Greetz
My sister had a Droid 2 Global with Verizon and then one day she accidentially got some coffee spilled over it... it was never soaked, but it was affected enough to render the phone useless... and ever since she got a replacement phone I have been trying to figure out how to make use of this puppy.
It is running Froyo and I know that USB Debugging is NOT enabled.... it is off. So I cant do anything with this without usb debugging.
The video above - thats the extent of the screen turning on. I cant give up on this thing -- it turns on, it vibrates, and the green LED light flashes with a message. I just cant see the runtime. DroidExplorer, AndroidCommander, QDBADB are not picking it up and forget about adb commands because my sis is not the kind to root or mess with her phone so I know she did not have USB debugging enabled.
I have followed the guides here and there... http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/Android_Recovery and nothings happenin.. just the screen light comes on.
I want to try flashing SBF or flashing recovery or FORCING usb debugging on.... if I can at least root this thing, it is going to be useful with or without a screen. Does anyone have ideas for me to try? Or is my only option to mess with hardware? Its literally brand new.
So a long post short... how do I force usb debugging? there MUST be a way...
short and fugly video here to basically show the screen light coming on.
http://youtu.be/gz2FudevWCw
Heres a link to force USB debugging -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146358 suggested to obtain a backup and flash it or restore it with USB enabled... however need root to do that...
Then I am wondering about somehow getting build prop and changing it to "persist.service.usb.setting=1" -- again you need root... right?
All you need to do to SBF is to get into bootloader, which shouldn't be an issue. Odds are the digitizer just needs to be replaced if you'd like a functional device.
no kiddin? Thanks for giving me hope! Everyone else is telling me to throw it off a cliff, but I cant do it yet. Ok... I am going to learn about SBF now... (my first dabble with a moto device) thanks mate!
By not working, I mean that my device isn't recognized in windows. I have installed the proper samsung drivers, I have turned debugging mode on and off, I have also swapped cables, all with the same response. "USB Device not Recognized" It works fine on my home machine but I am currently on my laptop and need to get data off of it. I am using CleanRom so I am not sure if that changes anything. Any suggestions?
What kind of phone is something you should always mention, a Samsung Galaxy, Android version __ etc… But always leave debugging on, always. There could be a problem with the computer not recognizing it, it's happened to me. Or it could be something with the phone but more info would be more helpful. Never mind I didn't see it was under att gs4.
Sent from my brain to your eyes, to your brain, using my Galaxy S3, running Cm 10.1. I'm in your head now.
Make sure your drivers are correct and up to date. Make sure you hit "accept" on any messages displayed on your phone (connection). Make sure the USB cable you use is working,. Try another USB port on you PC.
You said you did many of these things, but I would check them again. You can always try to see if ODIN or KIES detects your phone. If not, it is most likely a drivers / cable / port issue. Good luck.
apokalypzninja said:
What kind of phone is something you should always mention, a Samsung Galaxy, Android version __ etc… But always leave debugging on, always. There could be a problem with the computer not recognizing it, it's happened to me. Or it could be something with the phone but more info would be more helpful. Never mind I didn't see it was under att gs4.
Sent from my brain to your eyes, to your brain, using my Galaxy S3, running Cm 10.1. I'm in your head now.
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Figured since it was Galaxy S4 forum that might be obvious, but it is the ATT version. Still no idea, gonna reboot in a few to see if that solves it. Will report back
Didn't reboot system, instead I turned phone off and plugged it in waiting for it to show the charging symbol, turned it on, windows saw it fine.
Hello there,
today, it just happened out of the blue, my pretty new S7 does only show up a blank grass green screen now! It can be turned off and on, touch works. I just can't see anything at all anymore. I really need a way to mirror the screen to the PC or something... USB debugging is not active :crying:. There are some apps installed, I need to use because I have to create the backup files in them!
What would be the easiest way to get access to this?
The phone is connected to my WiF if that helps.
Thank you so much!
I need help really urgently. (
Put it in download mode and reflash in odin
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NewHere92 said:
I need help really urgently. (
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If you can aquire a mhl cable for your s7 you will be able to output the video output of the s7/edge to a tv/display. Just search mhl cable for s7 edge on amazon or ebay and you should be good to go.
Edit: just read the s7 and the s7 edge don't support mhl so you might be out of luck.
@Rydah805 I want to backup my data .... and I don't think that would help at all. The screen is pretty much done.
@amar95353 I read online that there is no more MHL support on the S7 anymore.
NewHere92 said:
@Rydah805 I want to backup my data .... and I don't think that would help at all. The screen is pretty much done.
