Is there anything I can do to return it because I'm just not happy with it..I still have days left to return to T-Mobile. .I know I would have to return to stock somehow at least...Should I just Odin back to the newest Ota or the one before? Do they check often on the Knox deal?
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Definitely Odin back to stock and then just hand it over. I'd be very, very surprised if they checked Knox. In fact, I just used my Jump to get this phone and the rep I dealt with didn't even check to see if my old phone turned on. He only checked for water damage and put the phone aside and handed me my new phone.
However, if by some crazy chance you get someone that actually knows what they're doing and gives you trouble, just go to a different store/s until someone takes it.
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I have to send it by mail..
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Well, that's a different story. I have read a lot of folks on here say that the people who receive these phones just completey reflash the stock firmware to the point that the phone is basically like new. That includes any kind of security features like Knox. I would think you should still be alright but I couldn't really say with confidence one way or the other as I've not had to mail in a non-stock phone before.
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I have been having major signal issues with my inc2 (leaked RUU installed) so I called and have a warranty replacement on the way
I am curious if anyone has gotten a warranty replacement in the last week, and WHICH software was installed on it? I am banking on 2.2 still being ont here so i can S-off the phone....please let me know if you know....
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It will b 2.3.3....I'm coming from a fascinate and my dinc2 will b here Friday....expecting 2.3.3
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you think they have actually taken the time to take EVERY single refurb and update them instead of just NOT doing it and having the phone force the update upon activation?
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you think they have actually taken the time to take EVERY single refurb and update them instead of just NOT doing it and having the phone force the update upon activation?
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That's the point of a refurb though, to be brand new so to speak. so it will 9/10 be updated software.
I got my fascinate to inc2 switch with a refurbished on wed last week and it came with 2.2. Just a fyi.
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It is a mixed bag with refurbished versions. I currently have a little screen separation going on but I am dealing with it because I don't want to lose root or get stuck in Verizon refurbish hell.
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Replacement phones are 80% of the time broke and fixed get insurance 100% new
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Replacement phones are 80% of the time broke and fixed get insurance 100% new
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You are right about the broke part, not so much with the fix.
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I have to say my refurbs have been fine. for both inc1 and inc2
If I get a new one from insurance would that still be 2.2 or will it be updated?
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If I get a new one from insurance would that still be 2.2 or will it be updated?
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no one can say for sure.
Mines left yesterday, should be getting it Thursday or Friday, so i hope it still have 2.2. I too think it's a roll of the dice, because they would literally have to replace ALL the phones, it would be better to just let the user update it, but we will see.
This was an issue back when I had the Eris, and I needed a refurb, and the same thing, I tried asking before they sent it out and they said that it's most likely going to be sent with the updated software, if it a refurb..
I have to ask. I see so many people on here saying they got the DInc 2 from a Fascinate (Same thing I'm doing now) so I'm sure you are all familiar with the Fascinate. How come there isnt anything like the stock ODIN files that can be used on a Fascinate?
Because Samsung and HTC have totally different ways of debugging/developing and use different tools. The Eris is the same way, with S-OFF and all that jazz with the bootloader. IMO the Odin App made recovering from meltdowns and updating things like the radio VERY easy which was nice. But for some reason this simplicity also led to MORE bricks as all it took for a while to brick your phone was to hit the dreaded phone button instead of the "PDA" button in Odin...
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I have to ask. I see so many people on here saying they got the DInc 2 from a Fascinate (Same thing I'm doing now) so I'm sure you are all familiar with the Fascinate. How come there isnt anything like the stock ODIN files that can be used on a Fascinate?
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I already miss Odin. It was so ridiculously easy to do anything with it. You didn't even need to root to flash a custom rom. Just Odin CWM, boot directly into it, and flash the rom. And very easy to go back to stock and not leave a trace of root. Unlike the current inability to go back to S-On...
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I already miss Odin. It was so ridiculously easy to do anything with it. You didn't even need to root to flash a custom rom. Just Odin CWM, boot directly into it, and flash the rom. And very easy to go back to stock and not leave a trace of root. Unlike the current inability to go back to S-On...
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100% agree. Someone needs to dev a way to do that for this phone.
OK, so i dropped my phone and the screen cracked and im getting a replacement phone sent. No big deal. But my phone is rooted and clearly has a new rom on it. For people who have gone through the process do you usually unroot and revert to stock before sending it back or do you just send it back rooted and let them worry about it?
I just dont want them to take away insurance because I rooted when this isnt even a software problem since im just replacing it because of a cracked screen.
What I did with my evo when I needed a new one was just put a stock rom on it and that was it I still had S-off to
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Well i went to the sprint store the other day and i asked the same question and they said since your going through the insurance company they dont care. But then again when does a sprint rep known to say the truth
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when the screen is cracked you have to file with asurian phoneclaim.com they don't care about root only in store repair does but the screens have not been covered by in store for over a year now
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Ok, thanks. The process isnt anything huge it would have been no problem. But didnt feel like doing it if I didnt have to. Looks like ill just send it back to em the way it is. Porbebly just full wipe and a fresh rom install so none of my info is on it and call it a day
When I warranteed out my phone, I just odined stock eg30 and used a jig. The jig isn't really necessary, but I would flash a stock to be safe, it takes only 5 minutes.
