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Infuse DIED!

Well after reading the latest GTG V2.2.2 thread changes today I decided to give it a go as I have really been having a ton of problems with my phone since new. Mostly battery issues but also weird stuff since loading Infused 2.1.0. I had loaded 2.1.0 twice after going back to completely stock but the weirdness persisted. So I backed up all my stuff tonight and then fired up Odin and loaded all the necessary stock files from GTG's Ultimate Unbrick which i have done many times. It started right up and then it stalled trying to establish a connection and this has never happened before. I waited a while to see if it would just go anyway but after 30 min. it was still sitting there and had not done anything in regards to loading up any new data to the phone. So I closed Odin and hit the power button on the phone and it came back up with an icon for phone to computer connection so i tried Odin again and once again it started up and tried to load files to the phone but again stalled and sat there. So i waited again for a while and then stopped everything and pulled the battery hoping that the phone could be brought back into download mode but unfortunately it is completely dead now. No lights no power up nothing??? So I guess I got my answer to my constant problems and strangeness it was the phone itself that wasn't any good. So now i have to go to the store tomorrow and negotiate a replacement phone I sure hope the fact that I spend a ton of money there with my clients corporate phone account will get me some good will and they will just swap it out for a new one. We will see as i really liked this phone it just needs some fixing.
I am a bit bewildered that AT&T/Samsung would release a phone with so many bugs in it. The completely stock phone was buggier than all hell and was only marginally better once I updated to a custom rom. The bluetooth has never been right from day one stock or custom it would constantly disconnect my headset and the GPS was the crappiest phone GPS I have ever had and I have had a bunch of them in the last few years. Here's hoping that the GB update fixes and resolves all of the bugs in this very nice phone.

Sometimes duds slip through the quality control process...

Entropy512 said:
Sometimes duds slip through the quality control process...
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I guess so E but man this has been the worst phone from a performance standpoint I have owned in a lot of years I sure hope it is just a matter of a lemon. By the way I see you live in Owego NY is that the same as Oswego? If so do you do any fishing up there???

You probably just got a phone from a bad batch, my phone works just fine.
Like Entropy said, duds slip through quality control, can't catch em all.

Yeah you have a crap phone. But since you modified the software (god forbid on something you OWN!!!!) Samsung or AT&T(/Rogers) won't touch it. They probably have something to scan for modified software at the door that will shoot you in the foot if you try to walk in.
I've used unbrick at least 5 times because the 2.0 Infused ROM kept messing up my phone. Worked perfectly every time.

strychninetwitch said:
Yeah you have a crap phone. But since you modified the software (god forbid on something you OWN!!!!) Samsung or AT&T(/Rogers) won't touch it. They probably have something to scan for modified software at the door that will shoot you in the foot if you try to walk in.
I've used unbrick at least 5 times because the 2.0 Infused ROM kept messing up my phone. Worked perfectly every time.
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Actually, from my understanding, they don't really question you if you bring in a phone to be replaced. If nothing else, do like what everyone did when the Galaxy S line came out and tell them that it crashed during an OTA update or when you connected it to Kies. Or tell them that you were having issues with it freezing up a lot recently and when it frozen the last time, you pulled the battery and it wouldn't come back on.
There is no reason for them to everyone know that you had custom software on the phone.
Good luck.
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Have to agree with Entropy would say u just got a dud.
Had no issues getting my phone replaced after installing custom rom on it. Went the extra step and soft bricked it and made sure it wouldnt boot past samsung screen before taking it to store. (My micro USB was borked) Had to wait on replacement phone but they sent me home with my phone and unbricked it and used it till new one arrived and bricked old sent it in and never heard anything about it afterwards.

I've used this method many times and never had an issue. (May not work if you get zero lights, etc, but worth a shot)
Just make sure you're not on Windows XP
Read the OP completely
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216790

May sound silly, but try a new data cable.
sent from my stock Infuse at Tranquility Base.

You might have killed your battery. I assume you need battery power to enter Download mode. If someone more experienced then I can confirm this then take your phone and battery to your local ATT and ask them to test your battery.

Blackberrynomore said:
I guess so E but man this has been the worst phone from a performance standpoint I have owned in a lot of years I sure hope it is just a matter of a lemon. By the way I see you live in Owego NY is that the same as Oswego? If so do you do any fishing up there???
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An s makes a huge difference... Northern border vs. southern border.
I don't fish, I get flooded by the Susquehanna.

