Hi folks, I have a problem with my Verizon Xperia Play. I have installed Launcher Pro on it (big mistake) and set it as the default launcher.
Yesterday I tried to change the wallpaper using an app from the Market. When I pressed Save to save the new wallpaper, I then pressed home to get to the home screen, then tried to enter the camera app. That's it. That completely screwed up my phone. Now I cannot get into the Launcher Pro home screen at all. Because of that, I cannot get into the settings to clear the cache on the program. When I boot up I get the standard lock/unlock screen. The wallpaper is black. None of the unlock options work (they don't move at all). If I mash the screen enough times sometimes I get a force-close option on Launcher Pro. Clicking it does nothing (it just restarts Launcher Pro).
If I connect it to my PC I get the standard SD card message. I can mount the card but cannot see it in Windows Explorer. I also cannot drop the notifications bar (whether connected to the PC or not). Is there any way that I can clear the Launcher Pro cache from Windows? I also don't think that I have USB debugging enabled to use the SDK to uninstall the piece of crap program. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Anna
If you can't do anything, as a last resort you could bring up the energency dialer (from lockscreen) and type in a factory reset code
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Cannot enter dialer from lock screen.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I cannot do anything from the lock screen. My only options are press the power button (makes the screen go black), press the home button (makes the screen go black) and press the volume control (increases/decreases the volume but nothing appears on the screen). The other buttons do nothing. The screen fades to black after 30 seconds anyway due to the timeout setting on my phone.
Anna
Methinks thou might need this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350875
It's a restoration package for your phone that you apply with the Flashtool program. It will wipe your data, though.
If you don't want to resort to it, you can try your luck using ADB.
Thanks Logseman, I hope it doesn't come to that, I don't want to have to reinstall everything. After testing some more last night, I found that I could drop the notifications bar when connected to the PC. I can also mount the SD card and view the files within it. When I choose any of the notifications, the app that sent the notification will not open (eventually Android will offer to force-close the app). Is there any combination of button presses that will allow me to load an alternative home screen. Or reset the phone somehow? Can I put the phone in USB debugging mode over WIFI or USB, without using the phone itself? Or is all lost..
Anna
You can use adb to push the stock launcher app to /system/app/ then correct its permissions. Upon reboot, it should work. Or even use 'adb install' to install a different non-system launcher if you can get the apk for it
Hi Jacklebott, I did some testing yesterday with Android Injector, and I'm fairly certain that I do not have USB debugging switched on. I tried using it to install a new launcher program (ADW) and it said that USB debugging was not switched on. I tried it with a different Android phone (Orange San Francisco), where I switched on USB debugging on the phone, and it worked first time, so I think that Android Injector is setup correctly.
So, that leaves the following questions?
Can I switch on USB debugging mode from my PC (via WIFI or USB cable)?
Can I have remote access to the phone without having any access to the phone to install companion apps?
Can I root/install a new firmware without having USB debugging switched on?
Thanks for all your help friends, I appreciate it!
Anna
You can't have remote access to the phone without companion apps. And certainly you can't access debug mode from out of the phone, it would be a security flaw. However, you can (actually you must) switch off the phone to install a new firmware with Flashtool.
Thanks, can I install new firmware with Flashtool without having access to the phone? I don't think that I have USB debugging switched on
Anna
What do you mean you don't have access to the phone?
I mean that I cannot access any options on the phone at all, because it is both frozen on the lock screen, and I do not have USB debugging switched on
The only thing that I can do with it is change the volume, access the SD card, and occasionally drop the notification bar (if I mash the screen enough times).
Anna
Then just charge it to full capacity, switch it off, use Flashtool (look up my super compilation for a how-to) and flash the phone wiping data and all.
I'm reluctant to use Flashtool because I have a Verizon CDMA Play and I would have to pay to get it unlocked. In the meantime, how about using the Side Load Wonder machine? Would that work? Or does it just do the same thing as Android Injector? Also, I have been reading that apps should install over WIFI when downloaded from the Market. If all was correct, I should be able to log into the Market webpage from the PC, choose an app, have it download to my phone, and install. Is that correct? Would I have to press OK to install it? I tried it with my Orange San Francisco and the new app never showed up (it too is WIFI only - no 3G data).
Thanks for all your help!
Anna
AnnaDougherty said:
Thanks, can I install new firmware with Flashtool without having access to the phone? I don't think that I have USB debugging switched on
Anna
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Do you have a locked bootloader? And yes you can use flashtool, usb debugging is not needed as device is connected in flash mode.
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Apps downloaded on a pc usually download automatically for me, no need to press anything on the phone
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You don't need an unlocked bootloader to use flashtool. It's only needed to use fastboot.
