Anybody willing to give up their Wimax RSA keys - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've had my evo since launch, and have tried the various root methods. Of course, being on the bleeding edge, I managed to erase my wimax keys...would anybody who doesn't use their 4g be willing to give up their keys? I realize this is a shot in the dark, but I just moved to an area with awesome 4g coverage and I'm pissed to discover that I wiped the keys out. Contact me via PM if interested, and we can discuss details.

did the same thing to my first evo. sorry to hear, man. how would you restore the key back into the phone anyhow?

I thought the keys were specific to the phone? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the only way to restore was with a backup from your own device. You don't have a nandroid backup that includes wimax?
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well if i was you, and i had insurance, i would unroot my phone. Mess up the charger port intentionally (extremely easy to do considering im on my 3rd evo from this problem) and take it back, they'll replace it for free and you'll have a brand new refurb to go crazy on lol ...its kinda sneaky but it would probably work..i know i've managed to damage two charger ports before my current evo from just everyday use and have gotten refurbs for free, no questions asked.

plainjane said:
I thought the keys were specific to the phone? Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought the only way to restore was with a backup from your own device. You don't have a nandroid backup that includes wimax?
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Very correct. The RSA keys are tied to the specific phone. Not transferable.
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Chopper64 said:
I've had my evo since launch, and have tried the various root methods. Of course, being on the bleeding edge, I managed to erase my wimax keys...would anybody who doesn't use their 4g be willing to give up their keys? I realize this is a shot in the dark, but I just moved to an area with awesome 4g coverage and I'm pissed to discover that I wiped the keys out. Contact me via PM if interested, and we can discuss details.
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If your keys are gone, unroot. S-off. Take it in and show them 4g isn't working. They will replace it. Did it to my brothers phone because he cracked his screen.
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Very correct. The RSA keys are tied to the specific phone. Not transferable.
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In what way are they tied to the device? By the way, I come in peace I'm not questioning your knowledge, I'm actually curious since I'm getting my Evo replaced and have an extra set of RSA keys. I thought I'd just give the other one away since the old Evo was damaged beyond repair. Is it tied to the MAC address? Thank you.

spyd312 said:
In what way are they tied to the device? By the way, I come in peace I'm not questioning your knowledge, I'm actually curious since I'm getting my Evo replaced and have an extra set of RSA keys. I thought I'd just give the other one away since the old Evo was damaged beyond repair. Is it tied to the MAC address? Thank you.
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You can't just give away your RSA keys. I guess technically you could, but if the other phone uses your old wimax partition, it won't work. The key checker app may show that they're present, but that doesn't mean that they're functional.
I'm not sure exactly how they're tied to the phone, they may be tied through the MAC address. But I do know that the only (proven) way to get them back is to have a backup from the same device. After all of the warnings about backing up wimax I really don't see how anyone loses their RSA keys anymore.
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Just out of curiosity how do you mess up your charger port
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Just out of curiosity how do you mess up your charger port
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I imagine you have to be a real klutz lol

spyd312 said:
In what way are they tied to the device? By the way, I come in peace I'm not questioning your knowledge, I'm actually curious since I'm getting my Evo replaced and have an extra set of RSA keys. I thought I'd just give the other one away since the old Evo was damaged beyond repair. Is it tied to the MAC address? Thank you.
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Specialized algorithm using the phones serial number. Unbreakable unless you have a few Cray mainframes, or a massive Beowolf Cluster hanging around not doing anything.
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Specialized algorithm using the phones serial number. Unbreakable unless you have a few Cray mainframes, or a massive Beowolf Cluster hanging around not doing anything.
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Now that you mention it, I've got some old P2 processors with 3D Now...lol just kidding. Thanks for the info dude, that makes perfect sense how it won't be easy to just port it over. I just thought of it because I've read on a few forums from people requesting RSA keys that aren't being used and I thought I can just give it away.

