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Lost phone.

Just lost my phone in taxi I'm rooted also have face unlock and pattern unlock secondary. Is there anything I can do to assure the finder can't use it. Or can I track it. I'm on monthly 4g so no insurance!

That sucks man. As for gps locating your phone I believe that's offered by your insurance, or if you had any type of Norton, kaspersky, trend micro etc security on it. They offer stuff like that. Otherwise you might be SOL. As for them getting in I don't know. Maybe someone else can shed some light on that answer.
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Go to the play store from your computer and download "plan b" it will be pushed to your phone and allows you to track it.
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A buddy of mine used "Lost Phone" app from Play store

I hate how easy it is for someone to look up how to wipe a phone and easily bypass all security. Usually when someone finds a phone, that person doesn't want to know your stuff.

Where's my Droid can also be pushed, and then you can get it's location
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did u ever set up Lookout on you phone? it comes w/it.. if you maybe randomly did one day, you can find it with that

2nd to the Plan B. That works amazingly. Also, check if you have a cab receipt. You might be able to use that to identify which cab specifically had the phone. You can call into their dispatch office and ask for that cab. Lookout is awesome too.

I called the cab said he saw no phone. Another passanger could have gotten it. I'm not even going to bother now what's done is done. Thanks to you and everyone for your help. I wanted a new phone anyway maybe my wife will get me one for fathers day. I'll wait and probably get a note or galaxy nexus I'm sticking with Samsung I have a windows and a iPhone at home but don't feel like it I can't go backwards .
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diamantericos said:
I called the cab said he saw no phone. Another passanger could have gotten it. I'm not even going to bother now what's done is done. Thanks to you and everyone for your help. I wanted a new phone anyway maybe my wife will get me one for fathers day. I'll wait and probably get a note or galaxy nexus I'm sticking with Samsung I have a windows and a iPhone at home but don't feel like it I can't go backwards .
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Or you can wait and preorder gs3
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Or you can wait and preorder gs3
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I find that the GS3 is not much of a significant upgrade from the GSII. I would much more suggest a Galaxy Nexus since it will still be relevant for many more months to come. The GN comes with pure stock ICS not that TW crap. The GN is almost certain to receive jellybean directly from Google pretty quick while the S3 will have to suffer through what the SII just went through from GB to ICS
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Or you can wait and preorder gs3
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I thought about that but I'd be paying full price I have monthly no contract. And since the the note is dual core as well as the s3 I rather the larger screen
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iLeopard said:
I find that the GS3 is not much of a significant upgrade from the GSII. I would much more suggest a Galaxy Nexus since it will still be relevant for many more months to come. The GN comes with pure stock ICS not that TW crap. The GN is almost certain to receive jellybean directly from Google pretty quick while the S3 will have to suffer through what the SII just went through from GB to ICS
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I get what your saying also I hate that stupid button on the s3
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diamantericos said:
I get what your saying also I hate that stupid button on the s3
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Should've went with nexus style all screen.that was kind of the point of ics
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I would recommend setting up a pin lock on your next device, that way whenever the phone is restarted it prompts you for the pin. It doesn't matter if it's been wiped or not, it registers with your carrier. Also, as added security, I use Avast and from there I can remotely wipe my sd card and the phone, thus removing any chance of someone getting any of my personal info.
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new ion? said:
Should've went with nexus style all screen.that was kind of the point of ics
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I totally agree don't know why these manufacturers still making new ics devices with buttons. Besides the nexus the only other device I see with on screen is a new Motorola phone coming out.
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civicvx94 said:
I would recommend setting up a pin lock on your next device, that way whenever the phone is restarted it prompts you for the pin. It doesn't matter if it's been wiped or not, it registers with your carrier. Also, as added security, I use Avast and from there I can remotely wipe my sd card and the phone, thus removing any chance of someone getting any of my personal info.
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I will definitely do that especially for the SD wipe part I was more worried about that . I changed all my passwords starting with Google account and Facebook
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Oh and you should leave your gps enable all the time because i realize that all those apps does not have the capability to turn it on.
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Teo032 said:
Oh and you should leave your gps enable all the time because i realize that all those apps does not have the capability to turn it on.
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I do I just haven't install any of those apps but I'll with new phone
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Well my lovely wife surprised me when I got home early fathers day gift $400 for what ever phone I want now just to choose note or galaxy nexus. I'm getting the note now second choice eBay or Amazon I've never used eBay but got some good prices. PS hey if I loose the note I'm an ass that phablet too big to loose lol. But will definately secure it
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How do u do a soft rebbot

