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Help Screen is broken; how to recover my files?

Does the phone support screen mirroring via USB (i.e. if you connect it to a display via a USB lead or USB to HDMI)? Was the touchscreen still working? And can you still unlock it?

If the answer to all of these is "yes" you could try connecting to a display then installing something like "wifi file explorer" (which I've not used for years but still exists in the Play Store), which may allow you to copy you files over a WiFi network. Or copy them to some cloud storage of your choice.

If not it gets tricky. I did once manage to get files off a phone with a completely broken screen by swapping between connecting a display via USB (so I could see what I'd done/where I was in the UI) and connecting a keyboard (so I could use cursor and enter keys to move the pointer and click - all while blind), but it took a lot of time and effort. Also I had another similar phone with a working display that I could practice with first. I also used a USB mouse for some things, but that's even trickier to use blind! I finally got the job done by pairing a bluetooth mouse to the phone, after which I could control the phone while still mirroring the display. And since then I've always had a bluetooth mouse which is paired to my phone, just in case I ever find myself in this position (because it wasn't my phone I was trying to recover data from).

Google maps timeline Something went wrong adding visits and other problems

hello all I have tried few times in uninstall, reinstalled, restart phone, clear cached and data, update app, but still not working everytime i try to add a visit to timeline I always get something went wrong it's not showing my walking or driving stuff but showing places where I have visited

showing now for some reason don't what's going on with it now showing something went wrong again

look at the screenshots to see what I mean if you understand

everything was working but now it's not abd don't know what else to do

i tried to add a visit just now but it wouldn't show it just said No visits for this day and if i add home to add visit and tap from friday to today and tap here now it says something went wrong

now I can't add anything if I add a visit and the time I visited from the screenshots I added it will show that but then if I add a place to that place I have visited it will just say something went wrong

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Disposal disaster

Yes, there will be a small button on the bottom that is a trip button, make sure it is pushed in/not popped out.

If the dishwasher is working then the plug is hot and there is something wrong with the Badger.

Try turning the plate/motor via the hex opening in the bottom.

If it turns freely and the trip breaker is in then you have a electrical motor issue.


Do you know how to use a multi-meter ?

Set it for continuity, most have a buzzer alert, or something to let you know if there is a "path".

If you probe the plug on the Badger there should be continuity twixt the two blades, if there is no continuity your dead in the water.

If you show continuity twixt the "hot" blade and the round ground pin your dead in the water. The neutral prong (normally the wider blade), will show continuity with the round ground pin.

Let us know what happens.

Flat Earth Believers... I DONT GET IT!!!!

What really cracks me up (and actually stuns me in its stupidity) is that some flat earth folks draw completely inapposite conclusions about other astronomical things, like the meme below. I mean even if you think that the earth is flat (and maybe some of the other planets), you would also have to believe that if the planets were round, they would not orbit the sun (so only flat planets orbit the sun!) to come up with this hogwash.

Let that sink in... ;)

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Gas prices?

I had to fill up my gas can for the cabin mower yesterday. I bought gas for my normal mowers Tuesday and failed to catch the price. I'm very sure that regular was $3.98. Two days later regular was $4.29 and premium was $4.89. This morning I passed two fuel outlets on my way to Lowes. Both had their premium priced at over five bucks a gallon. I have never raised my mow prices in the middle of the year but a dollar a gallon increase so far is felt. I'm sure we will all feel it with all goods that are transported.

[App] Football Calculator 2026

Football Calculator 2026 is an simulator that will help you to follow Football Tournament 2026.
Football Calculator will help you quickly determine the tournament position of your favorite team during the Soccer Cup 2026.
You only need to fill your own results of the matches, and the app itself builds all the tables of the group and calculates which teams will go into the playoffs.
Also application has the entire schedule of matches (time and venue).
Watch for the matches and fill your own Football Cup table.
The largest football tournament in the world begins on June 11, 2026, in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Football Calculator 2026 - Apps on Google Play

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Any Time is Grillin Time

I smoked some bacon wrapped chicken livers for dinner. I like them fried better but it was a mother's day meal request. They are plenty easy to smoke but wrapping them proves difficult. I smoked them at 260° for an hour and forty five minutes. Internal temp was 170° but I wouldn't have minded the bacon being a bit crisper. There are enough left over for my dinner tomorrow. If I decide to heat them up, I'll bake them at 350° until I have crispy bacon. I'll likely eat them cold. I like them just as well hot or cold.

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