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Data retrieval from Androde telephone with cracked screen

amd6502

amd6502

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My telephone hit the sidewalk on the wrong side. At first, screen was okay but glass had considerable cracks. I should've shelved it and safeguarded it right then and there, had I known better.

But I secured the cracks with glue and kept using it. After having it in my backpocket and walking and hauling things around the screen went 95% dead. The centimeter slice of usable screen is essentially useless. Pixels are dead, as is touch input.

What sort of data can be retrieved from it and how would one go about it?

Ideally I'd like to get phone contacts. If possible old text messages too.

Nope it's not synced to the google cloud.

Would be neat if somehow the disk image could be used and booted off with a rasperry pi or acorn emulator/VM. Seems withing realm of possibility but probably not though.
 
If you never enabled USB debugging in developer options then I think there is nothing you can do. If you do have debugging turn on you might be able to pull something off with ADB commands. I'm not saavy with ADB so couldn't tell you exactly how to do that. XDA forums would be a good source for that.
 
Ravynmagi said:
If you never enabled USB debugging in developer options then I think there is nothing you can do. If you do have debugging turn on you might be able to pull something off with ADB commands. I'm not saavy with ADB so couldn't tell you exactly how to do that. XDA forums would be a good source for that.
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Thanks, yes I was worried this might be the case. I'll definitely shelve my replacement telephone if it ever develops cracks. That was a dumb mistake of mine.
 
sdifox said:
Do you have an otg cable? Might be able to connect usb mouse to it.
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Hmm, that's an interesting idea. I would be clicking blindly but with trial and error I could likely get it to at least share files with the PC. Thanks for that idea!
 
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