Hello, I am hoping someone can help me. My wife has an HTC One S whose screen was severely cracked and damaged when she was hit by a car when crossing the street (the phone came out of her purse and was ran over). I have been trying to recover the pictures and videos that she had in the internal storage since the HTC One S does not have an SD card; however, her phone does not have USB debugging ON and it is impossible for me to enable this setting since the screen is cracked, damaged, and not visible. What are my options? your help is greatly appreciated!
Depends... Is it rooted/have custom recovery? Otherwise you'll have to blind navigate to turn debugging on.
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Depends... Is it rooted/have custom recovery? Otherwise you'll have to blind navigate to turn debugging on.
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No, the phone is not rooted nor does it have any custom recovery. I cannot blind navigate because the screen is cracked and dark and it does not seem to respond to any touch.
jalexrod said:
No, the phone is not rooted nor does it have any custom recovery. I cannot blind navigate because the screen is cracked and dark and it does not seem to respond to any touch.
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Then there not much you can do.
Darknites said:
Then there not much you can do.
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I have to agree with dark here. If it doesnt respond to touch theres nothing you can do.
Its like trying to control a PC without keyboard, screen or mouse. Willpower isnt enough
Oh wait, actually.. Is it running JB? In that case you can connect a mouse with an OTG cable, and blind navigate with that. It wont be easy, but its the only thing I can think of.
If it isnt running JB,,, Well... Then theres no other way.
same case with rooted htc one s and cyanogenmod
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the phone is rooted and has cyanogenmod cm11 installed on it. any help please.
What about the HDMI to Micro USB cords. I cant remember what they are called.
If I recall when I hooked mine up to one I didn't have to do anything to get it to show up on the screen.
edit: of course I guess that doesn't help if you digitizer isn't responding/
Try throwing it at a wall. I usually try that at least once or twice as a last resort. It has worked many times for me.
edit: don't do that. results vary. probably not for the better.
Its 2019 is there any current method now that u can force your self into the stock ROM?
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My screen will not illuminate. I believe its a hardware issue, but I'd like to verify if anyone can help. The soft keys will light up and I can hear notifications, but the screen does not light up when I press the top button or slide the keyboard open. Sometimes if I fiddle with the slider, the backscreen lights up, and if it is fully open the screen will show, but with illumination so dim its not really possible to use.
I can still feel the haptic feedback, but I'm at a loss. At first I thought this was due to flashing a rom, but I restored back to a prior one that worked well. I cannot view the screen in recovery either. I would like to mount the phone as usb storage to my computer to remove a couple of .zips on the sd card and reboot. Anyone point to or show me how to do this or any other restore/resets through adb, maybe re-install a .zip through adb? Is there a way to do this through adb, pushing files or otherwise, as I cannot see anything on my phone?
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You have to factory reset the phone due to one of the roms you may have installed. Sorry
Tyler025Sarah said:
You have to factory reset the phone due to one of the roms you may have installed. Sorry
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Wrong! Your flex cable is shot... Ruu back to stock and bring it to sprint.
Sent from my PG06100
drob311 said:
Wrong! Your flex cable is shot... Ruu back to stock and bring it to sprint.
Sent from my PG06100
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Give that man a Cupie Doll . Either that, or your screen went south. In any case he is correct RUU, and take it back.
Hey everyone.
My dads TF101 all of a sudden decided not to turn on. Now we were trying to fix it and he decided to plug the HDMI in to a computer and voila the screen pops up and the touchscreen works, but not on the tablet. I'm wondering if reflashing a rom (I'm running Eos 2-21 (not the latest I know..)) would possible fix the problem, if not putting it to stock and warrantying the tablet. But i'm also wondering does CWM work via HDMI. Any help would be appreciated =D
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Hey everyone.
My dads TF101 all of a sudden decided not to turn on. Now we were trying to fix it and he decided to plug the HDMI in to a computer and voila the screen pops up and the touchscreen works, but not on the tablet. I'm wondering if reflashing a rom (I'm running Eos 2-21 (not the latest I know..)) would possible fix the problem, if not putting it to stock and warrantying the tablet. But i'm also wondering does CWM work via HDMI. Any help would be appreciated =D
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My guess - your backlight or screen stopped working. It could be a loose connection, the display cable runs around the battery and if it is dropped it can come unplugged.
Flashing a different ROM or re-flashing is not going to fix a hardware issue like the screen not working. Just to be sure, do you see the Eee Pad logo when you turn it on?
Also, if you shine a flashlight on the screen, can you see the screen faintly? If so, then it is the backlight that went. If you cannot see anything, most likely it is the screen that stopped working.
If you are still under warranty, the easy thing to do is to flash back to stock. You can try using recovery, but I am not sure the HDMI will work with that. If not, you can use EasyFlasher and flash the stock firmware via APX mode. See the EasyFlasher thread in the dev section.
