I have a problem with the battery voltage. I had overclocked my fone using visionary r14. But then i turned off reroot at reboot. Then i rebooted my fone but since then my fone's voltage has been high and the battery temp is high as well. Can anyone help on what happened ? and how i can fix it.
And no my fone is not rooted anymore and no its not permrooted either. Its a tmobile G2.
Did you permanent root yet? If so you can uninstall "Visionary" and fix this problem with setcpu, absolute root tools, root tools, etc. If this doesn't work you might need to flash a new ROM because this one is running one to many processes in the background and could hurt your phone for the worst! You check this by going to setting and viewing the running processes and killing the unused ones or using taskiller for the ones running your system to hard. Hope I helped
Since when does visionary have an OC module? Am I missing something?
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Since when does visionary have an OC module? Am I missing something?
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Same question here. You must be using something else to OC. Also without root you shouldnt be able to change any voltages anyway.... You gotta give more details.
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I never perm rooted. Because of the void warranty issue. My fone had the over heat problem when i first bought it then it stopped. then i temp rooted with visionary r14. So im thinking that I should call tmobile and get it replaced. because my fone is unrooted and i uninstalled gscript to overclock and also everything else that i used on my fone. I believe my fone is still in warranty because i didnt mess with the bootloader. My fone isnt rooted anymore because i checked the terminal emulator and it said access denied. So I think im in a good condition of getting my fone replaced. What do you think ? But what could have caused my fone to overheat ?
Good luck with the replacement. But I thought that even if you temp rooted you still void the warranty if I'm not mistaken.
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Good luck with the replacement. But I thought that even if you temp rooted you still void the warranty if I'm not mistaken.
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I guess technically temp rooting could void your warranty, but if you uninstall visionary and reboot the phone, the there would never be any evidence that the soft root occured. Besides, from all that I hear about warranty information, they really only care that it still has s-on, the first thing they will do when receiving a broken phone is to flash the stock rom/radios again. Sooo I guess it could have a bit to do with luck too.
Your fine for sure and i would guess you have a real hardware problem that needs fixing. Its not like you bricked it or anything then want a new one.
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So my fone isnt heating up anymore. I was thinking about overclocking again and using visionary apk once again. Should i avoid doing that? My fone works well i downloaded the n64 and psx emulator it works flawlessly. And fone is doing well.
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I'm thinking about going to sprint because there's some dust on the inside of my screen, which probably wont require them to turn on my phone. But in case they do, I'm wondering should I unroot my phone or is it safe to just flash sprint lovers and reflash cm7 after the repair is done?
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Just take a Nandroid backup, copy it off your SD card, and then RUU your phone:
http://j.mp/ruuevo4g
When you get back, you can just run UnrEVOked and re-root.
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I'm thinking about going to sprint because there's some dust on the inside of my screen, which probably wont require them to turn on my phone. But in case they do, I'm wondering should I unroot my phone or is it safe to just flash sprint lovers and reflash cm7 after the repair is done?
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sprint lovers has some modded icons and the notification widget, so its not stock looking.
Here is a rooted stock 3.70 rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12748841&postcount=1881
Unroot in case they check for s on s off
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For anything hardware related, they shouldn't check root. Doesn't matter if they do anyway, it's not related to the problem.
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For anything hardware related, they shouldn't check root. Doesn't matter if they do anyway, it's not related to the problem.
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Yeah, but can't they mark your account if they find it's rooted? I'm not sure, but I would think they could make some notation to future techs.
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Yeah, but can't they mark your account if they find it's rooted? I'm not sure, but I would think they could make some notation to future techs.
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That's funny if it's true, which wouldn't surprise me. If customer service puts a note on your account it doesn't mean a whole lot, but a note about being rooted would probably mean the world to them
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For anything hardware related, they shouldn't check root. Doesn't matter if they do anyway, it's not related to the problem.
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Technically, that's correct. However, it's ALWAYS a good idea to unroot and flash the stock rom, just in case. WE all know that rooting doesnt cause hardware problems like this, however to sprint, rooting voids your warranty, no matter what the problem is. Yes, there is a chance you could not unroot and they wont notice. However, it only takes a few minutes to do, and it could save your phone from being blacklisted.
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I'm thinking about going to sprint because there's some dust on the inside of my screen, which probably wont require them to turn on my phone. But in case they do, I'm wondering should I unroot my phone or is it safe to just flash sprint lovers and reflash cm7 after the repair is done?
