Hello,
I have a HTC U11 which appeared to have bricked during a hard reset - it froze and I used the power and volume down button to force a reset. It turned off but didn't appear to turn on again. I took it to a repairer which tried to replace both the screen and battery before telling me that it's economically unviable to repair because there is an issue with the motherboard. I've already got a replacement phone but I didn't have any of the data on my HTC backed up.
I've got Android studios and the naked adb driver set but when I connect it to my PC via usb it makes the sound of a device being connected and disconnected but won't detect the device - not even in device manager. Is there any possibility I will be able to access to the internal storage of the phone through my pc given these complications or will I have to see if a professional data recovery specialist can recover my data?
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Hello everyone.
Once upon a time i came to my TP and tried to activate the screen. nothing happened. Screen dead - only very faint backlight showed up. So i thought, maybe the ROM went bad somehow. So i tried soft reset. No change. I tried Hard-reset (which is not as easy when you dont see a thing). Now i thought, ok, just flash it again. BUT thats when the heavy thing came in. The USB cabel doesnt work. It does charge through the cable, but the PC doesnt recognize it at all. Anyone has an idea how i could get in connection with it? If i cannot bring up a USB connection will the guys at the repair factory be ale to connect somehow? I still have warranty (time-wise).
I will be gratefull for any idea on how to make the USB connection or how to flash without USB connection.
After some trying i found out that Windows somehow reserves USB slots for certain devices and after plugging the cable into different slot i managed to get a Sync and USB connection.
Then i faced the problem with returning "blinded" stock ROM and stock SPL. Thanks to the great guides here i managed to download a Stock ROM and flash it onto the Raphael. Then i faced the problem with putting in the Stock SPL, but it worked once i put the device into bootloader mode with Volume Down + reset.
So now i hope my device is as Stock as i bought it, and i will be sending it in for warranty repair or exchange. I hope its just some minor problem with display.
I was using my Inspire 4G with the newest release of the MIUI ROM, and it would have issues going in and one of car mode so I flashed to the Android Revolution ROM, didn't like it, and decided to flash completely back to stock thinking that would solve the car mode issue.
After flashing back to stock, I attempted to root again but my phone was not being recognized as a disk drive.
I did the usual software-side things on the device itself, including:
Checking the Default connection type
Enabling Ask me (Ask me about USB connection type whenever I connect my phone to a PC)
Trying with USB debugging on and off
Turning off Fast boot
Unmounting/mounting SD card
Trying a different SD card
Did a Factory reset of the device
I then tried installing/reinstalling HTC Sync on my Windows 7 64-bit PC multiple times. I made sure to disable Windows Firewall and any anti-virus software.
I tried the in-box HTC USB cable on all 3 USB ports, and then tried a Seidio brand USB cable on all 3 USB ports to no avail.
Lastly, I connected a friend's stock HTC Inspire 4G to my laptop, using my HTC USB cable, and my laptop recognized it immediately and I could access the SD card files.
Thinking it was a hardware issue, I took my phone into a local repair shop and they diagnosed corrosion on the board due to moisture damage. I paid $150 to have it fixed.
I picked up my phone yesterday and it is still having the same issues.
I've been using an HTC Aria in the mean time and that connects to my PC no problem and I'm able to view the files on the SD card on my PC.
Does anyone have any other thoughts to what the problem could be before I take it back to the repair shop?
Perhaps it is the software? Is there a way I can root my phone without having the ability to connect it to my PC?
Thanks in advance!
moistdef said:
I was using my Inspire 4G with the newest release of the MIUI ROM, and it would have issues going in and one of car mode so I flashed to the Android Revolution ROM, didn't like it, and decided to flash completely back to stock thinking that would solve the car mode issue.
After flashing back to stock, I attempted to root again but my phone was not being recognized as a disk drive.
I did the usual software-side things on the device itself, including:
Checking the Default connection type
Enabling Ask me (Ask me about USB connection type whenever I connect my phone to a PC)
Trying with USB debugging on and off
Turning off Fast boot
Unmounting/mounting SD card
Trying a different SD card
Did a Factory reset of the device
I then tried installing/reinstalling HTC Sync on my Windows 7 64-bit PC multiple times. I made sure to disable Windows Firewall and any anti-virus software.