Wow, i'm honestly surprised to still see my thread show up at the top of the list. I figured this would end up buried shortly after posting it.
Here's my story:
I bought my evo the day it was released, played with it for a while, then started looking at rooting after it became available. It's been too long to remeber what exactly I did at the beginning, but things change so fast around here that I think you'll understand. Somewhere in the process of F**king with radio updates, PRI updates, flashing and reflashing and so on and so forth, I managed to overwrite my wimax partition and set myself up with the dreaded wimax MAC of DOOM! Well, since I didn't have 4g in my area, I figured "who cares" and left it go. Then i decided to clean out my computer and deleted most of the "unneeded" nandroid backups since they were old and outdated and I didn't think I needed them. Oops. Now I live in a 4g service area and have discovered that pretty much destroyed any chance of getting 4g working again.
Sooooooooo....I unrooted my phone, took it to the store and told them my 4g was broken. They sent me a refurb and everything's working great now. I would like to thank the community for being supportive and for making everything here possible, but a word of warning to n00bs...read the instructions, read them again, read them once more, and then read them again. And ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS keep your backups.
I don't feel bad about essentially lying and telling them it's the manufacturer's fault. My first evo had dark spots on the screen, and I had to exchange it and never got my $100 rebate. So everything works out in the end.

spyd312 said:
Now that you mention it, I've got some old P2 processors with 3D Now...lol just kidding. Thanks for the info dude, that makes perfect sense how it won't be easy to just port it over. I just thought of it because I've read on a few forums from people requesting RSA keys that aren't being used and I thought I can just give it away.
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Rofles... Hope you have several hundred years to crack that... Yeah RSA is the keeper of the keys. Even hTc doesn't have the master key just the console to create them for phones that are in production. Those are very old threads you had to be looking at. Probably about a year ago when the Aug/Sept OTA hit, and a bunch of ppl lost their keys (me included) as well as a few people who used unrevoked to root.

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Rofles... Hope you have several hundred years to crack that... Yeah RSA is the keeper of the keys. Even hTc doesn't have the master key just the console to create them for phones that are in production. Those are very old threads you had to be looking at. Probably about a year ago when the Aug/Sept OTA hit, and a bunch of ppl lost their keys (me included) as well as a few people who used unrevoked to root.
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Well I decided to search the forum for a thread talking about my concern, instead of creating a new one...and on another note, being without my Evo is like a junkie going through withdrawls...1 more day...just 1 more day...

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[Q] 4G: How is it being damaged?

