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[Q] Dead screen + not recognized by pc

Hi XDA!
I dropped my Nexus 5 from a height < 3 feets, it got a little scratch on the corner, however the screen has stopped functionning. I tried restarting the device but it still keep displaying black and white vertical lines. The good news is that Google will swap my device free of charge, the bad news is, I am unable to backup the data from my Nexus. Unfortunately, I have no backup of my photos and videos from wedding and vacation
Things I know/have tried:
Debugging mode is on, my Nexus was detected by my computer with no problem prior to the ''accident/drop''
I am no longer able to browse the internal storage, when I plug my Nexus 5 in my computer's usb port, it detects a media device(Nexus 5), but when I double click on it, it doesn't display internal storage.
ADB device -l, does not list anything
Any other ways to back up my data?
Thank you,

@cuem small question here, do you turn on your G+ Photos auto backup?

xnormskix said:
@cuem small question here, do you turn on your G+ Photos auto backup?
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I did not , I wasn't even aware of that option. I also turned off dropbox auto-sync because it annoyed me to have my pictures synced between my computer and 2 laptops. Now... I regret it

cuem said:
I did not , I wasn't even aware of that option. I also turned off dropbox auto-sync because it annoyed me to have my pictures synced between my computer and 2 laptops. Now... I regret it
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I'm not sure but maybe these links can give you some enlightenment regarding adb and usb driver:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...nt/adb-fb-apx-driver-universal-naked-t2513339
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...nosing-usb-driver-adb-issues-windows-t2514396
Good luck!

I re-installed ADB using your link, but I don't think that's the issue. I read somewhere that the screen need to be unlocked for the computer to be able to browse the files from the internal memory. There are some weird behavior with my broken Nexus, I can't receive any calls, but the alarm rang off this morning and my LED flashed, it means I received a kind of notice or something.
I also read somewhere that it was possible to flash your device and in the process remove the unlock code lock, however if I do that, wouldn't I void my Nexus 5 warranty?
Thank you,
PS*. I don't know how I could flash, computer does not detect my Nexus and I can't have access to my screen since it displays black/white stripes + it is not being responsive to touch input( seems dead)

broken screen (black) how do i unlock my phone

hello, my friend has dropped her phone and now the screen is black and i dont know if the touch still works, she wants me to get her photos off the phone but it needs to be unlocked so the pc can see the files,
what options have i got to retrieve the files? ive tried one of the programs but you need to turn on debugging which obviously i cant do with out seeing the screen, which was frustrating after there great advertising!
thanks for any help

my friend has remembered her gmail details that the phone is connected too, does this help? i can install apps to the phone using my pc but dont know how this helps me?
If i can get usb debugging turned on somehow then getting the files off would be easy, is there an app or something that can do this remotely?
Im guessing not as nothings coming up with a search :?

Galaxy S5 with broken screen

Hi there.
Please could someone suggest how I can migrate all the data from a Galaxy S5 with a broken screen over to a new Galaxy S5 which is the identical model.
The broken phone is not locked and internally is working normally but after being dropped I think the LCD has gone so badly that I cannot make out anything on the screen. It still seems to respond to any touch input OK.
If I could see it I would have simply used Samsung Smartswitch which is installed on both phones to transfer everything. However, without being able to see the screen I can’t find it in the apps to open it.
If I could remotely get the phones desktop up on my PC maybe I could open the app from there. With Smartswitch open on both phones I could see on the new phone where to tap on the old on to make it start the transfer.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can either open the app remotely or maybe suggest another way to move everything across.

MarylinC said:
Hi there.
Please could someone suggest how I can migrate all the data from a Galaxy S5 with a broken screen over to a new Galaxy S5 which is the identical model.
The broken phone is not locked and internally is working normally but after being dropped I think the LCD has gone so badly that I cannot make out anything on the screen. It still seems to respond to any touch input OK.
If I could see it I would have simply used Samsung Smartswitch which is installed on both phones to transfer everything. However, without being able to see the screen I can’t find it in the apps to open it.
If I could remotely get the phones desktop up on my PC maybe I could open the app from there. With Smartswitch open on both phones I could see on the new phone where to tap on the old on to make it start the transfer.
Does anyone have any suggestions how I can either open the app remotely or maybe suggest another way to move everything across.
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If you have or can get USB debugging enabled on the device, this tool should work well for you.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
If you never personally enabled USB debugging in the system settings on your device, then it isn't enabled, which means you'll have to get it enabled somehow. There are few ways to get it enabled even with the broken screen, but it very much depends on exactly which model number your S5 is. Look in system settings>about phone>device info>model number or system settings>about phone>hardware info>model number to find your model number, or you can remove the back cover and look behind your battery to find the model number.
I'll try to help as much as your device will allow me.
But first, tell me exactly what kind of data you want to transfer.
Do you mean the usual user data such as pictures and etc..?
Or do you also mean the user settings, info for their various logins/accounts, banking info and deeper more personal or even system info?
Does the user have an active Samung account with the broken device registered in their account? If so, you can try transferring via their Samsung account.
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Thanks for replying Droidriven.
The exact model number is SM-G900F.
Just to clarify, it is my brothers phone that is broken and he and I both have the same model. The new phone is also the same model which has been ordered but has not arrived yet. It should arrive either this morning or Monday.
However, for the moment I can at least try things out on my phone first. On my phone USB Debugging is off by default so I am sure it has not been enabled.
As I said previouly, the touch screen seems to respond because I can still answer calls simply by knowing where to swipe. I know where the apps button is on the home screen but obviously I cannot scroll through the apps to find the settings icon.
I am hoping to transfer as much as I can including apps and user settings, texts, etc.
My brother has not registered for a Samsung account.

