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I need to brick my unrooted phone into an unrepairable state! Help!

So I have a broken charger port on my HTC EVO 4G so I put it back to stock ROM and took it back to the store in hopes of having it replaced. However, the charger port being broken is not under warranty so they will not be able to replace it!
Can someone please give me a way to put my phone in a state where I would be able to replace it?
THANKS

If your charger port is broken, and Sprint won't replace your phone, I think that's f'd up... :s

k1ngxjames said:
So I have a broken charger port on my HTC EVO 4G so I put it back to stock ROM and took it back to the store in hopes of having it replaced. However, the charger port being broken is not under warranty so they will not be able to replace it!
Can someone please give me a way to put my phone in a state where I would be able to replace it?
THANKS
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Balls sir BIG BRASS BALLS !

Pull the usb cord in the middle of odin. Do this at your own risk I could permantly brick your phone and they still wont take it back
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k1ngxjames said:
So I have a broken charger port on my HTC EVO 4G so I put it back to stock ROM and took it back to the store in hopes of having it replaced. However, the charger port being broken is not under warranty so they will not be able to replace it!
Can someone please give me a way to put my phone in a state where I would be able to replace it?
THANKS
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If you have TEP (total equipment protection) Then sprint will repair it free for ya. If you do not have TEP itll cost ya $35. That, my friend, sounds like a better option than bricking your phone and having them still not replace it.

I got mine replaced when the 4G RSA Keys were "lost" (obviously through my own failure to backup before a root process). They replaced in no questions asked. That would be an easier way of "breaking" the phone without making it useless, in the event they still don't take it back.

Well you have hboot to work with. It does seem easier to try another sprint store.

Wtf? They replaced mine for broken charger port with a new phone under warranty. Said it would take two days to get me a new phone but arrived in the mail the next day.
Sounds like you need to go back and not talk to the janitor about your charging port.

Nefariouss said:
Wtf? They replaced mine for broken charger port with a new phone under warranty. Said it would take two days to get me a new phone but arrived in the mail the next day.
Sounds like you need to go back and not talk to the janitor about your charging port.
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LMAO @ Janitor

k1ngxjames said:
So I have a broken charger port on my HTC EVO 4G so I put it back to stock ROM and took it back to the store in hopes of having it replaced. However, the charger port being broken is not under warranty so they will not be able to replace it!
Can someone please give me a way to put my phone in a state where I would be able to replace it?
THANKS
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I used to take out the battery and put my phones in the microwave for 10 seconds (or until it looked like something was going to start on fire or explode) then slip the batt back in and take it to the store.

If others have been successful with the same problem, I'd try a different Sprint store.

Hilarious...

That actually works? The microwave thing?
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brokenbmx06 said:
I used to take out the battery and put my phones in the microwave for 10 seconds (or until it looked like something was going to start on fire or explode) then slip the batt back in and take it to the store.
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Wow
10 Char!

chumpysv said:
That actually works? The microwave thing?
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i haven't tried it, but hell yeah it will work. you ever nuke a cd? that's what will happen. if you haven't, go do it, and watch through the window. you probably only need to set it for 10-15s

brokenbmx06 said:
I used to take out the battery and put my phones in the microwave for 10 seconds (or until it looked like something was going to start on fire or explode) then slip the batt back in and take it to the store.
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That does work, but try 4 second bursts. You dont want to crack the screen or cause dis-colorization.

darkansi said:
That does work, but try 4 second bursts. You dont want to crack the screen or cause dis-colorization.
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On the microwave issue, you already have a damaged phone, dont add housefire to your list of problems, just pull the battery during an ruu(broken port. forgot. use the PCIMG.zip file.) update or something, or take it to another Sprint store, my store doesnt even look me twice when I take my rooted bricks for replacements.

justmde said:
Pull the usb cord in the middle of odin. Do this at your own risk I could permantly brick your phone and they still wont take it back
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this made my heart skip a beat
just the thought of doing something like that.......

why dont you just "lose it" and tell them you lost your phone and they should replace it... if you have the protection plan that covers that. but like the other guys said, just go in and demand a replacement, if the charging port doesn't work, then the phones pretty much useless. so they pretty much have too replace it.

k1ngxjames said:
So I have a broken charger port on my HTC EVO 4G so I put it back to stock ROM and took it back to the store in hopes of having it replaced. However, the charger port being broken is not under warranty so they will not be able to replace it!
Can someone please give me a way to put my phone in a state where I would be able to replace it?
THANKS
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I would just try calling sprint directly or going to another store. If the phone is still under warranty i don't see how they can say not being able to charge the phone is not covered by the warranty.

[Q] is the leaked 2.3.3 or just a cover up of 2.2

went to a sprint store and the sprint representive said the EE03 for the epic 4g was a fake and was not the real gingerbread but a covered up version of 2.2 froyo is this really true????

