What's the fastest way to brick your phone?? - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

I'm trying to send my old galaxy back to Tmobile because I got a new one... it was rooted I don't feel like unrooting and installing a stock ROM.... So Id rather just brick it like a free throw from Shaquille Oneal in his prime...
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flash an incompatible rom, just pick a random one...say an HD2 ROM

Just flash Any pit file thats not for the gs2
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You can actually brick the damn thing and send it back to them isn't that telling them your phones rooted and it voids the warranty?
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peppersu812 said:
You can actually brick the damn thing and send it back to them isn't that telling them your phones rooted and it voids the warranty?
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No because as far as they know, it was a hardware failure.

Damn so from now on I'll just brick it before I send it back lol cool hell I didn't know that
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If you're going to flash just to brick it, why not just flash a stock rom? ... Oh well. Lol, brick away, install a tablet rom.

gabriel713281 said:
I'm trying to send my old galaxy back to Tmobile because I got a new one... it was rooted I don't feel like unrooting and installing a stock ROM.... So Id rather just brick it like a free throw from Shaquille Oneal in his prime...
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Flash android revolution superwipe fir sensation theres no way phone lives back i accidentaly flashed on my first s2 and tmous send me a new one cause samsung declare the phone dead by warranty i only paid 16 bucks
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blackerwater said:
Just flash Any pit file thats not for the gs2
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Thanks guys I did this lol
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tmobile dont care if its rooted or not anymore.
my brother sent back his gs2 rooted for replacement without any issues and I just recently sent mine back aswell about a month ago. I got the text letting me know they got the phone ok and everything is good. I think they kind of figured if they continue to be hard on the root community we will just send a brick back to them and declare it a hardware issue..

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Will sprint buff out scratche's?

Hi everyone well a while ago I put a huge scratch in my "chimp" glass haha and I'm sick off looking at it will sprint. Buff out the scratches I'm fully covered for cosmetic damage and nuclear war haha but does anyone think sprint wud buff out the scratch or shud I just crack the screen and get a new replacement screen?
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How deep/ large is the scratch? Last time I went there I think they said they don't fix scratches larger than an inch. The only thing they did was hand over the asurion insurance business card and told me to call them to just get a replacement phone since I had insurance for the thing
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My scratch is circual and spans the entire screen its deep enough for me to feel it with my finger (not nail)
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Yeah your probably going to have to get a replacement phone from the insurance company.
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Jbluna said:
How deep/ large is the scratch? Last time I went there I think they said they don't fix scratches larger than an inch. The only thing they did was hand over the asurion insurance business card and told me to call them to just get a replacement phone since I had insurance for the thing
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Circular*
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Hmmmmm can anyone tell me how to perma brick my phone without sprint being able to tell that's its rooted
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matrixzone5 said:
Hmmmmm can anyone tell me how to perma brick my phone without sprint being able to tell that's its rooted
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That's like saying how can I reverse time, it ain't going to happen. I've even messed up during ODIN still got nothing.
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It is very difficult to brick this phone although travismoreno seems to be good at it. he bricked quite a few with bad cables during Odin. I have had Odin freeze many time especially trying to make an EL30 prerooted tar ( didn't happen). And no brick.
matrixzone5 said:
Hmmmmm can anyone tell me how to perma brick my phone without sprint being able to tell that's its rooted
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So you want to fully brick your Epic?
If so use odin as if your flashing a modem and check repartition. It should be bricked after that.
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matrixzone5 said:
Hmmmmm can anyone tell me how to perma brick my phone without sprint being able to tell that's its rooted
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Odin an epic touch rom and check repartition.
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I'm not condoning this at all :/
---Jay--- From the SGSIIE4GT

[Q] How much to fix a bricked sg3 with samsung?

My screen got damaged on my sg3 and i have the chance to buy a bricked one for 150 to change the screen but my question is , how much would it cost for samsung to fix the bricked one ?
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You can fix the bricked one for 60 on top of the 150 at mobile tech videos... Here is the link... http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
If you send the broken one to samsung it will run you about 180 for a new screen. so decide which route you want. You don't have insurance?
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no i dont have insurance as i use straighttalk.
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I got my phone fixed for free under warranty. I had bricked my phone accidentally flashing an international rom and I took the chance and sent it in.
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nayoung802 said:
I got my phone fixed for free under warranty. I had bricked my phone accidentally flashing an international rom and I took the chance and sent it in.
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That's lucky of you... Hey maybe op should take the chance as well
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Trade in rooted device at tmobile store?

