Samsung has finally released the latest iteration of its flagship series. The new smartphones are Samsung Galaxy S20, S20+, S20 FE and S20 Ultra. These phones stand the best when it comes to looks and specs. However, with delicacy comes fragile nature as well. The overall structure of the S20 series is very delicate. A fall might result in a broken screen. In this guide, we will talk about an efficient and valuable hack that might help you recover data from Broken S20 using Samsung’s own Find my Mobile.
The S20 and S20+ come in 4 models, whereas, you can buy the S20 ultra in either grey or black colour. The size of the display screen of S20 is 6.2 Inches, S20+ has 6.7 inches screen while the S20 ultra has 6.9 inches screen. All these phones come with Quad HD+ Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O and a 120Hz screen refresh rate.
The combination of cameras on the back is the highlight of the S20 series. The S20 Ultra has a 12MP Ultrawide camera, a 108 MP wide-angle camera, a 48 MP telephoto camera, a depth vision camera, space zoom, tracking AF, and optical image stabilization. The Galaxy S20+ comes with a 12 MP ultra-wide camera, a 12 MP wide-angle camera, a 64 MP telephoto camera and a depth vision camera. Whereas, the Galaxy S20 5G has three cameras. A 12 MP ultra-wide camera, a 12 MP wide-angle camera and a 64 MP telephoto camera.
The S20, S20+ and S20 Ultra have 4000, 4500 and 5000 mAh batteries respectively. All these phones support fast wireless charging. The software supports these phones on Android 10. Now let’s move on to the main topic of the guide.
Guide to Recover Data from Broken S20, S20+, S20 Ultra or S20 SE
Now moving back to the topic. You bought this beauty of a phone and somehow broke the screen or phone itself. Now you can not unlock it as the fingerprint scanner lies on the screen itself, and if the phone is restarted, it might require a passcode to give you access. If the screen is broken, it’s impossible to enter the passcode.
The problem that stops you from accessing the data even when you connect your Galaxy phone with a PC is that you need first to unlock the phone to access the data on the computer. In this guide, we will try to unlock your phone remotely. So you can connect it with your PC and retrieve your data. For this method to work, you need access to your Samsung account.
Follow the steps below to retrieve data from Broken S20:
- First of all, log in to your Samsung account on Find my mobile website.
- Once you are logged in, you will see the location of your Galaxy S20 on the map along with other few options on the screen.
- In the options, you will see the option of Unlock.
- Click on it; it will unlock your phone.
- Now you can connect your S20 with your PC using a data cable in order to recover the data present in it.
Once you have recovered the data from it, you can use the erase option to delete all the data present in your phone before sending the phone for replacement or warranty coverage. Even if you get your phone fixed by some local repair shop, make sure you erase the personal content present in your phone before you hand it over to someone for repair or replacement.
Recover Photos, Contacts, Notes, and Calendar:
Suppose you were using certain apps that save all your content on the cloud. You might be able to recover the data from the cloud. It is very much recommended to backup all your data on the cloud. Any mishap, like if your phone gets stolen or it’s broken. You can always access your data and get it back on some other phone.
- First, if you were using the Samsung cloud, you could access all your data from the cloud using this guide.
- Suppose you were using Google Photos instead of the Samsung stock gallery app. You can access all your pictures and videos on the Google Photos website.
- All your contacts and notes can be found on Contacts and Key Note websites via your Gmail account that you used to set up Google play store on your Samsung Galaxy S20.
Once you have recovered and retrieved the data, before sending the phone for replacement, make sure to erase all the contents of your phone.
If you have any issues or questions regarding the method above on how to recover data from broken S20. Please write to me in the comments or contact us via social media pages. I hope you were able to get back all your data and pictures.
