[TOOL] ADB Data Recovery (recover data from a phone with broken screen)

**UPDATE**
NEW VERSION

THIS RELIES ON ADB COMMANDS, SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE USB DEBUGGING TURNED ON, OR A CUSTOM RECOVERY TO BOOT TO, THEN IT WILL NOT BE AS SIMPLE AS JUST RUNING THE PROGRAM.

Another user was having issues because he had an emulator installed, so I updated the file to give you the choice between an emulator, or device. I intend to update further to allow you to check for and select an individual device, that will come soon..
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Recently my Galaxy s2's screen smashed, and, after replacing it with a GS4, i realized that many of my pictures were stuck on the internal sd card of the GS2. Being unable to turn on mass storage mode, I made a very simple tool that makes using adb pull a simple, painless process, even for the most computer illiterate of android users. Hope this helps if anyone needs it.







For anyone having issues...

If you had not previously activated USB Debugging, there are several steps you need to follow in order to enable ADB

SCREEN WORKING TOUCH BROKEN NO CUSTOM RECOVERY​

first, if you can see your screen, and have access to an otg cable, plug a mouse in to the otg cable, and the otg cable into the phone. Use the mouse to enable USB debugging, or to transfer files.
HOW TO ENABLE USB DEBUGGING

SCREEN WORKING TOUCH BROKEN WITH CUSTOM RECOVERY​

boot to your custom recovery ADB commands will work here. (usually hold vol- + pwr)
HOW TO BOOT TO RECOVERY

Once in custom recovery, connect the device to the PC.
open CMD and enter the following commands;
cd c:\android (this is your ADB path, c:\android is default)
adb devices

The result should be something like

List of devices attached
051a4dd5 recovery
^^this number will be different for you

if you get a result on ADB devices, then you can use the program

SCREEN BROKEN TOUCH BROKEN WITH CUSTOM RECOVERY​

boot to your custom recovery ADB commands will work here. (usually hold vol- + pwr)
HOW TO BOOT TO RECOVERY

Once in custom recovery, connect the device to the PC.
open CMD and enter the following commands;
cd c:\android (this is your ADB path, c:\android is default)
adb devices

The result should be something like

List of devices attached
051a4dd5 recovery
^^this number will be different for you

if you get a result on ADB devices, then you can use the program

SCREEN BROKEN TOUCH BROKEN NO CUSTOM RECOVERY​

now things get complicated...


*The following is paraphrased from this site

1. download the custom recovery image for your device. Copy the recovery image to a convenient location on your computer, preferably with a short path. We will be placing it on the C Drive directly (not in any folder) and using that in the next steps.
Note: The recovery image should have .img extension. If it is in a zip file, extract the .img file from it.
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2. Power your device off and reboot your device to FASTBOOT or DOWNLOAD MODE depending on which type of device you have.
(most devices are fastboot, SAMSUNG typically uses DOWNLOAD MODE)
how to boot to fastboot or download mode

[FASTBOOT]​

3. Connect your device to your computer via USB and wait till you see the PC recognize the device

to check if your device is in fastboot and connected use CMD and enter the following commands;
cd c:\android (this is your ADB path, c:\android is default)
fastboot devices

you will see a list of connected devices. if not, something went wrong.

4. Launch Command Prompt and type the following commands;

cd c:\android (this is your ADB path, c:\android is default)
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img

5. Wait for the process to finish.

6. Turn device off then boot to your custom recovery ADB commands will work here. (usually hold vol- + pwr)
HOW TO BOOT TO RECOVERY

Once in custom recovery, connect the device to the PC.
open CMD and enter the following commands;
cd c:\android (this is your ADB path, c:\android is default)
adb devices

The result should be something like

List of devices attached
051a4dd5 recovery
^^this number will be different for you

if you get a result on ADB devices, then you can use the program

[RECOVERY MODE (SAMSUNG)]​

USE THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THIS PAGE

Once in custom recovery, connect the device to the PC.
open CMD and enter the following commands;
cd c:\android (this is your ADB path, c:\android is default)
adb devices

The result should be something like

List of devices attached
051a4dd5 recovery
^^this number will be different for you

if you get a result on ADB devices, then you can use the program


HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS. REMEMBER TO CHECK THE FORUM PAGE FOR YOUR DEVICE IF YOU RUN INTO ISSUES. THIS ISN'T ANYTHING THE MEMBERS OF XDA HAVEN'T DONE THOUSANDS OF TIMES OVER.



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koperkowy said:

Hi! Can I use that to restore data not from sdcard but from internal memory of the device? I was storing photos on device memory on my Asus TF300T and now its bricked. I need to restore these photos, my girlfriend has something like 1000 of them from her trip to Caracas. Its very important for her. I already managed to connect the device through fastboot and I launched anb in cmd. What should I do next? Please help me guys

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Yes, when it references SD Card it means the internal "SD" storage built in to the phone, not the removable one. It should work as long as ADB can connect.

Sorry for taking so long to reply, i really hope you got your pictures back.

alisdairjk said:

When i run that tool, i get the error mesg: more than one device and emulator,
I dont want to uninstall the emulator coz it was a headache getting it running
How i procede to select the device to be used

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NEW VERSION

Try this, i haven't gotten to test it, so please let me know if it worked for you, I added the option of selecting an emulator or USB device, because of your post. Hopefully it helps.