I'm not new to these forums, but this is the first time I'm posting anything. I wanted to get rid of the yellow triangle on my phone in case i needed to send it in for any warranty issues. I found the triangle away app and it was compatible with the i777. I was on shostock ics either 3.1.1 or 4.1.1, i don't remember but it worked, i restarted the phone and everything worked just fine. I set it down and went back on it 10 minutes later, and it was frozen. I could get it into download mode but odin wouldn't load anything to the phone. After a few tries, the phone screen went black and wouldn't turn on. also when I plugged it in it started getting hot. I sent it out to someone on ebay that offered jtag service to repair a hard brick galaxy s2. He is sending it back to me unfixed, saying it was unresponsive. I don't know if anyone else has posted this problem, but I seem to be the only idiot who has completely bricked there phone using this. Is there anyone else that has had this problem and have you gotten it fixed? thanks for your replies in advance.
Your phone is dead. REVOKED
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Download a international rom
Then install and unlock the phone
Now format and wipe.....
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mobilecrackers said:
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Then install and unlock the phone
Now format and wipe.....
If it works thank me
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Are you trolling. He just said his phone is hard bricked no odin
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122ninjas said:
Are you trolling. He just said his phone is hard bricked no odin
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He meant the Odin in his minds eye.
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reolwolf, better send it to warranty as 122ninjas suggested and don't do anything funny on that phone anymore.
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Thanks ninja!
reolwolf said:
I'm not new to these forums, but this is the first time I'm posting anything. I wanted to get rid of the yellow triangle on my phone in case i needed to send it in for any warranty issues. I found the triangle away app and it was compatible with the i777. I was on shostock ics either 3.1.1 or 4.1.1, i don't remember but it worked, i restarted the phone and everything worked just fine. I set it down and went back on it 10 minutes later, and it was frozen. I could get it into download mode but odin wouldn't load anything to the phone. After a few tries, the phone screen went black and wouldn't turn on. also when I plugged it in it started getting hot. I sent it out to someone on ebay that offered jtag service to repair a hard brick galaxy s2. He is sending it back to me unfixed, saying it was unresponsive. I don't know if anyone else has posted this problem, but I seem to be the only idiot who has completely bricked there phone using this. Is there anyone else that has had this problem and have you gotten it fixed? thanks for your replies in advance.
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Based on your post, it doesn't sound like anything you did. It definitely wasn't the app that bricked your phone. If the phone was running fine and then just quit, I would warranty it. Just leave out the rooting/custom rom part when telling them what happened. If the phone is completely FUBAR they'll never know it was rooted. And again, I only suggest this because it sounds like this happened through no fault of your own.
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This might help
Download a international rom
Then install and unlock the phone
Now format and wipe.....
If it works thank me
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Who the **** are these people? Why do they ask for thanks?
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Didn't we learn with moneyover that sending a phone in for warranty for something that happened while modding the phone is not okay?
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Didn't we learn with moneyover that sending a phone in for warranty for something that happened while modding the phone is not okay?
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I thought we had, but sadly....
Anyway, as much as you may hate AT&T, XDA does not condone fraud; please keep such suggestions to yourselves in the future...
I don't think it was anything that the op has done. When I first upgraded to the GS2 I was trying to go the refurb route. The first refurb I received was totally unresponsive and it got hot when trying to charge. I called the Death Star and had them send another. It too did the same thing. I returned it and went to Sam's Club and bought a new one. Sounds to me like a hardware failure and you need to call and see about a replacement.
I'm going to agree with everyone else that it sounds more like a hardware vs software issue.
If he sends it in for warranty and they can fix it and see custom Roms and.rooting they may send him a bill.
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Someone of you are missing the point I think....Regardless of hardware or software. The phones warranty was voided from a custom rom. As moto said if they some how fix it and find shoshock on there. They won't be happy....
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That aside, odds of them finding it was rooted if this is a hard brick are slim to none. First thing they're going to do if it doesn't turn on is try to restore it to a factory state.
And stop with the moral police. This guy didn't brick his phone modding it. It was already rooted/rom'd. This happened while the phone was just sitting around. There's a difference, warranty be damned. It's like a car manufacturer trying to void your warranty for changing your muffler...
