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Hey there guys.
Dropped the Uni and the screen fell off and smashed, its still conected via the wire, and i can still sync it to my pc.
However, I have stuff on there that i would like to keep, such as texts (sms), pic messages (mms). Idealy, i would like to be able to "image" it, like you do with a PC, then copy it onto the replacement phone (already sorted, under 24 hours with o2 insurance) so its exactly the same.
Is something like that possible? Bearing in mind i cant see/use the screen.
Ive tried to find a screen control app, but they all the ones I have found require you to run something on the device, which i cant do.
If it helps, its running WM6 and im running Vista.
Any help at all would be really appreciated
Thanks,
Chris
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dw, i gave up and just put everyhting back on there.
I just wanted to know what I needed to do to my wizard before sending it in for a repair through radio shack. I have unlocked the sim and cid, does this need to be relocked before sending the device in?
Please adivse, thank you.
*BUMP*
Can someone please advise what should be done. I want to send my device in so I can get a replacement. I love this phone.
Thank you in advance.
Individual warranties vary, but the safest bet would be to undo as much modification as you can. Take it back as far as possible towards "stock" configuration.
Also, you need to be patient when posting to bulletin boards. Sometimes, there's just nobody around, and other times, there's nobody who has the answer. It gets pretty annoying to have to read a bunch of, "I don't know, either," messages.
What is wrong or what needs to be repaired?
If you want to get it repaired i suggest ppc techs to repair it. I broke me usb port and the fixed like new. Good and fast service too!
Check it out here:http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~Cingular_8125-559~area~repairs~action~updateunit.htm
Hi;
I have lost my phone, I know where I left it but its not there now someone must have picked it up. I have tried ringing it to see if a friendly kind has picked it up and is attempting to get it back to me but it goes straight to the answer phone so either its out of signal, switched off or the phone was found by a not so nice person and they have already swapped the SIM card.
In desperation I logged into HTC Sense and locked the phone and submitted a message? Will this work??
Now that I have locked the phone will I still be able to ring it in case someone answers?
I paid in excess of £450 for this phone unlocked from Carphone Warehouse : ( and desperately need it back.
Any ideas.
Thanks
Thanks
Report it lost to police, other than that I dunno. If you get it back install Prey, just google it and everything you need to know is there.
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Sadly htc sense is a joke. Anyone with half a clue can bypass it with a factory reset.
So, I was re-reading the schematics, and while I was looking at the boot settings/hardwired configs (page 18 of the 44-page document you find floating around the web), I noticed there is a way to set a RECOVEY_MODE# flag (seems to use a pulldown resistor for that), setting either "USB Recovery Mode" or tell the SoC to "Boot from secondary device'
I can't really afford messing with my N7 right now, since phone #2 is dead and the good old TF101 needs a new cable...Anyone got any ideas on this, or has a spare, semi-dead/semi-unusable device to see if this has any useful functionality? Might save people who are bricked and without NVFlash/APX blobs...Will try to get my hands on a dead device to push this farther.
GRudolf94 said:
So, I was re-reading the schematics, and while I was looking at the boot settings/hardwired configs (page 18 of the 44-page document you find floating around the web), I noticed there is a way to set a RECOVEY_MODE# flag (seems to use a pulldown resistor for that), setting either "USB Recovery Mode" or tell the SoC to "Boot from secondary device'
I can't really afford messing with my N7 right now, since phone #2 is dead and the good old TF101 needs a new cable...Anyone got any ideas on this, or has a spare, semi-dead/semi-unusable device to see if this has any useful functionality? Might save people who are bricked and without NVFlash/APX blobs...Will try to get my hands on a dead device to push this farther.
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This is a good idea to try pull down this signal and get the recovery mode but you need to try. I am not sure if it is workable. your experience will help us to save N7's life.:good:
BTW, would you please tell me how to get the device's schematic. I dont know whether we have the opportunity to get a gsm phone call if i have the schematic.
Like I said, I have no fallback, so I can't be fussing with my N7. @p5auser, PM'd you the link...Anyone with a bricked device or broken screen?
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Like I said, I have no fallback, so I can't be fussing with my N7. @p5auser, PM'd you the link...Anyone with a bricked device or broken screen?
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it is difficult to read the schematics on the website. i will try to print out. I had ever bricked my N7 device after doing firmware upgraded and went to RMA.
The RMA replace the internal PCBA. so i recommend you go to RMA if your warranty is valid.
p5auser said:
it is difficult to read the schematics on the website. i will try to print out. I had ever bricked my N7 device after doing firmware upgraded and went to RMA.
The RMA replace the internal PCBA. so i recommend you go to RMA if your warranty is valid.
