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[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] neoshi:
Bluetooth mouse. I've used my ps3 keyboard to navigate this phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Talal916:
I thought of that, but wouldn't he need to pair it to the phone?

Sent from my EVO 4G LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] slowfncar:
If you can somehow get a recovery installed you could navigate with your hard buttons to mount internal storage if I'm not mistaken, but you have to find a method that will let you root/dev unlock and install a recovery without erasing the internal storage. Since you can't access your rom you pretty much can't do anything without blutooth/ADB Debugging
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
All great ideas and ideas I've explored. As a previous poster said the stock ROM does not support USB OTG or that would have been an easy solution. WiFi, Debugging, and Bluetooth were all turned off at the time the screen failed.

I've ordered an lcd/digitizer for this phone and will see if surgery will restore touch capabilities. Unfortunately, I haven't had much luck finding a Rom that'll install without usb debugging enabled that also, won't wipe internal memory.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thicklizard:
But it's the kernel that supports otg. If you flash a kernel with it enabled you should be able to use a usb mouse without an external app
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] neoshi:
Oh true. Sometimes I forget that I've paired devices long ago and just turn em on when I need them. Bah. Back to square one.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] alk313:
HTC Response

I have the same thing happening with my phone. I contacted HTC directly for help. This is the response they sent me:

While HTC does not have an official way of doing this, I know there are a few options out there. You can search online for software that will allow you to see your device screen on your PC screen. HTC cannot support or recommend any particular software for use, but you should be able to use your favorite search engine to find some results.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what options they are referring to? Any insight as to what to put into my favorite search engine to find what software they are talking about?

Thanks!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
An app HTC may be referring to here is android sceencast...however this requires the phone to be in USB debugging to work.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
Thanks for the lead... any idea of kernel that'll allow this and a method to install it?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] thicklizard:
Mine awesome sauce on themikmik.com or there is another one one another website. Are you SON or soff htc dev unlocked?

Here is a link

http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?p=246156
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
Appreciate the linkage. I can unlock the bootloader, but HTC wipes internal data... which defeats the purpose. Does this kernal require the bootloader to be unlocked?

I have S-ON Locked with HBOOT 1.19.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] StEVO_M:
Did you install the google usb drivers? I thought those were required for ADB to work correctly.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
Im on the same boat and cant figure out any options. The sprint store told me the same thing and so did HTC phone support.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oOflyeyesOo:
If you could get a working one, just do a board swap to get all your data off. Very simple process, usually gotta do it a couple times a week for people with similar issues.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
I have 3, 2 working and 1 non working....How can i do this? I can take the motherboard off,,,but how would that do me any good? Just to get it working on one with a working digitizer? I have replaced the digitizer on mine and still the same issue...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
I've already replaced the digitizer/lcd to no avail. Regarding this method.... if internal memory is embedded on board, how would it be possible to pull the data off the internal memory if it's replaced entirely?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] noXcape:
If u flash lensflare's miui USB debug is on by default.... so u should be able to adb pull sdcard0 which is internal storage :)

Also get cwm recovery img and fastboot flash it so u can use ur buttons to flash miui

Edit: sry I thought u were unlocked with a recovery :(

Sent from a lens flare powered EVO LTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oOflyeyesOo:
You just swap the board from the phone with the broken screen, to another with a working digi/lcd, then grab all your data off it. See if maybe you could borrow a friends LTE if you can. Its pretty easy to get them apart, plenty of video's to show you.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vulcat:
Did you happen to have dropbox setup to backup you pictures?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
Hmm... I've already replaced the phone's LCD and digitizer and I was still unable to get the screen to respond, which leads me to believe it's an issue with the board it self. If the memory is embedded on the board... and the board is the issue... I'm inclined to believe that this route also wouldn't work..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
Same thing happened to me...I replaced the digitizer and nothing....Was going to try the OTG mouse thing....but i dont know if you need to touch the screen to confirm any install
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
Unfortunately, the stock ROM doesn't support that feature.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
Thank you for the update....Looks like im screwed then...I was just going to go look for one for lunch
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] androidultra:
Since USB OTG is on the Jellybean update... Is there a method to update to Jellybean manually via SD card or USB fastboot?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
I was told the port to the touch screen on the motherboard is bad....Any ideas? I really need the pictures off the phone they are from my daughters first week of life! Pleaseeee help!