When i turn it on there is a light but its as if it's a black screen.
Never saw that EasyFlasher, that will make things a lot easier. And yeah three year wanrrenty, makes me feel a lot better about dropping the cash on one of those now that I actually need to use it
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When i turn it on there is a light but its as if it's a black screen.
Never saw that EasyFlasher, that will make things a lot easier. And yeah three year wanrrenty, makes me feel a lot better about dropping the cash on one of those now that I actually need to use it
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If it lights up, but no screen, then it is your TFT that has gone, the backlight is still working.
frederuco said:
If it lights up, but no screen, then it is your TFT that has gone, the backlight is still working.
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Well wither way the screens gone. seriously thank you so much least now I know what is wrong
One more question, does CWM work while in HDMI mode because i could flash the stock software that way
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Well wither way the screens gone. seriously thank you so much least now I know what is wrong
One more question, does CWM work while in HDMI mode because i could flash the stock software that way
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I can't answer your CWM question (my guess would be no), but if you use easyflasher, all you need is working APX mode and a windows computer. All the details are in the tread.
A friend gave me their old Nexus S they dropped in water 2 years ago hoping to get some pictures off. While it still powers on, the screen is dead (tried shining a light to see if it was just the backlight, but no it's completely dead.) The digitizer, hardware and soft buttons all work.
Is there a way (adb/fastboot maybe?) to mount USB storage w/o a functioning screen?
Thanks.
Yes Adb should work.. does it have a Custom recovery on it?
Not sure if you can do it from power off.. I know you can do it if you can get it into recovery..
loads of threads on this I suppose http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898712
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Yes Adb should work.. does it have a Custom recovery on it?
Not sure if you can do it from power off.. I know you can do it if you can get it into recovery..
loads of threads on this I suppose http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898712
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Thanks. I'll give that a try.
Also, I don't know if any of those threads mentioned it, but there are clients that can mirror what the display is supposed to show on your computer over usb, namely Eclipse, which is found in the Android SDK. Since the digitizer and stuff still works, you can just correspond your finger touches accordingly
Hey guys I've had my N5 for almost a year now but it seems to have gone kaput on me recently...
On Monday I was on a skype call, (just audio) when my phone suddenly restarted, I didn't pay much mind to it as that happened before and it would usually just cut back on, but this time, it restarted, and restarted and just didn't stop. That lead me to think its the power button being stuck so i checked it out and made sure its not being depressed and well yeah it wasn't. And soon after that the phones screen was sometimes on during the reboots and sometimes off. I knew it was rebooting because the N5 vibrates a bit when Google pops up on the loading screen in a certain way, but yeah now the screen doesn't light up at all, there's still vibrations and sounds like when I call or when I say Okay Google a few times, the LED will even light up during a call. I know the phone is "on and working" in the background but the screen doesn't light up and as such I can't touch it, any ideas and or advice friends?
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Possibly your backlight burnt out? Water damage?
if you are running cyanogenmod, you could be experiencing sod "sleep of death". thats when you know the phone is on and working, but the screen doesnt turn on. ive been reading lots of complaints about cm and the sod.
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Possibly your backlight burnt out? Water damage?
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As the phone kept rebooting it went from seeing everything, to seeing nothing but the back light to dark, so maybe? It was just by me on my desk too so I was doubtful about the water damage but I put it in the sealed rice bag for about 24 hours just in case but still no luck.
I actually am running cyanogenmod and whenever I do have a problem I always feel that its related to CM as the phone doesn't have any physical damage...maybe I should look into that, any other ideas friends?
P.S I am using the ElementalX Kernel and UNFORTUNATELY I turned on the FAST CHARGE USB option and that makes the phone play funny with the computer, if you guys have any advice as to how I could turn off that option please do let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...l-06-03-14-one-click-factory-restore-t2513937
I used this tool to try and remove anything that could be bothering my phone, software wise, and I'm not sure if it wiped away Kernels and Roms but thought you guys should know, my computer now recognizes the phone and I can see folders and such, which are now empty.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...l-06-03-14-one-click-factory-restore-t2513937
I used this tool to try and remove anything that could be bothering my phone, software wise, and I'm not sure if it wiped away Kernels and Roms but thought you guys should know, my computer now recognizes the phone and I can see folders and such, which are now empty.
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all it does is completely wipe your phone and install an older android version. flashing the factory img will do the same, except youll get the newest android version. don't use these tools, doing things the right way will be more beneficial to you. anyways, since cm is having issues, try a different rom, or just go stock.
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all it does is completely wipe your phone and install an older android version. flashing the factory img will do the same, except youll get the newest android version. don't use these tools, doing things the right way will be more beneficial to you. anyways, since cm is having issues, try a different rom, or just go stock.
