Hi All
Apologies if this is covered elsewhere, I did attempt to use the search function but i couldn't find anything.
I would greatly appreciate some assistance with this conundrum, I awoke to find my screen cracked (fitful sleep maybe?) and my touchscreen unresponsive.
My insurers do not repair handsets they simply swap them out with refurbs, my replacement is arriving tomorrow.
Now here is my problem, I need access to the filesystem to backup my photos, I don't care about the rest of my data, I have photos of my nephews 1st birthday from earlier this week and would hate to lose them.
I am running Xperia Z stock unrooted, I presume this limits my options somewhat?
Any help anyone could provide will be greatly appreciated.
Thank You
Turning the phone on and connecting it to the PC should give you access to the internal memory, right?
There you can drag and drop DCIM folder, that's where videos and pictures are stored, to your PC and that's about it.
DrKrFfXx said:
Turning the phone on and connecting it to the PC should give you access to the internal memory, right?
There you can drag and drop DCIM folder, that's where videos and pictures are stored, to your PC and that's about it.
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Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be the case, the phone only displays the contents once the Lock Screen code has been entered.
Is there a way to manually enter the lock code without the touch screen? USB host and a keyboard?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
I think you can by fastboot but i don't know the command.
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You need an USB OTG cable, and an USB mouse that way you can input commands via the mouse. There is no need to touch the screen, as the Z detects input from USB OTG without the need of set up anything.
A good advice would be: After you unlock the screen, set the screen timeout to the max time possible, so it doesn't disconect the phone while transfering the data to the pc because screen time out.
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You can see the mouse hovering the screen. It takes inputs as if it was your finger so you can enter the pin.
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You need an USB OTG cable, and an USB mouse that way you can input commands via the mouse. There is no need to touch the screen, as the Z detects input from USB OTG without the need of set up anything.
A good advice would be: After you unlock the screen, set the screen timeout to the max time possible, so it doesn't disconect the phone while transfering the data to the pc because screen time out.
You can see the mouse hovering the screen. It takes inputs as if it was your finger so you can enter the pin.
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Brilliant! Thanks for the info, looks like a visit to my local maplins is in order.
I will let you know how it does.
Thanks again for your time
I have the same phone but the screen is so damaged its not displaying anything, totally black. This makes it a bit difficult to use the mouse option, but could I plug in a usb keyboard and just type the pass?
Just found out its locked with the pattern, so neither will be any good!
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I have some troubles with rather GPS soft like RunGPS Trainer, that cannot control diamond power mode
when i switch off screen, gps and wifi modules switched off too, so I cannot record tracks in RunGPS.
RunGPS can lock screen, but hardkeys still work and screen work too so charge is over too short
anyone use RunGPS? How I can recording tracks with screen blank off and keys locked?
In Run.GPS I just press lock screen (the little lock at the bottom) and it keeps power on but backlight minimal. Or I just use a Bluetooth GPS which is more accurate anyway.
I know about lock button and write about it
but as i wrote, hardkeys stil work! I cannot lock device normally
Your advice about external GPS is unusable too
-you must have it every time you want to use RunGPS (walking in the park for example)
-you must buy it
may be anyone knew program that can lock device completely but disable turn off? Something Like S2U2 but without poweroff?
Or may be we can disable automatic gps off? Wifi disables too by default, but I can tweak it
Go into Settings - Configuration - general settings - When application is locked - lock keys also, use center key for start/stop
Hey, guys
maybe you try to read all I wrote? in diamond this setting is not working! It is not lock even power button
and screen stil work!!! this is not solution! I wrote about it in my first post
Hi,
Works fine on my MDA Compact. Did you check the site for the manual configuration of the GPS. I had to set this to get it to read altitude.
Regards
I use this program about 3 years and I know all it settings
Works fine on MDA Compact? Great, but this is Diamond topic!
AFAIK there is no GPS on MDA Compact (this is Qtek s100, correct?), so there is no problem with built in GPS, you can just turn off device!
And I repeat - lock device button didn't turn off screen
this is stupid solution. Battery lifetime in diamond is small and with powered on screen it is minimal
A simple solution would be just to keep it differently, like in a running armband or on your belt. With the little lock button battery consumption is minimal.