@amar95353 I read online that there is no more MHL support on the S7 anymore.
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Your SOL on data. You can try SmartSwitch on PC but even then you'll need to approve the backup via the phone.
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NewHere92 said:
Hello there,
today, it just happened out of the blue, my pretty new S7 does only show up a blank grass green screen now! It can be turned off and on, touch works. I just can't see anything at all anymore. I really need a way to mirror the screen to the PC or something... USB debugging is not active :crying:. There are some apps installed, I need to use because I have to create the backup files in them!
What would be the easiest way to get access to this?
The phone is connected to my WiF if that helps.
Thank you so much!
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Original answer deleted. I'm a complete idiot. I should have checked but believe I was given incorrect information from my sprint sales person on location of reset. Sorry.
I turned off the phone many times.
Phone works fine, just the screen doesn't. I found a lot of forum posts for this problem it seems common...
I didn't root this phone.
Now, I finally know what's the hole for LMAO! What does happen if I poke it? Update: Hey, that hole is not used for resetting the phone. It's for noise reduction.
I don't think this will help on a broken screen anyway.
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i assume you turned your phone completely off and on again (not just the screen).
If you did that, did you try a reset? There is a little hole on the top of your phone and in your box, you received a little tool. Poke the hole and hold it in until something happens (a few secs). This sort of reset is like pulling the battery. You should not lose any data in doing this.
If you created this problem by trying to root your phone unsuccessfully... Then you will probably need to odin new stock software.
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please dont put anything in that hole. This is not a reset button............... ITS A MICROPHONE and that tool its design to open the sim card bay.
Don't worry, I wont do that.
I'm so stuck here... and also I need to send this phone to T-Mobile! Right now I 'm using an iPad as a phone replacement. lol
Just wish I could save this data...
Is your screen experiencing this?
http://i.imgur.com/iOmtR2T.jpg
If so, it's a defective screen.
I got mine replaced already since it was under 30 days replacement guarantee. You can read more about it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3359221
But the bad news is you won't be able to backup anything. I had to sacrifice a lot of stuff as well.
This is exactly what my screen does look like! And I did not only had problems with the screen, I wasn't able to get my carrier's settings automatically, I have problems with the charging, it won't display my phone number in the settings and also sometimes the camera app freezes. I installed the updates which didn't change anything. This new smartphone which doesn't even has a tiny scratch, never fall down is totally wrecked. Really disappointed about this "top high end" phone. I don't trust, that it will work after they "repeard it". I have it since release.
It's like really a huge amount of data... Of one app it is everything from 2 years (7GB)! There is no possibility to create a backup, you can just send the data to a new phone via WiFi that's all. If your phone breaks everything is lost.
I realized many app developers don't take enoughh care of backup solutions.
Yesterday the screen got back to life but just for a short moment
So it seems like there is no way to get back this data...
Can I get back my WhatsApp backup at least? I was able to create a backup before the screen died. When I plug in the phone to PC I can see "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" in my explorer an that's about it. When I click on it there is no content to show.
I just got an idea how to enable the god damn USB debugging!
Can someone share here how to connect the device as a mass storage to PC (by screenshots please)!
I was just thinking, I can work my way to the Developer Options by taking screenshots but I need to access the media for this!
When I connect the device to PC and then click on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge it's empty... There most be done something before.
Thanks!
You guys can call me a ****ing genius! I managed to install Teamviewer by taking screenshots and look at them on the PC (I set up the device as mass storage blindly) so I knew what to do next. It was still tricky but possible.
I'm recovering my data now.
Thanks to the Google voice app I was able to type in "Teamviewer"
Thank you anyway!
NewHere92 said:
You guys can call me a ****ing genius! I managed to install Teamviewer by taking screenshots and look at them on the PC (I set up the device as mass storage blindly) so I knew what to do next. It was still tricky but possible.
I'm recovering my data now.
Thanks to the Google voice app I was able to type in "Teamviewer"
Thank you anyway!
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WTF bro! You seem to hack it pretty easily!
Wish you had done that before mine got replaced.
Now I have permanently lost my previous data
techsammy said:
WTF bro! You seem to hack it pretty easily!
Wish you had done that before mine got replaced.
Now I have permanently lost my previous data
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It wasn't really easy dude... The most difficult was to make this damn thing work as a mass storage device. So I could finally have access to the data on the Windows Explorer.... I was just touching on the screen like a maniac!
But this is a way to do it guys. If you own a Galaxy S7 Edge I recommend to activate USB debugging and install Teamviewer quick support (Samsung version, there are different editions) just in case the screen breaks. lol I install Teamviewer on all my devices now...