Trying not to do battery pull. I have a otter box and it a pain. Has any one tried and have done it on their note 2
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Hold for like 20 seconds the power button..
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shahkam said:
Hold for like 20 seconds the power button..
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This has worked for you
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BACARDILIMON said:
This has worked for you
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It did work on my s3 so i figured maybe it would whit the note..
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Just tried and it did not.
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Just tried and it did not.
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Are you that lazy that taking a case off for a battery pull you open a new thread? You got your solution right there i don't mean to be a jerk but yeah..
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shahkam said:
Are you that lazy that taking a case off for a battery pull you open a new thread? You got your solution right there i don't mean to be a jerk but yeah..
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Well when it is a 54.00 otter box that is not meant to be taken on and off daily then yeah I guess u can call me lazy.
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My otterbox stretched out to **** from doing that on my S3. You are better of not taking some of these cases off.
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Well I found out that Jedi rom does not do soft boot unless u use another custom kernel. Since I went to Perseus I have not had phone freeze up at all.
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Well when it is a 54.00 otter box that is not meant to be taken on and off daily then yeah I guess u can call me lazy.
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I see.. But i would still do it if i really had no option left anyways looks like you found your solution.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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one80oneday said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.siriusapplications.quickboot
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This will not work if ur phone is frozen.
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BACARDILIMON said:
This will not work if ur phone is frozen.
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Of couse it won't, no app would because OS is frozen. Your question asked how to soft reboot. Did not mention frozen phone...

one80oneday said:
Of couse it won't, no app would because OS is frozen. Your question asked how to soft reboot. Did not mention frozen phone...
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I had on another 2 post.
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Yea that did work for the GS3 no matter what the phone was under. Frozen, Aroma Freeze, Recovery, App crashes. No matter what on the GS3 if you held the power button down it would reboot the phone. If you were in recovery and it froze during an installation all you had to do was hold the power down and it would just reboot back to the recovery. But on this phone for some reason or another you cant.
Sick of this community, no matter what someone has to bash on someone else's queston. Peoples internet mentality is just rude plain and simple.
Hopefully I answered you, I still have not been able to locate which combinations of buttons that allows us to, but if I do i'll PM you just incase someone else's butt gets hurt.

G1Master said:
Yea that did work for the GS3 no matter what the phone was under. Frozen, Aroma Freeze, Recovery, App crashes. No matter what on the GS3 if you held the power button down it would reboot the phone. If you were in recovery and it froze during an installation all you had to do was hold the power down and it would just reboot back to the recovery. But on this phone for some reason or another you cant.
Sick of this community, no matter what someone has to bash on someone else's queston. Peoples internet mentality is just rude plain and simple.
Hopefully I answered you, I still have not been able to locate which combinations of buttons that allows us to, but if I do i'll PM you just incase someone else's butt gets hurt.
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What I found was the kernel I was using. I changed over and it good now
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Clone note 2

Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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Depends on the HSPA frequency. Needs 1700 mhz or AWS frequency.
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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Damn thats pretty extreme dude wtf you do to her to even think she would do that to you?? lol j/k... seriously tho just get a note 2 from tmobile and pay the extra 20 bucks a month... if ts in her name give her the phone back.... Karma brother watch out... Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...

