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How to brick my epic 4G permanently?

Nope, not a typo - I want to brick my Epic 4G to the point where you can't bring it back via Odin. Even a hardware brick would suffice. Or I'd just like to break it purposefully without physical damage.
I know the first thing you're thinking is insurance fraud, but it's far from that. You see, my Epic 4G is already broken. I'm met with freezes on Android 2.2 ROMs, even the official stock unrooted one. The latest official build has been a problem since the day I flashed it. I
tried to take it to Sprint, but all they did was restore it to Android 2.1 and told me to take a hike. This is absolutely unacceptable. Before I go through the Better Business Bureau, I wanted to see if I could just render my phone inoperable beyond repair so they can give me a proper replacement or fix.
Please let me know if there's any way I can do this as I'm really getting sick and tired of all the issues I seem to be having with any 2.2 build.

Bad idea. Just stock it, and go up the chain of repair until someone with a clue gets to it. These bricked devices piling up lately are going to raise somebody's eyebrows.

Yes I agree with ko. Bad idea to brick it. Take it elsewhere. If it is really freezing on stick roms shoe them. Are u sure your not trying to overclock it and your phone can't handle it?
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musclehead84 said:
If it is really freezing on stick roms shoe them.
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Swype FTW.

Try flashing a rom for the evo
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Well i have bricked my phone a dozen of times, but odin ALWAYS fixes it, if you are having problems with the cellphone just go back to the techs at your local sprint store and say that you are still having problems with it, if maybe helps if you have the total equipment plan since but i bet you have it. Just go to the store and say that it still having problems (all of this without being rooted or running a custom rom) and if you cant show them the issue just tell it does it sometime, after all the customer is always right (or thats the way it should be ~.~)

alexs5 said:
Well i have bricked my phone a dozen of times, but odin ALWAYS fixes it, if you are having problems with the cellphone just go back to the techs at your local sprint store and say that you are still having problems with it, if maybe helps if you have the total equipment plan since but i bet you have it. Just go to the store and say that it still having problems (all of this without being rooted or running a custom rom) and if you cant show them the issue just tell it does it sometime, after all the customer is always right (or thats the way it should be ~.~)
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If you can Odin back then it is not really bricked, more like sponged. Bricked is a dead dead phone. No lights, no charge, no download mode. If he has this "soft brick" or "sponged" condition, the techs will more than likely be able to get him back working. Even though Odin'ing back to a fresh stock may fix his problem.

Ya don't brick it on purpose, just return to stock using Odin go into the sprint store and say its freezing and I'm sure they will attempt to fix it or mist likely will swap it out..
Sent from my Epic 4.1g bonsai plant

davidrules7778 said:
Ya don't brick it on purpose, just return to stock using Odin go into the sprint store and say its freezing and I'm sure they will attempt to fix it or mist likely will swap it out..
Sent from my Epic 4.1g bonsai plant
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If he has TEP. If not it is $35.
Do you BONSAI?

Microwave for 5 seconds or so.

EDIT: permanent / public FTW

elrey75 said:
Serious response to question.
If it is unrooted and running stock 2.1, leave it unrooted (or unroot it) and flash any rom using odin... this would corrupt it beyond repair.
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It will still be able to Odin back to stock from that.

k0nane said:
Swype FTW.
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ROFL.. Lmao! I agree.

Short it.
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This is still fraud and you just made a permenant,public record of it. Just go to a different store and explain it to them
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Lol
Take it to a third party service center,those idiots will brick it for you

humdrum2009 said:
Take it to a third party service center,those idiots will brick it for you
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Hey watch it. I'm a tech at a 3rd party store and have a reputation better than the president. If you brought it to a Nexgen, Intouch Wireless, or Mobile Wireless Indirect store (or similar) that has a repair center, they SHOULD replace it free of charge as long as you have TEP (otherwise like someone else said it will be $35). Obviously you're still within the first year warranty so they shouldn't hassle you. Unless you're dealing with a retarded tech.

Why don't you just sell the phone and get something new?
Tapa tapa tapa

mlin said:
Why don't you just sell the phone and get something new?
Tapa tapa tapa
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Oh that's a great idea, don't defraud the multi-million dollar business, instead just rip off the little man.....are you a senator, governor or something???
k0nane said:
Swype FTW.
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Just shoe it....lol, way to funny

musclehead84 said:
...If it is really freezing on stick roms shoe them...
Sent From My Evo Killer!!
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While k0nane's swoosh is quite humorous, I was thinking more along the lines of this:

[Q] is the leaked 2.3.3 or just a cover up of 2.2

went to a sprint store and the sprint representive said the EE03 for the epic 4g was a fake and was not the real gingerbread but a covered up version of 2.2 froyo is this really true????

