Hi all,
I am on vacation and got bumped into, causing me to drop my less than a week old TMo G3 after I ordered my screen protector and case. Lovely, right? Well it caused a nice giant crack in the screen and the LCD to become unresponsive. I pulled the battery and restarted, and it told me my LCD was damaged and said to use volume and power now as manual controls. Only issue with that is I have knock code on, so I cant get into the system at all.
Luckily I am rooted, and have TWRP installed. I also have titanium. I would love to get a backup of my apps somehow (I had not made a backup yet, silly me) or better yet a nandroid if somehow possible to simply restore when I get my replacement (Tried to use power keys to boot into recover, wouldn't even turn off though). I have my SD in to hold my other files, luckily.
I am on a mac and can set up/execute adb if needed.
I really appreciate any help you can give, thanks so much everyone.
Fun Fact- My G3 didn't survive a 1.5ft fall
UPDATE: I will be trying to do the OTG mouse method, but another method is preffered so I dont have to buy anything and can do my backups more immediately.
UPDATE 2: Scratch everything, USB port appears to be broken. Cant get it to charge or recognize on my computer.
Mine was 4 days old when it fell and cracked the screen. If you have an OTG cable plug it in and plug in a USB mouse. You will be able to control the phone with the mouse.
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D_Rock899x said:
Mine was 4 days old when it fell and cracked the screen. If you have an OTG cable plug it in and plug in a USB mouse. You will be able to control the phone with the mouse.
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Great idea, I dont have one, but I think I will just pick one up.
TacoLord187 said:
Great idea, I dont have one, but I think I will just pick one up.
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Could try a wireless mouse if it has a USB dongle. Not sure that it will work but worth a shot.
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D_Rock899x said:
Could try a wireless mouse if it has a USB dongle. Not sure that it will work but worth a shot.
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Only wireless mouse I have is the apple magic mouse. If I could get into bluetooth, maybe it would work that way, but I would have to get into bluetooth.
TacoLord187 said:
Only wireless mouse I have is the apple magic mouse. If I could get into bluetooth, maybe it would work that way, but I would have to get into bluetooth.
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I'd say that's doubtful with the screen being unresponsive. If it's anything like mine was it wouldn't recognize any touch input anywhere. USB mice are dirt cheap. Buy the cheapest one you can find at Wal-Mart, Target, etc.
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D_Rock899x said:
I'd say that's doubtful with the screen being unresponsive. If it's anything like mine was it wouldn't recognize any touch input anywhere. USB mice are dirt cheap. Buy the cheapest one you can find at Wal-Mart, Target, etc.
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Yea, I have a USB one at home somewhere, just sucks because I am in Mexico at the moment....
The very bottom of my screen (nav bar) works. Cant get anything else though. And with the whole knock code being on, cant do to much.
TacoLord187 said:
Yea, I have a USB one at home somewhere, just sucks because I am in Mexico at the moment....
The very bottom of my screen (nav bar) works. Cant get anything else though. And with the whole knock code being on, cant do to much.
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I was in the exact same boat sans being in Mexico. Best of luck man.
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Hey. I have a simular problem. I busted my screen, no root. OTG way does work though...but what now? I'm not rooted neither
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I am looking for a way to display what is on my phone screen to my computer at the same time. Is there an app to do that? I want to be able to display my phones screen in a presentation.
Thanks.
RedHotLama said:
I am looking for a way to display what is on my phone screen to my computer at the same time. Is there an app to do that? I want to be able to display my phones screen in a presentation.
Thanks.
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That would be pretty nifty. I'm interested lol. I believe you would need a special cable for TV-out, although I'm not completely sure about that.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running some random CM7 nightly.
There is an app. Its rather slow though as its through a browser. I can't think of its name now, but when I do ill get back to you.
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aw.. i want to try this one..
SteveG12543 said:
That would be pretty nifty. I'm interested lol. I believe you would need a special cable for TV-out, although I'm not completely sure about that.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running some random CM7 nightly.
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Yes, if you are presenting on a projector all you would need is the TV out cable hooked into to one of the RCA inputs. You wouldn't even have to go through the computer, you could just plug right in and hit the input button on the projector till your phone's screen comes up.
To go through a computer, it would have to have a card installed that would allow it to bring in analog signal.
OR, if you don't wanna do any of that you get grab a webcam, plug that sucker in and just put the phone in front of it
I had my Nexus in my bag with my Graphing calculator(wont do that again) and the calculator managed to get pressed into the nexus hard enough to crack the screen and damage the digitizer. I still have use of the lower half of the screen, but not the upper. I use my nexus to read on, and would like to still be able to read until i get the glass and digitizer. unfortunately my passcode requires the number 1. The number 1,2 and everything above them does not work. Is there any way to unlock it without completely clearing it? PS it is on CM 12(i think but definitely a CyanogenMod build)
If you have a usb otg cable try plugging in a mouse.
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If you have a usb otg cable try plugging in a mouse.
