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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?
Sent From My Evo Killer!!

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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 ~.~)

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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 ~.~)
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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] Need advice on replacement

Morning all!!
I need your advice on getting my 4G Touch replaced. My wife and I purchased both our E4GT on December of last year and it looks like mine needs repair or replaced. We did not opt for the insurance which is my issue.
My accelerometer is not functioning correctly so it can no longer tell how I'm holding it anymore and rotates any way it feels like. I have disabled screen rotation, but that doesn't help with the camera app. Most of the time it takes pictures sideways or upside down. I know it's not a software issue as I have run multiple roms and even set it back to a factory rom (unrooted) and still does this.
I have a couple of months left on the one year warranty, but I cannot send it in for repair as, like most folks, I need this phone every day and can't go without it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Take it to a local Sprint repair center if its able to be repaired they usually get it done in several hours and if it needs to be replaced they order a new one and give your phone back until it arrives. They may charge you $39 though
I assume you have tried a sensor calibration?

someguyatx said:
Take it to a local Sprint repair center if its able to be repaired they usually get it done in several hours and if it needs to be replaced they order a new one and give your phone back until it arrives. They may charge you $39 though
I assume you have tried a sensor calibration?
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Make sure you unroot before taking it in. If they have to replace it its $35 granted that there is no liquid damage or corrosion in the charging port.
Sent from my Genesis that does what Nintendon't

tuscani1821 said:
Make sure you unroot before taking it in. If they have to replace it its $35 granted that there is no liquid damage or corrosion in the charging port.
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Yeah for sure. ATT brought that to my attention REAL FAST when I messed up my last phone. But wouldn't that be a warranty issue?

Just wondering, why can you not send it in for warranty repair if you still have a couple months left?

Bannjio said:
Just wondering, why can you not send it in for warranty repair if you still have a couple months left?
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It's not that I can't, it's just that my wife and I are looking to buy a house right now. My realtor is calling/texting me sometimes 3 or 4 times a day about seeing a home. In this market, you have to be fast to view one or it might go pending before I get a chance to look and make an offer.
My wife has choose not to deal directly with our realtor and that leaves me as the point-of-contact....go figure!!
I have unrooted and odin'd a stock rom and have an appointment at noon today with my local repair center. I will let ya know how that went. I know there is no water damage as I take very good care of my phone, so it shouldn't be an issue with the warranty.

I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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sasquatchotragavaca said:
I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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I cannot deny or confirm that, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.

sasquatchotragavaca said:
I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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Most phones have them somewhere inside. ive had them try to say it had water damage before but i took pics of everythng before i sent in

sasquatchotragavaca said:
I read somewhere that the e4gt has water damage stickers inside in other words if they try to say it haz water damage u can tell by those stickers they have insida.
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There is a sticker inside and they will check it.
Like someone else said, you keep your phone until the new one arrives
modmandan said:
I cannot deny or confirm that, but it wouldn't surprise me at all.
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fryingpan0613 said:
There is a sticker inside and they will check it.
Like someone else said, you keep your phone until the new one arrives
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Took the unit in yesterday. They have ordered a replacement that should arrive this week. Guess I get to go through the whole rooting process again. I did a nandroid and TB all my apps and data, so no big deal.

modmandan said:
Took the unit in yesterday. They have ordered a replacement that should arrive this week. Guess I get to go through the whole rooting process again. I did a nandroid and TB all my apps and data, so no big deal.
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They replaced my power button

Identity Crisis! SCH-R760 or SPH-D710?

Hello, I bought a used phone from eBay, like the ones on this section, but I want to root it, I'm not sure what would brick this phone, my problem is that when I boot it up, it says it's a US Cellular SCH-R760, same thing with the "about phone" section of the settings.
But, the battery cover says it's a Sprint phone, and taking off the battery reveals a sticker with the model being SPH-D710.
Did somebody root it? I tried using root checker and it said "Negative"
If I were to root it, what phone would I take the files from?
Thank you, and sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Wow... That's a new one. I would try Framaroot so you don't flash the wrong files. Sounds like you got a refurbished phone of some sort, or somebody took the motherboard from the US Cellular and slapped it into a Sprint body. I personally world trust Settings/About Phone over the sticker tho. Which means you'll have to run a converter. Is your phone activated? Do you have a carrier?
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bilgerryan said:
Wow... That's a new one. I would try Framaroot so you don't flash the wrong files. Sounds like you got a refurbished phone of some sort, or somebody took the motherboard from the US Cellular and slapped it into a Sprint body. I personally world trust Settings/About Phone over the sticker tho. Which means you'll have to run a converter. Is your phone activated? Do you have a carrier?
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Yes, I'm using Page Plus, everything works, I just get about 2/3gish speeds.