Hello everyone,
I live in Indy where we don't currently have 4G and don't anticipate on getting it anytime soon.
However, I keep seeing threads pop up where people have flashed a rom or done something that breaks the 4G capability.
Does anyone know how this is happening? I'd like to keep my 4G intact just in case I ever get the chance to use it. Have played with several roms already. Phone came with Froyo and did the downgrade root method.
Thanks!
mgalyan said:
Hello everyone,
I live in Indy where we don't currently have 4G and don't anticipate on getting it anytime soon.
However, I keep seeing threads pop up where people have flashed a rom or done something that breaks the 4G capability.
Does anyone know how this is happening? I'd like to keep my 4G intact just in case I ever get the chance to use it. Have played with several roms already. Phone came with Froyo and did the downgrade root method.
Thanks!
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there is no 4g support on aosp roms because the htc code for wimax is not open source. cyanogen only uses open source code in his roms and it is being reverse engineered at this moment. all the other sense roms should have working 4g w/ no problems.
mgalyan said:
Hello everyone,
I live in Indy where we don't currently have 4G and don't anticipate on getting it anytime soon.
However, I keep seeing threads pop up where people have flashed a rom or done something that breaks the 4G capability.
Does anyone know how this is happening? I'd like to keep my 4G intact just in case I ever get the chance to use it. Have played with several roms already. Phone came with Froyo and did the downgrade root method.
Thanks!
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Well, I'm definitely not "in the know" regarding the 4G, but I would assume ROMs do not have the correct drivers or settings for the 4G.
However, if you do not think you will be getting soon, why not simply "lose" 4G ? Should you get 4G in your area, wouldn't flashing to an official ROM "fix" the 4G again ? That would of course require you to reinstall all your stuff, and make all the settings the way you want them again, but that's only a few hours of work usually.
For example I saw a thread about someone who went from CM6 to Fresh and 4g won't obtain a MAC address. I did the same thing. CM6 to Fresh.
Someone responded and said he'd have to return the phone for replacing.
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mgalyan said:
Hello everyone,
I live in Indy where we don't currently have 4G and don't anticipate on getting it anytime soon.
However, I keep seeing threads pop up where people have flashed a rom or done something that breaks the 4G capability.
Does anyone know how this is happening? I'd like to keep my 4G intact just in case I ever get the chance to use it. Have played with several roms already. Phone came with Froyo and did the downgrade root method.
Thanks!
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Hey fellow Sprint Evo user from Indy. Lets not worry about 4G in Indy, that won't come anytime soon considering Sprint can't get 3G implemented across Indy.
Here's how it happened to me....
I had my first EVO and I played with 4g before I rooted and rom'd it. After flashing a rom (Stock 2.2 rooted) it worked fine.
Then I had to replace my evo... so the replacement came, I opened it, and immediately rooted it. It wasn't even activated yet, and I did not play with 4g. After flashing Fresh 3.1.0.2 I noticed 4g wasnt working. I checked my MAC address and it was the same as under the battery, but for some reason my phone would not get past the "scanning" stage.
So... here's what I did:
I flashed RA Recovery and wiped everything and flashed to the latest OTA (HTC 3.26.651.6) which can be found here. After that I started playing around with my 4g, and got it to work. Then I flashed Fresh 3.2 and my 4g still works.
Someone had recommended I delete my tree.xml file which I never tried... a complete wipe did that anyways.
Anyways... sorry to make this long. Just chipping in what I have found. I hope it helps.
Yeah I'm not entirely worried about 4G. I just don't want to do anything unknowingly permanent. I tend to sell my phones on eBay when I'm ready to upgrade and a 3G only evo wouldn't be worth much.
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the only permanent 4g damage you can do is to wipe the RSA keys. nobody seems to really know how this happens. it happened to my evo and i had never even rooted before.
Yeah my RSA certs got wiped; had an issue one night flashing a ROM and latest WiMax, things didn't wipe right and all hell broke loose, ended up flashing the WiMax radio twice and that seemed to do it. Someone else mentioned this here and that seemed to do it for me.
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Yeah my RSA certs got wiped; had an issue one night flashing a ROM and latest WiMax, things didn't wipe right and all hell broke loose, ended up flashing the WiMax radio twice and that seemed to do it. Someone else mentioned this here and that seemed to do it for me.
