yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
I made a thread about something similar months ago. It was called Kies is a life saver...

My friend shattered his screen on his SGS2 and wanted me to backup then restore his data to the replacement.

Plug it into Kies on a Windows PC, and select backup, then once you get a replacement select restore.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately it doesn't look like Kies will let me access the Backup features until the device is unlocked. And of course, I don't regularly backup this device.

Any suggestions as a plan b or workaround your friend was able to take advantage of?

Additionally, any idea what your friend had to shell out for the replacement w/ insurance?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
$100.00 for insurance.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Ergh, don't exactly like the idea of having to swallow 100 bucks. So just for my knowledge, TEP no longer covers screen cracks? I'm curious if I could pass this off as a manufacturer flaw, as the phone itself is otherwise in perfect physical condition, just the digital AMOLED that is broken.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Take it to a corporate store/repair center and tell them the screen quit working. Maybe you will get lucky.

Were you using a case?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gershee:
reboot into recovery and then adb pull the data you want.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Yes, had a CaseMate with kickstand on it at the time of the tumble. It was literally about 4 ft off the ground, slipped from my hand while exiting the car, and landed face-first on some craggy black asphalt. I could tell from the fall that there was going to be damage, but I was expecting the outer glass to break, not the inner.

Worth a shot I suppose, there's a decent place near me...they replaced my OG Evo for free - but I think this was before Sprint's insurance policy changes. Unfortunately for my S2, if you glance at the screen at a good angle you can see clearly that the AMOLED digitizer has crack lines.

Still, seems a shame to spend a potential 100 bucks via an insurance replacement on a phone that barely fetches half of that on Ebay...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
TEP might cover you for a replacement screen, but of course you're going to have to pay for it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Guys, I fibbed. Looks like I did have USB Debugging setup on the phone. Can anyone remind me on the internal_sd path so I can pull my data?

Thanks in advance!

Nvm...found it. For historical reference from ADB root (e.g. cd /) you can cd sdcard to gain access to the internal SD.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Need one more bit of help on this issue...

Trying to do an adb pull to no avail. Can anyone clarify why I'm receiving the error: device not found when attempting to execute adb pull /sdcard .\sdcard

adb ls gives me all files on the device, but pulling throws a "device not found" error. Is this a sign that USB debugging is, in fact, not enabled?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Can anyone advise me on what I'm doing wrong here? adb ls works fine for viewing the device directory system, but the minute I try to perform an adb pull I'm receiving a "device not found" error. Does this mean USB debugging is not enabled on my device, or did I miss a step in launching my device shell?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Reuploading missing screenshot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Are you rooted?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
No, device was never rooted.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] byrdcfmma:
I think one of the stock sw upgrades prevents you from retrieving your files with a computer, unless you are rooted. Take it to the sprint store and they may be able to retrieve your data
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
If it was never rooted I'm not sure what you can do to pull your data using ADB... Kies was the only thing I was able to use when I helped my friend retrieve his data.

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Just found the thread and gave it a bump.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1742419

Samsung Kies is a life saver!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] extreme sense:
Hit up the op on this thread. He should have a screen cheaper than what you will pay for a replacement phone. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1868913
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
If he can get to ADB shell he can get what he needs.

I'm writing this on the assumption you have a MicroSD card.

1) Go to ADB shell.

2) Type "reboot download" to kick it into Odin Mode.

3) Flash one of Agat's kernel with recoveries using Odin. This will give you root and CWM.

From here you have one of two options:

1) Mount USB from Agat's recovery. If you need the button counts can test and send tomorrow.

You get here by "reboot recovery" from ADB Shell.

2) Use ADB shell to copy to a MicroSD card.

Don't worry, you're good if you got USB debugging!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PoppinJ:
I wonder what they could do for you at a sprint store. They have all kinds of software for pulling data off of phones and putting it on newly purchased ones. Perhaps they would be able to help out as a last resort.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Everyone, I appreciate your feedback to this posting. Went to a local repair shop in South Florida today called Cel-Tec and they recommended filing an insurance claim.