I would but I paid 350 on the phone already and she won't give to money back. And not worth taking to court because I'll spend the same taking her to court.
She was talking to her ex so I broke up with her
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She was talking to her ex so I broke up with her
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I hate that. ^
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*****es - can't live with them and can't kill them
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derrickmd18 said:
I would but I paid 350 on the phone already and she won't give to money back. And not worth taking to court because I'll spend the same taking her to court.
She was talking to her ex so I broke up with her
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She told me about you. Dude I promise I was nothing serious...
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darekz said:
*****es - can't live with them and can't kill them
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can if you dare to do so *****es need to die

dandn0ten said:
can if you dare to do so *****es need to die
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Careful. This thread might be tapped. Lol
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Does it do 4g?
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you can get it unlocked even if its black listed from ebayers
i got a blacklisted iphone 4 unlocked from one of the guys on ebay :good:

Was you able to get 4g
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derrickmd18 said:
.... I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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IMO, if it ever get blacklisted, then technically it won't be able to get to work on either at&t or t-mo as it said, they are sharing banned IMEI device. will get 4g or not, depends on which network this phone will be used.

This is what u do, u go back to her all apologetic and saying baby i miss you blah blah blah all while ur getting the phone switched to ur name and all that. Once the deed is done, walk. #guycode
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derrickmd18 said:
Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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Your first mistake was getting a mobile account with your girlfriend........ you're not married and doesn't seem to serious if that was the cause of the "break up" . Date smart, have your own **** that way can't nobody put you out, cut off your phone, repo your vehicle, etc. . ^_^
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clone note2
Hi do you still ha ve the phone for parts ?if yes contact me at (954)655-7116 Alex
QUOTE=derrickmd18;40135889]Ok long story short my ex girlfriend got pissed off at me breaking up with her and turned my phone off. Went to tmobile corporate office Store and switched the phone to my account with a prepaid sim card.
Well was told there is a 50/50 percent chance she can still get it blacklisted. So I'm selling it for parts if it does and getting a clone note 2. Question is will it work on tmobile and will I get 4g?
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need help with locked phone

My wife lost her phone about a month ago and got a new one through insurence.while we wer moving we found her old note 2.i started using it and tmobile locked the phone.ive rooted it and romed it and cant seem to get it unlocked.i took a shoot at getting one of the unlock codes from a web site but it was a scam just like i thought it would be.what do i need to do to get it unlocked.ive also tried by inputing the *#---------- but from what ive seen everbody has a 4th option and i cant ever get it to come up.any thoughts on how to get this done

I think u have to downgrade to another version...but thats all I know...
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will not for T-Mobile again unless they unblock it u can unlock it for another GSM. Carrier but will not work for T-Mobile not matter what as it is THE IMEI WHICH IS BLOCKED NOT YOUR PHONE BEING LOCKED.
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Both are correct. Downgrade then unlock then get aprepaid company
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kintwofan said:
Both are correct. Downgrade then unlock then get aprepaid company
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Won't work if it's blacklisted. All gsm carriers in the u.s share blacklists now.
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GN2Rabbit said:
Won't work if it's blacklisted. All gsm carriers in the u.s share blacklists now.
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Can you link this. My understanding is att and t mobile will be with others soon. I see people all the time do this
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kintwofan said:
Can you link this. My understanding is att and t mobile will be with others soon. I see people all the time do this
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http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/2220
Here is the member list. Also these blacklists will soon apply to resellers. I had a rep from at&t and t-mobile confirm that.
http://www.ctia.org/membership/ctia_members/
Soon blacklisted phones will be paperweights.
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my suggestion is to change the imei its illegal but **** it you having a beast device
if anything message me i cant talk about that in thread

