XT1096 Screen Broke. Options for recovery? - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all.
Looking for some insight and help. I've had an unfortunate situation with my Moto X. I went to the store to buy my son a toy, and for whatever reason the price was not coming up correctly. I ended up taking a picture of the price and when I showed the older lady working the register, she grabbed my phone from my hand and proceeded to drop it, shattering the screen. She was old, and more upset about it that I was. I told her not to worry about it and went on my way. The screen and digitizer still worked at this point, but I didn't bother trying to recover my files. After a day, everything just stopped working. Doh!
Now I can get the phone into fastboot mode, and adb sideload even though I can't see the screen. I believe USB debugging is off. I really would like the pictures off the phone, of the first 6-7 months of my sons life. So here are my question:
Does the Moto X display the screen via hdmi without any interaction with the screen? Can it simultaneously use a mouse as well with the right dongle?
Does Mofo require usb debugging, and if not, can I load a rom via fastboot/mofo that would allow access to the sdcard?
Those are the only 2 options I can think of that may work, but not exactly sure.
Thanks for any help!

Are they auto backed up to Google+ Photos?

cal196 said:
Those are the only 2 options I can think of that may work, but not exactly sure.
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When you turn the phone on and connect it to your computer does your computer recognize the phone? Do you have Motorola Device Manager installed on your computer?

chrisrozon said:
Are they auto backed up to Google+ Photos?
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They are not unfortunately.

JulesJam said:
When you turn the phone on and connect it to your computer does your computer recognize the phone? Do you have Motorola Device Manager installed on your computer?
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Yes and Yes. I have everything set up on the computer and can get a response from fastboot devices. I can get the phone into recovery as well and put it into sideload mode in adb. I already have a 2nd Moto X that I am using to show me the exact volume down up button pushes I need to get me where I'm going.

cal196 said:
Yes and Yes. I have everything set up on the computer and can get a response from fastboot devices. I can get the phone into recovery as well and put it into sideload mode in adb. I already have a 2nd Moto X that I am using to show me the exact volume down up button pushes I need to get me where I'm going.
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Why don't you just turn the phone on regularly and plug the phone into your computer - you should see the internal storage. The pictures you took with your camera are in the DCIM/camera folder.
Can you see the pictures that way? If so, try to copy the pictures to your computer.

JulesJam said:
Why don't you just turn the phone on regularly and plug the phone into your computer - you should see the internal storage. The pictures you took with your camera are in the DCIM/camera folder.
Can you see the pictures that way? If so, try to copy the pictures to your computer.
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I checked with my working Moto X, and it requires that you unlock it at least once before it shows up as internal storage. I have a pattern passlock on the broken phone.

cal196 said:
I checked with my working Moto X, and it requires that you unlock it at least once before it shows up as internal storage. I have a pattern passlock on the broken phone.
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If you can get into recovery, then you may be able to do an adb pull of the /sdcard/DCIM/Camera folder.
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera
If it works, that would leave all of the photos in the directory where you have navigated to in the command prompt.
But I am not sure if you can pull if you have pattern passlock on the broken phone. If you could, that would make the pattern passlock worthless. All you can do is try.
If you can't access the phone, then take it to a repair shop and pay to have them extract the photos if the photos are that important to you. I am sure they can either fix the screen to enable you to enter your pattern or they may have a way to bypass those passlocks to pull the files.
If there were some easy way to bypass the pattern passlocks, then they would be worthless so I doubt you will be able to get anything off of that phone without either paying to fix the screen or paying a repair shop to use equipment to bypass the passlock.

JulesJam said:
If you can get into recovery, then you may be able to do an adb pull of the /sdcard/DCIM/Camera folder.
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM/Camera
If it works, that would leave all of the photos in the directory where you have navigated to in the command prompt.
But I am not sure if you can pull if you have pattern passlock on the broken phone. If you could, that would make the pattern passlock worthless. All you can do is try.
If you can't access the phone, then take it to a repair shop and pay to have them extract the photos if the photos are that important to you. I am sure they can either fix the screen to enable you to enter your pattern or they may have a way to bypass those passlocks to pull the files.
If there were some easy way to bypass the pattern passlocks, then they would be worthless so I doubt you will be able to get anything off of that phone without either paying to fix the screen or paying a repair shop to use equipment to bypass the passlock.
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Thanks for your suggestions. I was just able to solve my own problem. I ordered an OTG cable and plugged in a wireless mouse. I practiced a few times with my other phone, and then tried with the broken phone and was able to get the passlock on the 2nd try, unlocking the phone, and allowing the media drive to show up after plugging into my computer. I pulled my photos and all is good.
Thanks again