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.. or USB keyboard, he-he
Aerobatic said:
.. or USB keyboard, he-he
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That might work, but I wasn't sure if Android unlocking would work from a keyboard. Using a mouse with an Android device works surprisingly well: you just connect it and a mouse cursor appears on the screen.
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I had my Nexus in my bag with my Graphing calculator(wont do that again) and the calculator managed to get pressed into the nexus hard enough to crack the screen and damage the digitizer. I still have use of the lower half of the screen, but not the upper. I use my nexus to read on, and would like to still be able to read until i get the glass and digitizer. unfortunately my passcode requires the number 1. The number 1,2 and everything above them does not work. Is there any way to unlock it without completely clearing it? PS it is on CM 12(i think but definitely a CyanogenMod build)
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Yes, A mouse and keyboard will work, but I am wondering if it is possible to mend the digitizer after a small crack and let the screen function normally.
Hi, I have a stock S3 that I no longer use because I dropped it and the screen went black. There are no cracks in the glass but the phone still powers on and the buttons on the bottom still light up and it makes noises. I now have an S7 so I don't have the s3 activated anymore but it still has the original sim card in it (not sure if that matters). I had a bunch of photos that I had saved on the phone itself and not on the microsd card and I am wanting to retrieve those photos if at all possible. I have spent a few hours reading different ways to do this but I figured I would ask those with more experience. When I plug my phone into my computer it shows up but it says there are no files on it when I try to access it so I am assuming that the usb debugging is turned off. I never activated samsung kies so I am without that option. Do I have to buy an MHL adapter so I can plug my phone into my TV so I can see the screen and also plug a mouse into it at the same time so I can unlock it and navigate to usb debugging options? Are there any other easy options? Thank you for any help
If you enabled the lock screen option and you are not unlocking the phone before connecting it to the computer, this may be why you cannot see any files.
Yes, I have the screen locked with a simple drawing pattern. I guess I could try and blindly draw that pattern with a mouse hooked to the phone and see if that works.
I tried for a while to get the phone unlocked with the mouse hooked up to it. I can feel the vibrations when i go over one of the little buttons while im drawing the pattern but it is just too difficult to really tell where the mouse pointer is. So I think im going to get a mhl adapter so I can hook it up to my TV or monitor and give that a go
You are on the right track. I had the same problem. The LCD was broken but the digitizer was still working along with the rest of the phone. If you killed the digitizer also, a bluetooth mouse does the job.
How exactly did you manage to fix yours? Did you blindly draw the unlock pattern or did you hook it up to a monitor of some sort so you could see what youre doing? Im thinking of buying something this adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y8O8FK..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0CY61YQCJ4GWRM2GE3VH. Would that work?
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How exactly did you manage to fix yours? Did you blindly draw the unlock pattern or did you hook it up to a monitor of some sort so you could see what youre doing? Im thinking of buying something this adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00Y8O8FK..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0CY61YQCJ4GWRM2GE3VH. Would that work?
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Exactly. Just as you said in your opening remark a MHL cable did the trick for me. I then used a bluetooth mouse to navigate as it was easier and safer due to broken glass (even though my digitizer was still working). When you hook it up you will see if the digitizer is still working (separate from the lcd which more likely is gone) when you touch the screen. From my experience the LCD goes bad from dropping but the digitizer is usually still working. I did not have to remove data from the phone but simply had to a reset to stock.
After that I replaced the LCD panel and the phone worked just fine.
I recently obtained the HP lapdock for a fair price. This works via USB c connection just fine. I've been looking into how to get the wifi direct connection to work with no luck BUT I know its possible.
OXI rom has been able to successfully connect to the HP lapdock. See this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAWbDg4hcYc
I have no idea how to try to even get this to work but my guess is it relies on something to do with the wifi direct api somewhere in the phone. Anyone want to take a look into this or know someone that could port this?
Thanks
OXI reached out after I contacted them. So if we could get Lineage support we could get OXI support. Anyone know how to build Lineage? Lol or know someone that could build it for us?
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OXI reached out after I contacted them. So if we could get Lineage support we could get OXI support. Anyone know how to build Lineage? Lol or know someone that could build it for us?
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I'm trying to build lineage for the razer, but i'm just learning and i'm a little lost building the device tree. I can't seem to find how to do it, i guess my google skills are a bit rusty
DarkestSpawn said:
I recently obtained the HP lapdock for a fair price. This works via USB c connection just fine. I've been looking into how to get the wifi direct connection to work with no luck BUT I know its possible.
OXI rom has been able to successfully connect to the HP lapdock. See this video:
I have no idea how to try to even get this to work but my guess is it relies on something to do with the wifi direct api somewhere in the phone. Anyone want to take a look into this or know someone that could port this?
