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[Q] How to reset this phone?

As the battery is not removable - is there some other way of rebooting this phone properly if it hangs?
I have this on preorder and it would be nice to know before flashing custom roms. Some of the roms I have used before sometimes required battery removal to wake up from a heavy crash. Aka "black screen pf death".

-Andyoid- said:
As the battery is not removable - is there some other way of rebooting this phone properly if it hangs?
I have this on preorder and it would be nice to know before flashing custom roms. Some of the roms I have used before sometimes required battery removal to wake up from a heavy crash. Aka "black screen pf death".
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There will be a button-hold combination I'm sure.
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Holding the Power/Lock button will reboot the device. That will simulate a battery pull
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And where are these informations from?
Anyway it sounds realistic.

torxx said:
And where are these informations from?
Anyway it sounds realistic.
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Has been made on other devices. Seen it several times.So it is legit.

Exellent! Thanks, guys!

torxx said:
And where are these informations from?
Anyway it sounds realistic.
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It was actually mentioned by one of the HTC reps at MWC. I forget which tech blog it was, but the rep was showing off the phone and the guy from the blog asked specifically about that in the video.
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Is it mentioned by one of HTC blog's managing editor fr http://blog.htc.com/2012/02/htc-one-awards-mwc201/
There is a hard reset on the HTC One, pressing and holding the power button for 10 seconds will force shut down the device. It basically simulates pulling the battery.
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Larry knows his stuff, met him on Friday at a One series test run in Manchester. Can email him if required as I have his business card
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EddyOS said:
Larry knows his stuff, met him on Friday at a One series test run in Manchester. Can email him if required as I have his business card
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postants.com/article-663-2.html
would you be so kind as to suggest to him to have this multicolor led notification on the hard home button for future release..?
I feel shifting the notification button to the home button at the bottom AND making it a multicolor LED type would be real awesome..!

[Q] [!Data recovery!] waterdamage/black display/no touch/no auto usb storage.

I did do a search, I couldn't find anything directly related to my problem as it's not how to fix the phone, but how to recover my data in this specific situation.
Alright, so I went to Dublin, got absolutely smashed, and dropped my new One X in the toilet. It's working fine - turns on, buttons light up, goes to what seems like sleep mode and waking up when I use the volume buttons, all seems okay except my display is ****ed - black, sometimes with streaks of visibility but nowhere near enough to see what's going on. No touch either.
No-one will touch it and I don't care so much about the phone, I just want all the pictures I took from my drunken holidays. As HTC so intelligently decided on internal storage instead of SD cards I'm a bit at a loss here. I can connect my phone to the PC, but the default behaviour is 'charge'. With the update that came out a while ago it defaults to USB storage when plugged in (or so HTC customer service says) but I rooted it and ran CM10.
What I need is a way to force USB storage through the PC, or a way to do a full backup of the phone without having to turn storage on. I'm not sure if this is possible? I'd appreciate some help here!
(It's dry now, was about two months ago, also I don't need advice on how to get it fixed, I'm not interested in paying for this as I'm going to give it away for spare parts and buy a waterproof phone)
Thanks in advance guys!

How about usb-debugging, enabled or not?
Are you currently on CM10?
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Oop's that sounds bad but I'd be happy to help you to get your photos off. Firstly have you rooted yet? If so you could get it into recovery mode and with help from a friend or another phone then you could activate the usb mode. Also I'd be happy to take it off you for spares as I have two hox's in my house.

TToivanen said:
How about usb-debugging, enabled or not?
Are you currently on CM10?
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USB debugging.. I'm not quite sure. I think it was on. I am on CM10 but as I said, can't see or use the display at all..

Maximus78 said:
Oop's that sounds bad but I'd be happy to help you to get your photos off. Firstly have you rooted yet? If so you could get it into recovery mode and with help from a friend or another phone then you could activate the usb mode. Also I'd be happy to take it off you for spares as I have two hox's in my house.
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I've already promised it to a friend of mine - I am rooted, running CM10 but even if I get it into recovery I've no idea what I'm doing as the screen is completely black so it doesn't really help. How could another phone help me, I don't know anyone with a smartphone as we're all insanely good at drowning them in alcohol.

