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Retrieve files from internal sd card

So I had a little accident with my captivate and my screen is dead...the phone is booting normally I think but I can't see anything at all just a black screen...
Is there a way I can mount the internal storage with adb commands or something to get some of my files transferred to my windows pc?
I did have the pattern lock enabled so I don't know if that would make a difference.
Thanks
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proav8tor said:
So I had a little accident with my captivate and my screen is dead...the phone is booting normally I think but I can't see anything at all just a black screen...
Is there a way I can mount the internal storage with adb commands or something to get some of my files transferred to my windows pc?
I did have the pattern lock enabled so I don't know if that would make a difference.
Thanks
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If you had a custom ROM with CWM then you could 3 button combo in to CWM recovery and mount your drives that way.

Unfortunatly I had just flashed the gingerbread leak so no cwm was installed...
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Have you tried adb? Assuming that you usb debugging enabled, you should be able to do 'adb pull /mnt/sdcard .' and get a full dump of your card.
If not, i think that using Heimdall you could always flash a build with adb enabled and debugging on. You could also probably use Odin, but I am unfamiliar with it.
Finally, check with at&t online tech support and see if they have suggestions. My experience may be atypical, but I find them far more tech savvy than other at&t support staff.

I'm sorry I cannot tell you exactly how to do this but mobiletechvideos youtube site has a video for this exact thing, damaged screens. There is a way to use your pc as your phone screen that way you can pull off what you need.
Hope this helps some.
mwjack
Edit: found the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEeHaszOMi0

Have you tried just plugging it in to your computer? If it is powered up, and usb debugging was off, you may be lucky enough to fully access your files on the internal sd.

worst case scenario:
flash a custom kernel through download mode with ODIN, reboot into recovery, and
"adb pull /sdcard /path/on/computer/you/want/files"
may have to run a mount command to get it to mount sdcard though

[Q] How to copy the data from internal SD with Broken Screen

My galaxy Screen was broken by accident, but the phone boot and I can hear all the sounds. I can connect the phone to my Laptop and the computer recognize the phone and the sd card. But, I can't access the sd card, because I can confirm to mount to USB.
It's there's a way to access the internal SD card so I can retrieve all the information and TIBU directory with all the apps data.
Thanks

not sure but if u were on custom recovery then u can mount through that and try....

Thanks, for you're time, but how do I go there. If I can see anything on Screen. The phone was running Illuminance 3.01, with Corn Kernel. That means that I have CWM installed, but I can see anything.

Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15563295

studacris said:
Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15563295
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Thanks, I read the post. But I don't have a spare phone to follow the menues in CWM. Fortunately I found the app MyPhoneExplorer and I have the debug option allways in. I just install and run the app, browse the files and copy the files to my computer.
Thanks God, I have all my information and apps safe in my Laptop. Just in case I made a DVD copy of the info. LOL
Thanks.

That's cool you got it all with that program. Good deal.
but, i gave the button count so you didn't need a second phone, or that app...
studacris said:
if you boot into recovery (with adb reboot recovery) it should be volume down 6 times, then power, vol up twice then power and that should get you to mount the sdcard so you an just use windows gui to copy everything over instead of a command prompt
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Not to mention the adb command
studacris said:
Adb pull /mnt/sdcard c:\users\(you)\desktop
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[Q] ADB pull /sdcard not working?

hey
I've a question I try to save the data of a friends phone whos screen is broken and dont respond.
Everytime I use
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adb pull /sdcard/ C:\Android
it responds with
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pull: building file list...
0 files pulled. 0 files skipped.
What do I wrong??
Thanks for your replies

Does really nobody know it?
Or does anybody have a solution the save data from a phone which screen is broken (black) and touch screen doesn't work either and last but not least usb debugging isn't enabled.

Without USB debugging enabled, you can't connect trough adb, try doing "adb devices", wich will probably show nothing, what means that you can't use adb.
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I've rooted the phone blind and in the recovery my pc shows the device in the list, status = recovery.

Oh okay, then try to mount sdcard and try again, if that doesn't work, try to unmount it again and try again.
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thank you very much for your replie, i tried it with my phone (i9000) and it worked
the problem is that my friend has a Galaxy S3 and i don't know the structure of CWM 5.5...

