The digitizer is blacked out because the screen was broken. Phone will still turn on and I have a new digitizer on order. The phone is locked. Is there a way to unlock the phone to download information to Keis?
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) you can use the buttons (Both Volume+Power) to put the phone into recovery mode. Then if you look at a screenshot for that recovery you can probably make a backup and then transfer that to your computer. Not sure how possible it is, but it's better than nothing.
Just backup via recovery and wipe via odin
Not sure
mrfeuss said:
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) you can use the buttons (Both Volume+Power) to put the phone into recovery mode. Then if you look at a screenshot for that recovery you can probably make a backup and then transfer that to your computer. Not sure how possible it is, but it's better than nothing.
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I'm not sure on how to do that. I've looked everywhere for a replacement touch screen/digitizer and can't seem to find one for a decent price or here in the states. I bought one for a black one, same model, for $96 and replaced it myself. The color is a little off, yellowish, but it works well. Any suggestions to where to purchase a new one or unlocking this one to get everything off of it and just get another phone?
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I bought a Nexus S from craigslist last night and it was out of juice. The seller was like oh bring it back if it doesnt work and I fell for it! I have the box/manuals/charger and everything so the phone was not stolen. When I put it on charge and turned it on this morning all that comes on the screen is google and a unlocked padlock on it. I thought that I can restore it. Went to the recovery mode by pressing volume up an power switch and tried reboot/recover and power off and they all lead to the same screen. volume down and power leads to nothing. So I called the seller and his phone keeps saying its disconnected. I realize I should have been more careful.
Now I am wondering if there is a way to restore the phone as I think that the seller messed up trying to mod the phone and there is no OS on the phone. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I tried installing various recoveries and nothing seems to work since I cannot get super user to load nor can I boot up the phone to the OS. Please help a noob!
What is that "same screen" you are talking about? If it's the Droid with a "!" then you have to press vol up + power again to activate stock recovery.
Since you can access fastboot you should be able to flash a new recovery with adb.
Download the cwm recovery image, put it in /tools folder, run adb in cmd prompt, command is "fastboot flash recovery <recoveryimagename>.img", after that you can mount the internal storage via cwm recovery, copy any rom you like onto it, then "install from zip". I'd also format all parts of the phone once (mount and storage) and wipe dalvik cache (wipe) before you flash the new rom.
If it all doesn't help put the phone into download mode (vol up + vol down and then plug in usb cable while holding those two buttons), samfirmware.com has files (Odin) for the i9020 and i9023 (not NS4G yet).
In case your pc/laptop misses USB drivers you can find a guide on how to install adb and the drivers on unlockr.com.
even easier then that, just download the one click root (the gsm version for gsm or the ns4g one for cdma). turn the phone off then boot it back up by holding volume up and power. this will get you into fastboot, from there run the one clicks until it starts to do stuff to your phone, you may need to boot into fastboot mode again at some point. but it will get you a custom recovery loaded up from there you can download a custom rom and flash it in recovery and have a fully working phone
sounds liek the guy tried to root it and messed up something so he sold it privatly seeing as he couldnt figure it out. his loss is now your gain
the phone as you describe it is fully recoverable (dont use odin as its rather risky if you dont know what to do with it, not when you have things like fastboot or recovery mode)
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So I called the seller and his phone keeps saying its disconnected. I realize I should have been more careful.
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If you were interested in getting in touch with the seller, try calling that number from another phone. You have been Google Voice blocked.
However, your issue is easily fixed I think and this shouldn't be needed.
rentaric: It keeps going back to the screen that says Google and has a unlocked padlock at the bottom center. I tried doing the recovery by the following link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782 (The phone is unlocked as it states in Lock State-Unlocked). I was able to finish part 3 as well. In part 4 I get stuck at step #8, where pressing recovery gets me back to Google and unlocked padlock screen. I repeated the procedure multiple times and always get stuck at part 4 step 8. I am trying to get samfirmware going after I try one click root. Will post results.
shabbypenguin: I will download one click root and see where that takes me. I also think there might be some water damage to the phone as the strip on the phone is red and at times buttons dont work.
t1n0m3n: I called the seller from 5 different numbers (US and Canada numbers) and it says the line is disconnected for all numbers. I think he disconnected his phone.
