Hello all,
Here is my situation:
- I have my brother's Nexus 4.
- The screen no longer responds to touch, though it still displays correctly when it is turned on.
- It has PIN security
- It is running stock KitKat 4.4.4.
- It is not rooted.
- USB Debugging (ADB) is not enabled.
- Stock recovery is installed.
- The bootloader is locked.
I would like to be able to back up the contents of the phone, but the state it is in renders that difficult. Here are the different options I've considered and discarded:
- Connect the phone via USB to copy the contents of the SD Card
# Impossible since the phone will not mount USB storage (might be a security feature since it has PIN enabled?)
- USB OTG mouse to bypass using the touchscreen
# OTG support is not available on stock kernels for the N4
- Bluetooth mouse
# No way to enable Bluetooth
- Use Android Control to control the phone via my PC
# No ADB; no way to enable ADB; unlocking bootloader to install a recovery with ADB enabled would wipe the phone.
The only option that might work that I have yet to attempt is to replace the screen. However, based on research I did while trying to troubleshoot my own Nexus 4, this could be a costly waste of time. The Nexus 4 has a history of having faulty touchscreens. Case in point, both my phone and my brother's phone suffered from this same flaw. This might be because the touchscreen controller is bad on the N4's motherboard. I junked my N4 specifically for this reason.
I'm beginning to think that there is no way for me to recover the data on this phone. Does anyone know of a way I could get the data off of it? Any way to enable ADB via Fastboot or Recovery? Any way to flash an ADB-enabled kernel via ADB sideload? Any way to unlock the bootloader without wiping all the data? Any way to run a backup of the whole phone?
Please help! Thank you in advance!
Here is my situation:
- I have my brother's Nexus 4.
- The screen no longer responds to touch, though it still displays correctly when it is turned on.
- It has PIN security
- It is running stock KitKat 4.4.4.
- It is not rooted.
- USB Debugging (ADB) is not enabled.
- Stock recovery is installed.
- The bootloader is locked.
I would like to be able to back up the contents of the phone, but the state it is in renders that difficult. Here are the different options I've considered and discarded:
- Connect the phone via USB to copy the contents of the SD Card
# Impossible since the phone will not mount USB storage (might be a security feature since it has PIN enabled?)
- USB OTG mouse to bypass using the touchscreen
# OTG support is not available on stock kernels for the N4
- Bluetooth mouse
# No way to enable Bluetooth
- Use Android Control to control the phone via my PC
# No ADB; no way to enable ADB; unlocking bootloader to install a recovery with ADB enabled would wipe the phone.
The only option that might work that I have yet to attempt is to replace the screen. However, based on research I did while trying to troubleshoot my own Nexus 4, this could be a costly waste of time. The Nexus 4 has a history of having faulty touchscreens. Case in point, both my phone and my brother's phone suffered from this same flaw. This might be because the touchscreen controller is bad on the N4's motherboard. I junked my N4 specifically for this reason.
I'm beginning to think that there is no way for me to recover the data on this phone. Does anyone know of a way I could get the data off of it? Any way to enable ADB via Fastboot or Recovery? Any way to flash an ADB-enabled kernel via ADB sideload? Any way to unlock the bootloader without wiping all the data? Any way to run a backup of the whole phone?
Please help! Thank you in advance!
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