Samsung released its new foldable phone in the Z Fold series. The latest Z Fold model is the Samsung Z Fold 4. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 was launched on August 26, 2022. This phone stands best when it comes to looks and specs. However, with delicacy comes fragile nature as well. The structure of Z Fold 4 is very delicate. The screen may break if it falls. This guide will discuss an efficient and valuable hack that might help you recover data from a broken Galaxy Z Fold 4 without any third-party services.
Guide to recover data from broken Galaxy Z Fold 4:
Now, if your screen is broken and you can’t unlock your phone as the fingerprint scanner lies on the screen itself, and if your phone is restarted, it might require a password to give you access. If the phone’s screen is broken, it is impossible to enter the password.
The problem that will stop you from accessing the data even if your Galaxy phone is connected to the PC is that you first need 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 to your PC and retrieve your data. Of course, you need access to your Samsung account for this method to work.
Use Samsung’s SmartThings Find:
- This is the first and most convenient method to find your lost Samsung Galaxy S24.
- To locate your missing Samsung phone via SmartThings Find, You should have enabled some options in the settings menu, as in the Screenshot below:
- To enable Find My Mobile:
- Go to Settings
- Tap on your Samsung Account
- Tap on Find My Mobile
- and turn on “Allow this phone to be found.”
- You should also enable Remote Unlock, Send Last Location, and Offline Finding to access other features of this service.
- Once you have done this, you can log in to the SmartThings Find service from another device or computer and use it to Recover your phone.
- You can see your phone’s location on a map, make it ring, lock it, or erase all the data if necessary.
Follow the steps below to retrieve data from broken Galaxy Z Fold 4:
1. First, log in to your Samsung account on SmartThings Find.
2. Once you are logged in, you will see the location of your Galaxy Z Fold 4 on the map, along with other options on the screen.
3. In options, you will see the option Remote Unlock.
4. Click on it; it will unlock your phone.
5. Now, use the data cable to connect your Z Fold 4 with your PC to recover its data.
Once you have recovered the data from it, you can use the erase option to delete all the data in your phone’s internal storage before giving the phone for repair or warranty coverage. Even if some local repair shop fixes your phone, ensure you erase the personal data present in your phone before giving it to someone for repair or replacement.
Recover Photos, Contacts, Notes, and Calendar:
Suppose you use specific apps that save all your data on the cloud. You may be able to recover the data from the cloud. It is highly recommended to back up all your data on the cloud. Then, if anything bad happens, like your phone getting stolen or broken, you can always recover your data and bring it back on another device.
1. using the Samsung cloud, you can recover and back up all your data using this guide.
2. Suppose you used Google Photos instead of the Samsung stock gallery app. You can recover all your pictures and videos on the Google Photos website.
3. All your contacts and notes can be found on the Contacts and Key Notes websites by your Gmail account that you used to set up the Google Play Store on your Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Once you have finished and recovered or retrieved the data, make sure to erase all the data on your phone.
About Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4:
The Galaxy Z Fold 4 is Samsung’s latest ultra-premium foldable phone. The Z Fold 4 comes in different colours, i.e., Gray-green, Beige, and PhantomBlack. In addition, Z Fold 4 also comes in Burgundy colour. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 features a 6.2-inch cover display and a 7.6-inch main display. The foldable features an HD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel on the outside with a resolution of 2316 x 904 pixels and a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate.
In addition, the internal screen has a QXGA+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with a resolution of 2208 x 1786 pixels and a 120Hz refresh rate. There are triple rear cameras on the black of Z Fold 4. The first is a 12 MP Ultra Wide Camera with an f/2.2 aperture. The second is a 50 MP Angle camera with f/1.8 aperture, and the last is a 10 MP Telephoto camera with f/2.4 aperture. These Cameras also have many modes like Single Take, Photo, Video, Pro, Night, etc. There are two front cameras on the cover screen, and the other on the main screen. The cover screen camera is a 10MP camera with f/2.2 aperture, and one on the main screen is a 4MP under-display camera with f/1.8 aperture.
Galaxy Z Fold 4 has Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 paired with 12 GB RAM. It has 256GB at the base and up to 1TB of storage. The Z Fold 4 consists of a 4400 mAh dual battery. The software supports Z Fold 4 on Android 12.
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