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How long before you rooted?

Out of the many threads and forums I have read it seems as though many people are scared to root, and that is understandable because of warranty issues and whatnot...but I'm just curious how long did you guys have your phone before you decided to root?
For me, I enjoyed stock on the day I purchased the phone but rooted the next day because I figured I had solved hundreds of problems with computers and phones and tech...so how hard could it be to take care of rooted android?
Your turn!
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Next day for me!
Wife has one. I have Atrix. I now play with both!
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Less than an hour but that's because that was why I bought the phone
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rboone18 said:
Less than an hour but that's because that was why I bought the phone
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15 minutes at the most

Before I got out of the at&t store parking lot.

I waited a whole week but that was because this is my first android device, so I had to read & read & be sure I was confident enough to do it.

Right when I got home. Had bubbys already downloaded before I had the phone lol
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Two weeks for me. My first android phone, so I read lots of threads here and didn't find any cases of total irreversible bricking, so I went for it. Had an anxious moment or two, but it went very well, and now I've tried several ROMs. Sticking with MIUI for now, although I keep looking at other ROM announcements...

As quickly as I could after removing it from the box.

1week and 3days.

Had to wait 3 hours because I had to fix some issues with mobile data not working right at first.
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I waited about 3 days. Got a feel of stock sense and even side loading with the Sideload Wonder Machine. I still couldn't live without Cyanogen Mod, governing my CPU, and theming my whole device.
Oh the freedom...

I made it a few hours, then I was sick of stock.....

I rooted today, and I bought the phone the week it came out. I wasn't in any rush, since I didn't want to do a bunch of troubleshooting. The rooting tools are really great and are totally stable, so I went for it.
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I waited about a week only because I wanted to make sure there were no factory defects. Didn't want to go through the hassle of returning to stock.
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I downloaded three ROM's and the hack kit when my phone shipped from Ft. Worth. When it showed up I guess it took a couple hours to root it because I just plugged it up until the light turned green and proceeded to root. It never actually booted into stock. I had enough of a nightmare with a stock Wizard back in the day.
I'm glad HTC decided to dissolve the locked bootloader policy because my SOP regarding all new HTC devices is to not buy them until they're well-supported here. HTC support is useless except for free battery cover, sim cover, and battery while in warranty and hardware exchange. They've outright lied to me a handful of times.

Took me about two weeks, as this was my first htc and manual adb root. I gotta say doing it the long way and doing the research was way better in my opinion than the one clicks and z4root that I used on my captivate. I think if more people did it the manual way we would have less conflicts with the different manufactures and in turn less locked bootloaders, because people would be more educated and less likely to mess up their devices.
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I started downloading the things I needed to root BEFORE I even had the phone. As soon as I brought it home, it was time to root it!

Still haven't rooted. I'm skert.

di11igaf said:
Still haven't rooted. I'm skert.
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Yeah right. LOL. I rooted in about an hour. I've had a G1, N1, Captivate, and now Inspire. I've always had #su.
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Problems after the update

So a couple of days ago I got the OTA Gingerbread update. After the update my phone has had some problems. When I text, the buttons stop vibrating sometimes. And also some of my contacts on the messaging app just show up as phone numbers. So please tell me what may be happening.

Can't offer any explanations but keep in mind, ota updates can be problematic because its insalling on top of what's currently installed, as opposed to wiping and doing a clean install.
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I would suggest taking the phone in or possibly better off calling tech support and have them re push the update and go from there...or just root it and flash a custom ROM and enjoy the phone how it should've been.
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The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.

drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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My screen is like that and I didn't return it cause I didn't notice it a huge problem
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drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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I've returned 2 phone because of that, 1st one was within the original 30 days and 2nd one was after and I thankfully have a tech warranty center close by.
How ever on the second one, a refurb I don't have working GPS and the guy would not let me exchange it again and gave me a number for HTC to call and get it exchanged that way, why I'm not sure but it may have been my fault any way. Lol
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bdpyo said:
I've returned 2 phone because of that, 1st one was within the original 30 days and 2nd one was after and I thankfully have a tech warranty center close by.
How ever on the second one, a refurb I don't have working GPS and the guy would not let me exchange it again and gave me a number for HTC to call and get it exchanged that way, why I'm not sure but it may have been my fault any way. Lol
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So you are under warranty and dealing with a non working gps? How did you do a name change?
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Alright, well right now I am trying to find a way to root the phone. I remember how to root my old Samsung Captivate, but this is very different. Including that I now have android 2.3.3 I havent found any way to root the Inspire with Gingerbread. So if you know where I can find a download, please post it while I keep searching.

