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[Q] Factory Wipe w/no screen

My screen will no longer turn on and I'm getting a replacement from amazon. However I have a lot of personal data on my unit. (saved passwords, pictures, and access to my home pc) Now like any sane person, I don't want that in the hands of people I don't know. My question is this, how can I do a factory reset / delete all user data with no screen or way to access the menus.
I do have the charging / usb cable, a max OSX Leopard, and a Windows Vista pc.
Thank you all in advance for the help.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124217
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ok, so I did another search or two just to make sure I didn't miss anything. I still can't find an answer to wipe all user data when I have no screen. The screen is totally unresponsive, no image displays no matter what I do. I can't go to users/settings/reset, I can't remove during boot loader as there is no way for me to know what is going on.
Think of it like this, If you turn your computer on but leave the monitor cable removed from your video card. Can you hit esc or f12 or whatever during you boot up cycle....no cuz you can't see when and where to do it.
(sorry if I sound angry, very bad day at work and spent a lot of time trying to fix this issue on my own.)

What about connecting to your computer and nvflashing a stock rom. Or at least deleting some files and or folders...

First of all, **** the one linking search thread. Second mate i would connect it to tv with mini-hd, if that is an option for you.
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For your personal data, you could use adb to wipe /data and the sdcard. I'm guessing that you don't have root, but I think you could temp root your TF with gingerbreak. You mightnot need root/temp root just to wipe data.
I think the hardware factory reset will erase everything for good measure, but adb woould be my preference.
For hardware reset: turn TF off. You might have to hold the power button down for 20 seconds and release to force a shutdown.
phold volume down and press power button. release power button and wait at least 5 seconds, longer is probably OK. press volume up and wzit for the magic to happen. It will probably take 15 mins. Admittedly, the hardware reset will be tough because you won't be able to see what is happening, but you could use adb to confirm that it worked.
good luck!

I had a similar problem. Used Android Screencast to view the ouptut on my PC. Unfortunately, even though it was rooted the remote input didn't work so I had to guess where on the screen to tap.

Samsung Jet Icon S8003 Touchscreen Issues

So I have a Jet Icon here that has a touch screen malfunction here. Nothing but the actual buttons are working, however the screen does detect my touch as it vibrates whenever I do so. I'm trying to find a way to transfer pictures that I really need to retrieve, so doing a factory reset/system restore is out of the question. Is there any way for me to get the pictures onto my PC? I've plugged in the USB cable to my laptop but it tells me to disable bluetooth which I can't do thanks to this shotty screen. Hopefully there is a way for me to change settings before I go off to the store and request a repair.
Thanks

Do you have and sd card in the phone? You could take it out, but besides that, I think the only way to do it is a wipe.
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[Q] Transformer TF101 Will Not Turn On, Boot, Nothing.

Is my device bricked?
Had device inserted into keyboard and plugged in all night. Batteries should all be full.
Light on keyboard is green.
Cap Lock light comes on when pushed.
Computer makes camera shutter sound when "camera" button is pushed.
Nothing happens when holding power button down for 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds.
Same when holding power button down with volume up for 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds;
nor with power button down and volume down button for 5, 10, 30, 60 seconds.
Have a run into an permanent apx bootloop? (not sure what that is but doesn't sound good).
Have removed all usb and micro usb drives.
I have never rooted the device; recently did a clean factory install and had it working fine.
When plugged into my linux desktop, I was able to access it. I've created /media/transformer mountpoint, ran sudo chmod -R 755 /media/transformer
and then
sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /media/transformer
but then receive the error message:
"Transport endpoint is not connected"
This is new.
Then travelled to the USA and plugged in device to recharge at JFK at at least 2 places. None of the plugs worked. JFK was somewhat waterdamaged from recent floods. Could this have fried the device through a power surge?
Can't think of what else to do than perhaps let it power down completely and then try again.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I purchased the device in Canada and now an living in Morocco so sending it back for an Asus RMA would be very difficult and likely more
expensive then purchasing a new Nexus to replace.
Do I now have an expensive paperweight?

Desperation?
I'm thinking of following the directions found at a tabletroms forums site that I can't post here becuase of xda forum rules, but it calls for "Nvflash Unbricking and forever root!" but would first hope there to be some simplier answer.
I've read a lot of other XDA posts and googled many a version of this question, but nothing seems to help, except, perhaps, for the link above.
Luckily, I always back up everything so nothing on the tablet is irreplacable.
Is it time for desperate measures?

Screen Visible when plugged into a HDMI TV
Going out on a limb, I plugged the HDMI cable into the TV and up pops the screen of my tablet, fully functional, battery levels OK, brightness on full and all working as it should...
...except that nothing is showing on the screen except pitch black.
Next step -- factory reset? or could this by a hardware misfunction?
I'm going to try a factory reset and see what happens. If it does not come back to life, I'll know it's a hardware malfunction and wait until I can return to Canada for an RMA, unless anyone else can think of something?

Factory Reset Did Nothing
... simply now have a factory reset tablet that can be only viewed when attached via an HDMI cable to another screen, while the screen itself, is blank.
Does that confirm an hardware problem?
I'll have to check my warenty, but my bet is that it too, just expired.

From what you described, sounds like your screen is broken.

Lingering Question...
Before turning this over as the tablet attached to the TV so the girls can watch programs from the NAT box; is there any hope that (A) reflashing a new ROM might breath life back into the old girl/tablet or (B) is there a way to do a quick fix via opening up those Torx T5 bezel screws and looking for a loose wire of two (not able to soder something that complicated).
Would that work or am I the one with the screw loose?