Other notes: Phone looks in great condition so if I can get it running it would be awesome. I paid $250 for it thinking its a great price if the phone worked. Attached is the picture of what the phone does on start up.
are you sure you were able to flash the recovery correctly? does the md5 match? maybe try re-downloading the file?
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
make sure you are using the recovery specific to your device (NS, NS4G)
Where do I find the MD5?
Here is what the phone says on the bootloader mode:
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT NAME - HERRING
HW VERSION - REV 16
BOOTLOADER VERSION - I9020XXKA3
BASEBAND VERSION - I9020UCKD1
CARRIER INFO - ATT
SERIAL NUMBER - 31310A98550B00EC
LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED
And the rest..
Please let me know if anyone can help! Thank you
Are you rebooting the phone after installing the custom recovery (part 3, step 5)?
If yes, skip the rebooting part and go directly into recovery from bootloader screen. In case it works you can continue to mount the usb storage, copy a ROM on your sdcard, unmount, then go back to "Install from zip" after doing all 3 wipes available in "wipe" menu.
If no, then I have no further ideas then using Odin.
Same issue for me, maybe this phone got the NAND Flash problem. Warm it up then try to turn on your Nexus, it worked for me but I sent my Nexus last week to Samsung for repair.
There is a thread in Google Mobile Help Forum (google.com) in Help forum > Google Mobile > Android Devices > Android Applications (not listed above)
Sorry but i can't post the link.
Regards.
I am having the same exact problem with my phone. The only difference is that my Nexus is a sprint phone. Were you able to get your phone working and how did you do it?
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Im having the same problem with my phone. I have a nexus s and I think I need to flash [RECOVERY] clockwork because it says "fastboot mode - No boot or recovery img." Im using a mac but I cant seem to get it working. Can someone help me. I cant seem to figure out what to do and where to start.
Hello All
I flashed my Nexus S i9023 with 9020 by accident. I was not watching. Phone is completly dead. I presume there are no ways to restore it? Wrong bootloader was flashed.
What's more important is the data on the phone, including pictures. I had done a backup but forgot the Nexus S SDCard is only a partition...%$%$#$#
Do I have any hope? Anyway to rip the phone apart and extract the data from the memory chip?
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Do I have any hope? Anyway to rip the phone apart and extract the data from the memory chip?
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If you know how to do board level chip removal without applying too much heat and then you have the equipment to read the memory the answer is a conservative yes. Otherwise for the normal person, the answer is no. The data is gone.
I have yet to see a hard bricked nexus s. Pull the battery and put it back in. Hold power....do you feel the vibration like it does when you first turn it on? If so you are not seeing anything on the screen because you have SAMOLED drivers when you have an slcd. If you are at this point, you should be able to again pull the battery, put it back in and boot into the bootloader by pressing and holding volume up and power. You should now have access to fastboot and can flash the individual partitions with the correct 9023 software.
If you can't get fastboot working the next option would be to try to restore via Odin by putting your phone in download mode. Lastly you could send in your phone for jtag recovery. Unfortunately there will probably be no way to recovery data off the SD unless option 1 works.
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I tried everything. It was dead. No download mode at all. No active USB and a USB JIG did not put the phone in download mode. (Some suggested the screen won't work due to SAMOLED vs SLCD, but that was not the case either!)
Lesson learnt! I returned the phone and it was EOA'd and got a new one.
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I have yet to see a hard bricked nexus s. Pull the battery and put it back in. Hold power....do you feel the vibration like it does when you first turn it on? If so you are not seeing anything on the screen because you have SAMOLED drivers when you have an slcd. If you are at this point, you should be able to again pull the battery, put it back in and boot into the bootloader by pressing and holding volume up and power. You should now have access to fastboot and can flash the individual partitions with the correct 9023 software.
If you can't get fastboot working the next option would be to try to restore via Odin by putting your phone in download mode. Lastly you could send in your phone for jtag recovery. Unfortunately there will probably be no way to recovery data off the SD unless option 1 works.
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There might not be bricked ones but there are unusable ones. I was trying to help a guy who's Nexus S got borked by the 2.3.6 OTA. The bootloader won't unlock and Odin won't flash any files due to the bootloader being locked. Download mode is a screen that says to unlock the bootloader. If he had unlocked the bootloader before this happened it would have been an easy fix. But because the bootloader cannot be unlocked now, although the phone is not a technical brick, it is effectively one.