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wait you got your rsa certs back? how????
Ahh sorry, no. I guess I see how that might have sounded like that. Meant someone else seemed to have the same issue, far as I know one cannot fix this themselves.
Sorry. New Evo coming from Sprint due to other issues, but that's how I ended up losing my WiMax.
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wait you got your rsa certs back? how????
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yeah, i read his post at first like that too. when he said "that seemed to do it", i think he meant that is what wiped the rsa keys. but can we get clarification?
sprint basically needs to create a tool that restores rsa keys for the evo. i understand they have this for their 4g data cards already. i'm hoping they do this so i don't have to return my phone (which is otherwise perfect) for some effed up refurb.
EDIT: oops, didn't realize a pg 2 had appeared. so no rsa key fix here...move on...
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Ahh sorry, no. I guess I see how that might have sounded like that. Meant someone else seemed to have the same issue, far as I know one cannot fix this themselves.
Sorry. New Evo coming from Sprint due to other issues, but that's how I ended up losing my WiMax.
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are you within 30 days of purchase? if not, how did you get sprint to send you a new one? the CSR i spoke with told me they don't have the option to order new and when a replacement is ordered you will get refurb if they have them and new if they have no refurb. also, do you pay the sprint insurance? i think that factors into this as well. i pay the $7 insurance.
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are you within 30 days of purchase? if not, how did you get sprint to send you a new one? the CSR i spoke with told me they don't have the option to order new and when a replacement is ordered you will get refurb if they have them and new if they have no refurb. also, do you pay the sprint insurance? i think that factors into this as well. i pay the $7 insurance.
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Yeah, I pay the $7 but going through Sprint, not Asurion. 30 days has come and gone but they've been quite helpful about it.
Having issues with the phone that falls under the 1 Year Manufacturers warranty.
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Yeah, I pay the $7 but going through Sprint, not Asurion. 30 days has come and gone but they've been quite helpful about it.
Having issues with the phone that falls under the 1 Year Manufacturers warranty.
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right, i agree that it falls under the manufacturers warranty and i am also dealing directly with sprint but they will not guarantee me a new phone as replacement. it's the hit or miss thing i described above. i called a corp store and they said the same thing. in fact, they said they had refubs in stock so i would walk out of the store with a refurb. i asked you about the $7 thing because i'm wondering if their systems treat the replacement differently depending on whether you pay it or not. i was literally told there is no way they could order me a new phone as replacement and as far as sprint reps go, this one sounded more "with it" than others. have you received the phone yet? is it really new?
Well, dude said it'd be new ... am waiting 2-4 business days as they didn't have any in stock at the store. He made it sound like if they had one in the back he'd hook it up, but they didn't. Am assuming it's going to be new. If not, I just hope I don't come up with some other issue if it is a refurb. Have had bad experiences with refurbished - uh - things in the past.
I didn't want to press my luck and ask if another Sprint store in the area might have any in stock, thus I could head elsewhere ... figured I'd just let it all play out. Time will tell though if it's new or not. As said, as long as I have a phone that works I wouldn't really mind a refurb. But I'd prefer a new one ...
right. i share the same opinion. prefer new over refurb. and i'm hard pressed to go the refurb route now with my only issue being non-functional 4g.
let us know what you end up with...
Yessir, will do.
Got the new phone, everything went swimmingly (do people really say that?) and it appears to be new, guy said it was new, not refurbished. Will have to check when I find the post that detailed the quick way of checking.
People were extremely helpful, 4G is back baybaaaay but also soon to be gone. But, I noticed I didn't have an SD card, not sure if he was supposed to have taken mine out and put it in, alas I just walked out without checking. Sat down with a beer and noticed and had to go back up there. All is well in the world, all is well.
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HELP to get 4g to work again

