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[Q] Rooted G2 Sent to HTC

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

agestyxracer said:
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....

[Q] SD card problems with G2 please help

I recieved a warrenty phone from tmobile and when i rooted it with CM7 i started getting error messages with my sdcard. And for some reason when i tried restoring my phone back to stock the bootloader was able to read the pc10img file. I did alot of research on the xda forums and came across a usb brick fix which gave me a adb command of fastboot oem enableqxdm 0. I tried this step a bunch of times. sometimes it worked but after a few min/hours it will have the same problems again. I do not know what to do. the procedure for the usb brick is for the desire but i have the G2. Can sombody please help me.

Try using the sd on something else. If its good there its not the sd. Or flash your nandroided stock(which you should of done) and see if the error is still there.
It could also be the phone they sent you..they don't send new phones on first time replacements
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I tried putting the sdcard in my PC and it world fine. And I also flashed the phone back to stock(unrooted with s-off) and got the same error
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Do you by chance have an older phone laying around you can check with? I assume you didn't see an error before you rooted it? Gotta be something with the phone. On the bright side after a couple phone swaps they will give you a new one
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I wish it was that easy. I would've returned it along time ago but the problem is my phone has s-off and in order to return it I have to have s-on and I need the SD to work so I can put back the s on
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If the sd card works its the phone...time to bust out and use adb or get another sd card, use it for what you need, and then bring it back. Not only will you be helping yourself but when you bring it back say it was a gift and works fine that way the next person looking for an sd card can get an open box item. Places like best buy make a killing on products they sell anyway
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Well the thred says dezire z and all the downloadble/cid files are for the desire z

pagan3940 said:
Well the thred says dezire z and all the downloadble/cid files are for the desire z
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Usually if its device specific they will say not to use on anything else. Send a pm the the author of that post and see what they say, or do what I mentioned in the post above yours
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Spastic909 said:
If the sd card works its the phone...time to bust out and use adb or get another sd card, use it for what you need, and then bring it back. Not only will you be helping yourself but when you bring it back say it was a gift and works fine that way the next person looking for an sd card can get an open box item. Places like best buy make a killing on products they sell anyway
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I used Gfree to root my devices since the method I used with my original device doesnt work for the updated G2. I tried to use gfree with adb to get s-on but it requires sd.

Well...all you can do is get an sd card and hope the device will read it.
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[Q] Complete Brick?

I acquired a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T mobile from a friend today and he said he flashed a rom for a European version of the phone or just a rom that wasn't meant for the phone. He told me before that it vibrated and stuff, but ive been tinkering wit it and havent gotten any type of vibrations or anything. I was wondering if I have a complete brick or something that I could fix and make into a win situation? Is there any steps I can do to see if it's a brick or not cause I'm not familair with this phone that much.

Look around, many others have done something similar
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DudeNo said:
I acquired a Samsung Galaxy S2 for T mobile from a friend today and he said he flashed a rom for a European version of the phone or just a rom that wasn't meant for the phone. He told me before that it vibrated and stuff, but ive been tinkering wit it and havent gotten any type of vibrations or anything. I was wondering if I have a complete brick or something that I could fix and make into a win situation? Is there any steps I can do to see if it's a brick or not cause I'm not familair with this phone that much.
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Chances are it's hardbricked if he flashed a ROM for the i9100 (the international version). The T989 (our phone) an the i9100 are completely different phones, they only share a name for marketing reasons. To double check that it's fully bricked, see if you can access clockworkmod recovery or download mode.
For CWM recovery, hold power + volume up + volume down until the phone vibrates, then let go of power and continue holding volume up + volume down until the recovery menu appears.
For DL mode, hold volume up + volume down while plugging the phone into your computer with a USB cable (make sure the other end is in the computer first). If you get the download mode screen, you can ODIN back to stock.
If neither of those work, your phone is hard bricked and there's essentially nothing you can do to recover it. You can always try to send it back to Samsung if it's under warranty.

So theres no way to getting out of hard bricked? i bought a usb jig but didnt get me in download mode.. i installed a 1900 rom as well and im screwed now! it connects to the computer and it reads under odin but is there anything i can do to fix this ??

if you are able to go into download mode flash stock rom with odin...
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Most likely it's bricked hard.
Only repair is jtag services, there is a link somewhere about $80 to fix.
Flashing 9100 = hardbricked. If the sucker vibrates when holding power, you might have a chance by doing some sdk stuff
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manojcitc said:
if you are able to go into download mode flash stock rom with odin...
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What he said
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Hey all, I will be able to do JTAG repair for these Phones within another week. If you are hard bricked and need the repair I will be offering a discount to XDA members... The going rate online is anywhere from $50 to $80 plus shipping. Feel free to PM me for more info.