cal196 said:
Thanks for your suggestions. I was just able to solve my own problem. I ordered an OTG cable and plugged in a wireless mouse. I practiced a few times with my other phone, and then tried with the broken phone and was able to get the passlock on the 2nd try, unlocking the phone, and allowing the media drive to show up after plugging into my computer. I pulled my photos and all is good.
Thanks again
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Ok so then after you unlocked it, you were able to just copy using the copy function of your PC or did you have to use adb?

JulesJam said:
Ok so then after you unlocked it, you were able to just copy using the copy function of your PC or did you have to use adb?
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Yes, after unlocking the drive shows up on my PC. :good:

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Retrieving text messages? Phone is broken.

So my HTC Hero has bit it. It has had a bad touch digitizer for about a week now. Is there ANY way to remove my text messages off the phone, perhaps with ADB? My phone will turn on and I can look at the screen but cannot touch anything. As such, I cannot unlock it.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
rjhall said:
So my HTC Hero has bit it. It has had a bad touch digitizer for about a week now. Is there ANY way to remove my text messages off the phone, perhaps with ADB? My phone will turn on and I can look at the screen but cannot touch anything. As such, I cannot unlock it.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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If it's rooted, you could conceivably pull the database file from it if you knew where it was, someone here should know that and this should bump your post back to the top.
aiwetir said:
If it's rooted, you could conceivably pull the database file from it if you knew where it was, someone here should know that and this should bump your post back to the top.
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It's not rooted, but with the screen off, I could always do so. I think USB debugging is on... Not actually sure.
rjhall said:
It's not rooted, but with the screen off, I could always do so. I think USB debugging is on... Not actually sure.
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If USB debugging is enabled, you can get a root shell (soft root) with the rageagainstthecage exploit and do what you need to do.
jasonmaloney said:
If USB debugging is enabled, you can get a root shell (soft root) with the rageagainstthecage exploit and do what you need to do.
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Alright, do you know where the text messages are saved?
rjhall said:
Alright, do you know where the text messages are saved?
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Dialer storage. Don't remember the exact path offhand.
jasonmaloney said:
Dialer storage. Don't remember the exact path offhand.
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Would it be possible for me to get to it in ADB without rooting the phone?
the path is /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
I'm not sure if root access is required, but good luck
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The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle said:
the path is /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
I'm not sure if root access is required, but good luck
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Sorry, my experience with ADB is limited. What are the commands I would need, or where would I find a list of commands/functions? I tried the official Android Developer pages and found nothing helpful.
EDIT: Sorry, just got off third shift a couple hours ago and my brain doesn't want to work. I managed to figure out the commands but...
!!!A new challenger appears!!!
I don't have USB debugging enabled. My touchscreen doesn't work. I am in quite a pickle, I believe. I can't get the PC to recognize the phone without USB debugging on. Is there a way to turn it on without a screen?!
rjhall said:
Sorry, my experience with ADB is limited. What are the commands I would need, or where would I find a list of commands/functions? I tried the official Android Developer pages and found nothing helpful.
EDIT: Sorry, just got off third shift a couple hours ago and my brain doesn't want to work. I managed to figure out the commands but...
!!!A new challenger appears!!!
I don't have USB debugging enabled. My touchscreen doesn't work. I am in quite a pickle, I believe. I can't get the PC to recognize the phone without USB debugging on. Is there a way to turn it on without a screen?!
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Wait... you said just the digitizer is broken? As in, the screen is intact but you just can't make any touch selections?
Are you on the stock (HTC Sense) firmware? If so, you can unlock the phone by pressing MENU on the lockscreen. From there, press MENU again, and use the trackball to navigate to Settings. Turn on USB debugging and root the phone. Install a custom recovery image, then reboot into recovery and do a nandroid backup. Then you'll be able to keep everything, not just your text messages.
jasonmaloney said:
Wait... you said just the digitizer is broken? As in, the screen is intact but you just can't make any touch selections?
Are you on the stock (HTC Sense) firmware? If so, you can unlock the phone by pressing MENU on the lockscreen. From there, press MENU again, and use the trackball to navigate to Settings. Turn on USB debugging and root the phone. Install a custom recovery image, then reboot into recovery and do a nandroid backup. Then you'll be able to keep everything, not just your text messages.
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It's hard to explain the problem I'm having. The screen doesn't turn on or respond to touch inputs. If I squeeze the phone's sides hard enough, I can get the screen to come on. Soon as I let up, it goes dark. Keys still light up, though. If I do anything with the keys, it doesn't show up on the screen. I have no idea how to get past this.
I am on stock HTC firmware now. I completely reflashed the entire phone with the 2.1 utility. That is, before it randomly stopped working.
After USB debugging is enabled, I can just pull the entire system directory, no? No need for nandroid or anything?
cracked screen
Hey guys My screen is being repaired for the next couple days and I reallly need to check my text messages....Can I get more clearification on what you guys are tallking about because im lost but Im up for anything as long as I can see my texts,
I don't know if it's possible to do this, but it's worth a try. Have you heard of "Air Droid"? It allows you to interface with your phone via a WiFi connection. If you can download an apk file of Air Droid, then flash it to your phone, you might be able to run it. Although your screen digitizer isn't working, your trackball can still select screen items. If it works, you can do a connect to WiFi, see the code, then use the browser interface. I think through that you can access data on the phone, including text messages.
Also, there are some apps that perform SMS to email. You could theoretically have your text messages sent to your email account.