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Here is my Diamond armband
I tend to start off, turning on my music, then start up Run.GPS, hit the start button, then press the little screen lock on the Run.GPS screen, I have Run.GPS speak to me every 30 seconds to tell me, Pace, Distance and speed.
If the device screen turns off, you just hit the top stand by button once to turn on screen again.
Generally I just run, listen to music, let Run.GPS tell me the rest...
The Belkin Ipod Classic armband is perfect
If the device screen turns off, you just hit the top stand by button once to turn on screen again.
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oh, this great
I must check device every time I use GPS software?
and how about ride my bicycle? Regullary stop to check screen?
A simple solution would be just to keep it differently, like in a running armband or on your belt
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I keep it differently
but I can accidentally press any key when I get it from it case. And screen work too!!!
I repeat: this is not solution
I don't want: check screen every time I use GPS software / buy mda compact / use dim backlight instead / use music player to turn off screen
enough those answers!
there is two ways to solve this problem as I say
-find tweak to keep GPS on while device is in stand by
-small utility that can lock device and turn off screen, but keep device on (and GPS too)
do you can tell something about those two ways?
I got bored and my battery was having issues where it doesn't update correctly on the status bar so I decided to open the tablet up.
Everything seem to be in place and no loose wires, Here we go. Attempt this at your own risk.
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--> Remove the screws in each housing where the dock will go. Be careful the screws are very small.
--> Stick that screw driver in there. after removing the screw, use the screwdriver to push on the screen upward from inside the housing. Push gently.
And you can go along the screen with a plastic prier to lift the rest of the screen. Once you done that
--> Here's the inside.
--> lift up the white strip tab to remove the cable. Be Gentle ( located on the left side of the tablet )
--> Lift up the black strip tab to remove the cable. Be Gentle ( located on the back of the screen )
--> removing these cables will disconnect the screen from the tablet itself.
--> A interesting find. The metal housing where the dock goes was loose when i opened up the tablet. (I dont have a dock yet) so the housing was loose out of the box. This is probably what was causing all the loose locking mechanism for the tablet and dock. (Dat arrow)
Terrible quality control by Asus :|
Wow, I could have used this about 24 hours ago. I ended up just winging it anyway, I was actually regretting not taking pictures so I could post a teardown like you just did.
I was also going to post the possible WiFi fix I attempted. When the tablet is opened up, there are four little springy tabs (pogos?) on the top right corner of the motherboard that connect to the screen when assembled (two for WiFi, two for GPS). My suspicion is that they were not connecting fully from the motherboard to the back of the screen. I had been having problems with WiFi dropping out which coincidentaly started around the time my tablet developed screen click. In an attempt to fix the screen click, I pressed firmly around the bezzel which I suspect pushed my pins down far enough to create connection issues.
What I did was simply stretch the pins back out towards the screen contacts. It did seem to help a little bit, but I have been brainstorming a better way to ensure contact.
All that being said I am no developer. I got the idea from here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgx2Kpfi-Ps
Also, I take no responsibility if you try this method, and break your device.
The wife took her AT&T S6 Active in the pool today to grab a quick pic (for the thousandth time in the two years she's had it) when it reset, and now it's having all kinds of crazy random screen tap inputs without being touched, randomly rebooting, and even doing this:
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(I don't know why, but I can't get the image to embed to save my life. Tried 3 different hosting services, no love. WTF, XDA?)
Anyway...if the pic didn't work, it's a blue screen talking about how custom OSs can harm your device.
So yea...sure seems to me like water damage. How is this a thing?
Nvm. I'm nuts.
The blue screen talking about custom OSes is the download mode warning. It should say something like press volume up to continue or volume down to restart. If you didn't intentionally hold home and volume up, some buttons may be jammed.
I've had the same issue just from having it in the bathroom when I take a QUICK shower. It's water "resistant" basically, and the water "proof" feature is pretty give-or-take. Honestly, my S4 Active seemed much more durable when it came to water; maybe that was due to the rubber piece that covered the charge port, I don't know.