I'm guessing it must be hard bricked cause I've been charging it an nothing has happened an when I hold the power button down I get no vibrations or any type of interaction
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Yeah it's hard bricked. Get it jtag'd

What's price of that?
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DudeNo said:
What's price of that?
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About $50
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xcrazydx said:
About $50
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I guess he missed the two posts that mentioned the price range -_-.. That explains a few things lol
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Teo032 said:
I guess he missed the two posts that mentioned the price range -_-.. That explains a few things lol
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Lol I been multitasking aha. I was searching for things on my phone and checking back to this thread so a few things were overlooked Found the one doing it for $50 is Tech Mobile

DudeNo said:
Lol I been multitasking aha. I was searching for things on my phone and checking back to this thread so a few things were overlooked Found the one doing it for $50 is Tech Mobile
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Look up a couple of posts, racing19969 has offered to do jtags at a discounted price for xda members. You should probably talk to him first.

yurilebbie said:
Look up a couple of posts, racing19969 has offered to do jtags at a discounted price for xda members. You should probably talk to him first.
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I might look into it cause I'm trying to get this phone fixed ASAP so I can sell my current phone cause I dont wanna go without a phone for a week while the S2 is being fixed. My spare phone isnt a smartphone its a ugly nokia cant do it -.-

repair my phone
Racing19969 said:
Hey all, I will be able to do JTAG repair for these Phones within another week. If you are hard bricked and need the repair I will be offering a discount to XDA members... The going rate online is anywhere from $50 to $80 plus shipping. Feel free to PM me for more info.
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i have a bricked tmobile galaxy s2 bricked and want to fix it

pilo99 said:
i have a bricked tmobile galaxy s2 bricked and want to fix it
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Then maybe you should do what the guy said and pm him...
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Need a repair but I unlocked the bootloader

Hello,
I need a repair for my HTC One X but I've unlocked the bootloader. So my.repair will not be under warranty. Any solutions to fix it? Thnx.
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Anybody?
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Depends on what the problem is. They may determine it was caused by whatever you did.
My USB port stopped working for charging or anything else and I had an unlocked bootloader with a custom rom and they didn't say anything to me about it.
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What kind of repair? I guess if it's hardware related, you should get it repaired for free, although you might need to raise your voice a little.

My WiFi is not working and the case is cracking. So do i have to relock it?
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Good luck if you are in the UK... I tried sending mine back for repair but was sent straight back to me due to it being relocked. After a few heated conversations and the issue being esculated I was told that "even if the volume button fell off, it would be out of warranty" because "illegal software" had been installed. Absolutely ridiculous I know and I'm sure not even legal, (against statuary rights).. I have to read up get some info and advice before confronting them again...
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stout0_0 said:
Good luck if you are in the UK... I tried sending mine back for repair but was sent straight back to me due to it being relocked. After a few heated conversations and the issue being esculated I was told that "even if the volume button fell off, it would be out of warranty" because "illegal software" had been installed. Absolutely ridiculous I know and I'm sure not even legal, (against statuary rights).. I have to read up get some info and advice before confronting them again...
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So, if you unlock it but it is clean, wiped every software you added, there would be no problem?

Nope, that is exactly what I did.. cleaned wiped fresh official stock ruu installed.. intact if I'm not mistaken its not possible to relock without stock Rom cleanly installed..
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stout0_0 said:
Nope, that is exactly what I did.. cleaned wiped fresh official stock ruu installed.. intact if I'm not mistaken its not possible to relock without stock Rom cleanly installed..
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So if the law says that you lost your guarantee because you installed illegal software and HTC uses that to deny you the guarantee, but they can't prove it, you would win in the court.

That's the thing, I was told that because I used third party software to unlock it (they class HTCdev as third party) that voided the warranty.. when they say "illegal" software it isn't actually illegal in the eyes of the law, just htc call it illegal because HTC will void the warranty...
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The minute that you go onto HTCDev, click the agreement and then flash it as per instructions is where you waive your rights to any repair within the warranty period. It seems that sometimes they will still repair it regardless (depending on the actual problem) but I'm not prepared to make that gamble just yet. I had a Desire prior to my One X and regularly flashed rom's on this since almost day 1 of getting as I knew that it could be returned to the state that I bought it in for warranty purposes. I'm not going to attempt to root the One X until I'm close to the end of its warranty period as I'm seeing far too many people having problems with them

stout0_0 said:
Good luck if you are in the UK... I tried sending mine back for repair but was sent straight back to me due to it being relocked. After a few heated conversations and the issue being esculated I was told that "even if the volume button fell off, it would be out of warranty" because "illegal software" had been installed. Absolutely ridiculous I know and I'm sure not even legal, (against statuary rights).. I have to read up get some info and advice before confronting them again...
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Consumer rights are very strong in the UK, HTC are perfectly within their right to deny you warranty, but on top of that, you have statutory rights. Those rights are with the retailer, not HTC.

