[Q] evo 4g is failing on me - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ok guys ive just about had enuff of my evo from all these reboots...it reboots when im texting or surfing the web or on a phone call or using the gps...ive tried everything from flashing different roms to doing a complete wipe with partitioning sdcard. ive ran out of options on this phone..i am thinking of getting a 3D off contract since my upgrade is not till sep. but if i do get the 3d do i still have to unroot my evo or na since this is will b my first upgrade with sprint.....i do want to get the evo LTE tho as my upgrade...either way idk what do to about this situation

Sprint won't even check. If you have insurance, use it. Sounds like a hardware problem. Do yourself a favor and don't get the 3d. Terrible phone. Better off finding a crappy flip phone til the EVO LTE launches. Just curious, did you used to overclock your phone?
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Evocm7 said:
Sprint won't even check. If you have insurance, use it. Sounds like a hardware problem. Do yourself a favor and don't get the 3d. Terrible phone. Better off finding a crappy flip phone til the EVO LTE launches. Just curious, did you used to overclock your phone?
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lol dang that bad huh...n na i dont overclock...i used to when i first had CM7 on my evo back in the days lol

Ya it sucks. It seems to me like a lot of the people I see with hardware issues are ppl that OC their phones. I have only overclocked a phone to benchmark it. Other than that, always underclocked. You do have insurance I'm assuming?
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Evocm7 said:
Ya it sucks. It seems to me like a lot of the people I see with hardware issues are ppl that OC their phones. I have only overclocked a phone to benchmark it. Other than that, always underclocked. You do have insurance I'm assuming?
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yeah i do have insurance so ill jus use it...one question tho..if i was to unroot it would it fix it or is the damage too much for it now

Won't fix anything if the phone is damaged. Have you tried running a stock Rom on it?
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Evocm7 said:
Won't fix anything if the phone is damaged. Have you tried running a stock Rom on it?
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na but i think ill try that tho n see what happens...thanks again for ur input on this..

No problem. Let me know how it goes
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I think that before you throw in the towel completely, you should run the RUU for your phone and start over. not sure what base your stock was (I never upgraded mine, ever and have the stock/rooted ROM still), but I think you did the right thing in reformatting your SD Card, but you should have gone the next step and ran the RUU, then just left it stock for a day to see if the problems persisted or not

Do you have an extended battery by chance?
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ss12108 said:
Do you have an extended battery by chance?
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What would that have to do with it?

HipKat said:
What would that have to do with it?
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There's a thread on themikmik.com about some people had reboots because of extended battery.
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How long have you had the phone. My EVO did that to me, then it started overheating and boot looping. I called HTC and they fixed it for free. I was rooted S-OFF running FRESH Rom when I shipped it out. They kindly unrooted it for me before it shipped back but no problem there LOL
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HipKat said:
What would that have to do with it?
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Depending on the battery, there's some reports of the connection not sitting exactly right, and any little movement or what not will cause relentless reboots.
Saw it in the Amazon reviews for the extended battery I bought a while back, but it turned out my reboots were unrelated unfortunately Haha.
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volk9029 said:
There's a thread on themikmik.com about some people had reboots because of extended battery.
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Haha yup and I was the one who brought it up
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Well is the screen going blank then you have to hit the power button? Mine ended up being the processor fried in mine. ( maybe because I left it on the car charger in the middle of August for 6 hours) but I don't know...
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Speaker troubles

Just wanna know if any of you have had troubles with the rear speaker of your dinc2. Mine rattles something fierce if I turn it up past a quarter volume. Is this common?
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I've never had any such problem with mine. Is your phone rooted?
If so what are you running.
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Yes I am rooted and running MikRunny 1.01. I thought it might be a software issue, or a difference in roms, but it persists no matter what Rom I use.
I called vzw for a replacement, wich is on its way. They sent me through tech support, and had me update my service via *228. But that didn't change anything.
I think it just might be fried.
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I thought it might be a software issue too. Since that's not the case you probably just blew it out.
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That happened to me on MikRunny. There's a bug in the software. I thought I blew my speaker, but a reboot fixed it.
AgalychnisCallidryas said:
That happened to me on MikRunny. There's a bug in the software. I thought I blew my speaker, but a reboot fixed it.
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Thank you all for your replies. The problem has been going on for months. I've tried several different roms since it started. I think I just got a Monday speaker in my phone.
It hasn't gotten any better or worse since runnin mr1.01.
Hopefully my new one lasts me longer than 6 months.
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try out tiamat kernel 1.1.3 I use it on my inc2 and never have a problem..
ezgoing2406 said:
try out tiamat kernel 1.1.3 I use it on my inc2 and never have a problem..
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Not with a sense ROM you don't...
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Yeah a tiamat kernel isn't gonna mesh with sense. But I ran it with cm7 and miui. I still had the same issue. I honestly think it was just blown.
I have my replacement rooted and set up how I like it. So.... I'm good to go.
You all have a happy New year!
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Touch screen issues