MarylinC said:
Thanks for replying Droidriven.
The exact model number is SM-G900F.
Just to clarify, it is my brothers phone that is broken and he and I both have the same model. The new phone is also the same model which has been ordered but has not arrived yet. It should arrive either this morning or Monday.
However, for the moment I can at least try things out on my phone first. On my phone USB Debugging is off by default so I am sure it has not been enabled.
As I said previouly, the touch screen seems to respond because I can still answer calls simply by knowing where to swipe. I know where the apps button is on the home screen but obviously I cannot scroll through the apps to find the settings icon.
I am hoping to transfer as much as I can including apps and user settings, texts, etc.
My brother has not registered for a Samsung account.
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To enable USB debugging, you can try using one phone as a guide to go through the settings menu. On the broken phone, using the working phone side by side while copying the exact motions and touchs try navigating to system settings>about phone>software info>build number(or wherever build number is located in your device settings, it varies), tap 7-10 times really quickly on the spot where build number is located on the list, if you get it right, you'll enable developer options, from there, using the other phone as a guide, go to system settings>developer options>USB debugging and enable it.
Or, try this tool to get USB debugging enabled while in download mode, and then use Odin to flash TWRP custom recovery instead of the stock firmware as described in the guide, you don't need to flash the firmware, just TWRP if you choose to do so while you are at it, TWRP can be used to backup and transfer the data but involves flashing the other device with TWRP also.
http://www.99mediasector.com/enable-usb-debugging-locked-phone-without-access-setting/
Once you get USB debugging enabled there are options:
1) You can use the tool I linked you earlier.
2) You can use adb to backup the data that you want to keep then use adb to transfer the data to the new device, adb works through a command terminal on PC and requires no touch input, you can do everything by command line if you find/know the correct commands to do what you need, as described in the link below, but you can ignore the stuff about unlocking your bootloader.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-phone-backup-unlock-root-t1420351
3) You can flash TWRP custom recovery via Odin and then use TWRP to backup the data that you want to save and then flash TWRP on the device the data is to be transferred to then use TWRP on that device to restore all of the data that you saved onto the new device, if the device that is being replaced via warranty is the exact same device and will be used by the same person, you can completely backup everything on the device and then completely restore all of it on the new device. Just verify that your bootloader is not locked before you flash TWRP, it won't work with a locked bootloader.
4) You can try using Samsung Smartswitch on PC.
Those are just the options I can think of off the top of my head, there may be some other ways, it's just a matter of what you are comfortable with or not.
If you are comfortable with one of these options, I'll try to help you through whatever you need or don't understand. If you choose the stuff that involves flashing the device(s), I need to check some specifics about your device(s) before you do so and I need to be certain you understand how the flash/backup/restore process works in order to make sure that nothing gets messed up or lost/wiped during the process.
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Thank you so much Droidriven. The new phone arrived this morning and your idea of using smartswitch from my windiws PC did the trick.
I only had to touch once on the broken phone to trigger the backup to my PC which worked a treat. After that everything else was plain sailing and the new phone is all set up with all the data intact.

MarylinC said:
Thank you so much Droidriven. The new phone arrived this morning and your idea of using smartswitch from my windiws PC did the trick.
I only had to touch once on the broken phone to trigger the backup to my PC which worked a treat. After that everything else was plain sailing and the new phone is all set up with all the data intact.
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Good to go, glad to help.
I thought it might, I just wasn't sure about whether USB debugging was required by SmartSwitch, I have never needed to use SmartSwitch so I'm not familiar with its ins and outs.
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No, USB debugging isn't required on smartswitch.
My brother is like a kid with a new toy now that he has his phone back with all his stuff restored and working.
Thank you again.