I need someone to help me get my 4g to work again.all it says is scanning,connecting to Sprint then back to scanning
Can someone help thanks very much
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Have this same problem, I hope someone can create a rsa key retrieval tool
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ryohei47 said:
Have this same problem, I hope someone can create a rsa key retrieval tool
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It'll never happen. All you can do is do a nand backup using RA 1.8.0 to backup your wimax partition. The way keys are signed/encoded is a one-shot deal. Done at the factory. Though at the depot level they (HTC) reflash the phones with new everything during the remanufacture process.
I think I deleted my Android back up anyone have one I can use??
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I think I deleted my Android back up anyone have one I can use??
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It doesn't work that way unfortunately - you can't use someone else's nandroid backup because the RSA keys in their wimax.img are different than yours. They are specific and unique to each and every Evo. I sold my Evo because my WiMax RSA keys got hoses and purchased a brand new one. I'd suggest doing that if you don't have a nandroid backup that was made through Amon RA recovery.
Ok so Sprint said that to get it to work again they have to flash it will that brake the root?
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Ok so Sprint said that to get it to work again they have to flash it will that brake the root?
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Sprint cannot AFAIK replace your 4G keys. That has to be done by HTC, and HTC only since they are the holders of the master Verisign key(s). Also any reflashing by HTC, or Sprint will remove root.
Oh well that's what she told me lol
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Id trade root for 4g any day. Considering I'll.just root again when I get home
Does any one know of you can add issurance after 3 months? Or can I get it replaced free under warranty?
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ryohei47 said:
Id trade root for 4g any day. Considering I'll.just root again when I get home
Does any one know of you can add issurance after 3 months? Or can I get it replaced free under warranty?
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just unroot and take in for warranty swap. that's what i had to do.
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just unroot and take in for warranty swap. that's what i had to do.
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Not a very honest thing to do... Please, this is not an attack on you, furrelkt. It's a message to everyone. It just seems more and more people are doing this. Everyone knows when you get into rooting/modding you are taking a risk. If you trusted some random person on the internet that you do not know and flash a radio and break your RSA keys, that is your fault. Giving Sprint the liability for your actions gives liability to all of Sprint's stakeholders. That includes everyone on these boards. We, as a community, need to start instiling a sense of pride and ethics into ourselves. Without it, we just corrupt eachother and take away from what this community is all about.
Sprint will simply backup and flash your phone and run it for tests. They will then look at your MAC and see that you have corrupted your Wimax files.
At this point if you have insurance, you will pay $100 as a warranty return.
Or with no insurance, they will offer you to buy a new phone. But remember that you still have a very functional phone just no 4G. Really 4G is patchy and uses the resources of your phone poorly. I use it but mostly don't.
Download CM6 for Evo, flash your favorite kernel and enjoy the experience.
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Not a very honest thing to do... Please, this is not an attack on you, furrelkt. It's a message to everyone. It just seems more and more people are doing this. Everyone knows when you get into rooting/modding you are taking a risk. If you trusted some random person on the internet that you do not know and flash a radio and break your RSA keys, that is your fault. Giving Sprint the liability for your actions gives liability to all of Sprint's stakeholders. That includes everyone on these boards. We, as a community, need to start instiling a sense of pride and ethics into ourselves. Without it, we just corrupt eachother and take away from what this community is all about.
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I agree and disagree at the same time.
I will agree that if you start flashing files of unknown origin to your phone without really knowing what you are doing then you deserve what you get.
At the same time though -- this particular instance is a 100% software issue that can be resolved in 5 minutes once an EVO is back at the factory. True cost to HTC or Sprint is next to nothing outside of some frieght and paying some kid 10 dollars an hour to run EVO's thru an automated restore process.
I hosed my 4G RSA keys, but have not gone to the sprint store to try and swap because my EVO is pristine and just like the day it came out of the package. I take care of it dearly. I have the fear that if I were to get a refurb and back to square one, whatever unit I get would smell like ass, be scratched or dinged up, and some other kid would get my flawless phone after it's reflash.
I was never a heavy user of 4G anyways, it's in DFW, TX however I live about a mile outside of the nearest bubble of 4G.
Either way -- yes it's sneaky, but it's not as costly or "evil" as one might think if you are returning a phone that is physically 100% good.
Trying to get a new/free phone because of physical neglect though? that's cause for an ass whoopin'