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The point is, people that are desperate enough to fuss around with the hardware (and have the knowledge to do so, reading schematics included) to try a fix are most likely out of warranty. Also, the Grouper/Tilapia models have been replaced already, and most of those units are over 1 year old, and thus, out of warranty. I, personally, don't have such a problem with my tablet, but I wanted to see if this is helpful to anyone. It's just a matter of reading the table contained in the document, finding the mentioned resistor (or it's place) on the board, and mod it.
Hi, so I recently smashed the H*** out of my Essential Phone. I put my sim in my wife's old Nexus to try and get back into the Gmail account I've had for 10+ years, and they've forced 2 step verification onto my account and will not let me use my number for recovery. The ONLY way to complete this verification is to use my Broken Essential Phone to accept screen prompt. So here's my question... I was rooted, with TWRP and Custom rom but do have Full Back ups on my computer, so if I were able to get another essential phone and root it, would I be able to then restore the factory image and back ups I had created for this old essential phone onto the new device and gain access to my Gmail account that way, or am I totally out of luck unless I fix my smashed phone enuf to get to the screen on to accept screen prompt to verify my identity....? Any insight here is greatly appreciated. I have 1000's of $$ invested in that Gmail and have been unable to access it for a week now. Google has been zero help. Sorry if. This is posted in the wrong space, I haven't been here in a while.
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Hi, so I recently smashed the H*** out of my Essential Phone. I put my sim in my wife's old Nexus to try and get back into the Gmail account I've had for 10+ years, and they've forced 2 step verification onto my account and will not let me use my number for recovery. The ONLY way to complete this verification is to use my Broken Essential Phone to accept screen prompt. So here's my question... I was rooted, with TWRP and Custom rom but do have Full Back ups on my computer, so if I were able to get another essential phone and root it, would I be able to then restore the factory image and back ups I had created for this old essential phone onto the new device and gain access to my Gmail account that way, or am I totally out of luck unless I fix my smashed phone enuf to get to the screen on to accept screen prompt to verify my identity....? Any insight here is greatly appreciated. I have 1000's of $$ invested in that Gmail and have been unable to access it for a week now. Google has been zero help. Sorry if. This is posted in the wrong space, I haven't been here in a while.
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A few years back you used to be able to get a new phone install TWRP create a backup on new phone and then copy the files from the old phones backup into the new backup folder (with the new unique file number). But think I read this doesn't work anymore on new version (but not sure you'll have to check yourself or hopefully someone here knows)
Even if that works what type of 2FA is it? Authenticator or SMS?
https://support.google.com/accounts/troubleshooter/4430955?hl=en
without a backup code it may not work anyhow
if you can see your screen but touch is not working just plug a mouse into the usb & click away! If screen is blacked out but rest of hardware good easiest to buy a replacement screen as cheap or use usb-hdmi hub to mirror screen (not sure if Essential phone requires any input to set up as haven't tried with this phone)
If other hardware damage it will depend, but as rooted you are in with a chance. Is usb debugging on?
Thanks for your response, Google has been zero help and I've definitely considered ordering a screen to see if I can get the old device to work, but the og screen is detached from the chip board, as far as I can tell it will power on with some serious prompting, but idk if it's actually trying to boot up or in some kind of safe mode detecting the screen is missing, or just wrecked completely...? Lol the notification Light stays red until the battery dies. I've considered maybe trying to clone the esn of my old essential phone to another phone to try to trick their servers that way but idk if they recognize the device via that (The ESN) or tokens generated locally on the device, and the more I think about it, the more I think the latter sounds more logical considering the nature of the beast I'm fighting here... Seems It would b wildly irresponsible of them to rely solely on esn to identify a "Trusted" device. Idk what to do, lol except cry... I'm basically at a loss at this point, so I will order a screen and go from there I guess, if the screen option doesn't work. You'd think with the money they have, they'd have some type of account recovery team, or a way to recover in the event something like this happens, or someone to speak to at the very least, the can verify my account in seconds over the phone, but do literally nothing for me, nor let me speak with or point me towards anyone who can.... And this is a pretty common issue it seems after lookin at their "Community help section" it's literally top to bottom ppl complaining about what I'm looking to "get help" with. There is zero reason they should be forcing 2fv on my account it's shut off in my account settings, I can get far enuf to c them, just doesn't let me change anything with out "Signing in" and verifying. Nor does it give me the option to use my only ACTUAL set up recovery option on the account, a code via text. It's almost like theyre protecting all my own s***, from me. The owner. Makes zero sense to me.
It sounds like when you setup the essential, you configured your Google account to use the *device* (via the Google app) for verification. I've done this also, but I have an old device also configured to authenticate. So the pop-up screen appears on both.
If you use a computer to log into your Google account (not gmail) on the screen that is waiting for verification, there should be a link to try a different method. Hopefully you setup a secondary email address in addition to the gmail account one.
Edit: start here https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7682439?hl=en
OT: I realize you are frustrated, but it would be easier to pick out the relevant information in your posts if they were not one long paragraph.