phone. A ping test will confirm that the phone is succesfuly connected to the network.
Step 2: Install AirDroid
Fortunately when I received the phone it had already installed Airdroid, so this made the process a little easier for me. The first time you run Airdroid a couple of extra screens will appear trying to get you to subscribe to access all the extra features so this will make things a little more complicated for those installing for the first time, try to google these images so you know whre to tap. I understand there are other apps with similar functionality but the fact that Airdroid starts with an A is very helpful here because it shows (at least for me) on the first row of your Apps Drawer.
Step 3: Connect to Airdroid
Now it's time to connect to AirDroid, to do this you need a computer connected to the same wifi network that the phone is connected, and since you already know the phone's IP this becomes a process of trial and error. Again, blindly tapping on your phone access the Apps Drawer and start the app placed on the first position (upper left corner under the search bar), in your computer's browser type the phone's IP followed by ":8888" (192.168.1.143:8888 in my case). If you fail to open AirDroid the page will just time out so you go for the app on the second position and reload the page on your browser, then the third and so forth.... once you successfully manage to open AirDroid a page will finally load and you'll hear a notification from your phone (it was the fourth try for me). Now there should be a notification window waiting for your confimation on your phone (google this to see where it is) so it shoud be an easy guess on where to tap. Once you can access your phone via AirDroid, the hard part is over! Now we can download pictures, files, ringtones and other stuff, but if you want to backup contacts there's no tool for this so we need to enable USB Debugging.
Step 4: Enable USB Debugging
With AirDroid running we can now take screenshots of the phone with the hardware buttons and view them using the "Photos" folder in AirDroid, so you open the notification drawer and tap where the "settings wheel" should be, take a screenshot and view it to confirm you succeeded, then scroll all the way down and take another screenshot to se if "Developer Options" are enabled. I'm sure by now you get the idea of the process, after any tap or scroll take a screenshot and view it to confirm your progress, once I got Developer Options enabled I managed to scroll down to USB Debugging and to enable it!
Now with USB Debugging enabled you can use programs like MyPhoneExplorer to backup your contacts to a .csv file or use screen cast apps like Vysor to see your phone's screen on your computer vía USB.
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Greetings mate,
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You may post the guide in Miscellaneous Android Development Forum where people looking for the same could use your help.
Thread closed!
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[GUIDE] Recover Data with Broken Screen and USB Debugging Disabled

A friend of mine just dropped her phone and the LCD stopped working (no cracks, digitizer still working), her phone (Oneplus X) was running stock, unrooted and USB Debugging was disabled, so none of the available solutions were useful in this case. I almost lost hope after reading everywhere that there was not much left to be done when USB Debugging was disabled, so I focused on this.
There are a bunch of software that claim they can recover data but they all need USB Debugging to be enabled, so this was a big barrier. After a few tries I finally came up with a solution that I think can help anyone facing a similar situation. In my case I did all this blindly tapping on the blank screen, if your screen is more damaged you can use an OTG cable and a mouse or keyboard, you can find more info on this in other threads.
Step 1: Connect to a WiFi Network
First I needed to connect the phone to a wifi network, which I managed creating an unprotected network with a freshly installed DD-WRT router and clicking blindly on the phone. We all have a mental image of where things are located on the phone so this should be easily doable (slide from the top, tap to enable wifi, long press to see list of available networks, tap to select network) and if you are sitting next to the router the unprotected network will appear first in the list. On the router check for connected devices and the IP of the phone. A ping test will confirm that the phone is succesfuly connected to the network.
Step 2: Install AirDroid
Fortunately when I received the phone it had already installed Airdroid, so this made the process a little easier for me. The first time you run Airdroid a couple of extra screens will appear trying to get you to subscribe to access all the extra features so this will make things a little more complicated for those installing for the first time, try to google these images so you know whre to tap. I understand there are other apps with similar functionality but the fact that Airdroid starts with an A is very helpful here because it shows (at least for me) on the first row of your Apps Drawer.
Step 3: Connect to Airdroid
Now it's time to connect to AirDroid, to do this you need a computer connected to the same wifi network that the phone is connected, and since you already know the phone's IP this becomes a process of trial and error. Again, blindly tapping on your phone access the Apps Drawer and start the app placed on the first position (upper left corner under the search bar), in your computer's browser type the phone's IP followed by ":8888" (192.168.1.143:8888 in my case). If you fail to open AirDroid the page will just time out so you go for the app on the second position and reload the page on your browser, then the third and so forth.... once you successfully manage to open AirDroid a page will finally load and you'll hear a notification from your phone (it was the fourth try for me). Now there should be a notification window waiting for your confimation on your phone (google this to see where it is) so it shoud be an easy guess on where to tap. Once you can access your phone via AirDroid, the hard part is over! Now we can download pictures, files, ringtones and other stuff, but if you want to backup contacts there's no tool for this so we need to enable USB Debugging.
Step 4: Enable USB Debugging
With AirDroid running we can now take screenshots of the phone with the hardware buttons and view them using the "Photos" folder in AirDroid, so you open the notification drawer and tap where the "settings wheel" should be, take a screenshot and view it to confirm you succeeded, then scroll all the way down and take another screenshot to se if "Developer Options" are enabled. I'm sure by now you get the idea of the process, after any tap or scroll take a screenshot and view it to confirm your progress, once I got Developer Options enabled I managed to scroll down to USB Debugging and to enable it!
Now with USB Debugging enabled you can use programs like MyPhoneExplorer to backup your contacts to a .csv file or use screen cast apps like Vysor to see your phone's screen on your computer vía USB.

