Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

[mikey5791]

Hi all,
Got this smart phone free from a guy who dropped it hard until the lcd display cracked with no seen display.
Opened it and found the display ribbon cable partly damaged. I charged the phone full in 2 hours time, the led red light turns to green indicate full charge.
Then i use a usb cable connect the phone to laptop but it only showed as media player with firmware version. Too bad there is no option to check folder.

Does anyone know any method to check if the phone is working good? Looking forward for any advice and help possible.
If tested the phone is still working, i will proceed to buy the lcd display and use this as a spare phone. Appreciate much for reading.

[SMDFlea]

Re: Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

Is it an oled model.LCD + digitiser replacements are quite cheap

[mikey5791]

Re: Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

Hi SMDFlea,

Appreciate your reply. Yes, it is an Oled model and i do agree the lcd digitizer replacement is quite cheap.
However, it will be a waste of money if i replaced the lcd digitizer and the phone is not working. The reason it might not work is because it had fell on hard floor and the lcd digitizer was smashed and no display from that moment.
I just wonder about if there is an alternate way of checking if the phone pcb is working properly like connecting via the pc. Any comments?

[mikey5791]

Re: Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

Hi,
Attached a snapshot of the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime detected as portable media player in my Windows 7 laptop when i connected it via an usb cable. However, there is no option to see if there is any folder inside the portable media player.
Can someone with similar experience kindly share some insights? Thank you.

[vinceroger69]

Re: Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

i wonder if samsung kies software would help you explore the phone better

[diif]

Re: Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

If it has security set up then you can't get any further, as expected.

[mikey5791]

Re: Help with Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime phone

Hi vinceroger69,
Thanks for reply.
Fyi, Samsung kies software requires that the phone display to be working and connected via wifi. It is the same requirements as Sidesync. Too bad i can't use both kies and Sidesync as my phone display is smashed and damaged without display.
Anyway, all your kind comments and suggestions are welcome.