I think you're only hope is to start fresh by reinstalling the firmware with flashtool. You don't even need root to do that, it's all done on the PC end.
Fixed!!
Fixed now!! What I had to do was to run SE Update rather than PC Connect to update the phone, the difference being that SE Update is run when the phone is initially switched off, while PC Connect is run when the phone is switched on (and therefore locked due to the frozen unlock screen). SE Update avoided the frozen lockscreen and updated successsfully! Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it, 10 gold stars for all of you!
Best wishes,
Anna
All is well that ends well ^^ enjoy your Play!
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My T989 is rooted. I use it to log my work hours in "It's About Time". I back that app's data up every day to the box folder, and I sync with box. HOWEVER, the box syncing has aparently been pretending to work and doing nothing since february, so I'm screwed right now as the touchscreen on the phone was shattered today. It has no visuals or touch ability. the gorilla glass survived just fine, but the screen behind it is gone.
What I need to know is how can I access the data in the builtin memory. I would love to use Kies, but Kies, points out that my phone is locked (I use a pattern lock) and says I have to unlock it.
Is there someway to remotely unlock a broken phone? The phone can go be a doorstop at this point, but I HAVE to have those backup files sitting in the box folder. They aren't on the microsd card.
So the display is damaged but the digitizer is fine correct? As for data just pull files with adb....I believe you can do that unless you never had USB debugging on
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My T989 is rooted. I use it to log my work hours in "It's About Time". I back that app's data up every day to the box folder, and I sync with box. HOWEVER, the box syncing has aparently been pretending to work and doing nothing since february, so I'm screwed right now as the touchscreen on the phone was shattered today. It has no visuals or touch ability. the gorilla glass survived just fine, but the screen behind it is gone.
What I need to know is how can I access the data in the builtin memory. I would love to use Kies, but Kies, points out that my phone is locked (I use a pattern lock) and says I have to unlock it.
Is there someway to remotely unlock a broken phone? The phone can go be a doorstop at this point, but I HAVE to have those backup files sitting in the box folder. They aren't on the microsd card.
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You can always boot into recovery and pull from your data partition using ADB. Then you can restore that to another phone after you install your time tracking app.
I have been in usb debugging. It may be in usb debugging mode right now.
When I connect it, it shows the drive, but they show as empty. Which is the same thing that happens on my GS4G when it's in debugging.
If you could tell me how to go about extracting files, that would be great, assuming there is even a way.
Is the digitizer the touch portion of the touch screen? If so, then no, that's not working. The phone boots, it receives texts, makes other sounds like it's working, but the screen is black. The LCD is cracked, and it will not accept touch input. I have haptic feedback on and it's definitely not letting me attempt to do the unlock screen.
slm4996 said:
You can always boot into recovery and pull from your data partition using ADB. Then you can restore that to another phone after you install your time tracking app.
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Could you tell me how I do this? The only time I ever booted into recovery was during the rooting process. Do I need to be able to see the screen to do it, or is there a way to get into it remotely? If so, can you either tell me what to do or point me at a tutorial or something? I wouldn't know where to start.
CptCrackers said:
Could you tell me how I do this? The only time I ever booted into recovery was during the rooting process. Do I need to be able to see the screen to do it, or is there a way to get into it remotely? If so, can you either tell me what to do or point me at a tutorial or something? I wouldn't know where to start.
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To get into recovery, pull your battery then put it back in, then hold both vol up and vol down and hit the power button.
Type "help" without quotes in ADB to get a list of commands.
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=628138
It got me out of a jam once on my vibrant, when the same thing happened to me and needed some pictures for my work. USB debuggin has to be on though.
To backup the data from a damaged phone using ADB:
1) Enter Recovery mode:
Turn the phone off, remove the battery. Insert battery, hold volume up AND down while turning on. Plug in usb cable.
2)Open up your terminal/console. Enter the following commands (one command per line, press enter after each)
(this backs up the entire data partition)
Code:
mkdir phoneDataBackup
adb shell mount data
adb pull /data phoneDataBackup
You now have a copy of your phones /data folder, this contains the settings and data from your apps. Get a new phone and then install you app on it. Once you do that simply put the correct named folder from the phoneDataBackup back into your new phones /data folder.
Code:
adb push phoneDataBackup/data/com.rds.itsabouttime /data/data/
This should work just fine for you, I assume you already have ADB installed or can install it first.
THANKS ALL!!!
I am currently using the suggested Android commander to dump everything out of the phone. Lucky the usb debugging got left on when I was cleaning out bloatware last week!!!
