So I had a broken USB port for a while, but since I want to pull data off my phone (including, if possible, the apps that I needed 2FA to enable like WhatsApp and so on, since I'm currently in Europe for the next 6-12 months and AT&T prepaid doesn't allow me to receive text messages or phone calls).
I bought a replacement daughterboard for the USB connector, and pulled the back of the phone off, removed the old USB connection board, and replaced it with this one. However, I've got some weird problems and I'm not sure if its hardware or software related.
When plugging the phone into USB, there's no indication on the telephone that the phone is charging, there's no indication that the phone has some connection to the computer, the computer doesn't display anything about the phone or allow me to access storage, and ADB can't find the device despite trying about 7 different methods and combinations of drivers, ADB programs, etc.
So I'd believe that my new daughterboard is either broken internally or some other issue ... except ODIN works flawlessly, as I got the inital step of loading the combo firmware to work without issue. (linked here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/root_method_rev_b-11_bootloader_using_combo_firmware.4374741/). But I can't get safestrap to work, because it relies on ADB, and ADB still doesn't have any way to connect to the device.
When I start the phone in download mode, I'm able to pull up a device with the Hardware ID USB\VID_04E8&PID_685D&REV_0100, but ADB doesn't recognize it. When I start the phone in any other method, the device doesn't register in device manager. It's a similar story when I tried reaching the phone with ADB from my linux desktop, as "something" exists in download mode, but adb has no ability to actually see the device or make a connection.
As far as avoiding obvious pitfalls, I enabled development mode / USB debugging / OEM unlock in the stock firmware I was running before, and also enabled dev mod/usb debug in the flashed firmware from that page.
It's quite possible that flashing the Combination firmware already wiped my data, as I'm not sure if it does it or not (after scouring the internet, it's pretty much the only option to get root with the B/11 bootloader so it was worth a shot), but ultimately I'd like to try and resolve this ADB issue so that I can actually finish the steps and see if it will work or not.
I just don't know what to troubleshoot next to try and get ADB to work.
To add on to this, I tried reaching out to AT&T to see if I can use my S8+ (VoLTE and all that jazz capable) to receive text messages while abroad here, but they won't let me use the phone even though I'm already abroad, since if it's not compatible with their network in the US it won't be compatible with their roaming network abroad. So I really do have to do the ole root trick.
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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.
Ok, so I have someone's Kyocera Kona S2151 flip phone. Now when I plug it into my pc in device manager there shows two "modems" and a serial port without a driver. Even after installing the specific driver for this phone from the Kyocera website it still says there is no driver. I tried to manually select the driver from the folder that was created during the install, not a single one of the 6 worked. Now all of this might even be a moot point as I don't even know if this device will allow me to pull the pictures off of it using a USB cable attached to a pc and everything on the web says I should be able to but there's also a Kona android smart version. I also can't find anything that says I can't either lol. Now I would Bluetooth but there are no options for sending photos via Bluetooth and whats worse is the antennae for the cell service is going out so it won't stay connected to the tower (I assume its the antennae, I'm not gonna try and fix something this old, also its sprint which just got absorbed by Tmobile which could also be the issue bc its pre sim card).
So, in summary, I am trying to retrieve the photos. You can't Bluetooth them, there's no SD card slot, I can't text or email them due to lack of wifi and cell service issues, Which leads to the only option left, PC USB transfer but I can't get that working either due to what I am hoping is simply driver issues. If I need to use an older Operating system that's fine I have another pc here I can mess with to my heart's desire.
I know this isn't android, rooting, modding, custom os, related but this forum is home to some of the smartest people, it's where I come to get all my instructions and files for phones. if anyone could help I'm hoping it's the community here.
Oops, just saw the "don't post questions here" my bad... sry
Update, I installed xp on an older pc I had sitting around. ALL drivers worked fine BUT it appears the only functionality this phone would have for a pc is to act as a modem. There doesn't seem to be ANY functionality in the way of file browsing or retrieving media. Furthermore, this specific phone lacks media sharing over any other connection aside from the mobile network. So if anyone has one of these old phones and it no longer has service/can no longer connect to towers your only option is going to be a data retrieval company.
Bummer, some older phones are very limited when it comes to retrieval. cheers
Ok, so I have someone's Kyocera Kona S2151 flip phone. Now when I plug it into my pc in device manager there shows two "modems" and a serial port without a driver. Even after installing the specific driver for this phone from the Kyocera website it still says there is no driver. I tried to manually select the driver from the folder that was created during the install, not a single one of the 6 worked. Now all of this might even be a moot point as I don't even know if this device will allow me to pull the pictures off of it using a USB cable attached to a pc and everything on the web says I should be able to but there's also a Kona android smart version. I also can't find anything that says I can't either lol. Now I would Bluetooth but there are no options for sending photos via Bluetooth and whats worse is the antennae for the cell service is going out so it won't stay connected to the tower (I assume its the antennae, I'm not gonna try and fix something this old, also its sprint which just got absorbed by Tmobile which could also be the issue bc its pre sim card).
