So after exactly a year my note 5 went all purple people eater on me and now the screen is black. Digitizer still works.
Here is my problem: How the hell do I turn it off?
Also how would I turn on USB debugging without a screen display?
I can unlock the sceen using Samsung account tho.
Thanks!
That's what I always hated in Android (vs. WP), the system asks you thousands of times "are you sure you want to do this or that"- Same applies when you want to turn your device off, you need to do three actions:
1) Press the start button for 2 seconds
2) Press the screen to select "Power off". It's located at near 70% height and 50% width (middle)
3 Confirm you want to shut down (right in the middle of the screen)
Not sure about USB debugging mode though...
I hope this helps. Get yourself a new screen asap.
Could not accomplish. The Samsung page says my phone is completely unlocked but trying to press buttons I cannot see is damn hard.
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Hi everyone!
Has anyone found a way (maybe an app?) to change the screen backlight/lock behaviour?
What I'm looking for is the following behaviour:
Ability to have the screen only turn off the backlight after a certain amount of time, with
a) option to lock the device at the same time
b) option to also turn off the part of the screen that reacts to touch at the same time
c) options to set the timers for the aforementioned options separately
Basically I want the device to turn off the screen after 30 seconds to save power, but stay responsive to touch so that I don't need to pick up the device and press the power button before I can use it.
Then, after about 5 minutes, it should lock itself but respond to touch, so that it can be unlocked without needing to press the power button.
Then, after another five minutes, the screen should completely go off and stop responding to touch altogether (the way it is on Android by default).
Has anyone found a way to do this? It would be REALLY useful for when you've got the phone laying flat on your desk and are IM'ing with a slow typer, meaning you've got 2 or 3 minutes between each message, and need to press the power button every time you get one...
It shohuld be a default setting in my opinion...
Thanks in advance!
You might get a wider audience posting in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=564
Just like the title says. I was in a car accident a few days ago and my phone got thrown around and the amoled is cracked. I turned off the option to turn on usb debugging when connected and now I need to find a way to get it turned on so that I can control my phone through the pc. Any ideas?
You'll need to navigate by going with where it is approximately on the screen. Then to verify that it's connected just adb devices if nothing returns try it again. Here are some pics to show you where to press on the screen (red arrows show where).
NOTE: this starts at the settings screen to get there just press menu then the bottom right corner.
Thank you for the screens. I guess I should have mentioned that I'm running CM7, so I might have a little trouble with the first step, adjusting for the extra cm settings and adw settings. Thanks again.
here's the Settings for ADW EX.
hopefully its in the same spot.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note
SW: Factory ROM 4.0.4?
Problem: Unable to 'power up' the screen.
Details:
Was using the phone yesterday. It was working fine. Until at night when I tried to wake the phone. The graphics on the phone began to become pixelated badly, brightened till the whole screen was white. Fearing that it will spoil the screen, I pressed the power button for it to go into sleep mode. When I try to wake the phone, it just remains black. However, when I press the Volume +/- buttons I can hear the phone reacting to it normally. It could even take a 'screen shot' of itself. The Voice Command option is also working. After a long time, (hours involved), I was able to wake up the screen for like 5 secs. Before the pixels and brightening effects comes on.
Request:
1. Is it possible to activate USB Debugging without using the setting menu?
2. If I send the phone back to Samsung for 'servicing', will all my data be lost? (Whatsapp, Skype, conversations)
Regards,
genm79 said:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note
SW: Factory ROM 4.0.4?
Problem: Unable to 'power up' the screen.
Details:
Was using the phone yesterday. It was working fine. Until at night when I tried to wake the phone. The graphics on the phone began to become pixelated badly, brightened till the whole screen was white. Fearing that it will spoil the screen, I pressed the power button for it to go into sleep mode. When I try to wake the phone, it just remains black. However, when I press the Volume +/- buttons I can hear the phone reacting to it normally. It could even take a 'screen shot' of itself. The Voice Command option is also working. After a long time, (hours involved), I was able to wake up the screen for like 5 secs. Before the pixels and brightening effects comes on.