drakizard said:
Alright, well right now I am trying to find a way to root the phone. I remember how to root my old Samsung Captivate, but this is very different. Including that I now have android 2.3.3 I havent found any way to root the Inspire with Gingerbread. So if you know where I can find a download, please post it while I keep searching.
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Ace Hack Kit v12 in the dev forum. Check the stickie.
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fernandezhjr said:
So you are under warranty and dealing with a non working gps? How did you do a name change?
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Still under the manufacture's warranty and you mean my username?
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bdpyo said:
Still under the manufacture's warranty and you mean my username?
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AT&T should honor that manufacturer warranty, no matter if you already had a couple of exchanges. I would push them on that hard. Yes, user name.
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fernandezhjr said:
AT&T should honor that manufacturer warranty, no matter if you already had a couple of exchanges. I would push them on that hard. Yes, user name.
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I contacted the admin
And yeah the guy at the store told me to call that number it was like some kind of direct line for HTC
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drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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If you search, there are procedures posted to return to stock/ s-on in the event you need to do a warranty exchange. I have done this myself and was able to get a warranty exchange.
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HTC 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty

I just bought an HTC Panache and it came with the bad eMMC and bad screen. WOW the display is noticeably different from my MyTouch4G even when looking straight on.
Anyway, since it is still covered under HTC manu warranty, would I be able to send it in with the request of the new eMMC and the Sony display?
Who should I contact? I sent an e-mail to HTC and they're directing me to some third-party called PCD or something.
Has it worked for you? Should I just call them directly and see if I can talk them into something?

grimey01 said:
I just bought an HTC Panache and it came with the bad eMMC and bad screen. WOW the display is noticeably different from my MyTouch4G even when looking straight on.
Anyway, since it is still covered under HTC manu warranty, would I be able to send it in with the request of the new eMMC and the Sony display?
Who should I contact? I sent an e-mail to HTC and they're directing me to some third-party called PCD or something.
Has it worked for you? Should I just call them directly and see if I can talk them into something?
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I doubt they'll care. You may get lucky, but you better be, like, megaball winner lucky.
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i bought my glacier off craigslist. In rooting with the gfree method, i ended up with a brick that blinks a yellow light (download mode). Tmobile was unable to help me, but i called htc and they took care of it.
I had to pay shipping to them, and i got back the same phone fixed about 2 weeks late i think.
not sure how easy it will be when you have a phone that works but has flaws, my situation was such that the phone was clearly broken, so there was no judgment call by the rep.
i called the htc customer service number here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hotline
good luck

zguithues said:
i bought my glacier off craigslist. In rooting with the gfree method, i ended up with a brick that blinks a yellow light (download mode). Tmobile was unable to help me, but i called htc and they took care of it.
I had to pay shipping to them, and i got back the same phone fixed about 2 weeks late i think.
not sure how easy it will be when you have a phone that works but has flaws, my situation was such that the phone was clearly broken, so there was no judgment call by the rep.
i called the htc customer service number here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hotline
good luck
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maybe i should brick my phone first
hope theyd replace the screen too. ill call them tomorrow

grimey01 said:
maybe i should brick my phone first
hope theyd replace the screen too. ill call them tomorrow
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The bad emmc is a load of garbage. I have been flashing my phone repeatedly for a whole year now with no problems on the bad emmc.
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eqjunkie829 said:
The bad emmc is a load of garbage. I have been flashing my phone repeatedly for a whole year now with no problems on the bad emmc.
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Same except for 6 months. I am a flashaholic. So no worries.
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I thought I was the only one who felt this way...the data they used to determine it was far from conclusive...not everyone reported when they bricked their phone. I've always felt it was user error, but I could be wrong
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well i just rooted and backed up my nandroid from my mt4g
everything working perfectly, i couldnt care less about the eMMC anymore, i just wont mess with it and crackflash with the mt4g instead
but the screen.. its a HUGE difference compared to the sony display used on my mt4g

