To those of you who may not have followed my previous thread, I recently had a problem with my Inc2 only being able to charge while turned off. I had to ask for a replacement under warranty, meaning the defective unit needs to be sent back. Long story short, I was able to restore the stock ROM on the defective one, but unable to restore the stock bootloader, meaning it is now on the stock ROM, but with S-off. Do you guys think whoever at Verizon is responsible for checking phones sent back under warranty will notice this or even care?
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Of course it is possible they will see and care, but I think it is more than likely they will not notice or care. I have heard of many people returning phones (even back to my Eris days) with a stock ROM on an s-off device without a problem.
Good luck!
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Of course it is possible they will see and care, but I think it is more than likely they will not notice or care. I have heard of many people returning phones (even back to my Eris days) with a stock ROM on an s-off device without a problem.
Good luck!
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All they really look for is water and physical damage. There are so many launchers out there that they usually have no idea. Unless you get the guy who also roots and flashes. Then they usually just flash back to original. I still recommend to always restore your stock backup at the very least.
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Is there a way to get s-on after you have used revolutionary?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnlnWW8tsvo
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Its ridiculous how to unroot. I have a skyrocket though. Would it be the same thing???
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Its ridiculous how to unroot. I have a skyrocket though. Would it be the same thing???
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To those of you who may not have followed my previous thread, I recently had a problem with my Inc2 only being able to charge while turned off. I had to ask for a replacement under warranty, meaning the defective unit needs to be sent back. Long story short, I was able to restore the stock ROM on the defective one, but unable to restore the stock bootloader, meaning it is now on the stock ROM, but with S-off. Do you guys think whoever at Verizon is responsible for checking phones sent back under warranty will notice this or even care?
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I am in the same boat - except mine is barely even charging when it's off and not charging at all on. My usb port on the phone is all screwed up - I cannot even mount it. I called verizon and they are sending a replacement. I have 5 days from when I get the replacement to return the old one.
I still had a backup of my original Verizon Rom so I flashed it (thank goodness I was able to do it with barely any battery).
All the processes to get S-ON back seem to require the USB port and a good amount of battery power. I have neither. I will keep searching but it looks like i will be sending it back with just the stock ROM and S-ON.
The agent said that they "need to verify that your phone has not had any physical or liquid damage. As this is not covered under the warranty. You will need to send back your defective phone to the warehouse."
So technically I do not have that kind of damage - I will report back the outcome - wish me luck!
Good luck!
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All the processes to get S-ON back seem to require the USB port and a good amount of battery power. I have neither.
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Once you get your replacement, you can always use that to charge up the battery, swap it back into your broken phone and do what you can.
As far as the adb commands necessary to replace the boot loader, I don't think anyone had confirmed if this works or not, but you CAN initiate an adb connection over WiFi. There are apps on the market that'll switch between USB and WiFi for adb.
But it's probably not worth the hassle, just get a stock rom on it and they'll probably never notice.
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...But it's probably not worth the hassle, just get a stock rom on it and they'll probably never notice.
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ChrisDDD said:
Once you get your replacement, you can always use that to charge up the battery, swap it back into your broken phone and do what you can.
As far as the adb commands necessary to replace the boot loader, I don't think anyone had confirmed if this works or not, but you CAN initiate an adb connection over WiFi. There are apps on the market that'll switch between USB and WiFi for adb.
But it's probably not worth the hassle, just get a stock rom on it and they'll probably never notice.
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So I got the replacement phone (s-on ) and, powered up the battery and used it on the old phone. I factory reset the phone but since it was rooted, I had "Superuser" in there as an app and couldn't remove it. That was the only thing that was giving me a little hesitation about sending it back.
Downloaded Terminal Emulator and manually removed superuser, did another factory reset and Superuser is gone. Have FastBoot checked on in the Settings so unless they actually go into the phone and change that, they won't boot into the bootloader or see the s-off revolutionary.
Phone is going in the mail today
Update:
Got a text message from Verizon yesterday: The defective device has been received by Verizon.
and no charge or any notice that it breached the warranty/contract!
USB issues as well unless I get the device at the correct angle. A pain, but used the directions and links from the youtube link to get my DInc2 back to stock and S-On. A pain to angle things right but worth it to me knowing I'm going in with no potential "threats".
Gotta wait the 3-5 days now...
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In case people are wondering, my DInc2 was rooted using revolutionary method and it worked flawlessly.
