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Help Cracked screen and pin lock, need data! Help!

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language4u

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I dropped my Nexus from about 6' up - complete face plant, smashed screen. I have about 300 pix I *really need* to get off it. Unfortunately, I have a pin lock on. So, it boots - at least, I think it's booting - and will show up as a drive in Windows Explorer. But, of course, since there's a pin lock, I can't actually get into any directories.

Is there any way to go through a pin lock using a pc link? Or should I try replacing the screen assembly? Is it possible to replace the screen assembly without wiping data?

Very grateful for any assistance...!
 
By any chance, do you have USB Debugging enabled on your phone? If so, you may be able to retrieve the data by connecting it to your computer even with the pin lock.

(Or if you have installed dropbox or google+, and have enabled the instant upload feature on these apps, your pictures should be available on the dropbox or google+ site. Since you are asking about how to retrieve the photos, I'm guessing you didn't install/enable that feature - just something for the next time)
 
Thanks for the reply. As far as I am aware, I don't have USB debugging enabled.

And odd that you mention Dropbox, because my photos *are* supposed to sync to Dropbox, but they are not doing so. I had assumed that this was because the pin lock was on. Is that not the case?
 
language4u said:
Thanks for the reply. As far as I am aware, I don't have USB debugging enabled.

And odd that you mention Dropbox, because my photos *are* supposed to sync to Dropbox, but they are not doing so. I had assumed that this was because the pin lock was on. Is that not the case?
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The photos should sync as soon as you take them (assuming you have data connection enabled). I believe it should happen in the background (when your screen is locked) too - again, assuming you don't have a battery saver app installed that turns off data when your screen is locked/off.

Sorry - other than these options, I don't know of a way to pull any data off your phone (that is built in security - else, any stranger with access to your phone can get your data even if your phone is locked).
 
jj14x said:
The photos should sync as soon as you take them (assuming you have data connection enabled). I believe it should happen in the background (when your screen is locked) too - again, assuming you don't have a battery saver app installed that turns off data when your screen is locked/off.

Well, this isn't happening - but what *is* happening is that a Dropbox popup tells me that "no new photos or videos were found on your phone". This is starting to feel suspicious. Could it really be possible that a screen-smash could result in data loss? I would have thought that flash memory was more robust than this...!?
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