Having a Samsung phone with a broken screen isn't the worst part. The worst part is that USB debugging is unavailable. And you cannot export important contacts or other infotmation which is stored in your phone as external memory..
So here are two solutions for you to recover contacts from Galaxy phone with broken screen. In both of these solutions, you don't need to enable USB debugging or unlock the screen on your broken Samsung.
- If your contacts are stored in the phone, use the program: Android Data Extraction.
- If your contacts are stored on the SIM card, insert it in a new phone.
If you are not sure where your contacts are stored, try both solutions one by one..
If your contacts are stored in the phone
Android Data Extraction, this program can help you solve it. He can :
- Recover contacts which are stored on your Samsung Galaxy without USB debugging;
- Export contacts from your broken phone to vCard and you can import them to new phone;
- Recover other data such as messages, photos, videos.
At the moment, this feature only supports Samsung Galaxy S6 / S5 / S4 / Note5 / Note4 / Note3 . If your device is included, try the program.
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How to Recover Contacts from Samsung Galaxy S / Note
Step 1. After starting the program, choose Android Data Extraction.
Connect your Galaxy S / Note to the computer with a USB cable. Click on "Start"..
Step 2. Choose the device name and model.
If you are not sure, click on the question mark for how to check them.
Step 3. Follow the program guide.
Enter download mode on your phone. The program can quickly detect your phone.
Tip: You don't need to tap the screen to put your phone into download mode.
Step 4. Download the recovery package.
The program will download the recovery package to the broken phone and analyze the information. Wait patiently and don't unplug your phone.
Step 5. Recover Contacts on Broken Galaxy.
After the scan, all the data of your broken Samsung will be presented. Click on "Contacts", check all contact information. All you need to do is click “Recover” to save contacts to your PC. Contacts are saved in formats: vCard, HTML and CSV .
If your contacts are stored on the SIM card
We can save contacts to the SIM card. And we insert the sim card into a new phone to transfer them.
- Remove the SIM card from the broken phone.
- For new Samsung S8 / S7 models with steadfast housing cover, take the SIM card from the card tray. Insert the SIM card into an available phone.
- Open the Contacts app. If there are contacts on the SIM card, you can see them on this app.
Although Android Data Extraction, it can recover contacts from phone with broken screen. However, for data security, it is better to back up your data on the computer. And you can export the backup from your phone to computer by Android Data Extraction.
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