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There might not be bricked ones but there are unusable ones. I was trying to help a guy who's Nexus S got borked by the 2.3.6 OTA. The bootloader won't unlock and Odin won't flash any files due to the bootloader being locked. Download mode is a screen that says to unlock the bootloader. If he had unlocked the bootloader before this happened it would have been an easy fix. But because the bootloader cannot be unlocked now, although the phone is not a technical brick, it is effectively one.
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Download mode should just be a blank screen. Odin is samsungs factory tool to recover phones to a stock setting. It could care less about the bootloader state. Since you can get to the bootloader you need to flash the rom through fastboot. That would recover the phone you described.
glockman63 said:
Hi all
I got this sorted out and am really happy to have my phone going again.
For those interested or in the same predicament I was in please read on as this is how I managed to make this phone go again.
Please rmemeber this phone was really bricked no screen at all jus the menu light like in the picture in my first post.
As I stated I could get fast boot to see the phone. And also Odin. (Still no screen at all)
I had another phone the same with the original rom on board.
I rooted this phone and installed ClockworkMod recovery ad used this to backup the standard ROM.
I then rebooted this phone an copied these files from the backup into my fastboot directory (boot.img, recovery.img, system.img)
I then connected my dead phone up to my PC and ran the following commands.
1. fastboot flash boot boot.img
2. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
3. fastboot flash system system.img
4. fastboot erase cache
5. fastboot erase userdata
I then removed the battery and to my astonisment the phone booted normally into the standard ROM.
WOW I was over the moon I have since installed my MIUI Rom and using my phone happily...
Thanks everyone for your input..
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I saw somewhere for some tutorial to get into HBOOT to see if you have an S-ON or S-OFF phone. Then I thought I read you can get that by holding the power and volume-down. I did that, and it brings me to the screen that I saw when I first bought my phone a few months ago. I turned it off and back on, and I still get that. I went through it, and now it just looks like a brand new phone (even after multiple restarts)
I was really upset, but then I plug it into my computer and enabled USB Mass Storage, and browsed the files on my computer. It looks as though all my files are still there :O My SD card is perfectly in-tact too...
Is there any way to get it back to the way it was without having to sync with Google then try to put in all my information and stuff again? Is this like temporary or is there a recovery feature or something? I'm kinda freaking out right now, please help me!!
Try holding power and volume down a bit longer after the boot screen appears. See if that brings you to recovery.
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Do you have stock recovery or Clockworkmod installed? It sounds like you have stock recovery and if you bootup with volume down + power the stock recovery does a factory reset of the phone. There is no way to get it back to how it was unless you did a backup of your NAND in Clockworkmod recovery. You just have to start over from scratch as the phone is now back to square one. BTW, the hboot thing is not for our phone. Where did you see that thread? My Nexus One can do that but my G2X cannot. As far as I know, we cannot get into hboot on this device. Only recovery and software download modes (like fastboot but not same as fastboot on other devices). Also, LG never locks their bootloaders as a matter of company policy. So S-OFF is set at the factory.
As others have said, you just did a factory reset on your phone which resets all settings and user data and apps to its factory condition. A factory reset doesn't touch your sdcard so that's why those files are still there. With stock recovery there is no way to go back to the way your phone as set up. If any apps or settings were backed up to Google's servers then those should sync back to your phone. If not then you just need to start from scratch.
jboxer mentioned clockworkmod recovery. I think everyone here would recommend you install that to replace stock recovery. One of its features is the ability to create a FULL backup of your phone including all system apps, user-installed apps, settings, messages, etc. Think of it as a snapshot of your system that you can revert back to at any point. If you're interested check out tga gunmann's one-click recovery flasher thread in the development section. Read thoroughly any instructions and don't hesitate to ask for help if you get stuck.
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Do you have stock recovery or Clockworkmod installed? It sounds like you have stock recovery and if you bootup with volume down + power the stock recovery does a factory reset of the phone. There is no way to get it back to how it was unless you did a backup of your NAND in Clockworkmod recovery. You just have to start over from scratch as the phone is now back to square one. BTW, the hboot thing is not for our phone. Where did you see that thread? My Nexus One can do that but my G2X cannot. As far as I know, we cannot get into hboot on this device. Only recovery and software download modes (like fastboot but not same as fastboot on other devices). Also, LG never locks their bootloaders as a matter of company policy. So S-OFF is set at the factory.
