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camera flash activating when shutting down

Hello,
Today when I restarted my phone, it got stuck on the "Goodbye" screen for longer than normal, then flashed the camera 3 times before shutting off. What is going on? Anyone have a similar issue? I am on stock, rooted.
Thanks

Happens to everyone, it is normal.
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G1ForFun said:
Happens to everyone, it is normal.
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How is it normal..? It never happened until today, nor have I ever heard of it happening before..

G1ForFun said:
Happens to everyone, it is normal.
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never seen it.

saltmine said:
How is it normal..? It never happened until today, nor have I ever heard of it happening before..
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It may be an android thing. I remember my HD2 used to do this from time to time. I never found out why it does that though...

This happens to me quite often. Sometimes it just stay lit until the phone is completely off. It's just weird

Fyi tmo will replace your phone because of this.. I know I did it. This is not suppose to happen.
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epicroot said:
Fyi tmo will replace your phone because of this.. I know I did it. This is not suppose to happen.
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Is it really worth it to replace my phone for this? It has only happened once over 5 months. How much did it happen to you? Does it signal something wrong with the phone if it has just happened once?
If it doesn't mean that something is wrong with my phone, I wouldn't really want to go through the hassle of a return :\

It happens to me and my brother randomly. Not a big deal
sent from my real Gs move in silence like lasagna

Think of it as Hercules waving goodbye.

epicroot said:
Fyi tmo will replace your phone because of this.. I know I did it. This is not suppose to happen.
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Do they replace with a brand new unopened box or a refurbished unit?

Lol really? ..jeez some of you complain about everything and anything.
LOVE the uninformed comments about how you should get your phone replaced if it does this or this is a sign of your t989 waving goodbye.
And then people wonder why the whole process of getting a replacement phone keeps getting worse.
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G1ForFun said:
Lol really? ..jeez some of you complain about everything and anything.
LOVE the uninformed comments about how you should get your phone replaced if it does this or this is a sign of your t989 waving goodbye.
And then people wonder why the whole process of getting a replacement phone keeps getting worse.
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My comment about the phone waving goodbye was a joke.

G1ForFun said:
Lol really? ..jeez some of you complain about everything and anything.
LOVE the uninformed comments about how you should get your phone replaced if it does this or this is a sign of your t989 waving goodbye.
And then people wonder why the whole process of getting a replacement phone keeps getting worse.
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so what? does it bother you?

Anyone can replicate this. While your phone is on, hold power/Vol up/Vol down all at the same time for about 10 seconds. That forces a reboot and your camera will flash until you let go.
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It is normal....that is why every phone can replicate it.
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It sometimes happen to me randomly. No big deal.

This happened to me while I was rooted on 2.3.5 but I never had a chance to try after the update. I'd say it's normal for this phone. It only did it after root...
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Well. .
My phone flashes once (quickly) when it shuts off with no battery. It doesn't happen to me anytime I shut it off or restart it.

Warranty Exchange

A few days ago, i sent my phone in for a warranty exchange. I unrooted the phone, but for some reason the boot logo never went back to stock. I also never could reset the flash counter because i do not have access to a jig. I had 3 days to get it sent in and i was forced to send it in without resetting the flash counter. Does anyone know what T-Mobile will do? Are they going to charge me any money??
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No. It'll most likely get flashed to stock.right when they get it . I have sent phones in with counters and wrong boot logos such as mytouch and have never been charged.
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A few days ago, i sent my phone in for a warranty exchange. I unrooted the phone, but for some reason the boot logo never went back to stock. I also never could reset the flash counter because i do not have access to a jig. I had 3 days to get it sent in and i was forced to send it in without resetting the flash counter. Does anyone know what T-Mobile will do? Are they going to charge me any money??
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I had to send my hard bricked SGS2 in for warranty exchange, it was still rooted even. They sent me a new one no questions asked. Most the time the techs who are doing the reflashing don't really care if you're rooted or not. Worst that could happen is they charge you, though I would say your probably on the safe side.

I sell cell phones for my job and I can tell you most employee's won't even know what rooting is if you told them. When I returned my Galaxy Nexus it was hard bricked and had the bootloader unlocked, but they had no idea.

I sent back a sensation fully rooted with a custom rom still on it and had no issues. I would not worry about it.
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I sent my dog and got back a cat... I miss my dog.

I completely screwed up and bricked an old Nokia I had when I flashed the wrong firmware...sent it in they replaced it no questions asked
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Wow thanks everyone! That was a biiiiig relief
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For future reference they say you have 7 days but you actually have 60 days from the date UPS ships it. They will bill you the non return fee after 30 days but they will credit it as long as its within 60 days. If your pushing it with the cutoff but made it get a printout showing you dropped it off.
Hope this helps
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Teo032 said:
I sent my dog and got back a cat... I miss my dog.
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Well... that just sucks.
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Teo032 said:
I sent my dog and got back a cat... I miss my dog.
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Am I the only one found this hilarious lol

Easiest way to brick?

