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[Q] Un-Brick tools?

Hi Guys -
unfortunately the incredible got bricked today after unroot. I unrooted, then allowed the official update to run, then tried a radio update and it went south - no charging light, wont turn on, wont fo in to HBOOT - notta. I am guessing that this is now my newest and most expensive paper weight but before I shot the patient I thought I would ask if there is a way to un-brick that did not come up while searching google or the forums. I know that I am 99% SOL.

Nope...not that I know of.
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How could you run a tool if your phone is bricked? This doesn't sound possible.
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I think he means an sbf
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brvheart said:
unfortunately the incredible got bricked today after unroot. I unrooted, then allowed the official update to run, then tried a radio update and it went south - no charging light, wont turn on, wont fo in to HBOOT - notta.
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Assuming you were already on the 2.05 or 2.15 radio and ran the 2.05 radio update, you are indeed truly bricked. I don't believe anyone has found a way to recover from this.
VZW was nuts to try to save a little data by packaging a radio patch rather than a full radio update, but you get what you get when you deal with a leak.

^ was afraid of that, I was actually on the 1.xxxxx radio, oh well that is what I get for testing things out.

brvheart said:
^ was afraid of that, I was actually on the 1.xxxxx radio, oh well that is what I get for testing things out.
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Hmm... well then it's not the well know problem of applying the 2.05 radio patch to the wrong version radio. Not sure what went wrong.

yeah me either, I really dont gave no warning before it just shut off. When the screen went blank I was thinking....please let be a reboot.....not that lucky, she never came back :-/

brvheart said:
Hi Guys -
unfortunately the incredible got bricked today after unroot. I unrooted, then allowed the official update to run, then tried a radio update and it went south - no charging light, wont turn on, wont fo in to HBOOT - notta. I am guessing that this is now my newest and most expensive paper weight but before I shot the patient I thought I would ask if there is a way to un-brick that did not come up while searching google or the forums. I know that I am 99% SOL.
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Call vzn and told them your phone wont turn on and you will get a replacement phone the next day.

slight problem - I had my blackberry hooked up and was going to swap after the update so I dont think they will be able to do anything....

similar problem
i had a similar problem. I'll tell you this. if its under manufacture warranty send it in. i did. they have to put a whole new board but its going to be free. If they have to replace the whole board i think it should be clear how we are never going to see a fix we can do anytime, or ever for that matter.

I was messing around with roms the other day and had the same issue. Did a battery pull and life was good again. Hope that works for you.
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brvheart said:
slight problem - I had my blackberry hooked up and was going to swap after the update so I dont think they will be able to do anything....
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Say your phone was Dead on Arrival. Never started up.

I tried the battery pull as well and that did not work. Going to call VZW and see if I can get another one.

WAIT! Don't do it! Call after tomorrow.

^ ?..................................

hint: OTA's start rolling out tomorrow.

Prove it.
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I know that today Verizon updated the support page for the new 2.2 update. That's a first. When I first saw the rumor I checked no updated page. Nyah! Went and did some other mom things.
Then engadget posted a picture. So I went and checked the support page again. There it was updated for the new 2.2 information. I can't wait to see what new rom's come out of this.

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[Q] Stock Inc Frequent Rebooting

Hello everyone,
I have just bought a Droid Incredible off of ebay. The seller said it was in mint condition and that there were no problems at all. When it arrived, it was in perfect condition. However, upon activating the phone, it would not stay on for more than 10 minutes. It just keeps rebooting itself. Also, while it is up, it does not always maintain a signal, and then it usually reboots a couple minutes after that.
It is not rooted, all of it is stock. I have been trying to find an answer for this problem all over the internet but to no avail.
I have read that where this phone is from (North Carolina) there was a lot of people with the same problem as this one.
It is the amoled version, hboot .92 and the baseband is the most recent at 2.15.00.7.28
I have tried factory resets, battery pulls, new battery, reflashing the RUU. I am at a complete loss.
Any help would be great, because I want to love this phone. I am sick of my slow Eris and this was my solution.
Thanks so much in advanced.

After some troubleshooting, I have noticed that it only occurs when the 3G service is turned on.
Any thoughts?

Have you tried a different radio?
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I'm not sure what the problem is. FYI, that's not a bootloop. A bootloop is when the phone continuously boots, but never all the way to be usable, such as to the quietly brilliant screen and then starts again.

Also, I would bring it in to Verizon. See if they'll replace it.