jjbadd385 said:
I thought I was the only one who felt this way...the data they used to determine it was far from conclusive...not everyone reported when they bricked their phone. I've always felt it was user error, but I could be wrong
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I do believe that there was a bad batch of emmc chips, but I don't think that all of that batch was bad. I think that only a portion of them are doomed to fail.
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How to brick a onex

This may sound strange...but i need to find a way to brick my phone so that not even the bootloader will work.
i tried flashing different roms from different phones but everything seems to have a script to check phone models now so it wont let me flash.
i also tried to wipe everything, cache, system and stuff and force rebooting, doesnt work either.
any ideas?

May I ask why you want to do this?
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Why would you want to do such thing?
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My earpiece volume is very low to the point i cant hear anyone while walking on the street.
i borrowed my sisters onex and hers was totally fine.
i have a service plan through futureshop but they wont take it back if i modified it (they are smart enough to check bootloader which says tampered and stuff all over it)
so in order for me to fix it/get a new one i have to brick it to the point where they cant even see the tampering

Sizzlincok said:
My earpiece volume is very low to the point i cant hear anyone while walking on the street.
i borrowed my sisters onex and hers was totally fine.
i have a service plan through futureshop but they wont take it back if i modified it (they are smart enough to check bootloader which says tampered and stuff all over it)
so in order for me to fix it/get a new one i have to brick it to the point where they cant even see the tampering
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So you want help to commit insurance fraud? There is a saying "pull down your pants to play and you will pull out your wallet and pay". That's the risk of modding.
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Well, you play you pay.
Next time, if you wanna play, research what phone to get first.
I do not believe anybody is going to help you, in fact this question is perse against xda regulations I believe.
Moderators, please close this thread!
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pull the phone from the unibody, sip the battery wires, put back in unibody and return it

There are countless posts about people hardbricking with recoveries and such.
Do your research... Seriously
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This dude is a joke... Research ur ****..and then you won't look like a tool.
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His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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Flash something from another device that will fit on the partition.. That ought to the trick.
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dalvarez0312 said:
His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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When did his earpiece start being defective ? I'm sure it didn't come after rooting? he should have gotten a replacement before and than got a new one and than flashed away...butthere is a warning on every root guide that it will void your warranty but oh well.......on a another note if the op wants to brick his phone go to international one x forums and flash coredroid or android revolution roms if u want to do some damage to that baby

dalvarez0312 said:
His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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I've discussed this many times, unlocking your bootloader does NOT void your warranty.
HTC says it MAY void your warranty.
Flash a ruu and send it back would be the ethical way to go. They don't check the bootloader, they probably send it to HTC or some sort of repair center.
Me personally I would brick it to reduce the chance of them trying to stick me with the cost of the phone. But I wouldnt tell anyone
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dalvarez0312 said:
His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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Thanks for the support
something this forum clearly lacks
omario8484 said:
When did his earpiece start being defective ? I'm sure it didn't come after rooting? he should have gotten a replacement before and than got a new one and than flashed away...butthere is a warning on every root guide that it will void your warranty but oh well.......on a another note if the op wants to brick his phone go to international one x forums and flash coredroid or android revolution roms if u want to do some damage to that baby
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Actually yes this problem happened after root/bootloader unlock
I am not the only one with this problem and it hasnt been the first phone ive had with this problem either
It was fine for a couple of months and then it was on and off, sometimes the volume will be normal in calls and sometimes it wont
then it just fully dies and stays a low volume
had the exact same problem with my evo3d and xperia arc
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Me personally I would brick it to reduce the chance of them trying to stick me with the cost of the phone. But I wouldnt tell anyone
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I feel the same
but i spent a long time trying different ways to do it and nothing worked.
its not as easy as my other phones

