Recover messages from Z3 with smashed display?

nniicckkss

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Hello.

My wife dropped her Z3 earlier today for the second time in as many months! But midway through getting the screen replaced, I decided to buy her a new phone. As the repair shop had already started the job, her phone is now pretty much unusable, no display or touch function.. I've managed to reassemble it enough to get the battery light on to see that it is charging, and I can feel vibrations on the button press, and my PC detects the phone. It was totally stock, not modded at all. It had a pattern swipe lock on it.

My question is, can I get her text messages off of the phone?
Is there any way at all to access and retrieve them via USB connection?

Thank you for any help.
 

nniicckkss

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Dec 15, 2009
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Hi all - I'm still trying to find a response to this. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I have tried to fit a new display but the new display was not responsive and did not illuminate too. If I can get this to work I can release the passcode and access the phone to recover the SMSs, but so far, no luck.