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Hi everyone,
I made a stupid error last night and I flashed the wrong rom to my phone :S I flashed a AT&T ROM, now my phone won't turn ON at all tried all combination to go into download mode nothing happen. When I plug it to my computer it required a driver that I couldn't find. to make it worse I called T-mobile hoping that they will help me but they couldn't because I don't have a prove of purchase :S since I bought it from someone else.
Any idea what can I do ?
Yep, it's dead for good unless someone has figured out how to make/use a USB jig for the TMO SGS2... that's why we read before flashing roms.... it's never really a good idea to flash a rom from a different device anyway.
What a retarded mistake, seriously?
You go to flash a ROM but fail to even recognize that they are two totally different phones?
If you are that clueless you should not even be flashing ANYTHING
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Seriously u shouldn't be flashing. Better make use of that paperweight
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sometimes I wonder how somebody can want to flash a phone, but not even be able to identify there own phone our even read the instructions
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Tunisiano32 said:
Hi everyone,
I made a stupid error last night and I flashed the wrong rom to my phone :S I flashed a AT&T ROM, now my phone won't turn ON at all tried all combination to go into download mode nothing happen. When I plug it to my computer it required a driver that I couldn't find. to make it worse I called T-mobile hoping that they will help me but they couldn't because I don't have a prove of purchase :S since I bought it from someone else.
Any idea what can I do ?
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I doubt it'll come back to life without a USB jig. You can try calling T-Mobile for a replacement again and just tell them you need a warranty replacement...the person you were speaking to probably doesn't know that proof of purchase is not required. I've never had to show proof of purchase and always gotten my phones from somewhere other than tmobile, but I think that would be considered fraud in your case since its not really a mistake on the manufacturers part....
Does it boot up? if it doesn't boot at all you're golden. Just call in for a warranty replacement.
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Yes, even if you do not have a proof of purchase, you can call Samsung directly and get it replaced.
Please remember this guy came here for help not to be criticized. I also know that when something like this happens, it's no fun and he's probably feeling bad enough as it is, so why add salt to injury?
Thank you for all your good replies, say what ever I'm retard or anything you want. I made a mistake ( because I didn't pay attention ). This is not the first time I flash a phone ( I flashed my previous Nexus one and flashed my HD7 ) and I previously flashed my Galaxy S II with BeastMod, I don't know how I missed it this time.
Thank you for the time that you wasted to tell me how retarded I am.
I ordered a USB jig last night and I'm waiting for it if it didn't work I'll send it to Samsung.
While I was searching to try to help Tunisiano, I came across another thread about a "bricked phone"...LOL
Apologies for laughing, but this guy in the other thread said his gf bricked his phone when she flashed the wrong rom from another device. He said he left his phone in the house for a while when he went out and she tried to flash a rom for him cause she does not like the TW launcher...LOL
...Idk if he's telling the truth or not but that was funny and people there bombed him for that...(I'm sure some of you were on that thread). I mean come on, "my gf flashed the wrong rom for me" LOL
Ur right...post edited
OP-sorry if I offended you....hope u get it replaced
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solution is www.mobiletechvideos.com i promise u josh can bring it back to life. He is great.... send him an email and he will hit u back right away. It costs like 40 bucks no biggie. Just go to the website. I assure u have nothing to worry about. Don't listen to these guys making fun of u **** happens... its really no big deal u can send ur phone tomorrow have it back working in a week.
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While I was searching to try to help Tunisiano, I came across another thread about a "bricked phone"...LOL
Apologies for laughing, but this guy in the other thread said his gf bricked his phone when she flashed the wrong rom from another device. He said he left his phone in the house for a while when he went out and she tried to flash a rom for him cause she does not like the TW launcher...LOL
...Idk if he's telling the truth or not but that was funny and people there bombed him for that...(I'm sure some of you were on that thread). I mean come on, "my gf flashed the wrong rom for me" LOL
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LOL yea that's a likely story.
I can sort of understand what the OP did, I mean, it's the "even if I know it's not the right thing it's close enough and if I do it just right maybe it will work or I can make it work" thing. Haven't we all experienced this at one time or another? We learn from this stuff
Good luck OP, at least you didn't get pwned by your girlfriend!
Tunisiano32 said:
Thank you for all your good replies, say what ever I'm retard or anything you want. I made a mistake ( because I didn't pay attention ). This is not the first time I flash a phone ( I flashed my previous Nexus one and flashed my HD7 ) and I previously flashed my Galaxy S II with BeastMod, I don't know how I missed it this time.
