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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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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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[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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vivo X Fold3 Pro Global-APRIL 2026 update

In a nutshell... this phone is blooming great!

Uncharacteristically for me, I have held on to the vivo X Fold 3 Pro for 21 months, since the launch of the global model, quite simply because I have not found a phone that can better it for my usage.

My original concerns about this phone were unfounded. The 5,700 mAh Si/C Li-Ion battery is now at 97% after nearly 2 years of constant use, (see screenshot), which is OK by me. Charging at 100W wired and 50W wireless in around 31" and 62" is a big plus for me.

The unique carbon fibre hinge of the phone has and still is, performing flawlessly and shows no sign of wear and tear.

Perhaps one of the biggest things for me is the screen brightness of 4,500 nits which works well in the sunshine here in the Cotswolds of England.

The phone works well on the global 5G Ultra network here in the UK and Europe

Last but not least is the crease which to me has not become any more noticeable than the day it arrived and can only be detected at a level angle of 90 degrees.

One thing I have noticed and is evident from my posts on here, is that the Chinese do not offer piecemeal updates but rather, bring all their optimisations, features releases and security patch, together in one monthly release. Apart from a few trial updates, such as the one in post #1, that is it so far.

In the last 21 months I have found nothing so far to tempt me away from this phone although I shall be looking at the global model of the Honor Magic V6 when it is released in Q3.

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