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The moment you root your phone, you VOID your warranty. Whether you flash a ROM that "looks" like the stock sense ROM or not and they see that your phone is rooted, Sprint will not fix your phone. This hasn't happened to me, but my buddy tried to bring in his rooted Evo to fix the spring in his kickstand. Checking the interface and for s-on or s-off was irrelevant, but they checked anyway and sent him on his way. So, unroot it first and take it to get repaired.
Unroot here.
http://www.thedroiddemos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=13
Then go back and root it through unrevoked.
http://www.thedroiddemos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=15
And you can flash whatever ROM you want afterwards. Hope this helps.
Due to an issue where my phone will randomly turn off on its own and not being able to turn it back on for an extended period of time or being able to charge it (I think it was it too humid an area for too long), I want to take my phone back to Sprint but am rooted. So, I ran the s-on tool and have been trying to get completely back to stock but haven't been able to completely because I can still see super user in the app drawer. What is the best way around this? I tried flashing 3 or 4 different PC36IMG from bootloader but continually got an error saying something about my version being older? I was finally able to flashed a rooted stock image but still see superuser and can't get rid of it! As a last resort, I decided I would just go to system updates and let it upgrade me to gingerbread. However, when I click on system updates/software update, it searches for awhile and then says there are no updates available!!! What am I missing and what is the best way to just plain start from non-rooted scratch????
I can still see super user in the app drawer.
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If you have s-on, then you are unrooted. There is no need to flash a stock rom if you are already on one. The SU app can just be uninstalled.
I tried flashing 3 or 4 different PC36IMG from bootloader but continually got an error saying something about my version being older?
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That means you are trying to install a rom that is older than the one you have now. You probably need the latest version.
Again. SPRINT SERVICES ROOTED PHONES! Please use the search feature.
From what I have tried and read, you can't uninstall superuser. As an aside, I decided to accept the ota advice figured it was the quickest and easiest way to be sure I wasn't rooted. I don't mind being temporarily unable to reroot cause I'm sure a new method is close. Here's the weird thing though, I did the ota update to 4.24 and installed it, but still have Superuser in the app drawer! Wtf? I even did a factory reset but it still is there! How the hell do I get rid of that program!?
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From what I have tried and read, you can't uninstall superuser. As an aside, I decided to accept the ota advice figured it was the quickest and easiest way to be sure I wasn't rooted. I don't mind being temporarily unable to reroot cause I'm sure a new method is close. Here's the weird thing though, I did the ota update to 4.24 and installed it, but still have Superuser in the app drawer! Wtf? I even did a factory reset but it still is there! How the hell do I get rid of that program!?
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Why do you need to unroot your phone?
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Why do you need to unroot your phone?
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I believe he is already unrooted so this question doesn't matter lol. Some people don't read when invaluable advice such as yours is provided and they are left freaking out about the SU app.
Yes, I am unrooted because my local Sprint store checks for root. What makes you so sure it doesn't matter to sprint? So, can either of you answer my original questions?
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Super User gets placed in the system/app folder so as far as the phone is concerned it's a part of the core OS and cannot be removed without root. It honestly should not be a concern. You just have Super User preinstalled for when we get root for 2.3 OTA.
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Yes, I am unrooted because my local Sprint store checks for root. What makes you so sure it doesn't matter to sprint? So, can either of you answer my original questions?
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It doesn't matter to Sprint because Sprint says so.
Just had my EVO serviced and I'm on Synergy ROM and got the phone back without any problems but a friend of mine took his in and got it back returned to stock unrooted so I guess depends where you go.
I read the PDF but don't see how that means sprint doesn't care. All I read is what sounded like sprint cs employees talking about policy. How is that official? Or am I missing something?
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Just had my EVO serviced and I'm on Synergy ROM and got the phone back without any problems but a friend of mine took his in and got it back returned to stock unrooted so I guess depends where you go.
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What was your phone in for, hardware or software? It's supposed to be that hardware issues (charge port, screen, buttons,, etc..) do not require that the phone bo returned to stock. On a phone with software issues we are supposed to return the phone to stock, run updates then troubleshoot. I know it blows getting that finely tuned custom ROM/Kernel wiped but the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.
Now I personally will not flash a customers phone back to stock unless there is no other option but will generally start with a wipe to clear any crap out of the phone. Then again, when I was working with teamwin and orrebmas I was rooting/unrooting and flashing all the major ROMs as many as 10-15 times a day so I'm a bit more familiar with custom ROMs than most techs.
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I read the PDF but don't see how that means sprint doesn't care. All I read is what sounded like sprint cs employees talking about policy. How is that official? Or am I missing something?