Yes, I have to eat the $100 deductible, but at least I'll get a working replacement with a reset 1yr warranty. The tech offered to help seat the replacement phone's screen to my broken device once I receive the replacement, so there is hope that I can at least salvage the on-board data from it once I have a working display affixed. Interestingly, the tech recommended I keep the replacement since I mentioned having some intermittent issues with the USB connector and sub par battery life.

In any event, I'll let you know how the swap goes for posterity's sake. Appreciate everyone's input, and best of luck to you on the safety your own devices. For those non-tech users out there, let this be a lesson to you to ALWAYS ALWAYS enable USB debugging. ;]

Thanks everyone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
So they'd let you keep both? If so, bonus!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Unfortunately, I still have to return my damaged phone. Interestingly though, an insurance claim gives you 15 days to do so. Not too shabby, though; buys me enough time to salvage anything of value from the broken one prior to shipping it back to them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
BTW just read this post...might still be worth a shot during lunch today. I'll let you know if I have any luck - but my noteworthy point of reference is that I don't think USB debugging is enabled on my device (otherwise I'm guessing the adb pull I attempted earlier would work).
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Try this - should work either way.

Press Vol Down + Power, hold for 15 seconds, wait 3 seconds, press Vol Up and plug in to Odin.

If it's really just the screen this will let you flash Agat's kernel.

Then just hold Vol Up + Power for 15-30 seconds and I'll post the keystrokes here to mount USB in his recovery.

If all goes well you'll see the phone and card in Windows and be able to copy everything you need.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] someguyatx:
Too bad you have to pay $100 for a replacement. That's the main reason I don't have insurance. I'm surprised it broke with a case too from that short of a fall. Mine has taken a few drops and tumbles but thankfully the case kept it intact.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] times_infinity:
From the looks of it, you were trying to use adb while you were already in a shell.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Nice catch! At least confirms USB debugging

was

enabled.

OP, sequence to mount USB from Agat's recovery:

VOL Down x 6, Power

Vol Up x 2, Power

Wait for devices to appear, should show drives at the end.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] fenixjn:
I thought push and pull commands only worked with individual files, not whole directories.

What about regular cp -R? Instead of copying to your local folder, try copying to the ext sd card: cp -R /sdcard/* /external_sd (or whichever is your external sd card mount point)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Thanks for the pro tip, installing Agat's with Odin one-click was a sinch, and now I'm in the process of DLing all of my internal "sdcard" data via adb pull mnt/sdcard .\sdcard. Data is saved! Didn't even have to navigate to recovery to do it, just rebooted device and now that it's rooted it is accepting my pull commands no problem.

Amazing to know that even while flying blind, these devices are still incredibly functional.

BIG THANKS for your feedback. :]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Tried this step but no dice. I keep getting a unknown device error in windows. Any other ideas? I tried doing an ADP PULL of a Caulkin ROM and getting a permission/denial error when attempting to ADP PULL to the device SD Card.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
A reinstall of the USB drivers from Samsung's website ought to fix your unknown device problem. But that's great news that this is the holdup!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Tried reinstalling device USB drivers but it doesn't seem to have made a difference. Following the key strokes you gave me I am still not about to mount the USB via Agat's recovery (of course, I can't actually see the screen so I can only assume it's mounting as per your instructions.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reddragon72:
To bad you don't have the HDMI connector that would make it super easy.

if you were rooted I'd tell you how to setup webkey and you could just pull the files that way.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
All good...in the end after doing a few ADP pulls I got all the data I was looking for.

Rooted the new device and giving Caulkin's a run now...any recommendations beyond this ROM? Currently using Caulk's 2, v1.6. Was eyeballing AOKP as well...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AestenD:
BluKuban!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
FI27, either crawrj's or dan_'s.

