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Why did my Galaxy Nexus brick itself?

I have been using my fine since release from Verizon. Most of the time on 4.0.4 deodexed stock w/ FrancoKernel Milestone 4 and Radio I515.09 V.FA02 / I515.FA02.
Phone is in great condition. It was not overheating at the time of shut down.
Randomly the screen went dark with a bunch of lines (acting like it was dying).
It stayed on that frozen line screen until I pulled the battery.
It restarted with the Google logo and just sat there.
Pulled again. Now phone does not charge or turn on trying 3 different batteries.
Took battery and sim out for 10 minutes and still nothing.
I didn't mess with voltage or overclock or anything like that.
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Should I send it in for warranty claim? I'm afraid they will get it working and see my rooted phone with private information and a ROM that allows tethering.

Did you attempt to restore to stock and see if it persists?
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happymouse said:
Did you attempt to restore to stock and see if it persists?
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How do I return a phone to stock that I can't turn on?

jamor414 said:
How do I return a phone to stock that I can't turn on?
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Can't boot into fast boot mode? Holding the power button and the both volume keys. Until the big android pops up?
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ÜBER™ said:
Can't boot into fast boot mode? Holding the power button and the both volume keys. Until the big android pops up?
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That doesn't work either. It has no signs of life whatsoever.

Android suicide :'(
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jamor414 said:
That doesn't work either. It has no signs of life whatsoever.
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Yeah gunna have to call for a replacement.
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happymouse said:
Did you attempt to restore to stock and see if it persists?
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Derrrrrrrrp
jamor414 said:
That doesn't work either. It has no signs of life whatsoever.
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Yeah if it doesn't turn on no matter what you've tried, it's most likely an unrecoverable brick. I've had it happen to me on an HTC phone randomly and it sucked. Aside from what you've already tried, I'd say maybe leave the battery in, plug the phone into the charger and wait for a bit and see if anything happens. Other than that you're SOL.
I also highly doubt that Verizon will be able to coax the phone back to life if it's a hardware fault.

damn. thanks.

I had a Bionic do that, it seemed like it just shorted out one night. I went to a Verizon store and tried different batteries and such in it with no luck. Probably just a hardware defect of some sort.

Mine did the same just the other day. Same exact way you described it for me. I tried to revive it using ODIN and OMAP Flash but it gets stuck at writing to the NAND then fails. I actually searched the forum and it seems to have happened quite a lot. I'm guessing its a hardware defect that some of the Nexus have just like how it was on the first batch of Galaxy S i9000M phones. (I know because mine corrupted twice and Samsung refused to fix it the second time.) Some threads and even Chainfire's Nexus killed itself it seems:
https://twitter.com/ChainfireXDA/status/221919265408823297
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671044
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1701347
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1696246
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621430
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592931
With that said, there might be one last thing you can do which is the OMAP flash JTAG via USB if you haven't tried it yet:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f63...-i9100g-via-usb-cable-freeeeeeeeeeee-1465412/
This will try to flash a bootloader for you where in you can access fastboot, etc. If you can access Download Mode, you can try to use ODIN to bring it back as well.
If ODIN or OMAP Flash fails to write to the NAND then its hardware issue and needs to be replaced. Hope you have warranty still.

Thanks Dawg. Nothing worked.
VZW tech support didn't even ask one question and sent me a new phone which arrives today. It must be common.
Loved my phone setup too.
I have to start backing everything up to my PC. I had a feeling not having an SD card would burn me.

Retiring my T-989...

Not by choice...my S2's power button is sticking when I press down on it and even with a small tap (without actually pushing down), it will bring up the power menu and such. It's causing complete havoc and keeps putting me into a Sleep of Death. I've tried ODINing and everything back to stock but it's definitely a hardware malfeasance. I still have my warranty so my next step will be sending it in for a replacement.
Until then I'm on the Samsung Captivate. UGH lol...if any of you ever had it, it's soo difficult to adapt to after having a Vibrant/TMo S2. So much ODINing and flashing of CWM and kernels JUST to get to CM10. I've been in a recovery boot loop for the last 2 hours and finally got it right (I'm not even sure how lol). Anyways this is the end of my rant/venting.
Hope you have a good night and a great next day.

Replace the actual power switch. Youll be back in no time.

tri4life said:
Replace the actual power switch. Youll be back in no time.
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Yeah I was gonna but I'm better off replacing this one. My USB port is iffy at best and only mounts as mass storage like half the time. I was okay as long as it charges but it's too much of a hassle to buy and replace multiple parts

tri4life said:
Replace the actual power switch. Youll be back in no time.
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I would love to know where to get one, please provide me with the URL to the item page.
Don't seem to see any on ebay that is for T989.
Thank you

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822609
I have started using this apk to save hardware
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My phone has this same issue and quite frankly I hate it. Maybe I can get a warantee exchange for another device.

teruyume said:
I would love to know where to get one, please provide me with the URL to the item page.
Don't seem to see any on ebay that is for T989.
Thank you
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Hey did you or anybody find a part number or even a cheap phone we can harvest this button from ??