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Some people are trying to play moral police here like the dude is trying to commit fraud. And maybe he is. But based on his post he did nothing wrong to cause this to happen to his phone, so anyone crying fraud is making that claim based on their own assumption. The title of the thread is misleading. We have plenty of people who return their phones to stock for exchanges/returns because of failures not related to custom roms/rooting. Nothing wrong with that. This sounds like a hardware failure which would have nothing to do with what he says he did. In addition if this is a hard brick then there is no way they will ever know he flashed anything. Even if they can get the phone operating it won't be in the state its in now. It will be wiped in am attempt to restore functionality.
I'm sorry but I'm intelligent enough to know that rooting my phone had absolutely no negative impact on its hardware. And if something stops working you're Damn right ill return it to stock to have it replaced. There's nothing wrong with that.
This isn't some cases of "I tried to flash the wrong firmware and then unplugged my phone while loading bootloaders and now it's borked how can I cheat the system?"
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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he say that he couldn't boot it into anything so that he can set it back to stock. If you send it back like that it's still committing fraud whether he meant to do it or wants to do it or not.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he say that he couldn't boot it into anything so that he can set it back to stock. If you send it back like that it's still committing fraud whether he meant to do it or wants to do it or not.
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Lol got me before I could delete that rant
I don't see that as committing fraud anymore than someone reverting back to stock over a broken usb port. Had nothing to do with the rom but technically the warranty was voided. It's a pretty Grey area. Like I said in edited post, it's like voiding a car warranty over changing a muffler. It's BS.
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I don't see that as committing fraud anymore than someone reverting back to stock over a broken usb port. Had nothing to do with the rom but technically the warranty was voided. It's a pretty Grey area. Like I said in edited post, it's like voiding a car warranty over changing a muffler. It's BS.
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way different. OP states that the application bricked his device. When you brick your phone, after doing something to it. Thats your fault. Not at&t's. Nothing like changing a muffler, more like flashing computer or installing a chip.
My USB was bad, and has been for months. Thats a factory defect, or a warranty matter. there are no grey areas in this case.
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way different. OP states that the application bricked his device. When you brick your phone, after doing something to it. Thats your fault. Not at&t's. Nothing like changing a muffler, more like flashing computer or installing a chip.
My USB was bad, and has been for months. Thats a factory defect, or a warranty matter. there are no grey areas in this case.
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Re-read that first post. The title is a bit misleading. Op says he used the app and phone was working fine. Came back to it later and it wasn't working anymore. That's not the app. That's not bricking from flashing, sorry. That's something else. Too many people jumping to conclusions here without actually reading with comprehension.
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I can confirm that I bricked my phone tonight. I was playing in Clockwork trying to get a ext4 partition using a sdparted.txt. I gave up with that because I could not get it to work properly. Well I decided to push my a rom from adb to sd and it was taking forever so I closed out cmd and proceeded to mount SD from recovery but it would not mount. So I figured the SD card was locked up with CMD or perhaps I corrupted the partitions. So I pulled the battery and popped the sd in my pc and everything was fine with the card. So I went back and put the sd card back in my phone and tried to boot it up and I got nothing. I then plugged the phone into my pc and got nothing.. No lights no boot nothing. It did try to install QHSUSB_DLOAD drivers. Which I know someone is already working on. I guess sprint will be getting a visit tomorrow with my brick. Sigh.. No matter how experienced you think you are you are always not experienced enough..
Just wondering have you tried turning it on while its not plugged in? It may take a few pushes of the power button. Well you mentioned you tried before you plugged it in but try a few times, one time it took me 6 presses of the power button.
Try pulling the battery out waiting for 5 to 10 minutes then put it back and try booting!
Sywped from mah Supasonic!
To answer both of you Yes I have tried many times of pushing the power button plugged and unplugged and also leaving the battery an for extended period of time. No charging light comes on and it prompts for the QHSUSB_DLOAD drivers. I am assuming this is what trevE has been working on. Thus leading me to believe it is a full brick.
Can you get to your Hboot?
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So, what exactly are you going to tell sprint after you bricked your phone by flashing a rom through a custom recovery?
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So, what exactly are you going to tell sprint after you bricked your phone by flashing a rom through a custom recovery?