S8+ OTG - unable to understand

Hello,
This is my first post here, so please forgive me if I've got something wrong.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8+. I connected my canon dslr using OTG connector that comes with the phone. On connecting it showed me a few options at the bottom - g9ogle photos, gallery, secure folder.
I wanted to copy images from the camera to my phone. I selected "secure folder". But nothing happened. (Secure folder icon was disabled from the notification dropdown... not sure if it matters)
I disconnected and reconnected the camera, but now that menu does not show up.
What am I missing?
Thanks in advance!

Open settings and search for "default"
Select default apps and reset or change the default action that is using secure folder. Will hopefully be self explanatory when you see the menu i refer to.

Hello, if I may ask what model is your Canon DSLR?

louforgiveno said:
Open settings and search for "default"
Select default apps and reset or change the default action that is using secure folder. Will hopefully be self explanatory when you see the menu i refer to.
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Thanks, but that didn't help. I also reset all settings, even that doesn't help.
When I connect, I see 2 items in the notification area
1. Media device connected - nothing happens when I click this.
2. USB charging connected device - i see a bunch of options to connect / charge but nothing seems to change when I click any of them.
"My files" application just shows internal storage and sdcard. I cant seem to find a way to browse contents of camera.

Xer0 WindKey said:
Hello, if I may ask what model is your Canon DSLR?
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Its a canon 7D

Modak said:
Its a canon 7D
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Hello, Sorry for the late response, but Ive noticed that on my Canon 6D Mark II and also on my T6 that I cant access the Photos from the computer with a USB cable while WiFi is turned on in the Camera.
Almost went insane because it took me like 3 weeks of troubleshooting to discover that this was the reason why I couldn't sometimes view the files through USB and most other times not.
Maybe the same thing happens when using it on Android? Try turning WiFi off if your camera has it.

Activating USB-debugging blindly

Hi,
After my S6 dropped flat on the floor it's screen went gradually violet and then black. Now I'm left with working digitzier but I can't see nothing. In order to access my phone I'd like to connect keyboard via OTG and access developers settings and then enable debugging so eventually I could connect S6 with my PC via Vysor app. Would someone try to do it on their phone and then post the keys combination here, please? It'd be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

szaka1a said:
Hi,
After my S6 dropped flat on the floor it's screen went gradually violet and then black. Now I'm left with working digitzier but I can't see nothing. In order to access my phone I'd like to connect keyboard via OTG and access developers settings and then enable debugging so eventually I could connect S6 with my PC via Vysor app. Would someone try to do it on their phone and then post the keys combination here, please? It'd be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
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if this doesnt pan out, try a MHL adapter. also, knowing what version of android you were on before the screen went ka-put would help for the key combos

youdoofus said:
if this doesnt pan out, try a MHL adapter. also, knowing what version of android you were on before the screen went ka-put would help for the key combos
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I'm pretty sure that you cannot use MHL with S6. The version was 7.0 I think.

