For some odd reason my power button is not working. The only way for me to look at things on a screen is to plug it into my charger. I took it to a local phone repair shop and they said it had something to do with the powerflex (something flex, not sure if its powerflex) connected to the motherboard?
I might be searching for the wrong name because I cant find any online stores or ebay selling them. Theres Alibaba but I don't trust that site, it has bad reviews...
any recommendations or similar experiences?
It might be cheaper to get a new phone but I like this one since its rooted to the new Jellybean and I am afraid of losing all my music, shows and stuff. Im not sure if it is on the phone or on the SD card
there is no removable sdcard on gnex.
you can always plug into computer tho and copy all the media over that you would like to save and then easily transfer that to a new device when you get one.
but.... since you are rooted, you can try using one of the Touch2Wake, sweep2wake apps. or see if your current kernel you are using has built in tap to wake and just enable it.
I think there are xposed modules also that give you greater control of the tap/gesture controlled waking of device. keep in mind that you might see some battery loss from these apps and such, but it shouldn't be THAT bad. and will allow you in the meantime to be able to turn device screen on just by tapping the screen or doing a gesture on screen.
I recommend that before you try new kernels or anything, that you backup, both nandroid backup AND backup any media you want to a computer(or get a flash drive and plug right into device using a USB OTG cable which can be found VERY cheap, like $5 online) and just copy over your media to that.
some have had similar issues before and only needed to take device apart(look in YouTube for Galaxy Nexus teardown for step by step) and just cleanih with rubbing alcohol/qtip where the power button makes it contact as there can become.buildup dirt there after a while of constant use.
GOOD.LUCK!
and REMEMBER! BACKUP before doing ANYTHING that might result in messing up something. I cannot stress that enough, and it will save you a lot of stress. if you've got pictures and video you've taken with device you want to save and need a place to backup just get Google+ app and turn on auto backup in settings. and set to backup all current now. you get 15gb free storage for full size pic/video backups with em. just nice peace of mind to know they will always be there in case something goes wrong
Thanks for good guide... :good:
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im currently a gs2 user, very happy with it, but my father wants to grab it from me, plus i can buy a gnex from a frd of mine bnib for a very good price, so i think im gonna switch, a few questions:
1. since the gnex doesnt support external sd card, and i read forums here it wont support usb drive with otg cable, but if rooted, is it possible? what app should i use?
2. i dunno y only gnex doesnt have hardware home (and back and menu) keys, is it annoying that first, the on screen keys consumes some screen real estate (say more dev are writing apps for 1280x720 screen, but software keys consume 64x720 pixels?), and second, would it cause some problems using some full screen apps?
3. tried playing my frds gnex, compared side by side with my gs2, even with different screen resolution, gnex hd screen doesnt show more stuff than my gs2 screen except maybe browser, would dpi mod fix that?
4. is there such a folder called "sd_card" like in my gs2? if not then i lose everything everytime i flash new rom?
thanks in advance
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im currently a gs2 user, very happy with it, but my father wants to grab it from me, plus i can buy a gnex from a frd of mine bnib for a very good price, so i think im gonna switch, a few questions:
1. since the gnex doesnt support external sd card, and i read forums here it wont support usb drive with otg cable, but if rooted, is it possible? what app should i use?
2. i dunno y only gnex doesnt have hardware home (and back and menu) keys, is it annoying that first, the on screen keys consumes some screen real estate (say more dev are writing apps for 1280x720 screen, but software keys consume 64x720 pixels?), and second, would it cause some problems using some full screen apps?
3. tried playing my frds gnex, compared side by side with my gs2, even with different screen resolution, gnex hd screen doesnt show more stuff than my gs2 screen except maybe browser, would dpi mod fix that?
4. is there such a folder called "sd_card" like in my gs2? if not then i lose everything everytime i flash new rom?
thanks in advance
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1. its very much supports usb otg, with the cable and root. i got my cable from amazon for about $4. the app i use is stick mount. ive sucessfully connected a 32gb sd card, my kindle fire, and my professional digital camera, as well as a usb mouse and keyboard.
2. with the soft keys being on the actually screen, the usable screen size comes out to about 4.3 inches. the reason the sg2 looks like it can fit more is the width of the screen is slightly more than the gnex. apps do not hide the soft keys and i find that i personally have never hit them, however, videos such as netflix and youtube WILL go to full screen and hide the buttons. a simple tap of the screen will bring them back into view.
3. read number 2 and sorry but i dont know much about dpi resolution. i just know its brillantly beautiful either way.