I wish there was a way to root without enabling usb debugging
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] oOflyeyesOo:
Damn, that is no good at all. You could TRY to reflow the points on the connection on the mobo for the lcd, but its a big leap there.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
At this point i am willing to try anything. Can you give me an insight as to how this is done?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] swurvv:
Just pull out your SD

Sent from Swurv's JellyBean G-Slate LG-V909 Using XDA Premium HD App!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] twllin:
There was no SD card in either of our phones at the time the data was on the phone....thats why we are in this place looking for a solution
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kf2m:
Very true Fly. That is very tricky even for someone who is experienced with soldering. Very steady hand, the right iron with the correct tip for surface mounted components. It can be done with a regular iron set to it's lowest setting with a very thin tip(I've done it, but it was my gear). But again I'm willing to bet the OP never held a soldering iron in his life. The OP could check and see if there is an electronics shop in his area that might be able to do it for him. Could put an ad on Craigslist in the help wanted section for someone who can do surface mount soldering and reflow the joints for him for a small charge. That the best that can be done for the OP since the phone is locked, and USB Debug turned off. I feel for the OP. Total suckage. But it goes to show the advantages of having a removable SDCARD, and using something like Dropbox.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Vysse:
Try turning off the phone then hold power button and up volume until it loads into bootloader then use adb as stated earlier.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] rap6388:
First of all I am not what I would call a fan boy even though every major appliance in my house is a Samsung, even the dishwasher. I have an S3 phone and the Note 10.1 is my constant companion. Lately I have been wondering as we wait for JB update (both phone and tablet) if the Apple ruling in the USA is hampering the speed that we are getting Samsung updates or software. Hell, you can barely get any accessories for the Note 10.1 in the US much less an update. There are even issues with some software available on the the Samsung app store that due to licensing issues Samsung can't sell in the US but the rest of the world has full access.

I love my tablet and would not trade it for any other. Works great as it is and if JB never came I would be fine. However, I think that it is possible we will see a much different user experience here in the states over the next few years when it comes to Samsung Tablets and Phones than the rest of the world. Until Apple gets off the crack pipe and stops litigating every electronic item that comes out we may have an issue.

Thoughts?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
It's just Samsung's priorities or lack thereof. HTC's just as bad. And both typically launch updates internationally first so our friends overseas aren't getting something we're not since other than the one German carrier ROM no Note has JB. The JB roll-out on the SGS3's not going particularly well and the One X JB update went back to the drawing board after problems were encountered when it was rolled out to the first region to receive it (Taiwan). So it’s the update process that sucks and the U.S. is just along for the ride.

Or Europe. The car dock for the GN was released nine months after it was shown. Same thing for the wireless charging station for the SGS3. The U.S. actually got the book cover for the Note before Europe. The accessory line is just mismanaged; I don't think the U.S. fares better or worse than the rest of the world. And again, HTC's the same. Kind of makes you wonder why they offer accessories at all if they don't want to sell them.

You need to separate tablets and phones. Phones are always going to be a cluster here in the U.S because Samsung doesn't sell unlocked phones directly and the carriers here are notorious for their lack of urgency for getting updates out. The U.S. Wi-Fi Note is a Samsung direct device and so far hasn't been treated better or worse than its international relatives when it comes to updates. Samsung customizes the s/w by region for each device they sell. The U.S. is just another region and a big one at that. Certain Android features are blocked in the U.S. by both Samsung and HTC but so far that hasn’t appeared to affect the update schedule one way or the other.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mrdaco:
Don't you guys never heard abaut ebay (de or gb). And considering on updates, sammobile page is available on whole earth. :cowboy:
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Sparksltd:
No, its the same everywhere else. I'm in the uk and have received 0 updates.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mexman2010:
im in egypt and no update :(

i wish the give the update to world wide very soon
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] rap6388:
I don't think I was clear. This is not about the JB update but just Samungs' position in the market right now with Apple hanging over their head based on the over the top billion dollar ruling.

For example, there is an app in Samsung market called DirectOffice Print. It is a great print app but the US owner can't buy the app on the app store because of contract issues Samsung has in the US. It is items like this and features that the US seem to miss that I am speaking of.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
The Samsung App store not being able to manage payments in the U.S. is an infrastructure issue that has nothing to do with Apple. They've said U.S. payments will be in enable in Q1 2013. And the "billion dollar ruling" is a drop in the bucket; they made $7.4B in profit in Q3 of this year alone. By raising Apple's chip prices 20% they probably covered it if they indeed ever have to pay it. The Note V will be out by the time appeals are exhausted. If Samsung's not doing something or not doing it right it's because their Samsung. They get a lot right but they get a lot wrong too.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] TheWerewolf:
Well, as much as I hate to say it, this is how Sammy does business.

It's worse if you're in Canada.

Samsung Canada has a reciprocal agreement with Samsung USA not to sell to each other's market. But Samsung Canada doesn't feel there's much demand in Canada for computer products - just phones... (although it is getting better - we now have netbooks... Yes, that was sarcasm...) so we either get Samsung products late or not at all. And even though we're right on the border - we can cross border shop - we can't buy the products in the US online and have it shipped.