Crawrj's is just a plain stock rooted with busybox, Dan_'s has a few mods included as well as root and busybox.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
BluKuban sounds interesting, but I'm not really keen on the theme. Giving crawrj's FI27 deodexed a run since Caulk's 2 wasn't very stable for me...intermittent crashing and no low battery notifications, liked the rom tweaks though.

Might dig around for a FI27 rom later tonight, any suggestions on themes? I really like the stock ICS UI look & feel.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kraAak:
Tried to boot without SIM ?

Hello Folks,

I was in the same situation with a broken display on a Galaxy Nexus : black screen, digitalizer dead/no more touch response and USB Debugging OFF.

As I had no lock on the phone (except the SIM PIN) I tried the following (that worked for me) :

Removed the battery (to make sure it was OFF)

Removed the SIM card

Put Battery back in place

Connected to Computer with USB cable

Booted the Phone ON

Soon after, the windows prompt for Portable Device appeared and by immediately clicking on "Open device to view files using Windows Explorer", I was able to access the phone memory and copy various datas to my computer (dwnld documents, pictures, music, etc...)

If you have no phone lock (code, scheme or face recognition, maybe it worth giving it a try.. thx for your FB,

Rgds
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
I am happy to report that I have successfully retrieved all missing data from my phone, and safely wiped it, using Agat's recovery and good old fashioned elbow grease. :laugh:

New phone came in and used this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pvAINg2ME to pry apart the old screen (it's super easy, takes about 5-10 minutes with the right tools).

Now it's in a FedEx package back to Asurion. In hindsight, it's almost worth it to just buy a digitizer separately, but at least I know my phone has OEM parts...

Hope this thread saves someone in the future...happy hacking all. ;]
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mattix724:
Thanks for sharing that video tutorial! Now I feel like a certified repair technician.

Did you just take the screen off the replacement and put it on the phone you already had and sent back the one you received with a broken screen?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oblivion0:
Nah, I kept the new device, hardware and all. I contemplated just swapping the digitizer but noticed the replacement seemed to lock easier with the GPS and seemingly gets better battery life. I did eyeball both motherboards and concluded at least some of the hardware in the replacement seemed different from the old (hopefully better).

Been using the replacement for a solid two weeks now and it has performed admirably for a recent road trip to Halloween Horror Nights. Data radio is solid, and GPS locks in a cinch. Of course, this could also simply be a benefit of FI27.

Once interesting note about these devices is the CDMA and Global Trax chips live in the "butt" of the device, and are independently swappable.

Wonder if that means the ESN could be hard replaced? Food for thought...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] waiters:
I have been trying unsuccessfully to get a VPN going between a watchguard device and my android phone - on my SGS2 it didn't work either. from what i can tell, samsung's vpn client (built in) is broken.

the vpn works fine with windows, linux, and IOS devices, but not with samsung phones.

watchguard has gotten it to work with a nexus device without problems.

i read someplace that samsung sometimes distributes "AuthenTec VPN Client v2.5.1" (or whatever version number) and i believe that this apk might be on the vzw version of the SGS3

i was hoping that, if it was, one of you guys could share.

thank you!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bmakk2055:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameloft.android.ANMP.GloftWBHM
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] almightyrock88:
Hey guys, im a noob and i recently flashed ViperXL on my att HOX. everything was going fine except after i restored data from Titanium backup that i had backed up from previous ROM (AOKP build 4). Titanium said i had to reboot so i did. And now i am stuck on "htc ONE" screen. Is my phone done? please help! :(
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] HTC_Phone:
Plug your phone in, use ADB to reboot into recovery, wipe everything and reinstall ViperXL.

