I recently acquired a damaged Kindle Fire. (I'll refer to it below as the 'new' one, even though it is, like my others, used.) The obvious damage is to the screen: it has a fan of cracks on it. However, touch fully works, so that is not my problem.
The problem is that, although the USB port works for charging, I have not been able to establish any USB connection with my Mac. I have other KF's which work with the same connection methods that I have tried without success on this new one. This includes using both regular and factory cables. Nothing works to get the computer to see this and when I start with the factory cable this Kindle just boots normally rather than stopping at the bootloader screen.
This new one has the stock ROM, version 6.3.1, and I have not dealt with any stock ROM since last winter, so I might as well be a noob in that regard. There appears to be no way of turning on ADB debugging, but I doubt that would help anyway, since the Mac's System Profiler doesn't see the KF at all, regardless of what I do.
I do notice that the USB port seems a bit loose and that the cable plug end can move from side to side a bit more than it does on other KF's, but holding it steady in various positions doesn't help.
So, I'm wondering if there's anything I can do with the software that might solve the problem or at least let me get fuller use of the KF, including rooting it and loading apps, without opening the device and repairing the USB port.
Suggestions appreciated.
So. My sister recently got a Verizon Galaxy S4 (i have no idea what model # or anything, as she lives on the other side of town) and she recently dropped it down some concrete stairs. She ended up breaking the screen (and possibly the digitizer) but the device still turns on. The blue light in the top left comes on, and the soft keys light up. Shes in desperate need of help because parts of her upcoming wedding plans (stored in pics, docs, and pdfs) are trapped inside this now half broken phone. She is unrooted, did not have USB debug enabled, and had a pin code on her phone. Is there any way i can adb in, or connect it to some program (win7) that would be able to pull all her internal sd card files and dump them on my computer? Any help is much appreciated.
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So far i had 2 thoughts: have you tried plugging the device into Win7 and seeing if the regular mtp storage will work? Also if you had or could acquire an adapter to plug the phone into an hdmi tv, you might be able to send or upload the needed files somewhere, and/or enable usb debugging that way.
The pin lock might be a pain, but you could try guess-pressing the screen to unlock it. Otherwise you might be looking at also somehow using another adapter to plug in a usb keyboard.
I hope this gets the idea ball rolling anyway also you might be able to go into Download mode, even tho you can't see it, then flash a custom recovery where adb does work.
Plug it into a computer and take the files from the phone and add it to the computer.
If that doesn't work.
Buy an MHL HDMI adapter for our S4 from Ebay so you can connect to a television to see the screen there.
Hope it helps.
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HI
Bit of a problem, my girlfriend broke my Note 2 screen...:crying:
I need to get photos and documents off my phone but cant open it as a drive on my pc because of the lockscreen pin.
Is there any way of deactivating without use of the screen.
Thanks
Have you tried a wireless mouse with an otg cable?
Thanks Mate
not sure how I could have used mouse either as the lcd was smashed and couldn't see numbers. Not to worry I put a new screen on it. All good now
I have a TV box whit Intel atom z3735f quad-core, 2GB di RAM and 32GB of memory, HDMI, two USB, battery internal, bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi dualband(2.4 and 5ghz), preinstalled windows 8.1(i think 'RT') whit Bing, charge whit another micro-usb port!! Model name: Wintel Mini iPC002 (Vensmile W10) Producer: Vissontech [search it for other features] it's a good product for good price!!
Initially i have a problem whit the two USB and i think that it was disable on the bios setup. I procure an otg cable and connect the keyboard in a micro-usb port to finish a pre-configuration of Windows. Then i reboot and enter in the bios setup. Whit my big surprise, everithing is enable!..then reboot and try the two USB, but nothing: don't work!
At last, i re-enter in the bios setup and i can't select or change nothing!..I repeat the operation but i can't change nothing in the bios setup and the two USB don't work!!
Do you say me one way to reset the bios?..or one solution for the problem that i described in this post?
Exist a tool to flash a bios in WinOS for this product whit Intel processor?
Thank you for your time!
Hope in more reply
Best regardes
Soon.
Same problem
Hello novellus2014, i have exactly the same problem : the 2 USB ports doesn't work.
I have test 2 mouses and 2 keyboard. The led on the mouse don't light. Same for the led on the keyboard (caps lock...).
So perhaps there is a problem with the power on the USB ports ?
I can't finish Windows 8.1 install, i am blocked on the language selection of Windows 8.1.
To finish the install you have use an OTG USB cable on the mini USB power port ??