This only happens when I'm trying to type a text message or play a game that requires the use of a touch pad (like zenonia 3 and 4). The touch screen just refuses to respond properly and is causing me to be annoyed. Anyone know how to resolve this issue so I don't have to go back to Verizon and get a replacement?
NOTE: I've already tried to pull out the battery, format the phone, and the sd card. None of them worked.
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Are you rooted?
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Are you rooted?
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Yeah, but even when it wasn't rooted, my phone did this.
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david_hume said:
Yeah, but even when it wasn't rooted, my phone did this.
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On aosp roms I had the same issue.. just randomly would not respond. My soft keys would still and anything but the keyboard.. I don't know why. What I would do is turn my screen off and back on and it would start normal again.. then I just went back to sense and no issues
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Ok, then I think it's probably an issue with the digitizer. I would take it to Verizon and see if you can get a replacement.
AgalychnisCallidryas said:
Ok, then I think it's probably an issue with the digitizer. I would take it to Verizon and see if you can get a replacement.
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I was afraid you would probably say that, but I'm probably gonna do that around march or april. Unrooting my phone is gonna be a pain and redoing the process over, but I have little choice in the matter. Thanks.
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Volatge too high?

Hey guys did a clean install to update to the latest build of fi27 using agats 6.2. Now when i use my car charger it says voltage too high? So i switched to kubans latest and same thing. So is part of the new build. Its very strange ive never seen this before.
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xe4zy said:
Hey guys did a clean install to update to the latest build of fi27 using agats 6.2. Now when i use my car charger it says voltage too high? So i switched to kubans latest and same thing. So is part of the new build. Its very strange ive never seen this before.
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When this issue happened to me, I took my phone into the Sprint store and they tested and found that the battery was bad. I had tried the phone of a couple of different car chargers before that and I received that same message on all of them.
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When this issue happened to me, I took my phone into the Sprint store and they tested and found that the battery was bad. I had tried the phone of a couple of different car chargers before that and I received that same message on all of them.
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Thanks for the input. Not sure if its the battery. Use my normal charger at home. No problems there. When i use my charger then i get that. ****ing weird
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Universal car chargers are very bad for batteries. You always want to charge your phone more on the original charger. Only use a car charger when it is absolutely necessary to charge your phone.
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Sprint will tell you it is a bad battery in order to keep from exchanging your device, this is the beginning part of the usb port starting to fail...I had this, I checked everywhere and then eventually the port gave in and went bad. Sprint exchanged my device.
hooover said:
Sprint will tell you it is a bad battery in order to keep from exchanging your device, this is the beginning part of the usb port starting to fail...I had this, I checked everywhere and then eventually the port gave in and went bad. Sprint exchanged my device.
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Thanks guys. Yeah very weird. Never had a problem before but now even when i switch back to gb same result. So this could be a sign of usb port failure? Good thing my upgrades in march. fingers crossed i also land my job at sprint but **** man just to get hired what a process its been two weeks. Hopefully when i work there maybe i can put in my two cents that would actually be benefical to the devs.
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Had this same issue yesterday after flashing FI27. Started with "voltage too high" eventually wouldnt charge at all. Luckily i have a repair center a mile ftom home.
Dropped off the phone and the rep seemed to be quite familiar with the problem. She said its been fairly common recently. They ordered me a new phone for Thur. Im pretty happy cause this assurion refurb has been locking up and running super hot since I got it.
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dberend said:
Had this same issue yesterday after flashing FI27. Started with "voltage too high" eventually wouldnt charge at all. Luckily i have a repair center a mile ftom home.
Dropped off the phone and the rep seemed to be quite familiar with the problem. She said its been fairly common recently. They ordered me a new phone for Thur. Im pretty happy cause this assurion refurb has been locking up and running super hot since I got it.
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Did you have to pay the $100 or whatever the cost of the deductible is?
Ever since I flashed agats 0.6.2 kernel my battery icon blinks. An even after unplugging the phone it still says its charging. Even if I take the battery out for hours today and put it back in it says charging on the lock screen and if I try to turn on adb it says please unplug usb cord. And the other weird thing is soon as I put the battery in it boots up with out holding the power button.
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Did you have to pay the $100 or whatever the cost of the deductible is?
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Nope, covered under warranty. I had a few dings but no water damage/cracked glass
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Hey guys back again...so uh yeah ive tried everything my guess is the battery needs to go. Ive even set my cpu to 600 -200 and no luck the sucker just keeps draining. So i guess anyone know a good place to buy a battery for this phone? Im mean a site that is trustworthy?
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xe4zy said:
Hey guys back again...so uh yeah ive tried everything my guess is the battery needs to go. Ive even set my cpu to 600 -200 and no luck the sucker just keeps draining. So i guess anyone know a good place to buy a battery for this phone? Im mean a site that is trustworthy?
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I''ve had good luck with these http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GM6IF2/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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dberend said:
I''ve had good luck with these http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006GM6IF2/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_us?ie=UTF8
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Thanks bro. Hoping it is just the battery and not my usb port going bad.
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If it's the same problem, I think it has to do with the charging circuits. My battery charged fine on an external charger. In fact at the Sprint store the were going to give me the old battery in my new refurb. Told them I didn't want it if there was a possibility the voltage protection was going bad, might have shortened its life.
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stock image for sprint

