I know that some of you probably read the title and gave out a little sigh. I promise I've been doing research and trying some different methods so hear me out please . I have my friends Galaxy S6 because he forgot his password to his phone and he does not want to do a hard reset because he has pictures of his little girl on his phone that he does not want to lose. I'll list what we have tried thus far below.
Entering password 20 times in an attempt to get the google account to come up so he can log in VIA his google account.
Log in to Samsung's FindMyMobile service, his phone was not registered.
Hook up phone to Android Recovery software on computer, it recognizes the phone but the phone is in Media Transfer Mode and USB debugging is not enabled.
Checking Google's sync data, nothing has synced with the device yet. So I can't retrieve his photos through Google.
So unfortunately, at this point, I'm stuck. I was hoping somebody here might be able to give me some advice on what my next steps could be. I know the phone doesn't have SD card support but I was not sure if there was a way to root the device and flash a custom recovery onto the phone and recover the photos. I sincerely hope somebody can help.
Thanks everyone who took the time to read this,
_-Quinn-_
EDIT -
I forgot to mention the S6 is Sprint.
Lillllian said:
If you lose S6 data without intention, you can try Jihosoft Android Phone Recovery to make your Galaxy S6 data recovery like recovering contacts,messages and photos .
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I appreciate the response, but we gave up and reset the phone. This thread can be locked. Thanks again.
Never use your phone as a data storage device
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Hi everyone! First i want to apologize in advance if i made a mistake or something. Not too sure where to post! Kinda new to forums and forum rules...I need help seriously! For almost a year now, my Galaxy S3 isn't recognizable by any PC, Mac or whatever. Mavericks, Yosemite, Windows 7 or 8, nothing recognizes it. Downloaded the latest Samsung USB drivers, Kies and still didn't work. Went to a shop and they fixed the mini usb thingy where you plug it. They said it was partially unsolded so the data couldn't get through...Don't know if it's true. Got it recognized by my mac the 1st time. Thought it was finally recognized until the 2nd time i plugged it in. Usb device not recognized, again. 70$ thrown out the window. Anyways. Not too long ago, while still unrecognizable, the phone started shutting down by itself every 2 hours or so so i kinda got fed up and decided to wipe it to factory settings. Tried it through Kies instead of using the vol up/home button/power. Was never able to do so. Kies was doing fine until it told me that i needed to go in emergency recovery mode cause something had went wrong. Tried to go on recovery mode but no can do. Odin mode shows up all the time even though i'm doing the recovery mode manipulation. Got fed up of that too so i decided to flash to a stock firmware through Odin. Forgot to mention: the download mode works...well looks like it. Odin didn't recognize my phone too. Actually, i got it see the phone like 5 times over 100 trys and everytime (the 5 times) it started the flashing process, it would fail right at beginning of the process. Like 3 seconds later. Tried all kinds of pc's, usb cables, etc. My phone was rooted and i lost the root by updating. Was that a mistake? I don't know since the thing was functionning very well. The whole point: now i'm stuck with a phone that goes straight in Odin mode! The same tech from the same shop kept my phone for a few days to check it out and still nothing! Even the guy from the store doesn't know what to do. He spoke to me about flashing the phone's CMOS but he looked soooo unsure...And he was asking 50$ to do so....so no thank you. What can i do people? What is wrong with my phone? Wish i knew more about those things so i wouldn't have to cry for help! Don't know if i explained it well since english is not my natural language...Will answer your questions if you guys wanna know more...Seriously, heeeeeeeeeeelp! Thanks in advance people!
Hi there,
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here but first register an account on XDA :
AT&T Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Also please read this thread:
Problem connecting Galaxy S3 with PC
[HOW TO GUIDE] How To Unbrick AT&T I747 and I747M
Good luck
I apologize in advance for this post being so long im just trying to give as much details as possible.
I don't know what else to do!
Phone Details:
Samsung Galaxy Avant (SM-G386T1), from MetroPCS.
Android 4.4.2 KitKat,
No kind of custom rom or custom recovery
Other than the binary problem and wifi problems im having now, everything else is normal
The phone has been factory reset in the boot recovery menu, and in the settings menu and it hasn't changed anything for the better.