Did you flash it to Page Plus or was it already flashed?

bilgerryan said:
Did you flash it to Page Plus or was it already flashed?
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I took it to a store, and some guy I think flashed it for me.

Can you take a screenshot of your Settings/About Phone?

bilgerryan said:
Can you take a screenshot of your Settings/About Phone?
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Ok, give me a minute.

Here you go.

You have a us cellular sch-r760. Whoever tou got it from took the motherboard from the uscellular and put it in the sprint version body. I am not sure if flashing files here would hurt the phone. I do know there is a different website for your phone though. Team us cellular has roms and whatnot for your phone. Unsure of the exact web address sorry. Google will help though. Goodluck
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And it's still on GB...eek, yeah I don't think anybody but a couple people can help you out. @diceman1000 and @ps3hacker3 might be able to help if I remember right.

The SCH-R760 is the same as the E4GT less the 4G. Thou should be able to glass any E4GT ROMs, AOSP, NOT STOCK? And they should work. You'll have to use Handcent or GoSMS and manually put in your PP APNs in order for MMS to work though.
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Adan_Jr said:
Here you go.
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Check out Buckleberry on the team us cellular site. Master of inversions. Only inverted Skydrive I ever found. Makes good roms, too. You have some good devs over there. You should have no problem finding what you need.
Some links for you...
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/4280-stable-jelly-bean-rom/
Development thread,
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/272-galaxy-s-ii-romskernelsmods/
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micmars said:
Check out Buckleberry on the team us cellular site. Master of inversions. Only inverted Skydrive I ever found. Makes good roms, too. You have some good devs over there. You should have no problem finding what you need.
Some links for you...
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/4280-stable-jelly-bean-rom/
Development thread,
http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/forum/272-galaxy-s-ii-romskernelsmods/
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Wow how did i not see this sorry guys but yes the E4GT and the uscc verion of the SCH-R760 are the exact same phone without 3g and its kind of weird cause i have recently taken mine apart to look at the motherboard lol and noticed that the motherboard has stickers for the SCH-R760 but there is one portion of the phone up in the top right side of the motherboard that has a sticker for the SPH-D710 which is the sprint variant lol (my phone is brand new as well when i got it no one else has had mine to switch counterparts it came like that weirdest ive seen lol) and like he said before both phones can run both sets of roms feel free to flash anything in store for the sph-d710 onto our uscc version in the exception of completely stock odin files of course

ps3hacker3 said:
Wow how did i not see this sorry guys but yes the E4GT and the uscc verion of the SCH-R760 are the exact same phone without 3g and its kind of weird cause i have recently taken mine apart to look at the motherboard lol and noticed that the motherboard has stickers for the SCH-R760 but there is one portion of the phone up in the top right side of the motherboard that has a sticker for the SPH-D710 which is the sprint variant lol (my phone is brand new as well when i got it no one else has had mine to switch counterparts it came like that weirdest ive seen lol) and like he said before both phones can run both sets of roms feel free to flash anything in store for the sph-d710 onto our uscc version in the exception of completely stock odin files of course
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Thanks to everybody on this thread, this really cleared up some confusion.

Replacement phone modified?

I just got an I there s4 from tmobile because my charger port was loose. The new s4 is on mk2 modem and 4.3 bootloader. If I hit update software in the settings I get 'your phone is modified and cannot get updates' . I haven't even installed a single app yet. Should I return this one too?
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PostMeridianLyf said:
I just got an I there s4 from tmobile because my charger port was loose. The new s4 is on mk2 modem and 4.3 bootloader. If I hit update software in the settings I get 'your phone is modified and cannot get updates' . I haven't even installed a single app yet. Should I return this one too?
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It's a refurbished phone that the factory didn't wipe properly. It had been rooted and the factory just did a full wipe. (Someone got lazy)
If it's on 4.3 it's probably got the Knox bootloader, meaning you can't just Odin it back to stock and make it like nothing happened. You can check this by booting into download mode (power and volume down) and seeing if it says it in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
Personally though, since you just got the phone and it's clearly not been properly refurbished, I'd send it back. Even if you can fix the software issue there is obviously something wrong with it because someone has already sent it back and you know it wasn't properly refurbished. So you might run into another problem later.
I'd tell T Mobile to send you a new one, and make it clear that you're not going to pay the $20 for shipping since they sent you a broken phone.