Ok I know some of you are probably wondering what type of question is this lol.. Last night I had a few drinks and dropped my phone, now I have a cracked screen at the bottom right of the phone. Called my friend (works at sprint) he said he can't swap it out just because of the screen but told me if I brick it he can swap it out, all I have to do is blame the new ota update when I come in so his manager gives the approval. So what's the fastest way to get a BLOD? Would removing the wire while running a sfhub OC do it?? I just can't live with a cracked screen ima go crazy!!!
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Yeah. In the middle of an Odin update remove the cable. That should do the trick.
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Haha yeah that's the way I bricked my beloved Fascinate T_T not on purpose though...
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Alrighty then. Thanks guys!!! So sad I'm doing this to my baby but I just can't deal with it, I feel like a bad husband who beats his lady
He said he can give me a discount on a gs3 but I'm not sure I want to make the jump. I love the phone but to leave Wimax when I have full coverage for an LTE device that probably won't see LTE for a year or two sounds dumb.. Think I'll just stick with another gs2!
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Or you can be an honest human being and actually pay for you're mistake.
But heaven forbid that huh?
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gilbydakid said:
Or you can be an honest human being and actually pay for you're mistake.
But heaven forbid that huh?
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Someone is jealous they don't have a hook up at Sprint I see.. You'll get over it! And it's *your mistake* Not you're! You're = You are :thumbdown:

"Hook up" at sprint is not equal to the "right" thing to do... I don't think he was jealous as much as he was pointing out what you are attempting to do could be considered/is fraud... I'm not passing judgment on you but perhaps if you're accident prone you may want to consider adding insurance to the line, which is the route many of us around here take... additionally no one is forcing you to live with a broken screen, replacements can be found on eBay for reasonable prices and to change it it's just 9 Phillips head screws and 3 cables to unplug/ replug... not super hard to do... lastly I hope I didn't accidentally mispell anything in this reply as I wouldn't want to feel the wrath of the grammer nazi fraudster...
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eh, no harm done, if anything he contributes to the increase of fees by Sprint to make up for this kind of losses

first world problems

RayTrue04 said:
Someone is jealous they don't have a hook up at Sprint I see.. You'll get over it! And it's *your mistake* Not you're! You're = You are :thumbdown:
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Yes, I'm jealous because you lack the intelligence to figure out something so trivial, I'm also jealous because "YOUS" to broke to pay to have a screen fixed. Also....I'm jealous that you have a friend that works for sprint, actually extremely jealous. I only have a brother and two close friends that work for sprint.
How does one go about getting only one friend that works for sprint and then begin to radiate this sprint branded swag that clearly creates uncontrollable amounts of jealousy because of said friend?
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I think some one needs to calm down. I don't have any friends at sprint...any more. I use to work for them but not as a phone tech but cell tower maintenance. The guy is looking to get hooked up. Good for him. I don't agree with it but to each their own.
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I think some one needs to calm down. I don't have any friends at sprint...any more. I use to work for them but not as a phone tech but cell tower maintenance. The guy is looking to get hooked up. Good for him. I don't agree with it but to each their own.
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"YOUR" absolutely right. Myself and others don't mind the cost of insurance going up because of false claims.
That's the problem with this world instead of holding people accountable for their actions, their stupidity is excused with acts such as these (eg. Ins cost goes up). Same concept as welfare. How many of us are ecstatic that our stolen tax dollars go to funding that?
/rant
I'll just keep my fingers crossed that he has rooted and flashed a ROM, so when he does brick and thinks he's pulling a fast one they see the binary and tell him to go orally stimulate a goat.
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g_ding84 said:
Yeah. In the middle of an Odin update remove the cable. That should do the trick.
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what he said

gilbydakid said:
"YOUR" absolutely right. Myself and others don't mind the cost of insurance going up because of false claims.
That's the problem with this world instead of holding people accountable for their actions, their stupidity is excused with acts such as these (eg. Ins cost goes up). Same concept as welfare. How many of us are ecstatic that our stolen tax dollars go to funding that?
/rant
I'll just keep my fingers crossed that he has rooted and flashed a ROM, so when he does brick and thinks he's pulling a fast one they see the binary and tell him to go orally stimulate a goat.
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Trust me I hate having to pay $100. Happened when I cracked my screen on my old Epic 4g. And ur rite this does bring up the cost. But so does joe on the street purposely smashing his phone because he wants a new one. Your preaching to the choir. Cheers bro. :beer:
Raytrue04: use a jig or triangle away to reset your binary counter. Before you brick it.
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Wow you guys still at it while I already have my new epic touch in hand lol. I have insurance for as long as I've been with Sprint, which is almost ten years now and I have only claimed twice before in the past.. I don't hear Sprint *****ing about all the money they have taken throughout the years for insurance I hardly ever use. Or how about these ****ty 3g speeds they give us? I don't hear Sprint saying they would give us a credit for all the money we put in their pocket for data which is barely usable.. Some of you are too funny! Acting like you the CEO of Sprint or something smh. It is what it is, if my thread bothers you find the x button and click it. :what:
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g_ding84 said:
Raytrue04: use a jig or triangle away to reset your binary counter. Before you brick it.
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I don't use roms im always stock rooted with sfhubs OC. I went back to eg30 non rooted then did all the ota's b4 I bricked it. Thanks tho!
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IBTL
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IB4TL lol
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g_ding84 said:
IB4TL lol
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Seems you have to, to be on XDA these days. I think that's why the mods have been cracking down like wardens.
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Double post, Wtf? Stupid Tapatalk...
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This is going to sound crazy but...

