Greeting developers (excuse my messed up grammar, non native speaker here)...!! (also a noob)
I was trying to configure the VPN settings for my chinese AVA v500 smartphone, i rooted it (with some chinese software) and it was just peaches. Then i partitioned the SD card to help the RAM with Link2SD app. Using this app i started moving some apps and system parts to the SD card in order to make it faster ( i assume) but then, something terrible happened.. My desktop screen went pitch black. I mean, it dosent rotate nor anything, and dosen`t show any icon or else. On the other hand, the upper slide screen (wifi, 3g, silence, and bluetooth) still works, i the phone calls still get in, i can access only to the USB config (NOT the debbugging setting, only the USB docking, USB storage and so...)
Ok then, my chellphone as i said was just rooted, so i had this "Terminal" app (sort of MSDos) and i hitted Reboot Recovery, it went to the recovery screen, did the wipe out thing, and went just well, but it still the same, black screen with nothing but the USB options and the sliding menu available. The chinese program i mentioned before had this sort of feature where when i plugged the smartphone to the PC. i popped out some screen with some chinese sit on it, i could recognize the icon of the ESfiles or explorer, but now i cant even do that, or access the internet anyhow.
I've been looking around on the internet for options but all i see demands, or Debugging mode, internet, or any sort of app instaled on the phone...
So guys, this is the thing, i need a solution that only involves my laptop, a USB wire, and a half dead chinese smartphone.
Extra difficulty: it's my girlfriend cellphone, wich i just bought her. and she is going to be soooooo damn mad at me... so the faster the better...
REGARDS, DEVELOPERS...!!
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I have a i7 it will load to the unlock screen but then the touch screen stops working and I can't unlock it if I plug it into my pc the touch screen works but the only thing I can see is the top notification bar and the rest is black also it keeps popping a notification safe to remove media I have no micro sd card in it I cant turn on USB debugging either I have another one and it works great any help would be great
Return that brick
I bought 3 of these for my kids for Christmas. 1 of the 3 did the same thing you stated. I just returned it and bought a Coby Kryos 7 inch. Way faster, but also not very good apps support.
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I have a i7 it will load to the unlock screen but then the touch screen stops working and I can't unlock it if I plug it into my pc the touch screen works but the only thing I can see is the top notification bar and the rest is black also it keeps popping a notification safe to remove media I have no micro sd card in it I cant turn on USB debugging either I have another one and it works great any help would be great
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i have the same exact problem
Workaround of sorts
I had same problem, found that I could unlock after plugging in USB cable, howver to a blank screen. Found that continuous tapping on Home button on case would allow load of desktop to complete , again - continuous tapping of home was needed .
While tapping was able to activate wifi settings and SlideMe (from desktop toolbar/widget) , and installed ICS Launcher , make it the default and it seems to be usable again.
Thanks, arusty1, for that information. I was able to get the ICS Launcher installed and that seems to help get to the home screen, launch apps, browse the web, etc.
The only thing that is still not working is the SD Card storage. I can't seem to download anything (such as the amazon app store). Inserting an SD Card tells me that it is being used as memory but then safe to remove.
These tablets are pretty hosed. But at least your suggestion got it useable for now.
Thanks!
Yesterday I dropped my Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 softly on the floor, but immediately I noticed that there was a problem with the screen: the glass was not broken, but colours were abnormally green, with a horizontal white line at the top of the screen, and a little circular dead zone in the upper left corner. I could still use it. But a few hours later, the light intensity of the screen had progressively and drastically decreased, and the phone could no longer be used. Today, the screen is totally black…
All data was saved on the external card, and I thought that Gmail synchronization would have saved my agenda. So initially, it did not seem like a too big problem, except for the cost of screen replacement, but when I realized that my calendar synchronization had not been not properly configured, the problem suddenly became more serious! My main problem is now data, not screen!
When the phone is on, and connected to my PC via an USB cable, I can only access two folders on the phone: “Card” and “Phone” (the external card is still in the phone). I have the original ROM, the phone is not rooted.
Do you think that my calendar data is there somewhere? I don’t know where to find it.
I’m afraid that all data will be lost if I send back my phone to the reseller's after sales service.
Alternatively, is there a mean, with an HDMI adapter and an external screen, to use the phone anyway: only the display does not work, the rest of the phone seems OK. The touch screen still worked fine yesterday, when I could still see something. Will I see anything on the TV when touching the phone screen? It would be wonderful if I could just reconfigure my synchronization, in spite of that black screen, and thus recover my agenda data via my Gmail account, before sending the phone to the after sales service.
Any suggestions are welcome.
Search exact same question been asked before and i believe a workaround was found .
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You can use ADB to make a backup of all your apps + data. However USB Debugging must be enabled for this to work. Is it enabled on your device?
If yes, there are a lot of guides on how to backup your phone`s content such as Apps + Data.
