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[Q] Sprint and your Rom...

i just go done talking to sprint.... my phone has a Display problem...i asked for a warranty replacement. I told them what happened and i didnt tell them it was rooted because of the obvious reasons.... as it turns out sprint can actually remotely go into your phone and know exactly what you are running.... They asked about myn and warm 2.2.... so i had to tell them... so just a heads up be careful who you talk to.... did anyone else know this?

Wow, I didnt know that but thanks for the H.U.
Luckily I have TEP so its not much of a problem but that would be something to look out for if your phone starts acting up

What happened?
Did they follow through with the Warranty or void it? I do IT work for a few sprint stores and was told that rooting the phone would void its warranty (hence why I ask). In the same breathe, none of them at the stores would know
Thanks for the info.

jpagel said:
Did they follow through with the Warranty or void it? I do IT work for a few sprint stores and was told that rooting the phone would void its warranty (hence why I ask). In the same breathe, none of them at the stores would know
Thanks for the info.
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they said that my warranty is VOID until i can prove that im on stock rom and the only way to do that is by going to the store.

lui22 said:
they said that my warranty is VOID until i can prove that im on stock rom and the only way to do that is by going to the store.
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Dang man that's no good. Sorry to hear.

So what if you ruu back to factory settings? About 3 weeks ago I had to have a speaker replaced they didn't say anything about it but he actually asked me if I had ever thought about rooting I just played dumb. That's crazy though that they can see that remotely... actually no thats not that crazy.
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Just run the ruu. If your phone is usb connected and the only issue is the display that won't prevent you from going back to stock. You can check usb connectivity in windows or by doing an adb devices if you have set up adb.
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So flash back to a stock Rom and and turn s back on. That's proof...
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lui22 said:
i just go done talking to sprint.... my phone has a Display problem...i asked for a warranty replacement. I told them what happened and i didnt tell them it was rooted because of the obvious reasons.... as it turns out sprint can actually remotely go into your phone and know exactly what you are running.... They asked about myn and warm 2.2.... so i had to tell them... so just a heads up be careful who you talk to.... did anyone else know this?
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH SPRINT.that is Invasion Of Privacy completely Unlawful and unnessecary why cant they just have asked you .......very concerning

Just flash the 1.47 RUU then run S-ON. You'll be essentially downgrading low enough to where you can re-run Unrevoked with no problems whatsoever. Good luck.

where do i get the app that tells me what is on other people's phones

jasongthang said:
where do i get the app that tells me what is on other people's phones
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hold on let me call sprint i wanna see whats on my girlfriends phone......

fadimo305 said:
WHAT IS WRONG WITH SPRINT.that is Invasion Of Privacy completely Unlawful and unnessecary why cant they just have asked you .......very concerning
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Hold on, hold on...before we get all flared up, I don't think Sprint is actually logging on to our phones.
They are likely just getting Mod/Kernel version from About Phone menu option..just the way they can know about the PRL/PRI from their system (may be these are the traces that our phones leaves on the system).
If you guys are so worried, just go to build.prop and change the mod/build name.

JoeLithium said:
So flash back to a stock Rom and and turn s back on. That's proof...
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yeah ive dont that befor for some reason s stays off even after i updated like 3 times... i went back to the rom that came with the phone when i got it.... strange....and i can also charge while in amon_ra or clockwork mod i wonder if they will be able to see if i was on a non sense rom or on WP7? anyone wanna try and seee?

sshark said:
Hold on, hold on...before we get all flared up, I don't think Sprint is actually logging on to our phones.
They are likely just getting Mod/Kernel version from About Phone menu option..just the way they can know about the PRL/PRI from their system (may be these are the traces that our phones leaves on the system).
If you guys are so worried, just go to build.prop and change the mod/build name.
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good idea but what if it dont work?

lui22 said:
good idea but what if it dont work?
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enough with the what ifs

lui22 said:
good idea but what if it dont work?
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That's what we do on XDA...find what works spirit lives on...

jasongthang said:
enough with the what ifs
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alright enough with the "ifs" and lets get to work. your first

lui22 said:
alright enough with the "ifs" and lets get to work. your first
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sorry, not trying to be rude. But no sense asking what ifs, just because this seems to be news to everyone that Sprint can do this. So changing the build.prop might be a good start, if that doesnt work then I dont know. I don't develop these things. Maybe make some type of cached image that looks legit, so Sprint sees that instead of the actual figures. Or some type of block maybe
Or sue them

jasongthang said:
sorry, not trying to be rude. But no sense asking what ifs, just because this seems to be news to everyone that Sprint can do this. So changing the build.prop might be a good start, if that doesnt work then I dont know. I don't develop these things. Maybe make some type of cached image that looks legit, so Sprint sees that instead of the actual figures. Or some type of block maybe
Or sue them
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oh i know you didnt meant to be rude, sorry if it seemed i was i meant it as a joke of good spirit