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Due to an issue where my phone will randomly turn off on its own and not being able to turn it back on for an extended period of time or being able to charge it (I think it was it too humid an area for too long), I want to take my phone back to Sprint but am rooted. So, I ran the s-on tool and have been trying to get completely back to stock but haven't been able to completely because I can still see super user in the app drawer. What is the best way around this? I tried flashing 3 or 4 different PC36IMG from bootloader but continually got an error saying something about my version being older? I was finally able to flashed a rooted stock image but still see superuser and can't get rid of it! As a last resort, I decided I would just go to system updates and let it upgrade me to gingerbread. However, when I click on system updates/software update, it searches for awhile and then says there are no updates available!!! What am I missing and what is the best way to just plain start from non-rooted scratch????
I can still see super user in the app drawer.
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If you have s-on, then you are unrooted. There is no need to flash a stock rom if you are already on one. The SU app can just be uninstalled.
I tried flashing 3 or 4 different PC36IMG from bootloader but continually got an error saying something about my version being older?
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That means you are trying to install a rom that is older than the one you have now. You probably need the latest version.
Again. SPRINT SERVICES ROOTED PHONES! Please use the search feature.
From what I have tried and read, you can't uninstall superuser. As an aside, I decided to accept the ota advice figured it was the quickest and easiest way to be sure I wasn't rooted. I don't mind being temporarily unable to reroot cause I'm sure a new method is close. Here's the weird thing though, I did the ota update to 4.24 and installed it, but still have Superuser in the app drawer! Wtf? I even did a factory reset but it still is there! How the hell do I get rid of that program!?
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From what I have tried and read, you can't uninstall superuser. As an aside, I decided to accept the ota advice figured it was the quickest and easiest way to be sure I wasn't rooted. I don't mind being temporarily unable to reroot cause I'm sure a new method is close. Here's the weird thing though, I did the ota update to 4.24 and installed it, but still have Superuser in the app drawer! Wtf? I even did a factory reset but it still is there! How the hell do I get rid of that program!?
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Why do you need to unroot your phone?
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Why do you need to unroot your phone?
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I believe he is already unrooted so this question doesn't matter lol. Some people don't read when invaluable advice such as yours is provided and they are left freaking out about the SU app.
Yes, I am unrooted because my local Sprint store checks for root. What makes you so sure it doesn't matter to sprint? So, can either of you answer my original questions?
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Super User gets placed in the system/app folder so as far as the phone is concerned it's a part of the core OS and cannot be removed without root. It honestly should not be a concern. You just have Super User preinstalled for when we get root for 2.3 OTA.
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Yes, I am unrooted because my local Sprint store checks for root. What makes you so sure it doesn't matter to sprint? So, can either of you answer my original questions?
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It doesn't matter to Sprint because Sprint says so.
Just had my EVO serviced and I'm on Synergy ROM and got the phone back without any problems but a friend of mine took his in and got it back returned to stock unrooted so I guess depends where you go.
I read the PDF but don't see how that means sprint doesn't care. All I read is what sounded like sprint cs employees talking about policy. How is that official? Or am I missing something?
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Just had my EVO serviced and I'm on Synergy ROM and got the phone back without any problems but a friend of mine took his in and got it back returned to stock unrooted so I guess depends where you go.
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What was your phone in for, hardware or software? It's supposed to be that hardware issues (charge port, screen, buttons,, etc..) do not require that the phone bo returned to stock. On a phone with software issues we are supposed to return the phone to stock, run updates then troubleshoot. I know it blows getting that finely tuned custom ROM/Kernel wiped but the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.
Now I personally will not flash a customers phone back to stock unless there is no other option but will generally start with a wipe to clear any crap out of the phone. Then again, when I was working with teamwin and orrebmas I was rooting/unrooting and flashing all the major ROMs as many as 10-15 times a day so I'm a bit more familiar with custom ROMs than most techs.
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I read the PDF but don't see how that means sprint doesn't care. All I read is what sounded like sprint cs employees talking about policy. How is that official? Or am I missing something?
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As a tech I can verify that for one, only Sprint employees have access to that forum and the service subforum from which that came is for ASC techs. Second, almost the entire thread was techs complaining about why should they service rooted phones for free. These are the same people that claim there is no way to be sure if a phone is rooted.
OK, now I see, I didn't realize you were a Sprint tech. Anyway, you know my situation, what would you recommend? What could be causing my random shutoffs related issues? Also, I've only had the phone since March. Is my issue covered by warranty? I don't have insurance
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Thermal shutoff bug: If the phone gets to hot it will shut off and not turn on til it's cooled down. The sensor can get out of calibration and require lower and lower temps before it will boot. The worst case I have personally observed was a phone that needed to be below freezing before it would boot. This bug will also cause the charging circuit to not charge (it thinks it's too hot).