Lol are you serious? The guys messing with you

xDDDDD. Wait you were serious? Sorry.
He's messing with you man. EE03 is a leaked version of 2.3.3, it most certainly NOT 2.2!

No. Otherwise Netflix wouldn't work on it. It is NOT an official release but a beta version. There will be later versions before it is released.

i can't speak for others, but IMHO the devs in this community know more than 99% of "Sprint store" employees about what is going on with the epic and with gingerbread.
Have you tried running the leaked EE03 rom? it has some functionality to it that is definitely an improvement over stock EC05 froyo, but also definitely a little way to go before a fully functional gingerbread release.
on a different note -- anyone hear about the progress of EE19?
i can haz moar ginjurbreds nao?

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jarcher1971 said:
i can't speak for others, but IMHO the devs in this community know more than 99% of "Sprint store" employees about what is going on with the epic and with gingerbread.
Have you tried running the leaked EE03 rom? it has some functionality to it that is definitely an improvement over stock EC05 froyo, but also definitely a little way to go before a fully functional gingerbread release.
on a different note -- anyone hear about the progress of EE19?
i can haz moar ginjurbreds nao?
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yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio

catman9712 said:
yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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sounds like they just wanted to try to sell you a new phone. nexus s may have some things that are better than the epic (like being a purely google device), but with these gingerleaks here and the real gingerbread on the way the epic is still the best phone for me.

jarcher1971 said:
sounds like they just wanted to try to sell you a new phone. nexus s may have some things that are better than the epic (like being a purely google device), but with these gingerleaks here and the real gingerbread on the way the epic is still the best phone for me.
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I Totally have to agree the epic 4g is clearly a better phone if you screw up with it or something i have always been able to reset it and sprint techs not even having a clue i did that.

So, I work for sprint and I can tell you that xda has more info than we do. They don't really tell us much at all, xda would have info up for weeks before they officially tell us anything. Kind of funny
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I am so stealing that.

catman9712 said:
yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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Cell store employees are i my personnel experience are dumb ass mofos. like car salesmen.
I Verizon tech fried my phone once, I was out of state & the ****ing pricks would not upgrade my phone on the spot after that. I was so pissed a cop came & then the cop sided with me and told them ther where full of **** & left after i told him i would not kick there asss all over the store

Go back in there and tell him how stupid he is.
Sent From My Evo Killer!

Oh I did tell them how stupid they was
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catman9712 said:
Oh I did tell them how stupid they was
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were. how stupid they were.

.. shakes magic 8-ball...
My sources say NO

austin420 said:
are. how stupid they are.
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FTFY
I don't think anything magically made them smarter overnight...

he has no clue its the same issue my verzon friends with the fascinate were having they were told the update they had was froyo (2.2) when verizon only had a cover up of eclair at the time (2.1.2)
the LEAKED gingerbread is not within their knoledge because it is leaked, thus we know more than they do... because they only know OFFICIAL RELEASES

JettMartinez said:
I am so stealing that.
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me too, love it.

[Q] Need advice on replacement

Morning all!!
I need your advice on getting my 4G Touch replaced. My wife and I purchased both our E4GT on December of last year and it looks like mine needs repair or replaced. We did not opt for the insurance which is my issue.
My accelerometer is not functioning correctly so it can no longer tell how I'm holding it anymore and rotates any way it feels like. I have disabled screen rotation, but that doesn't help with the camera app. Most of the time it takes pictures sideways or upside down. I know it's not a software issue as I have run multiple roms and even set it back to a factory rom (unrooted) and still does this.
I have a couple of months left on the one year warranty, but I cannot send it in for repair as, like most folks, I need this phone every day and can't go without it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Take it to a local Sprint repair center if its able to be repaired they usually get it done in several hours and if it needs to be replaced they order a new one and give your phone back until it arrives. They may charge you $39 though
I assume you have tried a sensor calibration?

someguyatx said:
Take it to a local Sprint repair center if its able to be repaired they usually get it done in several hours and if it needs to be replaced they order a new one and give your phone back until it arrives. They may charge you $39 though
I assume you have tried a sensor calibration?
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Make sure you unroot before taking it in. If they have to replace it its $35 granted that there is no liquid damage or corrosion in the charging port.
Sent from my Genesis that does what Nintendon't

tuscani1821 said:
Make sure you unroot before taking it in. If they have to replace it its $35 granted that there is no liquid damage or corrosion in the charging port.
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Yeah for sure. ATT brought that to my attention REAL FAST when I messed up my last phone. But wouldn't that be a warranty issue?

Just wondering, why can you not send it in for warranty repair if you still have a couple months left?