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As a tech I can verify that for one, only Sprint employees have access to that forum and the service subforum from which that came is for ASC techs. Second, almost the entire thread was techs complaining about why should they service rooted phones for free. These are the same people that claim there is no way to be sure if a phone is rooted.
OK, now I see, I didn't realize you were a Sprint tech. Anyway, you know my situation, what would you recommend? What could be causing my random shutoffs related issues? Also, I've only had the phone since March. Is my issue covered by warranty? I don't have insurance
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Thermal shutoff bug: If the phone gets to hot it will shut off and not turn on til it's cooled down. The sensor can get out of calibration and require lower and lower temps before it will boot. The worst case I have personally observed was a phone that needed to be below freezing before it would boot. This bug will also cause the charging circuit to not charge (it thinks it's too hot).
In a room that's no more than 75deg Fahrenheit turn on all the radios and run neocore interactive mode. Let it run for atleast an hour. If the phone shuts off immediately check to see if the kickstand is hot. Now I don't mean warm but hot. If the kickstand is not hot then your phone's temp sensor is out of calibration and requires that the phone be replaced. This is a known issue or "Device KIS". If the phone is within it's one year warranty there is no charge for the replacement. If the phone is out of warranty it is up to the discretion of the tech and/or manager to assist you in getting it replaced via Authorized Exchange or "AE".
I ran through the program as you suggested and the kickstand wasn't hot and didn't power cycle at all. Then what?
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Go HERE this is my live support chat so I can walk you through a couple things. I'll wait for you for the next 30mins or so.
Sprint said they wouldn't work on my phone because it was rooted
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I have three Sprint stores in my area. Two of them are managed technically inept managers, one of them is managed by a techno-god, I don't know what he's doing managing a Sprint shack but so be it. I talked to him about rooted Evos and he said that the other two stores don't check for it because they don't know anything about the concept of rooting. But HE DOES because it's hard to guarantee a repair on a rooted phone. According to him, it's up to the store's management and also up to Sprint. They don't necessarily check for "root" but if servicing a phone requires a software update, they're going to use a stock RUU and voila! That was my experience.
Hi guys, I have a massive itch, I am badly in need of memory and I am sick of a2sd, so the obvious route is alpharev. But i am bricking it Just expecting a kid right now and I can just see me gal saying "go right ahead, your infernal meddling has ruined a perfectly good phone, but no matter take £300 n git a newun!" Mmmmm...??
Anyway, just wanted to hear from some people who have bricked using alpharev (to see how many have) and if there is any way back after said bricking. I've heard you can't.
That's it, thanx in advance!
It's basically impossible to brick your device if you follow the instructions, which are very simple
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It's basically impossible to brick your device if you follow the instructions, which are very simple
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This.
Also you should change the thread name which is kinda confusing...
A description of your problem doesn't exist so nobody will be able to help you.
I never heard or read from someone who bricked his phone using alpharev. And if your phone is bricked it would not react anymore (as if it would be dead.
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I'm not asking for help. Just interested in other peoples experience. I'm temped, but cautious as like I said, it's a mistake I cannot afford to rectifiy at the moment. So really all I wouldlike to know is if it had happened to others how they solved it or not.
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Hboot is the ultimate base for your phone. By using alpharev/revolutionary this gets 'updated'. If there something goes wrong, your phone is completely bricked. And there is absolutely no so solution for this. Your desire is then nothing more than an expensive paperweight.
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However, in order for it to go wrong, the flash itself must go wrong. So a problem anywhere else along the process won't cause these kinds of problems. And because the flash of the bootloader is done by the old bootloader, the only way this can go wrong is, if you pull the battery half way through.
That will cause a serious brick though(you will never even see your screen turn on again) and that you won't recover from.
Thanx for the replys. I fully expected that sort of response about fixing the brick. Oh well. But have you guys heard of this ever happening, apart from the unlikely event of interrupted flash due to battery on laptop or phone being dead. Any stories about "alpharev ate my desire, killed my hamster & broke my toe!"
Just wondering
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Nope don't think anyone has ever bricked a device doing it my friend
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Please do read my post again...
The way this is done(and the way the bootsystem on those phones work), there is no way other than a bad bootloader flash that will actually brick your phone. And a bad bootloader flash only occurs, as i already told you, if you interrupt it by pulling the battery mid-way(pulling the plug or the computer-battery shouldn't even do it as the flash itself is done entirely by the phone). So no there is NO ONE who used alpharev as intended, who have ended up with a bricked phone.