Epics keep failing

Hello everyone. Before i get started let me just say this isnt a rant just a please help me post. Here is my situation:
My wife and i have been with sprint for 4 months now. Every month since we started our agreement with sprint we have had to have both our epics replaced so that makes a total of 8 epics that have come into our house hold. I have always been nice (never raised voice or cursed at) to the reps in the store and over the phone. How many replacements do i need before sprint switches us to a different model phone.
My wife and i need reliable phones as i am a paramedic and use phone at work and my wife is a stay at home mom with our cellphones being only form of communication. I have been googling for sprints policy and have come up with nothing. Thanks for any help.
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What exactly is failing?
To correct you, this is a rant.
You didn't ask a real question. Sprint makes next to no loss replacing your phone if you're under TEP insurance. They'll keep on replacing the phone with refurbished phones until:
A. They find a reason to charge you for the replacement
B. You ask to change phones, likely at a cost
C. The Epic is discontinued (not likely soon)
Refurbished isn't bad, but it's not new.
Moreso, you claim to have already found this answer yourself nearly 3 weeks ago:
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According to my local corp store, if i replace my phone 2 more times (already done 3 exchanges) then i will be able to switch to different device which if i have to exchange this epic 2 more times i am jumping ship to htc and if evo 3d is out then i am going to it.
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Furthermore, without already being an HTC user, you clearly don't realize it is plagued with many similar problems, although without you mentioning a single problem, I can't compare it for you. However, only 4 months into a contract, Sprint will NOT be giving you a free replacement to the Evo, especially not the Evo 3D. You will be paying a premium to switch phones, and likely be forced into another 2 year extension on your plan.
Now, if you'd like to actually use this forum for what it's for, please, tell us what's so wrong with your phones that you have replaced 6 of them?
Double post.
My guess he is an EVO user just trying to stir up the Epic forums.
I brought my phone back last weekend because it died. It was the 3rd Epic that I had taken back from the beginning of my contract. I told them that I would like to switch to a different phone but they werent willing to do that. They said that if all 3 problems would have been within 6 months of one another then the manager could issue a different model of phone. Since my last brick wasn't within 6 months of the previous 2, they weren't willing to replace. So I believe that is their policy.
Very strange... I've been on the same Epic for nearly a year.. Must be a lot of duds out there or some are just very hard on a phone.
To the trolls that post I am not an evo user. Yes I did make that post to help someone that asked. I was told in store 5 phones in 6 months and on the phone I was told 3 phones. That's what is confusing me. Also research also instead of stalking me the evo at full retail is the same if not less then the epic. I am not even looking at the evo 3d because I know I will have to pay a significant difference.
The problems I am having for those that have posted and showed a willingness to help me. What happened is (happens on my epic and my wifes): apps started to force close then the touch screen stops working then the phone goes into a boot loop that I can't fix. I am on stock and not rooted. This is the first epic I haven't rooted. I am just confused from getting different stories. The phones have never had any external damage.
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I'm thinking it might be a PEBKAC error.
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I'm thinking it might be a PEBKAC error.
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What is a PEBKAC error?
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I have witnessed this on a friends epic. I thought for sure I would be able to fix it with a fresh install of eb13 then ec05 nothing helped. The screen would not work and the phone was in a boot loop. I thought in the back of my mind he must have sat on it or something. Then I saw someone else has the problem too. Coincidence?
@MedicStuder PEBKAC = Problem exists between keyboard & chair
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@MedicStuder PEBKAC = Problem exists between keyboard & chair
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Thank you and now I see. I appreciate that. Thanks. I ask a legit question and all people want to do is knock people down. Whatever... Atleast there has been a few posts of people seeming to want to try to help. I see these forums still haven't changed and apparently never will.
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Try not installing anything. I noticed one app I had in the market boot looped my epic. I reported it but nothing has fixed the app (locoroco) it would cause my phone to over heat running in back ground killing the battery then killed on board memory sure to heat. Sprint tech helped me through this.
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Try not installing anything. I noticed one app I had in the market boot looped my epic. I reported it but nothing has fixed the app (locoroco) it would cause my phone to over heat running in back ground killing the battery then killed on board memory sure to heat. Sprint tech helped me through this.
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Make sense, maybe I will wipe device and just do one application at a time each day and see if one is causing it. Thanks.
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"As far as exchanging it in store for a different model it depends on what the Warranty Exchange List allows them to do. Each device has a list of roughly equivalent devices to be replaced with in case the same model isn't available, or now if you're gone through multiple devices within 6 months."
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/22141
the warrenty exchange. I did this awhile back with my touch pro and i got the palm pre.
i had traded in my old touch pro like 7 times and went to a sprint store (the official store not a exclusive retailer )
tell them whats up with the phone how many switches and you arent satisfied. you pay money for a phone and expect it to work. inquire about the swap list for the phone.
all in all be firm and make your point. just be nice.. they are employee's afterall and each employees experience varies.
sorry for errors or hard to read things. sent from the Epic.
MedicStuder said:
Make sense, maybe I will wipe device and just do one application at a time each day and see if one is causing it. Thanks.
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that wasnt the first thing you did?
Epic button fail
I don't have the insurance but I do have a defective phone. I'm outraged that Sprint is holding me up for $35.00 to exchange my phone for a working-somebody-else's-rejected/returned-faulty refurbished unit. Why should I pay extra because their phone (back button no longer works) --less than six months old- is defective?
I've looked through several forums trying to find someone who has a user fix to restore use of my "back" button to no avail...tried the "enable haptic feedback to 3/4" suggestion and it worked once, but never again.
$35.00 for this aggravation? Why?
andbnew said:
$35.00 for this aggravation? Why?
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because you opted to not purchase insurance. duh!?!
andbnew said:
I don't have the insurance but I do have a defective phone. I'm outraged that Sprint is holding me up for $35.00 to exchange my phone for a working-somebody-else's-rejected/returned-faulty refurbished unit. Why should I pay extra because their phone (back button no longer works) --less than six months old- is defective?
I've looked through several forums trying to find someone who has a user fix to restore use of my "back" button to no avail...tried the "enable haptic feedback to 3/4" suggestion and it worked once, but never again.
$35.00 for this aggravation? Why?
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The phone has a 1 year warranty from the manufacturer. Mail it back into Samsung and you'll get it fixed or replaced in about 10 days. If you need it back the same day/next day you have to have Sprint's insurance or pay them for the service.
I'm not a huge fan of Sprint or Samsung for that matter, but business is business and it seems fair enough to me.