Thank you for the time that you wasted to tell me how retarded I am.
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I don't think you are retarded, just the mistake.
We all make them, this one was just easily avoidable
Hopefully the jig works, I haven't heard about anyone trying it yet
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I did it, not ashamed, it happens and I'm by no means new to the root and ROM game. Odin'd recovery and forgot to untick repartition. Same thing you got...Qualcomm high speed USB interface...this phone is way more sensitive in download mode than the vibrants are. So I brought mine back once for that then two more times for the screen.
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solution is www.mobiletechvideos.com i promise u josh can bring it back to life. He is great.... send him an email and he will hit u back right away. It costs like 40 bucks no biggie. Just go to the website. I assure u have nothing to worry about. Don't listen to these guys making fun of u **** happens... its really no big deal u can send ur phone tomorrow have it back working in a week.
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They can't do it for T-989, only AT&T version of Galaxy S II
My first two word in my post was " Stupid mistake" because I know that it's preventable...
There's no one among us who hasn't made some type of mistake at some point in life so lay off the guy.
Sue you might not make THIS particular mistake but that's aside from the point.
For him to meekly ask people for advice while openly admitting an error that he could've lied about or blamed on a made up entity and receive this brand of childish, elitist, holier than thou, insulting nonsense is an embarrassment to the rest of us.
Sorry about your mistake man. Good luck and I hope that you don't think everyone on xda is a huge infantile douche.
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Hopefully you can get it replaced
This exact post happens like 15 times a day if you guys have not noticed....you are not alone
I would just say my phone got really hot and no longer turns on.
Assuming you have warranty
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I've done some searching and I haven't found any problems like mine yet. I ran the SGS unlock tool meant for Vibrant on my SGS2 (i know i know) and it didn't work. Ever since my touch keys don't work. I just reflashed my rom and they still don't work.. help!
PS. I'm odining now. Hopefully that'll fix it.
Crap crap crap crap crap odin didn't fix it.
Tynen said:
I've done some searching and I haven't found any problems like mine yet. I ran the SGS unlock tool meant for Vibrant on my SGS2 (i know i know) and it didn't work. Ever since my touch keys don't work. I just reflashed my rom and they still don't work.. help!
PS. I'm odining now. Hopefully that'll fix it.
Crap crap crap crap crap odin didn't fix it.
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Unable to offer much insight but seems that if you go back to stock they would certainly assume it's a hardware failure.
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avarize said:
Unable to offer much insight but seems that if you go back to stock they would certainly assume it's a hardware failure.
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I bought the phone off craigslist though, I don't know if they'll replace it.
Tynen said:
I bought the phone off craigslist though, I don't know if they'll replace it.
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iv'e gotten most of my phones from craigslist and they still replaced them for me. i just waited like a week to make sure that my imei number showed up in there system so they didnt question me where i got my phone from lol.
Yeah my phone was only working for less then 24 hours, I don't think there's any hope for tmo to replace it. What I don't get this is someone at some point bought it from tmobile, why do they care if it changed hands?
damn that sucks. it wont show up in there system if it was only used for less then 24 hours. sometimes i would just chat with tmobile online and tell them that i want to make sure they have my correct imei number in there system and they ask me what my imei number is then they tell me its not the right one and if they want me to have them update it and i say yes then they tell me it can take up to 48 hours for there system to update it. idk why they care if u didnt get it from them.
i already paid for a jtag service so I'll just go that route, but I'll keep all of this in mind the next time i hard brick a phone... =P
Tynen said:
i already paid for a jtag service so I'll just go that route, but I'll keep all of this in mind the next time i hard brick a phone... =P
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alright well hopefully u can unbrick the phone.. good luck
Tynen said:
i already paid for a jtag service so I'll just go that route, but I'll keep all of this in mind the next time i hard brick a phone... =P
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dude, did you unbrick your phone yet ?