Don't restore apps from another ROM like AOKP
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] almightyrock88:
sorry im new at this, but how do i that. i downloaded adb but i dont know how to get my phone into recovery mode with adb.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Shut it off, boot to bootloader, select recovery
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] almightyrock88:
its letting me when i hold the power button and volume down button...any idea?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Turn on, hold power 10-15 seconds, until screen goes black, let off, press n hold volume down, press power just 2-3 seconds, let off power button but continue holding vol. Down
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] almightyrock88:
got it. thank you so much! i need to remember that incase i mess up again (hope it wont happen again) lol. everything is running ok now. thank you again
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
Tip: what he said(holding power button) simulates a battery pull
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] blingblingthing:
Also reminds us all the importance of backing up our data via a Custom Recovery before flashing ROMs
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] VivaSativa:
ive stumpled on upon a quite annoying problem..i have an HTC ONE X+ which i unlocked my bootloader on and everything went smooth until i wanted to start recovery via hboot.

it did not start and i tried several times and restarted etcetc, i then tried to flash in another recovery and then tried more and more but nothing..

then i cant remember now exaclty how i did it, but i have several RUU, kernel, recovery, boot and roms n such items downloaded

so i tried to feed in another flash or rom or whatever its called to get the recovery funtion to work (i am not very pro at this) and then when i wanted to start my phone normally it all of a sudden wont boot properly.

it freezes on the bootscreen.. i can turn off and go in to bootloader but i cant do ANYTHING from there, i cant do a factory reset (wich i also tried when the recovery did not want to work) i cant do **** there. tried to lock and unlock bootloader.. feels like im out of options..

the only thing i can do now is command the phone via cmd and the toolkit i use from here "Hasoon2000s htc one x AIO kit"

using this guide on this thread mostly..

ive tried so many things now, searched this and other forums since friday and i still can not get anywhere... starting to think this is what the definition of a bricked unit is??

if you need any more info please just ask.. i bought the phone a week ago so kinda sucks if it would be useless for me right away haha..

i would appreciate som help and tips... please

Sincerely Jeff
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
[MENTION=5350119]VivaSativa[/MENTION] Wrong forum, this forum is for the evita (HTC one X/XL). What you want is here http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1814
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] VivaSativa:
thanks for the info that im in the wrong place.. ive posted it in the right place, would you mind go there, read my post and maybe help me out? :)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] RollTribe:
The people who actually have that phone can help you out, I don't know how to solve it as well as they do. Good luck!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightpath:
Howdy all,

Ive been looking around, but does anyone here know how to edit the touchscreen driver? Problem is on the Asus Transformer Prime TF201 none of the replacement touchscreens have a proper X-axis, they're all inverted. I wanted to try my hand at editing the driver(s) that control the digitizer, or if someone could do it I wouldn't mind either.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shimp208:
Modifying the touchscreen driver would require you to obtain the kernel source for the TF201 and then go into the driver portion of the kernel, find the touchscreen driver, and then modify it (Would require knowledge of Linux drivers, and C/C++), save these modifications, repackage the kernel and flash it your device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nightpath:
Seems a bit above my knowledge grade.

Q_Q
[HTC Rezound] the_Damaged_one:
Been on Nil's Business Sense for months, no probs...

Today, out of the blue, my email no longer is syncing. I have verified it is still set to check every 5 minutes, and it was fine yesterday (and I have not been tinkering for months). Even rebooted, then powered off and did a battery pull when that didn't work...no good.

Mail only refreshes if I go into my mail folder now.

Any ideas?
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Uncheck it from sync, recheck it, sync all, then you should be good
[HTC Rezound] the_Damaged_one:
I tried this to no avail...did you mean somewhere else?

In mail, I went to:

Settings

Send & Receive

(tried un-checking inbox from sync - could not)

Update Schedule

changed frequency from 5 min to manual

exited to desktop, went back and re-set to 5 min.

Still does nto auto-sync my mail.

If from the desktop I go to settings - accounts and sync, then select my email, I get to the same place as above.

The only thing I have not tried is deleting my email account from Accounts and Sync, because it warned that doing so would delete all mail, contacts, etc.
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
Go to settings > accounts and sync and try from there
[HTC Rezound] the_Damaged_one:
Aha!