Hey, if you are trying to get rid of this, I could use it for the UnBrickable Infuse 4G project. I am looking for a dead board so I can remove the processor and map out the xOM pins. This will let us flash crazy stuff without any sort of reprecussions.
Please consider donating the board to the good of the forums.

AdamOutler said:
Hey, if you are trying to get rid of this, I could use it for the UnBrickable Infuse 4G project. I am looking for a dead board so I can remove the processor and map out the xOM pins. This will let us flash crazy stuff without any sort of reprecussions.
Please consider donating the board to the good of the forums.
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Whoa? Are you serious about that? Because if that's true, it would be really nice of this guy did that..
Sent from my phone. :3

AdamOutler said:
Hey, if you are trying to get rid of this, I could use it for the UnBrickable Infuse 4G project. I am looking for a dead board so I can remove the processor and map out the xOM pins. This will let us flash crazy stuff without any sort of reprecussions.
Please consider donating the board to the good of the forums.
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Would have sent it to you no problem except that i need to return it to AT&T to get a replacement phone. Sorry I couldn't help.

I went to the AT&T company store that I do all of my bsiness with both personal and corporate. I showed my AT&T girl the phone and that it was dead and would not power up. She tried another battery as I also had done and still nothing. So she tells me becase the phone is over 30 days old i have to go to the device support center to get a new one or call in and they will ship me another phone. Well I couldn't wait for them to ship one as i need my phone for work so I had to drive 35 mi. to the device support center to get another phone. Just strikes me as stupid that they cannot just give me a new phone right then and there. When I got mine I was short of my upgrade period but they gave me a conditional upgrade or something and the phone cost $400.00 so I was pretty pissed off that they were just going to give me a refurbed phone considering what i paid for the damn thing. Actually I didn't pay for it myself one of my clients picked up the tab but I still felt like they really stuck it to me not giving me a new phone. I spend thousands of dollars at their store every year with all of my client purchases you would think they would cut me some slack and give me a new phone???
Anyway I got a "new" replacement phone and it seems to be working fine. The GPS worked far better than my original Infuse right out of the box with the Froyo ROM and UCKD5 modem. I also did a speed test with three bars and got 2735 Kbps Down and 319 Kbps up and it said I was on EDGE?
So I just rooted it and i am going to load up the Infused 2.2.0 and manually install the newer modem and the camera fixes. I am going to hold off restoring most of my apps until I use this one for a few days to see how it performs first.
Oh and the girl at the AT&T support center told me she had to replace my battery because it would not power up the new phone. So it looks like I had both a bad phone and the battery also quit the farm at the same time.

I had issues with my first infuse (I'm in FL) and completely blasted it to the point where it would literally not even respond to any button presses soft/hard or otherwise. It was DEAD! COMPLETELY DEAD...I was very sad. Anyway I was within 30 day startup period and they did full replacement no question asked. I told my local att store it froze and I pulled battery and it wouldn't come back on. They acted like morons and gave me a replacement but i feel like they knew what I did. Didn't say anything though.
Needless to say. I take my time now with these custom roms. Rockin Infused 2.2.3 and loving life with my GB and 30fps.
Good luck!
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I loaded 2.2.3 last night and everything about the phone seems better so I am a happy camper for sure.
Infused with Android DNA

Blackberrynomore said:
I loaded 2.2.3 last night and everything about the phone seems better so I am a happy camper for sure.
Infused with Android DNA
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For that price did they not allow you to keep the old phone?
It would help the cause here if they did......

[Q] Anyone experience earpiece issue?

On my skyrocket from AT&T I was having an issue with the battery indicator getting stuck at 100%.
I updated the phone to the latest OTA update, no root or anything on this phone, all completely stock.
After update phone info is as follows:
Model Number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I727
Android Version: 2.3.6
Baseband Version: I727UCLA3
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.11
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.UCLA3
After I did the update the battery indicator has not come back (awesome right?, not so fast.)
Now I have an issue with call quality, my best attempt at describing it is like the ear piece sounds blown out, it kind of has a vibrate when people talk, Its not just one persons phone either, its any call I get/place.
I'm not sure if I should try a factory reset, revert back to 2.3.5?, Go to AT&T for a new one.
If anyone has had this issue and knows how to fix it please post. I apologize ahead of time if this is already posted somewhere, I looked for a few hours on google and couldn't find it anywhere. Also even if you don't know how to fix it, could you please post if your having the same issue so I know I'm not alone and have some ammo if I do have to go to AT&T.