Hey! The same thing just happened to my phone an hour ago. Green grassy screen. It's terrible!
Ok, so what were the steps you took in order to get to where you can turn on USB debugging and backup your phone?
Well, what happens when you connect your phone to your Computer (USB)? If nothing, then you need to check connect the device as camera or mass storage, blindly! Which is kinda tricky... You need to pull down your notification bar and then select the USB options thing and in this menu which pops up you need to select camera or mass storage... But once you get that done, you're good to go! You will be able to take screenshots and view them on your computer instantly. You don't really need to care about USB debugging, you can just get Teamviewer Quick Support (for Samsung) that is really important, the normal version won't work!
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Well, what happens when you connect your phone to your Computer (USB)? If nothing, then you need to check connect the device as camera or mass storage, blindly! Which is kinda tricky... You need to pull down your notification bar and then select the USB options thing and in this menu which pops up you need to select camera or mass storage... But once you get that done, you're good to go! You will be able to take screenshots and view them on your computer instantly. You don't really need to care about USB debugging, you can just get Teamviewer Quick Support (for Samsung) that is really important, the normal version won't work!
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Thanks for the reply. It actually looks like my issue was much worse. My phone degraded pretty quickly, since I wrote my post. It got to a point that while I could type on my lockscreen, it wouldn't go past and enter the OS. I didn't even have a green screen anymore, the screen turned to an off black. At that point, I gave up and sent it in for repairs. I think the motherboard got fried.
Hello people,
so a few days ago I dropped my Galaxy S5 and the screen is now black, I can't use it. I want to try to save the data, but it's not as easy as plug in and transfer, since I have a password that I can't unlock. Using a screen mirroring program is also out of question, because I had USB Debugging disabled before I dropped it.
My next thought was to enable USB debugging with the help of adb, but that didn't work, since adb sees my device as "unauthorized". It still shows up as "Samsung Android ADB Interface" up in the Windows Device Manager.
So my next thought was to flash a custom recovery such as CWM via Odin (my phone doesn't have to be rooted for that, right?). That way I could use the volume keys to navigate through recovery mode once I enter it. All I would have to do is look at screenshots online and count how many times I press the volume buttons to know when to hit enter since the sceen doesn't work.
Would that even be helpful? I really hope that someone can help me or at least tell me there is no possible way to recover the files so I can sleep in peace. I've been trying so much, but all I find is more problems. I even had to use the Samsung 300K tool to enter Download mode, since that didn't work at one point. And I did that to use Dr. Fone's Android Lock Screen Remover which didn't remove my password. So that was 50 dollars well spent.
Looking forward to any kind of help, really desperate right now!
i dont think you can enable usb debugging from outside of the GUI. Can you use one of those MHL devices to get the display output to something? Perhaps the digitizer will still recognize touch input and let you turn it on from there.
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i dont think you can enable usb debugging from outside of the GUI. Can you use one of those MHL devices to get the display output to something? Perhaps the digitizer will still recognize touch input and let you turn it on from there.
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That's a pretty good idea! Looks like I haven't tried everything after all. I'll take a look if I the local electric market has some sort of adapter or is there anything I have to take into consideration? I am not familiar with the term MHL...
zakuani said:
That's a pretty good idea! Looks like I haven't tried everything after all. I'll take a look if I the local electric market has some sort of adapter or is there anything I have to take into consideration? I am not familiar with the term MHL...
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nothing else really to take into consideration, just hope it works for ya
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I realize the BLU C5L is a very inexpensive (meaning cheap) phone and I'm not expecting some 'miracle cure to make it the latest, greatest phone ever". I'm having a number of issues w/ this phone and feel that re-flashing may/should be the answer(?) Right now ,#1. I can't even get WIN 10 to recognize the phone so that I could flash it. #2. read that phone needed to be rooted before flashing and I've tried 3 different programs and all get to 78 -83% and quit saying phone can't be rooted.(???) I've made sure I have USB debugging, 3rd party apps checked, and MTP checked. Oh, that's another thing, MTP will NOT stay on...upon sleep, shutdown or comp to phone disconnect, it always reverts to PTP. C'mon, is Android 8.1 GO that difficult? Sure would appreciate some "know-how" concerning this phone. THANX
Addendum: Just tried KingRoot (again) and it and said " too many phones connected select only one device" Yea, well...had only one???? got that solved and next: "KingRoot says failed to obtain root permission" C'mon...it can't be that difficult on such a cheap phone??? ANYONE....what the hell is going on? Hope to hear from someone who knows about this phone and what I need to do to get it rooted/re-flashed. THANX
RICK