Accessing pictures with broken screen

Hey guys
Last night I broke my SGS's screen. The phone is rooted and I know it still works as can hear it get texts and boot up correctly.
I wanted to just swap the phones out but I have a lot of valuable pictures etc on the phone that I hadn't backed up yet.
Is there any way to access the hard drive from the computer w/o being able to access the phone?
I tried the "Screencast" app but I cant seem to get it to work. I tried doing some searches on here but I'm not exactly sure what to look up.
I have insurance on my phone so I can get a replacement, I'd jsut like to get my pictures and any text messages i may have missed (but mainly the pics)
Any insight you guys have would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Reboot in recovery mode. That would give you adb access to the phone and you can adb pull your pictures with "adb pull sdcard/DCIM/Camera".
thanks for the reply.
sorry i'm kind of new at this stuff. my friend rooted my phone and did all the dirty work. i have no idea how to use adb or w/e
do i need a linux machine? also, how can i reboot in recovery mode if the screen is completely disabled?
do get via ADB you need to ADB kit or the Android SDK kit, theres a helpful section on how to do ADB but it shouldnt be a problem, i also recall that after ADB is installed you might be able to use Android explorer to go to the phones pciture directory and get them like that?
i'm having a horrible time trying to get this setup lol
i think a problem i'm having is i dont know if USB debugging is enabled on my phone, and since the screen is broken i can't turn it on.
anyone else have any other suggestions?
redstar2k said:
Reboot in recovery mode. That would give you adb access to the phone and you can adb pull your pictures with "adb pull sdcard/DCIM/Camera".
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it seems i can get it into what i ~think~ is recovery mode (it didnt make the typical noise it makes when booting up, and my bottom row buttons light up if i press the power button then one of the buttons)
not sure what screen im in honestly... but even still, the computer doesnt detect that anything is plugged in and ADB doesnt detect any devices...
maybe with usb cable?
thats what im doing is using USB cable.. problem is i cant mount my usb from my phone as the screen is broken.
i cannot do it blind either i dont believe, i dont think the screen is detecting my fingerpresses at all

