"I recently dropped my phone, and the screen cracked. Only the top bit of the screen was working until today where it just doesn't work at all. I'm pretty sure that touch doesn't work either because when I try to draw my pattern, it doesn't vibrate like it normally would. I have many precious photos that I need to retrieve. Any ideas? Please help me."
- Excerpted from AndroidCentral Forum
You might find yourself in a frustrating situation, your phone is damaged or you've forgotten the lock screen password, leaving you unable to access your precious photos. If you're wondering how to get pictures off a locked Android phone when you forget the lock screen password, the good news is that there are still several effective solutions available.
The right method depends on your situation. If you've previously enabled cloud backup, you can easily restore your photos through Google Photos. However, if there's no backup and your screen is unresponsive, using a professional unlocking or data extraction tool becomes the most reliable option. In this guide, we'll walk you through the easiest to more advanced methods to help you retrieve photos from a locked Android phone under different scenarios.
The powerful Locked Android Removal is the best way to recover photos from locked Android phones without backup. It supports most Samsung phones, and extracts photos and other files from the locked device after removing the lock screen. Besides, it also applies to recovering data under other scenarios, like virus attacks, system crashes, black screen, water damage, etc.
Why should you choose Locked Android Removal?
* Fix Android device to normal in different situations: system crash, forget the password, frozen/drowned phone, virus attack, black/blue/white screen, etc.
* Recover photos from a locked Android phone's internal storage and SD card without backup in one click.
* Easy, safe, and user-friendly to use.
* Preview all photos and save the desired pictures to the computer.
* Widely compatible with most Samsung models and other Android brands (coming soon), such as Samsung Galaxy S6/S5/S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 5/4/3, etc.
How to import photos when the phone is locked?
01Install and launch the program on your PC and go to the Broken Android Data Extraction section. Next, plug your Android device into the computer via a USB cable. When it detects your phone, select the appropriate problem and tap the Start button.
02In the following interface, choose the device name and model and hit the Confirm button. Later, enter your device into the Download mode with the on-screen instructions.
03After entering the Download mode, tap the Start button to scan files on your locked Android device.
04Once completed, it will display all content on the interface. Select Gallery or Picture Library on the left panel, tick off the pictures you wish to recover after preview and hit the Recover button to get the pictures off the locked Android phone.
If you have enabled automatic backup of pictures in the Google Photos app, the chances are that you will get photos off your locked Android phone from the Google Photos app.
How do I get pictures off my Android phone that doesn't work?
1. Open the Google Photos app on another device and sign in with the same Google account you use on the locked Android device.
2. Tap Menu at the top left corner > select Trash or Bin > select the photos you want to restore > hit Done.
3. Click the Restore button to find them back.
You can also use the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) command to get pictures on your locked Android phone. For that, you will need to install the Android Control tool and ADB on your computer. Note that this will only work if you have enabled USB debugging on your Android device before it gets locked. If not, try other methods above.
How do I unlock my phone so I can download photos?
1. Download the Android SDK package on your computer and extract the ZIP file.
2. Download all the necessary drivers on your device.
3. On your computer, open a command prompt and enter the command cd C:/android/platform-tools to change the ADB file location.
4. Connect your Android phone to the computer using a USB cable and enter the command adb device. When your Android device is recognized, you will see numbers in the Command Prompt window.
5. Enter the two commands below in the Command Prompt and replace the password with 1234:
adb shell input text 1234
shell input keyevent 66
6. Your phone should be unlocked now. Then you can freely transfer photos to other devices.
After reading this post, we hope you have mastered how to get pictures off a locked Android phone. You can adopt any of these solutions to recover photos from the locked Android phone. But if you want a higher success rate, we recommend you try Locked Android Removal. It unlocks your Android device and extracts the pictures from your device. What's more, you won't do any complex operations or need a password during the whole process.
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