does anyone have the stock image for sprint note 2 yet and can post it.
As of yesterday even the sprint store didnt ... I had to swap my soft bricked unit out
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fatboypup said:
As of yesterday even the sprint store didnt ... I had to swap my soft bricked unit out
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thanks man how did you swap it out did they ask you what happened to it or why you needed to swap it i figured it would void the warranty and they wouldnt let you swap it
Stock tar isn't yet available. Sucks.
You guys are way too paranoid when dealing with sprint stores. It's not their main goal to void your warranty. You act like you have a neon sign above your head flashing "I'M ROOTED!" lol
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-viperboy- said:
Stock tar isn't yet available. Sucks.
You guys are way too paranoid when dealing with sprint stores. It's not their main goal to void your warranty. You act like you have a neon sign above your head flashing "I'M ROOTED!" lol
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lol whats up viperboy havent seen much of you since evo 3d man i know im being paranoid but you think i should go to the store and ask them about it or just wait on a stock image i just want to be out 600 for a new one lol thanks man
tfaulk88 said:
thanks man how did you swap it out did they ask you what happened to it or why you needed to swap it i figured it would void the warranty and they wouldnt let you swap it
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The tech asked if I tried to root it and I grined and said "me? Never" lol
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lol
Was no problem swapping but I had to drive 20 miles away for it cause most everyone was out of stock the one I got was going to be that stores demo
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cool thanks man
picked up my new gn2 from sprint today had to go with the white one cause they were out of the silver which sucks but o well i was gonna put it in a case anyways. Got it rooted and twrp on it and running great. Did not mess with the toolkit this time and all is well lol.
tfaulk88 said:
picked up my new gn2 from sprint today had to go with the white one cause they were out of the silver which sucks but o well i was gonna put it in a case anyways. Got it rooted and twrp on it and running great. Did not mess with the toolkit this time and all is well lol.
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yay
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im living the dream now lol
tfaulk88 said:
im living the dream now lol
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Howd your return experience go? Did you talk em into letting you keep the battery like I did? :victory:
I had to get the white too cause no gray. .I thought it was going to suck..Now I'm glad cause it looks so clean and every phone I've had was gray anyway.
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lol the stock image is up now
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It was pretty easy to return just had two go to a different sprint store to get the phone. I went to the store at the main campus in overland park. I like the white one it looks ok and no I wish I would have thought about asking for the battery I was just excited to be getting one that worked i didn't think about it. Would be nice to have an extra one. But when the lady was activating my new phone she asked if I had the charger, headset and box and everything and I don't have it she said don't worry about it so I got 2 chargers and 2 headsets now lol. Also yea that sucks the stock image is out now
Lol just saw that lame o well got extra stuff out of it and I really like the chargers they have longer cords than most of my other chargers.
Yeah, it would be nice to have extra charger. Ive been looking online and nothing. Sometimes I go spend the night at my moms or we go out of town and its nice to bring an extra one with without having to grab my own.

[ANN] My tab finally died!