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Of course I'm 4 days outside my 30 day trial period so I would have to get a replacement mailed to me if I can't get it to work.
Lady I spoke with there was very nice (as always) but didn't have any idea what to do (as always) and advised I try and factory reset it. What the hell, mine as well.
Also got her to tell me that if I root and custom rom it and it still dosn't work I can still RMA it. So she went against what all their documentation says so now I can do what I want
Figure ill factory reset first, if that dosn't work I'll ODIN it back to the original 2.3.5 if possible.
Ill keep updating this thread though incase anyone else has a similar issue.

albeemichael said:
Of course I'm 4 days outside my 30 day trial period so I would have to get a replacement mailed to me if I can't get it to work.
Lady I spoke with there was very nice (as always) but didn't have any idea what to do (as always) and advised I try and factory reset it. What the hell, mine as well.
Also got her to tell me that if I root and custom rom it and it still dosn't work I can still RMA it. So she went against what all their documentation says so now I can do what I want
Figure ill factory reset first, if that dosn't work I'll ODIN it back to the original 2.3.5 if possible.
Ill keep updating this thread though incase anyone else has a similar issue.
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Haha, just because she said that doesn't mean anything. Read the contract, that trumps what some lady says. Anyways, you can flash back to stock and warranty it, so it doesn't matter what anyone says

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xcrazydx said:
Haha, just because she said that doesn't mean anything. Read the contract, that trumps what some lady says. Anyways, you can flash back to stock and warranty it, so it doesn't matter what anyone says
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As the title says you absolutely correct. Lady probably didn't have a clue lol.
I called their warranty support line and am going to drive to their wallingford exchange place.
I was talking with my father before I called and figured if I went in and said get a manager, and told him/her if I don't have a new phone in my hand in 10 minutes, your losing a customer in 10 minutes, I bet I would get my phone
Regardless I'm getting a replacement, I did try the factory reset, didn't work. Also tried downgrading the device to 2.3.5 stock, and this also did not work.
Think its hardware, the static is only on the ear piece. Speaker phone, head phones, and bluetooth do not have the issue so I think its a odd coincidence

To anyone that may have been checking on this, it seems I got a rare case, there was actually a hardware problem on my device. Just a coincidence that I noticed it right after an update, I took it to the Customer Service place AT&T has in Wallingford, CT and the lady tried to re-flash the phone (what she said was standard procedure, she HAS to with every issue.) This didn't work so she gave me a new one.
All in all, only bad part of the experience was that it happened at all. New phone is working great.

Glad tohear that you got this taken care of.
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help i have no sound on my infuse!!

I recently bought a Samsung infuse 4g from a lady at work.. she got the phone from At&t and I am on T-Mobile so I bought an unlocking code today. I was so excited that I could finally use my new phone.. when I went to make a call I heard nothing while dialing out and when my husband answered he couldn't hear me talk to him
Almost every time I try to call out the phone will freeze and there is no sound so I did a factory reset and still nothing so i went to Samsung.com the tech support lady had me plug in and unplug headphones then blow air into the hole. This did not work so we did a soft reset (taking out the battery for 30 seconds) and still no sound at all no music no alarm no phone calls. I am so upset that I have payed 150$ for the phone and 30$ for the unlock code... I know the phone worked when my friend was using it a few days ago but I am not 100% if the sound worked when she gave it to me BC she had got the skyrocket and using that.. I saw the phone turn on and receive text messages never would have thought to check and see if the sound worked..am I totally up a creek with no paddle ?. I am confident that the phone still has a warranty but it would not be in my name and I am not sure if it would be voided by unlocking it.... please help me !!!!!!