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-power-button-repair/
Highly recommended, $35 and I had my phone back in 10 days, they didn't even factory restore it. It still had my CM and apps on it and its been working fine ever since.
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You guys beat your phone to hell
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I'm aware of that just saying I can do it myself if I can locate an equivalent part. Already have the old one off - put a charged battery in and phone didn't even start up by itself

This could be it. eBay item: 271084653175
Btw is there any other way to turn this phone on without using the power button ?

Did anyone ever find a source for buying a new power button?

drLouie said:
Did anyone ever find a source for buying a new power button?
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Here you go! They'll fix it for you!!
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-power-button-repair/

I had the same problem with my T989D (Telus Hercules). I was four days outside my warranty, but Samsung was kind enough to authorize a warranty repair.
I thought they were going to replace the button, instead they replaced the entire PBA/Mainboard.
The notes indicate: PBA REMPLACE - PAS D'ALIMENTATION (PBA replaced - no power)
So new button, mainboard, and connector for the usb at the bottom, everything works beautifully, couldn't be happier.

LoopDoGG79 said:
Here you go! They'll fix it for you!!
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-t-mobile-power-button-repair/
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I had heard about them, and everyone seems to like them, I was just going to do it myself if I could find the part. I figured me getting the part / putting it in would be less time than shipping it to them and getting it back.

drLouie said:
I had heard about them, and everyone seems to like them, I was just going to do it myself if I could find the part. I figured me getting the part / putting it in would be less time than shipping it to them and getting it back.
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35 to much?

LoopDoGG79 said:
35 to much?
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No, like I said I was trying to do it in less time. Plus after you pay them express it takes it to $70, still reasonable but it was all about timing.

I sent mine to smsung is it covered
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don728871 said:
I sent mine to smsung is it covered
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I've had mine more than a year, so Samsung wouldn't cover mine (or at least that is my understanding).

drLouie said:
I've had mine more than a year, so Samsung wouldn't cover mine (or at least that is my understanding).
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Didn't this phone come out in June of this year
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Did anyone get there Acer replaced?

I was thinking about calling Acer to fix my Iconia A100 as I still have it in the 1 year warranty time span. But my question is do I have to pay for shipping or is that included? I was also wondering if they are going to fix it or send me a whole different refurbished one? I have a scratch on my screen and would like that to get fixed as well, and I have touchscreen problems were it doesn't get recognized sometimes like if I am in a drawing app. So if they don't replace it but fix the screen, you think they are going to put in a whole new screen and my scratch will not be there?

You pay shipping to them only, I don't know if its refurbished or not. Mine came back with a few scratches on the back casing. I am not going to fight them over that. They replaced the mainboard and display which for a no boot issue I'm not sure why the display. Whole process was about 14 days including weekends.
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Did you unroot? And does anyone else know?

jakob95 said:
Did you unroot? And does anyone else know?
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If its apx mode you can't and it doesn't matter anyways they just swap it and send it back.
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pio_masaki said:
If its apx mode you can't and it doesn't matter anyways they just swap it and send it back.
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What is apx mode? My tablet is running fine, and its rooted but I didn't unlock the bootloader. So they do give you a refurbished huh?

jakob95 said:
What is apx mode? My tablet is running fine, and its rooted but I didn't unlock the bootloader. So they do give you a refurbished huh?
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If its running fine why is it going for service? Apx is failsafe, power led on screen blank and off.
Refurb in a way. I got my device back with a new motherboard.
Edit OK I see what you meant. No, they won't replace that glass unless that's why its going in for service.
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pio_masaki said:
If its running fine why is it going for service? Apx is failsafe, power led on screen blank and off.
Refurb in a way. I got my device back with a new motherboard.
Edit OK I see what you meant. No, they won't replace that glass unless that's why its going in for service.
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But if they are giving you back a refub then wouldn't the scratch not be there technically since its a new unit?