AgalychnisCallidryas said:
Also, I would bring it in to Verizon. See if they'll replace it.
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I totally agree. If its not rooted and you've had Verizon for a bit they really should help you out. Honestly Verizon has always worked with me and been very helpful.

kichard said:
I totally agree. If its not rooted and you've had Verizon for a bit they really should help you out. Honestly Verizon has always worked with me and been very helpful.
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The Incredible is EOL. You'll be lucky to find one.

Is the sd fat32?
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nismith8 said:
Have you tried a different radio?
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I tried flashing some of the leaked ones in HBOOT, but they wouldn't load. Can you point me in the direction of where I can find how to properly do this?
AgalychnisCallidryas said:
I'm not sure what the problem is. FYI, that's not a bootloop. A bootloop is when the phone continuously boots, but never all the way to be usable, such as to the quietly brilliant screen and then starts again.
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Sorry, I am part retard
AgalychnisCallidryas said:
Also, I would bring it in to Verizon. See if they'll replace it.
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I tried, but I bought it from a third party, and they immediately ignored me/ tried to talk me into a thunderbolt. I guess my 10 years of Verizon isn't good enough.
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Is the sd fat32?
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I am 99% sure it is. I'll go reformat it just to make sure
Thanks for all of your suggestions so far guys, I really appreciate it!:wq

Check over on incredibleforums for the radios. Wont let me post the link :/
Try bumping to an older one or the new leaked one. Not sure if those will screw with an amoled tho, can someone else clarify?
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nismith8 said:
Check over on incredibleforums for the radios. Wont let me post the link :/
Try bumping to an older one or the new leaked one. Not sure if those will screw with an amoled tho, can someone else clarify?
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I posted over there too. But actually, I am now starting to rethink that it is the 3G radios. I could've sworn this was a software issue, but it just rebooted on me while I had 3G turned off.
I guess this ebay seller really did lie to me. Well thanks for your help guys, I don't know if I should bother trying to fix this. I guess I should just hope for the seller to respond. Its been almost a week...

Same exact thing is happening to my buddy's phone. I rooted it and put CM7 on it and it was still rebooting.
I had to turn S-ON back on and downgrade back to stock so he can return it to Verizon.

Ruggerxpunk said:
Same exact thing is happening to my buddy's phone. I rooted it and put CM7 on it and it was still rebooting.
I had to turn S-ON back on and downgrade back to stock so he can return it to Verizon.
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This is exactly what is happening to me right now. It lets me "touch the android to begin," then it reboots. I bought it off ebay and it was an unused cpo. Looks like I'll have to return it. Hey, since I bought it from somebody off ebay, should I worry about turning S-ON and going stock??

zwade01 said:
This is exactly what is happening to me right now. It lets me "touch the android to begin," then it reboots. I bought it off ebay and it was an unused cpo. Looks like I'll have to return it. Hey, since I bought it from somebody off ebay, should I worry about turning S-ON and going stock??
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You only have to turn S-ON and go stock if you're returning it to Verizon.
http://www.incredibleforum.com/foru...s/5723-how-get-back-complete-stock-s-off.html
That's the guide I used. Works perfectly. Order of operations is:
0) make sure sd card is formatted to FAT32
1) check your radio version
2) downgrade radio if necessary
3) flash s-on
4) install RRU through HBOOT

Have you tried other ROMs with other kernals? Just shooting in the dark, here; would hate for you to just be stuck!

rfarrah said:
Have you tried other ROMs with other kernals? Just shooting in the dark, here; would hate for you to just be stuck!
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I can't even successfully root/s-off the phone. It reboots while its being rooted (and not the reboots that are supposed to occur) and it fails.
I have tried everything. I used to be adamant that it was a software issue, but after yesterday, I am beginning to think that it might just be hardware.
Anyone have any experience with getting their money back from ebay/paypal?
But seriously guys, I can't thank you enough for all of your ideas and help. I really appreciate it. Hopefully I can join you guys with the Droid Incredible one day.

PayPal is pretty good about protecting the buyer, as long as it hasn't been too long since the transaction. I would contact the seller and inform him of the problem, then contact PayPal and explain the situation.
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raptir said:
PayPal is pretty good about protecting the buyer, as long as it hasn't been too long since the transaction. I would contact the seller and inform him of the problem, then contact PayPal and explain the situation.
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I've contacted the seller the day I received it, asking for a refund. I then also contacted the seller two days later. A day after that, still not hearing anything, I opened an eBay case. Now eBay tells me I must wait until the 6th to escalate the case any further.
This is such a hassle, I just want my money back. Part of me wants to just get a HTC Flyer and just tether my Eris to it.