In a room that's no more than 75deg Fahrenheit turn on all the radios and run neocore interactive mode. Let it run for atleast an hour. If the phone shuts off immediately check to see if the kickstand is hot. Now I don't mean warm but hot. If the kickstand is not hot then your phone's temp sensor is out of calibration and requires that the phone be replaced. This is a known issue or "Device KIS". If the phone is within it's one year warranty there is no charge for the replacement. If the phone is out of warranty it is up to the discretion of the tech and/or manager to assist you in getting it replaced via Authorized Exchange or "AE".
I ran through the program as you suggested and the kickstand wasn't hot and didn't power cycle at all. Then what?
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Go HERE this is my live support chat so I can walk you through a couple things. I'll wait for you for the next 30mins or so.
Sprint said they wouldn't work on my phone because it was rooted
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I have three Sprint stores in my area. Two of them are managed technically inept managers, one of them is managed by a techno-god, I don't know what he's doing managing a Sprint shack but so be it. I talked to him about rooted Evos and he said that the other two stores don't check for it because they don't know anything about the concept of rooting. But HE DOES because it's hard to guarantee a repair on a rooted phone. According to him, it's up to the store's management and also up to Sprint. They don't necessarily check for "root" but if servicing a phone requires a software update, they're going to use a stock RUU and voila! That was my experience.
I kinda of want to intentionally brick my phone just so sprint would replace it. I have been having some trouble with my evo lately, it just started to reboot so frequently lately. I was running decks 1.2.1 and just thought it was the rom, so i completely wipe everything, reflash and same thing. I noticed when my phone rebooted it would get hot or warm, and gps did not work after flashing decks 1.2.1, trying to use gps would automatically cause the phone to reboot. Any rom with the vision gps drivers would cause phone to reboot when trying to use gps, only gps driver that would work was the cm7 drivers, mainly used the N39 one and that would work and I could use gps, but phone kept rebooting. So then i tried to flash the latest stock rom, but had same problem. Also tried to use myn's warm rom release 5, which was always so stable in the past and never had any problems with when i was using it in the past, but yea phone just would reboot at random when phone would get warm or just doing stuff. Then i flashed the latest radio, pri, nv, and hboot. Went back to decks but its very frustrating, i can not use my phone for a long time or it warms up and goes into a bootloop, then have to pull the battery and give it a couple minutes to cool down before i can pop the battery back in and have it not reboot immediately afterwards. So after all this i was just gonna try and brick it to see if i could get another evo, but yea i tried to flash a radio and battery pull but that did not work. Did i screw myself by flashing the latest hboot?
Why don't you flash a stock rom. See if it still does it and then go to sprint and tell them all the problems you're having
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That's insurance fraud dude, cause everyone's prices to go up. Don't be that guy.
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I did try a stock rom and it kept happening. That is why I was trying to brick it so they would just exchange it. If I take it to sprint I would need to flash a RUU right? Then deal with sprints b.s. until they exchange it.
I've never had a problem getting my phone replaced. You have problems with your phone. They will replace it. And yes, the ruu will return it to stock.
We're comin from a pure power source.
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That's insurance fraud dude, cause everyone's prices to go up. Don't be that guy.
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How is it insurance fraud? My phone is not working properly, I have been paying an insurance charge on my plan since the launch of the evo. Don't want to deal with their very annoying employees and just want a replacement, is that too much to ask for?
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I've never had a problem getting my phone replaced. You have problems with your phone. They will replace it. And yes, the ruu will return it to stock.
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Well it seems like that is what I am gonna need to do. Must have bad luck then, because I have had a horrible experience getting a phone replaced but thanks.
Pull your battery while flashing a radio update should def brick you but you should just unroot if your worried.
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How is it insurance fraud? My phone is not working properly, I have been paying an insurance charge on my plan since the launch of the evo. Don't want to deal with their very annoying employees and just want a replacement, is that too much to ask for?
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Return to stock and deal with the bs
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Just tell them you lost it, and they'll overnight you one.
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Pull your battery while flashing a radio update should def brick you but you should just unroot if your worried.
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That will definitely brick it.
It sounds like a hardware issue. Sprint will replace it. Don't brick your phone, not worth it.
RUU to the latest update. Get S-On (there are a few threads with tutorials). Try to document your phone acting up if you can (I had an overheating issue with my old phone so I took screenshots of an app showing my phone 135+ degrees. Reboots, maybe video it, I don't know.)
