Have you broken your phone? Has an unexpected accident caused tremendous damage? Before sending it for repair and losing all the data it contains, it is possible to recover all the photos and other memories that you have inside. Next, we are going to show you how to recover files from a damaged smartphone.
How to recover files from an Android with the help of a computer
To recover the data from your damaged smartphone you can count on the help of your computer. Before starting we must activate USB debugging in the configuration of the Android device, to ensure that the smartphone will be recognized by the PC.
It may happen that even if the smartphone is connected to the computer we will not find the data we were looking for. Don't worry, there are a number of very useful programs to solve these types of problems.
Wondershare MobileGo Android is very easy to use PC application. You just have to follow TechKnowable guide to achieve your goal:
- Start the program.
- Connect the smartphone via a USB cable.
- Wait a few seconds...
- Once the device is recognized, it selects where to store the data.
- Next, select the files you want to transfer.
- Wait for the transfer to finish.
How to recover data with a broken screen
If it's still visible but the screen isn't responding
Has your smartphone been dropped and is now impossible to use? This is one of the most common cases: the device is turned on, but the screen is black and does not respond when we touch it. Although the screen is broken we can recover the data and files.
For terminals that support the USB OTG protocol, the screen can be controlled using a computer mouse. You just have to connect the mouse, or much better a mouse and keyboard combo, to your smartphone through a USB OTG cable or connector and we will have the mouse pointer ready to click. In this way, you can use the device as if it were a computer.
If the screen doesn't look very good or is off
Another option is to take control of your smartphone directly from the PC. There are applications like AirDroid with which we can take control of the device but we have to have them installed before the accident happens.
Cyanogen co-founder, Koushik Dutta, has developed Vysor, with which we can control our smartphone from a computer. To do this we must install the application in the terminal, which we can send from Google Play, log in with our account from the computer. Now install the Chrome plug-in and drivers and you're good to go.
Another alternative is Droid @ Screen. With it, we have the opportunity to see the screen of the Android device on a computer as if it were just another window. To use it we need several things:
- Have the Android SDK installed (it comes with Android Studio)?
- In a command window in Windows (run> cmd) point where the Android SDK is with: set ANDROID_HOME = C: \ installation path \ android-sdk
- Have the USB drivers of the Android device installed.
- Connect Android device via USB cable to a computer with USB debugging enabled.
- Run the JAR file we just downloaded with the command: java -jar droidAtScreen-1.2.jar
After a few seconds, we will have a window with a screen of our smartphone.
Prevention is important: make backup copies
Our smartphones contain a series of very sensitive data that should be secured. There are several ways to do this: hide the files you want to protect, block applications to restrict access, use guest mode, make backup copies in the cloud, or put passwords to applications.
The best way to secure all the data on our smartphone is to make a backup copy periodically. That is, keep a copy of the data to be able to recover it even in the event of losing the device.
There are several applications for backup on Google Play with which we can transfer data and make a back up on our computer. In a few steps, we can have our data safe. Easy Backup is a simple application that allows us to save our data in the cloud or on the SD card.
Do you have any more tricks to recover data from a damaged smartphone, with a broken screen or that does not turn on?