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I've contacted the seller the day I received it, asking for a refund. I then also contacted the seller two days later. A day after that, still not hearing anything, I opened an eBay case. Now eBay tells me I must wait until the 6th to escalate the case any further.
This is such a hassle, I just want my money back. Part of me wants to just get a HTC Flyer and just tether my Eris to it.
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My inc did the same thing. After about ten tries I got it to root (mine too rebooted during the process before it was supposed to). But no rom, kernal, or anything else stopped the reboots. My seller said to return it for a full refund.
Ebay is pretty good at taking care of you. Last year I bought a phone and the seller bailed on me. About a week after I opened a case I had a full refund in my paypal account. Good luck!
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Thanks for the words of wisdom. I'll hope for the best. I'll keep you guys posted on what happens. Thanks so much again. I don't know where I would be without this community.
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[Q] How do I brick my phone

I kinda of want to intentionally brick my phone just so sprint would replace it. I have been having some trouble with my evo lately, it just started to reboot so frequently lately. I was running decks 1.2.1 and just thought it was the rom, so i completely wipe everything, reflash and same thing. I noticed when my phone rebooted it would get hot or warm, and gps did not work after flashing decks 1.2.1, trying to use gps would automatically cause the phone to reboot. Any rom with the vision gps drivers would cause phone to reboot when trying to use gps, only gps driver that would work was the cm7 drivers, mainly used the N39 one and that would work and I could use gps, but phone kept rebooting. So then i tried to flash the latest stock rom, but had same problem. Also tried to use myn's warm rom release 5, which was always so stable in the past and never had any problems with when i was using it in the past, but yea phone just would reboot at random when phone would get warm or just doing stuff. Then i flashed the latest radio, pri, nv, and hboot. Went back to decks but its very frustrating, i can not use my phone for a long time or it warms up and goes into a bootloop, then have to pull the battery and give it a couple minutes to cool down before i can pop the battery back in and have it not reboot immediately afterwards. So after all this i was just gonna try and brick it to see if i could get another evo, but yea i tried to flash a radio and battery pull but that did not work. Did i screw myself by flashing the latest hboot?

Why don't you flash a stock rom. See if it still does it and then go to sprint and tell them all the problems you're having
We're comin from a pure power source.

That's insurance fraud dude, cause everyone's prices to go up. Don't be that guy.
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I did try a stock rom and it kept happening. That is why I was trying to brick it so they would just exchange it. If I take it to sprint I would need to flash a RUU right? Then deal with sprints b.s. until they exchange it.

I've never had a problem getting my phone replaced. You have problems with your phone. They will replace it. And yes, the ruu will return it to stock.
We're comin from a pure power source.

alaman68 said:
That's insurance fraud dude, cause everyone's prices to go up. Don't be that guy.
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How is it insurance fraud? My phone is not working properly, I have been paying an insurance charge on my plan since the launch of the evo. Don't want to deal with their very annoying employees and just want a replacement, is that too much to ask for?
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I've never had a problem getting my phone replaced. You have problems with your phone. They will replace it. And yes, the ruu will return it to stock.
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Well it seems like that is what I am gonna need to do. Must have bad luck then, because I have had a horrible experience getting a phone replaced but thanks.

Pull your battery while flashing a radio update should def brick you but you should just unroot if your worried.
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ellshock said:
How is it insurance fraud? My phone is not working properly, I have been paying an insurance charge on my plan since the launch of the evo. Don't want to deal with their very annoying employees and just want a replacement, is that too much to ask for?
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Return to stock and deal with the bs
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Just tell them you lost it, and they'll overnight you one.

linsalata28 said:
Pull your battery while flashing a radio update should def brick you but you should just unroot if your worried.
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That will definitely brick it.