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I was doing an OTA update and then it didnt turn back on.
Yeah, doesn't work like that. EVO 3D has emmc that is write protected that is designed to revert to stock if ota fails.
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Yeah, doesn't work like that. EVO 3D has emmc that is write protected that is designed to revert to stock if ota fails.
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He could just say his phone turned off and now it wont boot. The employees at a Sprint repair center don't have the time or resources to launch an investigation into exactly how your phone failed and if it was his fault or not. Unless he opens his mouth or its some kind of physical/liquid damage they will give him a replacement no problem.
This is correct. By this I mean above post. They won't take the time to really check and you are not lying by saying it won't boot.
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Just tell them that you flipped the score on angry birds and then some crazy government stuff started flashing on your screen before it burned out. And then tell them that you might be the new intersect.
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But what happens if he says that then the Sprint guys find out he was lying? Do they ever do anything?
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But what happens if he says that then the Sprint guys find out he was lying? Do they ever do anything?
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They won't find out if the phone wont turn on. The problem is that people are not smarter than the equipment they are working with and do stupid things like brick their phones, and return them while lying and in the end, the rest of us end up suffering. Before Android brought in a whole slew of retards who bricked their phones, insurance was a 50 dollar deductible. I fully expect it to be 150 soon.
If you are dumb enough to try stupid things and brick your phone, at least man up and be responsible and do the right thing. Yeah, thats not going to happen.
if you brick a phone why not do the right thing and get yourself a new one by manning up and paying for it. I mean dont we all talk about doing the right thing? If you dont wanna pay retail, I am sure they will let your renew your upgrade, if you tell them you can either buy a phone or pay the ETF and go elsewhere, they will usually let you upgrade the phone.
I cant believe you experiment with stupid **** when you know it might f up the phone.
If you have insurance you can just lose it and pay the 100.00 ded. the brick should be worth at least a 100.00 on ebay. I sold an og evo with a broken lcd and bad esn. in an auction it got 126.50 about a month ago.
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They won't find out if the phone wont turn on. The problem is that people are not smarter than the equipment they are working with and do stupid things like brick their phones, and return them while lying and in the end, the rest of us end up suffering. Before Android brought in a whole slew of retards who bricked their phones, insurance was a 50 dollar deductible. I fully expect it to be 150 soon.
If you are dumb enough to try stupid things and brick your phone, at least man up and be responsible and do the right thing. Yeah, thats not going to happen.
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Meh just a soft brick, it's not like he's shipping it to them in pieces or anything. It just needs reflashed. If he were to use insurance the deductible would be nearly pure profit for them.
I remember seeing in another forum (can't remember which atm) that something was buggy in clockwork and it would zero out parts of the eMMC when formatting/partitioning something. It may be a good idea for someone to try and find out what it was doing to see if our version is prone to it also.
I decided to come back to my post and say a few more things. To the few who harped and lectured about taking my phone to sprint, I just wanted to let you know I explained to the sweet girl behind the counter that I was formatting my sdcard and some how the phones emmc got erased with it. She had no freaking clue Wtf I was talking about and just gave me a different phone. I never had any intention of claiming insurance or lying about how it happened. So you guys who whined can settle down now. But on another note this all happened on clock work and yes I was repartitioning the SD card via clock work / recovery - adb shell - sdparted.txt script.
Something funky happened when I did the battery pull after I could no longer mount the sdcard from within recovery..
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Meh just a soft brick, it's not like he's shipping it to them in pieces or anything. It just needs reflashed. If he were to use insurance the deductible would be nearly pure profit for them.
I remember seeing in another forum (can't remember which atm) that something was buggy in clockwork and it would zero out parts of the eMMC when formatting/partitioning something. It may be a good idea for someone to try and find out what it was doing to see if our version is prone to it also.
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I think that's the NookColor. You *cannot* format your SD (or on any non-stock rom) or you would format a portion of the eMMC and could (would always?) brick, hard....though it probably happens elsewhere, it's the entire platform from what I recall (of which the NookColor is a near reference design)...I think it was from confusion caused by how the partitions were referenced since you could boot from SD or eMMC or have any number of partitions on either.
