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[Q] Screen half-dead - can't enter PIN to unlock!

Hi everyone
I've tried a search but couldn't find anything specific on this, please forgive me if this has already been covered.
I have an HTC One where the lower section of screen is dead. This means that I can't enter either 0 or return on the PIN screen, which I need to in order to get the data off.
I am not prepared to try a hardware replacement, I am looking for software only right now.
I have rooted phones before (My HTC Desire, Wildfire, Desire Z, etc) so I understand the basic set up with ADB etc - I also have Linux Mint running on my box if needed.
Is there any way I can enter the pin using a USB connection - I know what the PIN is, obviously. Otherwise I guess I'll need to hack round the unlock screen, but I'm not sure how to go about that.
All guidance greatly appreciated! :fingers-crossed:

Informator said:
Hi everyone
I've tried a search but couldn't find anything specific on this, please forgive me if this has already been covered.
I have an HTC One where the lower section of screen is dead. This means that I can't enter either 0 or return on the PIN screen, which I need to in order to get the data off.
I am not prepared to try a hardware replacement, I am looking for software only right now.
I have rooted phones before (My HTC Desire, Wildfire, Desire Z, etc) so I understand the basic set up with ADB etc - I also have Linux Mint running on my box if needed.
Is there any way I can enter the pin using a USB connection - I know what the PIN is, obviously. Otherwise I guess I'll need to hack round the unlock screen, but I'm not sure how to go about that.
All guidance greatly appreciated! :fingers-crossed:
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Maybe with a usb-otg calbe and a usb keyboard? Never tried....
If you already have a custom recovery installed you can access your data using ADB.

Informator said:
Hi everyone
I've tried a search but couldn't find anything specific on this, please forgive me if this has already been covered.
I have an HTC One where the lower section of screen is dead. This means that I can't enter either 0 or return on the PIN screen, which I need to in order to get the data off.
I am not prepared to try a hardware replacement, I am looking for software only right now.
I have rooted phones before (My HTC Desire, Wildfire, Desire Z, etc) so I understand the basic set up with ADB etc - I also have Linux Mint running on my box if needed.
Is there any way I can enter the pin using a USB connection - I know what the PIN is, obviously. Otherwise I guess I'll need to hack round the unlock screen, but I'm not sure how to go about that.
All guidance greatly appreciated! :fingers-crossed:
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alray said:
Maybe with a usb-otg calbe and a usb keyboard? Never tried....
If you already have a custom recovery installed you can access your data using ADB.
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Yes you can even use a mouse with a usb-otg adapter

Thanks everyone - I had no idea such cables existed! I've ordered one and will report in with my results. Thanks!

Hi all, thanks for the advice. For anyone in the future looking at this, the UBS-OTG cable worked like a dream - just with a normal USB mouse and keyboard I could get it all fixed. Thank you, I didn't know such things existed before!

[Q] N7000 destroyed, data recovery?

Hi guys
as you can see in the attached file, i have a litte issue
a friend of mine dropped the phone and a car runned over it lol...digitizer and lcd are gone but the phone still boot up and it is recognized by the computer. My friend don't care about repairs but he wants the data back and here starts the problems:
-adb is off
-phone is password protected (so no kies and no sdcard reading from pc), phone stay in the "insert password" at startup.
-i don't even know if support mhl to attach on a tv
how can i recover the data? The only idea i have is to dump the rom and load it on an android emulator but i don't even know if its possible. Can someone give me a hint to recover the data? Thank you

1) Buy a replacement screen
2) Get the data
3) Sell fully working phone
...
Profit!

that was my idea...my friend do not approve

Jammed_Death said:
that was my idea...my friend do not approve
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Did you try the S-pen to input the password?

i can't get a precise feedback. I think i'm not pressing the correct numbers and after half hour of wasting time i was looking for other options. Does this phone support mhl? If yes, i have to enable in settings or something else?

Jammed_Death said:
i can't get a precise feedback. I think i'm not pressing the correct numbers and after half hour of wasting time i was looking for other options. Does this phone support mhl? If yes, i have to enable in settings or something else?
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I dont know qbout mhl, never used it. The phone does support it though.
Another idea might be a usb-otg cable and a keyboard(password entry).
Not sure if that works on a stock rom, but try it.

[Q] Root and ANT+ chip [solved]

Hi all,
I used to use the ANT+ chip on my Z3C in order to Sync my Garmin Swimm watch with it. For this, I am using ST uploader from Market.
Since I have rooted it, I can't fet it working. I have asked the dev for more info and I sent him the debug log. I am waiting for his feedback.
However, in the meantime I would like to know if anyone noticed this? Or if anyone has a working / not working ANT+ chip one the rooted Z3C.
Finally, I have installed the same ANT+ services from Market that I had before root.. nothing helped.
Thanks a lot for your feebacks.
Edit : Problem is solved. I actually feel very stupid since I totally forgot to tick a box in the application settings in order to enable the native ANT+ chip. It now works as it should. Thanks a lot to everyone for your help and sorry for the loss of time.

you should unroot your phone(restore first your TA partition if you in any way tampered with it) and then try again and see if it works

Nesousx said:
Since I have rooted it, I can't fet it working.
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What process did you follow to root? You have lost something essential, as simply having root won't impact anything running on the phone.

