Hello,
My screen suddenly does not work anymore.
It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.
How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?
Thanks for helping.
Laurent
You probably can't. Unless.... search for fast boot. You can probably hit the right combination of buttons to hard wipe it.
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Thanks.
Currently trying to do this.
Hard.
Any other good idea is welcome.
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Edit : Done. Difficult to do this blindly.
Laurentwb said:
Hello,
My screen suddenly does not work anymore.
It certainly is a hardware problem because I can start, shutdown (I hear the sounds and it vibrates normally) and access through USB.
How can I wipe before sending to RMA without seeing anything on the screen ?
Thanks for helping.
Laurent
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If it's the screen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.
The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
what are you trying to wipe? if it boots up but screen doesnt work you can attach to your pc and use adb to pull data and wipe out personal data, if you are rooted then you can also get in and remove applications then use vipermod exe to remove root
Thank you guys.
I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.
I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.
Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.
Good day.
Laurentwb said:
Thank you guys.
I was trying to wipe out all data before sending for RMA.
I managed to mimick the "volume buttons" procedure. Had to try numerous time as it is not easy when blind.
Your ideas are good and I will remember if there is ever a next time.
Good day.
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you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
shreddintyres said:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
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are you certain that is not a microphone
shreddintyres said:
you may also want to try the reset button on the left hand side near the micro sd card slot to restore to factory settings.
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This just reboots .. pretty sure it doesnt format ..
Mic hole is on the top of the device, reset is on the side.
robertg9 said:
If it's the sccreen reen and not electronics, you probably could have used the HDMI out to a TV...using the TV as a replacement screen.
The other option would have been the "factory reset" function...using a combination of the volume buttons and the power button....I think that would have wiped all data off the device.
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My screen went out and I did the HDMI out to the tv and did a factoy reset before I sent it in .
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Greetings
I have officially flashed Amon Ra onto my 1.49 Bootload Eris. However, once the recovery menu appears, I gave no access to change the menu selection. Neither the volume buttons nor the trackball will change the highlighted menu item. As such, I can not select anything except restart. Any thoughts? I am sorry if this is a double post, I have had some trouble locating any information on this issue. Thanks!!
Its been a very bittersweet evening...
I think it is trackball issues. Test this out when you reboot.
I noticed my trackball doesn't go down anymore rendering Amon's Recovery useless.
Just got root a few minutes ago too lol.. FML
myron317 said:
Greetings
I have officially flashed Amon Ra onto my 1.49 Bootload Eris. However, once the recovery menu appears, I gave no access to change the menu selection. Neither the volume buttons nor the trackball will change the highlighted menu item. As such, I can not select anything except restart. Any thoughts? I am sorry if this is a double post, I have had some trouble locating any information on this issue. Thanks!!
Its been a very bittersweet evening...
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were you having trackball issues before ? (my phone has them) if so it makes it hard to use amon ....but it will usually work if I do not have the usb cord plugged in
I've searched but can't seem to come up with any other way to control the recovery without using the trackball..
rvpartsguy said:
were you having trackball issues before ? (my phone has them) if so it makes it hard to use amon ....but it will usually work if I do not have the usb cord plugged in
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Tried unplugging the USB and rebooting.. still can't get the trackball to go down.
I'm having the same trackball control issues. My trackball works fine once booted into "normal user" mode. Several reboots have not fixed the problem.
I've been searching to see if I can do everything from the adb recovery shell. All of the commands seem to be there (wipe, flash_image, etc) I just need to find the right usage of the scripts.
EDIT: I take that back, I AM having trackball issues in normal mode. I rarely use it.
metasage said:
Tried unplugging the USB and rebooting.. still can't get the trackball to go down.
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Did that too... Its funny that we've gotten so far on this root, but now are stuck with a useless recovery image. I have rebooted several times, USB in and out, and all have resulted in the same end situation.
I am continuing to search it out, and will keep this posted on any ideas.
I know there have been some issues with alternate recovery images, but have there been any developments? (its something I have not been entirely following)
Edit: So this may be completely ridiculous, but I noticed when I leaned on the USB cable, the cursor moved down. If you continue to "jiggle" the cable a bit, it will move down. This is most certainly not a permanent fix, and most likely a sign of some damage but it got the job done. More detailed, I pulled the cable out a millimeter or two, and tilted it downward. With some practice, I could move it the three clicks down and initiate the root.
