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Anyone try to return this phone to tmobile after they rooted it and then flashed back to stock?
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Uh ya many people have...I haven't seen anyone have a problem yet. What's up?
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xsteven77x said:
Uh ya many people have...I haven't seen anyone have a problem yet. What's up?
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just picked it up yesterday rooted it and installed jugernat before i even took the plastic off the screen. I found it cheaper somewhere else so i want to take it back and get the cheaper one.
...I may need to find a way to hard brick my wife's phone. And I mean bricked. Who can give me some input?
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Put a rom that's not for your phone install have way then turn the power off.....
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Ok, that sounds promising.
Let me run that back. I get a rom from any other phone, begin to flash through recovery and before the install finishes I turn the phone off and voila, no lights, nothing. Right?
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Xiutehcuhtli said:
Ok, that sounds promising.
Let me run that back. I get a rom from any other phone, begin to flash through recovery and before the install finishes I turn the phone off and voila, no lights, nothing. Right?
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LOL why would you do that. Trying to get a replacement?
Cruel and don't want your wife have a phone?
JK
I know it sounds terrible right? She got some water damage and the guy at Costco told me he would replace a hard brick if I screwed up while flashing.
I'm somewhat torn, but don't want to pay a deductible, we just paid one because she let my 1 year old play with her phone and he broke the screen. Anyway, just something I'm debating, not convinced yet.
MORAL: DONT BUY YOUR WIFE A NICE PHONE!
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1. go to guy at costco
2. set phone on counter
3. take brick and smash the living hell out of it
4. tell him you bricked it and want a replacement.
5.????
6.profit
You know this is fraud right?
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You know this is fraud right?
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Not if it's covered by warranty.
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You know this is fraud right?
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Yeah, I won't be doing it. I was just venting mostly. I'm basically just pissed at the circumstance, and was looking for a way to save a few bucks. I'm more concerned about potentially getting a good guy busted for taking a phone in that he shouldn't than I am for duping some mega chain or phone manufacturer. Saving myself a bit of money isn't worth that.
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Not if it's covered by warranty.
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This doesn't fall under warranty.
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Xiutehcuhtli said:
Yeah, I won't be doing it. I was just venting mostly. I'm basically just pissed at the circumstance, and was looking for a way to save a few bucks. I'm more concerned about potentially getting a good guy busted for taking a phone in that he shouldn't than I am for duping some mega chain or phone manufacturer. Saving myself a bit of money isn't worth that.
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Good man! There is hope for this world.
Optimus Prime
Good think you arent risking losing his job, but costco should return if you brick it no matter what. I did it on accident and best buy gave me a new one. I will post a PSA on it. but on the off chance you do still want to do it, just restore from a nandroid, and leave recovery on overnight, and that should do it. It is a new bug me and a few other developers have found the hard way.
For a moment I thought the OP was gonna give us his number, even though we just met, and ask us to call him, maybe?
here is the PSA I posted.
Flash n4 tot. Complain you didn't want a nexus 4 you wanted a optimus g
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For a moment I thought the OP was gonna give us his number, even though we just met, and ask us to call him, maybe?
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LOL!
"what are you wearing OP?"
"Um, pants?"
"You are a dirty OP aren't you?"
That's probably not how it would go, really, but it made me laugh.
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GREAT NEWS! SquareTrade is taking the phone and sending me a new one after they told me no! No fraud involved, just have to make some noise, I suppose!
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I have the Sprint insurance. I dropped my phone and shattered the screen, and the phone won't even turn on now. If I take it in to a Sprint repair center (aka the Sprint store) will they replace it? The Sprint live chat people said they will but I have to call it in to some number or file the claim online. I recall before getting one replaced at the store with a hardware issue. Is this not the case anymore?
The insurance is outsourced, which is why you have to send it off. The issue you had before could probably be fixed in store, as this one can not. Check out the Sprint explanation. It clears a lot up
http://support.sprint.com/support/s...uipment_Protection-Total_Equipment_Protection
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The other claim they just gave me a brand new phone...
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The other claim they just gave me a brand new phone...
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Was it within the warranty window then? Maybe that was it
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jdsingle76 said:
Was it within the warranty window then? Maybe that was it
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No it was like a year or something after I got it.
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No it was like a year or something after I got it.
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Hmmm, not sure then. But I do know that when I was with Sprint, and even the insurance I have now with Boost, that it's a third party entity that you pay a deductible to, send your phone off too for repair, and they either fix it or replace it if it's beyond repair.