It sounds like a hardware issue. Sprint will replace it. Don't brick your phone, not worth it.
RUU to the latest update. Get S-On (there are a few threads with tutorials). Try to document your phone acting up if you can (I had an overheating issue with my old phone so I took screenshots of an app showing my phone 135+ degrees. Reboots, maybe video it, I don't know.)
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Returning to stock

To those of you who may not have followed my previous thread, I recently had a problem with my Inc2 only being able to charge while turned off. I had to ask for a replacement under warranty, meaning the defective unit needs to be sent back. Long story short, I was able to restore the stock ROM on the defective one, but unable to restore the stock bootloader, meaning it is now on the stock ROM, but with S-off. Do you guys think whoever at Verizon is responsible for checking phones sent back under warranty will notice this or even care?
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Of course it is possible they will see and care, but I think it is more than likely they will not notice or care. I have heard of many people returning phones (even back to my Eris days) with a stock ROM on an s-off device without a problem.
Good luck!

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Of course it is possible they will see and care, but I think it is more than likely they will not notice or care. I have heard of many people returning phones (even back to my Eris days) with a stock ROM on an s-off device without a problem.
Good luck!
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All they really look for is water and physical damage. There are so many launchers out there that they usually have no idea. Unless you get the guy who also roots and flashes. Then they usually just flash back to original. I still recommend to always restore your stock backup at the very least.
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Is there a way to get s-on after you have used revolutionary?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnlnWW8tsvo
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Its ridiculous how to unroot. I have a skyrocket though. Would it be the same thing???
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jordansN00B said:
Its ridiculous how to unroot. I have a skyrocket though. Would it be the same thing???
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No
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tattedupboy said:
To those of you who may not have followed my previous thread, I recently had a problem with my Inc2 only being able to charge while turned off. I had to ask for a replacement under warranty, meaning the defective unit needs to be sent back. Long story short, I was able to restore the stock ROM on the defective one, but unable to restore the stock bootloader, meaning it is now on the stock ROM, but with S-off. Do you guys think whoever at Verizon is responsible for checking phones sent back under warranty will notice this or even care?
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I am in the same boat - except mine is barely even charging when it's off and not charging at all on. My usb port on the phone is all screwed up - I cannot even mount it. I called verizon and they are sending a replacement. I have 5 days from when I get the replacement to return the old one.
I still had a backup of my original Verizon Rom so I flashed it (thank goodness I was able to do it with barely any battery).
All the processes to get S-ON back seem to require the USB port and a good amount of battery power. I have neither. I will keep searching but it looks like i will be sending it back with just the stock ROM and S-ON.
The agent said that they "need to verify that your phone has not had any physical or liquid damage. As this is not covered under the warranty. You will need to send back your defective phone to the warehouse."
So technically I do not have that kind of damage - I will report back the outcome - wish me luck!

Good luck!
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razzie33 said:
All the processes to get S-ON back seem to require the USB port and a good amount of battery power. I have neither.
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Once you get your replacement, you can always use that to charge up the battery, swap it back into your broken phone and do what you can.
As far as the adb commands necessary to replace the boot loader, I don't think anyone had confirmed if this works or not, but you CAN initiate an adb connection over WiFi. There are apps on the market that'll switch between USB and WiFi for adb.
But it's probably not worth the hassle, just get a stock rom on it and they'll probably never notice.

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...But it's probably not worth the hassle, just get a stock rom on it and they'll probably never notice.
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+1
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ChrisDDD said:
Once you get your replacement, you can always use that to charge up the battery, swap it back into your broken phone and do what you can.
As far as the adb commands necessary to replace the boot loader, I don't think anyone had confirmed if this works or not, but you CAN initiate an adb connection over WiFi. There are apps on the market that'll switch between USB and WiFi for adb.
But it's probably not worth the hassle, just get a stock rom on it and they'll probably never notice.
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So I got the replacement phone (s-on ) and, powered up the battery and used it on the old phone. I factory reset the phone but since it was rooted, I had "Superuser" in there as an app and couldn't remove it. That was the only thing that was giving me a little hesitation about sending it back.
Downloaded Terminal Emulator and manually removed superuser, did another factory reset and Superuser is gone. Have FastBoot checked on in the Settings so unless they actually go into the phone and change that, they won't boot into the bootloader or see the s-off revolutionary.
Phone is going in the mail today

Update:
Got a text message from Verizon yesterday: The defective device has been received by Verizon.
and no charge or any notice that it breached the warranty/contract!

USB issues as well unless I get the device at the correct angle. A pain, but used the directions and links from the youtube link to get my DInc2 back to stock and S-On. A pain to angle things right but worth it to me knowing I'm going in with no potential "threats".
Gotta wait the 3-5 days now...
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In case people are wondering, my DInc2 was rooted using revolutionary method and it worked flawlessly.