Agree. If you did not unlocked the bootloader, but only rooted, then it should work. Unless these apps detect root and refuse to work (some apps behave like this).

Thanks for the replies.
I followed this guide here. I'll give another go, and restart from scratch. You indeed, confirmed what I thought : it shouldn't behave such as.
I'll keep you posted (probably tomorrow).

Problem is solved. I actually feel very stupid since I totally forgot to tick a box in the application settings in order to enable the native ANT+ chip. It now works as it should. Thanks a lot to everyone for your help and sorry for the loss of time.

Could you please let me know where in the Mobile settings you enabled the chip? I cannot connect to my hear rate monitor although my mobile is not rooted. Thanks!

Don't want to upgrade to oreo

Is it possible to prevent the update to 8.0?
I've read conflicting stories, some say turn off auto download and just ignore the update messages.
Others say the upgrade will install regardless.
Which is it?

It's preventable to some extent i guess... But it pops again and again... And then the system is going to get buggy.... Any particular reason not to upgrade....

beaverHausen said:
Is it possible to prevent the update to 8.0?
I've read conflicting stories, some say turn off auto download and just ignore the update messages.
Others say the upgrade will install regardless.
Which is it?
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You can untick the option but some people reported it eventually installed anyways. To be safe I would disable the specific packages, but yes it's possible.

sefrcoko said:
You can untick the option but some people reported it eventually installed anyways. To be safe I would disable the specific packages, but yes it's possible.
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Thanks buddy, how do you disable the packages?

If your using a carrier unlocked version you can simply move to a different carrier and if your drivers are not up to date you will never get a notification to update. I currently have an ATT unlocked note 8 running on T-Mobile still on 7.1.1 as you can see

I prevented the updates by not allowing autoupdates in settings, as I knew that this was not entirely reliable, I used bk disabler pro plugin, if you are still running 7.1.1, it is easy to do it this way

Any reason why you don't want to install the latest version of Android on your device? As you are leaving your device opened to security flaws.

iceepyon said:
Any reason why you don't want to install the latest version of Android on your device? As you are leaving your device opened to security flaws.
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I spend a lot of time in my car inbetween appointments, visiting clients etc.
Its important that I'm up to speed at work and the Note 8 was (until oreo and 1st October patch) the only device that gave me email, sms and system messages in my BMW.
Whilst driving, the car would read out my emails and if it was important I could make a call in response. Now, my note 8 doesn't even see the car, nothing, zilch, nada.
I know BT works on other pairings, I can pair the phone to my other devices but it just will not see the car and the car now won't see the phone. I can pair other phones to it but none of them give me email which is molto importante!
I have already updated the car BT and like I've said, it used to work up until a month ago.
So, I'm trading in my note 8 for a new one that is still on 7.1.1 as I'm dead in the water without connectivity whilst travelling.
I have been on with Samsung support who say BMW need to make an updated BT oreo firmware and, BMW say the same about Samsung.

beaverHausen said:
I spend a lot of time in my car inbetween appointments, visiting clients etc.
Its important that I'm up to speed at work and the Note 8 was (until oreo and 1st October patch) the only device that gave me email, sms and system messages in my BMW.
Whilst driving, the car would read out my emails and if it was important I could make a call in response. Now, my note 8 doesn't even see the car, nothing, zilch, nada.
I know BT works on other pairings, I can pair the phone to my other devices but it just will not see the car and the car now won't see the phone. I can pair other phones to it but none of them give me email which is molto importante!
I have already updated the car BT and like I've said, it used to work up until a month ago.
So, I'm trading in my note 8 for a new one that is still on 7.1.1 as I'm dead in the water without connectivity whilst travelling.
I have been on with Samsung support who say BMW need to make an updated BT oreo firmware and, BMW say the same about Samsung.
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Have you tried booting your device into Recovery Mode and wiping the cache partition? This may resolve your issue.

iceepyon said:
Have you tried booting your device into Recovery Mode and wiping the cache partition? This may resolve your issue.
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Yeah tried that.
Also stopped BT and wiped cache and data from apps > system apps also.
Tried different BT AVCRP versions from developer mode and have factory reset the phone.
Still won't connect.

