[Q] How to view a Dead Screen? - Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So my brother attempted to repair the screen on my note 2 and now the screen is completely dead the phone still rings when called and can be recognized by the pc. Basically all I want to do is get the pictures off my phone.
The issue is I can connect to samsung Kies but it requires me to unlock my phone to view the pictures. Is there any way around this? I would pay to get it fixed but i upgrade. Also if theres no work around how would I wipe it to sell?
Thanks in advanced!

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[Q] Can you backup One X with bad display

My One X has just had a display failure. It will ring, and respond to alert on notifications but will the screen is black with no touch response either.
I am taking it into the store tomorrow to go for replacement or warranty repair if I must but I am sure either way I will loose my photos.
As I just took a trip with the kids I would love to get them off. I cannot "guess" my way into mass storage mode as the digitiser isn't' working.
Is there a way to hook this up to my mac and get it to give me access to the SD card?
Thanks for help.
It works on PC, not sure about MAC.
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/

[Q] Format and restore without a working touchscreen

I have GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus and the internal digitizer screen went bad after it cracked. My phone turns on fine, but the touchscreen is rendered useless. Screen doesn't turn on, but I am able to boot into the internal sd card portion of the phone via usb on mac and pc. Instead of me paying to buy a new screen I just want to sell this on ebay as is and recover my losses for the upcoming nexus 4. The problem is I don't want my personal info on it and unfortunately I was unable to setup the usb debugging mode prior to the screen cracking so screencast app won't work for me, I tried. Any ideas on how I can wipe my phone clean? Can this be done via odin? and if so how? Thanks for the heads up.
xmatic said:
I have GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus and the internal digitizer screen went bad after it cracked. My phone turns on fine, but the touchscreen is rendered useless. Screen doesn't turn on, but I am able to boot into the internal sd card portion of the phone via usb on mac and pc. Instead of me paying to buy a new screen I just want to sell this on ebay as is and recover my losses for the upcoming nexus 4. The problem is I don't want my personal info on it and unfortunately I was unable to setup the usb debugging mode prior to the screen cracking so screencast app won't work for me, I tried. Any ideas on how I can wipe my phone clean? Can this be done via odin? and if so how? Thanks for the heads up.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Thanks! It worked like a charm!!!! awesome!

[Q] Touchscreen gone full retard! - Is it fixable?

Ok, so half a year ago i used my xperia arc for a couple of minutes, locked it. And then when i was about to unlock it just 2 minutes later the phone started vibrating, the slide to unlock button was blinking and the lower part of the screen was not responding to my touch.
I could however unlock the phone by swiping my finger from left to right about 2,5cm higher than the swipe to unlock button is located.
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I delivered it to service and they told me it was water damage to the motherboard, and that i had to get a new phone. (I dont think its water damage, since the water sensors where triggered when i lost the phone in the snow half a year before this happened, and at the time the screen malfunctioned the phone had been dry for ages)
I now own a iPhone 5, but it would be nice to have a phone i could use when in dangerous situations, camping in the forest, skiing etc.
Now i have tried to connect my Arc to the pc and opened up pc companion, but i have lost the SIM card a long time ago, and i can not enter the unlock pattern on my phone due to the weird screen, so i am not able to troubleshoot the phone via that program.
So i was wondering if there is any chance for me to rescue my phone, either it is software or screen replacement i need.
(If a new SIM is needed for troubleshooting i can just go to the store and get one)
I can also upload a video of the phone if that would be to any help.
Edit: Seems like every time i touch the upper/middle part of the screen the lower part of the screen also registers my touch.
Thank you for helping me out with this troublesome issue.
snorketre said:
Ok, so half a year ago i used my xperia arc for a couple of minutes, locked it. And then when i was about to unlock it just 2 minutes later the phone started vibrating, the slide to unlock button was blinking and the lower part of the screen was not responding to my touch.
I could however unlock the phone by swiping my finger from left to right about 2,5cm higher than the swipe to unlock button is located.
.
I delivered it to service and they told me it was water damage to the motherboard, and that i had to get a new phone. (I dont think its water damage, since the water sensors where triggered when i lost the phone in the snow half a year before this happened, and at the time the screen malfunctioned the phone had been dry for ages)
I now own a iPhone 5, but it would be nice to have a phone i could use when in dangerous situations, camping in the forest, skiing etc.
Now i have tried to connect my Arc to the pc and opened up pc companion, but i have lost the SIM card a long time ago, and i can not enter the unlock pattern on my phone due to the weird screen, so i am not able to troubleshoot the phone via that program.
So i was wondering if there is any chance for me to rescue my phone, either it is software or screen replacement i need.
(If a new SIM is needed for troubleshooting i can just go to the store and get one)
I can also upload a video of the phone if that would be to any help.
Thank you for helping me out with this troublesome issue.
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I correct my self, the video would be really useful, if you could please post it, thanks.
Ahhh.... cant post "outside links"... i uploaded the video on youtube...
Can i upload it on this site somewhere?
snorketre said:
Ahhh.... cant post "outside links"... i uploaded the video on youtube...
Can i upload it on this site somewhere?
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Use the youtube video feature on the forum.
Take the video code and put it between youtube tags, for example
If video's link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA, then the video code is everything after =, in this case it is
JmvCpR45LKA
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So you have to put it between youtube tags, like this
Code:
[ YOUTUBE]JmvCpR45LKA[/YOUTUBE]
(Remove the space between [ and Y, I removed it to show, how it works.)
Then it appears like this
This was just an example. Post your video by the same method.
Have you tried flashing stock firmware?
From what I think this is that somehow ur screens size has been reduced in the system, bcuz if the screen would have gone bad u wudnt be able to unlock it from 2.5cm above the actual place
But this is just me guessing a reason
I suggest you flash stock firmware using flashtool, or use repair option on PC companion
There are many guides on xda to use flashtool
Sent from my LT18i
Ok, so here is a cropped clip of the phone, at about 01:00 i managed to unlock the phone, but as you see that does not help me...
Sorry for awkward camera handling
snorketre said:
Ok, so here is a cropped clip of the phone, at about 01:00 i managed to unlock the phone, but as you see that does not help me...
Sorry for awkward camera handling
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Flash stock firmware with SEUS.
Prider555 said:
Flash stock firmware with SEUS.
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I found a tutorial on how to do it, but the link to download seus sends me to sonymobile.com/uk... and i am not able to find a download, would you mind helping me out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1376184
This is the tutorial i found, would this work?
snorketre said:
Ok, so half a year ago i used my xperia arc for a couple of minutes, locked it. And then when i was about to unlock it just 2 minutes later the phone started vibrating, the slide to unlock button was blinking and the lower part of the screen was not responding to my touch.
I could however unlock the phone by swiping my finger from left to right about 2,5cm higher than the swipe to unlock button is located.
.
I delivered it to service and they told me it was water damage to the motherboard, and that i had to get a new phone. (I dont think its water damage, since the water sensors where triggered when i lost the phone in the snow half a year before this happened, and at the time the screen malfunctioned the phone had been dry for ages)
I now own a iPhone 5, but it would be nice to have a phone i could use when in dangerous situations, camping in the forest, skiing etc.
Now i have tried to connect my Arc to the pc and opened up pc companion, but i have lost the SIM card a long time ago, and i can not enter the unlock pattern on my phone due to the weird screen, so i am not able to troubleshoot the phone via that program.
So i was wondering if there is any chance for me to rescue my phone, either it is software or screen replacement i need.
(If a new SIM is needed for troubleshooting i can just go to the store and get one)
I can also upload a video of the phone if that would be to any help.
Thank you for helping me out with this troublesome issue.
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If i was U
for first work i'll flash an stock firmware using flashtool
Testing out sony update service now :silly: Hope it works
Ok, so sony update service set my phone to factory default, updated it to android 4.(something) aaaanndddd....... screen is still not working
s.bluedreams said:
If i was U
for first work i'll flash an stock firmware using flashtool
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I cant rly enable usb debugging, so i think im out of luck there
Edit: Flashed the phone with flashtool, screen still not working :L
Note that this phone have never been attempted rooted or similar.
Ok ya it should have upgraded u to ICS 4.0.4
But I guess I have no other solution, sorry :-/
Sent from my LT18i
No-one else?
None of you know how to fix this?!?
Just give me some feedback, no answers does me no good :L
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Super uber bump...
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[Q] Screen Dead, Need to Erase Files