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If I have to send it off, how long does it take to come back?
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If I have to send it off, how long does it take to come back?
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Usually pretty reasonable. Boost told me about a week. Sucks being without your phone. If you do send it off, my advice, buy a cheap 10 dollar burner and some minutes. That's what I did.
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Usually pretty reasonable. Boost told me about a week. Sucks being without your phone. If you do send it off, my advice, buy a cheap 10 dollar burner and some minutes. That's what I did.
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Yeah I'll do that if the store won't replace it. I'm optimistic since they did once before. I even made an appointment to make it easier on them. I'll be kinda pissed if they don't replace it though. Maybe if I ***** enough...
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Yeah I'll do that if the store won't replace it. I'm optimistic since they did once before. I even made an appointment to make it easier on them. I'll be kinda pissed if they don't replace it though. Maybe if I ***** enough...
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Maybe. Good luck!
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Will insurance cover if you smash it on purpose?
Pp. :what:
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Will insurance cover if you smash it on purpose?
Pp. :what:
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What are you talking about?
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What are you talking about?
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In another thread you said you got mad and threw the phone and it shattered the screen.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40294918
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Will insurance cover if you smash it on purpose?
Pp. :what:
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Unless you tell them you smashed it on purpose Pp, how would they ever know? Get mad at your phone didya? Lol
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Unless you tell them you smashed it on purpose Pp, how would they ever know? Get mad at your phone didya? Lol
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Yeah, what they don't know won't hurt them.
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Unless you tell them you smashed it on purpose Pp, how would they ever know? Get mad at your phone didya? Lol
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Exactly! (But not me )
Pp. :beer::thumbup:
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If not I guess I will see if I can get an early upgrade. Sucks the SGS4 won't be out for a few weeks. I guess the SGS3 is good enough.
Unless the S4 is worth waiting...
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If not I guess I will see if I can get an early upgrade. Sucks the SGS4 won't be out for a few weeks. I guess the SGS3 is good enough.
Unless the S4 is worth waiting...
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I would wait for the S4 with a 1.9ghz quad core processor. Just my humble opinion.
I have never used the insurance but I was thinking you have to pay around $100 to get a damaged phone replaced. I could be entirely wrong about that.
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jaxon01 said:
I would wait for the S4 with a 1.9ghz quad core processor. Just my humble opinion.
I have never used the insurance but I was thinking you have to pay around $100 to get a damaged phone replaced. I could be entirely wrong about that.
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When's it coming out on Sprint? Maybe I'll just wait...
I don't think the actual release date has been announced yet.
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Quick Question:
If I were to revert back to stock by flashing the stock ROM through Odin, will that automatically reset the flash counter?
No, you need to use triangle away if you have increased counter.
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No, you need to use triangle away if you have increased counter.
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Alright. Thanks!
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Also out of curiosity I was wondering:
- Why does resetting the flash counter really matter?
- Does it help in any way other than for warranty purposes?
- Does the phone performance decrease if the flash counter is tripped?
- Why do some people go to such great measures to make sure it stays at 0?
Like whats the reason for it all?
If you have a issue with your phone that's the first thing the tech does when you take it in is look at the flash counter so yes it's just a warranty thing and for people always going the extra step or two to reset it I would say that's OCD kicking in. Lol
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jmatt78 said:
If you have a issue with your phone that's the first thing the tech does when you take it in is look at the flash counter so yes it's just a warranty thing and for people always going the extra step or two to reset it I would say that's OCD kicking in. Lol
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Makes sense! Thanks!
No problem
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jmatt78 said:
If you have a issue with your phone that's the first thing the tech does when you take it in is look at the flash counter so yes it's just a warranty thing and for people always going the extra step or two to reset it I would say that's OCD kicking in. Lol
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Then I'm guilty of OCD. I just can't help it. I love my zero to much.
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My flash counter stayed at 0, never tripped, until my warranty was officially over. Now I could care less.
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My flash counter stayed at 0, never tripped, until my warranty was officially over. Now I could care less.
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+1
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I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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ThaGreatest said:
I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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TriangleAway then Odin stock and factory reset if you can.
Do as said above by Aerowinder if possible, if not just play stupid.
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What will happen if I show up without doing that? I really just need input on what's wrong and what I can do to fix it unless they'll give a new one since my phone looks completely brand new.
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Aerowinder said:
TriangleAway then Odin stock and factory reset if you can.
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TheLastSidekick said:
Do as said above by Aerowinder if possible, if not just play stupid.