So, in summary, I am trying to retrieve the photos. You can't Bluetooth them, there's no SD card slot, I can't text or email them due to lack of wifi and cell service issues, Which leads to the only option left, PC USB transfer but I can't get that working either due to what I am hoping is simply driver issues. If I need to use an older Operating system that's fine I have another pc here I can mess with to my heart's desire.
I know this isn't android, rooting, modding, custom os, related but this forum is home to some of the smartest people, it's where I come to get all my instructions and files for phones. if anyone could help I'm hoping it's the community here.
**Reposted here bc I posted in the wrong area earlier.**
steve60914 said:
Ok, so I have someone's Kyocera Kona S2151 flip phone. Now when I plug it into my pc in device manager there shows two "modems" and a serial port without a driver. Even after installing the specific driver for this phone from the Kyocera website it still says there is no driver. I tried to manually select the driver from the folder that was created during the install, not a single one of the 6 worked. Now all of this might even be a moot point as I don't even know if this device will allow me to pull the pictures off of it using a USB cable attached to a pc and everything on the web says I should be able to but there's also a Kona android smart version. I also can't find anything that says I can't either lol. Now I would Bluetooth but there are no options for sending photos via Bluetooth and whats worse is the antennae for the cell service is going out so it won't stay connected to the tower (I assume its the antennae, I'm not gonna try and fix something this old, also its sprint which just got absorbed by Tmobile which could also be the issue bc its pre sim card).
So, in summary, I am trying to retrieve the photos. You can't Bluetooth them, there's no SD card slot, I can't text or email them due to lack of wifi and cell service issues, Which leads to the only option left, PC USB transfer but I can't get that working either due to what I am hoping is simply driver issues. If I need to use an older Operating system that's fine I have another pc here I can mess with to my heart's desire.
I know this isn't android, rooting, modding, custom os, related but this forum is home to some of the smartest people, it's where I come to get all my instructions and files for phones. if anyone could help I'm hoping it's the community here.
**Reposted here bc I posted in the wrong area earlier.**
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It seems that now the only way is to have the driver work and then use PC USB transfer. In addition to the driver from the Kyocera website, have you tried the Google Android USB Driver for Windows? It's available on the Android Developer website. Have a try. Good luck to you.
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My wife's Pixel 3 XL hard-bricked a couple of nights ago. This seems to be a fairly common issue possibly related to recent updates to the phone. Here are a couple of example forum posts on the same issue:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/miltpe
[FIX] Pixel 3 QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx
Hi, I have a Pixel 3 that won't turn on, won't charge, won't get into recovery mode, and gets recognized as QUSB_BULK_CID:xxxx_SN:xxxxxxxx when connected to a pc. I am an ignorant regarding phones, flashing, etc... Is there any way of getting...
forum.xda-developers.com
Pixel is not working. qusb__bulk - Google Pixel Community
Honestly, there are many more posts, but they're all pretty similar. From reading many MANY topics over the last 48 hours ago, I've been able to figure this much out: There is a potential way of un-bricking the phone using Qualcomm's QFIL tool with the proper files for the Pixel 3 XL (.mbn and a couple of .xml). HOWEVER, these files are very specific to the phone and are nowhere to be found, and even if I could find them, I can't actually get the phone to connect to QFIL (or to the QPST Configurator). It detects the chip on a COM port, but then just stays stuck at "downloading" (the loading bar under state stays stuck at about 1/5 way).
Both adb and fastboot don't recognize the device, and neither does QFIL. So at this point, I'm pretty well ready to say that I'm SOL. So I'm pretty well giving up on the idea that I'll be able to bring the phone back to life, but I'm still wondering if there's some way that I can recover the data from the phone when it's this far gone. None of the usual methods work since the phone would need to be recognized in a higher-level state than just recognizing the Qualcomm chip. And since the screen doesn't react, I have no idea if the button combinations I'm pressing are actually getting me into the bootloader menu or not. Heck, maybe it's so far gone that I can't even get that far.
So my question is this. Is there some low-level method I could try to recover the data off the phone when it's in this state? Any input is appreciated!
If USB MTP Mode was enabled on bricked phone it may possible to access the phone's data you are interested in to recover: This requires an USB-connection via USB-C cable what Pixel 3 phones support by default.
jwoegerbauer said:
If USB MTP Mode was enabled on bricked phone it may possible to access the phone's data you are interested in to recover: This requires an USB-connection via USB-C cable what Pixel 3 phones support by default.
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Thanks for the reply, but MTP is not possible in this state. The phone would need to be functional for MTP to be enabled.
I'm in the same situation, need .mbn file so I can use the Qualcomm EDL mode to try and bring the thing back to life.
Hello, few days ago my phone's screen stopped working. So I cannot access my phone since its locked behind pattern lock. I tried with ADB but I keep getting ADB Device Unauthorized and I don't know how to fix that.
As far as I know I believe USB Debugging is enabled. I tried a lot of ways with useless one click apps, mirror screen apps but nothing work as I need to unlock phone to give permission to the computer to communicate with the phone, but I cannot do that since the device screen doesn't work and I cannot see anything. I have an OTG cable and tried to unlock with mouse but its easier said than done.
Can someone give me any tutorials.
It requires a couple of your phones internal software switches to be set in order to access your phone via the USB interface. If you have not already set these switches before the screen got broken you may be out of luck.