Hi Guys

My name is Martin, I am from South Africa and this is my first post on this forum and I need some advice please.

My LG G8's screen cracked long ago but was still working. Recently the phone got water damaged and I took it in for repair as I thought the screen does not work anymore due to the water. I can switch it on I can hear it starts up and volume buttons respond. BUT....I have secure startup on the phone so it does not start up and Now I cannot plug the phone into my PC to extract all my Photos as it will only list on the PC once the operating system starts up.

I took the phone in for repairs and they checked the screen etc. the screen works on another phone but my processor/cpu is damaged and that's why screen does not come on. They tried fixing it but no luck.

I have read on a a few tech sites on how to try recover data but no definite solution to my specific problem.

The only way I might be able to do it is to try start the phone in safe mode with power and volume down button, then hopefully manage to hard reset the phone...then use some software to do data recovery via the pc for all the deleted files?

Can someone please advise me on what would be the best way to try and recover my photos?

I do not have a backup of the last 5 or 6 months photos and trying to recover that. (my own stupidity I know)

much appreciated
Martin

 

Hi Hadron

thank you for your response!

So my screen does in fact respond you are right. I managed to switch off the phone and start it up and switch it off again by choosing options on screen. however I struggle to make the pattern to start up. And I know there is only 30 tries so have no idea how many tries I have left.

I will get another G8 and set up the same pattern on startup and put my phone next to it so I can basically try and mimic the pattern on the off screen and see if I manage like that. I will try that a few more times then if I do not succeed I will try another option.

thank you once again

regards