You might see a few "brick" stories though, which is essentially just bootloops happening to people unaware how their phone work and how to fix such simple problems.
Thanx people, put my mind at ease about doing this.
Sorry, but I'm gonna ask a thick question. You mentioned bootloop and the simple fix. Er... I just take out the battery. Is that the simple fix?
PS would you use the live Linux CD or live USB. My gut tells me to use USB. But I've had a few curries recently and I don't know if I trust it all that much.
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I used the live CD and it worked without a hitch.
And bootlooping can't be fixed by removing the battery, because next time you turn it on, you'll bootloop again.
I've had one bootloop with my phone and it was fixed by just reflashing my current ROM, so I'm not too experienced with these things.
Bootloop is not a brick in any means, in fact it's 1 of the easiest things to fix.
Wipe/Factory Reset and reflash.
Thats why i want to kill people which creating threads like "HELP BRICKED MY PHONE !!!1111oneneone" and then inside i see "i'm stuck on htc logo!"
Yeah, a real brick would mean your phone is completely dead and nothing more than an expensive paperweight.
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Dont use alpharev..
Alpharev have joined forces to come up with some epic software
Go here
http://revolutionary.io/
I am also a n00b when it comes to Android. I have decided after using almost 1 year my desire to root and s-off my phone. I always look for the detailed and visual tutorials and if you follow everything step by step it is hardly impossible to brick anything. (I have also flashed my navi, PSP and Wii before) I have used this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084and followed the videos and steps. The only thing I have to do now is to apply a custom rom on it.
You'll have no worries if you follow these steps.
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Alpharev have joined forces to come up with some epic software
Go here
revolutionary.io
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thats absolutly right! this new tool did a great job for me recently (wildfire)
but the "old" alpharev.iso is doing a good job, too!
i had no probs one year ago - this livedisc is almost foolproof (if you dont touch batteries or powercables) - just follow the instructions
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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Its ridiculous how to unroot. I have a skyrocket though. Would it be the same thing???
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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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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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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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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.
Sent my phone in for repair. I installed a ROM I downloaded from ROM Manager that I didn't verify, dumb I know. The phone is 100% unresponsive, tried everything. When plugged into my computer the only trace of it is when I looked it up in device manager, it appears as some random device. So, my question is, will Samsung be able to look at the software for evidence of rooting? Is there anything I should/should not tell them? Are there any common problems I can stear them towards to avoid suspicion?
I sent a Galaxy Europa back after flashing the wrong recovery (Oops!) and they replaced it.
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just take it in and say "I tried to turn it on this morning and it didn't turn on".... act really dumb... they can't tell a difference if its a true brick
I've returned my glacier that was rooted and didn't even brick it, just returned to factory with s back on and they happily warranty replaced with no issues...
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just take it in and say "I tried to turn it on this morning and it didn't turn on".... act really dumb... they can't tell a difference if its a true brick
I've returned my glacier that was rooted and didn't even brick it, just returned to factory with s back on and they happily warranty replaced with no issues...
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The Glacier didn't have a flash counter though. I've heard some people get lucky and others don't. It's entirely luck of the draw.
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Got a new phone
They sent a replacement. I told them it was stalling a lot, then I found it turned off in my pocket and it never came back to life.
I think my rooting days are over. It is very cool, but unlike with my iPhone, it is not really necessary. Plus, if I brick it again they will surely dig a little deeper.
***FYI*** DO NOT TRUST THAT A ROM IN ROM MANAGER IS ACTUALLY FOR YOUR PHONE. I found that out the hard way. Should of checked, I'm an ass.
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They sent a replacement. I told them it was stalling a lot, then I found it turned off in my pocket and it never came back to life.
I think my rooting days are over. It is very cool, but unlike with my iPhone, it is not really necessary. Plus, if I brick it again they will surely dig a little deeper.
***FYI*** DO NOT TRUST THAT A ROM IN ROM MANAGER IS ACTUALLY FOR YOUR PHONE. I found that out the hard way. Should of checked, I'm an ass.
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If you have an android device and you want to get the most out of it then rooting is a must. iOS is too user friendly and has its pros over android. Just be careful with what you download and follow the guides available. Do that an you will never experience a brick. I've rooted an HTC Leo, HTC Magic, HTC Glacier, LG Optimus V, and the Hercules and have not experienced a single brick following the guides here on xda
I think he should stick to the iPhone.
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My little brother bricked his while trying to root it. i ended up sending it off to mobiletechvideos and they were able to fix it quickly. I paid 70 bucks for the repair and expedited shipping. Well worth it.