GN2Rabbit said:
http://www.ctia.org/media/press/body.cfm/prid/2220
Here is the member list. Also these blacklists will soon apply to resellers. I had a rep from at&t and t-mobile confirm that.
http://www.ctia.org/membership/ctia_members/
Soon blacklisted phones will be paperweights.
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This confirms exactly what I was saying. I know is coming, but it's not here yet. So for the time being the op can use the phone on prepay. For how long who knows.
To the guy above me. Please delete your comment. You can't discuss our recommend illegal activity on xda. That kind of thing can get xda in trouble and get this thread locked quickly.
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kintwofan said:
This confirms exactly what I was saying. I know is coming, but it's not here yet. So for the time being the op can use the phone on prepay. For how long who knows.
To the guy above me. Please delete your comment. You can't discuss our recommend illegal activity on xda. That kind of thing can get xda in trouble and get this thread locked quickly.
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Deeznutz you're every where my man
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kintwofan said:
Deeznutz you're every where my man
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And you kind sir
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kintwofan said:
This confirms exactly what I was saying. I know is coming, but it's not here yet. So for the time being the op can use the phone on prepay. For how long who knows.
To the guy above me. Please delete your comment. You can't discuss our recommend illegal activity on xda. That kind of thing can get xda in trouble and get this thread locked quickly.
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I called simplemobile and they said that soon they'll be checking phones against the black list. They'll do it on activation of service. They'll be doing it within 6 months. So enjoy it while it lasts.
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GN2Rabbit said:
I called simplemobile and they said that soon they'll be checking phones against the black list. They'll do it on activation of service. They'll be doing it within 6 months. So enjoy it while it lasts.
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Sure....I called too and they said as compensation if your phone ends up blocked they'll give you a new note 4 in place of it.
By the way my point still stands, for this minute he can use it on prepaid. Oh and based on what you just said
"They'll do it on activation of service."
If is activated now he'll be good when they make the switch. I'm not sure where you're trying to go with the besides start a fight you're losing and looking stupid doing at the same time.
And for the record I have at mobile account with an active note I was just trying to help the OP my start a fight not sure why you even jumped in
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kintwofan said:
Sure....I called too and they said as compensation if your phone ends up blocked they'll give you a new note 4 in place of it.
By the way my point still stands, for this minute he can use it on prepaid. Oh and based on what you just said
"They'll do it on activation of service."
If is activated now he'll be good when they make the switch. I'm not sure where you're trying to go with the besides start a fight you're losing and looking stupid doing at the same time.
And for the record I have at mobile account with an active note I was just trying to help the OP my start a fight not sure why you even jumped in
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Don't know. But it won't be an option for long. That is why I chimed in. We all knew it wouldn't last. For now yes it'll work. But after they enforce the black list who knows.
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What will T-Mobile do if they find out if I'm rooted?

I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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ThaGreatest said:
I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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TriangleAway then Odin stock and factory reset if you can.

Do as said above by Aerowinder if possible, if not just play stupid.
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What will happen if I show up without doing that? I really just need input on what's wrong and what I can do to fix it unless they'll give a new one since my phone looks completely brand new.
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Aerowinder said:
TriangleAway then Odin stock and factory reset if you can.
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Do as said above by Aerowinder if possible, if not just play stupid.
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Do you guys think they'll give me a new phone or anything because my phone is in mint condition. There's not a speck of damage on it.
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ThaGreatest said:
Do you guys think they'll give me a new phone or anything because my phone is in mint condition. There's not a speck of damage on it.
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I wouldn't know what happens if you're going through T-Mobile but I assume you'll be fine if you're polite and explain you don't know what's going on, insist you've been with T-Mobile because of their excellent support if they make a big deal about it. Asurion the insurance company working with T-Mobile will take it anyways because they just fix it and that's it and resell it. And because you pay a monthly bill they're making money off of you regardless and you still have to pay a deductible.
But you SHOULD really return to stock.
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If they see that the phone is rooted, they'll just simply do nothing for you. That's why people say "your warranty is now void".
Do what is mentioned above or take your chances and hope the T-Mobile rep that is assisting you doesn't check to see if the phone is rooted or check the flash counter.
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I most likely just try to extract some info from them so maybe I could fix it myself. I really don't want to pay them money for something not my fault.
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I was hoping not to do that being that I just had to do factory reset like 2 weeks ago and I hate reinstalling everything but I guess I have to do it. I get the stock version from DocHolidays thread, right?
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I get it from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 right?
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That should do the trick. And if you're on a stock build now, you may not have to factory reset, backup anyway.
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DocHoliday77 said:
That should do the trick. And if you're on a stock build now, you may not have to factory reset, backup anyway.
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I'm on the root66 version
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Oh, simple enough then! Just go to SuperSU and unroot.
You could even try to temp unroot if you think that's all you'd need to do to hide it.
Befire you unroot though, do you have a custom recovery or kernel installed? If not, then run triangle away, then unroot. If you do, reflash root66, then use TA and unroot.
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ThaGreatest said:
I need to take my phone up there because the phone is having problems with the battery and I've done everything I can. I have insurance on the phone and also have Android JB 4.1.2 and I'm rooted. Is there anyway to hide it or should I even care?
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What's the problem with the battery?