[TEST ROM]Glacier_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS _2.08.531.0_R_Radio_12.52.60.25 _26.08.04.30_M3

Hey the MT4Gs gingerbread test rom is out
Doing this off my phone but here's the link
http://911sniper.blog.163.com/blog/static/1429008812011423193890/
I'm not a dev but the dev would love this that I know
Dunno what's new but got this off android spin
~new features are a added selections via the notification pull down, which adds toggles for WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS, data connection and a shortcut to the settings menu. As mentioned before this is not the official build we’ll see rolling out and bugs may be present however for those developers looking for so new stuff to play with there may be valuable assets to be obtained. ~
Chillin on top of my HTC Glacier

Nvm just saw a post on this right after I posted this. Please delete I guess
Chillin on top of my HTC Glacier

Wow. Thanks. See what we can do with this one. Maybe its something different.

How do I flash this? PD15IMG.zip? I cant figure it out for the life of me and I used to work for Google

I have no clue to be honest with you. I haven't downloaded the zip yet (not near a PC) but maybe through fastboot or maybe through the bootloader if its an img file, but really don't take my advice cuz I don't want your phone to brick
But if anyone is really good at this and knows what to do or knows how to flash this rom, come on and give your $.02 would be helpful
Chillin on top of my HTC Glacier

bluizzo said:
I have no clue to be honest with you.
But if anyone is really good at this and knows what to do or knows how to flash this rom, come on and give your $.02 would be helpful
Chillin on top of my HTC Glacier
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U can usually put it on the root of ir SD card and then fastboot flash but dont quite me on that is how i have done it in the past
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elry567 said:
U can usually put it on the root of ir SD card and then fastboot flash but dont quite me on that is how i have done it in the past
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Haha just edited my post and put what you said. But yea fastboot is one way
Chillin on top of my HTC Glacier

well if a test rom becarfull flashing it because it may unroot your phone or other ting let the devs look at it

it goes into fastboot, then it says loading img, then it says checking, then it does do anything...

do i reanme this pdm15img? and do it that way.

is there a mirrror of this?

capychimp said:
is there a mirrror of this?
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Ha, so you are joining Glacier after all?

nah just wanna make a nice port on the dhd i never got to update my froyo port of your rom...
i dont think i would join cause someone sending me a phone would put some preassure on it you know, and there will be alot of when do we get a rom, and do this do that, you know if someone "pays" or gives you something they demand in return, of course thats the point of shipping a device, but i just feel a bit uneasy with how much would one be demanding, you never know people that well online, you get my meaning? or do i sound weird?

Hey Hey Capy....welcome aboard.

eViL D has put one together also
Link

capychimp said:
nah just wanna make a nice port on the dhd i never got to update my froyo port of your rom...
i dont think i would join cause someone sending me a phone would put some preassure on it you know, and there will be alot of when do we get a rom, and do this do that, you know if someone "pays" or gives you something they demand in return, of course thats the point of shipping a device, but i just feel a bit uneasy with how much would one be demanding, you never know people that well online, you get my meaning? or do i sound weird?
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I know exactly... That's why I refuse to "get" stuff for free. I always purchase my phones, so I don't feel obligated to do stuff and not worry about bricking the phone while trying to load some experimental stuff on it...

nah i want it clean, so i know what i work with, always give better results you know

faux123 said:
I know exactly... That's why I refuse to "get" stuff for free. I always purchase my phones, so I don't feel obligated to do stuff and not worry about bricking the phone while trying to load some experimental stuff on it...
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well in glacier i cannot buy it in denmark

problems with downloads on wiki

Is it me or Is the recovery and hboot downloads messed up on the wiki? I'm trying to root my replacement phone and this is killing me!
BillY

mrbmg said:
Is it me or Is the recovery and hboot downloads messed up on the wiki? I'm trying to root my replacement phone and this is killing me!
BillY
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Could be down for maint or something. I grabbed everything for rooting last night no problemo.

zkid2010 said:
Could be down for maint or something. I grabbed everything for rooting last night no problemo.
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Damn, lol. The anticipation is killing me, haha. Oh well, off to bed I go. Hopefully they are up again when I get up. Anyone feel free to test them and let me know.
Thanks,
Billy
EDIT : All Is Well, Firewall was blocking d/l sites for some reason

CM7 ported to LG optimus C :D

I DID IT!!!!!
I sat down for a few hours and tweaked CM7 to run on the C. EVERYTHING runs so far. You need to make no changes, just flash it.
If you have a recovery menu you know how to do it. Menu will be out very soon too.
Uploading now
port of someone elses dirty port
Still has traces of metroPCS i will clean up
http://tomp90xjourney.blogspot.com/
download it there

Congrats! See if you can get the XDA folks to give you your own section. It should bring more attention to the port.

cricket is a good carrier

r0bot said:
Congrats! See if you can get the XDA folks to give you your own section. It should bring more attention to the port.
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Yeah? How would I go about getting it that kind of attention?
And thank you

rebel101150 said:
Yeah? How would I go about getting it that kind of attention?
And thank you
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Keep programming, maybe post some pictures and what not and they would probably add an optimus c section i bet.

