Black screen/how to transfer files to new phone
purplecruz
Newbie

The screen went black on my Google Pixel and have received a new phone that I would like to transfer files to.  Since I can't see the screen on the old phone how can I transfer files such as screenshots and texts to my new phone?  Any help is appreciated!

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Re: Black screen/how to transfer files to new phone
jav6
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Does the Pixel have the capability of connecting via USB to a PC/Laptop? Try How To Connect Google Pixel And Pixel XL To A PC Computer | RecomHub

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Ann154
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The Pixel should have backed up to Google and allow you to restore on the new phone.

I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.

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Re: Black screen/how to transfer files to new phone
purplecruz
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Thank you both for your suggestions.  Yes I have a USB and read the article but because I can't access the phones screen I can't enable the computer to see the device.  I did get my photos on Google but not my screenshots.  I would very much like my texts as well.  I do have USB debugging turned on so maybe that can help some how?  Any other ideas would be great!

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jav6
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Maybe taking your phones to a Verizon store will help. They 'might' have a technician with expertise to fix or replicate the screen on another device so the USB-to-PC transfer can be completed.

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Re: Black screen/how to transfer files to new phone
stef7
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Yes. Two ideas:

If the screenshots are stored on a SD card, you can imagine what you need to do... with the phone off, remove the microSD card, and put it in a USB reader.

So you have USB Debugging turned on. Hmmmm. Perhaps the utility adb (Android Debug Bridge) is your friend:

How to Push and Pull Files on Android using the ADB commands

This should be straight forward if you know where the screenshots are stored.

Capture a Screenshot - Pixel / Pixel XL, Phone by Google | Verizon Wireless

does that trigger your memory?

If you can get to the root of your phone, then you could pull everything using a reference to that folder

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Re: Black screen/how to transfer files to new phone
purplecruz
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Thanks jav6.  I did go to a store but they said the pixel couldn't be displayed on another screen.  And I don't think there is a way to access any SD card or if there even is one.  I did a backup on Verizon cloud from my new phone and I don't know how it worked but all of my old photos including screenshots showed up there!  I am just going to forget about trying to get old texts back using ADB commands since I have spent so much time on this already and have all of my photos now.  Thank you for all of the suggestions!  Hopefully this will help someone else too.

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vzw_customer_support
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The screen went black on my Google Pixel and have received a new phone that I would like to transfer files to. Since I can't see the screen on the old phone how can I transfer files such as screenshots and texts to my new phone? Any help is appreciated!

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