I broke my first G2 after 6 months of use. Its rooted and everything and while it looks almost new with no physical defects the problem is that the screen won't display any color - just all pitch black backlight. So I called t-mobile and they are sending me a brand new g2 while I send my broken one to HTC for repair. Anyone been in the same situation as me? It's not like they would reprimand my new phone if they see that I rooted the broken G2
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I broke my first G2 after 6 months of use. Its rooted and everything and while it looks almost new with no physical defects the problem is that the screen won't display any color - just all pitch black backlight. So I called t-mobile and they are sending me a brand new g2 while I send my broken one to HTC for repair. Anyone been in the same situation as me? It's not like they would reprimand my new phone if they see that I rooted the broken G2
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Well... if T-Mobile finds out you moded you phone. You will pay 200+ bucks. I just hope they don't find out
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Who knows. I will say that I have never heard of anyone getting charged as long as there was no water damage. Please let us know how it goes.
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Worked for tmobile. They may charge you a restocking fee if the phone is flagged once it's repaired.
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Yup, if they notice your in deep doo doo sir.
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shortlived said:
Who knows. I will say that I have never heard of anyone getting charged as long as there was no water damage. Please let us know how it goes.
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Aha my friend had to pay cause he rooted his droid and forgot to put it back to stock
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i broke the screen on my Desire z a while back and had to send it to HTC while it was rooted cause i couldnt do a factory reset on it without the screen being on... they fixed it and sent it right back to me with no issues...
my understanding is that the very first thing they do is do a factory reset on the phone just in case the issue is software related...
so as long as u didnt go S-OFF i think you will be fine... make sure to let us know wt happens once u find out...
3 month bump: T-mobile didn't find out anything so I'm good, got a brand new rooted phone. S-off and everything; the screen just didn't work. I wonder what the person who fixed it was thinking....
Heyy guys, well.... I have the insurance plan on my incredible. And I was wondering, what would I get if the thing broke ? Refurbished Droid incredible ? Thanks - Austin
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See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132994
Wow thanks ! I'll be doing that
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What if you have Best Buy insurance?
Anyone know any different situations, they told me I'd just get a refurbished INC1.
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I would assume it depends on the place, depending on what they have in stock.
I was told at Best Buy that they never give out refub phones, you get new ones. So I guess it would depend what they have in stock.
Hi guys,
I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy SII on eBay. I decided to take the plunge even though the seller said it was for "parts and not working". He said the problem he was having was that the phone would shut off by itself, no matter what he did. He said this happened maybe once every 10 times he pressed the sleep button.
I got it yesterday and started messing around with it. I haven't encountered the problem yet but I only used it for a few hours. I proceeded to successfully root the device and flashed a custom ROM (CyanogenMod 10 - JB 4.1.1) and it seems to work ok. I'm not using the phone yet and I guess I was just wondering if you think the problem may have just "gone away". If it did, I would feel very lucky. I won't know for sure until I start using the phone regularly, but I needed a reliable phone today at work and that's why I didn't bring it with.
Any thoughts on what could cause this issue and possible solutions are appreciated. I've read some people say it's related to the CPU or the button itself, or perhaps even the battery. The owner had never rooted the phone so he was just running the regular T-Mobile Gingerbread rom.
Thanks and Happy Friday!
Probably the power button problem
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Thanks for answering, Teo. If it's that, it should be fairly simple to fix. I'll report back just in case somebody is having the same issue.
Since the JB ROM's suffer from random restarts and sleep of death issues, I would recommend flashing an ICS ROM. This will get you a more stable environment for testing, so if the device suddenly shuts it self off, you'll know it's not the ROM.
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Since the JB ROM's suffer from random restarts and sleep of death issues, I would recommend flashing an ICS ROM. This will get you a more stable environment for testing, so if the device suddenly shuts it self off, you'll know it's not the ROM.
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+1 to this suggestion. Flash a ROM that is known to be stable so you can confirm the original issue. I'd suggest stock (gb or ics, doesn't matter) for the best test environment.
Thank you guys! Your responses are greatly appreciated!
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Nicraz said:
Thank you guys! Your responses are greatly appreciated!
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Why don't you either send to Samsung under warranty or put insurance on it and have it fixed
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Why don't you either send to Samsung under warranty or put insurance on it and have it fixed
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I bought it used on eBay, I'm not the original owner. And I didn't see the SquareTrade warranty option for this purchase, perhaps because it was under "For parts & not working". I haven't come across the problem yet. I have flashed a few different roms (ICS) but every one of them has given me some type of problem. I'm still using my very reliable myTouch 4G and I'm starting to doubt if I really want to dump it for the SII.