Do you encounter the same issues when connecting your Note 8 to other bluetooth devices or bluetooth enabled vehicles?

iceepyon said:
Do you encounter the same issues when connecting your Note 8 to other bluetooth devices or bluetooth enabled vehicles?
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Works fine in my wife's car (Ford) and the Polar heart rate monitor I use. I don't connect to much else but I can see other devices in a BT search, but not my car.

beaverHausen said:
Works fine in my wife's car (Ford) and the Polar heart rate monitor I use. I don't connect to much else but I can see other devices in a BT search, but not my car.
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Do other devices see your car? It might be an inconveniently timed problem with your BMW, rather than the other way around?

StevePritchard said:
Do other devices see your car? It might be an inconveniently timed problem with your BMW, rather than the other way around?
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My old HTC One M8 is paired as is my wife's iPhone 6S (yuk)

beaverHausen said:
My old HTC One M8 is paired as is my wife's iPhone 6S (yuk)
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Can you get a hold of another Note 8 running Nougat and trying pair that with your BMW? If it is indeed an Oreo issue I would recommend that you report it to Samsung and wait for them to address it via a OS Update.

winol said:
I prevented the updates by not allowing autoupdates in settings, as I knew that this was not entirely reliable, I used bk disabler pro plugin, if you are still running 7.1.1, it is easy to do it this way
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Where can I find this?
Seems to have gone from play store...

Yes.... I took a look, and unfortunately even in the developer's page it is no longer available, and it can not be installed from an unofiicial source as it needs to be validated and activated by the developer, but, take a look at this:
https://kunkunsoft.wordpress.com/fix-package-disabler/

Question Unable to Establish Reliable Connection to GPS Satellites

Hey Everyone,
I own an Exynos S21 Ultra, model number SM-998B/DS. I do enjoy the device, yet it has this problem with connecting to GPS satellites, which is really inconvenient and frustrating. I will need to use GPS extensively in a near future and I don't want to change my phone.
GPS Test application shows no connection to satellites. I tried all the possible solutions offered online, even factory resetting the phone, but still no luck... Though I came across an old YouTube video, which showed promise. But the codes for this Exynos processor phone are completely different, so that didn't work either. I put the link to the video.
YouTube video:
Has anybody encountered and solved this annoying issue?
I am in need of an expert's help... Thank you.

Somehow I can't believe the lack of GPS if the device is operational.
Did you do a "Clear and update" on the AGPS option with internet access enabled?
Show a screenshot of the GPS Test.

ze7zez said:
Somehow I can't believe the lack of GPS if the device is operational.
Did you do a "Clear and update" on the AGPS option with internet access enabled?
Show a screenshot of the GPS Test.
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It's unfortunately real...
I did that, but had no luck.
Here's the screenshot.

Hmmm...
Have you tried these magic tricks?

ze7zez said:
Hmmm...
Have you tried these magic tricks?
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Sure, I've tried them all. I just haven't taken the phone to a technician yet.
Do you know how to access the NV Rebuild section on the S21 Ultra? I couldn't give it a go yet. I've tried different combinations of USSD codes to get to that menu for my phone, but couldn't.

BrainJack said:
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Do you know how to access the NV Rebuild section on the S21 Ultra? I couldn't give it a go yet. I've tried different combinations of USSD codes to get to that menu for my phone, but couldn't.
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I do not have this device. Try the old method:
NV Rebuild in Service Menu
I just installed a new screen on an S6 Edge (Tmobile) and reset the phone to stock. It's getting 0/0 on satellites. I saw that the NV rebuild function might fix this. I can get into the service menu just fine, but none of the key inputs I've...
forum.xda-developers.com

ze7zez said:
I do not have this device. Try the old method:
NV Rebuild in Service Menu
I just installed a new screen on an S6 Edge (Tmobile) and reset the phone to stock. It's getting 0/0 on satellites. I saw that the NV rebuild function might fix this. I can get into the service menu just fine, but none of the key inputs I've...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I've seen this post, I tried what he'd tried but...
I read that a good amount of S22 Ultra users also have this problem but I don't think Samsung has addressed the issue in a proper manner.

Sorry to flood the thread but I really need help on this...

The problem still persists and I desperately need the GPS operational. I'm open to suggestions and any possible fixes.

Try Bluetooth GPS Output by Meowsbox.
I bought once.
I was getting the gps position on a tablet without GPS via this app from a phone with a working GPS. Perhaps it will solve your problem.

ze7zez said:
Try Bluetooth GPS Output by Meowsbox.
I bought once.
I was getting the gps position on a tablet without GPS via this app from a phone with a working GPS. Perhaps it will solve your problem.
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Thanks for the suggestion! I have a Galaxy Watch 4. Could it work with it? Or with a Smarttag?

No! Only smartphone with GPS and BT.

ze7zez said:
No! Only smartphone with GPS and BT.
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Do you think it'll work with the Uber app? As a driver.