Can we be able to do that or do I need to un root it?
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Try it and let us know what happens. ...
But seriously, if you do some more research, youll find that 99% of the folks will tell you to put it back to stock to cover yourself and also so you dont run into any issues....+ its easy to do
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You can also just Odin it and it will be factory fresh and with no root
Correct me if I'm wrong
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OmmNomNom said:
You can also just Odin it and it will be factory fresh and with no root
Correct me if I'm wrong
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Yep, only thing to check is your flash counter. Depending on how op rooted it could be tripped. Just boot into download mode and check it. If it's tripped use triangle away app.
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Well I format the phone by accident and it was just stuck on bootloader and they still took it for full trade in but I know I got screwed but oh well I still use my note 2 from sprint
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tech7 said:
Well I format the phone by accident and it was just stuck on bootloader and they still took it for full trade in but I know I got screwed but oh well I still use my note 2 from sprint
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But I think even if you didn't format or unroot, they well still send back to factory reset themselves and the T-Mobile reps in store aren't exactly tech savvy
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I agree with above posts to put back on stock to be safe....but I did buy the nexus 4, unlocked it, rooted it, and returned it within 2 hours (speaker and screen were horrible) and returned with aokp on it. They didn't even turn the screen on to check. Nor have I had T-Mobile give me any crap for it since. It's been 2 months so I think I'm clear lol
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Can you use the factory reset to un-root the phone?

Help. Phone will not turn on at all

I'm new to the S3 and I have rooted a few devices previously. I just got my S3 yesterday. I rooted it with no issue. Installed a custom recovery with no issue and even installed a custom ROM (wicked v10) with no issue other than ,once the ROM booted up I had no data. I did some searching and found a firmware/modem zip that I thought might fix my issue. It said that it will only install on a T999 T-Mobile version of the S3. Good, so I install it. Well I have a T-Mobile S3 but mine is a T999L. Now my phone does nothing. Will not start will not boot into safe mode. Doesn't even have a LED when on the charger. Somebody please please help.. Thanks in advance
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Pretty sure you just hard bricked it. Sorry man, I know that sucks. But if you can't get any response from the device.....
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So do you think I can return it to where I got it and tell them it just stopped responding and get another one without any issues?. I just bought it yesterday at my local wal mart..
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tj gamino said:
So do you think I can return it to where I got it and tell them it just stopped responding and get another one without any issues?. I just bought it yesterday at my local wal mart..
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depends if they take returns
they can't know what's wrong since it won't run at all
so give it a try act like you don't know anything about phones and say i was just charging it
Update: I was able to return the bricked phone and get another phone. Lady tried to say I might have "over charged" the phone. I just shook my head and said wow! I never heard of that before.. Good to be back
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tj gamino said:
Update: I was able to return the bricked phone and get another phone. Lady tried to say I might have "over charged" the phone. I just shook my head and said wow! I never heard of that before.. Good to be back
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Lol "over charged".
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tj gamino said:
Update: I was able to return the bricked phone and get another phone. Lady tried to say I might have "over charged" the phone. I just shook my head and said wow! I never heard of that before.. Good to be back
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hahaha LOL glad it worked out for you
That's great haha, congrats!
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Lol nice. Good thing you did it soon
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Lmaoooo brilliant!
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Need root but don't have a charger port please help

Hello I have a Samsung sgh-t989 and i want to root it and install cwm and flash some roms but my charger port is destroyed so I can not connect it to the computer I was just curious if anyone out there had any kinda idea on how to go about getting the phone rooted with out a computer I'm assuming not but figured I'd see if I could get some input....
Sgh-t989
4.0.3
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hopsin4444 said:
Hello I have a Samsung sgh-t989 and i want to root it and install cwm and flash some roms but my charger port is destroyed so I can not connect it to the computer I was just curious if anyone out there had any kinda idea on how to go about getting the phone rooted with out a computer I'm assuming not but figured I'd see if I could get some input....
Sgh-t989
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The charger port is destroyed? That sucks = (
As far as I know you need ODIN, which needs the charger port, in order to root. I may be wrong, but that's my understanding. Best of luck getting it rooted though!
Ya I ended up buying a battery charger for it and selling it as is then bought another flashed as high as I could go and got bored now back on the t959v Lol
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hopsin4444 said:
Hello I have a Samsung sgh-t989 and i want to root it and install cwm and flash some roms but my charger port is destroyed so I can not connect it to the computer I was just curious if anyone out there had any kinda idea on how to go about getting the phone rooted with out a computer I'm assuming not but figured I'd see if I could get some input....
Sgh-t989
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Sorry bro if you want to root you gotta use Odin :/
Just get it fixed. Had mine done for 25 bucks. Works perfect now It was there and back in only a few days.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425729
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pyraxiate said:
Just get it fixed. Had mine done for 25 bucks. Works perfect now It was there and back in only a few days.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425729
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Ya I do repairs myself just did not wanna mess with it sold it
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hopsin4444 said:
Ya I do repairs myself just did not wanna mess with it sold it
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Ah cool. Was just making the suggestion. See you got the s4 Nice upgrade. Was thinking about the s4 active for the wife. I went with a note2 a while back. Keeping this one until a note4 hits lol .
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pyraxiate said:
Ah cool. Was just making the suggestion. See you got the s4 Nice upgrade. Was thinking about the s4 active for the wife. I went with a note2 a while back. Keeping this one until a note4 hits lol .
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I sell phones for a living lull and at the moment I have a sgs4g not a s4 and the note 3 has just barely came out so you got a long wait on the note 4
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