When I went back in that way again, I noticed the slider at the top for "Auto Sync" for everything was set to "off" (weather, mail, etc...)

The master sync switch also resides on one of my screens near my wifi button...must have accidentally turned it off from there.

Thanks!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redvirus:
Stock Jelly Bean ROM for unlocked Transformer Prime​

Info:

Stock ROM based on WW Jelly Bean 10.4.2.15 (Android 4.1.1)

Fully deodexed

Rooted

New JB bootloader included

TWRP 2.2.2.1 recovery for JB included

Can be flashed over any ROM

Warning:

Use this rom at your own risk. I am not responsible for any bricked devices.

I strongly recommend enabling NVFlash before flashing this ROM here. You CAN NOT enable NVFlash on JB bootloader!!

Use only recovery made for JB or you can brick device.

Instruction:

Download the ROM

Copy the file to your device and reboot into recovery

Wipe data/cache (factory reset) - optional

Flash the ROM update zip

Reboot and wait for final flash and then let the device boot up (it will take some time)

Enjoy Jelly Bean

Download:

WW_epad-user-redvirus-10.4.2.15.zip - 336.68 MB

MD5:a2ab74c20fd3bd1946396c1d0370c4b5

Version without bootloader and recovery:

Only for those with JB bootloader!!

WW_epad-user-redvirus-10.4.2.15-forJB.zip - 328.98 MB

MD5:a62c643ec27597c771b73d7f62ecbade

Thank you sparkym3 for your guide
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] CrazyCoder:
Is step 3 (Wipe data/cache (factory reset)) absolutely required when updating from .28 rooted ROM for unlocked devices?

Stock ASUS update doesn't require wipe when you update from the older ASUS ROM.

Will this work without wipe if I'm updating from rooted 9.4.2.28 ROM?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] andy_rose:
Do we get to choose not to install bootloader and recovery during install for us that already have both the jb bootloader and jb recovery?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redvirus:
You can install this ROM without wipe. /info updated

I made a version without bootloader and recovery.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] andy_rose:
Thanx man, appreciate it :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deleted member 2879886:
Downloaded your latest JB for people already with new bootloader and TWRP but it failed to flash.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] redvirus:
Can you send me recovery.log?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gilc8:
10x !!!!!!!!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deleted member 2879886:
The md5 is fine but it just would not start got failed at the very beginning, I dont know if a recovery log is possible since it never recovered from anything.

Edit: Should have added I was on Craigacgomez US JB with TWRP.

Edit 2: Runing a log, should be ready in a few.

Edit 3: Sent!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ayesuku:
Just for the record: I have a CM10 preview rom with CWM 5.8.3.4 currently on my Prime. Am I able to just wipe and flash this like any normal rom? I was told I'd have to revert back to stock ICS before flashing the new release or it might brick.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] SiL3nTKiLL:
will try this when i get home and report back!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] leime68:
Hello i am on android 4.0.3 WSG Rom. Am i able to flash this rom?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deleted member 2879886:
Ok the WW for JB bootloader and TWRP worked perfectly my earlier problem was I had TWRP 2.2.2.0 installed for some weird reason once on TWRP 21 it flash no problem. In my case I had to also reflash Superuser 3.2
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] antnyp85:
Thanks for this Rom. Just a question. I have a US TF201 rooted and unlocked. All I am hoping to do is to install stock JB. Can I install this Rom or no? The only other Rom is see that is stock is the one that says JRO03C and that one is for US... But I don't know if it's completely based on the official release for the TF201. Thought it was based off of the update for the 300 or something. I appreciate the help :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] flewpastu:
I think its the same official tf201 US version many people prefer the ww tho and if i'm wrong someone will be shortly to correct me lol

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Nevermind i am wrong but i am running the US update one and is sold
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Deleted member 2879886:
I installed it and it work great, got the buildprop tweak done and browser2ram install, have no complaint, its very smooth and fast, I don't see any reason so far to OC and my Prime is one of the first BC0, still running strong :cool: