Control Phone Through Computer? Broken Screen - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I broke my OPO's digitizer about a week ago and I need to access an app. Is there a way that I can unlock and control my phone through my computer?... I do not have an app already installed to handle this task.
Thank you
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Use an USB-OTG cable and connect a Mouse directly with your phone.
I've read this a couple times and it should work.

AcmE85 said:
Use an USB-OTG cable and connect a Mouse directly with your phone.
I've read this a couple times and it should work.
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Interesting advice, I never knew that was possible. [emoji1]
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[Q] Nexus 5 USB Audio Out?

Can anyone confirm that the Nexus 5 will support (out-of-the-box) digital audio out using a USB OTG cable? I'd like to connect the N5 to a DAC. I've seen it mentioned that KitKat will support this, but haven't actually heard first-hand accounts that it works, specifically with the N5.
Thanks!
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I guess I'm the only one interested in connecting my phone to an external DAC. I ordered the N5 anyway and will test it out as soon as I receive it. I'll post back my results as soon as that happens.
PearcePowers said:
I guess I'm the only one interested in connecting my phone to an external DAC. I ordered the N5 anyway and will test it out as soon as I receive it. I'll post back my results as soon as that happens.
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Yes please let us know! I need to know as well.
Thanks!
PearcePowers said:
I guess I'm the only one interested in connecting my phone to an external DAC. I ordered the N5 anyway and will test it out as soon as I receive it. I'll post back my results as soon as that happens.
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I just saw this thread and I care deeply about this. First thing I did when I turned on my Nexus 5 today (after installing the required update, of course) was try my USB DACs, the hifimediy sabre and Fiio E07k.
Neither worked. When you plug them in, and have your headphones connected to the DAC, you hear a click. But then you go to play music, and the music comes out of the phone's speakers. I even tried putting the phone into debugging mode. No dice.
Did not try the USB Audio Recorder Pro App because I have no desire to use that clunky app, I simply want to easily use my USB DAC via OTG with my new Nexus 5 and after that leak a month ago from the Android 4.4 dump, my hopes got up. They have been dashed now.
hey guys,
Just plugged my E17 in and no go in google music. I'm assuming this means no 24 bit support in kit kat.
Thanks everyone. Unfortunate news. No USB audio and no aptX -- the N5 is not an audio lovers device!
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jeffs471 said:
hey guys,
Just plugged my E17 in and no go in google music. I'm assuming this means no 24 bit support in kit kat.
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Hi, if it's not to much of a hassle, can you try the e17 with usb recorder pro trial? i have an e17 and a nexus 5 but no otg cable. The suspense is killing me :crying:
To further confirm -- received my N5 yesterday. Hooked it up to my Audio-GD Compass DAC via USB OTG cable, and no dice. Phone detects nothing, and the music continues to play out of the horribly tiny built-in speaker. There's got to be some way to get a decent digital (or even line out?) signal from this phone??
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Nyanman said:
Hi, if it's not to much of a hassle, can you try the e17 with usb recorder pro trial? i have an e17 and a nexus 5 but no otg cable. The suspense is killing me :crying:
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It works with the paid version of USB audio recorder pro
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My n5 works fine with my fiio e7 only with USB audio recorder.
I will ask to kernel devs if it is possible add usb audio support into mod kernels.
Bye.
Stefano.
Just wanted to bump this thread as I'm also very interested in getting my Nexus 5 to work with a USB DAC without the ridiculously designed UARP app.
I would also be interested in following what happens both with kernel support etc.
also interested in support for USB audio
Me too
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I support this too
+100
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*10000000
FWIW I asked Faux and he said USB otg should be enabled by default on the N5. Are any of you powering the DAC with anything?
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shiznu said:
FWIW I asked Faux and he said USB otg should be enabled by default on the N5. Are any of you powering the DAC with anything?
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While USB OTG may be enabled by default (for mass storage use, etc.), there is no audio signal being output from the N5 when using a USB OTG cable. I'm using an externally powered DAC, fwiw.
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I don't know if it works or not but USB audio output was merged with CM11.0 last by Cyanogen himself (Steve kondik).
http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/54343/
So maybe it is a software thing.