If there were never any "retards" trying unknown things, there would be no dev community.
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If there were never any "retards" trying unknown things, there would be no dev community.
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+1 I r tard
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Guys my note seems to be in the most dreadful state possible. It wont turn on, I can't put it in recovery, when I connect it to the computer I can hear a sound signalling it does recognize something, but adb cant find the device (seems like it turns off).
This happened after trying to put the cwm beta4 recovery.img , nobody except me is responsible, I was trying to put flash the image, after running the command however it dint seem to me it made any difference after trying to boot to recovery so, I tried running the command again, except this time, it gave me an error which said it ran out of space or disk space, I tried restarting and it wont turn on.
Any and all help is appreciated.
Please move this to the correct forum.
This forum is for development
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Return it and they'll give you a new one. They cant tell you bricked if it won't turn on.
G~Note "nuff said"
alperin1 said:
Please move this to the correct forum.
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I'm sorry I wasn't aware that this wasnt the right place.
N3RD420 said:
Return it and they'll give you a new one. They cant tell you bricked if it won't turn on.
G~Note "nuff said"
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Agreed, except I want to try and see if it can be recovered, else I'll get it switched.
Did u try to go to download mode by holding down. Then wait 15 sec press up even if it doesnt have anything on screen and see if odin sees it?
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Did u try to go to download mode by holding down. Then wait 15 sec press up even if it doesnt have anything on screen and see if odin sees it?
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Okay just noticed this, in the device manager it now says QHUSB_DLOAD, I'm guessing this is some form of download state, I have odin open, how do I know if its recognizing it?
It would show a yellow square with a com port.... But i think that error is very bad one of our devs in skyrocket got it and it was return phone or jtag service online.
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you might have had a typo in your last flash...
if you typed mmcblk0p2 instead of mmcblk0p22, then it would explain the out of space, and possibly also the boot error...
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It would show a yellow square with a com port.... But i think that error is very bad one of our devs in skyrocket got it and it was return phone or jtag service online.
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Odin doesn't show anything, I mean I doesn't show the yellow exclamation mark.
braway said:
you might have had a typo in your last flash...
if you typed mmcblk0p2 instead of mmcblk0p22, then it would explain the out of space, and possibly also the boot error...
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Very likely thats what I did, is there anyway out?
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Very likely thats what I did, is there anyway out?
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probably not, or only with lots of effort
returning it is probably the fastest
I do understand, but since I'm a total noob on android, .and that nothing else could possible go any wrong, I would sure like to try.
drop 5 bucks on a jig
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UUCT0Y/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details
or similar.
this wont reset the counter like on certain devices but it will put the sgh-i717 at&t note into download mode just by plugging it in
then flash back to stock with odin. all of the info to do that is located in this forum
edit.. alot of these guys are right though, if it doesnt react to being plugged in or turned on no matter what, nobody in the at&t store will figure it out, they will mark it defective and give you a new one
Honestly......best idea.... return it. I'd actually suggest leaving it alone, on the off chance you got Odin to recognize it, and maybe halfway fixed the Note, it might then look to whomever you return it to that you broke it somehow. Basically the fact it won't turn on at all is to your benefit at this point.
My phone will eat your Apple!
brittoking said:
Honestly......best idea.... return it. I'd actually suggest leaving it alone, on the off chance you got Odin to recognize it, and maybe halfway fixed the Note, it might then look to whomever you return it to that you broke it somehow. Basically the fact it won't turn on at all is to your benefit at this point.
My phone will eat your Apple!
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I agree. Return. Been there twice with an infuse and skyrocket. No questions asked...swap out. I always say I'm never getting involved in Modding my phone after an incident like that. Am I the only who says that?
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brittoking said:
Honestly......best idea.... return it. I'd actually suggest leaving it alone, on the off chance you got Odin to recognize it, and maybe halfway fixed the Note, it might then look to whomever you return it to that you broke it somehow. Basically the fact it won't turn on at all is to your benefit at this point.
My phone will eat your Apple!
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I kind of just thought about that, I'll leave it as is, and get it swapped.
ryanbmw51 said:
I agree. Return. Been there twice with an infuse and skyrocket. No questions asked...swap out. I always say I'm never getting involved in Modding my phone after an incident like that. Am I the only who says that?