Additionally, I found this, but haven't tested it myself yet
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716681&highlight=trackball
Turn the phone off and keep trying to move the trackball it happend to me once. Also try plugging the cord in and move the cord end around. I'm sorry if this does help you but it worked for me. Gl
it may be limited (not sure, never used it)... but i believe you can install a custom ROM using this application:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661413
tenzomonk said:
it may be limited (not sure, never used it)... but i believe you can install a custom ROM using this application:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=661413
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Thanks but this won't work. Does any one know of anyway to push a root ROM through ADB while in recovery? There has to be a way to do this..
Ok, so I can load ROMS using Clockworks recovery using the Vol Up/Down to navigate.
I cleaned mine using a piece of paper and shaking it up and down on the paper.
metasage said:
Ok, so I can load ROMS using Clockworks recovery using the Vol Up/Down to navigate.
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Dont use clockwork.
Clockwork=brick.
Its happened to a couple people here including myself.
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=716681&highlight=trackball
workaround possibly
myron317 said:
Greetings
I have officially flashed Amon Ra onto my 1.49 Bootload Eris. However, once the recovery menu appears, I gave no access to change the menu selection. Neither the volume buttons nor the trackball will change the highlighted menu item. As such, I can not select anything except restart. Any thoughts? I am sorry if this is a double post, I have had some trouble locating any information on this issue. Thanks!!
Its been a very bittersweet evening...
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Erisftw said:
I think it is trackball issues. Test this out when you reboot.
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metasage said:
I noticed my trackball doesn't go down anymore rendering Amon's Recovery useless.
Just got root a few minutes ago too lol.. FML
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i have the same issue as well but i use my USB cable to fix it. Try holding at different angles while scrolling until you find the right one. "I Believe" that the trackball issue is from moving the phone too much with the charger plugged in. Once i noticed while my phone is plugged in that it would go haywire i realized that had to be part of it.(from my experience at least)
I also have the trackball issue
I have found 2 work arounds: 1. Jiggle the usb cable.
2. Apply pressure to the left of the trackball, between it and the call button, with your left hand and use your right hand to move the trackball. In other words, pinch the phone in that spot (thumb between call button and trackball, fingers on the back of the phone).
Weird, but it works.
Sent from my Eris using XDA App
If you can get the trackball for even a little while, go through with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=725047
That'll let you flash ROMs from fastboot.
I had the same problem. I jiggled the cord till it went to backup/restore then trackball worked when i was at my backup list. replacement phone will be here tomorrow so I'm returning this one to stock before i send it back. Not taking any chances
orkillakilla said:
I had the same problem. I jiggled the cord till it went to backup/restore then trackball worked when i was at my backup list. replacement phone will be here tomorrow so I'm returning this one to stock before i send it back. Not taking any chances
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screw all this crap
flash the 2.1 ruu (will lose root and put phone back to factory) and take your phone back and get a new one
FREE
sometimes my trackball in amons recovery is sluggish or doesn;t move at all. If I wait a few seconds it'll eventually wake up and start working. boot into recovery again, wait a few seconds then see if it starts moving. Also i found having low battery didn't help things. Make sure your charged up!
my buddy bought an atrix from a friend and doesnt have the pattern lock/gmail info. i flashed the 1.8.3 sbf but it didnt reset that, any ideas? im at a loss on what to do...phone isnt stolen no worries, just ultra forgetful friends and a guy who knows phones a little bit...thanks guys!!!
What about a factory reset?
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how do i do that? remember i cannot access the phone due to the pattern lock and no gmail account info...
morganblackstone said:
how do i do that? remember i cannot access the phone due to the pattern lock and no gmail account info...
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Hold the vol down and power button as you boot scroll using vol down untill u see android recovery and push vol up once that goes into rcovery hit the bottom left or right of the screen and use the vol buttons to navigate with the power button as the selecter choose factory reset/data wipe
morganblackstone said:
my buddy bought an atrix from a friend and doesnt have the pattern lock/gmail info. i flashed the 1.8.3 sbf but it didnt reset that, any ideas? im at a loss on what to do...phone isnt stolen no worries, just ultra forgetful friends and a guy who knows phones a little bit...thanks guys!!!