I got a Samsung Galaxy Avant (SM-G386T1) from MetroPCS, I rooted it with kingroot, also replaced Kinguser with SuperSU without any problems. All was good until i let my little brother play on my phone, i had busybox pro on my phone, i had forgot to delete it, my little brother came to me saying my phone shut off. Well he had opened and installed the busybox binary and i lost all root permissions and my phone was crippled. My immediate reaction was to boot it in recovery and try to run my backup i had made from titanium backup, i couldn't do anything without root permissions. So from the recovery menu i factory reset the phone thinking it would help, it didn't. Now I'm unable to root the phone entirely on every 'phone rooting service' it says my phone isn't supported. Also I can't connect to wifi correctly it gets stuck at "obtaining IP address", i can however connect changing the "dchp" wifi setting to "static", but it wont fully connect. It just says "unable to obtain a reliable connection". I can't sign into google or anything. Any help at all or even just an answer would help I'm not entirely phone illiterate.
Well
Post ur question here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/help
Experts there
Good luck
Hello,
It goes like I bought a second hand Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. Only the phone came, nothing else (no box or anything). The guy who sold me was travelling to some other country. After using it for few days, I realized it had a pin entered in it but not enabled! I tried to soft reset device but again, it asked for pin which I didn't know so I hard reset the device. However, it asked me to login using the same account & password it had before (of that guy's) which I didn't knew. I googled and came to know about this Factory Reset Protection by Google. This is when I decided to flash a rom onto the device (which I have never done in my entire life). I managed to get one according to my phone's model (SM-G928C) and it failed to flash using Odin, so now I am stuck at the "An error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC Software."
I downloaded smart switch but it asks for S/N number, which also I don't have since S6 Edge+ doesnt have remoable battery and I don't have the box either. I'm totally freaking out. Is my device gone forever? or can i find my serial number to enter in the recovery box??? PLEASE HELP THANKS GUYS!
Hi everyone, first of all i wanted to thank you for clicking on this thread and im getting straight to the point;
I have recently rooted my phone with no issues and after this i had decided to install a S6 edge twrp recovery onto my device and i did so and i immediately have got a soft brick well i think it is a soft brick however it could be a hard brick as i am not pro at this, so i read some articles on here and decided to connect my phone to odin and install stock firmware and it had failed so now my phone can still go into download mode however it is not recognised by odin or any other Samsung programs such as smart switch and kies. I have tried 2 different USB cables all the ports on my laptop and no luck. I think it is the right time to mention that i also have the phone bricked on the light blue screen with the message ''An error occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in Smart Switch PC software'' It means a lot to me as this is my only smart phone and i really need it for my education and i would really, really be thankful if someone is willing to help me as i simply need this phone as cannot afford to buy a new one, thank you in advance Maciek.
maciek.zawadzki said:
Hi everyone, first of all i wanted to thank you for clicking on this thread and im getting straight to the point;
I have recently rooted my phone with no issues and after this i had decided to install a S6 edge twrp recovery onto my device and i did so and i immediately have got a soft brick well i think it is a soft brick however it could be a hard brick as i am not pro at this, so i read some articles on here and decided to connect my phone to odin and install stock firmware and it had failed so now my phone can still go into download mode however it is not recognised by odin or any other Samsung programs such as smart switch and kies. I have tried 2 different USB cables all the ports on my laptop and no luck. I think it is the right time to mention that i also have the phone bricked on the light blue screen with the message ''An error occurred while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in Smart Switch PC software'' It means a lot to me as this is my only smart phone and i really need it for my education and i would really, really be thankful if someone is willing to help me as i simply need this phone as cannot afford to buy a new one, thank you in advance Maciek.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. In the smart switch software on your pc there is an emergency firmware recovery option that should repair your phone. As long as you have download mode the phone is usually recoverable so don't worry. If you put your phone in download mode and follow the on screen instructions from emergency firmware recovery you should be fine
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
I have a Samsung galaxy s6 edge plus, I've tried everything to fix the problem i have. Its stuck telling me i have to use smart switch to fix my phone. Ive tried using download mode and odin and restore stock firmware of both new and the same version of android that was on the phone before the issue (5.1.1). The internal storage got wiped, since this happened i was unable to boot the phone past this point. Any time i use odin it fails at the pit file when i try to use all 4 files to repair. Smart switch doesnt even see my device in the emergency recover, I'm at a lost of what i should do, there is nothing on the internet with the same problem i have. Ive tried reinstalling drivers that also doesnt work. Odin sees the device but cant do anything with it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as i cant even shut the phone off without letting it die...
Still need help with this, I'm sure somewhere one of you have had this problem and know what to do.
Still stuck on emergency recovery and cant flash anything because the device wont allow it
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