Bannjio said:
Just wondering, why can you not send it in for warranty repair if you still have a couple months left?
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It's not that I can't, it's just that my wife and I are looking to buy a house right now. My realtor is calling/texting me sometimes 3 or 4 times a day about seeing a home. In this market, you have to be fast to view one or it might go pending before I get a chance to look and make an offer.
My wife has choose not to deal directly with our realtor and that leaves me as the point-of-contact....go figure!!
I have unrooted and odin'd a stock rom and have an appointment at noon today with my local repair center. I will let ya know how that went. I know there is no water damage as I take very good care of my phone, so it shouldn't be an issue with the warranty.

I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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sasquatchotragavaca said:
I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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I cannot deny or confirm that, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.

sasquatchotragavaca said:
I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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Most phones have them somewhere inside. ive had them try to say it had water damage before but i took pics of everythng before i sent in

sasquatchotragavaca said:
I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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There is a sticker inside and they will check it.
Like someone else said, you keep your phone until the new one arrives
modmandan said:
I cannot deny or confirm that, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.
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fryingpan0613 said:
There is a sticker inside and they will check it.
Like someone else said, you keep your phone until the new one arrives
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Took the unit in yesterday. They have ordered a replacement that should arrive this week. Guess I get to go through the whole rooting process again. I did a nandroid and TB all my apps and data, so no big deal.

modmandan said:
Took the unit in yesterday. They have ordered a replacement that should arrive this week. Guess I get to go through the whole rooting process again. I did a nandroid and TB all my apps and data, so no big deal.
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They replaced my power button

Identity Crisis! SCH-R760 or SPH-D710?

Hello, I bought a used phone from eBay, like the ones on this section, but I want to root it, I'm not sure what would brick this phone, my problem is that when I boot it up, it says it's a US Cellular SCH-R760, same thing with the "about phone" section of the settings.
But, the battery cover says it's a Sprint phone, and taking off the battery reveals a sticker with the model being SPH-D710.
Did somebody root it? I tried using root checker and it said "Negative"
If I were to root it, what phone would I take the files from?
Thank you, and sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Wow... That's a new one. I would try Framaroot so you don't flash the wrong files. Sounds like you got a refurbished phone of some sort, or somebody took the motherboard from the US Cellular and slapped it into a Sprint body. I personally world trust Settings/About Phone over the sticker tho. Which means you'll have to run a converter. Is your phone activated? Do you have a carrier?
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bilgerryan said:
Wow... That's a new one. I would try Framaroot so you don't flash the wrong files. Sounds like you got a refurbished phone of some sort, or somebody took the motherboard from the US Cellular and slapped it into a Sprint body. I personally world trust Settings/About Phone over the sticker tho. Which means you'll have to run a converter. Is your phone activated? Do you have a carrier?
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Yes, I'm using Page Plus, everything works, I just get about 2/3gish speeds.

Did you flash it to Page Plus or was it already flashed?

bilgerryan said:
Did you flash it to Page Plus or was it already flashed?
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I took it to a store, and some guy I think flashed it for me.

Can you take a screenshot of your Settings/About Phone?

bilgerryan said:
Can you take a screenshot of your Settings/About Phone?
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Ok, give me a minute.

Here you go.

You have a us cellular sch-r760. Whoever tou got it from took the motherboard from the uscellular and put it in the sprint version body. I am not sure if flashing files here would hurt the phone. I do know there is a different website for your phone though. Team us cellular has roms and whatnot for your phone. Unsure of the exact web address sorry. Google will help though. Goodluck
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And it's still on GB...eek, yeah I don't think anybody but a couple people can help you out. @diceman1000 and @ps3hacker3 might be able to help if I remember right.

The SCH-R760 is the same as the E4GT less the 4G. Thou should be able to glass any E4GT ROMs, AOSP, NOT STOCK? And they should work. You'll have to use Handcent or GoSMS and manually put in your PP APNs in order for MMS to work though.
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Adan_Jr said:
Here you go.
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Check out Buckleberry on the team us cellular site. Master of inversions. Only inverted Skydrive I ever found. Makes good roms, too. You have some good devs over there. You should have no problem finding what you need.
Some links for you...
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/4280-stable-jelly-bean-rom/
Development thread,
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/272-galaxy-s-ii-romskernelsmods/
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micmars said:
Check out Buckleberry on the team us cellular site. Master of inversions. Only inverted Skydrive I ever found. Makes good roms, too. You have some good devs over there. You should have no problem finding what you need.
Some links for you...
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/4280-stable-jelly-bean-rom/
Development thread,
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/272-galaxy-s-ii-romskernelsmods/
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Wow how did i not see this sorry guys but yes the E4GT and the uscc verion of the SCH-R760 are the exact same phone without 3g and its kind of weird cause i have recently taken mine apart to look at the motherboard lol and noticed that the motherboard has stickers for the SCH-R760 but there is one portion of the phone up in the top right side of the motherboard that has a sticker for the SPH-D710 which is the sprint variant lol (my phone is brand new as well when i got it no one else has had mine to switch counterparts it came like that weirdest ive seen lol) and like he said before both phones can run both sets of roms feel free to flash anything in store for the sph-d710 onto our uscc version in the exception of completely stock odin files of course

