Recovering water damaged z3 compact - Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi All
The GF's z3c recently took a bath in a sink full of washing up liquid, and as it was suffering from the common screen lift issue we suspect that was where water got in.
It was sent off to imend and they cleaned up the corrosion and dried it out, however they found (via replacing the screen) that the water had damaged the display chip on the motherboard and they couldn't risk replacing it.
I've purchased a MHL to hdmi adaptor off ebay (here) and can get the phone screen to display on the TV however the touch screen is erratic and unresponsive. As I cant unlock it I cant mount it as a drive or get at it via ADB (fastboot works but I cant do much with that & it is rooted on the stock 6.x rom).
My next thought was to connect up a USB mouse as I cant pair a bluetooth one and use that but in reading up on it, it would appear that the usb port can be used for MHL or USB OTG not both simultaneously. Has anyone successfully connected a usb device and MHL display on this phone & if so how? My thought is a micro usb hub, mhl adaptor in one side, mouse in the other. Something like this this
Failing that is there any way to get into ADB or pull a backup with only fastboot access?
Thanks

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i have a htc one m7 that is not recognized by pc when it is in bootloader mode, however the phone doesn't charge properly when i plug it in the current because the cable moves when it is plugged.
if i use a micro usb with not long exit, it charges well, if i use a cable with big exit, it moves easily and it often doesn't charge.
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the highest part of the screen doesn't recognize the touch, to use that part i have to press strongly and using the entire finger or a big part of it (if i use the extremity of the finger, it doesn't work ), AND the highest point of the screen ( status bar) doesn't work NEVER.
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cescof said:
hi ,
i have a htc one m7 that is not recognized by pc when it is in bootloader mode, however the phone doesn't charge properly when i plug it in the current because the cable moves when it is plugged.
if i use a micro usb with not long exit, it charges well, if i use a cable with big exit, it moves easily and it often doesn't charge.
the second problem is:
the highest part of the screen doesn't recognize the touch, to use that part i have to press strongly and using the entire finger or a big part of it (if i use the extremity of the finger, it doesn't work ), AND the highest point of the screen ( status bar) doesn't work NEVER.
How to fix micro usb?
How to fix screen problem (i think that is a software problem)
i have not original charging cable
i have just tried to do make electro-shocks to the screen but it doesn't work
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If your usb port is damaged you can replaced it. Removing the cover of the phone is a little tricky but once done, the usb board is easily replaced.
You can test your touchscreen by lauching the diagnostic menu by dialing *#*#3424#*#* form there you can access the line drawing test. Test your screen and if some inputs are not registered then your digitizer is probably faulty and will need to be replaced.

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