So I managed to get lucky, or so I thought. I crushed my Z3V yesterday, and the digitizer is stuck constantly inputting touches. I can wait a few seconds, and the screen will unlock itself. However, when I plug my phone into my PC via USB, it keeps trying to show up as a CD drive, and the SD card (that's no longer in the phone.) I can't get ADB or the Xperia PC program to detect the phone. It's showing up as a mass storage device, but I can't access the internal storage still. I'm thinking it's a PC driver issue, but I wanted to ask here if there was anything else I should try, or if anyone else had encountered this before. USB Debugging is OFF on the phone. Once the screen unlocks itself, it randomly touches everything until it gets to a screen with no touch inputs on it. (it's currently sitting at the emergency alerts screen lol.
coltman151 said:
So I managed to get lucky, or so I thought. I crushed my Z3V yesterday, and the digitizer is stuck constantly inputting touches. I can wait a few seconds, and the screen will unlock itself. However, when I plug my phone into my PC via USB, it keeps trying to show up as a CD drive, and the SD card (that's no longer in the phone.) I can't get ADB or the Xperia PC program to detect the phone. It's showing up as a mass storage device, but I can't access the internal storage still. I'm thinking it's a PC driver issue, but I wanted to ask here if there was anything else I should try, or if anyone else had encountered this before. USB Debugging is OFF on the phone. Once the screen unlocks itself, it randomly touches everything until it gets to a screen with no touch inputs on it. (it's currently sitting at the emergency alerts screen lol.
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If you can get an to work, you can disable touch input and use the hardware keys or a mouse to make selections.
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Hey guys,
I was just checking to see if anyone notices that after you plug in your device to the PC that you gain access to your files on the device and SD Card but once the phones screen shuts off the device becomes unresponsive on the PC?
Is there an always on feature like there was for the fascinate, or what can I do to stop this from happening?
Mine definitely does not behave that way. Once connected I have access until I disconnect it, regardless of the screen state.
Sup people,
I want to know if there is a way to enter the phone lock pin through a computer, like through zune.
When I attempt to connect to zune, it says the phone has to be unlocked using my pin. The problem with that is that the screen is broken. The display does not light up and when it did, the digitizer was dead. This all due to dropping the phone and cracking the screen.
My main goal is to make the MicroSD useable again. It is a 32gb formatted for internal use on the broken DVP. It worked fine when the phone broke. Now I try to plug the microsd through a card reader on my laptop and nothing happens. Figured I can put it back in the phone, sync to computer, and try anything to format it from there. But alas, I need to enter a pin.
see title, cyanogen mod, powers on, charges, calls come in, notifications come in, but unresponsive to swiping.
oneplus support say screen can be repaired but data will be wiped lost in the process. no ifs ands buts about it. no point in repair through them if that happens.
want to recover data/media. usb computer window recognizes the device but doesn't show any files or folders to import/export. twrp recovery installed. help. thanks.
Connect usb mouse to OTG cable you will be able to access files.
Hi,
Z5 suddenly decided to stop working.
Phone is PIN + Fingerprint Locked, Touchscreen is not working at all.
Here is what I have tried so far,
1. Attached a USB OTG Mouse, was not able to detect
2. Tried Multiple Reboots, even using the small yellow button besides the sim slot, but fingerprint unlock is not working as PIN is required on reboot, which I can't enter
3. Booted in Safe Mode using volume down key during boot, but still screen wont detect touch
4. Connected to PC, asks to unlock the phone, but cant as touch is dead
5. Removed screen guard
Phone is stock android (No rooting, nothing), has a memory card, removed the 2 SIM's
Phone is not dropped, not wet, not cracked
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Solution Found & Worked
Switch off the phone, plug a USB OTG & Mouse Receiver, turn on the phone, you'll see a mouse pointer, that should get you somewhere.
Was able to unlock my phone, remove the passcode, will copy the data once I have it fully charged.
Great post - Thank you so much
after dropping my phone a few times, didn't realize its any longer waterproof, seawater damaged the screen and I'm unable to unlock it, it requires me to execute my pattern password to unlock it. I need to reset the phone to erase my data and sell it. Good thing I have an OTG somewhere to use. Thank you so much again!
works for me. i almost get frustrated with this phone. i lost hope in using otg since everytime i plug one i need to accept it in usb connectivity. i didnt know you can force it by booting the phone with the otg and mouse or keyboard already in it
SOLVED: S7 dropped > broken screen > how to recover images? Not rooted,not "usb mode"
So my wife dropped S7 to the floor and device ended up to be fully powered, but screen is now all black. Back and "software" button illuminates. I can change volume. I can take photos. So phone works, but screen is all black. Main concern is to have photos out from the phone. Contacts are synced, software etc. can be installed to new phone.
Kies finds the phone, but says that is' locked. Although phone does not have any passcodes or fingerprint, Kies cannot access to photos. Also the PC does see the device, but it won't allow me to see the contents. Find My Mobile is not activated, I think that I can't activate it now without phone. Also Smart Switch says that phone is locked. Phone settings are pretty much as out from the box. USB debugging is off, Developper options off, etc...
But I found that possible via ABD (?) I could access phone storage. Is it so? I sould start the phone to Recovery Mode / Download Mode? How to do that? Normally the phone is on and I can't switch it off. I can only soft reset is by keeping vol- + power buttons pressed for 10sec. But after that, phone just restarts to OS.
Please give hints how to proceed. What to try. New LCD is around 50USD and takes forever to get from Aliexpress/Ebay.
Why not use an external display? Hook it up to the USB-connector via an adaptor and it should work to unlock the phone using a PC-mouse.
gedhe said:
Why not use an external display? Hook it up to the USB-connector via an adaptor and it should work to unlock the phone using a PC-mouse.
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O, it has such feature? Quick googling did not help how to do it. How does it work? Do I need some cable or device?
Any ideas how to proceed? I either can reboot device to Recovery mode and use ADB or connect external display to the device. Or if someone has any better solution
Please help. Family photos are in the phone
Try to unlock your lock screen with a usb mouse connected via otg and swiping up with the mouse. Then connect it to the computer and try to backup your data with kies or switch.
Tried many thing how to allow the connection from another phone or computer. However it was not possible to connect, so I ordered a new screen. Once new screen installed, it was not even a challenge Ordered new screen from Aliexpress.