jakob95 said:
But if they are giving you back a refub then wouldn't the scratch not be there technically since its a new unit?
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I never said you get a refurb back. I got a new motherboard in the same device and it was sent back, you may or may not get one at acers discretion, in other words dont count on it.
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pio_masaki said:
I never said you get a refurb back. I got a new motherboard in the same device and it was sent back, you may or may not get one at acers discretion, in other words dont count on it.
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I bought mine refurbished and it was in mint condition. Does acer have a fix for faulty emmc in refurbs? I mean do you know?
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justjackyl said:
I bought mine refurbished and it was in mint condition. Does acer have a fix for faulty emmc in refurbs? I mean do you know?
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It stands to reason they could just reimage the EMMC and slap it into another refurb unit and send it out working as normal. It may even prevent the EMMC bricking from occuring again. Seeing as they replace the board vs reimaging it, it's doubtful that anything is done with the bricked boards. As far as the "new" motherboards, no, the EMMC is the same as before. Mine even came back on HC, spamming the update to ICS. The "fix" is already implemented into godmachine's kernel and twrp recovery kernel. AFAIK there hasn't been a brick since the MEM_CAP_ERASE was removed from the kernels. I implemented it into my kernels for the Thrive even though they aren't prone to it, better safe then sorry. SO, unless Acer has released an update to ICS that patches the kernel (or something else maybe, like the board's EMMC firmware) I have to say speculate NO, they have not fixed the random brick issue.

when i got mine back i had a nice new scratch on my screen protector. Glad i have it and it had a new boot screen that had 2 acer logo's in the upper third of the screen.

So if I tell them that I got problems with my touch screen, you guys don't think they will actually replace my touch screen? Cause I really want to get rid of this scratch.

jakob95 said:
So if I tell them that I got problems with my touch screen, you guys don't think they will actually replace my touch screen? Cause I really want to get rid of this scratch.
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They replace whatever the reason its being accepted for repair. If its going in for touch screen issues then they'll likely replace it. If its going in for a brick then no, unless its also known to them. If its just because of a scratch then no you'll need to pay for it.
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I Just bricked My Galaxy s iii

I cant even get it to start in bootloader

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I cant even get it to start in bootloader
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Are you asking for help? Or just announcing?
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help
Whiplashh said:
Are you asking for help? Or just announcing?
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Help please

I hit the power button nothing happens not even boot loop please help

grunted said:
I hit the power button nothing happens not even boot loop please help
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Give us the story of what you were doing before or when it crapped.

epic4GEE said:
Give us the story of what you were doing before or when it crapped.
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I tried to flash cwm touch

grunted said:
I tried to flash cwm touch
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Hold volume down and power and home
Does it do anything? If so, get Odin and flash a stock tar for jellybean.
******WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE EVERYTHING ON PHONE (not external sdcard, the PHONE).*******
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Whats the name of the cwm file you flashed and how you flashed it
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evo4gnoob said:
Whats the name of the cwm file you flashed and how you flashed it
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This ^
Also, if you did it through the app, I've heard a lot of reports lately of people bootlooping after updating their recovery.
So if you can get it recognized in ODIN, flash a recovery through that and then see if you can get into it

I think i did the same. i was installing liquidsmooth for the S3 and went to reboot it and bam! bricked. i realized i did not do a wipe i just did an install on top of the rom. I have since then tried all button combos but no luck. I have installed odin and seems like when i plug in the phone to the computer and hold VOL UP+home+power my PC recognizes it but i dont think odin does. So I plan on going and buying one off craigslist and activating it in the morning if i cant do anything by then.

CNexus said:
This ^
Also, if you did it through the app, I've heard a lot of reports lately of people bootlooping after updating their recovery.
So if you can get it recognized in ODIN, flash a recovery through that and then see if you can get into it
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My phone is dead can't get it in to Odin or recovery nothing happens

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My phone is dead can't get it in to Odin or recovery nothing happens
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Then it sounds to me like you have yourself a fancy paperweight. Where did you find the ROM you were flashing when it occurred?

tkepk181 said:
Then it sounds to me like you have yourself a fancy paperweight. Where did you find the ROM you were flashing when it occurred?
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He was trying to flash cwm touch

I sent my phne to mobiletechvideo and got it fixed to stock. Cheaper than buying a new phone
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They fix a hard brick
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FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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Shouldn't be doing this when you hard brick your phone, that's for actual phone defects and your dumb mistake doesn't fall into that category... :banghead:
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bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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You hard bricked three times!!!! Don't experiment use stuff you know will work!!!
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bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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This is called fraud. It's not a manufacturer defect that you screwed up. It's a you defect :thumbdown: people like you are the reason prices keep going up instead of going down.
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I like to break stuff!