Thanks
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Hi I'm trying to use the hp lapdock on my mate 10 just get a blank screen when connecting do I need a special cable using the USB C cable that came with the Dock
There is a Dell Dock that works with the Razer phone, Tested it with keyboard, mouse and Monitor (HDMI output from the Dock, DP ports wont work)
r8dooo said:
Hi I'm trying to use the hp lapdock on my mate 10 just get a blank screen when connecting do I need a special cable using the USB C cable that came with the Dock
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Trying turning off the dock, plug in the cable, turn the dock on, when it gets to the cable or wireless screen plug in the phone. I use the item cord. Sometimes takes 15 tries =/
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Trying getting off the dock, plug in the cable, turn the dock on, when it gets to the cable or wireless screen plug in the phone. I use the item cord. Sometimes takes 15 tries =/
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Still no joy just the blank display although it's connected as when I press the keyboard it does stuff on my phone tried every combination on start up. So annoying but thanks anyway
So updated to 8.1 Oreo, enabled Miracast from build prop, it will attempt to connect as the screen goes black on the Dock the phone force reboots. No idea whats causing it. Attached is the logcat, if anyone can look at it and assist I would be grateful.
If you need more info from a logcat just tell me what I missed. I refuse to give up on this and will continue researching and tinkering.
Also gonna try some Treble GSI's see if they work. Starting with AOKP
I downgraded my Razer phone to the 7.1.1 Android version and I STILL can't get this thing to work with the HP lapdock. Tried using the usb-c cable it shipped with, tried using a thunderbolt 3 cable...only the keyboard will work. The screen and track-pad are a no-go. The Galaxy S9 works with little fuss, so I know it's no a problem on the lapdock's end.
Ugh. I just want this thing to work.
i have a mate 20 pro, blackscreen with cable an no connection with wirelles. did someone get it to work?
y1m47ea#abe
I've recently bought a refurbished Lap dock from an italian seller on Ebay to use with my Blackberry Key2 (Android Oreo) and I must say it is a brilliant solution. I come from the Sentio Superbook, witch is also a very interesting solution, but the Lap dock is definitely better: screen, keyboard, touchpad have no comparison... The Sentio desktop app, anyway, works very well and offers an (almost) true desktop environment.
I haven't had any particolar problem connecting the lapdock to my smartphone, even if sometimes the screen doesn't light up, using the standard cable. I think the best way is to insert the usb c cable ony after the screen is showing the two connection options, first in the lapdock and then in the smartphone. Key presses in the touchpad don't work, but gestures are just fine once you get used to them.
I've also tried the wireless connection using the Miracast app: recognizes the screen, but the touchpad doesn't work and the keyboard is double typing every character. So basically it is useless. Hope it can help someone...
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i have a mate 20 pro, blackscreen with cable an no connection with wirelles. did someone get it to work?
y1m47ea#abe
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Was wondering if you ever got this to work?
no sorry, never got it working. would have been great. Maybe with some other lapdock in the future.
So it works with the Razer 1 through the cable? I have the lapdock and I'm shopping for a new phone but I'm not interested in the Note 9 which is supposed to work great with the lapdock as well.
gonow160 said:
So it works with the Razer 1 through the cable? I have the lapdock and I'm shopping for a new phone but I'm not interested in the Note 9 which is supposed to work great with the lapdock as well.
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It doesn't work wonderfully, YouTube can't run some of the time, and the audio doesn't work at all really. Just through head phones. Even with the new Dex updates. But it is fine in a pinch.
So dropped my phone, screen cracked(The Plexiglas had enough and couldn't save it this time) at first the top half of phone was working but on the side whatever liquid solution was used started leaking under the screen, screen turned blue purplish then black and eventually covered 95% of the screen. spent hours trying to at least remote into it but with debugging not enabled and it seems impossible. Tried to cast it but the cast option is on the side of the phone that the touch screen is not working. Tried using data recovery to at least recover my data i can't find a legit one to use, they one that seems legit don't have oneplus device as an option. Can try and find a data recovery specialist but i know they will charge me out the a** for it and i have sensitive info and such and not really all that comfortable with living data with a random person. Can anyone help or have any suggestions? am running out of hope at this point and if i can't get anything here then will have to come to grips with it. if anyone can suggest a way to enable debugging am all ears....or eyes in this case.
If I were in your situation I would replace the broken parts and get my phone up and running. You can buy low quality replacements to make it work if your only aim is to get your data out. I couldn't read the whole thing with all my attention so there might be things that I missed. As I understood your screen is the only problem. You can find a cheap screen and plug that into your device. Another option might be (I don't know if this will work) buying a Type-C to HDMI adaptor to plug your phone to a display. With that you don't need to wirelessly cast you can just use a cable. Better yet you can buy a Type-C hub while you're at it and connect a mouse and a keyboard to do everything you need to do. But I don't know if the HDMI option will work.
EDIT: This guy makes it happen. I don't know if OP will support it. If you buy a Type-C hub with USB ports and HDMI port, you can use your phone as if it never broke, get whatever you need to get out of it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J10_VTU3bc