I got mine solved by inputting
*#*#86824#*#*
and press update firmware.
credit goes to Memeber - ecips
Usually I can hit the power button to bring the screen back but sometimes it won't happen, like just now I hit the call button then realized I didn't want to talk, so I hit the power button and nothing happens and I can hear the phone ringing and i'm left I
With the only option to huff the phone at the wall in frustration(come on, you know a cell phone has given you that impulse before) and then the person answers and I gotta tell them in my rage, "look I really didn't want to talk to you but my phone decided otherwise, so sorry bye". Someone please help before I destroy my phone then bomb T-Mobile HQ or Samsung, whoever is responsible. Thanks in advance
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are you rooted are you using a costume rom? you need to give a bit more info here, if you want help. Next post try saying Im rooted using XXX rom, have flashed before and all was well and have cmw installed or any variation above that might apply, at this point I think you are stock which I would seek warrenty.
Oh sorry, maybe I should put that info in my sig or something. I've got bombardier, not sure which version but it's old since I never kept up on updates. So maybe I should be posting this in that sub forum? I wasn't sure if it was a ROM issue. Mind you this issue isn't consistent, and sometimes it seems to just take too long, like this case after the person picked up the phone, before bring the screen back, and that the system is lagging maybe(?). I don't know but it happens enough.
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juntjoo said:
Oh sorry, maybe I should put that info in my sig or something. I've got bombardier, not sure which version but it's old since I never kept up on updates. So maybe I should be posting this in that sub forum? I wasn't sure if it was a ROM issue. Mind you this issue isn't consistent, and sometimes it seems to just take too long, like this case after the person picked up the phone, before bring the screen back, and that the system is lagging maybe(?). I don't know but it happens enough.
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That rom isn't being developed anymore, it's been long forgotten and the dev got a new device. Have you ever wiped cache/dalvik cache? fix permissions?
Not regularly. Perhaps I'll give that a shot and if no luck maybe it's time to find a new ROM. Thanks
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Try megamix?
If you are looking for a new rom, I would recommend you looking a megamix, it's has the ICS port too.
Oh cool, thanks. Didn't know ICS was ported already
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ive asked a couple time on here before about this but all i ever get is smart remarks. i have a s3 that i have had rooted and put hell fire rom on it.idk if that has anything to do with the problem. i been running hell rom for about a month with no problems. and one day i wake up and my phone didnt cut on or nothing. i never droped it. so i know its not that. after messing with it for awhile i figured out that the phones led comes on when connected to a power source with out the battery in the phone. it will not do this with the battery in it. i have tryed booting into download mode. it never worked. im curious to think it is a battery issue. but i cant be sure. and before i waste my money on a battery it would be great to get some help on what to do or what the problem is..
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codey895 said:
ive asked a couple time on here before about this but all i ever get is smart remarks. i have a s3 that i have had rooted and put hell fire rom on it.idk if that has anything to do with the problem. i been running hell rom for about a month with no problems. and one day i wake up and my phone didnt cut on or nothing. i never droped it. so i know its not that. after messing with it for awhile i figured out that the phones led comes on when connected to a power source with out the battery in the phone. it will not do this with the battery in it. i have tryed booting into download mode. it never worked. im curious to think it is a battery issue. but i cant be sure. and before i waste my money on a battery it would be great to get some help on what to do or what the problem is..
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Did you try connecting it to your PC?
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zap12341 said:
Did you try connecting it to your PC?
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yes. it didnt reconize it. but maybe im just missing somthing..
if you connect to your computer does it usb wizard come up saying "QHSUSB_DLOAD"?
my phone is in the same situation as yours right now. completely bricked
How is it even possible to get a complete brick by not flashing anything? Just wake up one morning and your phone doesn't turn on? Doesn't make any sense...
I have and the S1,2 &3 flashed 100's of ROMs and usually the only thing that can hard brick a Samsung is flashing a ROM/Kernel for another phone or a bad flash from ODIN.
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Jason123420 said:
How is it even possible to get a complete brick by not flashing anything? Just wake up one morning and your phone doesn't turn on? Doesn't make any sense...
I have and the S1,2 &3 flashed 100's of ROMs and usually the only thing that can hard brick a Samsung is flashing a ROM/Kernel for another phone or a bad flash from ODIN.
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im not here lien. honestly thats what happen.
If you think it could be a battery issue, try going to a local place that sells the phone and just ask if you could try a battery in your phone.
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If you think it could be a battery issue, try going to a local place that sells the phone and just ask if you could try a battery in your phone.
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thats my plan. although i did ask walmart and they said no lol.
You did something that youre not telling us because things dont just break randomly, and/or without cause 99% of the time.