...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.....
lol:laugh:

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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_Epic said:
You know this is fraud right?
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Not if it's covered by warranty.
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_Epic said:
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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Veritass said:
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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ryocho said:
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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Ready to get p!ssed off??

So my phone fell in water in the street (chicago) so I gave it to someone to dry for me. First I rinse in clean water (again) cause i didnt want it to smell like sh!t after. They put it in rice and i think in the microwave( i dont even know why-___-) and now I have no 4G or WiFi. Any ideas?
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This might look off-topic but is there a part that be bought to replace the antenna (I think is the problem) and if so how much?
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Tr0LL-$_$ said:
So my phone fell in water in the street (chicago) so I gave it to someone to dry for me. First I rinse in clean water (again) cause i didnt want it to smell like sh!t after. They put it in rice and i think in the microwave( i dont even know why-___-) and now I have no 4G or WiFi. Any ideas?
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Dang, ouch!
im sorry to hear that,
What im guessing u saved your phone, but not your radios, it sounds like it got
"Water Damage"
Ya it probably has scuffs on it and its not reaching the radios for sprint....
Best bet is bring it to sprint and see what they can do for you...

Microwave!? It's ruined... Never put electronics in a microwave... Wow... That guy is a complete moron.
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Yea anyways I only got the "excellent" 3G and I took it already but they just told me to call asurion. Either ways imma try to get out of paying the deductible x) I did that last time
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Microwave metal == VERY bad idea, phone or not.
I would try to get all the water out, shake, blow etc. then set the device on top of something mildly warm such as a cable box, maybe a computer. Patience is a virtue.

I know that but I guess they didnt.. I just told them to dry it for me while I washed my **** smelling hands lol....
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evidence of mass retardation
putting phone in a microwave? language skills of an educated monkey, and
talking like a moron. Its no wonder the roads are full of jackasses who cant drive because they're texting their " dawgs " or their " baby mommas" .
what a bunch of dumbasses. really? listen- if you cant discuss intelligent topics here.. then take your questions to your momma..or your dawg..
dont waste OUR time with stupid questions. WAKE UP!! This is not intended for our senior members...or those who use their developed brains.

Well that escalated quickly...
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I didnt know that asking for an antenna was a stupid, especially from a moron with the reading comprehesion skills of a 2nd grader. Remind me again where does it say that I was texting and driving. Oh and by the way no one is asking you participate in this thread you know, the internet wasn't meant to appease dumb*sses like you, and so what if I am "hood" at least im not an overpriveledged c*nt who thinks something is stupid because it isn't relevant to them.
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graydiggy said:
Well that escalated quickly...
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True DAT
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Ok guys. That's enough.
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graydiggy said:
Ok guys. That's enough.
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K. You can ask a mod to close this if you want lol .-.
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WTF is this a pissing contest for morons? Watch out one of you guys might actually piss on your shoes instead of your zipper. and why the hell is this still open? Mods must not cruise the accessories forums much :screwy:
I like to break stuff!

That did escalate quickly. If you might have noticed (at least this is how I read the OP), the OP is not the one who put the phone in the microwave to begin with. First sentence was "He gave it to someone to dry." Second, right after the microwave was brought into the play, he states that he didn't even know why it was put in the microwave to begin with.
Thank you for ending that particular discussion.
To the OP, as far as damage to your phone goes, I will have to agree that there is still definitely some water damage. I would do my best talking with Sprint to see if you can squeeze a phone out of them. I've done it in the past with water damage. Good luck to you.

Well ive tried and no phone yet sadly but im deaing well with this one..
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I can't believe there's so many sincere replies to a thread called "Ready to get p!ssed off?" posted by a user named "Troll $_$".... Seriously? smh
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Lol but I was being serious. . I choose that name because i knew someone would get pissed off, but in any case it probably wasnt the best idea to chose my username
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Tr0LL-$_$ said:
Lol but I was being serious. . I choose that name because i knew someone would get pissed off, but in any case it probably wasnt the best idea to chose my username
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Contact an admin and have it changed for you so you keep all your stats but get a new username
I like to break stuff!

K will do anyone inparticular?
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