[Q] Samsung Captivate Galaxy S (SGH-I897) with broken LCD, access files

Just watched the "noob video" and I'll apologize in advance for my ignorance here. I'm pretty tech savvy but not an Android user so please bear with me and feel free to dumb down any (and all, perhaps) responses.
I have a friend who cracked the LCD on her SGH-I897 (the four touch buttons on the bottom seem to respond). She already replaced the phone but now wants her photos/videos off of the internal memory. She literally had never plugged the device into a computer in the two years she owned it (this should give you some idea as to why it was handed off to me...). USB debugging is apparently off as the device connects to the PC, but no drive appears that I can access. It is obviously not rooted either.
I tried some file recovery software hoping that could bypass my inability to mount the drive but to no avail. I have a Macbook running 10.5 and a PC running Win7.
I've been researching for the better part of two days and I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15563295, but after following the link provided it said the kernel was for the Samsung Galaxy S2. It seems there must be a simple way to resolve this. It's just hacking into a photos folder after all...
All I need to do is retrieve and transfer the files, so the simplest means of doing this is the best. The phone is pretty busted up so once the files are off it's getting recycled.
Thanks again, all.
CanyonJoe said:
Just watched the "noob video" and I'll apologize in advance for my ignorance here. I'm pretty tech savvy but not an Android user so please bear with me and feel free to dumb down any (and all, perhaps) responses.
I have a friend who cracked the LCD on her SGH-I897 (the four touch buttons on the bottom seem to respond). She already replaced the phone but now wants her photos/videos off of the internal memory. She literally had never plugged the device into a computer in the two years she owned it (this should give you some idea as to why it was handed off to me...). USB debugging is apparently off as the device connects to the PC, but no drive appears that I can access. It is obviously not rooted either.
I tried some file recovery software hoping that could bypass my inability to mount the drive but to no avail. I have a Macbook running 10.5 and a PC running Win7.
I've been researching for the better part of two days and I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15563295, but after following the link provided it said the kernel was for the Samsung Galaxy S2. It seems there must be a simple way to resolve this. It's just hacking into a photos folder after all...
All I need to do is retrieve and transfer the files, so the simplest means of doing this is the best. The phone is pretty busted up so once the files are off it's getting recycled.
Thanks again, all.
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This might help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474956
Basically, you'd use ADB to mount the SD.
You said the screen is cracked but can you still read and/or see the image? If so, you could get in recovery and mount from there (using the volume and power buttons).
Thanks for the quick response, Wolf!
No link you posted was referencing a Nook Tablet, but I'm trying to access a Galaxy S Captivate. Would the instructions be identical..?
BWolf56 said:
Basically, you'd use ADB to mount the SD.
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So when you say "SD" you're not talking about a removable SD card, that's the term used for the internal memory for Android phones?
BWolf56 said:
You said the screen is cracked but can you still read and/or see the image? If so, you could get in recovery and mount from there (using the volume and power buttons).
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The LCD is actually cracked (not the outer protective glass/touch screen) so the LDC is completely inoperable (blacked out, no backlight, nothing).
CanyonJoe said:
Thanks for the quick response, Wolf!
No link you posted was referencing a Nook Tablet, but I'm trying to access a Galaxy S Captivate. Would the instructions be identical..?
So when you say "SD" you're not talking about a removable SD card, that's the term used for the internal memory for Android phones?
The LCD is actually cracked (not the outer protective glass/touch screen) so the LDC is completely inoperable (blacked out, no backlight, nothing).
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Damn brutal.. What did she do to it lol
ADB can be used on pretty much any androids, it sends command from your pc to your phone. I linked you a easy to follow guide but there are plenty out there, just google/search ADB and you'll find everything you need to know about it.
As for the SD, our phone has a internal SD and a slot for external SD. So yeah, I meant internal SD. (This is true for almost every androids)
BWolf56 said:
Damn brutal.. What did she do to it lol
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She literally threw it... Don't get me started... :silly:
BWolf56 said:
ADB can be used on pretty much any androids, it sends command from your pc to your phone. I linked you a easy to follow guide but there are plenty out there, just google/search ADB and you'll find everything you need to know about it.
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Alright, so I can install ADB on my PC and the UI will allow me to send a "USB Debug" command to the phone and *BAM* I'm in business?
BWolf56 said:
As for the SD, our phone has a internal SD and a slot for external SD. So yeah, I meant internal SD. (This is true for almost every androids)
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Wait... there's a Secure Digital card IN the phone acting as internal memory..? So, can I take the phone apart and just plug that card into a card reader? :victory: Or is the data encrypted?
CanyonJoe said:
She literally threw it... Don't get me started... :silly:
Alright, so I can install ADB on my PC and the UI will allow me to send a "USB Debug" command to the phone and *BAM* I'm in business?
Wait... there's a Secure Digital card IN the phone acting as internal memory..? So, can I take the phone apart and just plug that card into a card reader? :victory: Or is the data encrypted?
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It's called a internal SD but I have no idea how hard (or if even possible) it would be to get it. But it's surely something to look into.
As for ADB, as long as you can get it to recognize the phone, you should be in business. You can even use it to mount up
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BWolf56 said:
It's called a internal SD but I have no idea how hard (or if even possible) it would be to get it. But it's surely something to look into.
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I'll try the ADB approach first, then I may do an autopsy.
BWolf56 said:
As for ADB, as long as you can get it to recognize the phone, you should be in business. You can even use it to mount up
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Thanks for the info, sir. :highfive: I'll report back with my results.
CanyonJoe said:
I'll try the ADB approach first, then I may do an autopsy.
Thanks for the info, sir. :highfive: I'll report back with my results.
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Alright, road block... ADB can't be used if USB Debugging isn't enabled.
Can anyone help me enable USB Debugging without the LCD screen being functional?
To save you from reading all the above, my friend cracked the LCD screen on her phone. USB Debugging is off, phone is not rooted, touch screen is not functional. Four buttons on the bottom of the screen do work.
All she wants is the pictures off her internal memory (not an SD card, as a card reader would have solved this by now). Any help would be appreciated.
if she had an app called 'my phone explorer client' installed before the screen broke, then you could install my phone explorer on a pc, connect via usb with phone up and fully booted, then my phone explorer creates a mouse clickable image of the phone's screen. but ugh, this only works with usb debugging - perhaps there is another app can do it.
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CanyonJoe said:
Alright, road block... ADB can't be used if USB Debugging isn't enabled.
Can anyone help me enable USB Debugging without the LCD screen being functional?
To save you from reading all the above, my friend cracked the LCD screen on her phone. USB Debugging is off, phone is not rooted, touch screen is not functional. Four buttons on the bottom of the screen do work.
All she wants is the pictures off her internal memory (not an SD card, as a card reader would have solved this by now). Any help would be appreciated.
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Kinda running outta options here :/ Personally, my storage connects automaticly on my pc, don't need to manually mount it. Then again, I'm using W8 so that might be why (dunno really).
Another option could be to get another screen, connect it (but don't fully install it), get your files, return the screen. Not exatly the best option ever but it would work eh.
CanyonJoe said:
Wait... there's a Secure Digital card IN the phone acting as internal memory..? So, can I take the phone apart and just plug that card into a card reader? :victory: Or is the data encrypted?
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That would be a negative. Its a chip soldered onto the board. Its just habit to refer to it as the internal SD since that's how the android software treats it.
Also if you could get into recovery which of course would be hard to verify with a blank screen... At least with custom kernels I believe ADB is enabled so you could run commands there. But it may not be with stock kernels. Just a thought.
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[Q] Help, screen smashed and pattern locked!!

