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So I recently had an android device let me down big time.
I had a Galaxy Tab 7.9 that I was using to collect data via images for a microscope lab (igneous petro), which decided to suddenly stop responding after the battery was drained (ie I plugged it into the wall to charge, but no response of any kind.) I checked online, and the best option seemed to be to pull the battery and plug it back in, pretty standard.
I pried the back casing off with a knife, pulled the battery, plugged it back in, and the device started up again. Just when I thought I was home free though, I discovered that I could type in my pin on the screen to unlock it, but I couldnt press ok to unlock beathead: why me?). After some inspection, I discovered that the knife I used had punched a tiny hole in one of the ribbon cables that ran near the edge of the device, which I am guessing was probably one of the data feeds from the touchscreen to the rest of the device. I had maybe a 1/100 shot of hitting the thing, but Murphys law seems to hate me with a vengeance lately.
This is ty, but the bigger issue is that I cant get access to the images I took on the device to finish my lab. I can plug it into a pc, but the android MTPs for both Linux and Windows 7 cant connect to the file system without the tablet being unlocked by the pin, which I cant type in since the touch inputs are damaged.
:facepalm:
Does anyone know if there is a way to bypass the pin code and get at the files on the device directly? This probably wouldnt be much of a problem if the data was on an sd card, but I think the tablets storage is some other type of internal storage.
I had a Galaxy Tab 7.9 that I was using to collect data via images for a microscope lab (igneous petro), which decided to suddenly stop responding after the battery was drained (ie I plugged it into the wall to charge, but no response of any kind.) I checked online, and the best option seemed to be to pull the battery and plug it back in, pretty standard.
I pried the back casing off with a knife, pulled the battery, plugged it back in, and the device started up again. Just when I thought I was home free though, I discovered that I could type in my pin on the screen to unlock it, but I couldnt press ok to unlock beathead: why me?). After some inspection, I discovered that the knife I used had punched a tiny hole in one of the ribbon cables that ran near the edge of the device, which I am guessing was probably one of the data feeds from the touchscreen to the rest of the device. I had maybe a 1/100 shot of hitting the thing, but Murphys law seems to hate me with a vengeance lately.
This is ty, but the bigger issue is that I cant get access to the images I took on the device to finish my lab. I can plug it into a pc, but the android MTPs for both Linux and Windows 7 cant connect to the file system without the tablet being unlocked by the pin, which I cant type in since the touch inputs are damaged.
:facepalm:
Does anyone know if there is a way to bypass the pin code and get at the files on the device directly? This probably wouldnt be much of a problem if the data was on an sd card, but I think the tablets storage is some other type of internal storage.
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