Hello, I have a Droid 3 with Safestrap 3.0.5.
I recently had to replace its cable. After replacement the phone works, but the touchscreen functions dont work at all. I plugged in a USB mouse and keyboard and they both work. The Droid 3 slideout keyboard also works.
When I boot up, safestrap gives me 10 seconds to press [HOME] to choose a new ROM Slot or [SEARCH] to continue.
Since my touchscreen no longer works, is there a key that is mapped on the keyboard to the [HOME] touchscreen softkey that will work in Safestrap 3.0.5?
Thanks
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Having a really weird problem with my OD. When the phone first starts up, it works fine. As soon as the screen turns off, the touchscreen stops responding to input. The phone still works, as I can do a long-press on the power button, and used the arrows on the physical keyboard to reboot the thing. Everything (acceleromater, all buttons, hardware keyboard, etc) work as expected, just not the touchscreen, and the buttons on the bottom of the touchscreen (back, menu, home, and search). As soon as the phone is rebooted, the screen responds to touch, until the screen shuts off (either through timeout or pressing the power button).
I was running CM7 when the problem started, and since then I'v tried Liquid Gingerbread, and using the SDB to put it back to stock. The problem still continues.
Any ideas?
Hello,
I recently replaced the think cable that links the Display to the motherboard on my Droid3. After getting it all back together, I noticed that my touchscreen does not work at all. Everything else is now working great, just no touchscreen.
This is really not a problem because I am using the Droid3 with a special cable adapter and a Wireless Keyboard and Mouse.
The problem is that to use Safestrap 3.05, I need to press the [MENU] button on power up to change roms.
Is there another key on the Droid 3 keyboard, or on an external USB keyboard that can imitate a [MENU] button press? There is a magnifying lens button on the Droid 3 keyboard that does the [SEARCH] button, but thats not what I need.
Is there another way to do this without using the touchscreen?
Thanks...
NewJerseyNinja said:
Hello,
I recently replaced the think cable that links the Display to the motherboard on my Droid3. After getting it all back together, I noticed that my touchscreen does not work at all. Everything else is now working great, just no touchscreen.
This is really not a problem because I am using the Droid3 with a special cable adapter and a Wireless Keyboard and Mouse.
The problem is that to use Safestrap 3.05, I need to press the [MENU] button on power up to change roms.
Is there another key on the Droid 3 keyboard, or on an external USB keyboard that can imitate a [MENU] button press? There is a magnifying lens button on the Droid 3 keyboard that does the [SEARCH] button, but thats not what I need.
Is there another way to do this without using the touchscreen?
Thanks...
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Try
Power off, Hold M key, Power on, release buttons at
Boot Mode Selection Menu> Scroll down with volume down*button, to BP Tools, Select with Volume UP*button, should boot directly to SafeStrap.
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Safestrap seems to need the touchscreen... doh.
sd_shadow said:
Try
Power off, Hold M key, Power on, release buttons at
Boot Mode Selection Menu> Scroll down with volume down*button, to BP Tools, Select with Volume UP*button, should boot directly to SafeStrap.
Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
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That worked to enter Safestrap,but it looks like the safestrap UI only responds to the touchscreen... I cant seem to use it with the Droid3 keyboard or with a USB keyboard / mouse. Unless I'm missing something.
NewJerseyNinja said:
That worked to enter Safestrap,but it looks like the safestrap UI only responds to the touchscreen... I cant seem to use it with the Droid3 keyboard or with a USB keyboard / mouse. Unless I'm missing something.
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touch or soft keys, guess I haven't tried keyboard
Hi Guys!
I need your help here.
I dropped my MI3 and now the screen has a crack on the bottom right corner. Along with this, the menu, home and back soft keys are not working.
I plan to root my phone and enable the on screen soft keys. However, since my menu button is not working, I am unable to select "update package" and select the root file to gain root permission.
Is there a way I can root it from a different interface/method so that I can enable the onscreen soft keys later?
Please help!
Bump!
Guys! I have no updates on this!
Flash CWM..root it with supersu.. then enable nav bar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2830538
Same thing happened with me.. soft keys not working.. and menu key does not work without root. And you can't root without menu key.. simple solution.. i took a gaming mouse.. that have extra buttons. Connected it to phone.. one of the button worked as the menu key.. went to updater, pressed that button, selected roop zip file and flashed it.
Now i installed pie control and using it to access all the soft key buttons..
a.broken.star said:
Same thing happened with me.. soft keys not working.. and menu key does not work without root. And you can't root without menu key.. simple solution.. i took a gaming mouse.. that have extra buttons. Connected it to phone.. one of the button worked as the menu key.. went to updater, pressed that button, selected roop zip file and flashed it.
Now i installed pie control and using it to access all the soft key buttons..
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That sounds like a practical solution buddy! But can you please enlighten me what a game mouse is and how you established the connectivity b/w the mouse and the MI3?
Sorry for the noobish questions!
suhasn46 said:
That sounds like a practical solution buddy! But can you please enlighten me what a game mouse is and how you established the connectivity b/w the mouse and the MI3?
Sorry for the noobish questions!
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Model No. : Logitech MX518
You get back button (right click), home button (middle click), and menu button (forward button on sides)
You just have to plug it in usb charging slot using an OTG cable. OTG cable is also used to plug pendrive to your phone. If you dont have one, buy one. Its usefull. And you dont have to buy a mouse. Just go to a shop, ask him to check if it works with your phone. Do your work and say you dont need it as its incompatible with your phone. Or ask your friends if they have one. You only need mouse for like 5 sec.
use keybard with OTG cable
I had the same problem. I connected a key board to my mobile with an OTG cable and pressed the menu key on the keyboard.
My trusty Milestone's touch screen stopped working (defect ribbon cable maybe - it wasn't exposed to anything unusual).
Since I'm only using it as a bluetooth hotspot I don't need the touch screen that badly since it's possible to navigate most menus using the D-Pad.
BUT it's not possible to go back or to the home screen (or I haven't found out how) so here's what I would like to do:
Map the Back (and Home key maybe) to the hardware keyboard.
I tried mapping Back to the physical search key in /system/usr/keylayout/qwerty.kl
Code:
key 217 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
But it shows no effect :crying:
Can anyone provide help?
I just picked up a dirt cheap ME176C on eBay with allegedly a broken digitiser [The screen works, but doesn't respond to touch]. Naturally the previous owner has done a factory reset, so it's stuck on the first setup screen [Choose Language]. Before I decide whether or not it's worth buying a new digitiser for the MemoPad, I want to try and get USB debugging turned on so I can ADB Shell in and have a poke around at the various sensor logs and see if everything else looks OK.
So, the challenge is to navigate through the setup screens without using the touchscreen.
I've got a USB OTG lead, so I've tried plugging a mouse in, but no joy [no cursor appeared]. Then I tried with a USB keyboard and found that, by hitting the Return key, I can pop-up the Language selection menu and then select a language using the keyboard arrow keys. However, I can't find a key [or key combo] that will then change focus to the arrow to take me to the next setup screen.
Does anyone even know if what I'm trying to do is possible? I was quite hopeful, when I hit the Return key on my USB keyboard and saw the Language selector menu pop-up, but there doesn't seem to be any way to move focus to the next UI element on that screen.