Hello I recently smashed the screen on my Xperia z. Is there anyway to unlock the phone without using the screen at all? Please can someone help me ive been digging for hours. All i need is to unlock the phone so i can access the data on it via my PC.
The data does not show in windows or via any sony pc apps while the phone is locked.
I read a thread that was to do with the same problem but it was with a NEXUS 7, The post is very old.
Is it possible to do it with an xperia z? I will be so grateful if anyone can help
Ive downloaded SDK already in preparation.
Thank you.
You can't see anything at all?
jakesm20 said:
Hello I recently smashed the screen on my Xperia z. Is there anyway to unlock the phone without using the screen at all? Please can someone help me ive been digging for hours. All i need is to unlock the phone so i can access the data on it via my PC.
The data does not show in windows or via any sony pc apps while the phone is locked.
I read a thread that was to do with the same problem but it was with a NEXUS 7, The post is very old.
Is it possible to do it with an xperia z? I will be so grateful if anyone can help
Ive downloaded SDK already in preparation.
Thank you.
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There's an app called magic unlock that you can unlock your phone by swiping the proximity sensor but the thing is I don't know how you gonna download and set it since you can't unlock the phone now lol.
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DrKrFfXx said:
You can't see anything at all?
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Nope nothing of any real value just heavily distorted colours. cannot touch anything on screen
OK, so after a while trying to access user partition via adb shell, pull, adb file explorers, etc. With no luck, I found that if:
You turn of your phone, hard power it off in your case since you can't confirm the on screen dialog (volume up + volume up until it vibrates three times).
Now that the device is turned off, plug both ends of the usb cable to the pc and phone, it should beep whatever, and then the charging animation should come up.
Turn on the device and let it boot without unplugging the USB.
When the device gets to the sim unlock screen, the PC should recognize the internal memory and you can access to it, since it probably hasn't load the pattern unlock stuff.
Give it a try. I've just done it several times and can access my data partition entirely.
DrKrFfXx said:
OK, so after a while trying to access user partition via adb shell, pull, adb file explorers, etc. With no luck, I found that if:
You turn of your phone, hard power it off in your case since you can't confirm the on screen dialog (volume up + volume up until it vibrates three times).
Now that the device is turned off, plug both ends of the usb cable to the pc and phone, it should beep whatever, and then the charging animation should come up.
Turn on the device and let it boot without unplugging the USB.
When the device gets to the sim unlock screen, the PC should recognize the internal memory and you can access to it, since it probably hasn't load the pattern unlock stuff.
Give it a try. I've just done it several times and can access my data partition entirely.
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Thankyou so much for your help, I wish I could say it worked but it hasn't. I did exactly what you said and my computer starts to recognise the phone but stalls on loading up data. it stops access to ''MY COMPUTER'' until the phone is removed at which point a dialog window pops up saying ''sony xperia z connected'' but of course now its been disconnected i cannot access anything regardless of the dialog window telling me my phone is connected
any other ideas? I really appreciate you putting in the time to help me
Just got it to work!!!! Thank you so much for your help. After I realised that the problem for loading extensions may be coming from my PC I ran AVG tuneup which fixes all hidden errors and it worked Instantly.
I recommend AVG tuneup to everyone, especially if you play a lot of games or install a lot of programs. Whenever Ive noticed sluggish performance on my PC i've ran a full scan and it has always fixed any issues.
Thank you so much again for the great help, very impressed with this community and its great attitude toward helping others.
So it was a drivers issue of some sort. Did my method worked in the end? I found it randomly. I call it a security issue though, this time came in handy.
Glad you could fix your problem.