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Thats my problem though my screen is still untouchable or see able and it makes it hard to flash stuff since I can't properly use TWRP, and having the fast charge hack on my computer doesnt really sense im in USB Debug but I guesssss its off now though, but still no screen loving
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Thats my problem though my screen is still untouchable or see able and it makes it hard to flash stuff since I can't properly use TWRP, and having the fast charge hack on my computer doesnt really sense im in USB Debug but I guesssss its off now though, but still no screen loving
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if still no screen, its probably physically damaged(hit or factory damage). is an exchange possible?
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if still no screen, its probably physically damaged(hit or factory damage). is an exchange possible?
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Well i got mine through the Play Store and I did think about an RMA, I know there was that free screen replacement thing going on but the customer rep sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about. and I'm thinking its a flex cable issue as my phone hasn't incurred any damage from drops or bumps or anything since i make it a point to be stationary while using phone, but....where the sim card tray is, that "bridge" or thin piece on the bottom side toward the phone has split as a result of my bad sim card ejecting, but that was when i first obtained the phone, also there is another split, inside the phone there is a canopy above the charging port that is split but i still know that occurred long before this, and its not even an electrical piece along with the sim card bridge thing.
BUTTT yeah im afraid if I RMA they will use that as an excuse to charge me $400, even though I know it's not playing any sort of factor in my screen acting up....Is there a policy on that?
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Well i got mine through the Play Store and I did think about an RMA, I know there was that free screen replacement thing going on but the customer rep sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about. and I'm thinking its a flex cable issue as my phone hasn't incurred any damage from drops or bumps or anything since i make it a point to be stationary while using phone, but....where the sim card tray is, that "bridge" or thin piece on the bottom side toward the phone has split as a result of my bad sim card ejecting, but that was when i first obtained the phone, also there is another split, inside the phone there is a canopy above the charging port that is split but i still know that occurred long before this, and its not even an electrical piece along with the sim card bridge thing.
BUTTT yeah im afraid if I RMA they will use that as an excuse to charge me $400, even though I know it's not playing any sort of factor in my screen acting up....Is there a policy on that?
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ive rma'ed before, google is really good about it. i sent my nexus 7 back with a custom recovery, rom, kernel.. and the thing going on with google and exchanging the n5 once without question, isnt about the screen, its for anything.
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ive rma'ed before, google is really good about it. i sent my nexus 7 back with a custom recovery, rom, kernel.. and the thing going on with google and exchanging the n5 once without question, isnt about the screen, its for anything.
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I suppose I might as well shoot for it? Is there a way to decline paying for the device if they decide that I should pay?
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I suppose I might as well shoot for it? Is there a way to decline paying for the device if they decide that I should pay?
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send back the rma? honestly, i dont know. i dont know anyone thats ever had to pay. unless its obvious that you did something, youll be fine.
So when you hold down the power button and the vol - for about 15 seconds the bootloader screen doesn't show up? If so, yeah try to RMA.
I will chat it up with one of the customer service peeps and see what they think then, and maybe even hopefully one will know about the replace anything deal
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So when you hold down the power button and the vol - for about 15 seconds the bootloader screen doesn't show up? If so, yeah try to RMA.
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and yup Ik its in bootloader mode though because the computer beeps and tries installing drivers and what not and also because it does that single vibrate, but yeah the screen is still dark so I can't see my selections, I believe I can still actually make a selection though, just unable to see them
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and yup Ik its in bootloader mode though because the computer beeps and tries installing drivers and what not and also because it does that single vibrate, but yeah the screen is still dark so I can't see my selections, I believe I can still actually make a selection though, just unable to see them
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Check to make sure you have the newest drivers (there's a sticky in the general section with all the useful info). If you bought it from the play store see if you can get an RMA - Google seems to have a good rep with this. It wouldn't hurt to flash a factory image to erase everything either before sending it off (privacy and whatnot). If you have the newest TWRP (2.8.0.1) if you boot into recovery and you should be able to access the internal storage without having to select anything (in case there's anything there not backed up). Boot to recovery is volume down twice and power I think.
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Check to make sure you have the newest drivers (there's a sticky in the general section with all the useful info). If you bought it from the play store see if you can get an RMA - Google seems to have a good rep with this. It wouldn't hurt to flash a factory image to erase everything either before sending it off (privacy and whatnot). If you have the newest TWRP (2.8.0.1) if you boot into recovery and you should be able to access the internal storage without having to select anything (in case there's anything there not backed up). Boot to recovery is volume down twice and power I think.
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Well now that I used that tool I'm not sure if my recovery is still TWRP or if it's stock, it flashed a stock factory image I'm told, but that doesn't remove the Kernel and Recovery too does it? I wanna get it as stock as possible before I sent it out. At this point I believe it has a factory image but I can't say for sure about anything else
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Well now that I used that tool I'm not sure if my recovery is still TWRP or if it's stock, it flashed a stock factory image I'm told, but that doesn't remove the Kernel and Recovery too does it? I wanna get it as stock as possible before I sent it out. At this point I believe it has a factory image but I can't say for sure about anything else
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See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701.