Use PC screen as a screen for my S7? Screen shattered, but phone works

i was wondering if there's a way to connect my S7 (Tmobile version) to my PC and do some backups from within some apps and get data out of it by using the PC monitor and mouse to navigate the phone screen? i know i can go into file system and whatnot, but is it possible to replicate the phone screen on the PC? thanks a lot for any help

I don't really understad the question... What do you need, to mirror the phone screen on the PC and use its periferics or make a backup of your phone apps?

Jaki1122 said:
I don't really understad the question... What do you need, to mirror the phone screen on the PC and use its periferics or make a backup of your phone apps?
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i have a shattered screen on the S7. the phone itself works - it turns on, it gets audible notifications, etc.. the only thing not working is the screen. i took it to 2 shops and they tried putting new screen on the phone but could not get the new screen to work. so i think there's some sort of short in the electronics from motherboard to screen. ideally, i would like to somehow get the screen working so i can do a backup to cloud of all my contacts, messages, media, whatsapp conversations, etc. but if i can't get the screen working then perhaps i could somehow connect to PC and get what i can from the files. i don't know how to get it to connect to PC at this point because the phone doesn't get recognized on the PC when i connect.

Use scrcpy https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

banjker said:
Use scrcpy https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
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does this require the app to be installed on the device somehow, because i wouldn't be able to do it without a screen present.

konoplya said:
does this require the app to be installed on the device somehow, because i wouldn't be able to do it without a screen present.
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I think running the program on your pc will install the app automatically via ADB. No need to interact with the phone

Screen broken, how to recover files?

So here's the story: My son managed to drop his Mi Mix 3 (once again, for the 500th time?) and the screen shattered, black screen, no digitizer anymore. Of course there is GBs of important data (mainly pictures) that need to be saved. Yes, he uses Google Drive, but for whatever reason he can see only a fraction of his files there. Guess who now has the duty to recover the files?
What I have tried up until now:
- the most obvious: connect phone to Mac and run Android file transfer -> Phone is not in MTP or PTP mode, connecting USB goes per default just into charging mode
- Try to use adb to pull the files-> ADB debugging is not activated
- Try to go into fastboot and boot TWRP from there to recover -> Bootloader is locked, so no booting into TWRP or flashing anything
- Try to connect Phone to my USB-C dockingstation (aka OTG)-> did not work, black screen, no nothing
Besides the screen there seems to be more broken. I tried to call his number, but you just get message from the service provider "not available", as if the phone would be off (his SIM has no PIN, so this is not the problem here)... also checked my router to see if the phone is in my wifi (which it usually is), but also nothing.
Thought about replacing the screen, but seeing the prices for replacement screens and given the fact that there might be more defective parts, not an option anymore.
Looked around for some "special" data recovery programs, but there seems to be only halfworking crap (works not beyond Android 8, needs to have ADB enabled, needs to be rooted, ...).
The only option I currently see is sending the phone to some specialized data recovery company, who claim they could even go as far as desoldering the chips to recover data from there... but this is also horrendously expensive.
Did I already try anything possible? Does somebody here may have another idea what to try? Would appreciate any idea.

More than 100 views and not even a hint?

cdfs said:
More than 100 views and not even a hint?
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No hint because unfortunately there's no work around.
No adb means you can't do much with it.
Your only option is to replace the sceeen, and since you're worried that might be other defective parts your only and safe option is to open the device and take a look your self. I will give you a link to a OEM screen replacement (with frame) it will make it much easier for you to replace. https://www.witrigs.com/oem-screen-replacement-with-frame-for-xiaomi-mi-mix-3-black
Goodluck.

If google asistant recognize your voice and if you already added your phone to your teamviewer account, you can start teamviewer quicksupport from phone and connect via teamviewer from your computer and you can use the phone..

@asgz No google assistant enabled and no teamviewer, but thanks for pointing out this possibility @RubbaBand thanks for the link, but $146 + the work to replace without even knowing if I can properly boot afterwards... So it seems I tried everything one can do without access to some special equipment. My son needs to take the decision if he wants to send the device to a specialised company and put money on them or say good by to the data.

cdfs said:
@asgz No google assistant enabled and no teamviewer, but thanks for pointing out this possibility @RubbaBand thanks for the link, but $146 + the work to replace without even knowing if I can properly boot afterwards... So it seems I tried everything one can do without access to some special equipment. My son needs to take the decision if he wants to send the device to a specialised company and put money on them or say good by to the data.
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If you watch YouTube videos on how to replace the screen you will see it's easy especially frame. Plus if you order the screen I sent you you can try booting the device by connecting it to the device without installing it. Do not break the warranty seal or remove the protective covering so you can return it to the company if the device doesn't boot by claiming it's defective or it's not for the device you want.
Regards.

It may be late, but does the wireless pad recognize the device while charging?