Can you confirm that you have clockworkmod installed?
I will soon return with directions on how to mount USB storage using only volume and power buttons.
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TToivanen said:
Can you confirm that you have clockworkmod installed?
I will soon return with directions on how to mount USB storage using only volume and power buttons.
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I do yeah! Thank you

Okay, here's a little guide:
Hold power and volume down for 25 seconds. Do not let go even if it vibrates.
1xvoldown
1xpower
Wait 20 seconds
Connect USB to PC.
5xvoldown
1xpower
8xvoldown
1xpower
The sdcard contents should pop up on pc. If not, reboot and do it all over again.
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TToivanen said:
Okay, here's a little guide:
Hold power and volume down for 25 seconds. Do not let go even if it vibrates.
1xvoldown
1xpower
Wait 20 seconds
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Just to make sure, I don't hold power, just one press, then wait 20 sec, yeah? And I disconnect it first. ..Annoying, it ran out of bettery. I'll let it charge a while then try it out and return to the thread. Thanks a lot

Kvntess said:
Just to make sure, I don't hold power, just one press, then wait 20 sec, yeah? And I disconnect it first.
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Correct, begin the process disconnected. Only hold in the beginning, all the other steps are single taps.
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TToivanen said:
Correct, begin the process disconnected. Only hold in the beginning, all the other steps are single taps.
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I'm literally crying manly tears from my womanly eyes. ...I thought.. my pictures.. Thank you. Wow. I can't. No words. I love you. I'll think of you when I brush my teeth.
Another thing, now we're at it, do you know where my contacts are stored by any chance.

Kvntess said:
I'm literally crying manly tears from my womanly eyes. ...I thought.. my pictures.. Thank you. Wow. I can't. No words. I love you. I'll think of you when I brush my teeth.
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LOL
You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to help people in a situation like this.
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TToivanen said:
LOL
You're welcome. It's always a pleasure to help people in a situation like this.
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You've no idea! -Do you know how to get my contacts off the internal storage if possible. Google is not my friend it seems :3

Kvntess said:
Another thing, now we're at it, do you know where my contacts are stored by any chance.
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Have you checked if they are on your sim card? They might also be synced to your google account.
The only thing I know is that they are not on the sdcard. They are probably stored somewhere in /system/.
It could be possible to retrieve them through shell commands, provided that your phone has usb-debugging enabled.
Imma do some research and let you know if I find anything useful.
In the meantime, leave the handset to a bag/box of rice for the night. I have once recovered a dead display by doing that.
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TToivanen said:
Have you checked if they are on your sim card? They might also be synced to your google account.
The only thing I know is that they are not on the sdcard. They are probably stored somewhere in /system/.
It could be possible to retrieve them through shell commands, provided that your phone has usb-debugging enabled.
Imma do some research and let you know if I find anything useful.
In the meantime, leave the handset to a bag/box of rice for the night. I have once recovered a dead display by doing that.
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They aren't synced to google, only my old contacts, and they're not on my sim, that's the first thing I checked of course.
I did find com.android.contacts folder, but it's empty, or hidden system files. Thanks a lot. You are BRILLIANT.
Really.. I'll give it a shot, it's been a couple months though so I doubt there's any pee left in it.

I did find out that /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
has some info, but I believe that it contains only the entries that are already synced to google. Not very useful.
Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.
If any of my dear colleagues knows something about this, please drop in.
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TToivanen said:
I did find out that /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/
has some info, but I believe that it contains only the entries that are already synced to google. Not very useful.
Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.
If any of my dear colleagues knows something about this, please drop in.
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I really appreciate this. I'd make you cupcakes but I don't know where you live so have a thanks instead

Touchwake

Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?

Martux76 said:
Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
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yes it is a kernel feature. GM used to add it to siyah all the time....bad luck for us he's not interested in a note 2 :/

Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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i've seen great versions of it...it does mean a wakelock for sure but in most cases was developped with a 10 second timer...10 seconds after the screen is of it would stop working reducing battery drain

Then how is it helpful?
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It's an awesome feature, really. That would be even better than "quick glance" which keeps me actually on stock-based ROMs... I think I will ask in the Perseus kernel thread

lesalloum said:
yes it is a kernel feature. GM used to add it to siyah all the time....bad luck for us he's not interested in a note 2 :/
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unfortunately

Yeah I miss that too. It's bad none of the available kernels include it...
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Hi.
Try proximity screen off . This app is good n no wake lock
my S pen did this.

lesalloum said:
i've seen great versions of it...it does mean a wakelock for sure but in most cases was developped with a 10 second timer...10 seconds after the screen is of it would stop working reducing battery drain
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Then how is it helpful?
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You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)

D3_ said:
You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
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Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the stock standard feature cater for that (SmartStay)?
Monitors your eyes and prevents the screen from switching off if you are looking at it.