[email protected] said:
I recently bought a Samsung infuse 4g from a lady at work.. she got the phone from At&t and I am on T-Mobile so I bought an unlocking code today. I was so excited that I could finally use my new phone.. when I went to make a call I heard nothing while dialing out and when my husband answered he couldn't hear me talk to him
Almost every time I try to call out the phone will freeze and there is no sound so I did a factory reset and still nothing so i went to Samsung.com the tech support lady had me plug in and unplug headphones then blow air into the hole. This did not work so we did a soft reset (taking out the battery for 30 seconds) and still no sound at all no music no alarm no phone calls. I am so upset that I have payed 150$ for the phone and 30$ for the unlock code... I know the phone worked when my friend was using it a few days ago but I am not 100% if the sound worked when she gave it to me BC she had got the skyrocket and using that.. I saw the phone turn on and receive text messages never would have thought to check and see if the sound worked..am I totally up a creek with no paddle ?. I am confident that the phone still has a warranty but it would not be in my name and I am not sure if it would be voided by unlocking it.... please help me !!!!!!
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ok since you unlock it has to be rooted. so that would void your warranty, but it can be put back to stock if you must replace it, with that have you tried to one click or odin back to stock, that may fix and at the same time get it ready for return if needed. Question are you on stock or custom ROM? BTW way to check i warranty is good, reg it via samsung website it will tell you there, I reg all my sammy products for that reason.
here is all the tools needed to get back to stock and custom ROMs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25111013&postcount=1

bigjoe2675 said:
ok since you unlock it has to be rooted. so that would void your warranty, but it can be put back to stock if you must replace it, with that have you tried to one click or odin back to stock, that may fix and at the same time get it ready for return if needed. Question are you on stock or custom ROM? BTW way to check i warranty is good, reg it via samsung website it will tell you there, I reg all my sammy products for that reason.
here is all the tools needed to get back to stock and custom ROMs
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25111013&postcount=1
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Actually bigjoe...she bought the unlock code so warranty isn't voided ...but yeah if possible do a warranty claim
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found this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557043
I remembered the avatar.

mg2195 said:
Actually bigjoe...she bought the unlock code so warranty isn't voided ...but yeah if possible do a warranty claim
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thx even better...for her, thanks buddy.
qkster said:
found this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1557043
I remembered the avatar.
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I remember the sig pic, "IT'S NOT A BUG, IT IS A FEATURE" lol

bigjoe2675 said:
thx even better...for her, thanks buddy.
I remember the sig pic, "IT'S NOT A BUG, IT IS A FEATURE" lol
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I am not sure what you guys mean by rooting it and can it be done with a tablet instead of PC?? I have an Acer tablet thank you so much for the help.. something was saying to download Samsung skies but it said not compatible with my device(tablet)

[email protected] said:
I am not sure what you guys mean by rooting it and can it be done with a tablet instead of PC?? I have an Acer tablet thank you so much for the help.. something was saying to download Samsung skies but it said not compatible with my device(tablet)
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Bigjoe thought you were already rooted because you were unlocked...its not neccessary...if your on Froyo you can use the app gingerbreak (or so I've heard) if your on gingerbread you have to use a computer-keep in mind rooting will void your warranty (but you can always go back to stock and no one would ever know you were ever rooted)
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[Q] Is my phone bricked???

Okay, I bought a used MT4GS from a fairly reputable phone reseller called CPR (cell phone repair.) I bought it back in March or April of this year. I immediately rooted and installed a custom rom and CWM. A few months ago I upgraded my rom to CM9 and about a month ago I began having problems. The isses were minor at first, the hardware buttons on the outside of the phone would stop working but I could open the phone and use the ones on the keyboard. Then in the past two weeks all of the buttons would stop working. I thought it was a hardware problem so today I dropped it off at CPR and they took it apart and tested all of the buttons. According to them all the buttons tested out fine. So I have a phone that the only thing that works is the touch screen. Here is the odd thing. If I hold the volume down while booting I get the fastboot menu and can navigate it using the volume keys. If I go into recovery mode none of the buttons work same as in the phone. So either this is a software problem or a systemboard problem. Because my power and volume buttons work on the recovery menu I'm inclined to believe it's a software problem but I'm a little lost on how to fix it. I just tried to boot the phone again and it's now stuck on the boot animation and does nothing. Please help!!!