Not Eligible For Update Due To Old Software

So, me and my brother live in the same town. Obviously both are on Verizon and have HTC One's. But my phone is on 1.10605.2 whereas his was on 1.10.605.8 and got the update. Im not necessarily worried about taking the update, I just dont know why my phone cant find it. And even though I'm on pre-release software, HTCDev unlock still doesn't work. ???

gomorrah said:
So, me and my brother live in the same town. Obviously both are on Verizon and have HTC One's. But my phone is on 1.10605.2 whereas his was on 1.10.605.8 and got the update. Im not necessarily worried about taking the update, I just dont know why my phone cant find it. And even though I'm on pre-release software, HTCDev unlock still doesn't work. ???
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The software doesn't have anything to do with HTC Dev unfortunately. Verizon locked all HTC ones out after day one.
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cstrife999 said:
The software doesn't have anything to do with HTC Dev unfortunately. Verizon locked all HTC ones out after day one.
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Thanks, but Im trying to upgrade to .8. You missed the intent of my post. Since I have pre-software I was hoping it would allow me an exploit. But it didnt. So now I just wanna catch up to everybody else. This is my sixth Android phone, Im not a retard.Im fully caught up on CID and MID's.

gomorrah said:
Thanks, but Im trying to upgrade to .8. You missed the intent of my post. Since I have pre-software I was hoping it would allow me an exploit. But it didnt. So now I just wanna catch up to everybody else. This is my sixth Android phone, Im not a retard.Im fully caught up on CID and MID's.
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I thought the question marks after Dev unlocked denoted a question....
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cstrife999 said:
I thought the question marks after Dev unlocked denoted a question....
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Sorry, probably stated poorly. Can't upgrade, can't Unlock. Just frustrated.

How did you get pre software
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gomorrah said:
So, me and my brother live in the same town. Obviously both are on Verizon and have HTC One's. But my phone is on 1.10605.2 whereas his was on 1.10.605.8 and got the update. Im not necessarily worried about taking the update, I just dont know why my phone cant find it. And even though I'm on pre-release software, HTCDev unlock still doesn't work. ???
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is your phone an s off test phone if youve got pre-release software? unfortunately,thats typically how OTAs work. only specific builds will OTA. leaks and pre-release builds often will not.
youll need to manually update to .8
if your s off,you can prolly run the de-crypted ruu,or you could install recovery.
if your s on,and got the phone legitimately,contact vzw and see if they can do anyting for you. otherwise your stuck until an ruu is released,or until you root,install a custom recovery and flash a rom.

Can't you do a factory reset back to the original .8 software version? (It sounded like you went back a version to try to get it unlocked)

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Can't you do a factory reset back to the original .8 software version? (It sounded like you went back a version to try to get it unlocked)
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no. factory reset only erases user data. it does not restore any firmware or software.

There was a major delay on the Verizon version, they had to open all the phones and relash the software, that's another reason they had a extra month delay. It looks like you are on a old software. Unless you s-off you might be stuck on that that without an ruu to flash
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@OP,
If you are not unlocked/rooted, I'd go to Verizon and ask them to give you a NEW phone, not a refurb.

andybones said:
@OP,
If you are not unlocked/rooted, I'd go to Verizon and ask them to give you a NEW phone, not a refurb.
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You really think that'd work? I had thought about sending it to Sonic as the only alternative.

gomorrah said:
You really think that'd work? I had thought about sending it to Sonic as the only alternative.
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I had my first One blow the earpiece speaker (ok, it got dropped ) and I went to several Verizon stores to get try and get a warranty replacement. All of the stores would warranty it no problem but because I was out of the 14 day purchase window, I had to have them ship me one. I got a returned unit, not a refurb that is perfect. They overnighted me the phone but would not replace in-store because of the elapsed time.
So, a heads up to you: You could find a cool rep at the store but be prepared to have one shipped to you. Just find a reason to warranty it (like camera issues or a blown earpiece) and you will probably get a new or returned unit. No refurbs yet.
Or, wait for s-off/send to sonic and load updated, better custom ROMs.
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Well actually I'd call the 1-800-922-0204 press #0, then 0, until it asks for you account password, then wait for a rep. then explain your issue, and tell them because of the way the phone is meant to stay together you don't want a refurb not too mention this is not your fault, it's theirs, if you get a crappy rep, hang up and try again.
I called back 4 times once and finally got the nicest lady and solved my issue.