Hi, the other day while I was using my OPO as a GPS unit in the car, it seemed to freeze and restart, but it didn't boot. I thought it was just an empty battery problem. But since then, I haven't been able to use my phone again.
Apparently, it boots correctly, but I can't see anything on the screen. I say it boots correctly because I can hear the notifications, the led blinks, and I can even feel the feedback if I touch the capacitive buttons. Also I was able to backup my data through adb. But the screen is completely black. The only moment where it shows something is at the moment of booting, where the cyanogen logo should be, but it's completely scrambled (see attachment)...
I tried going back to stock (with the help of Bacon Root Toolkit) with no luck.
Has anyone faced the same problem? Do you think it might be a software problem? Otherwise, do you think it's a screen problem that I can fix changing the screen? Or it might be a problem with the GPU and changing the screen will not accomplish anything?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers,
Capelare.
PS: Well, apparently I can't post the image since I just registered. It's here anyway: i_imgur_com/V9oH2el.jpg Just change the _ for dots, please. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
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Nobody knows what might be the problem?
Reflashing didn't help anything? Even with wiping all data?
Then i think its an hardware- based problem.
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Hi, the other day while I was using my OPO as a GPS unit in the car, it seemed to freeze and restart, but it didn't boot. I thought it was just an empty battery problem. But since then, I haven't been able to use my phone again.
Apparently, it boots correctly, but I can't see anything on the screen. I say it boots correctly because I can hear the notifications, the led blinks, and I can even feel the feedback if I touch the capacitive buttons. Also I was able to backup my data through adb. But the screen is completely black. The only moment where it shows something is at the moment of booting, where the cyanogen logo should be, but it's completely scrambled (see attachment)...
I tried going back to stock (with the help of Bacon Root Toolkit) with no luck.
Has anyone faced the same problem? Do you think it might be a software problem? Otherwise, do you think it's a screen problem that I can fix changing the screen? Or it might be a problem with the GPU and changing the screen will not accomplish anything?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers,
Capelare.
PS: Well, apparently I can't post the image since I just registered. It's here anyway: i_imgur_com/V9oH2el.jpg Just change the _ for dots, please. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
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Try booting into fastboot (volume up and power when off) you will hear a vibration and fastboot mode should come up, if this doesn't happen, it's pretty much a dead giveaway that the hardware is broken
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Reflashing didn't help anything? Even with wiping all data?
Then i think its an hardware- based problem.
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Try booting into fastboot (volume up and power when off) you will hear a vibration and fastboot mode should come up, if this doesn't happen, it's pretty much a dead giveaway that the hardware is broken
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Thank you! Nothing happens with any of those methods. So yeah, I also suspected that it's a hardware problem... But do you know if I can figure out if it's the screen or the graphics system (I don't know how to call it other than graphic card... and it's not a card lol) before purchasing a screen replacement... Any ideas?
Thanks again,
Capelare.
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Thank you! Nothing happens with any of those methods. So yeah, I also suspected that it's a hardware problem... But do you know if I can figure out if it's the screen or the graphics system (I don't know how to call it other than graphic card... and it's not a card lol) before purchasing a screen replacement... Any ideas?
Thanks again,
Capelare.
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I find it hard to believe that the gpu is broken, the cpu, gpu and more are all on a single chip and I don't think one part can just fail without the others failing too... but you never know, if you can still send it to oneplus for warranty do it, it saves you a lot of time. If you can't there are a few things you can do:
1. If you had usb debugging enabled and authorized to your pc, you can try to use some screen mirroring software on your pc that works via usb.
2. Contact a repair shop that will allow you to test a new or used display with your current phone.
3. Try connecting your one to a tv by using a micro usb to hdmi cable (DON'T KNOW IF THE ONE SUPPORTS THIS!!).
Good luck!
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I find it hard to believe that the gpu is broken, the cpu, gpu and more are all on a single chip and I don't think one part can just fail without the others failing too... but you never know, if you can still send it to oneplus for warranty do it, it saves you a lot of time. If you can't there are a few things you can do:
1. If you had usb debugging enabled and authorized to your pc, you can try to use some screen mirroring software on your pc that works via usb.
2. Contact a repair shop that will allow you to test a new or used display with your current phone.
3. Try connecting your one to a tv by using a micro usb to hdmi cable (DON'T KNOW IF THE ONE SUPPORTS THIS!!).
Good luck!
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Thanks, I can't send it to oneplus because this screen is already a replacement and I changed it myself. I will try asking for another display
I didn't know the gpu and the cpu were on the same chip, but I also think it's not likely that one would fail and not the other.
Cheers,
Capelare.