Why dont you just download screen on toggler from the play store. That way, you can just quickly pull the menu down, press a button and your screen will never time out. Press it again and it switches back to your original time out setting.
Comes in handy when its too dark for smart stay to work.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but that would mean a wakelock won't it?
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Fluxi kernel on S2 had swipe to wake. It does not have any wakelock.
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Galaxea said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the stock standard feature cater for that (SmartStay)?
Monitors your eyes and prevents the screen from switching off if you are looking at it.
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Chillerhippie said:
Why dont you just download screen on toggler from the play store. That way, you can just quickly pull the menu down, press a button and your screen will never time out. Press it again and it switches back to your original time out setting.
Comes in handy when its too dark for smart stay to work.
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There is a confusion on this function. This kind of feature allow you to turn on the screen without pressing any physical button. You can take the phone out from your pocket and swipe or touch the screen and the device will wake up.

D3_ said:
You don't have to reach for the power/home button when your screen times out (and this happens to me quite often if I'm reading something)
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Obvious solution: increase your time-out setting.
I have it at 2 min (hate the absurdly short time-out many people seem to use) and it never times out when I am reading.
Plus, as already mentioned, if for whatever reason that I can't imagine you want to keep a short time-out setting, you can always use SmartStay which works surprisingly well and can be very easily and quickly turned on and off with its toggle in the notification shade.

Guys, this isn't about SmartStay or the likes. I am already using it, also QuickGlance. TouchWake means turning ON the display by merely touching it (2 seconds for example). I was asking for this feature in the Perseus kernel thread, if you like the idea, just vote up my request.
PS: I also tried "proximity screen off" from playstore. It's nice but still not what I was looking for. A fast double tap for screen on would be nice for example.

Martux76 said:
Hi guys!
I am missing a feature I used to have on my old Galaxy I9000: It is called "touchwake" and allows the screen to be switched on, if it gets touched.
Very handy feature and I think TWRP already has it (maybe it's a sensor thing, though). Has anybody an idea? Is this a kernel feature?
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I fell in love with this feature seeing it on a BB10 device (and that's just about the ONLY thing that I like about the BB10 BTW :laugh.
It would be awesome and would enable us to get rid of the physical home button (which wastes space and is a durability worry but it's still needed to wake the phone up as it's way more comfortable to use than the power button).

As I've seen on your comments you really don't know what it is.
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DerTeufel ( the guy working on dual boot ) just released a kernel with touchwake.... here

Reminds me of MeeGo. This would be an awesome feature, given that the physical buttons don't seem to last well over time...

Yeah! Big thanks to DerTeufel! Good job for what I can say so far. Will test some more days

SPEAK the time on device awake?

Does anyone know of an app that will say the time out loud when you press the power button to turn wake the device???
e.g. so when your in the lockscreen mode.

You could probably get tasker to do it. Good luck though.
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you can try svoice by saying hi galaxy and ask it what time in your location
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Yeah I expect tasker would do it on display on event
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AndyGalaxy said:
Does anyone know of an app that will say the time out loud when you press the power button to turn wake the device???
e.g. so when your in the lockscreen mode.
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I'm sure you can do this with driving mode on (which I previously had set up on 4.1) however I checked again and I can't find the option to read out the time.

Hey, guys
Thanks for your idea, I will try to implement it in my named Cover Algorithm.
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Thanks for the replies...
Still no luck though..
I've had a look at Tasker but unless people could be kind and guide me through how to achieve this, i am fairly certain it won't allow me to..
I have however found an app that speaks out loud the time pretty quickly and clearly (Say Time), but automating it to say it when i wake my device (if on loud) is proving more difficult than first anticipated :crying:

Don't worry mate.
I will surely add it in my app in upcoming days.
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Akshay (Aky) said:
Don't worry mate.
I will surely add it in my app in upcoming days.
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Hi,
Thanks... I did see your comment "I will try to implement it in my named Cover Algorithm" but i had no idea what you meant..
What app is this???

Please ignore my previous comment.... I have just checked out your apps on the playstore... makes sense now..haha
When do you think you could implement this idea?
Also, would it be possible for this to say the time out loud ONLY IF device is NOT on silent?
Thank you

AndyGalaxy said:
Please ignore my previous comment.... I have just checked out your apps on the playstore... makes sense now..haha
When do you think you could implement this idea?
Also, would it be possible for this to say the time out loud ONLY IF device is NOT on silent?
Thank you
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Thanks for trying out my app.
It will just some time to implement because I am currently working on help & paid version of Cover Algorithm.
Yep, it will be possible to say time when device awakes only if device not in Silent.
Please consider rating the app if you like :thumbup:
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Hey, mate
Your wish has came true the newest update of app contains Time say ability.
I have implemented it in my Unlock version
You can find it from my signature below.
More language support coming soon
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=TellMeTheTime.App&hl=en
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Screen died

I got my SM-P601 about 2 weeks ago, and it has been working perfectly since then, until last night. I left my note 10.1 with my father and left, when I got back, it was acting really weird. When I press the power button, you hear that sound that it woke up, but the screen doesn't power up until about 2 seconds later, it performs normally afterwards. Tried rebooting, no luck. It still gets weirder, so I leave it for an hour or so, when I try later, the screen no longer powers up (I don't know it's that or it has failed, crashed or something) but it is obviously powered up because when I press the power button, you hear that usual sound, and the same thing when you unlock it, I navigated through pages and even opened up some games, it's all working, except there's no screen, just plain black. The bigger problem is, I rooted it, so no warranty for me.
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Any suggestions?
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odaibasha said:
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If you can get to recovery power+volume up , then wipe data & reboot .

