My Friend has a HTC Wildfire, he's on a tour with his friends
Problem starts now , He was talking with his friend and suddenly screen went blank. He's using VillianROM on it now when he switches on he can't see the screen at all, but phone it self works when someone calls he's still able to answers it. he cant flash new ROM Also. he can't see screen so
Any Help ? anyone had such kind of a problem with HTC ?
maheshpatel said:
He was talking with his friend and suddenly screen went blank. He's using VillianROM on it now when he switches on he can't see the screen at all, but phone it self works when someone calls he's still able to answers it.
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This is certainly not related to VillianROM in any way.
I think it's a hardware problem - there's something wrong with display panel. If the backlight is dead you should barely see very dark image on the screen in bright lightning conditions.
Anyway, looks like there's nothing you nor your friend can do to fix it. You need to send it to service.
maheshpatel said:
he cant flash new ROM Also. he can't see screen so
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If the phone has USB debugging enabled by accident (I guess it's hard to turn it on blindly) then you can access it using adb shell. If you have custom recovery image installed, such as Clocwork or Amon_RA, you can boot to it and fave full access to your phone through USB using adb (or fastboot) so you can flash new ROM images.
oyah said:
If you have custom recovery image installed, such as Clocwork or Amon_RA, you can boot to it and fave full access to your phone through USB using adb (or fastboot) so you can flash new ROM images.
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Yes, what he said ^^.
I'll just add one more thing. To get to custom recovery easily, pull the battery out and put it back in again. Then perform what ever key combination to boot custom recovery.
Good luck to your friend!
You might also have more luck posting in the Wildfire sections where they me able to help. It does seem like a Hardware issue with the screen to me? Was it dropped or anything?
It seems like hardware. Probably connection between screen and PCB.
ya his phone dropped many times, ya it seems like hardware issue to me also..
Hi guys,
was referred here by a friend, ive recently joined the android community after being a ios'er for the last couple of years, i myself have the galaxy note. But i need help with my girlfriends phone, she has a galaxy europa GT-l5500 i think, problem is her little brother has been playing with the phone and did the lock wrong multiple times, we have tried using her google login to recover but its not working. We know the username and pass is correct as we have logged in on the computer. Ive read stuff about a hard factory reset, but the problem is we dont want to lose the pics of our new born baby.
ive been told i can delete a file called gesture.key and it will work again, but i dont know how to get to it. if anyone can help it would be appreciated. the build i believe is froyo cheers
Pictures are stored on sd card, plug it in pc and done
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so is the only way forward a hard reset?if so what way do i do it? problem is some pics are MMS so not saved on the memory card.
flexeh said:
so is the only way forward a hard reset?if so what way do i do it? problem is some pics are MMS so not saved on the memory card.
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never tried this, and not willing to risk it now, but check here, maybe it'll help: https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha
flexeh said:
ive been told i can delete a file called gesture.key and it will work again, but i dont know how to get to it
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you'd probably need to install adb on PC (general guides here or here or in lots of places), but this will work only if the "USB Debugging" is turned on in Setting>Applications>Development
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check this: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/manage-your-files-from-recovery-with-aroma-file-manager/
i cant get the thing to factory reset, ive tried pressing the volume keys and then the power button but it just reboots and sticks on the username and pass any ideas? ive tried to ABD
flexeh said:
i cant get the thing to factory reset, ive tried pressing the volume keys and then the power button but it just reboots and sticks on the username and pass any ideas? ive tried to ABD
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Maybe try with the Aroma from my previous post - remove SD card from Note, and copy zip file to it using PC, then put it back, and try to restart in recovery mode, then follow installation instructions
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Ok so my friend smashed his S2 up pretty, pretty, pretty bad. He wants to get the pictures from the phone as they are pretty important.
- I can't see the screen, at all.
- I can however get in to download mode (as represented by Odin giving the 'Added!!' message.
Is there anything I can do? Any programs that can help?
Thanks,
Logie.
_Logie said:
... - I can however get in to download mode (as represented by Odin giving the 'Added!!' message. ...
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Does that mean you can only boot into download mode? A 'normal' boot does not work?
