Data retrieval from smashed phone

Al Capwned · 30-08-2011 6:03pm #1

Hi -

I had a Samsung Europa that I broke screen on this morning - Does anyone know of any way of getting the numbers from it????

It fell from roof level and the screen is completely shot, and the wee bracket that holds the sim card in place is not in great shape.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Al....

subway · 30-08-2011 7:14pm

Are you not syncing to Facebook or google?

https://www.facebook.com/friends/edit/?sk=phonebook

The_B_Man · 30-08-2011 7:55pm

subway wrote: »

Are you not syncing to Facebook or google?

https://www.facebook.com/friends/edit/?sk=phonebook

Thats just people on facebook who've filled in the Phone Number field in their profile! There's numbers in there from Pubs and Nightclubs that I don't have the numbers of on my phone!

alproctor, if your numbers arent on your phone, and they arent on your SIM, then I'm not sure what you can do.

How handy are you with command line in Windows? You might be able to get the address book using ADB.

subway · 30-08-2011 8:04pm

The_B_Man wrote: »

Thats just people on facebook who've filled in the Phone Number field in their profile!

Wrong

The_B_Man · 30-08-2011 8:20pm

OK, well that's me convinced!

subway · 30-08-2011 11:17pm

Not here to convince you....

Trying to help the op

Al Capwned · 30-08-2011 11:20pm

The_B_Man wrote: »

Thats just people on facebook who've filled in the Phone Number field in their profile! There's numbers in there from Pubs and Nightclubs that I don't have the numbers of on my phone!

alproctor, if your numbers arent on your phone, and they arent on your SIM, then I'm not sure what you can do.

How handy are you with command line in Windows? You might be able to get the address book using ADB.

Yeah I have the same sinking feeling that i've lost everything - I'm very new to android, and haven't synched......

And OK - excuse my ignorance, but ADB is????

subway · 30-08-2011 11:32pm

Setting it up is enough to sync to google servers. Check your Gmail account also

subway · 30-08-2011 11:33pm

Or what about kies, will the phone power on?

Capt'n Midnight · 30-08-2011 11:40pm

did you have a micro sd card, check for data on it

connect via usb - on the off chance you can still press part of the screen,

if the screen is locked and can't be unlocked then it's not supposed to be easy to recover info from it

charlesh · 02-09-2011 5:59pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

did you have a micro sd card, check for data on it

connect via usb - on the off chance you can still press part of the screen,

if the screen is locked and can't be unlocked then it's not supposed to be easy to recover info from it

If your screen is smashed just take the micro sd out and use an adapter to connect to your laptop . That's your photos etc. When you sign in on your new phone you will be asked if you want all your apps downloaded. ... So your sorted on that too ..... Anything else?

Knasher · 03-09-2011 2:39pm

If you set it up with a google account when you first got the phone, have you tried going to the contacts section of GMail to see what is there?

Al Capwned · 03-09-2011 3:03pm

Knasher wrote: »

If you set it up with a google account when you first got the phone, have you tried going to the contacts section of GMail to see what is there?

Yeah tried that - nothing there - i mustn't have set it up with my google account - thought i did, but apparetly not!

Knasher · 03-09-2011 3:44pm

alproctor wrote: »

Yeah tried that - nothing there - i mustn't have set it up with my google account - thought i did, but apparetly not!

That is unfortunate. As somebody mentioned ADB is a possibility, but only if the phone still turns on (obviously without the screen) and you had enabled USB debugging.

Al Capwned · 03-09-2011 3:47pm

Yes that is unfortunate - especially as I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about!!!!!!

Knasher · 03-09-2011 4:09pm

alproctor wrote: »

Yes that is unfortunate - especially as I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about!!!!!!

Okay, so ADB is a program you can run on your computer which allows you to send commands to your phone over USB. However as this is a security hole it is something you have to choose to enable in one of the menus on the phone.

If you had it enabled then you may be able to start a program on your phone that would allow you to interact with it in much the same way as you normally would using a computer.

However as you don't know what it is, it is a reasonable assumption that you never chose to enable it. In that case there really isn't a whole lot you can do. Assuming your phone still turns on (although obviously without the screen) I have heard of people enabling usb debugging on their phones by getting somebody else with the same phone as them to tell them how to navigate to the usb debugging option via the buttons at the bottom of the phone, and if you could do that then maybe, but it is a long shot.

You still haven't said by the way, does the phone still turn on?

Al Capwned · 03-09-2011 4:13pm

yes i can turn it on!

Knasher · 03-09-2011 4:51pm

alproctor wrote: »

yes i can turn it on!

Okay next question:
1. My phone vibrates when I unlock it, if yours does the same you should be able to make the same gesture you normally would on the screen and feel it vibrate.

2. Head over to XDA, you should get better advice over there in general, as well as being able to ask somebody for specific directions on how to navigate to the usb debugging enable screen.

3. You could always google "usb debugging broken screen", the first answer is actually somebody with a different phone trying to do what I'm suggesting you attempt.

4. I'd assume you were aware of this, but better safe than sorry. Older phones used to save phone numbers to the sim card, so if you took the sim from an old phone to the android and got the numbers that way, then by taking the sim to a new phone you still have the same numbers.

Data retrieval from smashed phone

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