You are a Godsend. My buddy has an Optimus C. I found instructions for rooting, but was having a hard time scaring up ROMS. Any chance of some screen shots? Does this have an OC kernel?

ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
You are a Godsend. My buddy has an Optimus C. I found instructions for rooting, but was having a hard time scaring up ROMS. Any chance of some screen shots? Does this have an OC kernel?
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No unfortunately it doesn't. Screenshots i'm working on (it saves them all in PNG which the site won't recognize).
An overclock kernel is being worked on, the base of this is the standard kernel. We do have one working but it's not ready for release yet.
So they will be up soon.
make sure he has the custom recovery menu. It won't flash properly without it. We worked a few days on that as well.

rebel101150 said:
No unfortunately it doesn't. Screenshots i'm working on (it saves them all in PNG which the site won't recognize).
An overclock kernel is being worked on, the base of this is the standard kernel. We do have one working but it's not ready for release yet.
So they will be up soon.
make sure he has the custom recovery menu. It won't flash properly without it. We worked a few days on that as well.
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If you're using Shoot Me, you can set the prefs to save as jpg.
By custom recovery, do you mean the one in the stickied post or CWM?
Biggest thing is the speed of the default device, I'll keep an eye here and get serious when the OC kernel is ready.... I think I'll need a pretty compelling argument to get him to root. Thank you for all your hard work in this area.

ST3ALTHPSYCH0 said:
If you're using Shoot Me, you can set the prefs to save as jpg.
By custom recovery, do you mean the one in the stickied post or CWM?
Biggest thing is the speed of the default device, I'll keep an eye here and get serious when the OC kernel is ready.... I think I'll need a pretty compelling argument to get him to root. Thank you for all your hard work in this area.
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http://tomp90xjourney.blogspot.com/
Just use that to download it

Just curious since I didn't see any screenshots (he hasn't given me the nod yet, either) What kind of overclocks have you gotten and how is your battery life?
EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw it on the blog (read past it at first). 850 MHz? That's almost a 50% OC! The battery life at that speed question still remains. Also, don't see the FAQ link, or is it not up yet? Thanks a bundle. I've gotten fairly proficient with things on my Inspire, but the Optimus looks to be a slightly different monster.

mattrb said:
cricket is a good carrier
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I agree, except that it costs more money then VM. The Optimus V also has more support by devs.

IM kinda scared of rooting my phone

Ventus_zx said:
IM kinda scared of rooting my phone
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I'm kinda scared of jellyfish. How are you supposed to avoid them when you can't even see them??

GSIII will not turn on

I just rooted and installed the JellyBomb rom for the GS3 for a friend. They didn't like the rom, so I remembered that there was a GS3 version of Android Revolution HD. I flashed the phone and hit reboot in TWRP and now nothing. I realized just now that the roms are different for the carriers but I possibly installed a rom for a different carrier. Nonetheless, the phone still isn't doing anything. It won't power on. I get no screen. Nothing. Is it completely bricked? How can I at least get back to Download mode for Odin?

MrAutomatic said:
I just rooted and installed the JellyBomb rom for the GS3 for a friend. They didn't like the rom, so I remembered that there was a GS3 version of Android Revolution HD. I flashed the phone and hit reboot in TWRP and now nothing. I realized just now that the roms are different for the carriers but I possibly installed a rom for a different carrier. Nonetheless, the phone still isn't doing anything. It won't power on. I get no screen. Nothing. Is it completely bricked? How can I at least get back to Download mode for Odin?
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Good friend. You bricked his phone. Way to not read.

The Root said:
Good friend. You bricked his phone. Way to not read.
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That's all you have to say? Can I unbrick the phone?

MrAutomatic said:
That's all you have to say? Can I unbrick the phone?
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Nope, probably should have done some more research before breaking someone else's phone for them. Hope you got a good job cuz I'd make you buy a brand new one
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Nope, probably should have done some more research before breaking someone else's phone for them. Hope you got a good job cuz I'd make you buy a brand new one
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.

It's bricked if it was an international version Rom. There's usually nothing you can do. Hopefully your friend can take it back to store say it was doing update and it never came back on. I hope he's a good friend. You can't get back into download mode at all because the partitions are different and your download and recovery are no longer in existence.
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edfunkycold said:
It's bricked if it was an international version Rom. There's usually nothing you can do. Hopefully your friend can take it back to store say it was doing update and it never came back on. I hope he's a good friend. You can't get back into download mode at all because the partitions are different and your download and recovery are no longer in existence.
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Thank you for giving me a real explanation and not just running your mouth. She works for the carrier so she won't have an issue getting the phone replaced. I just hate inconveniencing them. It's just ridiculous that everything went smooth up until that point. What I don't understand is why the phone won't even power back on, at all, but oh well. She says they can have another to her within a day.