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unlock a bootloder if it's locked...that should clear everything...
Results? I think its good information to have in hands, cause **** only happens when you least expect. So lets be prepared. Also I have an awlfull memmory, and yes I do use patterns for lockscreen!
Please post if any of the methods above worked.
Thanks.
You thiefs.
Stop stealing peoples phones.
Boot into droid recovery and wipe data
I was reading about safe mode for android, and found an article on how to do it for HTC devices here:
http://androinica.com/2010/08/how-to-activate-android’s-safe-mode-to-get-out-of-a-force-close-loop/
However i can't seem to get it to work for the rezound
Anyone?
Thanks
carm01 said:
I was reading about safe mode for android, and found an article on how to do it for HTC devices here:
http://androinica.com/2010/08/how-to-activate-android’s-safe-mode-to-get-out-of-a-force-close-loop/
However i can't seem to get it to work for the rezound
Anyone?
Thanks
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Well, not sure if there are any other options for our phone, but issue one would be the fact that we don't have any physical buttons on our phone.
WasabiWa83 said:
Well, not sure if there are any other options for our phone, but issue one would be the fact that we don't have any physical buttons on our phone.
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It can do it b/c i seen it, it was during a bootloop, and i cant remember how i did it
carm01 said:
I was reading about safe mode for android, and found an article on how to do it for HTC devices here:
http://androinica.com/2010/08/how-to-activate-android’s-safe-mode-to-get-out-of-a-force-close-loop/
However i can't seem to get it to work for the rezound
Anyone?
Thanks
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Turn on your phone, restart, or hot restart > as soon as you see boot animation hold down volume down button. Keep it held until you get a long vibrate. After the vibrate you can let go. You should be in safe mode then.
To get out of it you can hot restart.
WasabiWa83 said:
Well, not sure if there are any other options for our phone, but issue one would be the fact that we don't have any physical buttons on our phone.
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What Rezound are you using? Mine has 3.
Camp said:
What Rezound are you using? Mine has 3.
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I think he means on the face of the device. Like, the old HTC Hero has physical buttons for home, menu, etc and a trackball .
Sent from my ADR6425LVW using XDA Premium.
drynyks said:
Turn on your phone, restart, or hot restart > as soon as you see boot animation hold down volume down button. Keep it held until you get a long vibrate. After the vibrate you can let go. You should be in safe mode then.
To get out of it you can hot restart.
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A WORD OF CAUTION TO ALL ...
I tried this when I was having trouble connecting to my SDcard via USB and it did work, BUT... for some reason, it completely wiped out all of my widgets and home screen shortcuts.
Maybe this is an isolated problem with my phone, but be aware of this possibility before you proceed.
RuLEoF2 said:
A WORD OF CAUTION TO ALL ...
I tried this when I was having trouble connecting to my SDcard via USB and it did work, BUT... for some reason, it completely wiped out all of my widgets and home screen shortcuts.
Maybe this is an isolated problem with my phone, but be aware of this possibility before you proceed.
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Did you have that issue after you exited safe mode? I remember that after I exited safe mode on my thunderbolt everything returned to normal.
I booted into safe mode once by accident, same thing, everything on the home screens was almost like a factory default, rebooted and it was fine again, everything came back to normal... Pretty sure Safe Mode on the Rezound is just like in Windows, it essentially just skips a bunch of custom and non-essential startup configuration parameters.
TCM55 said:
Did you have that issue after you exited safe mode? I remember that after I exited safe mode on my thunderbolt everything returned to normal.
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All the widgets and shortcuts were gone after I rebooted into normal mode. The same thing happened once before but I was in the middle of trouble-shooting some issues so I dismissed it as a system glitch.
Hello,
About two months ago I factory resetted and fully recharged my Acer Liquid MT.
Didn't use it for quite a while, but recently I wanted to but apparently the battery was empty meanwhile.
Charged it for hours but it didn't go on anymore (tried most basic stuff: changing battery, reset button etc)
Didn't show 'any sign of life' however. No screen, no sound, nothing at all.
Yesterday I did hold the Power Button and both Volume Buttons for a few seconds and it quickly vibrated a few times + one (normal) vibrate afterwards.
I think it isn't completely bricked since it did vibrate.