Broken Display Question About Data Recovery

So I shattered my display and the screen wont turn on but it still vibrates when i get notifications, i was wondering if anyone would know of a way to sort of project the display onto a TV or PC so i can use apps that i installed to backup messages and app data and stuff?
I'm pretty sure if the phone still works you can run it in ADP on your PC and basically click through the phone. Then do whatever you need to do and back it up.
BlueForce64 said:
I'm pretty sure if the phone still works you can run it in ADP on your PC and basically click through the phone. Then do whatever you need to do and back it up.
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Here's the problem with that:
ADB doesn't work unless you first enable it in developer options. Once you do that, you have to click yes on a confirmation dialog the first time you use it. Both of these processes require a functioning screen.
If you have an unlocked phone with TWRP installed, and you can blindly convince the phone to boot into TWRP (maybe by booting into bootloader and using fastboot reboot-recovery, but I'll have to check and see if that command works when I get home. I think it does.), you'll be able to access the data on your phone by simply plugging it into a computer. If you do not have TWRP installed, and you have no lockscreen set up (no swipe, no password, no pin, no nothing), you might be able to access the data by plugging it into a computer after it boots.
If none of those situations apply, and the data is worth about $100 to you, you might want to look into a screen replacement service. Sometimes you can find little electronics places in malls or shopping centers that will do it, and I'm pretty sure there are businesses that you can mail your phone to and they'll mail it back once the work is completed. A friend of mine even found a service that sent someone to her house to replace her screen then and there.
Thanks, booting into TWRP worked and I was able to get most of the stuff I needed. I completely forgot I could get into it that way.

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