I wouldn't intentionally get it wet anymore and would look at it more as a feature to protect you from accidental damage from this point on. I know that it sucks because we bought this phone due to the fact that we wanted to do things like this, but I've had so many issues with it at this point that I'm just thankful it's still working. The screen taps (I have the feature enabled where I can see where I tap the screen, a small white circle, so I could physically see the ghost-taps all oveR) and random restarts... it's all gone away by now, but my phone will still randomly shut off at times. Even worse, it will boot back up with a black screen; I can hear the sound and it's all running, just no screen. Sometimes I'll have to force-restart it up to TEN TIMES to finally get the screen to come on.
Be thankful it's still working at all and, as much as it sucks, I'd treat it like any other "water is death" phone from now on.
I've noticed these lines appear on screen when my finger touches it. Horizontal lines appear, they seem to actually be in a fixed location, fading away after a second of no contact and then reappearing in the same location.
I have tried:
Restarting
Booting into safe mode
Remove screen protector
Changed screen brightness
Went into developer mode, there was a setting there to show where you press and it was turned off already.
Anyone know what on earth it is?
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This must be a hardware problem. If you're still under Huaweis warranty, send the phone in for repair.
Hint: print the photos you made and put them directly beside the phone, so the repairman can see the problem.
I had the exact same problem and they disappeared after a couple days.
I noticed that this lines appears after I activate "glove mode", but when I disable it, reduces the lines. Only stops this "bug" after a restart. Verify if you have glove mode on (settings > smart assistance > glove mode)
I got this problem too. Very rare and I think it's a hardware thing.
A colleague of mine made the screen do this when touching it but if I did the same nothing happened. The effect (he had) on the screen went away after a few tries.
I blame it on static electricity but might be something else...
I have a similar problem except I have 3 faint white vertical lines running down through my screen, barely noticeable though, so im not sure what the problem is
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Anyone have further information? Im worried sick because I got this problem a couple hours after puting a "smart case" (cheap knockoff) on the device (has a magnet on the back and on the side) and a "glass" protector. I'll remove these for now and see what happens.
UPDATE: I'm almost certain it had something to do with my cheap screen protector (I haven't removed it tho). In any case, it took about two weeks before these lines seemed to stop appearing. Haven't seen them for 2 or 3 weeks now.
Electrostatics
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White stripes (or lines) on the IPS displays appear as a result of electrostatic voltage. This problem has been confirmed for a number of smartphones other manufacturers: Huawei P10 Pro, Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ2, HTC U11 and U11+.
for example, Sony says:
Sony Mobile is committed to providing the highest standard of product quality and customer service for all of our products. Due to the characteristic of the display, you may see stripe patterns as a result of electrostatic in some models. This is not a functional defect and usually the stripe patterns fade away as the electrostatic disappears.
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"Electrostatic voltage is still just voltage. Materials that can store electrostatic charges are insulators (or are insulated by something), so the charge cannot leak away."
IMAO, this problem is not a global one, but it seems to me that it is related to hardware defects in the assembly of smartphones.
Just wondering, if you are talking via a voice call using the speaker phone function, should the screen remain on? Mine turns off after a few seconds on speaker phone mode.
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My screen stays on for the time I selected in display settings
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My screen stays on for the time I selected in display settings
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mine too!
Yes, display settings are adhered to.
You can easily reactivate display when needed...
Yeah, I thought so. So my Note 8 and the wife's , the screen turns off when in speaker phone mode handsfree after about 30s .Started doing that after porting into Sprint, so probably a software bug with the Note 8 self configuration of when changing sim to different provider.
So basically, my screen turns off in speaker phone mode after 30s. I knew it didn't behave like that before .
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I'm not referring to how long your screen time out was set to.
I'm asking if the screen stays on indefinitely when in speaker phone mode.
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As already answered, the screen will stay on as per display settings, if you set display to stay on indefinetely, in speakerphone will stay that way, I do not see why it is so confusing for you…
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As already answered, the screen will stay on as per display settings, if you set display to stay on indefinetely, in speakerphone will stay that way, I do not see why it is so confusing for you…
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I already understood what you were saying in regards to the display time out duration shown in attached screen shot.
However I was under the impression that the screen stayed on indefinitely when in speaker phone mode regardless of what the screen time out duration was set to.
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