_Logie said:
Ok so my friend smashed his S2 up pretty, pretty, pretty bad. He wants to get the pictures from the phone as they are pretty important.
- I can't see the screen, at all.
- I can however get in to download mode (as represented by Odin giving the 'Added!!' message.
Is there anything I can do? Any programs that can help?
Thanks,
Logie.
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If you boot the phone normally and then connect it nto the computer, can you see the phone and sdcard showing as remoable drives.
If yes, copy the files you neeed to computer.
If no, then there is very little chance you will be able to recover any files as the computer needs to be able to see your phone in other then download mode.
Cheers guys, just trying both suggestions now. He has a lock on the screen so it's impossible to put in the code/pattern. I'm trying to use AndroidScreencast now but the phone doesn't want to boot at all now nevermind booting into download mode!
Thanks anyways guys, I'll try a few more things and if there's no joy then I'll let him know.
Mods can lock this if they want.
you could maybe extract them through adb, search for it and u'll get tons of info
I had the same situation a while ago with a Galaxy. I got around it by temporarily fitting someone else's screen to the broken one which allowed me to enter the PIN and remove all the files and photo's
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.
I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.
Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.
Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.
So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:
1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.
2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.
So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.
So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.
Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.
This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.
I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.
What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?
At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.
I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
jaytee23 said:
I have an E970 which I have loved over the past 16 months. Love it. It's not rooted or modded in any way, but I had it set up real nice.
I was at the hospital emergency room yesterday visiting someone and had some time to kill, so I updated some apps that needed updating. I did this over LTE, not hospital WIFI. I mention this because of what happened next.
Last night I started getting an error message when I attempted to get into the settings: "unfortunately settings has stopped." Everything else looked normal at this point.
Of course, the first thing I did was reboot and there was no change.
So, I did a little research and the suggestion was:
1) something you installed or updated last messed it up, try uninstalling the updates.
2) try putting the phone into safe mode and see if it works.
So I uninstalled the apps I had updated while at the hospital. Swiftkey keyboard, Chrome, Dolphin, the MyAT&T app (never used), and some others. About 12 in all. No dice, settings was still not working.
So after another reboot, I put the phone into safe mode (which I didn't know existed on Android). It took a long time to reboot into safe mode, much longer than a normal reboot. Settings was still not working. Same errror. Thats when things got worse.
Rebooted back out of safe mode. It still took a long time to reboot. Now not only does settings not work, but now the notification area on the top of the screen is gone, the notiication shade is now gone, and long pressing home does not bring up task manager. I am able to get into the settings for the home screen and the lock screen via the menu key. I cannot access sound settings or wifi or anything else in settings. I also lost my wallpaper. The LG launcher was still working as was the LG lock screen. All else looks fine, my MMS, contacts, email, etc.
This morning, I tried rebooting again. Now the phone won't boot past the white AT&T logo after the animation and sound plays.
I tried removing the sim and the sd card. No change. No boot.
What the hell happened to my phone and what should I do?
At this point I realize I'm probably going to lose everything in my phone memory, and I'm at peace with that. I had my photos and media all on my SD card, but my contacts and my text messages from the last 16 months are going to be gone.
I am not versed in rooting or recovery, though I am actually very technical. I would appreciate any assistance anyone could give. Thank you.
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Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.
Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.
Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
adfurgerson said:
Two option that I can think are a factory reset and restoring with a program named lgnpst.
Factory reset would be simplest if it works, but will definitely wipe your phone.
Using lgnpst usually doesn't wipe the phone. Let me know how you want to proceed.
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First of all, thank you very much for replying!
LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.
I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
jaytee23 said:
First of all, thank you very much for replying!
LGNPST doesn't wipe the phone? Well, I'm all for that if it works. Boy, I thought for sure I was 100% going to lose everything. Now at least maybe there is a tiny chance of not losing everything.
I had joined the lg-optimus-g irc and user autoprime directed me to the guide there. I downloaded and installed tSilenzio's Automated LGNPST already. I was going to use it to flash the stock rom, but I didn't do that yet. Is that what you need me to do with LGNPST, flash the stock rom or does LGNPST have other options? Please let me know, I'll wait for your reply, sir!