[Q] Usb OTG maximum storage?

Hey guys, im planning on buying an usb stick and of course i will use it on my nexus 5 too. I am thinking of this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AXWOLO6/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers
But i don't know if 64 gb is supported by Usb OTG, has someone tried or can try and come back to me?
Edit: It worked, if anyone is wondering.
Dakura said:
Hey guys, im planning on buying an usb stick and of course i will use it on my nexus 5 too. I am thinking of this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AXWOLO6/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computers
But i don't know if 64 gb is supported by Usb OTG, has someone tried or can try and come back to me?
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My 64 gig micro works fine with Meenova. Should be the same for a stick.
people connect terabyte drives through usb otg. you fine with whatever you got man
I have tried to connect my portable hard drive to my nexus, it shows the drive in the file system but it didn't show the folders,I also can't write anything to it, keeps giving me errors, anyone have a clue?
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ckavvouras said:
I have tried to connect my portable hard drive to my nexus, it shows the drive in the file system but it didn't show the folders,I also can't write anything to it, keeps giving me errors, anyone have a clue?
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How are you powering the harddrive?
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Via its usb 3.0 connection, there is no way to connect an additional power source, it's a portable drive so there is no additional power source
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ckavvouras said:
Via its usb 3.0 connection, there is no way to connect an additional power source, it's a portable drive so there is no additional power source
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Ok. Its just that unlike Samsung galaxy s3 (onwards) the nexus 5 cannot power mechanical drives through its USB host port. I expect you'd need a powered USB hub to power and use a mechanical drive.
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rootSU said:
Ok. Its just that unlike Samsung galaxy s3 (onwards) the nexus 5 cannot power mechanical drives through its USB host port. I expect you'd need a powered USB hub to power and use a mechanical drive.
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Ah ok that kinda sucks, I thought maybe it wasn't formatted properly and it was having trouble reading the file system or something.
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Would a third party Rom like cyanogen make the drive work? Or is it a hardware issue?
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Hardware as far as I know. The S3 was the first that could do this without external power. Not all devices follow suit. Mechanical parts require a lot of power compared to flash
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So any size usb stick or a external drive with its own power source. I'm using a 128gb stick.
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I can't say if there's a limit on mechanical drives or not.
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rootSU said:
I can't say if there's a limit on mechanical drives or not.
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Hi, which kernel support USB OTG? Thanks
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Its built-in all ready. After rooting all you need is an app like stickmount. Or if you change rom most of them have the software you need allready in there.
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rootSU said:
How are you powering the harddrive?
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Is your drive in NTSF format? Android only recognizes FAT32. Try a drive formatted as FAT32 and see what happens.
I am using my 1TB WD harddrive(ntfs).
It works fine with StickMount. I never needed external power source.
But it eats the battery extremely fast at almost 1%-2% per minute.
But the USB-Y cable should work fine for powering usb hard drive.
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Is your drive in NTSF format? Android only recognizes FAT32. Try a drive formatted as FAT32 and see what happens.
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@yuepc000 - I don't have a drive.