I like the features I get with my stock build, but I'm considering a root for better control over my apps, (Greenify, permission control) so this thread seems like a relevant question.
Is Triangle Away and unrooting all it takes to make it appear that I haven't done anything?
The warranty issue is the only thing stopping me, it's saved me a bunch in the past...
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OutlawV said:
I like the features I get with my stock build, but I'm considering a root for better control over my apps, (Greenify, permission control) so this thread seems like a relevant question.
Is Triangle Away and unrooting all it takes to make it appear that I haven't done anything?
The warranty issue is the only thing stopping me, it's saved me a bunch in the past...
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If done in the correct order with no custom recovery or custom kernel, yes that should be all you have to do.
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I rooted my phone once, but I will never do it again after what happened. Last year I rooted my GS3 and about a week later, my local T-Mobile store called my phone unexpectedly. The guy on the other end told me I was due for a price drop, but I would have to come into the T-Mobile store to sign the paperwork before it would take effect. 2 days later I stopped in to get the discount on my monthly payment. The T-Mobile employee said he would have to look at my phone just to verify that it was the correct serial number. He went into the back room and said he would be back in a few minutes. 10 minutes later, a police officer walks in the store and asks my name. I'm totally freaked out wondering what the deal is. He asks me to turn around a puts hand cuffs on me. The officer told me I was under arrested and being charged with "rooting a mobile device". I was booked and released, but I would watch what you do to your phone. Good luck.
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LOL!!!
I'm not even sure how to react to that!
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Just be careful... The terms of my probation are to never visit XDA, so I'm really just telling what can happen.
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dave2metz said:
I rooted my phone once, but I will never do it again after what happened. Last year I rooted my GS3 and about a week later, my local T-Mobile store called my phone unexpectedly. The guy on the other end told me I was due for a price drop, but I would have to come into the T-Mobile store to sign the paperwork before it would take effect. 2 days later I stopped in to get the discount on my monthly payment. The T-Mobile employee said he would have to look at my phone just to verify that it was the correct serial number. He went into the back room and said he would be back in a few minutes. 10 minutes later, a police officer walks in the store and asks my name. I'm totally freaked out wondering what the deal is. He asks me to turn around a puts hand cuffs on me. The officer told me I was under arrested and being charged with "rooting a mobile device". I was booked and released, but I would watch what you do to your phone. Good luck.
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Rooting a device isn't illegal. They can kiss my ring. Think about it, if it was illegal why are root apps allowed on Google Play? And also, why is XDA not been shut down?
Methinks something else happened there. Maybe you voided their warranty and tried getting a discount which may be against the rules. Or something. But I know for a fact this is legal. Unlocking is a different story however.
So my advice, root on my brothers it's the only damn freedom we have left here in America.
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