[Q] Is it a good idea to flash a backup ROM on your replacement incredible?

I am about to go to verizon and get my incredible replaced under a manufacturing defect. I just read on HTC's site that their warranty covers for 12 months... quiet generous.
the power button is stuck "on" all the time.. for example if I battery pull and put it back in it starts powering up without ever pushing the power button. I heard this was a common issue with the older incredibles.
GOOD thing I was rooted cause for now... optical track wake is a lifer saver. If it wasn't for that feature I would have to battery pull or wait for a phone call every time I wanted to use my phone.
Anyways... is it a good idea to use my backup ROMs on my old incredible on my new incredible? Or should I just play it safe and start from scratch?
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If there's a chance that your okld phone is going to be refurbed and sent out as a CLNR, then I'd advise against it. Along with your apps and data, you'll also be cloning the android_ID from the old device onto the new one. Best practice would be to simply restore apps using Titanium.
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Apps and services that utilize the android_ID as an identifier are going to push/pull data from any and all handsets bearing that identifier... something to bear in mind when restoring nandroids across devices.
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From "Nand backup on different phone?"
No is the short answer, device id is different.
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sweet. thanks for the quick reply.
I did this back in my D1 days when the audio went out and I swapped it for a replacement, was it a good idea? probly not. Did I care? nope.

Hardware Hack/ Would like to introduce myself, Dr Frankenstein!

Hey... My first post on xda I believe.. But I have been lurking around for years now, rooting (and trying to root) anything possible I'm a nurse now, but was a mechanic before that... So I have this tendency to tinker (generally ,successfully I must add). Question here:
I have a sch-I535 that has long since been rooted, flashed 10k times etc... Broke the screen and the contrast fluid leaked out Since the phone has full out pooped...
All I have now is an LG Vortex (Optimus, verizon version).. Rooted it.. HATE IT!!!
A friend has a bad ESN/IMEI sprint s3... I bought it, it's on its way now.. Can I just switch the hard drive, thus bringing my sim/simslot with it and call it a day? Or do I really have to pull all the guts from the sprint screen and plumb in my verizon guts? Haha Thx for the help!!
Rick
I'm sorry, but please explain further. Are you just trying to switch sprint s3 hard drives? Because if so that will work. If you are trying to switch Verizon guts with sprints it won't work.
-Whiplashh
"I think a ducks opinion of me is heavily influenced by whether I have bread or not."
Yeah I had a d2vzw, amoled cracked, just got a sprint s3 with working screen... Thing is, I used headphones and s-voice on the vzw for a few days with no screen.. eventually it just full out stopped doing anything. Think i may have screwed the pooch?
Zooandbio4me said:
Yeah I had a d2vzw, amoled cracked, just got a sprint s3 with working screen... Thing is, I used headphones and s-voice on the vzw for a few days with no screen.. eventually it just full out stopped doing anything. Think i may have screwed the pooch?
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Sounds as if it's likely to be toast. If there was a short circuit caused by the contrast fluid or something, it might have worked for awhile (until it got hot, probably) and then it would show odd behaviors such as rebooting or locking up. If that happens one time too many, eventually something cooks permanently. You might pull it apart and find a burnt up capacitor or something repairable, but I wouldn't be especially optimistic.
Ok next question. ... Is there anyway to trick the sprint into thinking it's imei is the same as my fried Verizon phone?
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Zooandbio4me said:
Ok next question. ... Is there anyway to trick the sprint into thinking it's imei is the same as my fried Verizon phone?
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What your asking is cloning esn. I suggest you read the site rules. This is highly illegal and unethical. As well as against the forum rules
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