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So the charging port on my INC2 finally went yesterday and I am now relying on the extra batteries they gave me when I had the phone replaced for various other issues to get me through until 3 PM tomorrow (16 hours). I called Verizon and they told me they'd send out a new INC 2, however they are no longer in stock, so they are sending me a FREE Incredible 4G, and LETTING ME KEEP MY UNLIMITED DATA. So guys, if you are looking for a 4g phone and trying to keep your unlimited data, now is the time to have a phone issue. After about an hour of describing the problem with my phone and all the things I had tried to fix it (different charging cords, different batteries, different outlets, etc.) they offered me the new phone and told me they wouldn't put me through the hassle of doing all the resets.
I have a few questions for you guys before I leave. 1) Do I have to return to stock before I return the phone and if so, does anyone have a link to (in their opinion) the easiest set of instructions to return to full stock, S-ON and unrooted? 2) I, for some reason, have no data access, nor do I have Wi-Fi (I'm on a campus with an oddly protected Wi-Fi, would be a lot of trouble to set it up), so could somebody upload the .apk for an app that I can use to backup and restore my text messages and picture messages? Most only do text messages, but I'd like to backup both, so if you know of any off the top of your head, either let me know and I'll hunt, or upload them if they're easily available to you. 3) I'd like to thank all of the devs that made this phone usable over the past year or two. I've been a lurker for the most part, but love the work you guys do and hope you guys keep it up with whatever phone you move on to.
Just return the phone to stock no need to go back to s-on, I've heard some people talking about sending their phones back in and they'll take it as long as it's running stock firmware :thumbup:
Traded in my og inc for an inc2 back in the day and I sent my inc in s-off and nothing bad happened. Just return to stock before you send it in
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I sent mine to HTC when the charging port went out last year with s off and custom ROM, sense 3 I believe from newt, they gave me no trouble...
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jeremytn86 said:
I sent mine to HTC when the charging port went out last year with s off and custom ROM, sense 3 I believe from newt, they gave me no trouble...
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Did you have warranty?
maybe he had the insurance on the phone.
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Did you have warranty?
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Yes, I still had the manufacturer warranty but only by a few days lol. If i had insurance i would have had to send it to asurion or whoever...
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Thanks for the responses and sorry I haven't been on for a few days.
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maybe he had the insurance on the phone.
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I have both insurance on my phone and the warranty. I am sending it back today or tomorrow, I still need packing tape (University doesn't offer it free).
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Traded in my og inc for an inc2 back in the day and I sent my inc in s-off and nothing bad happened. Just return to stock before you send it in
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Thank you, I will leave it s-off, but on the P32IMG.zip rom.
So I went to transfer files to the phone and found that I cannot, due to the fact that the charging port doesn't work. Any tips?
wcsoccerboy828 said:
So I went to transfer files to the phone and found that I cannot, due to the fact that the charging port doesn't work. Any tips?
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pop the microsd out...
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Thanks for the responses and sorry I haven't been on for a few days.
I have both insurance on my phone and the warranty. I am sending it back today or tomorrow, I still need packing tape (University doesn't offer it free).
Thank you, I will leave it s-off, but on the P32IMG.zip rom.
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I would send it to HTC then, they'll fix it for free, i only had top pay like $7.00 to ship it to them...
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I need to send my phone back to Samsung because they have a 1 year manufacturer warranty per Sprint. If I send them back a Stock but rooted phone will they notice/care? The repair is hardware related not software. I need to get half of the small little hooks that are compressed when the battery is inserted. My only though is they may want to wipe battery stats and when they go into Recovery and notice it's TWRP they might get pissy. Thoughts & experiences? Thanks.
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I took mine to sprint fully rooted and on a custom ROM, because my LCD was fried.. They didn't care at all. I wouldn't worry about unrooting it and crap. Just send that bad boy in.
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I need to send my phone back to Samsung because they have a 1 year manufacturer warranty per Sprint. If I send them back a Stock but rooted phone will they notice/care? The repair is hardware related not software. I need to get half of the small little hooks that are compressed when the battery is inserted. My only though is they may want to wipe battery stats and when they go into Recovery and notice it's TWRP they might get pissy. Thoughts & experiences? Thanks.
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My initial thoughts are as follows:
Samsung bootloaders are unlocked by default and they have indicated that they will not lock them in the future. So I'd think they're more likely to forgive rooting when it comes to their 1-year warranty.
According to Samsung's warranty page, as long as the defects you have are in no way caused by custom ROMs or the rooting process, they should cover the repair. Unfortunately, they have the final say in what caused the damage to the phone and could say that the custom kernel fried whatever part is malfunctioning. I seriously doubt that they'd do that, but it all depends on which service person you get and how good/bad their Monday has been. I'd say it'd be best to triangle-away the flash counter and to restore the stock recovery/rom. As always, qbking77 has a great video on how to unroot, so check it out.