I tend to agree, factory reset is worth trying.

Alright I'm gonna try that, but I'm gonna need help navigating through the menu. After I power it off, I press the volume up and power and release the power button after about 5 seconds right? (I can't tell when the samsung logo shows up). The thing I wanna make sure of, the factory reset option, is it the third or fourth option? I am not sure if it is the same as my GS4. The confirmation afterwards is the eighth option. Can someone confirm that?
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odaibasha said:
Alright I'm gonna try that, but I'm gonna need help navigating through the menu. After I power it off, I press the volume up and power and release the power button after about 5 seconds right? (I can't tell when the samsung logo shows up). The thing I wanna make sure of, the factory reset option, is it the third or fourth option? I am not sure if it is the same as my GS4. The confirmation afterwards is the eighth option. Can someone confirm that?
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It`s the fourth line " wipe data/factory reset.

Okay I think I successfully factory reset it. However, nothing's changed. The weird thing is, the touch screen is working, it is functioning properly and I can select apps etc... but I just can't see anything.
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odaibasha said:
Okay I think I successfully factory reset it. However, nothing's changed. The weird thing is, the touch screen is working, it is functioning properly and I can select apps etc... but I just can't see anything.
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How can you select apps , while you can`t see anything

Well, I know where they are.
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Just because your Knox flag has been tripped, does not automatically mean your warranty has been completely voided. Samsung is going to have to prove that your rooting the tablet is what caused the screen failure.
Were you running a custom ROM or kernel? If not, then there is no way I can think of that simply rooting the tablet caused the screen failure.
Now that's not to say your warranty isn't voided for another reason such as the tablet was dropped et al.
Just thinking outside the box... Did you happen to have Screen Filter or a like application installed at the time your screen went black? If so, someone may have adjusted the brightness setting to zero and that could be causing the problem.
Good luck.

I hope that's the case, can they even tell it is rooted without the screen being on?
To answer your questions, I haven't installed a custom ROM neither a screen filter app, I tried adjusting the brightness multiple times so one of the tries must have actually hit the correct place, still no effect though.
If nothing works, I think my only option is to take it back to samsung.
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odaibasha said:
I hope that's the case, can they even tell it is rooted without the screen being on?
To answer your questions, I haven't installed a custom ROM neither a screen filter app, I tried adjusting the brightness multiple times so one of the tries must have actually hit the correct place, still no effect though.
If nothing works, I think my only option is to take it back to samsung.
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ya you should try samsung .at this point it wont hurt .just tell them screen went out and go from there. don't mention root .unless they ask.they will be able to tell anyway.this should be covered under warranty.good luck. let us know how it goes.

I had the exact same issue with this tablet.
The problem is that the backlight is dead.
If you look closely at the screen under the light, you'll be able to see some icons and letters.
In my case, Samsung did not cover the warranty because my device was not purchased in Canada and it was rooted.
I mean Canada didn't even have the device at the time.
Long story short, I did something bad to get my tablet "repaired".
But I blame Samsung for having such a crappy warranty service.

Yeah I think I'll just take it to them. I'll let you know what happens.
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killer8297 said:
I had the exact same issue with this tablet.
The problem is that the backlight is dead.
If you look closely at the screen under the light, you'll be able to see some icons and letters.
In my case, Samsung did not cover the warranty because my device was not purchased in Canada and it was rooted.
I mean Canada didn't even have the device at the time.
Long story short, I did something bad to get my tablet "repaired".
But I blame Samsung for having such a crappy warranty service.
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May I ask what that bad thing was?
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odaibasha said:
May I ask what that bad thing was?
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Just a wild guess but I suppose you could go buy a new one from a retailer here in Canada, swap out the faulty one for the new one and return it claiming it's faulty (I doubt any of them check the SN on the back and the one on the box match), or I guess you could even swap the SN on the box from the SN on the US box so it does match.
Not saying he did that, but it's the easiest way to get it "repaired"
Come to think of it you can do this for any tablet, even though this is downright fraud. So please don't.