Broken Screen = RMA or paperweight?
So if the screen is broken, I either have to return it and hope it's under warenty, or find and replace a new screen (hmmmmm beyond perhaps what I can do) or leave it as an expensive keyboard / mouse with computer capability on an HDMI TV and if you touch the black screen in the right place -- which still works! -- then I can control the external video.
Solar.Plexus said:
From what you described, sounds like your screen is broken.
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filosofic said:
So if the screen is broken, I either have to return it and hope it's under warenty, or find and replace a new screen (hmmmmm beyond perhaps what I can do) or leave it as an expensive keyboard / mouse with computer capability on an HDMI TV and if you touch the black screen in the right place -- which still works! -- then I can control the external video.
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Sounds like a wire has come off or you have what is called a dry joint which happens when a soldered cable doesn't take properly, I very much doubt the screen is kaput

[Q] Are Reboot Utilities safe?

Whenever I turn off or reboot my phone from the ROM's power menu the system takes a second or two to close apps and then turns off. While the reboot utilities turn off the OS the moment I press the reboot/power off option on the menu.
Are these utilities safe to use as they seem be like yanking the power cord off of a running device?
(I'm on 5.0 preview and the power menu is limited to just Power Off for now, and I'd like convenient options to go to recovery/bootloader, but not at the cost of corrupting OS files, thanks)

thanks so much people, but don't everybody speak at once.

the_rebel said:
thanks so much people, but don't everybody speak at once.
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That's a sure fire way to get an answer.

It kinda worked.

the_rebel said:
It kinda worked.
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Not really. I didn't give you a useful answer. I didn't know the answer the first time I read the thread. You're right that it needs to unmount the filesystems cleanly when shutting down, but whether that's what is happening when you shut down via the power menu that causes the delay I don't know
I use the "reboot" command all the time though, and I haven't lost any data yet

Yeah it usually works safe enough, but I vaguely remember an year or so back on my N4 it created some problem, and I stopped using any abrupt reboots. Stopping to use those was easy on custom ROMs anyway.
The logic is sound. If there's some file activity going on, an abrupt reboot will cause file system corruption - hell we use safely remove on USB drives too, this is a whole computer.

Rooted Z3 is waterdamaged... (Solved)

Hi community!
Today I took my (rooted)Z3 to the pool to do some pictures and videos. Before I put it in the water, I tested the pressure sensor in the air with *#*#SERVICE#"#" and the pressure increased and sinked after a short time while the flaps are closed. Then I tested it in the water and it worked too. I took the phone in the water for ~2 minutes and then out for ~1.5 minutes (to watch the photos) about 5 times. I noticed that the touchscreen didn't react good and took it out. The front and back camera got water steam inside. Then on the lockscreen the brightness increased and decreased a lot (flickering), I tried to shut it down, but it didn't react. It shut itself down after 5 minutes.
After some hours with cleaning out the water inside with sucking and blowing with a hair dryer :
By holding on the power button, the phone vibrates once, then 3 times and does nothing. It vibrates 3 times every minute.
If I put it in the charger/pc, it vibrates 3 times, the LED Red, then green lights up and goes out. This repeats always.
Holding volume up/down;power button, the pc sees it, but the phone cancels the connection instantly. This repeats too.... which means I can't access to the filesystem to do a factory reset/removing root...
Can you guys help or is there a chance, that sony's support can help? I fear that they won't take it back and leave me sit with a 500 swiss franc brick
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My rooted, waterdamaged phone got replaced with a completely new one, which means i got the TA Partition intact. Sony probably couldn't access anything on the Z3 because the Screen was completely gone (Not showing anything and not reacting to touch), USB-Debugging off and it had a Lockscreen lock.

The same happened to my device, had the odd vibrating issue also, luckily I was insured on my device.

Ok guys, after heating the water out of my phone, it starts normally with sound, but without screen, so I cant unlock my Z3. How can I now get my files out of it?

Can you view your files when
Connecting to the pc? Or you can use adb pull method
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When i plug it in the pc, it recognizes the device, but i can't see the files because it has a lockscreen lock. I didn't try the ADB Method, is there a topic here?

Vanta-Chan said:
When i plug it in the pc, it recognizes the device, but i can't see the files because it has a lockscreen lock. I didn't try the ADB Method, is there a topic here?
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Yes as long as u have the android debugging mode on.you should be able to access the files. I will link the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266638
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No it's off...

Hmm it is tough then. Is there no display or can touch without seeing anything? The last method i can see is too flash system and data only from fastboot. That way the lockscreen can be removed and the files in sdcard can be viewed in the computer. And how come your z3 is rooted with usb debugging off. Always keep it to avoid these
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There's no display and it doesn't react to touching, but sound works fine. Are there instructions for your suggestion?

View this tutorial http://www.gizmobolt.com/2015/04/09...z3-23-1-a-0-690-ftf-using-flashtool-manually/
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Got it replaced :/ Thanks anyway!

just connect your bluetooth mouse with usb otg cable and use the mouse instaed of the touchscreen... if the display is totally gone then its not possible to backup data from internal storage.

OP, did you get it replaced under warranty despite the root and water damage?

santoshcoolhere said:
just connect your bluetooth mouse with usb otg cable and use the mouse instaed of the touchscreen... if the display is totally gone then its not possible to backup data from internal storage.
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The display was completely gone, i couldn't see anything on it and because of that i couldn't unlock the lockscreen.
MarkMRL said:
OP, did you get it replaced under warranty despite the root and water damage?
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Yeah, probably because they couldn't access anything on it.