Hello All,
I've been here for some time just reading...first time posting.
Learned a lot here, rooted a few phones, got myself out of a few jams in the past too...
Well this time I'm in a jam and can't find any info to get out of this problem...
So the screen went black after it got cracked, and the touch screen doesn't seem to respond at all.
I have a replacement coming (had to pay 150 through T-Mobile even though I have insurance - ridiculous)...
Anyway I have to send this one back when the replacement shows up.
I got files and things on the internal storage that I need to remove, texting apps with conversations I don't need anyone else seeing...etc
I can't do anything with the phone since I can't see the screen...
Don't know what the hell to do...suggestions?
Thanks,
Duke
I should add that I'm running Cyanogenmod......
If it powers on then you should be able to connect to yhe computer and format /data using adb.
DocHoliday77 said:
If it powers on then you should be able to connect to yhe computer and format /data using adb.
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Not familiar with it - looked at it....looks a little complicated but I'll have to figure it out
Just thought of something...can't I enter recovery and just follow the appropriate steps to master reset (just doing it blindly)...
I managed to hard reset and then unroot the phone by watching videos and just following the timing of each step
Takes a couple tries but it's possible!
dukeentdotcom said:
I managed to hard reset and then unroot the phone by watching videos and just following the timing of each step
Takes a couple tries but it's possible!
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So did the display come back on your damaged gs3 or have you already sent it back? Since I'm almost in the same boat as you
Jiggs82 said:
So did the display come back on your damaged gs3 or have you already sent it back? Since I'm almost in the same boat as you
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No, the display didn't come back.
I just found a video on youtube where the person showed the phone as they did a hard reset and also an unroot.
I just followed the same steps they did (blindly obviously) and I knew it was done correctly if the phone would reboot at the right time, or when I did the unroot when the phone reboot I can hear the T-Mobile stock jingle on the boot screen.

[Q] recover data, dead screen

I'm trying to help a friend recover mainly pictures from her phone. She dropped it down some carpeted steps and now the screen is dead. To avoid paying $200ish to replace the screen or turning in the phone to get a new one (right now), her main goal is to get the photos. The phone is unrooted and has a lock code. What can be done or steps to get inside the internal drive?
digitallure said:
I'm trying to help a friend recover mainly pictures from her phone. She dropped it down some carpeted steps and now the screen is dead. To avoid paying $200ish to replace the screen or turning in the phone to get a new one (right now), her main goal is to get the photos. The phone is unrooted and has a lock code. What can be done or steps to get inside the internal drive?
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You should be able to hook it up to your computer via USB and copy the photos to the computer. I do that all the time and don't have to unlock the phone to do so.

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