Ironically, Samsung opened their first North American full time store in Metrotown Mall in Burnaby British Columbia Canada (a suburb of Vancouver).but they can't show most of their products because they're not available in Canada and you can't buy them from the US.

And even though Canada uses the same cell and WiFi frequencies as the US, we get 'special' verisons of their products that block us from getting updates at the same time as the US. (That's why there's a GN 8010 AND a GN 8013 that are essentially identical). I had the same problem with my Galaxy Nexus phone - the Canadian version is a yakjuux which is supported (barely) by Samsung rather than the yakju version that's supported by Google directly,.

Like you - most of my hardware is Samsung - simply because they build exactly what I want. No one else does. But it means I have to drive to the US and buy these over the counter and drive them back, or have a friend in the US ship it to me.

I may like Samsung's products - but the company sucks...

Side note: Also, they're lousy at getting accessories in big box stores like Best Buy and Future Shop up here... I was trying to get a Note 10.1 Book case and the Samsung Store was out. They recommended going to BB or FS and I had to point out that neither of them actually carry any Samsung accessories - hell, it's hard enough finding the Note 10.1 in some of them...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] silverbladef:
I should have learned my lesson when I had my Tab 10.1, took them a year to update it to ICS. By the time they did that, I had been using unofficial ROM for about 4 months (give or take). Not acceptable. This is definitely my last Samsung tablet, even though I love it dearly. Samsung don't deserve one single dime for their awful commitment to customer's satisfaction.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] fozzir:
Gotta get Nexus

if you want the latest ROMS ;)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] TheWerewolf:
That's not a solution. If I wanted to buy from unreliable and potentially shady resellers - I'd buy at Best Buy.

At least they have a return policy...

The point is that if you're going to make products, you should support them well. Or at all. Samsung is the leader in sales for smartphones and are rapidly growing in market share for tablets... yet they still can't get Best Buy to carry cases for their phones or tablets. All you get is the usual wall after wall of iDevice crap.

Best Buy isn't a charity - they carry what they think will sell - or what the manufacturer will pay them to carry (yes, surprise - manufacturers pay for special displays and 'endcaps' as well as for preferred positioning - higher on a shelf for example). Samsung has to spend a bit more to get the visibility Apple gets. They have to realise that customer support is more than just having a lousy website that's more about selling more product than about supporting the customers they already have...

But 'return customer' and 'customer loyalty' seems very low on Asian hardware maker's minds, it would seem.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Vincent9756:
Sounds like Samsung should hire Asus to support their products and Asus should get Samsung build their products.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
Here's the difference between Asus and Samsung/HTC when it comes to updates. Asus is the hands-down winner for getting updates out the door the fastest. But in doing so, it takes at least three subsequent updates to make the initial update complete. Samsung and HTC are painfully slow but (usually) the updates they get out are pretty solid. By that time, because Asus had to update the update multiple times, they arrive at the same place at the same time. Kind of a "tortoise vs. the hare" thing.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
I totally agree. Part of it is because Apple's a marketing culture. They have always believed that pulling customers in with an excellent experience (h/w, s/w, content, support) and not relegating the control of the experience to others would lead them to loyalty, advocacy, scale, and profit. Looking at their market cap you can't argue with their approach. But their stock's dropped 20% since September while Samsung's been selling record numbers of devices and reeling in record profits. Samsung is no Apple and I don't think they'd ever be able to adapt that culture. But Apple's begun to bore people by sticking to their formula while everyone else is offering bolder more individualized experiences. The aging of Apple's demographic and adoption of Android by younger market segments doesn't bode well for Apple's future. At some point they are going to have to do something interesting and it isn't making the iPhone's display taller. Remember their famous "1984" commercial and the "think different" campaign? They've become what they used to parody.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] chookmeister69:
I'm from Australia and thought much the same particularly with accessory availability. Then I moved to kenya of all places. Here Samsung is the undisputed champion. Nobody has an Iphone. Everyone has Samsung. Accessories are everywhere. All the major Supermarkets have a phone shop inside them and nearly all carry accessories en masse.

It makes an enormous difference to the functionality and usefulness of the product when you can do things like plug a flash drive into it or plug it into your TV. There are also many dedicated Samsung shops around the place. Although for some reason they seem to get the products later than the other retailers.

Samsung can definitely get it right in certain regions. I'm not sure why it struggles in others
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ultramag69:
Simple, its what the public wants... Or thinks it wants...

Samsung have started to push out adverts here in Oz, especially S3 and SGNote 10.1, now when you rarely ever used to see their phones advertised. Apple was everywhere...