Once it's done, or if even if it doesn't work, I'll be playing with the adb connection since it's not like I can break the phone worse... good learning opp!
Thanks for all the tips from everyone.
Quick update, and info in case someone later finds this thread in a search. The android commander did get back what I needed most. However, it also did some strange things. It can see a lot of stuff on the phone, but when pulling things from the phone, for some reason, some files and directories do not come over. I imagine this may have to do with permissions on those items.
I'm basically making thsi note here in case someone finds the thread, thinks they have dumped heir whole phone... just make sure you pick through the important directories before you think you've got everything and discard the phone.
Thanks again everyone. Ass officially saved.
Hello everyone.
I also just cracked my screen and have neither touch capability nor screen lighting, so I'm effectively blind in controlling my phone.
I know I have Clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.7 installed and rooted, but these solutions are not working for me.
I have tried removing the batt, reinserting the batt, holding UP+DOWN+POWER until the device vibrates, then let go of the POWER while holding UP+DOWN for another 10 seconds to be sure.
I then plug in the USB cable and my Windows 7 laptop does the "found USB device chime", so I know the device is on (and has not booted into Android, since the Samsung Galaxy logo jungle has not played.)
I also see that Windows 7 sees new "Removable Drives" that it adds after I plug in the device, but the drives cannot be accessed/are not available to Windows 7.
I'm definitely sure I'm in recovery because when I hit POWER, the Windows 7 "unplugged USB device" chime plays, the device vibrates and I'll hear the Galaxy S logo chime, which means I hit the 1st "reboot device" option on the recovery menu.
But when I open a console and type "adb devices" none are listed.
I have also tried Android Commander, and no devices are there either, so these 2 methods do not work. I'm wondering why adb cannot see recovery on mine if people are saying that it can.
I know that Clockworkmod recovery has a option for mounting the sdcard and data via USB. I also see that different versions of Clockworkmod have different menus.
Can someone help me by letting me know what/how many button presses I need to do to get to the "mount sdcard" and "mount data" options once I'm in recovery as I'm flying blind.
Thank you for any help.
soundwave4 said:
Hello everyone.
I also just cracked my screen and have neither touch capability nor screen lighting, so I'm effectively blind in controlling my phone.
I know I have Clockworkmod recovery 5.0.2.7 installed and rooted, but these solutions are not working for me.
I have tried removing the batt, reinserting the batt, holding UP+DOWN+POWER until the device vibrates, then let go of the POWER while holding UP+DOWN for another 10 seconds to be sure.
I then plug in the USB cable and my Windows 7 laptop does the "found USB device chime", so I know the device is on (and has not booted into Android, since the Samsung Galaxy logo jungle has not played.)
I also see that Windows 7 sees new "Removable Drives" that it adds after I plug in the device, but the drives cannot be accessed/are not available to Windows 7.
I'm definitely sure I'm in recovery because when I hit POWER, the Windows 7 "unplugged USB device" chime plays, the device vibrates and I'll hear the Galaxy S logo chime, which means I hit the 1st "reboot device" option on the recovery menu.
But when I open a console and type "adb devices" none are listed.
I have also tried Android Commander, and no devices are there either, so these 2 methods do not work. I'm wondering why adb cannot see recovery on mine if people are saying that it can.
I know that Clockworkmod recovery has a option for mounting the sdcard and data via USB. I also see that different versions of Clockworkmod have different menus.
Can someone help me by letting me know what/how many button presses I need to do to get to the "mount sdcard" and "mount data" options once I'm in recovery as I'm flying blind.
Thank you for any help.
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If you have adb setup just do adb pulls. You can get anything that way. Slow, but a plan b if nothing else. I would count for you but I run twrp and I don't have time or battery to flash it over to cwm right now.
Edit: for whatever reason tapatalk didn't load anything past the OP...disregard.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
first thing first, my USB connection to the pc cannot detect my memory card, it just displayed it as 'removable disk :E' although i had enable debugging, unknown source and msc mode.
second, after a factory reset, my phone lost functionality on home button and the screen won't lock.
is there any fix for these? will be very appreciating helps!
talzer said:
first thing first, my USB connection to the pc cannot detect my memory card, it just displayed it as 'removable disk :E' although i had enable debugging, unknown source and msc mode.
second, after a factory reset, my phone lost functionality on home button and the screen won't lock.
is there any fix for these? will be very appreciating helps!
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All you need to do for SD card problem is reinstall drivers on PC
For you home button, screen won't lock issue just flash a stock ftf to bring it back to normal(still unlocked)
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I had home button issue before no idea why but flashing stock or any full rom fixed it.