Yep its true, tabby the tablet finally kicked the bucket couple days ago. Might be a battery issue, I heven't been charging and keeping it above 10% but oh well. Power button still works just now screen. Any ideas? I did take it a art and remove the battery and replace it to no avail. I'll still try to be around but ye know, now I can't test anything.
There's more than corn in Indiana!
das_webos_transformer said:
Yep its true, tabby the tablet finally kicked the bucket couple days ago. Might be a battery issue, I heven't been charging and keeping it above 10% but oh well. Power button still works just now screen. Any ideas? I did take it a art and remove the battery and replace it to no avail. I'll still try to be around but ye know, now I can't test anything.
There's more than corn in Indiana!
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Sorry for your loss.
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Congratulations!
I think Pio was looking for some with the battery brick.
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I think to be a true a100 owner you have to have bricked one lol
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I think to be a true a100 owner you have to have bricked one lol
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lol I hope not. I've had 2 of them so far. The first one I left on top of my car and drove off...ouch.
Didn't brick it, or the one I have now though, just kinda drove off and didn't realize it until I got home.
Diddo, sorry for your loss
sorry to hear mine just kicked the bucket also dam emmc chip this is the second time.
OK.....How long "normally" will an A100 last before Hiroshima happens? Mine is a referb from Wally world I've had it for about a month now.I could've choosen another tab,but I love the design of mine. And also do ALL of them brick?
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chicinwang said:
OK.....How long "normally" will an A100 last before Hiroshima happens? Mine is a referb from Wally world I've had it for about a month now.I could've choosen another tab,but I love the design of mine. And also do ALL of them brick?
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Mine just died again for the second time. Purchased brand new about a year ago. 45 days left of warranty so I'm sending it in for repair.
Daaannnng...That sucks only a year?I did purchase an extended warranty with mine. But I'm gonna be putting me some money in an A100 fund
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chicinwang said:
OK.....How long "normally" will an A100 last before Hiroshima happens? Mine is a referb from Wally world I've had it for about a month now.I could've choosen another tab,but I love the design of mine. And also do ALL of them brick?
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Yes, they will all eventually die, it's got a crappy emmc in it. How long is strictly usage dependant. Wipes for roms seems to accelerate it.
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Alrighty then, I believe I'll keep mine stock for sure!
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Alrighty then, I believe I'll keep mine stock for sure!
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Still bricks.
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I understand that,but you said flashing/wiping accelarates the emmc brick. So in theory it'll last longer..
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chicinwang said:
I understand that,but you said flashing/wiping accelarates the emmc brick. So in theory it'll last longer..
SCH-R760
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Let me tell you from experience that this A100 is **** unless you put CM10 on it.
Acer did a great job of ruining this tablet with their ICS OTA update.
If you have a blast with FCs and a boatload of app compatibility issues, namely HD/THD games that even my god damn LG G2x that's stuck on Gingerbread/CM7 will play, by all means stay stock.
Now if you want to see what the A100 is REALLY capable of, do some reading, pick ypur ROM, and flash your chosen CM10 setup once. It's not going to accelerate EMMC failure that much quicker and the performance and just in general useablilty gains are a great payoff.
Justjackyl's two cents here.
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OK OK OK !!! Geez I'll flash a rom,just don't blow a head gasket!!
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chicinwang said:
OK OK OK !!! Geez I'll flash a rom,just don't blow a head gasket!!
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LOL
I am mad at Acer for a device with broken hardware AND software. If you couldn't guess.
If your into gaming, tweaking, and performance, look @ pio's Sosei ROM.
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LOL
I am mad at Acer for a device with broken hardware AND software. If you couldn't guess.
If your into gaming, tweaking, and performance, look @ pio's Sosei ROM.
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That'll work for me,I that was the one i was planning on running...:thumbup:
SCH-R760
I just sold my repaired A100 for $130. 2nd gen Nexus 7 for me.
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Oh and to everyone, I think I theorized a way to keep it from bricking, I flashed a lot ALOT and it didn't brick, it died when I finally stopped using it! And the reason why, I think, is the work godmachine put in. The emmc cap erase work (or more not of) I think is why. When I switched recoveries and stopped running that glorious kernel, I think that's when it happened. SO IN CONCLUSION use his kernel and recovery religiously and I think you'll be OK. I might, probably, could be wrong but that's my theory. I did finally get the warranty taken care of and we sent it out Tuesday. So I might be back
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das_webos_transformer said:
Oh and to everyone, I think I theorized a way to keep it from bricking, I flashed a lot ALOT and it didn't brick, it died when I finally stopped using it! And the reason why, I think, is the work godmachine put in. The emmc cap erase work (or more not of) I think is why. When I switched recoveries and stopped running that glorious kernel, I think that's when it happened. SO IN CONCLUSION use his kernel and recovery religiously and I think you'll be OK. I might, probably, could be wrong but that's my theory. I did finally get the warranty taken care of and we sent it out Tuesday. So I might be back
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Godmachine's kernel?
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