The shops are simply responding to what the customers want... Everyone was buying apple products, so naturally you stock Apple accessories with a few other brand accessories too. But if the lions share of customers want Apple products, why would you stock with only a few Apple accessories and have a whole heap of stuff you can't sell because the perceived market isn't there? That would be, from a sellers point of view, madness...

Until public opinion and buying habits shift noticeably then we are stuck with shops full of Crapple merchandise. When Android becomes a major seller, this is where standardisation is good, then we'll see the stock move to that area instead as profit drops for Apple stock... Unfortunately there's still a perception among retailers that Apple is an easy sell... That and the fact that there are a million different types of android tablet and phones out in the world, and there's only so many things they are prepared to stock while generally all Apple stuff fit or was useable by all apple customers... Until Iphone 5 that is...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] RaptorMD:
The issue as I have always understood it has many sides. First Apple builds their OS for their devices, no one else gets it no other hardware can run it so they only have to optimize and remove features based on the generation of the device (3GS, 4, 4S, etc) and what will and won't work.

Now for Android OEM's they have a couple of challenges. First Google makes the OS and unless you are chosen for a Nexus launch you won't get the new OS in its finished state until after that (don't recall when JB 4.1.1 came out) so they have to wait.

Then the OEM's have to decide which devices can and cannot run the software based on the crippled (carrier specified hardware in the USA) so devices that are less than a year old get screwed over (HTC 2012 and 2011). Then they have to make sure their drivers work since not ever one of their phones (and tablets) uses the same processor or family of processors so we have Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Samsung, Intel, etc. Then the priority is always given to the latest hardware going out the door since you want your newest hardware to (hopefully) be running the most current OS you had in the pipeline, or in our case JB 4.1.1. Then they start to update for devices they can support.

Now what I see as a huge issue and is the heart of fragmentation is Google's failure to set standards and timelines from both the OEM's and Carriers (USA are the offenders here) to deliver the OS updates. Google should be collaborating with the OEM's to enforce software rollouts. They could also put forth some type of awareness campaign to insure users are in the know and can have an expectation from their carrier and OEM that they will get that update. Oh wait that was the Android Alliance crap announced last year that did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

For me I would be fine with my GN 10.1 and soon GN 2 running some iteration of JellyBean hopefully 4.2 so it has the enhanced security features etc.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] aletheus:
Just gotta say: iCustomers are snobby, horribly wretched, self-absorbed "high designer" wanna-be's. Apple's hw is far from impeccable, the sw is strangling. They're good at glamour (making something appear far better than it actually is). Samsung is unfortunately trying to cut into that crowd, and I think they'd do better to provide a strong counter position: a tablet that lasts for years instead of 6 months. A phone that makes it to the next upgrade cycle (like the gNex).

Early 20th century design principles (built to last decades-- ie heirloom quality) should be a global standard....yes I know I'm pipe dreaming here....

Apple IMO has made it difficult for Samsung to really get behind its own products in the US, but it's jot just apple, mobile device carriers have lobbied our government, fcc, and individual manufacturers to NOT release things like the p6800 or the n8000 because carriers want you to buy a phone AND a tablet with a data plan, not just a tabletnwith telephony hardware... so f***ing sick of our markets being manipulated by the big players, people don't even know that there ARE tablets available with telephony hw... blah...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] kenhicg:
I've been reading this forum and I'm a bit confused. Is JB available in the US now or not.?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] ultramag69:
No... Germany only...

People flash the German JB rom by using ODIN or, if they are rooted, Mobile ODIN...
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] bigblue95z:
Asus, good support? Whoever said that did not own the Transformer Prime. It was so terrible!! I spent 8 hours over 2 months on the phone with 4,138 techs about why the browser froze, why I was getting reboots watching any hd vids, and why my 3rd trip to rma had only successfully factory reset my tablet for the 3rd time and shipped it back. I'll never buy another Asus tablet. NEVER had these issues with ANY of their pc components. I've had to rma a few Asus items over the years and never had an issue. Was ecstatic when they came out with a tablet. On paper was the best ever, but soooo glad Best Buy decided to make it right since Asus wouldn't. Just kept getting bs about "Fixed firmware should be released very soon".... F that!!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] asdfuogh:
Asus has good "support" in that they roll out updates quick (although without enough checking imo). I had the original Transformer (still do until I give it to my brother in the winter), and they rolled out those updates quick. Unfortunately, still not as quick or solid as custom roms so I ditched it to be able to watch Netflix as soon as I felt comfortable. One of the reasons why I think Asus was great though was that they even had people on XDA to monitor for bugs so they could do stuff about it.

But.. in terms of quality.. my Note is definitely much better than my Transformer (which had creaks, blown speaker, and weird light bleeds). I can't complain about anything for my Note, except that I want a better, slimmer case that doesn't cost $$$$$$.