However, how am I going to be able to get this thing working again?
Many thanks in advance!
PS: Rooted, no custom ROM.
Edit
Forgot to mention, but my PC doesn't detect the phone anymore when connected to USB ...
i'm sorry...
it sounds your phone is bricked... i don't know how u could fix it
stevenhippie said:
it sounds your phone is bricked... i don't know how u could fix it
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Yes I think so too, however this shouldn't be a 'full brick' right? /mmz
Please, anyone at all?
Please, anyone at all?
Begging you ......
Please please please
Cheetah11 said:
Please please please
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There is a liquid metal forum on modaco.com, maybe you should look there. If it was working before, maybe it fell down once or got some hardware fault? 3 vibrations were SD download mode AFAIK
foner81 said:
There is a liquid metal forum on modaco.com, maybe you should look there. If it was working before, maybe it fell down once or got some hardware fault? 3 vibrations were SD download mode AFAIK
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No help from there really ...
Well it didn't fell down, it was fully charged & working, until I tried it later on
Ok, keep device manager opened, connect phone and power on with all the key combo's mentioned here and tell me what happens in device manager: what device is popping up etc.
foner81 said:
Ok, keep device manager opened, connect phone and power on with all the key combo's mentioned here and tell me what happens in device manager: what device is popping up etc.
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Thanks for your interest in my problem.
The phone doesn't respond to any of the commands anymore.
Also, what do you mean with 'device manager' exactly?
Cheetah11 said:
Thanks for your interest in my problem.
The phone doesn't respond to any of the commands anymore.
Also, what do you mean with 'device manager' exactly?
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It needs good charging as the battery has drained completely and will take time , may be couple of days. If it doesn't fix the problem then take it to a mobile shop and ask them to power charge it. It will fix the problem. I had the same issue with this phone...
I hope it helps...
Cheetah11 said:
Thanks for your interest in my problem.
The phone doesn't respond to any of the commands anymore.
Also, what do you mean with 'device manager' exactly?
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-device-manager#1TC=windows-7
Or just hit the Windows Key (next to Alt by the Spacebar) + the letter R together then type : devmgmt.msc and hit enter.
When the Device Manager is open and you plug in the device, you should see it blink out for a sec and reload and show you the device - probably will see a yellow warning symbol next to it - if so that means the PC sees it, just not loading the correct driver.
I've turned this "feature" on and i just can't turn it off anymore. I saw that you have to use ur head, a blink or open a mouth or some other stupid things, but it just doesn't work anymore, plus my touchscreen is not working anymore, all i can see is a straight line going up and down but i just dont know what to do. please help
reset the phone..if not help..get the right firmware and flash.. if not help..send it in repair..my phone had a defect with the touchscreen digitizer they replaced the whole thing..now it's working good..BTW..Knox was dripped
notnitrox said:
I've turned this "feature" on and i just can't turn it off anymore. I saw that you have to use ur head, a blink or open a mouth or some other stupid things, but it just doesn't work anymore, plus my touchscreen is not working anymore, all i can see is a straight line going up and down but i just dont know what to do. please help
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Just press home button three times
Universal switch
notnitrox said:
I've turned this "feature" on and i just can't turn it off anymore. I saw that you have to use ur head, a blink or open a mouth or some other stupid things, but it just doesn't work anymore, plus my touchscreen is not working anymore, all i can see is a straight line going up and down but i just dont know what to do. please help
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Hit the home button 3 times to off universal switch mode
I tried pressing the home button, but it is not working for me. Maybe the nova launcher intercepts the home button. Ahhh.. I don't want to format my phone. I also tried rebooting it, now I am locked out of my phone..
Update: I found the solution. Just use an OTG and Connect a mouse to disable the feature..
I had the same issue @Keitri
tried all solution like soft rest and run it in safe mode, and run recovery mode and wipe cache partition but no success
could you help me inn the problem and explain how did you overcome the issue?
thanks
android user 2016 said:
I had the same issue @Keitri
tried all solution like soft rest and run it in safe mode, and run recovery mode and wipe cache partition but no success
could you help me inn the problem and explain how did you overcome the issue?
thanks
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Sorry for the late reply. Just connect a usb mouse using the OTG cable. From there you can disable the universal switch.
it works with OTG cable + mouse