Lol are you serious? The guys messing with you

xDDDDD. Wait you were serious? Sorry.
He's messing with you man. EE03 is a leaked version of 2.3.3, it most certainly NOT 2.2!

No. Otherwise Netflix wouldn't work on it. It is NOT an official release but a beta version. There will be later versions before it is released.

i can't speak for others, but IMHO the devs in this community know more than 99% of "Sprint store" employees about what is going on with the epic and with gingerbread.
Have you tried running the leaked EE03 rom? it has some functionality to it that is definitely an improvement over stock EC05 froyo, but also definitely a little way to go before a fully functional gingerbread release.
on a different note -- anyone hear about the progress of EE19?
i can haz moar ginjurbreds nao?

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jarcher1971 said:
i can't speak for others, but IMHO the devs in this community know more than 99% of "Sprint store" employees about what is going on with the epic and with gingerbread.
Have you tried running the leaked EE03 rom? it has some functionality to it that is definitely an improvement over stock EC05 froyo, but also definitely a little way to go before a fully functional gingerbread release.
on a different note -- anyone hear about the progress of EE19?
i can haz moar ginjurbreds nao?
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yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio

catman9712 said:
yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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sounds like they just wanted to try to sell you a new phone. nexus s may have some things that are better than the epic (like being a purely google device), but with these gingerleaks here and the real gingerbread on the way the epic is still the best phone for me.

jarcher1971 said:
sounds like they just wanted to try to sell you a new phone. nexus s may have some things that are better than the epic (like being a purely google device), but with these gingerleaks here and the real gingerbread on the way the epic is still the best phone for me.
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I Totally have to agree the epic 4g is clearly a better phone if you screw up with it or something i have always been able to reset it and sprint techs not even having a clue i did that.

So, I work for sprint and I can tell you that xda has more info than we do. They don't really tell us much at all, xda would have info up for weeks before they officially tell us anything. Kind of funny
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I am so stealing that.

catman9712 said:
yes i am running it. and i was running it when i went to the sprint store and showed them that, and even said i had netflix and they still said it was a tweeked version of froyo and they say that the nexus s is the better phone. LOL really its the same except for the NFC radio
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Cell store employees are i my personnel experience are dumb ass mofos. like car salesmen.
I Verizon tech fried my phone once, I was out of state & the ****ing pricks would not upgrade my phone on the spot after that. I was so pissed a cop came & then the cop sided with me and told them ther where full of **** & left after i told him i would not kick there asss all over the store

Go back in there and tell him how stupid he is.
Sent From My Evo Killer!

Oh I did tell them how stupid they was
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catman9712 said:
Oh I did tell them how stupid they was
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were. how stupid they were.

.. shakes magic 8-ball...
My sources say NO

austin420 said:
are. how stupid they are.
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FTFY
I don't think anything magically made them smarter overnight...

he has no clue its the same issue my verzon friends with the fascinate were having they were told the update they had was froyo (2.2) when verizon only had a cover up of eclair at the time (2.1.2)
the LEAKED gingerbread is not within their knoledge because it is leaked, thus we know more than they do... because they only know OFFICIAL RELEASES

JettMartinez said:
I am so stealing that.
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me too, love it.

[Q] Are the devs coming?

I bought an Lg Optimus G E971 to tide me over til my nexus 4 showed up. It's here now but I don't see any reason to unpack / use it except for the fact there is huge dev support for it. Think we're going to get anything for the Optimus?

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tawheed12 said:
I bought an Lg Optimus G E971 to tide me over til my nexus 4 showed up. It's here now but I don't see any reason to unpack / use it except for the fact there is huge dev support for it. Think we're going to get anything for the Optimus?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031261
you're welcome.

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2031261
you're welcome.
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Sorry, coming from the world of Samsung devices where the development forums are MASSIVE this seems kind of weak.

Optimus G is not just a pretty rare device, but unavailable in half world for sale yet.

I guess I'll kick in my dev skills into high gear with this phone. Love everything about this phone and plan on keeping it for a while
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The phone has only just come out, give it some time. The sprint and at&t forums are also very active (remember you are in the international forum).
Sent from my LG-E973

vpetkar said:
The phone has only just come out, give it some time. The sprint and at&t forums are also very active (remember you are in the international forum).
Sent from my LG-E973
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The phone's been out for 2 months.. Or a month. Don't remember. But coming from the Nexus 4 forums and SGS (2) forums, this is quite a disappointment. I think it's due to the fact that LG's reputation isn't that good, and a lot of people are overlooking this phone because it's simply not as popular as the SGS3.