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We recently have purchased DHD, and it was pre-rooted, we are general users and don't need any high end authentications in our phone to keep it stable, since yesterday I am searching on things how to get back to stock, finally tried AAHK, and pressed 1 at main menu, it rooted my phone again (I guess), but now it is blank (black) screen with no text after green colored htc logo and white background, it just blurred and turned screen into black, and halts in there,
What I tried before posting in here:
1. tried same thing again to flash using AAHK,
2. downloaded ARHD 6.x but no idea how to install it when I have no screen.
3. When I press volume down with power it takes me to bootloader, but automatically searches for some PD98IAG.zip (its not PD98IMG.zip)
and keeps searching it, (in other words it halts there as well)
4. restarting / switching memory card, googling.
I don't know if it is allowed here or not, but I am open to any payments if it costs any, for the one who can really get this thing fixed for me.
Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335027
Just flash it
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NiCk.JaY said:
Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335027
Just flash it
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how do I connect my phone to computer, I have connected USB, and turned on bootloader (if its what it is called) by pressing volume down and power. Giving me 5 options of
factory reset
recovery
CRC check
and two other options, When I start the exe file on computer (rom) it does not work, saying cannot find android phone.
any ideas?
rojoloco47 said:
how do I connect my phone to computer, I have connected USB, and turned on bootloader (if its what it is called) by pressing volume down and power. Giving me 5 options of
factory reset
recovery
CRC check
and two other options, When I start the exe file on computer (rom) it does not work, saying cannot find android phone.
any ideas?
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Diconnect the phone. Uninstall all HTC drivers from the computer. Install the HTC drivers came with AAHK tool. Switch on the phone in Bootloader. Wait until it stops scanning the SD card. If it never stops, pull the battery and remove the SD card from phone then switch on the phone without SD card. Once the phone is in Bootloader try connecting the phone to the PC, then try to falsh the RUU that you have downloaded.
Hey guys. My Wildfire's screen doesn't respond to touch. Also the phone doesn't respond when I use the buttons at the bottom so I can't do anything. I want to try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680
but firstly I would like to recover the data on the phone. Obviously, I need to put the stuff on my computer using USB. But whenever I connect it to the computer, it goes into charge mode and doesn't mount as a disk drive. Is there anyway to get around this, given that the screen isn't responding? I'd mostly like to get the contact details, if possible. Many thanks.
deadman1206 said:
Hey guys. My Wildfire's screen doesn't respond to touch. Also the phone doesn't respond when I use the buttons at the bottom so I can't do anything. I want to try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275680
but firstly I would like to recover the data on the phone. Obviously, I need to put the stuff on my computer using USB. But whenever I connect it to the computer, it goes into charge mode and doesn't mount as a disk drive. Is there anyway to get around this, given that the screen isn't responding? I'd mostly like to get the contact details, if possible. Many thanks.
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are you s-on or s-off? if you have no touch input you are really gonna struggle. especially without root. does the trackball still work and do you have usb debugging on?
heavy_metal_man said:
are you s-on or s-off? if you have no touch input you are really gonna struggle. especially without root. does the trackball still work and do you have usb debugging on?
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I haven't done any rooting or anything like that (I don't know much about it) so it must be s-on. The phone doesn't seem to respond to the trackball or the volume buttons either. I don't know if I have USB debugging on. I think I do. When I connect it to the computer the phone says "USB debugging connected" but I can't remember if I had it turned on or off in the settings. The computer recognizes it as "Android Phone" but, as I said, the phone is in charge mode and I can't access any of the files.
deadman1206 said:
I haven't done any rooting or anything like that (I don't know much about it) so it must be s-on. The phone doesn't seem to respond to the trackball or the volume buttons either. I don't know if I have USB debugging on. I think I do. When I connect it to the computer the phone says "USB debugging connected" but I can't remember if I had it turned on or off in the settings. The computer recognizes it as "Android Phone" but, as I said, the phone is in charge mode and I can't access any of the files.
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Hmmm. OK, can you power off the Phone for me and then reboot with volume down held in and power at the same time.
This will take you to a white screen with info like s-off, s-on and hboot and a version number beside it. Can you share with me that Info please.
Then use the volume buttons to navigate the phone to reboot and use power to select. Then once it has rebooted connect it to the PC with the screen unlocked/awake and see if it pops up on the screen with USB debugging connected.
If we can security unlock your phone with revolutionary we will be able to add a custom recovery to your phone and make a full back up of your mobile. If USB debugging is not enabled you are stuck, and cannot retrieve anything from the phone before you ruu unless you are s-off already, (but that is very unlikely).
Your SD card can be removed from the back of your phone and with it all your pictures/music videos ect will be safe but your contacts are on the phone.
