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Thank you, EskeRahn for staying with me. (Please let me know if this thread needs to migrate.) The red light come on when charging. It turns green when I assume it's 100% charge. If I press and hold power+volume down, there is flashes of white light at the top 3rd and lower 5th of the screen across.  A couple of times when I press power (not sure when I am off) the regular screen but somewhat tinted appear for a couple of seconds where I see the message that the phone is for example, 72% charging, then it goes back to black.

In theory I think yes, but in practise very hard without seeing the display. One option could be to copy the content of the entire user partition, but again some interaction with the phone might be needed.  If you have allowed google to take backup, at the least some data is saved. And if you allowed google to stea...erhm STORE your pictures, they will be saved in the cloud too, maybe in poor resolution though. But start booting it to bootloader. If you see a menu, it is software 'only', so you would know that you are unlikely to need a new display.

Thanks Hook,  for the info and the link.  And EskeRahn, for a ray of hope. I'm embarrassed to say that I've not learn to connect my phone to my laptop to be able to see the content on the phone.  I need to transfer my data before doing a factory reset.  is that possible?

Hmm this might actually be good news, as this sounds more like a software bug than a hardware bug. Can it boot into bootloader-mode showing the menu? If so a factory reset is most likely the way to go, and if that does not do the trick a full reflash to factory mode. (follow the first post on the forum)

I was curious about the availability of the replacement LCDs (Elephone U Pro display) as I hadn't checked in quite a while.  The result is a bit alarming.  Aliexpress, which used to be a reliable source (the little shops would run out, but other little shops would pop up with it), now seems to be completely wiped out on these.  In fact the only link that came out of searching that still worked was this: https://www.amazon.com/Jaytong-Replacement-Elephone-Pro-Assembly/dp/B0B6362SSK It is double to triple the price it used to be on Aliexpress, and the seller's ratings are not stellar, although it does look like Amazon will handle customer service.  Then, of course, there's the issue on the Pro1x of not being able to properly set the touch margins if you don't have a pro1 because the patch that does it doesn't work on anything later than Android 10 and the Pro1x can not use anything earlier than Android 11.   I luckily have a few of the Aliexpress lcds in my closet. But it looks grim unless someone has another source or we find another screen that's compatible. I think the latter is unlikely.