I dont know. Samsung would probably be more "aware" of your phones root state compared to sprint. If its something simple like bad USB port, or burnt pixels, I doubt they would care. If your phones O.S. is jacked or you hard brick your phone, likely they will notice. You can avoid these problems if you install triangle away and have it automatically clear your bootloader every time you boot your device.
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You are taking a risk when you root your phone. Sometimes you will get a service rep who doesn't know anything about rooting and/or could care less....sometimes you will get an XDA Member service rep pissed you are raising their premium, it all depends.
Thanks everyone for your responses! Awesome I'm glad Samsung is open minded with this matter. Yes there is no way my hardware issue is ROM/Software related so I'm hoping they won't care. I'm still going to flash the stock MB1 ROM and use the paid SuperUser app to hide the icon in the app drawer before sending it out just in case. Thanks everyone!
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xbmoyx said:
Thanks everyone for your responses! Awesome I'm glad Samsung is open minded with this matter. Yes there is no way my hardware issue is ROM/Software related so I'm hoping they won't care. I'm still going to flash the stock MB1 ROM and use the paid SuperUser app to hide the icon in the app drawer before sending it out just in case. Thanks everyone!
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What happens after you sent your device to Samsung.... Please let me know....nothing personal just curious to see what their reaction is
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What happens after you sent your device to Samsung.... Please let me know....nothing personal just curious to see what their reaction is
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This thread is 3 years old, they probably won't answer.
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This thread is 3 years old, they probably won't answer.
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Maybe Samsung didn't fixed it at all and they forgot their XDA password...
So I got this phone with a warrenty. the at&t Rep took my old phomlne rooted and flashed. he said they didnt care. So with that said if I rooted my s3 do I really need to worry about the warrent? Or should I just root it anyways? I really want to root because I want to tether.
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its surprising (and can i say unheard of?) that a carrier rep would take rooted device seeings how rooting voids the warranty. understand that you may possibly hear more back from your carrier about your device. also, i wouldn't expect this type of thing to happen again.
with that being said, i would root away
in the event you begin having hardware issues and need to return the device, it is easy to unroot and return to stock. there are a lot of great ROMs on XDA that offer tethering. Cheers
Yeah thats what I thought it was weird they wpuld just take it. But yeah I'm just going to root it thanks.
Also how do you root on stock?
And I have battery issues any help on that?
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there's a link in my signature that you can check out. it gets you setup from start to finish.
as far as your battery life goes, there are many variables involved that determine how long it lasts. if you many or all of the packaged samsung apps turned on as well as the gps, wifi, etc, you will see less battery. adjust screen brightness and app sync times. i'm sure you know all this. have you checked out better battery stats to see what all is absorbing juice?
Well about Samsung stock apps. Your right they do take up most the battery...but since im rooting I will probably remove most of them. But the weird problem im having is when I unplug my phone after its been fully charged it drops to 98% and it just bugs me.
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jayjayjoker2 said:
Well about Samsung stock apps. Your right they do take up most the battery...but since im rooting I will probably remove most of them. But the weird problem im having is when I unplug my phone after its been fully charged it drops to 98% and it just bugs me.
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other stock features to disable are the motion and eye-tracking ones.
here's a link to an old i9300 thread by some dudes with the same issue. apparently its known and perhaps even intentional by samsung. i wouldnt know. i was only stock for the 5 minutes it took to root and flash a ROM
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jayjayjoker2 said:
Well about Samsung stock apps. Your right they do take up most the battery...but since im rooting I will probably remove most of them. But the weird problem im having is when I unplug my phone after its been fully charged it drops to 98% and it just bugs me.
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It's just reading battery level more accurately than you're used to. It doesn't charge to 100 and stay there. It gets there and lets it discharge to 95 or so and then charges it back up (if it's left on the charger after fully charging). Still says it's fully charged when you take it off and drops somewhat quickly to what it actually is.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
its surprising (and can i say unheard of?) that a carrier rep would take rooted device seeings how rooting voids the warranty. understand that you may possibly hear more back from your carrier about your device. also, i wouldn't expect this type of thing to happen again.
with that being said, i would root away
in the event you begin having hardware issues and need to return the device, it is easy to unroot and return to stock. there are a lot of great ROMs on XDA that offer tethering. Cheers
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I wanted to say that this was my previous phpne they took for in store credit
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I wanted to say that this was my previous phpne they took for in store credit
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If you got store credit then this was not a warranty or insurance replacement. So I am guessing the phone you traded was out of warranty then. In this case, they are probably just going to flash to stock anyway to ensure everything is erased and it starts fresh as refurbished. Or they will recycle it so rooted is no big deal.