szaka1a said:
I'm pretty sure that you cannot use MHL with S6. The version was 7.0 I think.
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ok, sorry. i wasnt sure if it would work or not, just wanted to throw it out there

Problem solved. I decided to share the solution in case someone has a similar problem. Long story short: take screenshots with the key combination specific to your phone and view them on your PC so you know the approximate position where to tap on your screen to select some option. I found that one comment the other day, posted under one of the videos on how to control a phone with a broken screen. Since I'm a new user here I cannot share the external link to the video.
The author of the comment was Adam Cepnik so all credits go to him for this simple, yet genius solution. Here's the comment:
"If your screen is black, but you can control the phone by touchscreen, connect the phone to your PC. Then try to unlock your phone (it will take a few tries, but it is possible). This should unlock your phone's internal storage so it should be visible from the PC. Then find out how to make a screenshot. The screenshots can be found somewhere in the internal storage via PC. Then you can see a picture of the phone's screen and attempt to control the phone according to the screenshots (take them everytime you touch something). It is slow, but it can help you to enable the debugging even with black screen."
Hope someone will find it helpful in any way.

Total Noob Question - OEM Greyed Out, Need OEM unlocked asap Pixel 3

Hello there and thank you for your patience, I had previously considered myself smart until yesterday. You see I'm new to all this, just a bb, but I find it fascinating.
So I sold my phone pixel 3 to someone who want to have lineageOS on google Fi and wants to make sure the OEM is unlocked. Phone has sim card slot
Not knowing anything I looked it up completed the steps to get developer options, OEM greyed out, ok so I proceed to look up articles and videos, finally found what seems to be a legit solution here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...izon-pixel-t3796030/post83674835#post83674835
after downloading more software than I needed and making several attempts to access the adb command prompt on my macbook pro, I decided to borrow my friends pc to try and do it
Downloaded https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools platform tools, unzipped, shift right click in folder, no command window option
I decided to after following the instructions on the phone, just hit the up volume key and power to turn it on, it says "no command" I'm guessing because I dont have the window up and cant seem to figure out how to get it up
Now I'm. back on my macbook pro and I'd like someone to please help me, preferably on macOS but I'll take any help I can and go back to my friends broken pc if I have to (touch screen broken and keyboard doesnt work, I got a keyboard, but the broken touch screen goes crazy and it's really frustrating.
Anyway sincere gratitude to anyone who can help me as I am desperate
Update: went back to pc unzipped platform tools, shift right clicked and there was an option for powershell window, however it did not recognize any adb commands :/

Nadia927 said:
Hello there and thank you for your patience, I had previously considered myself smart until yesterday. You see I'm new to all this, just a bb, but I find it fascinating.
So I sold my phone pixel 3 to someone who want to have lineageOS on google Fi and wants to make sure the OEM is unlocked. Phone has sim card slot
Not knowing anything I looked it up completed the steps to get developer options, OEM greyed out, ok so I proceed to look up articles and videos, finally found what seems to be a legit solution here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pi...izon-pixel-t3796030/post83674835#post83674835
after downloading more software than I needed and making several attempts to access the adb command prompt on my macbook pro, I decided to borrow my friends pc to try and do it
Downloaded https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools platform tools, unzipped, shift right click in folder, no command window option
I decided to after following the instructions on the phone, just hit the up volume key and power to turn it on, it says "no command" I'm guessing because I dont have the window up and cant seem to figure out how to get it up
Now I'm. back on my macbook pro and I'd like someone to please help me, preferably on macOS but I'll take any help I can and go back to my friends broken pc if I have to (touch screen broken and keyboard doesnt work, I got a keyboard, but the broken touch screen goes crazy and it's really frustrating.
Anyway sincere gratitude to anyone who can help me as I am desperate
Update: went back to pc unzipped platform tools, shift right clicked and there was an option for powershell window, however it did not recognize any adb commands :/
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I know nothing about macbooks, but according to this article you have to change some system settings to open a terminal window.
https://www.groovypost.com/howto/op...nal-window-specific-folder-windows-mac-linux/
Can you open a terminal window in any folder? If so, just do a cd command to the platform-tools directory.
Regarding your powershell window, it sounds like you are not in the platform-tools directory. Do a dir command. Do you see the adb file? If so, try ./adb. If not, do a cd to the platform-tools directory.
Do you have a Verizon branded phone? If so, you probably cannot unlock the bootloader. The link you pointed to is for a Pixel, not a Pixel 3.