Probably a lot of truth to that statement.. shame too because as someone who used several of the more popular phones I truly find the LGOG to be the best of the bunch.
Either way I feel like this phone is more than worth the wait for different development..

I could lay on a hand on it but i don't have optimus g.
I bought my HOX instead LGOG because there's no official set over malaysia and i needed a daily driver.
As now LGOG is able to be unlocked bootloader and already have cwm.
I can contribute porting CM10.1 (4.2) and some other's work.
Just require some details as for sure.
-system partition info
-a copy of stock boot.img
-can it be restore via kdz?
-some tester that not afraid to brick their device
I hope to help.Such a beast but lack of dev is just a weird thing over here.
Maybe it's quite rare and hard to get over other's country such as M'sia.
If community can get dev a phone that will be lovable but work come first.
Cheers

Zackconsole said:
I could lay on a hand on it but i don't have optimus g.
I bought my HOX instead LGOG because there's no official set over malaysia and i needed a daily driver.
As now LGOG is able to be unlocked bootloader and already have cwm.
I can contribute porting CM10.1 (4.2) and some other's work.
Just require some details as for sure.
-system partition info
-a copy of stock boot.img
-can it be restore via kdz?
-some tester that not afraid to brick their device
I hope to help.Such a beast but lack of dev is just a weird thing over here.
Maybe it's quite rare and hard to get over other's country such as M'sia.
If community can get dev a phone that will be lovable but work come first.
Cheers
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Hey thanks for your help, CM10.1 dev has already begun in the development forums. Mostly everything works except for capacitive buttons, wifi and nfc.
If you can discuss with that team you might be able to find what you're looking for. I can get you partition information though I'm just wondering HOW to do that. I can also upload stock boot.img and yes it can be restored via KDZ.
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I think that this device is not very widely available at present so development will initially be slow. Having just searched eBay i managed to find one device for just under £500, i paid £420 2 weeks ago off eBay. I think the device release will be very limited and dont think it wil hit UK shores at all. The people who have this phone in any flavours shou be grateful and just go with the flow
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My guess is that it's just not that popular of a phone. People don't like LG. My friend works at a Telus store and says the entire store hadn't sold a single one.
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BMelz said:
My guess is that it's just not that popular of a phone. People don't like LG. My friend works at a Telus store and says the entire store hadn't sold a single one.
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Not surprised... Everyone wants the SGS3. Plus so many different versions doesn't help either. I'm having trouble trying to sell one on Kijiji for $400...

I looked on kijiji and found maybe yours, maybe another, I'm just wondering why do you want to sell your optimus G ? some battery bug ? Some preference for another phone ? Anyway, 1. I'm on koodo so I need the e973 model, 2. I need to get some money after the holydays before I buy that phone
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No signal or data but working 4g

Last night i disassembled my E4GT because my power button was sticky. Ive done this quite a few times so its not i dont know what im doing. After pulling out the button and cleaning it. I reassembled the phone and have no service. It goes in and out of roaming with no bars whatsoever. Also loses all network all together by showing the cicle with a line through it. I do have working 4g as im sending this message using the device. Gps works and i cant test wifi as i dont have it. Im probably going to go to my sprint tepair center but just curious if anyone could provide some feedback.
Edit. I can get a signal roaming but will not connect to sprint network. Also updated prl from a custom corporate prl. But cannot update profile
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Sounds like your antenna isn't making a clean connection with the motherboard. You will need to disassemble it again to check that. Hopefully the leaf springs that make that contact are not damaged.
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graydiggy said:
Sounds like your antenna isn't making a clean connection with the motherboard. You will need to disassemble it again to check that. Hopefully the leaf springs that make that contact are not damaged.
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Thank you for your reply. I disassembled it and nothing appears to be damaged. I carefully pryed up the leaf springs cleaned the connections and reassembled with the same results. Luckily i have insurance and am still.under warranty.

tekanina said:
Thank you for your reply. I disassembled it and nothing appears to be damaged. I carefully pryed up the leaf springs cleaned the connections and reassembled with the same results. Luckily i have insurance and am still.under warranty.
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Can you tell us the run down of your current build right quick as seen in about phone? (Kernel/modem/rom)

When this happened i was running CM 10.1 w/ fl24 modem(edit: build 3/22). After i lost signal i ocd to FI27 rooted restore.
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When this happened i was running CM 10.1 w/ fl24 modem(edit: build 3/22). After i lost signal i ocd to FI27 rooted restore.
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Thanks. I'm sure you know but was just checking to make sure everything was as it should be. (The smallest things get over looked and all)
On the bright side, I had my phone replaced last week and they didn't lie when they said it was over nighted. Got it quick. I hope you have the same experience with them.