I tried the in-box HTC USB cable on all 3 USB ports, and then tried a Seidio brand USB cable on all 3 USB ports to no avail.
Lastly, I connected a friend's stock HTC Inspire 4G to my laptop, using my HTC USB cable, and my laptop recognized it immediately and I could access the SD card files.
Thinking it was a hardware issue, I took my phone into a local repair shop and they diagnosed corrosion on the board due to moisture damage. I paid $150 to have it fixed.
I picked up my phone yesterday and it is still having the same issues.
I've been using an HTC Aria in the mean time and that connects to my PC no problem and I'm able to view the files on the SD card on my PC.
Does anyone have any other thoughts to what the problem could be before I take it back to the repair shop?
Perhaps it is the software? Is there a way I can root my phone without having the ability to connect it to my PC?
Thanks in advance!
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Almost 100% sure its the cable.....
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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SOLVED: S7 dropped > broken screen > how to recover images? Not rooted,not "usb mode"
So my wife dropped S7 to the floor and device ended up to be fully powered, but screen is now all black. Back and "software" button illuminates. I can change volume. I can take photos. So phone works, but screen is all black. Main concern is to have photos out from the phone. Contacts are synced, software etc. can be installed to new phone.
Kies finds the phone, but says that is' locked. Although phone does not have any passcodes or fingerprint, Kies cannot access to photos. Also the PC does see the device, but it won't allow me to see the contents. Find My Mobile is not activated, I think that I can't activate it now without phone. Also Smart Switch says that phone is locked. Phone settings are pretty much as out from the box. USB debugging is off, Developper options off, etc...
But I found that possible via ABD (?) I could access phone storage. Is it so? I sould start the phone to Recovery Mode / Download Mode? How to do that? Normally the phone is on and I can't switch it off. I can only soft reset is by keeping vol- + power buttons pressed for 10sec. But after that, phone just restarts to OS.
Please give hints how to proceed. What to try. New LCD is around 50USD and takes forever to get from Aliexpress/Ebay.
Why not use an external display? Hook it up to the USB-connector via an adaptor and it should work to unlock the phone using a PC-mouse.
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Why not use an external display? Hook it up to the USB-connector via an adaptor and it should work to unlock the phone using a PC-mouse.
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O, it has such feature? Quick googling did not help how to do it. How does it work? Do I need some cable or device?
Any ideas how to proceed? I either can reboot device to Recovery mode and use ADB or connect external display to the device. Or if someone has any better solution
Please help. Family photos are in the phone
Try to unlock your lock screen with a usb mouse connected via otg and swiping up with the mouse. Then connect it to the computer and try to backup your data with kies or switch.
Tried many thing how to allow the connection from another phone or computer. However it was not possible to connect, so I ordered a new screen. Once new screen installed, it was not even a challenge Ordered new screen from Aliexpress.
Hi all,
A friend of my handed me his old Galaxy S6 with a broken screen. Like every typical user he had no cloud sync or back-up of his data. Normally I would tell them these lessons are hard-learned but in this case it's about important data and media of some projects in Africa he volunteered at some years ago.
This phone is a worst-case scenario. The screen is dead without backlight, the home button has been broken for some time and USB-Debugging is turned off. First thing I tried was connecting a USB-HDMI cable and OTG cable to see if we can unlock it with a conventional mouse, but sadly HDMI support was discontinued from the Galaxy S4. (Why!?)
I dismounted the phone and used an USB-Jig to force it into download mode. When connected to the computer both the MTP device and Samsung USB modem are visible. That tells me the phone still boots normally..
Connecting trough ADB did nothing, "no devices/emulators found". I also tried some commercial tools like FoneLab Android data recovery and some of the many (spyware-bundled) forks to no avail. Some detect the MTP device but off-couse need USB-Debugging to be enabled what seems to be impossible without a working screen.
Odin recognizes the phone but off course flashing the firmware will erase all data on the phone.
Replacement screens for this model are hard to get at and crazy expensive these days. Any other things I can try without risking data-loss?
Any tips are greatly appreciated!