Wouldn't a bricked device be more suspicious than a defective earpiece? What would be the situation you could brick a device without unlocking the bootloader, or using a microwave? They can verify the earpiece is bad. I have some sort of defect with the screen, like a scratch or smudge between the LCD and the glass. I was just going to send it back with the bl relocked. But, my new one came with 2.20 already on it. So, I sent it back and will try again later for another, or if an exploit is found for 2.20, or take them up on the early upgrade GS III offer.
How bad is the earpiece issue? Worse than running stock sense? You may want to wait until you get a replacement to decide what to do.
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Use adb
Fastboot erase bootloader
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quarlow said:
Wouldn't a bricked device be more suspicious than a defective earpiece? What would be the situation you could brick a device without unlocking the bootloader, or using a microwave? They can verify the earpiece is bad. I have some sort of defect with the screen, like a scratch or smudge between the LCD and the glass. I was just going to send it back with the bl relocked. But, my new one came with 2.20 already on it. So, I sent it back and will try again later for another, or if an exploit is found for 2.20, or take them up on the early upgrade GS III offer.
How bad is the earpiece issue? Worse than running stock sense? You may want to wait until you get a replacement to decide what to do.
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Good point. How would he explain the brick anyway?
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danny39 said:
Good point. How would he explain the brick anyway?
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I left my phone on the charger overnight and when I woke up it wouldn't turn on
They go through a process asking you to do certain things then the issue a replacement
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He doesn't need to explain it. He's a customer and his phone doesn't work any more.
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there still going to ask what happened though. i bricked mine and told them i got the 2.20 update and i was watching a movie while (not on my phone) it installed and after a while checked on it and it was off and wouldnt charge or turn on. but now im on my second 2.20 replacement. first had a bad speakephone and service was crap. and this one the whites are not as white as they should be and are more pinkish and tan.

[q] phone won't start! Help

Hello, I have a rooted At&T One X with TWRP. Installed CM10 on it first and then i decided to try IceColdJelly AOKP Rom. So after it finished flash my phone just went blank.
I tried charging it for over 8 hours, no led notification coming on and i held down the volume down and power button. No luck with anything i've tried. Im hearing the usb sound when plugged in to a pc but its not really recognizing the device. No luck as well with the wall charger
Whats can I do?? Helpppp!!! I need my phone to be on

I do not know how to help you but I did find this. Sorry bro...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974101
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Sounds similar to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790598
Not sure if it's exactly this, but good luck.
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jayvan89 said:
Hello, I have a rooted At&T One X with TWRP. Installed CM10 on it first and then i decided to try IceColdJelly AOKP Rom. So after it finished flash my phone just went blank.
I tried charging it for over 8 hours, no led notification coming on and i held down the volume down and power button. No luck with anything i've tried. Im hearing the usb sound when plugged in to a pc but its not really recognizing the device. No luck as well with the wall charger
Whats can I do?? Helpppp!!! I need my phone to be on
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Wow.
Not only are you hard-bricked, you hard-bricked after you were warned in your last thread to stay away from international ROMs.
There's nothing you can do but return it and hope you can get a warranty replacement. There is currently no fix for your predicament.

congrats

iElvis said:
There's nothing you can do but return it and hope you can get a warranty replacement.
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Naw, time for OP to buy a new phone. Warranty does not cover lack of knowledge and research.
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The thing that really bothers me was he already tried to flash a intl Rom and was warned not too again

.....seriously kid? I don't know whether to laugh, or feel sorry...
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redpoint73 said:
Naw, time for OP to buy a new phone. Warranty does not cover lack of knowledge and research.
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I have heard from a couple sources on this forum that HTC will replace the motherboard for $120

area51avenger said:
I have heard from a couple sources on this forum that HTC will replace the motherboard for $120
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So what yor saying is that it would be easier and the same price to just get a new phone... Personally, I think they should charge more. You can't put a set price on the lack of knowledge and reasoning..

Myrder said:
So what yor saying is that it would be easier and the same price to just get a new phone... Personally, I think they should charge more. You can't put a set price on the lack of knowledge and reasoning..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
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Literally LOL'd. :good:

120 for new mobo vs 199 for insurance replacement