Request:
1. Is it possible to activate USB Debugging without using the setting menu?
2. If I send the phone back to Samsung for 'servicing', will all my data be lost? (Whatsapp, Skype, conversations)
Regards,
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Try going to download or recovery mode..
Report back if you can.
Download mode: vol down+home+power and don't release until you see the n7000 logo
Recovery mode :vol up+home+power don't release until you see the n7000 logo
Enviado desde mi LG-P990 usando Tapatalk 2
In my country if you bring your device to the samsung service center for repair, they will dlete the user data.
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Hello and thank you for attempting to help me. I have a Nexus 6 from T-mobile. My dentist appointment yesterday brought me clean teeth and a terrible phone problem. While I was there yesterday my phone decided to download the 5.1.1 update OTA. I pressed the okay button and it restarted. On boot up, I get a white window saying it is "optimizing apps x out of 138". It does that every time I boot it up. After that window is finished, I get a black backgrounded lock screen. On the lock screen in the usual place is the time. In the top left it says there is no sim card. In the bottom I get the normal call, unlock, camera buttons. I am able to drag down the top to show the notification information. As far as I know there are no settings changed from the factory Nexus 6 I recieved from T-mobile. Now I have attempted multiple tasks to try to access my phone but all have been in vain. Here is a list of what I have tried.
To unlock the phone normally. The result is a black screen, a little beep, a white window that says Google services have failed. After a second or two the white screen goes away and leaves a empty screen. I am still able to hold the power button to reveal the white power off window and it works. I can also hold down on the volume and the power button to create a screen shot. It even shows the whole minimization of the current screen and fall to the bottom like it would if the phone was working properly.
I tried to swipe the call button and all it does is give me a blank white screen with a blue notification bar at the top. I can once again power off or screen shot but nothing else.
I have not tried to swipe from camera yet.
I can drag down on the top notification bar to show the the notifications, quick setting changes (Wifi, data, airplane modes, brightness) and the setting button to go to the setting menu. I can turn the brightness up and down, and turn all the other things in the quick menu on and off but if I click anything (toogle them or slide the brightness) and put the notifications bar back up I get the black screen with the white google services has crashed window. I can power off and screen shot normally.
If i swipe down on the notification bar and press setting It crashes once again and gives the black screen and white window that says google services has crashed. I can power off and screen shot normally.
I tried holding volume down and the power button then went into recovery mode. Held power then press volume up to get to the next menu and then deleted the cache partition. It has no effect that I have noticed.
As stated above, I do not think I have usb debugging enabled, I assume my boot loader is locked. This phone has not been modded by me.
I do not want to factory reset if I do not have to due to the very important phones and numbers i have.
You didn't make a backup before updating ?
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Unless there is a previous setting in place that I clicked to automatically update it when ever there is one available, I do not remember picking to update. It downloaded and asked me to reset. I assumed it was a small patch and not something that could screw up my phone. I could of though. But no I did not.
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Unless there is a previous setting in place that I clicked to automatically update it when ever there is one available, I do not remember picking to update. It downloaded and asked me to reset. I assumed it was a small patch and not something that could screw up my phone. I could of though. But no I did not.
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Well, I'd suggest a factory reset even though you are reluctant. Otherwise, bring it somewhere for repair. But chances are they're going to tell you to factory reset.
Hi,
My note 8's screen got damaged a month ago, but
from past two days the power button seems to be
unresponsive.
I have to press it atleast 10-15 times for my screen
to wake up.
Even if the screen doesnt turn on by a single click,
the usual touchscreen functions still work.
Ex: I can still open the particular app by clicking the screen
on the specific area.
Kindly help.
rockz1991 said:
Hi,
My note 8's screen got damaged a month ago, but
from past two days the power button seems to be
unresponsive.
I have to press it atleast 10-15 times for my screen
to wake up.
Even if the screen doesnt turn on by a single click,
the usual touchscreen functions still work.
Ex: I can still open the particular app by clicking the screen
on the specific area.