Thanks to send me a message if you found a solution for the USB ports. I'll do the same for you if i found a solution...
a friend!!
hi mediapole, luckily or unfortunately, we have a same problem!!
the answer at your question is: YES!!
i use an OTG cable for finish an initial install.
but or use it or charge the mini pc..a bad solution for use this product
also in my opinion the problem is the power of USB ports!!
also the led of my pen drive is off when it is attached!!
i have send a mail at vissontech and wait for response.
Soon
Same here
Just received my unit and have the same issues and the same oppinion. I think it is about not having power on those two USB ports, maybe a hw problem? I hope not.
I guess I will try to power the unit through the micro usb port, and I will use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and a big SD for storage
I am sending them an email too.
are you able to find solution to BIOS issue?
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are you able to find solution to BIOS issue?
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I bought it through Aliexpress. I contacted the seller and they sent me a new firmware that I was able to update into my device. Still the same, no results, both USB's are just dead, there is not even power on them.
jmontesa said:
I bought it through Aliexpress. I contacted the seller and they sent me a new firmware that I was able to update into my device. Still the same, no results, both USB's are just dead, there is not even power on them.
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I suggest you should try update your BIOS... Guleek i8 has the same hardware configuration...
http://www.guleek.com/3c/exzzx_view.asp?id=15
itechengine said:
I suggest you should try update your BIOS... Guleek i8 has the same hardware configuration...
Thank you very much. In fact it seems to be an older BIOS (Vx5_bios_20141231_2117_logo.bin) than the one the seller sent to me (Vx5_bios_201501271131_intel.bin), but still I have given it a try.
Still the same, well now I have lost the conection with bluetooth mouse and keyboard, but I guess I could pair them again if needed.
Now I am waiting the dealer to pay me a 50% of the shipping costs back to them. I have 30 days to return the item.
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Thats bad... I think its because we tried to downgrade the BIOS from higher version. If you reflash the new one it should restore the bluetooth functionality. If possible could you please send (email) me the BIOS you have?[Vx5_bios_201501271131_intel.bin]
Also, see if this helps...
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/how-to-reset-remove-clear-or-reveal-cmos-bios-security-password/
Sure I can send the BIOS. Is your email published? I can't see it.
I agree that upgrading it again bluetooth should come back, I need to find the uUSB to USB cable again to do it.
I will also check the link you sent, but don't you think that after reflashing the BIOS, USB ports should get enabled if they weren't?
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Sure I can send the BIOS. Is your email published? I can't see it.
I agree that upgrading it again bluetooth should come back, I need to find the uUSB to USB cable again to do it.
I will also check the link you sent, but don't you think that after reflashing the BIOS, USB ports should get enabled if they weren't?
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If its a hardware issue then whatever we do it will not get enabled. What i do is i use RDP to this MiniPC if I want to change the settings. That way i dont have to physically connect keyb and mouse to it. I have installed Plex server on this minipc.
I have sent you PM with my email address.
Similar to what I planned at the begining with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. But I'd like to plug my 3Tb disk to it and still keep powered. I have also done some tests with usb hubs, but again no way.
I have tried few things on my mini pc
1) Disabled USB Legacy mode in the BIOS and restarted. flashed the Guleek BIOS BIN file, it flashed successfully and restored BIOS defaults.
2) I have again Disabled USB Legacy mode in the BIOS and restarted. flashed the Vensmile BIOS BIN file, now i cant go to BIOS anymore, it seems it doesn't restore the defaults. I then re-flashed the Guleek BIOS and it started again.
Hi!
i bought 2 days ago a vensmile ipc002.
Im trying to boot with linux usb key, but i have big problems in disabling secure boot...r u able to do it? can you help me?
Everytime it boots windows, even if i made my usb key with rufus, gpt partition, fat32 and every thing i read on the web.
The only way i won is to press restart+shift, then boot/rescue from there by uefi usb....in that way, my pc boot with linux (mate in this case, 64bit version).
Please help me to understand something in bios setup...it seems all disabled, but it everytimes boot windows instead of uefi usb key!!
i tried every solution without success.
I can boot anything ... only win8.1 .
I need to boot linux....is it possible?
Is it possible to flash a different bios without secure boot locked (i disabled from uefi setup but without success...)
Thanks a lot
I have also tried booting with other OS but didn't worked. I will need to investigate more, i will do it this weekend and let you know.
http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/02/13/how-to-install-ubuntu-15-04-on-mele-pcg03-intel-mini-pc/
is this of any help?
Working Solution for the USB Ports!!!
