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Hey guys.
Got my nephew's S4 with a destroyed screen. His mother says she only wants pics etc from it if it's not repairable.
It seems screens(+ digitizer) on these are a hell of a lot more than iphone screens so she said retrieve what you can.
So, does anyone know if they'll power on with a broken display?
ADB can't see any device, and the battery is putting out good voltage.
I was just wondering if something else is buggered, since some other devices will turn on without a screen.
Cheers
Yes they will power on but you will only be able to access it's internal memory if they don't have a screen lock set - if they have to enter a pin or use a swipe sequence to use their phone then that has to be done before you can access the memory and you'll need the screen for that
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I see. So since adb can't see it can we safely assume it's dead? He had a screen lock too.
Cheers Northernbloke 😃
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Possibly I had the same problem with my S4 when it got run over - luckily I had lookout installed so I was able to remotely wipe it - I always set my phones to upload photos immediately to Dropbox so I never lose them and take regular backups of anything else important - too late now for you I know but if you're the techy in the family that everyone runs to this is a good to drum home the message about backing stuff up
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I'm not up to speed on the S4 but on many android devices you could use a key combination on power up to put it in fastboot mode which might allow you to pull all data off the device.
Cheers maltloaf, already tried that but to no avail
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