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Yep will do this.
ryanbmw51 said:
I always say I'm never getting involved in Modding my phone after an incident like that. Am I the only who says that?
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I, for one, couldn't wait to tear into my new $300 gem
As for the brick, i concur, returning it at this point would be best. I hate using dd to flash things, one typo can screw up the entire device.
if it turns on at all... you may risk getting it found to be modded. just sayin.
if i were you. Id find an old ac adapter cut the wires and seperate. then zap the prongs where the battery connects. in my experience, old laptop chargers work the best. be sure to cut the end off of the cord that plugs into the laptop. the brick will protect you from fatal or even harmful shock so dont worry.
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I agree. Mine was rooted the day I got it.
If you do decide to root the replacement, reading is your friend. Read, read again, and read it a third time. Then don't be afraid to read it more if necessary, and a you're doing the steps.
Well on the way to my fairytale!
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probably not, or only with lots of effort
returning it is probably the fastest
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It happened as you had said missed a 2
ashies7 said:
I agree. Mine was rooted the day I got it.
If you do decide to root the replacement, reading is your friend. Read, read again, and read it a third time. Then don't be afraid to read it more if necessary, and a you're doing the steps.
Well on the way to my fairytale!
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I had it rooted, it was while trying to install cwm, I did read it a few times, perhaps needs more reading, I had tinkered with iphones quite a bit, but I never had a bricked device ever in like 4 years, I never thought it could goto a state where the only real way to bring it back would it be to connect to a jtag device.
I sent my Galaxy Note into Samsung to get the screen repaired.
When I sent it off, I realized that I forgot to reset the flash counter.
I was scared ****less.
Anyway, they repaired it and it is about to be sent back to me.
I just thought I would let everyone know that there is nothing to worry about.
sealcouch said:
I sent my Galaxy Note into Samsung to get the screen repaired.
When I sent it off, I realized that I forgot to reset the flash counter.
I was scared ****less.
Anyway, they repaired it and it is about to be sent back to me.
I just thought I would let everyone know that there is nothing to worry about.
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I think you just got lucky bud and I would not encourage anyone else to do the same thing. Just because they agreed to fix your phone doesn't mean that everyone else will be as fortunate. Samsung and your phone carrier clearly stated that if you do flash a non OEM ROM you will be voiding your warranty.
Also, lets wait till you get your phone back before you consider this a success.
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I think you just got lucky bud and I would not encourage anyone else to do the same thing. Just because they agreed to fix your phone doesn't mean that everyone else will be as fortunate. Samsung and your phone carrier clearly stated that if you do flash a non OEM ROM you will be voiding your warranty.
Also, lets wait till you get your phone back before you consider this a success.
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Yeah. I wouldn't recommend it. I feel like if I sent my phone in for some sort of software issue I would be out of luck.
I will update this thread when I actually get the phone back.
it might depend on the repair in question. A screen replacement is just hardware so they may not mind the software being a custom ROM. I sent in a GT 10.1 with AOKP installed to fix a screen issue. I'm sure they noticed the angry rainbow unicorn when they booted it up. They fixed it no problem though annoyingly, they actually WIPED my entire device, sdcard and everything back to stock. On the GT 10.1 boards, no one has had that happen except me.
I have to send my note in for a repair on my SD card slot, which keeps popping out the microsd. My phone has a custom rom and probably 3 on the flash counter. I was hoping they didn't care since it was a hardware issue. On a side note, it sucks that AT&T doesn't give out loaner phones while it's being fixed.
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it might depend on the repair in question. A screen replacement is just hardware so they may not mind the software being a custom ROM. I sent in a GT 10.1 with AOKP installed to fix a screen issue. I'm sure they noticed the angry rainbow unicorn when they booted it up. They fixed it no problem though annoyingly, they actually WIPED my entire device, sdcard and everything back to stock. On the GT 10.1 boards, no one has had that happen except me.
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Makes me wonder if they just gave you a different phone? Or you memorized the hardware numbers? I agree with you being a hardware issue, they are probably not going to care about the flash counter. If you sent them a boot looping device that had the flash counter up high, then i would suspect they might say something.
