nexus 6 broken screen

[der.hans]

Am 17. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so:

moin moin,

> For the future you can enable this,
> http://www.androidcentral.com/how-set-android-device-manager-lock-and-wipe-your-phone
> and remote wipe your device.

Yeah, lots of options once I could get it to boot.

Packed the box with a bunch of magnets and shipped it off :).

ciao,

der.hans

> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 10:11 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>
>> Am 16. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Nathan England so:
>>
>> moin moin Nathan,
>>
>>  From my experiences with encrypted hard drives in both the windows world
>>> and linux land, I have been hesitant to encrypt my phone. I use the Moto G
>>> on a prepaid verizon plan, so if the phone dies, I can pick up a new one
>>> for $60 bucks at walmart, meaning I'm not concerned about sending it in...
>>>
>>
>> My phones cost a bit more :). I also generally use them for several years
>> if the provider is sufficient.
>>
>>  Regardless, I've pondered encrypting it, but dreaded the performance
>>> loss. What has your experience been on the 6? Is there a significant
>>> performance hit? Do you just feel it is worth the privacy protection and
>>> deal with it? Is it not even noticeable?
>>>
>>
>> I haven't noticed. I'm also not that critical. I'm not a gamer except that
>> I've been getting into sgt's puzzle collection, especially galaxies :).
>>
>> Phone calls work, camera works. Playing music works. Haven't stressed it
>> much beyond that. I do use lots of f-droid apps, but the only things that
>> were sluggish were a few of the games I tried.
>>
>>  My windows machine with bitlocker is unbearably slow, at least compared
>>> to my SSD machines. And the encrypted HDD with Fedora is painful as well,
>>> though not near as bad as windows.
>>>
>>
>> Debian with full disk encryption was fine.
>>
>> Using $HOME encryption bit me as I use unison and both the encryption and
>> unison make longer file names. As a result lots of files couldn't be
>> synced because the file name was too long.
>>
>> Could I get a functioning display and screen reader, I would be fine on
>> the phone as well, but I can't, so the encryption is causing me problems
>> in this particular case. Then again, I'm fairly certain my data is safe.
>> Nothing of value to anyone else, but still...
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>>
>>  On 2015-07-16 15:35, der.hans wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 16. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so:
>>>>
>>>> moin moin,
>>>>
>>>> it's encrypted :).
>>>>
>>>> At least OEM will have to work hard to get my data. Well, unless they
>>>> have
>>>> a back door from the NSA...
>>>>
>>>> ciao,
>>>>
>>>> der.hans
>>>>
>>>>  If you encrypted the device. Not likely. If you have no encryption you
>>>>> can
>>>>> unlock and flash a bootloader and the push a backup and gain  access via
>>>>> usb/add and pull your backup.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's the best i can think of.
>>>>> On Jul 16, 2015 1:55 PM, "der.hans" <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  moin moin,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> broke the touchscreen on a nexus 6 and the screen went out as well :(.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a pattern lock on booting, but can't input the pattern or see if
>>>>>> the phone has been unlocked. Certain it hasn't, but would like to get
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> unlocked and booted.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The nexus 6 doesn't have mhl. It does have slimport, but you have to
>>>>>> root
>>>>>> the phone to enable slimport.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aside from ripping it apart and hooking up a new screen, anyone have
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> ideaѕ on how to get it to boot?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to get final backups and wipe it before returning it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a super-secret button combo to get a reset?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> der.hans
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