I dont help people that try to act like "i dont know what happened, it just magically stopped working maybe a unicorn tampered with the motherboard while i was asleep" kind of nonsense.
The guys on here are trying to help you and youre not giving any information at all. So go and waste your money and buy batteries, service calls from a repair center.
But "i dont know maybe im missing something", and "i dont know what happened" is not an acceptable response from someone seeking help.
So go ahead and pulll out all the four letter words and insults, but until you start to pony up some good information your phone will be dead, and you can begin preparing it for its next stage of "life" which would be a desk decoration or christmas tree ornament
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You did something that youre not telling us because things dont just break randomly, and/or without cause 99% of the time.
I dont help people that try to act like "i dont know what happened, it just magically stopped working maybe a unicorn tampered with the motherboard while i was asleep" kind of nonsense.
The guys on here are trying to help you and youre not giving any information at all. So go and waste your money and buy batteries, service calls from a repair center.
But "i dont know maybe im missing something", and "i dont know what happened" is not an acceptable response from someone seeking help.
So go ahead and pulll out all the four letter words and insults, but until you start to pony up some good information your phone will be dead, and you can begin preparing it for its next stage of "life" which would be a desk decoration or christmas tree ornament
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stop being so mean bro. if i knew anything else i would tell you. ive had tons of android phones and have fixed all my problems. i understand you need more info. well so do i. everything i told you is the truth. and 100% true of what happen. nothing has ever happen to me like this. if you cant help, thats fine. i understand that. but just say that. dont be rude and disrespect to me just cause "you think" im lieing.
My galaxy has been freezing a lot lately and the only way to fix is to pull battery. Any ideas how to fix this? Stock jellybean rooted.
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I've been having this issue also, it keeps getting worse. It seems like something is not getting cleared because after a clean wipe/flash everything is fine. Then as time goes on it starts happening again. I thought it might just be a rogue app, so I didn't install or restore anything and it eventually freezes. I think it may be a JB issue because I've seen people with other phones post about it as well. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.
metalfan78 said:
I've been having this issue also, it keeps getting worse. It seems like something is not getting cleared because after a clean wipe/flash everything is fine. Then as time goes on it starts happening again. I thought it might just be a rogue app, so I didn't install or restore anything and it eventually freezes. I think it may be a JB issue because I've seen people with other phones post about it as well. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.
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I tried clearing cache, seems to work for now..
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That worked for me for a day, it just did it twice since I posted. I'm not sure what to do next. I guess I'll go to sprint, they replaced it once already because of this about a month ago.
metalfan78 said:
That worked for me for a day, it just did it twice since I posted. I'm not sure what to do next. I guess I'll go to sprint, they replaced it once already because of this about a month ago.
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I really hope it doesn't come to that. It doesn't freeze for me on cm10. Just stock
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Maybe it's a touchwiz problem
metalfan78 said:
Maybe it's a touchwiz problem
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Took mine in just now. They are gonna replace it. It froze while the guy was using it. I think the big man up top threw me a freebie because I forget to get rid of the root and all, but the sprint guy noticed how hot my phone gets (I thought it was normal but apparently not, he said it was borderline damaging my phone, been like that since the day I got it) and he said he was just gonna replace it right then and there. Getting it Wednesday. Glad he didn't see my clockworkmod.
But sprint is very good to me. Kinda sad they remember me because I come a lot since 2010.
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Whiplashh said:
Took mine in just now. They are gonna replace it. It froze while the guy was using it. I think the big man up top threw me a freebie because I forget to get rid of the root and all, but the sprint guy noticed how hot my phone gets (I thought it was normal but apparently not, he said it was borderline damaging my phone, been like that since the day I got it) and he said he was just gonna replace it right then and there. Getting it Wednesday. Glad he didn't see my clockworkmod.
But sprint is very good to me. Kinda sad they remember me because I come a lot since 2010.
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What's sad is a Sprint rep didn't see your ClockWorkMod...
They cover rooted phones. Really sounds like a hardware issue to me. Never had mine do anything like that and I've been rooted and custom from like the second hour I had the phone.
The Root said:
They cover rooted phones. Really sounds like a hardware issue to me. Never had mine do anything like that and I've been rooted and custom from like the second hour I had the phone.
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I thought rooting your phone voided warranty? It is a hardware issue though..So i do see where you're coming from.
cbass15 said:
I thought rooting your phone voided warranty? It is a hardware issue though..So i do see where you're coming from.
