I have a new Sammy GS3 from Tmo US. My brother had the upgrade, but my original phone broke, so he let me have his contract upgrade, and I picked up the GS3. Long story short, I got a small crack in the screen when I dropped it, but the LCD is shot underneath. We ordered the insurance, but it is under my brother's LINE, not under the PHONE itsself. So I need him to be able to access data for a couple days, but we cant do anything to the phone whatsoever.
I guess my question is, ideally is there an emulator that I can use on the desktop over USB cable? or (more realistically I suppose) even just anyway possible to control it remotely, without using the lcd? make a download here, attempt a call there?
Thanks in advance!!!
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I have the following problem.
When I broke my phone's screen and before I found a replacement on ebay I took my phone to a local dealer to try and find a screen locally and fix it. It was a no-guarrantee deal since I bought the phone from the Uk (I'm from Cyprus) and all the risk was on me. Anyway, he eventually couldn't find a replacement here so I got the phone back.
When trying to switch on the phone back home I noticed that before I took it to the dealer the screen did switch on just a bit on the top. After I got it back the screen didn't work at all although I could hear the phone operate. I thought that the damage would be repaired with the new screen sent through ebay but after I replaced the screen today the screen still doesn't switch on at all although I can hear the phone operate.
I am sure that I have plugged in everything correct and now I am afraid that the motherboard could be damaged.
Have you ever come up to something like this? Could the dealer damage something on the phone's motherboard and now the phone operates without the screen switching on? Do you have any suggestions which might help me get my phone's screen back on?
Most likely culprit is either the phone was failing or your repair job .
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Or the guy you gave it to swapped out your good board for a dud thinking you won't know any better. Is he trustworthy?
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Don't think so, he is a vodafone reseller, recommended by a friend. Also when I connect the phone to the computer through kies I can see the kernel version I got from here plus all my contacts reminders ect.
Any other ideas as to how to try and make it work?
Hi xda-developers,
I'm considering to buy an old Android phone (Samsung Galaxy 3 i5800) with a broken display on eBay that I can use as WiFi camera.
I don't need the display for that, but I'm not sure if the device will work without the display attached to the board.
Is it possible to launch apps, change device settings etc. using an SSH connection?
Does anybody have experience with abusing phones like that?
DrZee said:
Hi xda-developers,
I'm considering to buy an old Android phone (Samsung Galaxy 3 i5800) with a broken display on eBay that I can use as WiFi camera.
I don't need the display for that, but I'm not sure if the device will work without the display attached to the board.
Is it possible to launch apps, change device settings etc. using an SSH connection?
Does anybody have experience with abusing phones like that?
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If its very cheap buy it and replace the LCD yourself, its easy and probably won't cost more than $15-$30 for a new LCD.
I have replaced dozens of LCDs and digitisers in various phones and mobile devices. Its not very hard. Youtube has disassembly vids for almost every smartphone ever made.
HTC Desire Z am using now i bought as a spares or repairs on ebay for about 50% of its 2nd hand value as digitiser was dead on top side.
New digitiser cost me $25 and took me 2 hours to fit (being very careful).
Also its nice to see what's inside
If you manage to get it connected to ADB you may be okay. If it has a keyboard or trackball you may be able to do some basic navigation without the touchscreen working.
Administering Android without display
Well there is to issues I see with buying a phone like that.
1. I would be surprised if the phone boots to the OS when the screen is not attached to the board because usually there is a hardware check cycle that it needs to go through on boot which will reveal that the phone has a missing screen.
2. Android OS by default does not have SSH server installed on it by default so you will need to install an app like “SSHDroidPro” which turns your phone into a SSH server in order for you to SSH to it using any client you desire. Without a screen connected I find that to be very difficult to accomplish.
I agree with “Guru Zep” going the route he recommended would the best option as long as you are willing to tinker around and enjoy putting it together
Good luck
Thanks for your suggestions!
I bought the broken phone and got a replacement display and it works perfectly.
So, the other day my phone fell about four 3.5 feet down on its back. I pick it up and find a small crack on the screen, oops, but I can live with that... I hit the home button and my screen flickers... I had my girlfriend call me and the phone reacted normal with the exception of the screen being broken, I was even able to swipe and answer the call and talk to her. I figure out that my digitizer was broken. I have insurance on my phone however my phone is rooted on MDK. "Why not upgrade?" you may ask, well I have been contract free since May of 13 and bought this phone outright to keep my unlimited data. So, I purchased a digitizer replacement on Amazon and during the process I broke one of the antenna (the one on the left side when looking at the exposed back) I didn't think much of it as I can order that part as well. Once I have the the new digitizer in place I go ahead and put the phone back together. Well, when I power on my phone the screen still doesn't turn on. AHHHH, I'm assuming my only option is to install the original broken screen and attempt to go through Verizon to replace my phone. I really don't know what else I can do as I spent $200 to buy the new screen/digitizer and that didn't work. Please let me know if I have other options.
My touchscreen is cracked, digitizer no longer working. I can't use the touchscreen anymore except for the very bottom. Decided to flash phone back to stock to remove any flag that the phone is rooted in case I would need to claim insurance on it. Device isn't showing up in ADB or fastboot on my computer, though my cable is a bit shoddy. Any way to get past this and at least to the "Welcome" screen? I would say that sending a touch event via ADB would be my first guess, but there's no ADB or even fastboot function, even in recovery mode. Any ideas?