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I bought it used on eBay, I'm not the original owner. And I didn't see the SquareTrade warranty option for this purchase, perhaps because it was under "For parts & not working". I haven't come across the problem yet. I have flashed a few different roms (ICS) but every one of them has given me some type of problem. I'm still using my very reliable myTouch 4G and I'm starting to doubt if I really want to dump it for the SII.
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The phone has not been out a year yet so it don't matter about ownership as long as there is not abuse to the phone they should help you
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playya said:
The phone has not been out a year yet so it don't matter about ownership as long as there is not abuse to the phone they should help you
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Thank you! I'll look into that.
If I am correct this phone came out Oct /12/11
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BACARDILIMON said:
If I am correct this phone came out Oct /12/11
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Yeah so warranty should still work. phone warranties starts the day it is activated. My white one was activated until February so i got another 5 months!
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Don't want to jinx myself but I flashed Team Chopstick's ICS rom on Saturday and haven't encountered the issue thus far.
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Nicraz said:
Don't want to jinx myself but I flashed Team Chopstick's ICS rom on Saturday and haven't encountered the issue thus far.
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At this point. I would think it's safe to say that your phone is fine lol
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Teo032 said:
At this point. I would think it's safe to say that your phone is fine lol
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Lol yeah Teo, I hope so I'm glad I took the plunge!
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Nicraz said:
I bought it used on eBay, I'm not the original owner. And I didn't see the SquareTrade warranty option for this purchase, perhaps because it was under "For parts & not working". I haven't come across the problem yet. I have flashed a few different roms (ICS) but every one of them has given me some type of problem. I'm still using my very reliable myTouch 4G and I'm starting to doubt if I really want to dump it for the SII.
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I have both MT4G and SG2...rooted my SG2 than my MT4G..flashed alot of ROMS for both phone and while the ROMS for MT4G are great and stable (using the Dark Unicorn v2.5) the SG2 ones i like better, (Jedi Knight 2 Stripped)..hands down better phone performance of course with the SG2...just using my MT4 as a backup phone and one for testing.(rooted wifes phone so gota test ROM before i give it to her)
8c0re8 said:
I have both MT4G and SG2...rooted my SG2 than my MT4G..flashed alot of ROMS for both phone and while the ROMS for MT4G are great and stable (using the Dark Unicorn v2.5) the SG2 ones i like better, (Jedi Knight 2 Stripped)..hands down better phone performance of course with the SG2...just using my MT4 as a backup phone and one for testing.(rooted wifes phone so gota test ROM before i give it to her)
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I'm keeping my MT .. at least for now. I actually paid more for it than for the SII! I'm using the SII full time and keeping the htc for backup. Im running Toasted Marshmallow on the htc and I like it a lot. I tried JK on the SII but gave me problems so I'm sticking to Team Chopstick for now.
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Dude mt4g probably the best single core phone out there. Loved that phone.
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You got a good deal from someone that didn't know much about Android smartphones, nice. This is obvious because it was still on GB lol.
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TheLastSidekick said:
You got a good deal from someone that didn't know much about Android smartphones, nice. This is obvious because it was still on GB lol.
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Yeah! I actually lost the bid to someone else and then for whatever reason the bidder backed out and I got a second chance offer from the seller so I bought it right away.
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I just purchased last night and I am sending today. I have a question though. Does the phone come back with everything stock? Or do they just send the phone back with the ability to get into download mode?
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w1ll1am23 said:
I just purchased last night and I am sending today. I have a question though. Does the phone come back with everything stock? Or do they just send the phone back with the ability to get into download mode?
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All back to stock
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they are pretty good, Fixed mine twice! Dumb me!
Yep, same here, they fixed my hardbrick. Thanks
IT WORKED!!!
I just got my phone back and it is good to go.
I recommend using TWRP for anyone that uses this phone just so you don't have to worry about darkside wipes. Before I bricked I was using CWM recovery and the darkside stuff was just getting complicated. When my devices was out I did a lot of research on it rooting,recovery,and ROMS. When you get the phone back you can get use Superoneclick to root which I recommend because its safer than odin and I am using Liquidsmooth for my ROM.
no its wierd
w1ll1am23 said:
I just purchased last night and I am sending today. I have a question though. Does the phone come back with everything stock? Or do they just send the phone back with the ability to get into download mode?
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came back with 2.3.5 with 3.0.8 kernel. everything worked but kies didn't reconize it. just odin to stock and flash from there.
Is there anyway to return to stock, unrooted without a computer?
I want to trade this phone in to get the Note3.. but they told me it cant be rooted..
I want to get it today.. but i wont be around a computer till monday
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Try Mobile Odin
Just flash a stock rom, they won't know the difference. I turned in my rooted s2 and the guy at the store seen my cm10 boot screen and asked what it was. I told him it was rooted and he obviously didn't care cuz he still took the phone.
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