If you had the phone linked to your Google account it may be worthwhile logging in on the website and going to the Google dashboard. Find your phone on the list and your contacts "may" be backed up there if you enabled it during your initial phone set up.
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Hello all,
I was on ICS 4.04 custom ROM with unlocked bootloader, and my ON/OFF button was failing since several days. In one of that times that I switched off the phone, I could not switch it ON anymore. I had not installed any thing (app, ROM, etc) before the problem. I bought a new ON/OFF module (3 € :cyclops: ) and the problem still goes on.
SIMPTOMS:
If I try to turn it ON, it really works (brivates and the retro ilumination works fine) but I only get a black screen (no logo and sound). If I connect the phone to PC it is recognized. I can go into flash/fastboot mode (green/blue led), I can charge it (red/green led).
If I tyry to switch it off normally trough the on/off button, it does not response (I can not turn it off in this way, only taking off the battery). The white lights in the 2 lower buttons reamins always on if I press the home button, so I can now that the pnone had not turned off.
If I try to go into recovery I can not do it (not purple light), the screen remains black with the retro ilumination working fine
WHAT I HAVE DONE
- to buy a new ON/OFF module that work fine (I think...)
- As I can go into flash/fastboot mode, I have installed several new stock roms with flashtool (GB, ICS) and several kernels without result
- I have checked all the internal conections in the PCB and screen, all seem to be right
- I have tried to go into the phone trough adb, but as I have installed stock roms, I have not enabled the debug mode in the phone, so I can not connect with it. I have searched the web, but I have not been able to find a method to enable the debug mode in the phone
- I have locked/unlocked the bootloader several times
- take off the batery a whole night and to try it again
I am thinking in a problem with the screen, but it was working fine just before to turn it off before the problem. The problem is that I do not want to spend the money for a new screen without to know if the problem is in the PCB :silly:
The more strange thing is that I can not to turn it off normally through the on/off boton , it seems that the phone has gone into a loop internally when you turn it on.
Some ideas?... Thanks in advance
You have the problem that your phone doesn't boot, the problems lies within your kernel,
first of all to fix it, use flashtool and search for a stock firmware for your arc, don't know if you got a lt15i?(Xperia Arc) or lt18i (Xperia Arc S).
This will fix your booting problem...
Make sure your bootloader is unlocked, make sure you follow the ROM-instructions step-by-step when you install one, because this is the reason you failed installing your custom kernel.
Some instructions on how to install a custom rom =>
Step 1. Gather information about YOUR phone. (write down your phone type, your kernel version, your baseband version etc....)
Step 2. On your phone go the your Settings>About Phone> Build Number and press this about 7 times, you'll notice the notification of becoming 'developer', then go back to settings>developer settings (above About Phone) and scroll to whenever you find USB-Debugging, make it active
Step 3. Install ADB and fastboot drivers for your phone
Step 4. Unlock your bootloader
Step 5. Find and download a compatible ROM ( Make sure your phone type is listed as working ... ) and install recovery on your phone.
Step 6. Open up the ROM zip-file and look for the kernel (Boot.img) inside of the ROM and extract it OR Download a kernel which is supported by the downloaded ROM
Step 7. Copy your Kernel image (boot.img) to the ADB Driver map (not necessary but alot easier to work this way) and copy your ROM-zipfile to your SD or Internal Memory.
Step 8. Open up a (Command) Terminal and use the 'cd'-command to explore to your map with adb drivers
Step 9. Connect your phone with your computer and type in the terminal-window: adb reboot fastboot
Step 10. You'll notice your LED changing to blue when it worked. Then type in fastboot flash boot boot.img
Whenever this step has worked you'll have flashed a custom kernel on your phone....
Step 11. Then you got to boot into recovery using Power + Volume Down
Step 12. In recovery do a Full Wipe, and install your ROM (+ Gapps whenever you need google play store.)
You now have a custom ROM and kernel installed!
many thanks MrMaddTraxx. That is not my problem, but your answer will be very usefull for me in the future :good:
Definetively I think that the problem is that the screen is broken. My main problem was that I have not enabled the USB debugging in my mobile and I could not make any important change on it.
Finally I got to enable USB debugging as I show in this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61792353&postcount=204
Once I have USB debugging, I could enable the screen with this wanderfull app:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395
I could control my phone as the touch screen works OK. I have been able too to connect it to my TV through HDMI, seeing my mobile in it too.
So the only thing to do is to buy a neww screen. I would like to ask you if you believe really that the problem is in the screen (as the backlight and touch screen work fine) or in the connections for the screen in the PCB
thanks