bonebeatz1234 said:
FYI if you had a hard brick call Samsung and tell them it just stopped working and they will send you a box pre paid to send your phone in and a refurbished phone for your replacement. I end up getting a new phone as a replacement as I bricked mine a few weeks after the phone can out. I did this three times and the last time got a refurbished one. You don't pay nothing and the phone come in about a week the only thing that stuck is you have to setup your phone all over again. There really nice on the phone and didn't ask me about flashing or rooting my phone they just tried to have me trouble shoot the phone which I couldn't. Oh one thing our phone I's covered for one year manufacture warranty that has nothing to do with the carrier.
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Please do not encourage other members to commit fraud.
Fraud: A false representation of a matter of fact—whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of what should have been disclosed—that deceives and is intended to deceive another so that the individual will act upon it to her or his legal injury.
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Whether or not they do replace it is irrelevant. When you decided to root your phone, you voided any and all claims on your warranty (which covers manufacturers defects only). If all of the people who hard-brick their phones claim it on the sprint warranty, you'll see a drastic increase in one (or all) of the following:
Phone Costs
Plan pricing
TEP Costs
"Premium Data" charges
By "claiming ignorance," you are willfully misrepresenting your situation to Sprint, with the intent to deceive Sprint so that they may pay for your mistake. This, by definition, is fraud. Now, you probably won't be sitting in front of a Grand Jury because of one (or three) replaced phones, but it honestly speaks volumes to your moral character if you see no problem with this.
What you're doing is passing the buck on your mistake off to Sprint. Sprint, in turn, will pass that cost onto us. Please don't recommend this course of action again.

Camera purple/blue/red tint problem

Hello all,
This problem occurs when taking pictures when there is less light. From what I have read the only way to fix this is to send the phone to HTC for a hardware repair. However, I had bought this phone second-hand from someone online. How could I use the warranty now? Please advise.

stealth09 said:
Hello all,
This problem occurs when taking pictures when there is less light. From what I have read the only way to fix this is to send the phone to HTC for a hardware repair. However, I had bought this phone second-hand from someone online. How could I use the warranty now? Please advise.
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The phone should still be under warranty. Just get on a chat with HTC and get a repair ticket set up and you'll be good to go.
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brholt6 said:
The phone should still be under warranty. Just get on a chat with HTC and get a repair ticket set up and you'll be good to go.
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Thanks for your reply, but will they accept it if I am not the original buyer of the phone? I bought it second-hand from Gumtree.

stealth09 said:
Thanks for your reply, but will they accept it if I am not the original buyer of the phone? I bought it second-hand from Gumtree.
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They should since it would be within the one year. I don't think selling a phone breaks the warranty. If you get on a chat with them they'll ask you for your info and worst case scenario is they tell you no.
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Yes, I bought mine off of Craigslist. They didn't even ask me if I was the original owner. It is under warranty and they fixed my camera issue without any problems. Took almost exactly 2 weeks to get the phone back from the day I sent it.
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HTC repair sucks!

zetsumeikuro said:
HTC repair sucks!
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Go on...

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Go on...
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I'll leave it at that for now. I raged at their chat for about 30 minutes before I got offered 2 more options.

I had HTC repair my camera and not only did they expedite shipping (standard overnight) the camera looks great now when taking pics, The phone looks perfect just like I sent it in. Looks brand new. The actually changed the motherboard and put a new sticker with all the new info on it.
I called them, ask if they could do something more than standard ground and had a prepaid label in my email about an hour later. I brought the phone to fedex saturday morning, it shipped to htc by monday morning 9:30am and was showing in repair at 11am then an email around 5pm that it was done and setup for fedex pickup. Received it at 230pm today.
I think their service and repair was outstanding.

I've been waiting to send my M7 in for this camera issue but now that I've picked up the M8 I was thinking about just selling it as is. It's rooted unlocked with s off.

So I did some Googling in order to get an answer as to whether I can send my phone in for this fix without getting it back unrooted/S-On.
From what I've read it seems to be hit or miss.
Anyone reading this sent one in that was S-Off, only to have it come back stock/S-On?

omgyeti said:
So I did some Googling in order to get an answer as to whether I can send my phone in for this fix without getting it back unrooted/S-On.
From what I've read it seems to be hit or miss.
Anyone reading this sent one in that was S-Off, only to have it come back stock/S-On?
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If you send it S-OFF, technically you are breaking the warranty. And that would REALLY suck for you, cause you would be without a phone for about 2 weeks and it would come back in the same condition, AND you wouldn't be able to fix it anymore afterwards. So you kinda gave birth to 3 birds with one womb.
I S-ON'ed mine when I sent it in, and luckily since this was within a week or 2 of 4.4.2 coming out, they only flashed 4.2.2 (I think. This was like 8 months ago. Whichever version is currently rootable). I would suspect that now, your phone would come with 4.4.2 + Sense 6.0, which is not rootable.

I'm considering flashing a stock rom, then doing a faux h-boot that indicates s-on and removes the unlock/development red text from the startup image.
I just worry that they might have a flash stock rom/recovery step that they do regardless of what is on the phones that get which would lock me up with an unrooted phone once I got it back.