No real worries guys. I had to send my phone in to Sammy for a screen issue a couple days before braway released the counter reset. They repaired it with no issues, wiped the ROM and reset the counter for me lol. This was back in late March.
Edit- in my case, they gave me the same phone because the Bluetooth physical address was the same. They replaced the screen including the front glass, so I didn't get my screen protector back.
Im pretty sure the techs there get paid by the hour and Im also sure that they themselves(techs) flash custom software on their devices. If I worked in that dept, I would spend the extra time resetting your flash counters and reverting you to stock, only to make my day go by quicker... I wouldn't recommend betting the farm on that. IMHO
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I have to send my note in for a repair on my SD card slot, which keeps popping out the microsd. My phone has a custom rom and probably 3 on the flash counter. I was hoping they didn't care since it was a hardware issue. On a side note, it sucks that AT&T doesn't give out loaner phones while it's being fixed.
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It depends on the store. I threw a fit, called customer service and they have me a credit for ****tiest prepaid phone they have. Least its mine now as a total emergency backup. I was not gonna be out of a phone for days.
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It depends on the store. I threw a fit, called customer service and they have me a credit for ****tiest prepaid phone they have. Least its mine now as a total emergency backup. I was not gonna be out of a phone for days.
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I sent it off Monday and I already have the tracking number for the return shipping. In any case, I am using my old iPhone 3g until I get my phone back. It's always good to have a spare.
So people wouldn't recommend it, but who here has actually been denied service with an upped counter?
Traditionally, going all the way back to my Nexus One, the phone manufacturers don't care about root/s-off/flash counter if it's a clear hardware issue. If your button stops working or your screen doesn't respond anymore or your phone doesn't charge, they generally fix it.
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I sent it off Monday and I already have the tracking number for the return shipping. In any case, I am using my old iPhone 3g until I get my phone back. It's always good to have a spare.
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Of course its best to have a backup, but at the time I didn't. I didn't expect a loaner, but when the CSR on the phone said I'd get one...then the store says no...well, we have problems.
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Hi
I have been using it for about ten months and my phone just died all of a sudden.
I tried everything but it doesn't work.
I currently have cm9 mod installed so the phone is rooted and unlocked.
However its not like I bricked ot while installing new firmware or anything.
I've sent it in for repair with samsung canada (thankfully still under one yr) but do u think they'll be able to find out that the phone's been rooted? I was thinking that since it doesn't even turn on they will have to replace the mainboard or something and won't be able to figure out but I'm a bit worried. Maybe I should've microwaved it for a bit before sending it off lol jks.
Anybody have experiences with this?
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Hi
I have been using it for about ten months and my phone just died all of a sudden.
I tried everything but it doesn't work.
I currently have cm9 mod installed so the phone is rooted and unlocked.
However its not like I bricked ot while installing new firmware or anything.
I've sent it in for repair with samsung canada (thankfully still under one yr) but do u think they'll be able to find out that the phone's been rooted? I was thinking that since it doesn't even turn on they will have to replace the mainboard or something and won't be able to figure out but I'm a bit worried. Maybe I should've microwaved it for a bit before sending it off lol jks.
Anybody have experiences with this?
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You have CM9 installed as your operating system, Got a feeling they will know its not a Samsung standard firmware," unless Stevie Wonder is repairing it ". Good luck but i think they will charge you..
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bored_stupid said:
You have CM9 installed as your operating system, Got a feeling they will know its not a Samsung standard firmware," unless Stevie Wonder is repairing it ". Good luck but i think they will charge you..
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Sig'd for the lolz.
Depending on what's wrong with the phone, you might get lucky. I've seen a few posts on here about people sending phones in with custom firmwares that had bricked and getting them replaced under warranty.
Depends how bad it is - if they can't boot the phone themselves due to a hardware failure then there's no simple way for them to know you've voided the warranty.
Could you get the phone into download mode? If so then you probably could've fixed it yourself with Odin. If they can boot it into download mode then the first thing they'll see is the counter showing how many ROMs you've flashed over USB (doesn't count CWM flashing, mind).