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Thank you for giving me a real explanation and not just running your mouth. She works for the carrier so she won't have an issue getting the phone replaced. I just hate inconveniencing them. It's just ridiculous that everything went smooth up until that point. What I don't understand is why the phone won't even power back on, at all, but oh well. She says they can have another to her within a day.
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here ill explain on the International S3 their Kernel partition is stored where on the US variant our bootloader is stored. So when you flash a international rom it wipes your bootloader because thats where the kernel goes on the international

This same thread will come up in about five hours. I will insult that person too. Learn what you're doing. I'm tired of these threads and they won't ban people who do this. I don't think you should be doing custom stuff to phones if you know this little. Is that more clear?

evo4gnoob said:
here ill explain on the International S3 their Kernel partition is stored where on the US variant our bootloader is stored. So when you flash a international rom it wipes your bootloader because thats where the kernel goes on the international
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This will prevent it from even powering on or getting into Download mode? Sheesh.

MrAutomatic said:
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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I get that those replies probably werent the most soothing, but all of this could have been avoided and replying like that does not help you resolve you problem.
Now I dont know who you are or how much you looked into it, but next time make sure you stick to the development sections of the phone you're trying to flash
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MrAutomatic said:
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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No problemo! Happy to help
I like to break stuff!

MrAutomatic said:
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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Hey, I'm not trying to be a jackass. Maybe I am, but you have to imagine the frustration of people like myself who read for months before even trying to root a phone. You have to understand what you're doing with your device and especially a friend's. Every phone that goes back and was exchanged because a of a "bad OTA" helped create the excuse for an off-contract $500 Samsung Epic to become a $600-$700 Samasung Galaxy S3. I have never bricked a device. I tested Triangle Away for the first time on this phone for Chainfire and tested countless leaked kernels for Agat on the Epic Touch. My devices are fine because i knew what I was doing. This is why you should read.

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This will prevent it from even powering on or getting into Download mode? Sheesh.
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Yes since the partitions are different so let's say its supposed to format cache then on the US variant it will format something else. So the System doesn't get installed and the wrong things get formatted. You'd think you could just go back to boot loader but its wiped since the partition was different
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evo4gnoob said:
Yes since the partitions are different so let's say its supposed to format cache then on the US variant it will format something else. So the System doesn't get installed and the wrong things get formatted. You'd think you could just go back to boot loader but its wiped since the partition was different
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For a little comparison, go install linux beside windoze on a separate partition using wubi, then delete the linux install and see if your computer will boot up. Oh no it won't boot because windows can no longer find the MBR (Master Boot Record, which is a PC bootloader) Just like borking the bootloader on a mobile device means that the device no more worky.
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
For a little comparison, go install linux beside windoze on a separate partition using wubi, then delete the linux install and see if your computer will boot up. Oh no it won't boot because windows can no longer find the MBR (Master Boot Record, which is a PC bootloader) Just like borking the bootloader on a mobile device means that the device no more worky.
I like to break stuff!
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Ah. Hahaha. Good memories
I did this exact thing on my first linux install. Yay for recovery disks lol
Second time around I made sure I chainloaded into windows first and wrote the vista MBR. :good:
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CNexus said:
Ah. Hahaha. Good memories
I did this exact thing on my first linux install. Yay for recovery disks lol
Second time around I made sure I chainloaded into windows first and wrote the vista MBR. :good:
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I keep a rescatux disk taped to the bottom of my laptops for just such emergencies. I can't tell you how many times I've decided to upgrade or change my linux distro and hosed the MBR. Even done it a few times when the install was "successful" and linux would boot fine but windoze was MIA :banghead: only problem with a mobile device is once the bootloaders blown there's no rescue disk equivalent for the home user. Sometimes jtag can fix it but not if it doesnt come on at all
I like to break stuff!

Lol..... You did almost the same mistake I managed to do (Was my first time EVER rooting and flashing a rom). Just call sprint an play dumb. You might have to pay a fee but that's all you can really do at this point. After that mistake, I always stay in the Sprint GS3 forum along with researching all my roms, add ons, along with themes that I flash beforehand and reading the reviews on them.

Not to defend anyone but everyone was a newbie at one point but I do agree with if your not sure ask questions and read before flashing
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The root is blunt but speaks the truth. If you read. You would have seen that there are threads of people who have bricked their phone. So if you would have searched you would have seen what to do. Sheesh there's even a sticky to remind you not to flash international ROMs on the US variants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156714
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