If your OEM button is grayed out you are done, you can't unlock that phone.

Hi All,
Apologies, this is my first post, I cracked something trivial, but didn't find the steps or the same situation anywhere, so posting my version of events. This guide is based on the following situation
Bought a Google Pixel 3 XL - CARRIER LOCKED phone off ebay (Locked to EE)
- Running Android 10 - working fine - pre wiped
- EE SIM installed
- Wifi Connected
- Based in the UK
- I need to root this phone to perform security testing
So, for me, because the phone is locked to EE, when I did tried to enable OEM unlocking in dev options, I got the dreaded OEM unlocking unavailable on carrier locked devices.....:
Details:
Enable DEVELOPER MODE
SETTINGS > ABOUT PHONE > Hit “Build Number“ 7 times > Enter your pin/pattern
Go To Enable OEM Unlocking
SETTINGS > SYETEM > ADVANCED > DEVELOPER OPTIONS > OEM UNLOCKING option
However,
You end up with “OEM unlocking unavailable on carrier locked devices” and the option greyed out and disabled (Silent sobbing in the corner by my wallet)​​(See attached my mocked up screen shot of this)​​OEM unlocking is step 2 of every rooting tutorial I’ve seen (the 1st being DEV OPTIONS!) (Silent sobbing in the corner by me!)​
Reading many forums, all hope was lost, lots about Verizon phones, and specific IMIE numbers called out for versions to watch out for, blah blah until a passing comment about getting the Carrier (EE) to unlock.​
EE do this for FREE if YOU bought the phone from THEM….or they charge £8.99 for 2nd hand phone unlocks
1) So, call EE on 150 (UK)
2) Give them the IMIE number of the phone
SETTINGS > ABOUT PHONE > IMEI number​
3) They fill out a form and send to their back office “unlock team”
4a) Short Story – I called back and was advised to update my phone...the end​
4b) Long Story - I was told this would take 24 hrs, and they would send me an email with instructions…this never arrived, so I called back, only to be told there was a back log and it would take 1-10 days!! 5 days later, no email, no codes, no love! so I called back begging for an escalation, I was told there was a note on the account saying it was done! and the phone just needed an update….(no code, no email, no call, if I was waiting at a restaurant for you EE, I'd of left!)​
5) Next update Android to the very latest version
SETTINGS > SYSTEM > ADVANCED > SYSTEM UPDATES​​6) Wait the age for it to install and “optimize” the apps
7) I checked for more updates, found “A security patch”, went through the process again….7 more times! (took me a couple hours!)….I repeated this process until there were no more updates to collect (back to step 5 you go!)
8) Check:
SETTINGS > SYETEM > ADVANCED > DEVELOPER OPTIONS > OEM UNLOCKING option = still locked for me at this point.​
9) Perform a FACTORY RESET
SETTINGS > SYSTEM > RESET OPTIONS > DELETE ALL DATA (FACTORY RESET)​​10) Let it Reboot
11) Re-set up
Enable DEVELOPER MODE...again​SETTINGS > ABOUT PHONE > Hit “Build Number“ 7 times > Enter your pin/pattern​​Go To Enable OEM Unlocking...again​SETTINGS > SYETEM > ADVANCED > DEVELOPER OPTIONS > OEM UNLOCKING option​
BOOM! OEM unlocked! (for me at least)
Long oand short of it - get EE to unlock and confirm > update the [email protected] out of the phone > perform factory reset
I hope these saves time for someone out there
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