4. there is a seperate partition on teh internal memory labeled as such when it is plugged into a computer as a media drive. as far as i know now method of flashing will wipe this partition clean minus one of the tools required to flash the android revolution hd rom. this is the only problem i have with this phone. it takes FOREVER to transfer anything to or from a computer.
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You can attach any hard drive via USB as long as it has an external power source, like Mwinggg said you need an OTG cable and Chainfire's Stick Mount. Again, like Mwinggg said, you can also attach a mouse and keyboard.
I've not tried changing the DPI using something like LCD Density changer since I've had the Nexus, you really don't need to. But if you want to of course it will work.
The internal SD card, or 'virtual SD Card' won't be wiped when you flash a new ROM or hard reset the phone. It works exactly the same as the internal SD card does on the SGS II.
thank you both of you, that clears up all my questions
yea i have the otg cable, i love how i can plug in the usb drive from attached to my key chain when needed, i will need it more if i go for the nexus since i have a 32gb msd card in my gs2 which nexus doesnt support
i dropped my phone and since then the screen refuses to turn on. it seems like everything is working fine except the screen. calls are coming through and im able to answer the call as long as i swipe at the right spot. is this something that can be fixed instead of swapping out the phone? if this cant be fixed and i have to get a new unit, can the sprint technicians be able to somehow transfer everything over to the new phone? btw, my phone is rooted with cwm installed and nandroid backed up to internal storage since i have no sd card installed.
If you can connect via USB you can grab the data from internal storage possibly, but it sounds like, at best, your display has a hardware issue ( strange that the touch works but the display doesn't)
But I see a trip to the phone store in your future.
If you can, I'd recommend booting to the boot loader (pwr-voldown) and using Odin to flash a stock from first so you can at least have the chance of getting a warranty replacement. ("Not sure what happennes, the screen just doesn't work anymore...")
Good luck.
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i dropped my phone and since then the screen refuses to turn on. it seems like everything is working fine except the screen. calls are coming through and im able to answer the call as long as i swipe at the right spot. is this something that can be fixed instead of swapping out the phone? if this cant be fixed and i have to get a new unit, can the sprint technicians be able to somehow transfer everything over to the new phone? btw, my phone is rooted with cwm installed and nandroid backed up to internal storage since i have no sd card installed.
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Sounds like something with the connection between the LCD and the motherboard. You could get lucky and only have to reconnect the LCD's ribbon connection, however, if the LCD is cracked in any way, it would have to be a replacement, that is, if they allow replacements on cracked LCDs. Every ASC location is different. The only way to transfer anything would be to connect it to a PC, like he said in the above post, and hope it connects as USB storage by default. Copy everything to the desktop and then drag-and-drop onto the new phone's storage. But dude, get an SD card. It really makes EVERYTHING so much easier when transferring to a new phone.
The LED back light system and the touchscreen are independent of each other. Sounds to me like the connection to the back lights and the power got disconnected.
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The LED back light system and the touchscreen are independent of each other. Sounds to me like the connection to the back lights and the power got disconnected.
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that is exactly what it seems like. can i take it into a sprint store and have it repaired or do i need to send it off?
As long as there is no physical damage then I would say its repairable. If you have ever seen a smartphone dissembled you should go check it out on you tube. Alot of the connectors are very small and easily popped out.
I'm having a huge problem with my T-Mobile Galaxy S2, and not it won't even completely boot up. The issue had already been around, but never this bad. Usually, when I would use my phone, it would just randomly reboot on it's own. Now, I can't even get to the main home screen or menu. When the battery is inserted, the phone will automatically try to turn on. I'll get the Samsung screen, then the "Samsung Galaxy SII Android 4G T-Mobile screen", then the phone will glitch for a second, black screen, and it'll almost have a seizure from then on. When I say that, pretty much what happens is that the screen will go black, and it'll pulse with vibrations. It'll vibrate, stop for two seconds, vibrate some more, etc. That's all it'll do from there on. It won't try to turn on when I hold the power button, and the vibrations won't stop until I take the battery out. There is no water damage, and there's just normal wear on the phone. I've had the phone since the drop, and for the most part, it's been great until now.
The phone is not rooted, and I have not installed anything crazy. Come to think about it, I didn't really even have too many apps installed on it to begin with. The phone is under warranty, so I had T-Mobile send me a replacement. My main issue now is that I have content on there that wasn't on my SD card, but on the internal hard drive that I find extremely important, and want to keep. When I connect the phone to my computer, nothing comes up because I didn't "connect" it to the computer as you normally would have to do from the phone, before the extra drives pop up on the computer. Without getting into the main menu and manually connecting the phone to the computer so that the drive will pop up, what can I do?