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you are good
I've got a friend that works for a Sprint repair center. He said that as long as the insurance claim is for something other than software, you should be good.
Subject says it all. I've been using my S3 for about 6 months, stock. Recently OTA upgraded to 4.1.1 JB, which killed my battery life compared to ICS, but now I'm considering rooting just to test out ROMs and see if I can improve battery life (and all the goodies that come along with it)
Is preserving the flash counter important? Is that really something we should be concerned about?
I read something in a thread where it was said no matter how you obtain root, when you flash ROMs or kernels it trips the counter +1 anyway.
Just seems like if that is true, then why bother to preserve the flash counter if it trips anyway?
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Don't worry about it. Triangle away will reset it back to zero when needed
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But remember that it's not guaranteed that resetting the flash counter will work. It will void warranty.
I bought my S3 used, so I gave about zero craps because I had no intention of ever trying to get a replacement under warranty, anyway. I'd just sell it for parts if it came to that.
I hope that app works because lately the people who inspect the phones at the tmobile stores are actually looking to see if the phone is rooted now. So maybe the technicians at the lab will look for that counter and see that the phone was rooted.
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Yeah , same problem with me. When on stock ics the battery would drain by 2-3% per hour in idle mode. But after upgrading to jb it is draining at 8-9%. Does anyone knows how to fix that?
I've used triangle away and it resets flash counter. So if u ever need to get ur warranty back just use traingle away and flash stock rom.
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also, you can't play Avengers which you get free as a download from Media Hub if that counter is tripped. I've tried.
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also, you can't play Avengers which you get free as a download from Media Hub if that counter is tripped. I've tried.
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wow. I just tried this and it says it could not play this video. Which I downloaded before from media hub and it did play. But not now. Wow.
It doesn't really matter, BUT that is bull kaka!
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I even dont know how it matters and why.
Happly flashing everything best in market
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Flashing stuff when you don't even know what you're doing and impacting is a bad idea - a user needs to make an informed choice and understand the possible risks and benefits.
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Quick question:
I'm getting a replacement GN2 on Monday.
Before running Triangle Away and restoring my current phone to stock, if I were to take a TWRP backup, could I simply restore the entire backup to the new phone without any issues considering it's all the same hardware?
I'm assuming that the other one will be an i317 as well, not a i317m. I'll verify though.
Yes, it's dumb, but I've never actually found a need to restore a backup in my life before despite the countless flashing.
Thanks!
Yes
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Yes
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its a waste of time bothering to restore to stock, since they wont care if your phone is rooted if its being replaced..
never understand why people bother going through the hassle if they are getting a phone replaced..
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its a waste of time bothering to restore to stock, since they wont care if your phone is rooted if its being replaced..
never understand why people bother going through the hassle if they are getting a phone replaced..
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My phone is being replaced through Javelin Media, they're a marketing company that sets up Samsung booths. One of their employees damaged my phone, so they're replacing it and they intend on repairing mine and doing idk what with it. I'm not really sure if I should revert to stock or not honestly.
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Might as well..it's easy to do
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or just flash a "stock looking" rom..those fools wont bother looking at it too closely
I was thinking of just flashing a stock rom all together. Because they intend on getting it repaired, I don't really want to leave any chance for them to say something about it.
Looks like reverting to stock is easy enough though, may as well do it I guess.
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Lemme know if you run into any problems or questions :beer:
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Even though I agree with wase4711.. I wouldn't give these guys any chance to screw you over.
I remember your problem from the other thread.. And if your phone gets back modified to some guy like the one who did the damage, then they would definitely find any reason to say something.
You never know, there may be some people from xda working there. If they are paying for the replacement, one would think that they would go through the trouble to make sure that it hasn't been tampered with.
Good luck!
Just got the replacement today!
No creaks!
The issue is, I restored my old backup after having to rename the TWRP folder to match my old phones ID, but now it wasn't a "full" restore? My s-notes, ringtones, etc are missing?
I definitely don't want them to screw me over, so I'll make sure they get a phone in the same state as they sent me.
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So I convince my sister to let me root her phone after showing her my awesome phone. I get all the files and prepare for the Odin flash but when I go into download mode on her phone everything says custom and she has a flash count of 7. Weird thing is that her phone isn't pre owned and I can guarantee that her phone has never been rooted or had anything flashed on it. Anybody see this before?
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Not I. The only way to trip the counter is to flash anything but official firmware via odin.
You sure it wasn't a refurb, or used and repackaged? Unless she got it direct from T-Mobile or a Wal-Mart type store, this is very possible.
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That's the weird thing, she bought it straight from tmobile. My sister has no idea how to do any of this stuff so I know she didn't root it before.
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Maybe it was used for batch testing? I kinda doubt there's any way to get to the bottom of this one...
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Yeah but it kind of makes me curious what would have happened if she ever needed a warranty replacement...
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Yeah but it kind of makes me curious what would have happened if she ever needed a warranty replacement...
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TriangleAway?
Yeah I used triangle away after I rooted it
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