I’m trying to rescue data from an old Huawei Ascend P6 with a broken screen, is there a way to get access to the data and clone it, without screen interaction?

  • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    I’m pretty sure, if all else fails, someone really good at electronics can find the storage module in the phone, hook it to a PC and extract its data. I hope it’s not encrypted, because in that case that has to be figured out as well.

    However, I recommend making regular backups while a phone still works. I copy everything over to my PC via SFTP from time to time and sometimes I use that new phone app (in my case Smart Switch) to mirror everything to my backup phone.

    • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pubOP
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      7 months ago

      find the storage module in the phone, hook it to a PC and extract its data

      I thought this would be one of the potential solutions, for it because the screen is just gone, and they’re scarce… But like you said they have to be really good

      I hope it’s not encrypted

      It runs a very outdated android, I’m not sure about the state of encryption in such devices 🤷‍♂️

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        7 months ago

        Came with Android 4.2, Android 6 was the first to ship storage encryption by default.

        So yes, just hook it up to a laptop and use the MTP connection?