HDMI out with usb

Is it possible to use the hdmi out and connect a usb peripheral? I have a bunch of lapdocks laying around and it would be cool to be able to use them with this phone with a couple adapters.
Lack of replies make me think this isnt possible.
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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justin94 said:
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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I think the mouse and keyboard on the lapdock is just usb. So as long as i can get it all wired right I think it should work. Any idea what the right MHL adapter is?
I wouldn't risk it tbh. You would have to splice and dice. If i remember correctly, the laptops are made for a dual connection, ie. HDMI and USB at the same time. I'm not sure that this phone is capable of that, seeing as the USB and mhl have to go into the same place.
I think I remember seeing someone trying this before and it failed.
Just about and HDMI adapter on amazon should work. The one I got years ago cost me maybe $8 with shipping.
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justin94 said:
Yes. With the right mhl adaptor it is entirely possible.
As far as controlling them with the lapdocks.... No. We dont have the software needed. You should still be able to display to them though.
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Expect the d802 doesn't use mhl it uses slimport.
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treebill said:
Expect the d802 doesn't use mhl it uses slimport.
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Why is that relevant? This thread is in a Verizon HTC One M8 forum . . . And the M8 uses MHL.
Dodge DeBoulet said:
Why is that relevant? This thread is in a Verizon HTC One M8 forum . . . And the M8 uses MHL.
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sorry thought this was on the g2 q&a my bad
Using a Samsung micro USB - HDMI worked fine for me using the GPE rom. I was able to have my screen display on my TV with no issues. I was hoping to use this to stream FIOS Mobile to a Hotel TV. Unfortunately, when FIOS Mobile sees an HDMI connection, it won't stream
You do need to power this connection. If not, you'll get nothing. This is the cable I used...
So maybe my original post wasnt clear? I know we can get hdmi out of the usb port. What i wanted to know is if there is an adapter that allows you do hdmi out AND connect a usb mouse or keyboard at the same time. On the samsung s4 or s5 or one of them, there was a media dock that allowed this. Not sure if the hardware is here on the m8 to do something similar.
EDIT: This thing: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EDD-S20JWEGSTA
I think samsung uses a proprietary 11pin mhl to do what im talking about. Pretty sure the m8 just has the normal mhl, 5 pin or whatever so this isnt possible. If anyone knows different let me know. I sure wish this phone had a dedicated micro hdmi port.

Can I use someones HTCDEV log in? Registration is STILL down

Just want to unlock this M8
hupo224 said:
Just want to unlock this M8
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You won't be using htcdev to unlock a Verizon m8.
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well it doesn't matter anyway. I repaced the charging port and it charges but it does not read from my PC. Issue with the port. yay
hupo224 said:
well it doesn't matter anyway. I repaced the charging port and it charges but it does not read from my PC. Issue with the port. yay
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If it's on marshmallow you need to change the USB mode from charge only to USB file transfers. Otherwise it won't show up.
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dottat said:
If it's on marshmallow you need to change the USB mode from charge only to USB file transfers. Otherwise it won't show up.
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Still on 5.0.1 hoping to achieve s off.
I plugged in the original and USB works fine. This new Port isn't working but at least the phone charges. I've contacted the seller.
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Still on 5.0.1 hoping to achieve s off.
I plugged in the original and USB works fine. This new Port isn't working but at least the phone charges. I've contacted the seller.
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You tried reseating the flex cable right? I have had one replacement flex cable arrive bad myself. In my case it was the microphone that was dead.
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Yeah tried a few times actually and my microphone works. The old cable will ready fine but it goes into and out thus the replacement
So what's the free way to unlock. I only use Wifi so updating radios isn't a big deal so s on will do me fine
hupo224 said:
So what's the free way to unlock. I only use Wifi so updating radios isn't a big deal so s on will do me fine
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There's no free way whatsoever. Sorry.
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I need to turn on my hotspot tether and data connection in broken lcd

Hi all, I cracked the LCD and digitizer on my note 4 instead fixing it I need to turn on my hotspot tether and data connection. How can I do this through ADB? Or is there any others way?
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you could connect it to an monitor or something with some cables , idk the cables or the method but you can google it , then it'll show you the screen , with a mouse you can control it
TheOneBD said:
Hi all, I cracked the LCD and digitizer on my note 4 instead fixing it I need to turn on my hotspot tether and data connection. How can I do this through ADB? Or is there any others way?
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If you have an otg cable you can plug a mouse in and control the phone. If you don't have an otg cable you can buy one or you might be able to make one If you have the right parts.
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I have an otg cable but how can i know where mouse pointer located?
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If you have an otg cable you can plug a mouse in and control the phone. If you don't have an otg cable you can buy one or you might be able to make one If you have the right parts.
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I have an otg cable but how can i know where mouse pointer located?
I have just re-read what you have said I thought you had just cracked the touch sensor. I'm not sure in your case.
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