Kindly help.
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There's nothing any of us can do to help you when it's a hardware issue like this. You need to open the back of the phone using a heat gun to loosen the glue and then take the power button out and replace it with a new one.. There's nothing else that can be done and I would suggest that you not shut the phone down or let the battery die out because then you may not be able to turn it back on until you get the power button taken care of!
MrMike2182 said:
There's nothing any of us can do to help you when it's a hardware issue like this. You need to open the back of the phone using a heat gun to loosen the glue and then take the power button out and replace it with a new one.. There's nothing else that can be done and I would suggest that you not shut the phone down or let the battery die out because then you may not be able to turn it back on until you get the power button taken care of!
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Hi MrMike2182,
Thanks but let me elaborate the issue.
The power button seems to be working fine because it takes approximately 10 to 15 clicks to turn on the screen (sometimes 1 or 2 click)
Let's say that I click the power button and the screen doesn't turn on, the screen functions work fine despite showing black screen.
Ex:
1. If I click on screen location where samsung music is placed and open it, and if I and click on the location of the play button, it plays the music just fine.
2. If I click on the restart button when the screen is black (not turned on), the phone does restart. The Samsung logo lits up just fine. (Mensing to say, the bootup process is not affected)
Also, note that if I successfully manage to turn on the screen after clicking the power button 10-15 times and if I put it to sleep again. I can easily turn on if I click the power button immediately (within the span of 2 seconds).
The problem persists only if the phone is kept I'd for 5 to 10 minutes.
rockz1991 said:
Hi MrMike2182,
Thanks but let me elaborate the issue.
The power button seems to be working fine because it takes approximately 10 to 15 clicks to turn on the screen (sometimes 1 or 2 click)
Let's say that I click the power button and the screen doesn't turn on, the screen functions work fine despite showing black screen.
Ex:
1. If I click on screen location where samsung music is placed and open it, and if I and click on the location of the play button, it plays the music just fine.
2. If I click on the restart button when the screen is black (not turned on), the phone does restart. The Samsung logo lits up just fine. (Mensing to say, the bootup process is not affected)
Also, note that if I successfully manage to turn on the screen after clicking the power button 10-15 times and if I put it to sleep again. I can easily turn on if I click the power button immediately (within the span of 2 seconds).
The problem persists only if the phone is kept I'd for 5 to 10 minutes.
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Ok based on what you said now I don't believe there's anything wrong with your power button and when you press it and the screen doesn't turn on, in reality it actually is on and it's possibly damaged which is why you can still use the screen functions with the black screen. Whatever type of damage you say happened to it could be causing the backlight to not work but the screens touch function is fine.. Try rebooting into recovery mode and select to clear the phone's cache only and see if it helped anything.. If it doesn't help anything it's pretty much a screen hardware problem and you'll still have to get into the phone's internals..
MrMike2182 said:
Ok based on what you said now I don't believe there's anything wrong with your power button and when you press it and the screen doesn't turn on, in reality it actually is on and it's possibly damaged which is why you can still use the screen functions with the black screen. Whatever type of damage you say happened to it could be causing the backlight to not work but the screens touch function is fine.. Try rebooting into recovery mode and select to clear the phone's cache only and see if it helped anything.. If it doesn't help anything it's pretty much a screen hardware problem and you'll still have to get into the phone's internals..
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Thanks,
Unfortunately, even factory resetting the phone didn't work out.
Anyway, I will take for service.
Hopefully it might resolve the issue
rockz1991 said:
Thanks,
Unfortunately, even factory resetting the phone didn't work out.
Anyway, I will take for service.
Hopefully it might resolve the issue
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Since the factory reset didn't work, then unfortunately it really is a hardware issue.. I think you need a new screen..
I have the official led cover case, just opening the case will turn the screen on... Just a temp fix until you can get it repaired maybe.
stonedpsycho said:
I have the official led cover case, just opening the case will turn the screen on... Just a temp fix until you can get it repaired maybe.
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Thanks stonedpsycho. I will have a look at it.