I would replace your shady cable. Then try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57954105&postcount=10
So are you trying to get into the OS? Just replace your cable maybe that will help you get in but just to let you know on the MINI OS page you have to hold the power button then make your selection (had to learn the hard way). Here is a tool that may help if it is configured correctly then you can control the whole phone via adb. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395 they have everything you need in the zip just to let you know if you have linux it is a little hard to set up.
I had the exact same issue a few days ago as posted in this thread and the simple answer is your G3 is now as "dead" as mine is - without a working digitizer to allow you to press that OK button, you're not going to get any further. It won't work with any ADB tools because that Mini OS thing isn't Android-based from what I can tell and doesn't utilize those particular methods of device communication over USB. Mouse won't work either because that requires the Android drivers obviously.
My G3 did work with the mouse just fine but my bad decision was not just leaving it alone in that working state and deciding to roll back to the stock ZV4 firmware - that wasn't what caused me problems, however: what caused me problems was that damned Mini OS mode and me not being able to press the OK button which was just inside the dead area of the screen, sadly.
I'll be ordering a replacement display assembly for mine later today if I can track one down on eBay that's an actual OEM part which seems to be a very difficult thing these days.
BUYER BEWARE:
If you're looking to get a replacement display assembly for your G3 like I am, be aware that many sellers on eBay are selling screen assemblies that are sub-standard crap, they don't have the LG logo on them, and they even come with resolutions as low as 960x540 which is obviously not a true factory replacement part considering out G3 resolution is 2560x1440 - I mean I'd be perfectly happy with a replacement display at 1920x1080, but 960x540 on a 5.5" LCD? Ugh...
Just be careful, ask questions if needed of the seller and if they don't respond in a timely manner (or at all as almost 10 of them haven't for me) then don't spend a dime until you do find someone that will confirm and verify it's the right part for replacement.
I still haven't found a seller I trust yet of the few that have responded to me, for the record. I may end up just holding onto this G3 until I do get the right part at a later time - I really want to get it repaired but I'm not going to waste money on some lame ass seller that tries to rip me (and others) off, it's just not going to happen.
If you call sprint or do the online chat they will send you a replacement device. Here is the link to contact sprint (if you want to):http://www.sprint.com/landings/chat/
Just to let you know the online chqt button comes and goes so you may want to call.
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I had the exact same issue a few days ago as posted in this thread and the simple answer is your G3 is now as "dead" as mine is - without a working digitizer to allow you to press that OK button, you're not going to get any further. It won't work with any ADB tools because that Mini OS thing isn't Android-based from what I can tell and doesn't utilize those particular methods of device communication over USB. Mouse won't work either because that requires the Android drivers obviously.
My G3 did work with the mouse just fine but my bad decision was not just leaving it alone in that working state and deciding to roll back to the stock ZV4 firmware - that wasn't what caused me problems, however: what caused me problems was that damned Mini OS mode and me not being able to press the OK button which was just inside the dead area of the screen, sadly.
I'll be ordering a replacement display assembly for mine later today if I can track one down on eBay that's an actual OEM part which seems to be a very difficult thing these days.
BUYER BEWARE:
If you're looking to get a replacement display assembly for your G3 like I am, be aware that many sellers on eBay are selling screen assemblies that are sub-standard crap, they don't have the LG logo on them, and they even come with resolutions as low as 960x540 which is obviously not a true factory replacement part considering out G3 resolution is 2560x1440 - I mean I'd be perfectly happy with a replacement display at 1920x1080, but 960x540 on a 5.5" LCD? Ugh...
Just be careful, ask questions if needed of the seller and if they don't respond in a timely manner (or at all as almost 10 of them haven't for me) then don't spend a dime until you do find someone that will confirm and verify it's the right part for replacement.
I still haven't found a seller I trust yet of the few that have responded to me, for the record. I may end up just holding onto this G3 until I do get the right part at a later time - I really want to get it repaired but I'm not going to waste money on some lame ass seller that tries to rip me (and others) off, it's just not going to happen.
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Yeah, I'm sitting on an LG G3 with a replacement screen that clearly isn't oem.. The touch screen worked ok in the regular OS, but it didn't work in TWRP so I decided to return to stock.. I can't press the OK button in the Auto Touch Test screen so I can't finish returning it to stock.. If you ever ended up buying a replacement screen that was worthwhile, I'd be interested in knowing what store you got it from.
This was what I ordered:
https://flashtechllc.com/lg-g3/21891-lg-g3-lcd-touch-screen-digitizer-assembly-gray-.html
Worked fine once received, and the price is significantly lower now - I paid over $90 for mine at the time. I did sell the G3 a few days after replacing the screen but that was the whole point I suppose: I put about $150 total into it and sold it for $225 so, ~50% profit ain't so bad.
I was given this phone to recover data from for a friend. She doesn't remember her unlock because it's sat forgotten in a drawer for ages now while she's used two or three other phones since. After her dog passed she remembered they have pics and vids of it on this phone and she's desperate to have them back.
The screen is badly damaged and the ribbon is ripped. Replacements are a bit more costly than she is willing to pay, but also the battery is completely dead; maybe needs to be replaced too.
So there's no way that I know of to interact with this device.
Is there a way I can connect this to PC to power it and recover data?
Replacement battery and screen costs for a phone she won't use after data recovery just isn't realistic.