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It's really going to come down to store interpretation of the rules. Yeah, there are so many variables that could come with the rooting process itself it's also so unlikely to be the problem. The commonality of bad electronics is so, well....common and this does sound so hardware-ish. I'm absolutely certain some other store would have been jerks about it just because the store happened to hire jerks. Sounds like they get good people. I'd say write them a nice email. Try to add the guy's name in. At least help him get a better raise or something for his effort.
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It's really going to come down to store interpretation of the rules. Yeah, there are so many variables that could come with the rooting process itself it's also so unlikely to be the problem. The commonality of bad electronics is so, well....common and this does sound so hardware-ish. I'm absolutely certain some other store would have been jerks about it just because the store happened to hire jerks. Sounds like they get good people. I'd say write them a nice email. Try to add the guy's name in. At least help him get a better raise or something for his effort.
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Thank you for clearing this up. I'm with you on the hardware issue though, because if it freezes up for the basic scrolling then there is something wrong. Plus if it gets that hot that quick without much usage there is obviously something wrong.
My LCD went out and I had to go to 3 different Sprint stores just to get it fixed..
I hope it's not hardware related. This is the second phone that has done it and it takes about a month each time for the issue to show up. That could be a manufacturing defect, but it seems so rare and random.
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I thought rooting your phone voided warranty? It is a hardware issue though..So i do see where you're coming from.
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Yeah, in my sprint store I took my evo shift in rooted with an unlocked bootloader...they fixed it up temporarily and just told me to wait for a refurb :laugh:
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I was hoping to avoid taking it in but since it keeps freezing and gets hot I guess I will go. Oh well. Thanks for all the input
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What's sad is a Sprint rep didn't see your ClockWorkMod...
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He would have if it didnt get to hot while he used it. While he was checking for normal freezing problems, it froze on him, and then right before he was about to factory reset it, he said he would just order a new one. He showed the other tech how hot it was and was amazed. It froze just from opening an app and scrolling,
and got hot with 3G turned on and the phone just sitting there. I've always used stock rooted, never flashed new kernel or anything. I think he might have noticed and just let it slide, because as I said before, I have been coming in since 2010 with legitimate reasons to replace phones. I just odin'd my phone after triangle away so it looks completely stock. Before that I backed up all my files with my backup, and when I get the new phone, I will just root it and restore. I'm lucky though. I told him that I have tried many factory resets and even the Odin ones where it wipes the internal memory and it still does it (which is true, I have). When I take it in, I could have acted dumb and said NY friend did that rooting so he could silences my camera blah blah, but I like to be honest.
metalfan78 said:
I was hoping to avoid taking it in but since it keeps freezing and gets hot I guess I will go. Oh well. Thanks for all the input
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Just make sure you reset the flash counter and Odin it after you backup all the files you will need.
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It's really going to come down to store interpretation of the rules. Yeah, there are so many variables that could come with the rooting process itself it's also so unlikely to be the problem. The commonality of bad electronics is so, well....common and this does sound so hardware-ish. I'm absolutely certain some other store would have been jerks about it just because the store happened to hire jerks. Sounds like they get good people. I'd say write them a nice email. Try to add the guy's name in. At least help him get a better raise or something for his effort.
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I always try to do that. Every time I go in, the techs are so nice. They say sprint may call and text me about my store experience and they ask will you say you had a good one, and I always say I definitely will, but I never get that call or text. Didn't know you could email, so I will definitely do that now! Like I said, I have been where stores hire jerks, and tech wise, they have always been kind and willing to help. Maybe its because I'm straight forward with them, maybe not. If he would have asked if I rooted it I would have said yes. Thank you for the idea.
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The store I go to doesn't care about rooted phones
metalfan78 said:
The store I go to doesn't care about rooted phones
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Well that's good. Just take it in and tell them what is going on. Glad I'm not the only one with the issue. I wasn't gonna take it in, but today it froze 6 times in a 30 min to and hour time interval and I decided it was time to. And I guess its not suppose to get that hot. Like I said, it did that from day one, so I thought it was normal lol.
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They cover rooted phones. Really sounds like a hardware issue to me. Never had mine do anything like that and I've been rooted and custom from like the second hour I had the phone.
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Same way here lol.
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Is yours still freezing today? I was going to go to sprint after work but now mine won't freeze. I'm not sure if I should just go or not.