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Thanks. I'm sure you know but was just checking to make sure everything was as it should be. (The smallest things get over looked and all)
On the bright side, I had my phone replaced last week and they didn't lie when they said it was over nighted. Got it quick. I hope you have the same experience with them.
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Went to the sprint store today they said it got wet. I have no idea how this happened. There was a dried up water drop around the connectors. So I fuess I have to make an insurance claim. This is my fifth E4GT I have had in 8 months 2 where insurance claims this is getting pretty old. Thanks for the help it is appreciated.

tekanina said:
Went to the sprint store today they said it got wet. I have no idea how this happened. There was a dried up water drop around the connectors. So I fuess I have to make an insurance claim. This is my fifth E4GT I have had in 8 months 2 where insurance claims this is getting pretty old. Thanks for the help it is appreciated.
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Sorry to hear that. Seriously.
Hope you get up and running quickly.

Do I need to unroot to trade my phone it?

I have that jump program and feel like getting the GS5. I got this GS4 about 6 or so months ago and if I remember correctly (which I don't) I used odin to root it.. Had it rooted for a couple months then decided to put a rom on which was Wicked 5.0 or something. About 2 months ago I put wicked 9.1 on.
I'm pretty sure I saved a recovery before even putting the first wicked rom on, but WTF is up with the way it saves the files, maybe someone can help with this image, but what is the oldest date of these recoveries ?
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If I was to go back to just the stock recovery but still rooted, would a t-mobile rep know this? and if they did would it be a problem?
If I did get back to the stock recovery, could I unroot it? I remember buying a triangle app or something ,that reset the flash counter on this phone? does that ring any bells? lol
Thanks

What version are you running and did you acquire KNOX at any time?
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Kriptik210 said:
What version are you running and did you acquire KNOX at any time?
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It's 4.3. And I dont know what knox is.
thanks for the reply

You could Odin the stock image. That's all I usually do.
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Android_Monsters said:
You could Odin the stock image. That's all I usually do.
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Im going to follow these instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2336392
thanks

Yes, you need to unroot if you want to trade your phone and also make sure you didn't trip Knox.
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You dont know what KNOX is? You lucky bastard, you....
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Look at the jump contract. I looked at it briefly when I signed up for it. If i remember correctly there are 3 conditions to exchange your phone.
1. no water damage
2. screen isn't cracked
3. it turns on
I didn't see any sort of refusal of service if the phone is rooted.

gregorina said:
Look at the jump contract. I looked at it briefly when I signed up for it. If i remember correctly there are 3 conditions to exchange your phone.
1. no water damage
2. screen isn't cracked
3. it turns on
I didn't see any sort of refusal of service if the phone is rooted.
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The guy told me yesterday that it can't be rooted, he said "we will check" all night last night till like 4am, I was reading and working on getting the GS4 into shape and ready to go.. I followed those directions above that I posted the link for and it worked awesome..
I go and trade my phone in today the guy just made sure it went to the setup screen after you factory reset it.. That was it, lol.
Now its on the GS5 this thing is a beast so far, I love that I can wash it I dropped it into my pool (3 feet deep) for a minute or so and it held up just fine! put it under running water same thing, no water inside the battery compartment! Sure its not worlds better than the GS4, but I don't think I'm gonna rom this one, I will root it eventually because I tether about 15+ gigs a month Well, later all, hope to see you follow me over to the GS5 forums one day.. or maybe wait until the GS6?

To anyone's knowledge, has anyone ever been refused a JUMP upgrade due to a tripped KNOX counter?

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To anyone's knowledge, has anyone ever been refused a JUMP upgrade due to a tripped KNOX counter?
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It's hard to prove a negative...but I read this board daily. I read every topic regarding trade in adns warrenties.
I have never seen anyone talk about being denied a trade in on XDA due to KNOX.

they don't check
The clerk handling returns/exchange is instructed to check just 2 points:
The phone powers up
The IMEI/ESN is the same as what you claim, they check behind the battery, they don't even check to confirm the software IMEI matches the sticker,

Skipjacks said:
It's hard to prove a negative...but I read this board daily. I read every topic regarding trade in adns warrenties.
I have never seen anyone talk about being denied a trade in on XDA due to KNOX.
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As far as I can tell it's a "no" for now. Anyone aware is this is going to persist or are we still on a "not right now but but they could start checking for KNOX any day now" status?
I have a GS4 and I don't think I'll upgrade until winter at the earliest... But I REALLY REALLY want to root my phone.

What version of android are you using? If you were on 4.3 or lower you could do something like this:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GiZ7D2zjJdA
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