Whatever happens, when you get the phone back maybe try Chainfire's Triangle Away, it resets your counter and gets rid of that pesky warning triangle. It's risky stuff mind and not for the faint-hearted - I'll admit I haven't run it yet XD
another one when your phone returned
most kernals now come with root and no yellow triangle eg siyah kernal etc etc
mayamo said:
Hi
I have been using it for about ten months and my phone just died all of a sudden.
I tried everything but it doesn't work.
I currently have cm9 mod installed so the phone is rooted and unlocked.
However its not like I bricked ot while installing new firmware or anything.
I've sent it in for repair with samsung canada (thankfully still under one yr) but do u think they'll be able to find out that the phone's been rooted? I was thinking that since it doesn't even turn on they will have to replace the mainboard or something and won't be able to figure out but I'm a bit worried. Maybe I should've microwaved it for a bit before sending it off lol jks.
Anybody have experiences with this?
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Did you tried to remove and insert a battery ?
so i've sent off the phone last week and according to the person at the repair centre, it's with the quality control folks right now to make sure that there's nothing wrong with it after the repair.
i was told that the 'mainboard' was replaced and that they've updated the os to the latest ics.
so does this mean that they never found out about the cm7 rom that was installed?
that's what a dead mainboard means right?
anxiously waiting for the phone to be shipped back now
If they haven't charged you for it, it's either that or they don't care. Either way you win.
Phone has a modified status, no way to erase it yet, and I need to exchange the phone. So my solution is to brick it so it won't turn on. (It's a Bell SGH-747M).
A member said he bricked his with an i9300 Omega ROM, but no mater what I flash it won't hard brick. Even pulling out the battery while flashing a boot.img just puts it into recovery mode..
Any ideas?
chaoszero112 said:
Phone has a modified status, no way to erase it yet, and I need to exchange the phone. So my solution is to brick it so it won't turn on. (It's a Bell SGH-747M).
A member said he bricked his with an i9300 Omega ROM, but no mater what I flash it won't hard brick. Even pulling out the battery while flashing a boot.img just puts it into recovery mode..
Any ideas?
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Throw it against the wall or drop it in the toilet. See if it turns on afterwards.
Try using odin to flash a bootloader from a different phone.
like this
or just odin random roms and pull the cord out when it looks like its flashing important things
chaoszero112 said:
Phone has a modified status, no way to erase it yet, and I need to exchange the phone. So my solution is to brick it so it won't turn on. (It's a Bell SGH-747M).
A member said he bricked his with an i9300 Omega ROM, but no mater what I flash it won't hard brick. Even pulling out the battery while flashing a boot.img just puts it into recovery mode..
Any ideas?
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Perhaps just change your character and purchase a new phone rather than committing theft and fraud?
chamberc said:
Perhaps just change your character and purchase a new phone rather than committing theft and fraud?
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My phone has a manufacturer defect not caused by any software or anything I did to it, and they won't look at it because of the status. That is hardly fair. I am exchanging the phone for the same one. The only fraud here is selling me a phone that was not to spec.
try flashing a rom from another phone like an htc rom...
This is one of the funniest threads I've read.
I've seen at least one mention of the "Swapper" app hard-bricking a phone.
Microwave for about 15 sec. Maybe try 10 first, but remove the battery and SIM/sd.
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bigblue95z said:
Microwave for about 15 sec. Maybe try 10 first, but remove the battery and SIM/sd.
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Some told me throw it in the oven for a few seconds.
Stryker1297 said:
try flashing a rom from another phone like an htc rom...
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Flashing a i9100 ROM did the trick. Was able to exchange it.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
chaoszero112 said:
My phone has a manufacturer defect not caused by any software or anything I did to it, and they won't look at it because of the status. That is hardly fair. I am exchanging the phone for the same one. The only fraud here is selling me a phone that was not to spec.
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except you knew the risk you were taking in regards to warranty coverage ...
resist rooting until you're sure there are no defects with the new one.
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It says Modified in the About Phone portion of the Settings?
Flash back to Stock. Your custom binary count will still be changed but your status will be changed back to Normal/Official. I flashed a rom last night, flashed back to stock and then swapped my phone today cus I wanted the white one anyway. No problems.
Ok, I'll ask...can you specify the actual defect?
as this is fraud it will not be talked about on xda.