[Q] Zenfone 5 problem + general Android help? - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys,
I am having some problem with a recently purchased Zenfone 5. I will try to be brief, and any help is really, really appreciated.
Alright - so my phone, all of a sudden, has entered a state where I cannot do anything. All I can access is a screen similar to that of Samsung's S-view, which is intended to be active when there is a case attached. However, I do not have one attached - and as such, it appears that it may be a problem with the proximity sensor.
I don't know how this happened, but I cannot get the phone repaired as I live in Australia, and none of the repair technicians, nor Asus, seem to know anything. I was wondering if any of you friendly chaps might, then? It is extremely frustrating, as I would be able to use the phone otherwise, if it was not for this damn screen that it is displaying, which is preventing me from accessing settings and disabling it.
Also, this brings me to my second issue - I want to try to reinstall the OS, but I cannot enable USB debugging! Ah! Do any of you guys have any kind of workaround for this?
I will provide more detail as needed,
Thankyou for any help you can provide,
- dyspoid

Does anyone at least know how I can get past the "s-view" type screen so I can fix things?

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dustin320 said:
Hey guys i know this is something small and all but i need to retrieve text messages off a broken phone. It is my bosses phone and he has important info in the texts. The phone is a AT&T galaxy Rugby Pro. If there is anything i can do please help me. the screen is broken but i can still explore files. thanks
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Okay the touch screen doesn't turn on at all. If i take a screen shot i can see the phone through my computer but theirs no other way of seeing it. thank you
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