I've tried taking the battery, sim card and memory card out, letting it sit for a few hours, and plug it back in, but it does the same thing. The battery isn't bad, because it plugs into the replacement phone that was sent to me, and works just fine. I've also plugged into my additional batteries, and it does the same thing. I can't do the "hard reset" where you hold volume up & down, then the power button because what happens is the phone will restart itself before I can get to that point. I tried it when I was on the phone with T-Mobile, and the associate at one of the retail locations tried when I went to get a loaner. I've tried hooking up the phone to the Kies software, but it won't recognize the old phone. It will recognize the new one with no problems though.
I am in no way am I well versed with the process of flashing it or installing different things on the phone. I just used it casually for phone calls, texts, web, and an occasional game or app. I'm just stating this so that if there are any specific tips that anyone could recommend, please if possible, explain in a bit more depth, because after I posted my title, I found the related threads, and most of the steps that were recommended to others that had problems sound a bit foreign to me. I just really want to recover the photos and documents that I had on the phone before I send it back to T-Mobile.
These are the threads that I've somewhat referenced so far:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1948094
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458x
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813866
I can't seem to find anything with the same symptoms as my phone though. If anyone could let me know, that would be great. I just really want to get the content off my old phone, it's just extremely important to me. I'll be waiting on any replies. If you need and more information about what the phone is doing, or what I should try, please mention it. I will try to update this as I get replies, since I am supposed to send the phone back pretty soon. Thank you in advance.
You have a stuck or broken power button. Stick a toothpick or something into the power button whole and take out any gunk if there is. If that doesn't help, then you have a broken power button and you have to get your phone fixed.
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So from what I understand your phone does not boot up to the home screen at all and you are trying to recover all the files from the internal storage? I've been in the same situation as you, although, with my previous android (Samsung Captivate) and I know how hectic this situation is...
If you can enter recovery mode still without the phone restarting itself and if you're willing to flash a custom rom that should help you get into the home screen to recover your files, as it shouldn't remove anything from the internal storage (just as long as you don't format the internal storage/system in recovery).
The phone 'seizure' you are experiencing may also be caused by physical damage, such as the internal memory becoming defective (hopefully not the case).
You mentioned that you can't turn on the phone with the power button and the phone only turns on when you place the battery... that's the same thing that happened with my old phone and it turned out that I had to disassemble the phone and clean/replace the power button. After that the phone turned on like normally again, however, I had to flash a new rom for it to properly boot up.
As a last resort, if you can enter 'Download Mode' via button combo or usb jig you can use Odin to flash a stock rom. However, the files you originally have in the phone will be removed, which you definitely do not want. But at least your phone will possibly work again.
At the moment, I don't think there is any way to recover the files you need from the internal memory without being able to boot up the phone to get it connected to your computer. If you do manage to boot to the home screen, but can't connect your phone to your computer. You can always do a wireless transfer to a cloud based storage such as Dropbox (you can use the android app) and just transfer your files from your phone through that.
I hope I am of some help to you, if I find any other solutions I'll let you know. Good luck!
So, I had my S3 in the cargo pocket of my pants, knelt down and must have tweaked the device just enough to crack the glass. It's a tiny crack that goes from the lower left side, to the southeast, for about 3'4", then south, for the last 1'4". Now, however, the screen is completely dark, and doesn't respond to touch.
The phone does work; however, with a catch. I can boot it up, see the hardware keys light up, and hear the first vibration for my notification of whatever it is, but within a few minutes of a cold boot, the device heats up very quickly and it never did that before. I have the last stable SlimBean on it, overclocked to 1726 or whatever the number is, but undervolted by -50mV I believe...and it's never been this hot, except when messing around with massive overclocks like a year ago.
I am curious if there's a way to harvest my texts, contacts, pictures, etc. Not all of these are stored on my SD. I know some are on the internal storage due to my not realizing it after flashing so many ROMs, and such. I just want my stuff back. I don't have a Samsung account and I don't know if ADB is enabled or not. I also oon't know anyone else with an S3, and even if I did, I don't know that they'd agree to let me try to plug their screen into my device.
I have a Note 3 on the way, so being without a phone isn't a huge issue. Any suggestions?
Odin a non-touch recovery and make a nand to external sd. You can restore text from a nand using Nandroid Manager.
Edit: didn't see the dark screen part. But if your are using Slim you can try the adb. In some AOSP adb is on by default.
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If it helps, I'm using SlimBean on 4.3.1 I believe it was. The download I need is directly from Google, err, Android, for the developer tools or whatever it's called, yes? I probably also need the Samsung phone drivers, if I recall? Sorry, I just installed Win 8.1 so I lost all the software I had prior and haven't gotten around to figuring out what I need yet.