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I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
adfurgerson said:
I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...
Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
jaytee23 said:
I'm downloading LGE970ATT-V20j-Stock.bin.zip right now. It's a super slow download though...
Let me see if I can find the one from g33k3r...
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
adfurgerson said:
I would use the stock firmware posted by g33k3r, it is a zip that contains a tot file which you rename to .bin for use with lgnpst. If afterwards you want to try custom ROMs we can go from there.
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Is this the file you wanted me to dl?
LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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I found it just before you posted that... DLing now.....
So flashing this *may* repair my phone without losing everything? I'm guessing it will overwrite all the Android OS, LG and AT&T files?
jaytee23 said:
Is this the file you wanted me to dl?
LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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http://downloads.codefi.re/g33k3r/LGE970AT-01-V20j-310-410-MAR-08-2013.zip
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got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
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Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
adfurgerson said:
Is it a .tot file when unzipped? If so it should be right.
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or does the com port only show up when the phone is attached?
jaytee23 said:
aw crap, i just ran LGNPST and the com port is not showing up.. the instructions say that a com port should show up in the list
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Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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on it... hold on...
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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okay, the phone is in download mode and plugged in... it showed up in LGNPST on COM4
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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I selected the DLL and the BIN file.. i'm guessing i'm ready for the transfer?
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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is there a way to use LGNPST to try to back up my phone book before I flash this?
adfurgerson said:
Is your phone in download mode?
Edit just seen second post yes connect phone to PC and enter download mode.
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I think i'm screwed.. I did the flash, it rebooted, but is stuck on white AT&T screen...
I think I have to do the factory reset.
well, that's it. did the factory reset. that worked.
>sigh<
the only stuff I wish I could have saved would have been the contacts and the text messages. They are gone now.
Thank you, adfurgerson, for the hand holding. I appreciate it!
jaytee23 said:
got it, unzipping now... I also need to reboot my PC since I haven't done that since installing LGNPST...
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Sorry I didn't reply back of was set for email alerts but they didn't come through. Your contacts don't sync to google.?
Hi.
My screen cracked and now I cant access files etc.
When I connect the cable to the pc the phone only charging since chargins is default :/
Any way to retrieve pictures, sms etc? Or transfer everything to a new android phone.
Are you rooted?
No:/
Is your bootloader unlocked?
If yes I think there is a way to take a full backup as an .img file
If not did you have backup to your Google account enabled? If yes just add your Google account on a new Android phone and select restore from latest backup during the setup wizard.
Is it unlocked by default?
Can I access the phone using command line or something? So i can enable file transfer.
mikaelft said:
Is it unlocked by default?
Can I access the phone using command line or something? So i can enable file transfer.
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It is locked by default for security purposes. Otherwise anyone with the technical knowledge would be able to access the contents of your device without the need to unlock it.
In order to create a system dump you need unlocked bootloader and root so you can make the appropriate mount points.
Best thing you can do is get the screen fixed and sell the phone... I work in a mobiles store that offer services like that. We buy broken phones, fix them, transfer the clients data to their new phone and sell the phone as a second hand device.... They must exist in your country too...
Too bad :/
I can unlock the phone with fingerprint, but I cant press on the screen to enable file transfer when the window pops up. Only getting charging. I will try to connect a mouse to the phone.
Solved.
Connected a mouse and could start samsung switch to transfer everything to a new mobile.
I would really like to enter recovery mode to do a hard reset of the phone. But there is no way to enter it :/
mikaelft said:
Solved.
Connected a mouse and could start samsung switch to transfer everything to a new mobile.
I would really like to enter recovery mode to do a hard reset of the phone. But there is no way to enter it :/
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Simply reset the phone through settings, it will boot to recovery and wipe everything for you
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Simply reset the phone through settings, it will boot to recovery and wipe everything for you
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Reset through settings is the same as clearing cache and reseting through recovery?
mikaelft said:
Restore through settings is the same as clearing cache and restoring through recovery?
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i dont know about restore, Ive never used that. But reset works the same way as reset through recovery.