Android recover data (adb device unauthorized)

Question

I am trying to recover data from my phone (Galaxy S3 mini) which screen is cracked. I want to do this using adb. But my device is unauthorized.

How can I solve this? I don't have acess to the device directly therefore I'm not able to turn on USB debugging.

 C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
    List of devices attached
    007667324ccb229b        unauthorized

Your phone has to have "USB Debugging" checking in Settings - Developer Options. When you run an adb command, your phone should pop up a window to allow it to be authorized when using adb, you have to check the checkbox and hit OK. I would assume if you haven't done this, you may not be able to w/ a broken screen. — DukeSilversJazz, Dec 01 '15 at 19:27
Screen is completely dead(cracked).... No other way to do this? — Jacob, Dec 01 '15 at 19:31
Jacob, please check our broken-screen tag-wiki. Your question seems to be covered at least partly e.g. by Broken screen while debug mode was disabled. How can I re-enable adb? and How to backup broken screen phone when USB debugging IS NOT enabled? The other links might also be useful to you. Good luck! — Izzy, Dec 01 '15 at 22:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '15 at 17:33

I resolved the problem entering the recovery mode by pressing "home", "volume up" and "power" buttons at the same time.

Once in recovery mode adb recognized my device and I was able to use the command adb pull /sdcard/ which copied the sdcard to content to my PC

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