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is it 100% that G2x comes unlocked from factory???
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is it 100% that G2x comes unlocked from factory???
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The bootloader is unlocked. I'm assuming you're thinking of being SIM unlocked.
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Bootloader unlocked always on any LG phone. LG company policy is to never lock a bootloader.
Sim locked from the factory. You need an unlock code to use a sim from another carrier. I sell them cheap and they are even cheaper on eBay. Once sim unlocked it is permanent and you never do it again.
Hey Everyone,
Recently the touchscreen on my HTC Sensation stopped working, including the capacitive buttons. I pulled the battery to reset it (several times), but still the problem persisted. I then though that maybe I should do a full wipe and reflash my ROM (CM10.1 AOSP 4.2.2 Jellybean [KANG]) but I have CWM Touch installed and therefore can not achieve this from the phone. I then searched for ways to flash the ROM from the PC through adb, but haven't had much luck at finding a precise step-by-step guide on how to do this. I searched through XDA and found a thread outlining a 'foil trick' to fix a potential grounding problem, however this did not resolve the issue.
Question 1: Is this (most likely) a digitizer issue?
Question 2: If not, is it possible to flash CWM Recovery (not Touch) over the top of the Touch version FROM MY PC so that I can reflash my ROM?
Question 3: If not possible, can someone please outline the steps to be taken to wipe and flash a ROM FROM MY PC?
I have attempted to connect my phone to my PC and flash the ROM using UniFlash, but my PC does not recognise my phone as being connected. I have made sure that the drivers are installed and HTC Sync is uninstalled, but it still does not recognise the phone being connected. Cannot check if USB-Debuggung is turned on as I cannot use the touchscreen.
Anything else I should try?
Thanks,
Matt
Edit: the screen itself lights up, I can receive texts, calls, etc. but I cannot actually interact with the phone due to the touchscreen issue
Hi yh id say ul need new digitizer, they cheap on ebay. Anyway if ur s-off u can use fastboot commands to flash non touch recovery. go here
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Download non touch recovery (rename file to recovery.img)
Then go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317536
Setup adb & fastboot
Once uv setup everything, put recovery.img in the fastboot folder then boot ur phone into fastboot mode (turn off phone then press n hold volume down + power then select fastboot) connect to pc and now shoud say fastboot usb. Now open command window from fastboot folder (shift right click, open cmd window here) then type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
U now should have non touch recovery
If im honest, if ur digitizer is broke then a full wipe and fresh flash of rom wont make a difference, but u can try.
You can try this thread aswell for some other fixes
[FIX] [UPDATED] Touchscreen issues
These fixes didnt work for me, i actually put a small piece of rubber on mine and worked perfect. see pic
Sent From My HTC Sensation
soloman56 said:
Hey Everyone,
Recently the touchscreen on my HTC Sensation stopped working, including the capacitive buttons. I pulled the battery to reset it (several times), but still the problem persisted. I then though that maybe I should do a full wipe and reflash my ROM (CM10.1 AOSP 4.2.2 Jellybean [KANG]) but I have CWM Touch installed and therefore can not achieve this from the phone. I then searched for ways to flash the ROM from the PC through adb, but haven't had much luck at finding a precise step-by-step guide on how to do this. I searched through XDA and found a thread outlining a 'foil trick' to fix a potential grounding problem, however this did not resolve the issue.
Question 1: Is this (most likely) a digitizer issue?
Question 2: If not, is it possible to flash CWM Recovery (not Touch) over the top of the Touch version FROM MY PC so that I can reflash my ROM?
Question 3: If not possible, can someone please outline the steps to be taken to wipe and flash a ROM FROM MY PC?
I have attempted to connect my phone to my PC and flash the ROM using UniFlash, but my PC does not recognise my phone as being connected. I have made sure that the drivers are installed and HTC Sync is uninstalled, but it still does not recognise the phone being connected. Cannot check if USB-Debuggung is turned on as I cannot use the touchscreen.
Anything else I should try?