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Wow how did i not see this sorry guys but yes the E4GT and the uscc verion of the SCH-R760 are the exact same phone without 3g and its kind of weird cause i have recently taken mine apart to look at the motherboard lol and noticed that the motherboard has stickers for the SCH-R760 but there is one portion of the phone up in the top right side of the motherboard that has a sticker for the SPH-D710 which is the sprint variant lol (my phone is brand new as well when i got it no one else has had mine to switch counterparts it came like that weirdest ive seen lol) and like he said before both phones can run both sets of roms feel free to flash anything in store for the sph-d710 onto our uscc version in the exception of completely stock odin files of course
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Thanks to everybody on this thread, this really cleared up some confusion.

Do I need to unroot to trade my phone it?

I have that jump program and feel like getting the GS5. I got this GS4 about 6 or so months ago and if I remember correctly (which I don't) I used odin to root it.. Had it rooted for a couple months then decided to put a rom on which was Wicked 5.0 or something. About 2 months ago I put wicked 9.1 on.
I'm pretty sure I saved a recovery before even putting the first wicked rom on, but WTF is up with the way it saves the files, maybe someone can help with this image, but what is the oldest date of these recoveries ?
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If I was to go back to just the stock recovery but still rooted, would a t-mobile rep know this? and if they did would it be a problem?
If I did get back to the stock recovery, could I unroot it? I remember buying a triangle app or something ,that reset the flash counter on this phone? does that ring any bells? lol
Thanks

What version are you running and did you acquire KNOX at any time?
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Kriptik210 said:
What version are you running and did you acquire KNOX at any time?
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It's 4.3. And I dont know what knox is.
thanks for the reply

You could Odin the stock image. That's all I usually do.
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You could Odin the stock image. That's all I usually do.
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Im going to follow these instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2336392
thanks

Yes, you need to unroot if you want to trade your phone and also make sure you didn't trip Knox.
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You dont know what KNOX is? You lucky bastard, you....
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Look at the jump contract. I looked at it briefly when I signed up for it. If i remember correctly there are 3 conditions to exchange your phone.
1. no water damage
2. screen isn't cracked
3. it turns on
I didn't see any sort of refusal of service if the phone is rooted.

gregorina said:
Look at the jump contract. I looked at it briefly when I signed up for it. If i remember correctly there are 3 conditions to exchange your phone.
1. no water damage
2. screen isn't cracked
3. it turns on
I didn't see any sort of refusal of service if the phone is rooted.
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The guy told me yesterday that it can't be rooted, he said "we will check" all night last night till like 4am, I was reading and working on getting the GS4 into shape and ready to go.. I followed those directions above that I posted the link for and it worked awesome..
I go and trade my phone in today the guy just made sure it went to the setup screen after you factory reset it.. That was it, lol.
Now its on the GS5 this thing is a beast so far, I love that I can wash it I dropped it into my pool (3 feet deep) for a minute or so and it held up just fine! put it under running water same thing, no water inside the battery compartment! Sure its not worlds better than the GS4, but I don't think I'm gonna rom this one, I will root it eventually because I tether about 15+ gigs a month Well, later all, hope to see you follow me over to the GS5 forums one day.. or maybe wait until the GS6?

To anyone's knowledge, has anyone ever been refused a JUMP upgrade due to a tripped KNOX counter?

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To anyone's knowledge, has anyone ever been refused a JUMP upgrade due to a tripped KNOX counter?
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It's hard to prove a negative...but I read this board daily. I read every topic regarding trade in adns warrenties.
I have never seen anyone talk about being denied a trade in on XDA due to KNOX.

they don't check
The clerk handling returns/exchange is instructed to check just 2 points:
The phone powers up
The IMEI/ESN is the same as what you claim, they check behind the battery, they don't even check to confirm the software IMEI matches the sticker,

Skipjacks said:
It's hard to prove a negative...but I read this board daily. I read every topic regarding trade in adns warrenties.
I have never seen anyone talk about being denied a trade in on XDA due to KNOX.
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As far as I can tell it's a "no" for now. Anyone aware is this is going to persist or are we still on a "not right now but but they could start checking for KNOX any day now" status?
I have a GS4 and I don't think I'll upgrade until winter at the earliest... But I REALLY REALLY want to root my phone.

What version of android are you using? If you were on 4.3 or lower you could do something like this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GiZ7D2zjJdA
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