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[Q] Need Screenshot Guide

Need screenshot guide of enabling USB debugging on a Stratosphere due to the phone being dropped and screen is black but still recognizes touch. New phone coming today. Trying to back it up before activating new one by viewing phone on computer via androidscreencast.

kgoosie said:
Need screenshot guide of enabling USB debugging on a Stratosphere due to the phone being dropped and screen is black but still recognizes touch. New phone coming today. Trying to back it up before activating new one by viewing phone on computer via androidscreencast.
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this is why I was always thinking about.. all phones should have USB debugging activated by default ...
I think no chance to activate usb debugging from PC
better find a custom recovery and flash by fastboot mode

[Q] Broken display - no debugging... Help accessing please!

Hi all, can anyone help? I smashed my phone at the weekend and really want to get back in to it if only to turn on contacts sync and see who keeps texting me, but for some reason USB debugging isn't on. Phone is stock.
Plugging in with USB = recognised in device manager as Xperia Z3. I've tried to download Android SDK, and install the USB drivers from the Sony website (says best driver already installed - the ones from the Sony website don't have any kind of installation program so not sure what I'm supposed to do with them!).
I know this isn't easy but can anyone guide me through getting in to it and getting USB debugging on so I can use Android Control? It seems I need to get the phone in to recovery mode so that it automatically enables USB debugging? If I hold down power/volume up a few times or in a weird combination, the LED goes blue and the phone comes up in device manager as 's1boot' and then 's1boot fastboot'. I've tried installing the drivers I've found from DooMLoRD but they don't help me access the phone at all, it still says unable to find the device. adb devices from the adb folder command prompt says no devices (i presume because USB debugging still disabled). I feel like I have made progress but need a bit more progress still to get in, if it is at all possible!
New thread because I can't find anyone with a Sony Xperia Z3 trying this, with the same steps taken/blue LED etc.

USB OTG+ USB mouse
Try to use USB OTG+USB mouse, that did the trick for me

no display whatsoever... so having a mouse isn't going to help me sadly! unless i can get the screen displayed on a computer monitor or something?

Screen doesn't work and I need to get my pictures off

Hi there, My nexus 5 is having screen issues and the screen basically doesn't function due to what I can only assume is a bad connection on the mainboard ( if I press in the right area with the back cover off the screen will flicker and work a tiny bit if I reboot the phone.) My issue is I still have tons of pictures that are very dear to me on the device and need to get them off of it. When I connect it to my pc (windows 7) it connects and shows up as a nexus 5 device but nothing will appear in the folder. Im fairly certain I have the correct drivers installed as well. So how can I get it to connect properly with having basically no access to the screen? Ill even paypal you $5 if your answer works for me, thanks

Did you enable USB debugging? Did you enable MTP when connected to a computer? Is the computer a trusted device?

audit13 said:
Did you enable USB debugging? Did you enable MTP when connected to a computer? Is the computer a trusted device?
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must have at some point because i connected it to a computer in the past, no idea and i dont know how to, and i dont know.

If the the phone is running a stock ROM and has a lock screen PIN, pattern, or password, you probably need to unlock the phone and select MTP as the USB option in order to have the Nexus 5 files appear in Windows Explorer.
If you have access to another N5, you could swap motherboards, copy the data, and swap motherboards again.

Restore data from broken device

Background:
my friend has a pantech burst (p9070 at&t) that fell and the screen broke, got it replaced fell again and screen broke again
(Broken meaning no touch no image, its black!)
If i connect it to a pc (when its off (I can't tell when its on or off)) it vibrates and pc recognizes that's it's a pantech android device..
But here is the tricky part, its running ics and usb storage has to be enabled each time its connected to pc. I don't know if the phone has a passcode (if it does I can guess it)
He is not interested in paying for a new screen as its not worth it...
So....
I told my freind that with android you can do anything, and if the files are on the internal storage then it can come off.. My question is, is there a way to have this phone display on my pc (don't have internet on it, usb debugging probably disabled) or with a command line have the phone mount as usb or mtp so I can get the files off??
(I know its possible!!)
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Help Accessing Data on Screen Locked P20

Hi - wondering if anyone out there can think of a solutions to this...
So, my wife cracked her phone screen (Huawai P20) and bought a cheap phone to use short term while we worked out a replacement (Alcatel 1). When setting up the temporary phone, not all of the data from her P20 was install/copied, mainly because there's not enough storage space to hold it all.
Some of the data left on the P20 is really important (downloaded documents/files and pevious whatsapp history), so I was going to hook it up to a PC and grab all the data from it, but the biggest problem is she can't remember the unlock pattern. I know developer mode/USB debugging is not turned on, so I can't even get a PC/ADB to recognise it, plus I've had to connect it to a mouse and monitor (via HDMI/USB adapter) to even view/control the unlock screen.
I'm pretty sure that without the pattern we have little or no options, but was wondering if anyone knew the answers to the following:
Is there any way to unlock the phone using the old PIN that was set (she's confident she knows this)?
Is there a way to unlock using the finger print sensor (even though is says 'pattern required due to restart')
Should ADB list it as a device even though USB debigging is turned off and the phone is screen locked (currently does not list it, but I thought you could PIN unlock via ADB)
Does anyone know any other tools/options for accessiing the files on the phone.
Thanks is advance for any help!

Basically you can access Android's filesystem in ADB-mode or in MTP-mode: the latter should always be possible.

Even if USB Debuging is turned off and the screen is locked? Any tips on how to get the PC to see the device in MTP mode?
Thanks!

My wifey has a Huawei Y7 with HiSuite installed on Windows PC and HDB enabled on phone. As soon as she connects PC with phone over USB, confirms the verification code, phone gets mounted on PC as external USB-drive and thus visible in MTP-mode.
My guess is you have to take your Huawei to authorized service center and let them try to fix it.

Ah Ok. HiSuite asks for USB Debugging to be enabled first, which i can't do because it's locked. Thanks for you help anayway.