One such guide is this: http://www.thesuperusersguide.com/adb-backup--restore.html
No, I had not activated "ADB debugging" and without screen, it seems a little bit difficult to do it now, thus precluding "ADB" use. That's why I was wondering if there was a possibility to use the phone with an external screen via a MHL-HDMI adapter, assuming the touch screen still works… Any idea?
yes, just do that. you can also access adb from recovery without having to enable anything
I am now pretty sure that touch screen is OK. Even if I don't see anything, swiping the screen to unlock it produces the usual sound. So I won’t do anything until I get a MHL HDMI adapter. I think it is the simplest way, if that works… I keep you informed in a few days. Many thanks
Apologies if this is not the right place to ask this - I'm new to forum.xda-developers.com.
I dropped my old HTC Wildfire S and the screen cracked in such a way that I can still see what's on the screen, but it's unresponsive so I can't interact with it (can't even swipe to unlock the screen).
I've bought a new phone and moved the SIM and micro SD card across, but to my dismay found that some of my data must have been stored on the phone, not on the SIM or SD. Most important is my contacts/phonebook (no, they're not in my Google Contacts list either).
I just connected it to my (Ubuntu 12.04) laptop and of course it just goes into 'Charge Mode' - this is normal - I always did have to tell the phone to connect in data mode in order to be able to access files on there, but of course I can't do that now because the touchscreen won't respond.
If anyone has any advice on any of the following then I'd be most grateful:
a) how to force the usb connection into data mode rather than just charge mode
b) whether I'll be able to access the phone's contacts file/directory/? even if I can access the phone in data mode, and how to do this
c) if I'm asking in the wrong place, any advice on a better forum to place this question.
I'm afraid I have no idea what version of the Android OS is on there, but it's a few years old. I never did any development on there, so it's not rooted or anything like that.
Many thanks.
Hi guys,
My screen recently died. Before fixing it at a specialized shop, I want to retrieve the data from the phone. Sadly the phone is pattern-locked and until I unlock it I can't access the data when I connect it to my PC. The screen is essentially dead. The image is almost totally black except for small layer in left top corner and the touch sensor is unresponsive, but other than that the phone works and receives notifications and so on.
USB Debugging mode isn't active on the phone and thus I can't replicate the screen of the phone on my PC through software alone, when I connect it via micro-USB. I also didn't think of this problem in advance and I'm not registered on Sony's FindMyMobile or any similar apps.
I tried using a HDMI-MHL adapter and I confirmed that the phone is indeed working because I'm able to get the phone screen's image on my TV. The problem is I can't actually interact with the phone because as I said earlier the touch sensor is not working.
The HDMI-MHL adapter I've used also seems to have a micro-USB port but that seems to work for power only. If I connect a USB-OTG cable on it and connect a USB mouse to it I get image but no mouse. If I connect the USB-OTG and the mouse, alone, I get a mouse cursor but I can't see what I'm doing (phone vibrates as I 'try' and draw the unlock-pattern blindly).
So, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact screen is dead, I wanna connect my Xperia to my TV via HDMI AND use a mouse at the same time to control my phone. Is this possible_
I also thought of another option... go to recovery mode and flash a zip that removes lock. I thought of trying step by step (switch keyboard and TV al the time just to get at point where I can find zip file and flash it). Unfortunately in recovery mode the phone does not allow to stream to TV. It only works when phone is after SIM lock.
Two additions: by removing and re-installing ADB on my laptop my phone is unauthorized. Only a matter of clicking on yes/allow on phone but that's not possible and TWRP 3.1.1-0 is installed.
Anyone any clue? I know I ask a lot but I'm searching the internetz for 2 days now and I'm devistated.
THNX a great bunch!!!
ciao
Valentijm
PS Copy/paste a part of the text from a guy from the internet who had exactly the same problem as I did but his thread ended a few months ago without result.
Just 30 minutes after my post I magically had all the dots correct and that blind!!! So turned on USB debugging and got rid of lock pattern. It was a nice three days of my life Guess there was no solution than getting lucky like I did or screen replacement and getting all your data removed.
ciao
Hello folks, my display broke suddenly, cannot see anything except a line and some green flickering when display is on. I have most of the documents and everything stored on my SD card but the Whatsapp data is unfortunately not backed up. There are a few pictures and chat data that I would need to access from there.
The situation is like this - Display broke but the phone works also touch apparently works too since Double tap makes the display light up in green (cannot see anything), and double tapping again makes the screen off. There are notifications coming. USB charging works. Shows up on the PC but the MTP won't show anything since screen is locked. I rebooted the phone which was the mistake !! because now it asks for pattern. I cannot unlock this, tried blind so many times but since I disabled the vibration. It's hard to get the pattern. Fingerprint scanner works but it won't unlock with it (so it just vibrates saying need to use pattern on screen due to reboot, the usual behavior)
Phone specs and OS are in my sig - Stock OS, Rooted, TWRP.
Can anyone please help if there's any way to access the filesystem ? It would be great if there's a way for accessing the data. My other request would be, can I make a data backup of the ROM as is with LGUP ? then reset it all before sending to LG for a full repair as I like this phone a lot.
Thank you for your time.
boot to twrp and then plug it in on PC and browse the file there? if you cant go to recovery from power off, maybe go to fastboot first then do the command to go to recovery.
figure out how to cast the display on a tv? i think the usb port supports HDMI output so maybe plugging it to a tv would work.