Skipjacks said:
It's a refurbished phone that the factory didn't wipe properly. It had been rooted and the factory just did a full wipe. (Someone got lazy)
If it's on 4.3 it's probably got the Knox bootloader, meaning you can't just Odin it back to stock and make it like nothing happened. You can check this by booting into download mode (power and volume down) and seeing if it says it in the upper left hand corner of the screen.
Personally though, since you just got the phone and it's clearly not been properly refurbished, I'd send it back. Even if you can fix the software issue there is obviously something wrong with it because someone has already sent it back and you know it wasn't properly refurbished. So you might run into another problem later.
I'd tell T Mobile to send you a new one, and make it clear that you're not going to pay the $20 for shipping since they sent you a broken phone.
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Thanks man, took your advice and they are sending another free of charge. I never knew they sent refurb phones back if your new one breaks. Always thought they sent brand new phones. I guess that's why they only send the phone with no battery or back cover.
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Thanks man, took your advice and they are sending another free of charge. I never knew they sent refurb phones back if your new one breaks. Always thought they sent brand new phones. I guess that's why they only send the phone with no battery or back cover.
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Yup. And you're going to get another refurb too to replace that last one.
The easy was to tell is the label under the battery. If it's a new phone the label looks like this...
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If it's a refurbished phone the label is different. It's a little thinner as I recall. (Sorry, I couldnt' find a picture of one.)
The refurb facility is not the manufacturing plant so they have slightly different stickers.
Usually the refurbs are fine. I wouldn't worry about getting the next one. I had a refurbed S4 for a while and it was better than the new one I had originally. (It didn't survive being dropped onto the granite sink in my bathroom, then subsequently the tile floor. But it was better before that!)
You just got a bad one from a lazy worker at the refurb place who didn't do a thorough job. As soon as you get the new one though test it thoroughly. Make sure every system works. Bluetooth, GPS, LTE, GSM, every spot on teh touchscreen, etc etc etc

Root counter? Jump?

Does the D-851 have a root counter on it? I'm new to JUMP and, I saw over on the reddit T-Mobile page that rooting your phone voids the warranty and will cause you to have to pay a deductible if you try to JUMP. I've also seen threads where people say that they have successfully flashed back to stock and have been okay. One or two people say they've even JUMPed with phones running cyanogenmod....
After flashing back to stock I went to dialer, 3845#*851#, tap to "LG RCT", tap "display Result" and is says "not rooted" since I've flashed back to stock. I see no counter. I've also heard of something called QFuze? But can't find much info.

Alot of it depends on who the rep is. The rep is the one that decides if you need to pay the deductible. This is only if you jump. I used to work for t-mobile. If your warranty it or mail in your device by doing things online then reps don't get any day. The g3 can be reverted back to stock and it doesn't have a root checker from what I've read. Which is a huge reason I moved away from Samsung. Tmo has an unlocked bootloader which makes things way easier too. I don't think there is much of a risk. Checking for root is not standard protocol in the jump check process. Just my opinion though, no guarantees, but I think the chances are pretty good with the G3 in getting away with root.
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Harmtan2 said:
Alot of it depends on who the rep is. The rep is the one that decides if you need to pay the deductible. This is only if you jump. I used to work for t-mobile. If your warranty it or mail in your device by doing things online then reps don't get any day. The g3 can be reverted back to stock and it doesn't have a root checker from what I've read. Which is a huge reason I moved away from Samsung. Tmo has an unlocked bootloader which makes things way easier too. I don't think there is much of a risk. Checking for root is not standard protocol in the jump check process. Just my opinion though, no guarantees, but I think the chances are pretty good with the G3 in getting away with root.
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This seems to be similar to what other threads of similar nature are saying. It sounds like as long as I flash my phone back to stock rom, and it's not damaged, I really have nothing to worry about.

DigitalChris602 said:
Does the D-851 have a root counter on it? I'm new to JUMP and, I saw over on the reddit T-Mobile page that rooting your phone voids the warranty and will cause you to have to pay a deductible if you try to JUMP. I've also seen threads where people say that they have successfully flashed back to stock and have been okay. One or two people say they've even JUMPed with phones running cyanogenmod....
After flashing back to stock I went to dialer, 3845#*851#, tap to "LG RCT", tap "display Result" and is says "not rooted" since I've flashed back to stock. I see no counter. I've also heard of something called QFuze? But can't find much info.
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I recently did JUMP from the Galaxy S4 to the G3.. I also was rooted with Cyanogenmod.... All I had it to pay is the taxes on the G3... The rep at T-Mobile said depending on your credit score is if they determine if you pay a down-payment or just the taxes...

All the reports I have heard have said that the 8110c kdz file resets the root counter. That might change in the future.

they check only if the phone boots to a normal and no crack screen.
first day launch of G3 i went to the store. my note 3 is rooted and i even told the lady that my phone is rooted. they dont care..
i am a JUMP subscriber

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I've used jump twice now and both times the store rep never even turned my device on. I did factory reset it myself but it was still rooted with a custom recovery. The phone just goes back somewhere to be reset anyways. My wife's cousin used to do that and he used to see all kinds of weird stuff on phones but after its reset its stock.

You can put the phone back to stock. Theres a link somewhere on this forum