Well there isn't that much difference between the cwm versions, if you look at it it almost explaines itself
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there are some diffrentes between the versions and because i don't see what i do, it's very important to know in which order the things are coming

At the moment the situation is the following:
All the data on the sd got erased (i dont know when), but i have now access to the sd over the pc. The problem is that the S3 doesnt support usb mass storage which means that recuva etc to restore the files wont work.
Are there any other ways to restore the data or to activate usb mass storage?
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not unless you have a TitaniumBackup...if you have CWM 6.0.1.0 mounting USB storage option is in recovery itself
also i have no intention of high jacking this thread but off late i am facing certain weird issues with adb myself Error mounting SDcard

My dont have a TitaniumBackup but that is anyway useless cause he need his pictures etc. Do you have read the whole thread? Because at the moment the problem is that i cant restore the data from the erased sd card cause windows dont detect the Galaxy S3 as a Usb mass storage. And because the screen is broken I also cant try a solution from xda ^^
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Well, the data on your sdcard is gone, if adb won't recognize it. But what files do you want from your sdcard? 'cause when you only need the pictures, it might be auto-uploaded on dropbox or google drive etc
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I think you missunderstood ^^ first the pictures arent uploaded to dropbox etc. And the problem first was that i couldnt get access to the data cause he had a pin to unlock which i cant tip in without screen. After flashing a 3 file fw the pin was gone and i could access the data. Unfortunality it also formated the whole SD.
The same Problem happend to my phone and i could restore my data with the program called "Recuva".
The problem now is that the S3 don't have a USB Mass Storage like the S1 and the PC dont detect it as a hard drive so Recuva wont recognize it either
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Well you can always buy a USB stick with sdcard availability, or use another phone with that sdcard to wich does have mass storage enabled.
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The problem is, i need the data from this Phone. Accidently it formated the whole internal memory on which everything was (Music, Pictures etc.).
With a Tool called Recuva you can restore deleted files. But Recuva doesn't recognizes the Galaxy S3. Because Galaxy S3 don't have Mass Storage anymore, I thought Samsungs uses now MTP or something like this. And now i need a Tool or something to restore everything from the formated internal SD.

Try searching for that on google.
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I did for nearly 5 hours
you're my last hope
All wouldn't be a problem if the screen would work or if my friend enabled usb debugging

Is there any possibility to get into recovery mode and flash a Rom? If yes, you could use a Stockrom with a modified build.prop so USB debugging would be enabled.
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Usb debugging dont matter at the moment cause all files are deleted! I need a tool to restore a formated sd

KUN1 said:
Usb debugging dont matter at the moment cause all files are deleted! I need a tool to restore a formated sd
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I don't know if that's possible, sorry
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KUN1 said:
Usb debugging dont matter at the moment cause all files are deleted! I need a tool to restore a formated sd
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Okay nevermind, it's possible, but to recover the files you need something to pare your sdcard to your PC, do you have any other phone or a USB stick with a sdcard slot?
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Phone won't boot. Stuck in CWM. All files lost!!

This morning I was playing around in CWM and clicked on format external sdcard
Well for some reason it formatted my internal card and I lost everything. I tried using a backup cwm made I guess prior to doing all that but it says MD5 mismatch.
I tried using cwm to get into usb mode but that didn't work.
I also tried using the sideload option but that also didn't work.
Tried getting into download mode and it still only boots to recovery.
How do I get a new rom put back on there?

clockworkmod has a way to mount internal storage on you PC while in recovery. Go to mounts and storage section in recovery and way at the bottom it says mount as USB storage. Plug your phone into your PC and wait for it to find drivers. I would recommend a internet connected windows 7 PC cause that's what I used and it worked fine.
You might have to unplug it and plug it back in once after the drivers are installed.
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ih8legal said:
clockworkmod has a way to mount internal storage on you PC while in recovery. Go to mounts and storage section in recovery and way at the bottom it says mount as USB storage. Plug your phone into your PC and wait for it to find drivers. I would recommend a internet connected windows 7 PC cause that's what I used and it worked fine.
You might have to unplug it and plug it back in once after the drivers are installed.
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I just tried what you suggested and it doesn't work either....I think I really got it messed up...but I still think it can be fixed.
After doing what you said CWM says Error: mounting /data
I'm pretty sure my entire file system has been wiped clean.

ih8legal said:
clockworkmod has a way to mount internal storage on you PC while in recovery. Go to mounts and storage section in recovery and way at the bottom it says mount as USB storage. Plug your phone into your PC and wait for it to find drivers. I would recommend a internet connected windows 7 PC cause that's what I used and it worked fine.
You might have to unplug it and plug it back in once after the drivers are installed.
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Also...CWM won't recognize my internal SD card...and now that the pc wont recognize the phone, what else can I do>?

iamcombat said:
Also...CWM won't recognize my internal SD card...and now that the pc wont recognize the phone, what else can I do>?
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Start with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953930
Once connected, you'll probably need to flash Odin KK4 without bootloaders and start fresh from there.
x0ne215 said:
Try holding down the Vol+ key, and plugging the USB in (I think this is download mode on the cappy?)
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Yes, indeed.