Thanks,
Matt
Edit: the screen itself lights up, I can receive texts, calls, etc. but I cannot actually interact with the phone due to the touchscreen issue
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I had same problem..
remove the battery and give external voltage to battery pin on phone via usb cable from PC ... Mine one is works this way. coz USB port is broken I tried to charge my battery externally. Ultimately I got my touch screen back
jmcclue said:
Hi yh id say ul need new digitizer, they cheap on ebay. Anyway if ur s-off u can use fastboot commands to flash non touch recovery. go here
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Download non touch recovery (rename file to recovery.img)
Then go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317536
Setup adb & fastboot
Once uv setup everything, put recovery.img in the fastboot folder then boot ur phone into fastboot mode (turn off phone then press n hold volume down + power then select fastboot) connect to pc and now shoud say fastboot usb. Now open command window from fastboot folder (shift right click, open cmd window here) then type
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
U now should have non touch recovery
If im honest, if ur digitizer is broke then a full wipe and fresh flash of rom wont make a difference, but u can try.
You can try this thread aswell for some other fixes
[FIX] [UPDATED] Touchscreen issues
These fixes didnt work for me, i actually put a small piece of rubber on mine and worked perfect. see pic
Sent From My HTC Sensation
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Thank you for your reply, your instructions about installing CWM Recovery were incredibly straight forward and made the process of re-flashing my ROM very easy. Unfortunately, re-flashing my ROM didn't help (wasn't expecting it to, in all honesty) so it looks like I will have to replace the digitizer Hopefully this relatively cheap fix will solve the problem. The thanks button has been pressed
Matt
soloman56 said:
Thank you for your reply, your instructions about installing CWM Recovery were incredibly straight forward and made the process of re-flashing my ROM very easy. Unfortunately, re-flashing my ROM didn't help (wasn't expecting it to, in all honesty) so it looks like I will have to replace the digitizer Hopefully this relatively cheap fix will solve the problem. The thanks button has been pressed
Matt
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Yh didnt think it would either. Did u try the last link to touchscreen fix? Theres a couple of things there u can try, also the pic i posted, u could try that too. It fixed my touch screen problem. Anyway i know off ebay u can get a digitizer for no more than 20 euro, i baught one off there for my desire s for 10 euro and its perfect, they fairly easy to change urself. I did my own with no problems, just make sure the seller gives 3m double sided tape with it so u can stick the digitizer to the lcd.
jmcclue said:
Yh didnt think it would either. Did u try the last link to touchscreen fix? Theres a couple of things there u can try, also the pic i posted, u could try that too. It fixed my touch screen problem. Anyway i know off ebay u can get a digitizer for no more than 20 euro, i baught one off there for my desire s for 10 euro and its perfect, they fairly easy to change urself. I did my own with no problems, just make sure the seller gives 3m double sided tape with it so u can stick the digitizer to the lcd.
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Yeah I tried the things in the link and what you suggested in your picture but nothing worked. I pulled my phone apart and I'm going to pick up a new digitizer (and tape) tomorrow. Hopefully that'll sort everything.
Matt
I replaced my digitizer with no problems. Or so I thought. My phone does not turn on! Battery indicator shows that the battery is recharged, so this is not the issue. Everything seems to be plugged/clipped into place. Could I have placed tape (3m sticker) over something important without realising it?
Any ideas?
Matt
What happens when the phone is off then u press power button? Does it vibrate as if it turns on?
Take off the back battery cover n try turn it on without the cover, if nothing then i suppose ul have to take it apart again and check if everything is connected
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What happens when the phone is off then u press power button? Does it vibrate as if it turns on?
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+1.
How are you going with this? Does it vibrate, does it not make HTC boot music? I'm wondering if the screen is hooked up properly.
Hello,
Yesterday night i broke my beloved one plus one with the door of my car, the screen is cracked up but the LCD Display still work and show everything; the problem is that the touch detection is dead, i cant access to the phone through my PC since the phone have a pass that lock the memory until it is unlocked
My phone is rooted, but my recovery is TeamWin TOUCH recovery and well the touch doesn't work :/
I am kindda clueless and i really hope one of you might have the solution for me, i have a really important data for study/work as long as photo and part of my live into this phone i'll be devasted if i were loosing all this
I am waiting for any proposition you may have
Thanks
PS: Does anyone know how much would it cost to repair ? Lcd work but i think i saw a leak so it wont last long
This is what i am thinking about right now:
Flashing a new non-touch recovery via fastboot mode
Open the ADB menu and make and ADB backup if possible
Last time i did an ADB it was with the phone fully booted so i don't know if it is possible from the recovery
Also i could open the recovery and access the file from there ? does it bypass the code protection it have on normal boot ?