All right, so I was able to pull files from internal storage and my SD by plugging the device in after powered on. I managed to grab the contacts, telephony, and mmssms DB and DB-journal files using ADB. Luckily USB debugging was enabled, allowing ADB to work.
Hopefully those DBs will allow me to extract the info I need to restore everything. I know I can't just drop them onto my soon-to-arrive Note 3 (ETA a few hours) and expect them to work. I wonder if the SMS Contacts backup app I used would be able to pull the data and then I can import it. We'll see!
Anyway, now I'm going to try and flash full stock MD4. I know awhile back I flashed a MD4 full stock unrooted with Odin and had the added benefit of resetting the flash counter during the process. Can this be done on a phone with no display/touch? All the threads I've seen say to use CF's TriangleAway app, but I didn't have to use the Google Play app before, if I recall.
I then plan to sell the phone to anyone who wants to buy it. It's still in great shape and the battery holds enough charge to last me about two days of little to moderate use with airplane mode enabled overnight. 32 GB SD not included. PM me if interested. Until then, I'm going to try to sell it locally first, then on eBay.
S3 still available if anyone's interested. PM for info.
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LG-LS970 Sprint Unrooted Stock Optimus G
Hoping you all can help. My kid stepped on the back of my wife's phone (her fault for having it on the floor if you ask me...) and it caused a pressure crack across the back glass but left the front screen untouched. However, when we turn it on you hear the little touch sounds it makes but the screen only slowly flashes to a solid white and then slowly fades. So the digitizer seems to work just fine but the LCD does not(?) As stated, the phone responds to touch, makes notification sounds when called/texted/emailed, etc... However the screen will not come back on.
** I've attached a (admittedly bad quality) picture of the solid white screen in case that helps for some unknown reason... **
I am fairly certain I can order a new LCD and replace it for a quite low price, however it looks like a lot more trouble than its worth and she has a replacement phone already. My question is I'd like to sell this phone to a couple vendors I've found on Craigslist that are interested, but I need to be able to wipe it completely (she doesn't have any nudy pics, however there is some sensitive financial info in the emails and texts that can probably be accessed on the phone, although she can probably just change her gmail password to block them from accessing here email, but I'm not sure what may be cached on the phone.)
Its never been rooted, but I wasn't sure if there was an all USB way (adb shell maybe?) I can use to at least wipe this phone or some other alternate method of getting the screen info viewed so I can perform a wipe? If there is a solution I could implement today, that would be ideal.
Thanks, and let me know if you need any additional info!
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LG-LS970 Sprint Unrooted Stock Optimus G
Hoping you all can help. My kid stepped on the back of my wife's phone (her fault for having it on the floor if you ask me...) and it caused a pressure crack across the back glass but left the front screen untouched. However, when we turn it on you hear the little touch sounds it makes but the screen only slowly flashes to a solid white and then slowly fades. So the digitizer seems to work just fine but the LCD does not(?) As stated, the phone responds to touch, makes notification sounds when called/texted/emailed, etc... However the screen will not come back on.
** I've attached a (admittedly bad quality) picture of the solid white screen in case that helps for some unknown reason... **
I am fairly certain I can order a new LCD and replace it for a quite low price, however it looks like a lot more trouble than its worth and she has a replacement phone already. My question is I'd like to sell this phone to a couple vendors I've found on Craigslist that are interested, but I need to be able to wipe it completely (she doesn't have any nudy pics, however there is some sensitive financial info in the emails and texts that can probably be accessed on the phone, although she can probably just change her gmail password to block them from accessing here email, but I'm not sure what may be cached on the phone.)
Its never been rooted, but I wasn't sure if there was an all USB way (adb shell maybe?) I can use to at least wipe this phone or some other alternate method of getting the screen info viewed so I can perform a wipe? If there is a solution I could implement today, that would be ideal.
Thanks, and let me know if you need any additional info!
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If you can get into fastboot then you should be able to wipe the phone. I know the G has internal storage but there should be a command to wipe that as well.
Do a search for "ADB factory reset."
To get into fastboot or download mode requires only volume and power key presses but I am unsure at the moment which does which.
I know that when powered off, the button combo to get to the screen where you want to pick where to boot to is volume up and power. And then for me it is two clicks down to recovery. Don't know how many it is for boot loader though.
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Whiplashh said:
I know that when powered off, the button combo to get to the screen where you want to pick where to boot to is volume up and power. And then for me it is two clicks down to recovery. Don't know how many it is for boot loader though.
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One of the button combos goes into download mode. Check the Softbrick fix thread and I know it says there.
This thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230106
Here:
Download = Hold Volume up + down + power while plugging the USB cable into the phone.