Try holding down the Vol+ key, and plugging the USB in (I think this is download mode on the cappy?)

I finally was able to get the external sd card to be recognized by the phone....now I just cant get my micro sd adapter working so that I can get a new ROM put on there....
Any suggestions on that? LOL
Tried taping up the lock slider and have had it taped in both unlocked and locked positions and yet it is still write protected.

My device is sometimes reboot! I'm using
[ROM][OFFICIAL][4.2.1]RemICS-JB v1.0(Team Remics) [1/4/13].:crying:

chucpro said:
My device is sometimes reboot! I'm using
[ROM][OFFICIAL][4.2.1]RemICS-JB v1.0(Team Remics) [1/4/13].:crying:
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Post in their forum topic, check to see if its a common bug among users.

[Q] no revovery; no pc connection

Hi to everyone
here is what happened
1. while flashing roms mistankenly I have erased the /boot (silly mistake) and I flashed a different rom but the downloaded file was not complete the flashing procedure went bad and the phone restarted by itself. And because of the not proper flashing the phone entered a boot loop.
2. After that no recovery but I can put the phone in download mode but pc did not recognize it.
3. I have taken the phone to the repair center and they replace the usb port but it did not work. The guy in repair shop said there is a very small part on the main board that regulates the usb connection so the PC recognizes it. And that part is damaged so no way to fix your phone.
4. Even the phone can enter download mode because of the connection problem no way to use odin.
5. My question is Is it possible to put a bootable recovery on the external sd card and boot the phone from the external sd.
PS: If it is a stupid question please ignore it

how bout usb driver?
take out battery n press power button for 1 minute n release it.put back n go to download mode, try plug in
try different usb port
try jig
and try reading here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841250
choose ur problem (doesnt hurt to read it all)
n read here at da end of first post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149455
n try read here (whole thread if could)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
n even u wanna boot from ext card (possible) how u wanna flash if ur pc doesnt recognize ur fone?
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compacity said:
how bout usb driver?
take out battery n press power button for 1 minute n release it.put back n go to download mode, try plug in
try different usb port
try jig
and try reading here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841250
choose ur problem (doesnt hurt to read it all)
n read here at da end of first post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149455
n try read here (whole thread if could)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555
n even u wanna boot from ext card (possible) how u wanna flash if ur pc doesnt recognize ur fone?
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I have read and tried All the things mentioned above. (I like reading) The drivers and the other things related to PC are OK. My question was if it is possible boot cwm from an external SD (not the phone SD) so that I will not need to connect the phone to PC. (Needed files can be copied by card reader. As I said, do not know is it possible or not but by any chance if needed files can be put on an external SD then force the phone boot from external SD. Once I have read a nook tablet can from external SD that you put in to the phone.) Thanks again.
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actually yes,there is, but what i m trying to say is, u said it before, no recovery on ur fone, even if u can put extsd incharge (use it as internal) but it cwm or kernel needed to be flashed, cant copy n paste da file, either with cwm or odin (but u cant rite), but i ll try looking it later. sorry if it doesnt helping.
n if u wanted to try it, search for it in xda, there is a method for someone whose internal sd broken for i9000. Partitioning extsd to 2 partition (ext4 n fat32) using partition tool.
n all da method i given above juz to make sure u aware, thats all.sometimes user dont even know what is da most basic thing to know (no grudge )
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compacity said:
actually yes,there is, but what i m trying to say is, u said it before, no recovery on ur fone, even if u can put extsd incharge (use it as internal) but it cwm or kernel needed to be flashed, cant copy n paste da file, either with cwm or odin (but u cant rite), but i ll try looking it later. sorry if it doesnt helping.
n if u wanted to try it, search for it in xda, there is a method for someone whose internal sd broken for i9000. Partitioning extsd to 2 partition (ext4 n fat32) using partition tool.
n all da method i given above juz to make sure u aware, thats all.sometimes user dont even know what is da most basic thing to know (no grudge )
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Thank you for answering . Even talking to somebody does help.(at least there are people to talk ) . I'm also going to search about partitioning external SD. For nook tablet I guess there is something but it is exclusively to that kind of device (my guess). Let see. Thanks again......