[Q] help with softbrick.

I just bought this GS3 off of craigslist and it was rooted with paranoid android 3.1 which didn't have hands free activation so we couldn't activate the phone. when I brought it home I tried to flash the stock 4.1.2 rom from freeza in order to get the phone activated. it softbricked the phone and I lost recovery mode with it. I have tried twice to unbrick using odin and can't get it to work. someone PLEASE HELP.
update. after several failed attempts with this method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
my final attempt turned it from a soft brick to a hard brick. the phone will no longer turn on for any reason. my computer does for whatever reason recognize if it is plugged in or not though so I'm getting something.

If the phone won't boot into anything but download mode i believe Odin is your only option.
Make sure it's a good usb cable and try different ports on your computer.
Sent from a planet far far away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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tried the method in the video several times with different usb ports and different usb cables. still don't have recovery mode and can't get past the samsung screen. I've even tried a couple of the older firmware files just to see if it had something to do with that. does samsung not have a bootloader to sideload a custom recovery from an sd card? this is the first sammy I've owned. I'm used to htc.

my last attempt turned it from a soft brick to a hard brick. wtf!!!

The phone is a SPH-L710 correct?
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Yes. The model number is sph-l710. Would Samsung's warranty cover the phone since I'm not the origional owner?
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The last attempt I used the files from the video link. All the previous attempts were with two different files from Samsung-update.com. the guy I bought the phone from won't answer his phone either although it is next to impossible to ever get a refund from someone off of craigslist. Should have waited for the phone to be activated to pay him.
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dangerruss said:
The last attempt I used the files from the video link. All the previous attempts were with two different files from Samsung-update.com. the guy I bought the phone from won't answer his phone either although it is next to impossible to ever get a refund from someone off of craigslist. Should have waited for the phone to be activated to pay him.
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Yeah, scams are becoming more-and-more prevalent on Craigslist (although, it was never the most trustworthy place, in my opinion). It's becoming best policy to meet the person at the Sprint Store and have them activate the phone before you pay them.
The optimistic side of me says you should get the phone repaired (JTAG repair should work for you, this site has good reviews from XDA members). But the realistic side of me says that the person who sold you the phone probably reported it stolen to Sprint. As far as I'm aware, though, there's no way of checking without getting your phone fixed.
I'm sorry you got screwed on this. But you can take this as a life lesson, and insist on getting the phone activated before paying them money.

I don't think he reported it stolen. Tha part checked out at the store. The tech at the sprint store couldn't figure out how to activate the handset on paranoid android 3.1. A stock Rom should have fixed the issue but for whatever reason I screwed up recovery when I wiped the internal memory. I've done that several times on my nexus tablet and soft bricked it but was always able to fix it. I have no idea why the Odin method wouldn't fix the issue.
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topherk said:
Yeah, scams are becoming more-and-more prevalent on Craigslist (although, it was never the most trustworthy place, in my opinion). It's becoming best policy to meet the person at the Sprint Store and have them activate the phone before you pay them.
The optimistic side of me says you should get the phone repaired (JTAG repair should work for you, this site has good reviews from XDA members). But the realistic side of me says that the person who sold you the phone probably reported it stolen to Sprint. As far as I'm aware, though, there's no way of checking without getting your phone fixed.
I'm sorry you got screwed on this. But you can take this as a life lesson, and insist on getting the phone activated before paying them money.
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Can't really classify this as a scam he bricked the phone himself so it his problem the way I see it at least.
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I wouldn't call it a scam. Just a series of unfortunate events and very much in line with my luck lately.
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dangerruss said:
I don't think he reported it stolen. Tha part checked out at the store. The tech at the sprint store couldn't figure out how to activate the handset on paranoid android 3.1. A stock Rom should have fixed the issue but for whatever reason I screwed up recovery when I wiped the internal memory. I've done that several times on my nexus tablet and soft bricked it but was always able to fix it. I have no idea why the Odin method wouldn't fix the issue.
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If that's the case, the $60 JTAG repair might be exactly what you're looking for.

There has got to be a way to unbrick it myself. I'd rather not pay someone to do something I know I can do myself if I can find the method.
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dangerruss said:
There has got to be a way to unbrick it myself. I'd rather not pay someone to do something I know I can do myself if I can find the method.
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The JTAG repair involves shorting something on the motherboard. A search on Youtube might give you directions. When it comes to electronics of this level, I know I don't trust my skills enough to solder. But if you're comfortable, it might work for you.

Shorting the resistor is pretty strait forward and doesn't require resoldering anything. Just don't have the jig for the phone. One of the sprint repair facilities in my are is working with me on a replacement. It is open enrollment atm for all protection plans and it covers waranty work. Lucky me. I'm only out an HTC EVO 4g LTE instead of that and a gs3.
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