Hello,
i bought this device last week. and the USB Ports was not working.
so i searched through the Forums, but no solution.
the Solution i found out is, that you have to remove the black Stickers on the front and on the back.
under the Stickers there are 3 Screws on each side. on the front is the WLAN Antenna!
just remove the front plate... pay Attention of the Cable from the WLAN!
then press the electric out to the back side!... disconnect the WLAN Antenna from the Mainboard.
i removed the 2 screws from the USB Port and ... the cable was not connected to this circuit board!!
i removed the Battery (the cable is sticked to the battery) ... pulled the cable to the direction of the USB Ports. and connected it to the circuit board...
then the USB Ports are working!!
just Reassembly the Device after this procedure and all is working
Thomas
Thank for the instructions, if you could post some more pics of the screws (locations) and inside the product it will be great.
I did not wrote this, I found it on Amazon review of the pc.
By Brittany Thomason June 21, 2015
USB Problem and Solution for the Vensmile. If you are like me you plugged in your Vensmile and were unable to do anything with the plugged in usb keyboard and mouse. There was no power on mine, I checked with a voltmeter and it was dead. I knew it was powered up since it was coming up with the install for win 8. If you are having the same issue as me you will not have a light between the two usb ports in the back. I carefully peeled the plastic protector off slowly (black side with all the ports). This is a piece of plastic held on with sticky tape. This will expose the three screws. Remove the three screws and the main board will slide out. Mine required a tap on each side to start sliding out. You can see the usb board now and just flip the right battery back off the board. I have attached a pic. You can see it either fell out during transmit or was never attached in the first place. Pull up on the black ribbon connection, slide in the ribbon cable and lock the black ribbon connection back down. You will see the usb come back on right away. Slide it back in the case, attach the three screws and put the plastic stick on cover back on.
(I have image of the insides, but the forum don't let me post it)
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I did it! OMG I did it! It works again! Thomas_Eder and Brittany Thomason thank you so much guys! You are awesome!
1. Use knife to take out the back black bezel. I started from the side and pulled with fingers. Its tough dont worry. It got no scratches.
2. Remove the 3 screws.
3. Tap Tap Tap and the motherboard slide out.
4. On the bottom where the battery is you will have to detatch 2 screws to remove the usb board.
5. See the white ribbon next to battery. Thats it.
6. There is a small cap on the ribbon connector, be careful, open it with nail from the back of his entry.
7. Push the ribbon and close that little lid to hold it in place.
(The usb board will start blink)
8. Dont forget the 2 little screws.
9. Put all inside (watch out for the antenna and ribbon cables).
10. Test. Close. Enjoy.
I made some pics but cannot post them.
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I made video with the pictures on youtube - watch?v=OI55cAELoSo
Hey everyone,
The type C port of my phone stopped working sometime ago. It only charges. However no dash charge is available. Also when I connect my phone to my computer there is absolutely 0 data exchange happening it only charges. Also OTG is not working aswell. When I connect a OTG device and turn on OTG, it only gives power to the OTG device however, no data connection is happening.
Before you may ask,
- I tried multiple cables and different different usb ports and devices.
- I bought a brand new official dash charge cable.
- Turned ON/OFF Usb debugging
- Put "Default Usb Configuration" to "File Transfer" (as well as trying other options such as USB tethering etc)
- Booted into recovery and wiped my cache.
- Cleared the cache of MTP, Media library services. (as well as disabling and re-enabling them)
- Went into factory menu and ran factory tests.
- Went into fast boot menu and recovery and tried plugging the cable for some data exchange.
- Then I determined that the port is damaged from endless usage for years, bought a brand new type c port (with flex cable etc) replacement and installed it.
and still... There is absolutely no data connection happening from the type c port. Just slow charging and nothing else.
More info:
The usb started working out of nowhere for a brief time on it's on and then shut off again. Which led me to believe this is rather a software issue than a hardware one.
The Microphone Jack is also not working (as they are on the same board with the usb port).
I am assuming the service or software responsible of activating the data connection when something plugged is just nothing working.
Has anybody experienced something like that? Is there anything that I can try to fix this issue?
The only thing I have not tried is factory reseting the phone and I am not sure if that would fix this issue and I want to do it as a last resort.
I just don't want to give up on my 5T as it's still rock solid except for this issue.
Damn bro. I am facing the exact same issue. Looks like this is end of life for OP5T phones? I had bought mine in 2017/18 can't remember now! Let me know if you are able to fix it anyway
I had the same symptoms and it was caused by a poorly designed ribbon cable inside the phone. The cable always has a little stress on it and over time it will break the connector on the motherboard.