I know that look which you have on your face right now. When the pictures of past events come to your mind with a thought, “I am gonna lose all those memories forever with this phone.” So to return all those pictures and memories, I am here to help you. I have one trick to help you recover data from a broken Galaxy S7.
Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are one of the most durable phones. Its display screen can endure strong blows if you break up your Galaxy S7. It must have been a hard pound that broke your phone. Galaxy S7 has a Super AMOLED display; the good thing about it is that it consumes pretty less power, and the display screen with its contents is very much visible even in strong sunlight. Samsung has also introduced a feature that keeps the display on to show battery, date, and time; battery consumption is nearly nothing.
Now, if you are here reading this, you must look for ways to recover data from a broken Galaxy S7. I have been through this. I wanted to recover my pictures and contacts from my broken screen S7 Edge before I could send it for replacement. After a lot of hard work, I figured out a way that allowed me to recover data.
Recover data from Broken Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
I am assuming you have already tried connecting your phone to your computer. If you have a lock screen password, you won’t be able to access data present on your phone if the iPhone restarted after it broke up. Or you tried to restart it to confirm whether the display is dead. I have bad news for you. You won’t be able to use the fingerprint scanner to unlock your phone unless you enter the pin code. And as the screen is not working, you won’t be able to enter the pin code. So we are stuck here. Now let’s move on to the guide on how to recover data from broken Galaxy S7.
Recover Photos, contacts, and Notes from Broken Galaxy S7:
First, if you were using Google Photos on your Galaxy S7 instead of the stock library app. Then you can go to the website of Google photos. Log in using the same email address you used to set up your Galaxy S7 and access all the pictures and videos uploaded to the cloud.
The same is the case with notes and contacts. Suppose your Gmail account was synced with all your devices. All your contacts can be accessed by opening a Gmail account on another device. On the top left of the Gmail screen, under the text Google, you will see Gmail. Click on it and select contacts.
If you want to retrieve notes, in your Gmail account under the “Compose” tab. You will see “Notes. “ You can recover all your messages from there.
Recover data from Broken Galaxy S7 via Find my Mobile:
The method mentioned below will allow you to remotely unlock your Samsung Galaxy S7. Using a Samsung service named Find my Mobile. You can unlock your phone from the web. The only condition is that you must have logged in to your Samsung account on that phone, which is now broken. Or you made a Samsung account when you first used your Galaxy S7 or game; you made a Samsung for the games center account. If you ever made a Samsung account and used it on your Galaxy S7 Edge. Today, you might be getting the reward for that in the form of accessing and retrieving the data present inside the broken phone. This service is not present in the old Samsung phones. Now I will describe how you can use this service to recover a broken Galaxy S7.
TIP: Wise people learn lessons from mistakes. From now on, ensure you always have a backup of your phone’s data on some cloud service or your computer. Accidents never ask before coming. So precautionary measures are always better than regrets.
Note: To use this service, you must have Remote controls enabled on your phone.
- Now, first of all. You must sign in to Find my mobile service using your Samsung account username/email and password. If you don’t remember your email or password, click on the find email or password option.
- Once you have logged in to find my mobile service, you will see several benefits you can use remotely. It also includes “Unlock Screen Remotely or Remotely Unlock my Phone.”
- Click on it, and your phone will get unlocked.
- Now, connect your phone to your laptop or PC and use a data cable to copy the data from the broken Galaxy S7 to your PC. Another option is that you download and install Smart Switch on your PC. Using it, you can copy your contacts, pictures, messages, and all other stuff to your PC or directly to your new phone. Once your phone is remotely unlocked, you can use KIES to access its data.
That’s it. Suppose you have any query or question in the above guide on recovering data from broken Galaxy S7. Let me know in the comments. Also, provide feedback in the comments if you successfully saved data from broken S7. It cheers me up to help other fellows.