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Do you guys think they'll give me a new phone or anything because my phone is in mint condition. There's not a speck of damage on it.
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Do you guys think they'll give me a new phone or anything because my phone is in mint condition. There's not a speck of damage on it.
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I wouldn't know what happens if you're going through T-Mobile but I assume you'll be fine if you're polite and explain you don't know what's going on, insist you've been with T-Mobile because of their excellent support if they make a big deal about it. Asurion the insurance company working with T-Mobile will take it anyways because they just fix it and that's it and resell it. And because you pay a monthly bill they're making money off of you regardless and you still have to pay a deductible.
But you SHOULD really return to stock.
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If they see that the phone is rooted, they'll just simply do nothing for you. That's why people say "your warranty is now void".
Do what is mentioned above or take your chances and hope the T-Mobile rep that is assisting you doesn't check to see if the phone is rooted or check the flash counter.
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I most likely just try to extract some info from them so maybe I could fix it myself. I really don't want to pay them money for something not my fault.
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I was hoping not to do that being that I just had to do factory reset like 2 weeks ago and I hate reinstalling everything but I guess I have to do it. I get the stock version from DocHolidays thread, right?
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I get it from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 right?
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That should do the trick. And if you're on a stock build now, you may not have to factory reset, backup anyway.
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That should do the trick. And if you're on a stock build now, you may not have to factory reset, backup anyway.
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I'm on the root66 version
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Oh, simple enough then! Just go to SuperSU and unroot.
You could even try to temp unroot if you think that's all you'd need to do to hide it.
Befire you unroot though, do you have a custom recovery or kernel installed? If not, then run triangle away, then unroot. If you do, reflash root66, then use TA and unroot.
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ThaGreatest said:
I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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What's the problem with the battery?
I like the features I get with my stock build, but I'm considering a root for better control over my apps, (Greenify, permission control) so this thread seems like a relevant question.
Is Triangle Away and unrooting all it takes to make it appear that I haven't done anything?
The warranty issue is the only thing stopping me, it's saved me a bunch in the past...
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I like the features I get with my stock build, but I'm considering a root for better control over my apps, (Greenify, permission control) so this thread seems like a relevant question.
Is Triangle Away and unrooting all it takes to make it appear that I haven't done anything?
The warranty issue is the only thing stopping me, it's saved me a bunch in the past...
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If done in the correct order with no custom recovery or custom kernel, yes that should be all you have to do.
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I rooted my phone once, but I will never do it again after what happened. Last year I rooted my GS3 and about a week later, my local T-Mobile store called my phone unexpectedly. The guy on the other end told me I was due for a price drop, but I would have to come into the T-Mobile store to sign the paperwork before it would take effect. 2 days later I stopped in to get the discount on my monthly payment. The T-Mobile employee said he would have to look at my phone just to verify that it was the correct serial number. He went into the back room and said he would be back in a few minutes. 10 minutes later, a police officer walks in the store and asks my name. I'm totally freaked out wondering what the deal is. He asks me to turn around a puts hand cuffs on me. The officer told me I was under arrested and being charged with "rooting a mobile device". I was booked and released, but I would watch what you do to your phone. Good luck.
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LOL!!!
I'm not even sure how to react to that!
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Just be careful... The terms of my probation are to never visit XDA, so I'm really just telling what can happen.
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I rooted my phone once, but I will never do it again after what happened. Last year I rooted my GS3 and about a week later, my local T-Mobile store called my phone unexpectedly. The guy on the other end told me I was due for a price drop, but I would have to come into the T-Mobile store to sign the paperwork before it would take effect. 2 days later I stopped in to get the discount on my monthly payment. The T-Mobile employee said he would have to look at my phone just to verify that it was the correct serial number. He went into the back room and said he would be back in a few minutes. 10 minutes later, a police officer walks in the store and asks my name. I'm totally freaked out wondering what the deal is. He asks me to turn around a puts hand cuffs on me. The officer told me I was under arrested and being charged with "rooting a mobile device". I was booked and released, but I would watch what you do to your phone. Good luck.
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Rooting a device isn't illegal. They can kiss my ring. Think about it, if it was illegal why are root apps allowed on Google Play? And also, why is XDA not been shut down?
Methinks something else happened there. Maybe you voided their warranty and tried getting a discount which may be against the rules. Or something. But I know for a fact this is legal. Unlocking is a different story however.
So my advice, root on my brothers it's the only damn freedom we have left here in America.
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