I was curious if you tried a reinstall before your keys went completely berserk...but no matter now. Sometimes a person will get a bad download though and you can get some WEIRD results from them.
Anyway....this is how I answered on the CM9 Thread if you hadn't seen it......
I've never heard of a ROM brickng a phone especially gradually but I suppose anything is possible. If what you're wanting to do is to return to stock & just kinda "start over" then just go to This Thread and scroll down to the files labeled as "Return to Stock" & download the correct file according to your installed software. Then you can just place it in the root directory of your SD card and reboot into Hboot. PG59IMG files are designed to run from your bootloader and you just answer the few questions it asks as it does.

WeekendsR2Short said:
I was curious if you tried a reinstall before your keys went completely berserk...but no matter now. Sometimes a person will get a bad download though and you can get some WEIRD results from them.
Anyway....this is how I answered on the CM9 Thread if you hadn't seen it......
I've never heard of a ROM brickng a phone especially gradually but I suppose anything is possible. If what you're wanting to do is to return to stock & just kinda "start over" then just go to This Thread and scroll down to the files labeled as "Return to Stock" & download the correct file according to your installed software. Then you can just place it in the root directory of your SD card and reboot into Hboot. PG59IMG files are designed to run from your bootloader and you just answer the few questions it asks as it does.
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Yeah I actually did that last night. Got to watch the intro animation from HTC/T-Mobile etc. Still no buttons. I'm guessing that the system board has a bad chip since the buttons tested out okay. That is more consistent with the gradual failure than a software bug. Now if there were a rom made for a phone without buttons then I'd be in good shape. Luckily I found an identical phone on Craigslist for $85 which I feel is reasonable for a discontinued phone. Does anybody have recommendations on QWERTY Android phones for T-Mobile that are better than the MT4GS?

Someone mentioned that Samsung is coming out with one soon but I can't remember the name for squat.

If it's for T-Mobile then I suggest the Samsung Relay 4G. Else better wait for Samsung Stratosphere 2 fior Verizon if you might consider changing networks for the sake of a better phone.

THAAAAT'S the one! Samsung Relay 4G. Thank you kind sir!:good:

Samsung took over for HTC, who took over for crApple.

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Samsung took over for HTC, who took over for crApple.
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Samsung also.

First off let me say I'm sorry about the death of your MT4GS - mine died over a month ago and I'm still in mourning. However, the Relay is a nice little device. I don't want to be accused of attempting to recruit people again, but at the risk of saying so it is an upgrade from the HTC product in MOST ways - some people don't like the screen as much and the camera is definitely inferior. However, it's a nice device. I'm happy with it honestly. TouchWIZ takes some getting used to but since HTC didn't give us ICS, even ICSense... and Samsung has ICS on here with JB to come... I'm satisfied. If you are still curious we have a thread in the G2/Desire forum that we are using until XDA gives us a dedicated forum.
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[Q] Power/Lock Button Issues

Since this is my first post, just recently registered but I have used the site many times for troubleshooting, I will introduce myself. My name is Austin and I am a Mechanical Engineering student in Indiana.
I have a GS3 on AOKP mr1 milestone 2
and an unrooted old nexus 7
My GS3 has been great and with the help of a friend I rooted it and have been installing different roms (mainly AOKP) but just today my power button stopped working. I have searched the forums and got a lot of different threads, but no definite solutions. My button is doing the "seesaw" thing like I saw on another thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023158) and will not lock my screen or turn the phone off.
I went to vzw and I am still under the manufacturer warranty, but the guy told me that I needed to unroot my phone and make sure there is no signs of it being rooted. Is this possible to do without the power button?
I also saw on a the same thread mentioned earlier that someone said just buy the button online it snaps in. Is this true and how hard is this to do or will it even solve my problem? I would really like to just replace my button but I am afraid of turning my phone off.
Speaking of turning my phone off, as soon as I noticed my button not working my brain stopped and I took off my back cover and popped out the battery. First thought that popped into my head was how stupid can you be? If your power button doesn't work why would you even think about taking out the battery!?!? But believe it or not it turned back on right away.
The button still wouldn't work after turning it on. It will not lock/unlock the phone, bring up the power menu, or turn off the phone and I have been too afraid to take out the battery again.
Has anyone else had this problem and what should I do?

Tewell86 said:
Since this is my first post, just recently registered but I have used the site many times for troubleshooting, I will introduce myself. My name is Austin and I am a Mechanical Engineering student in Indiana.
I have a GS3 on AOKP mr1 milestone 2
and an unrooted old nexus 7
My GS3 has been great and with the help of a friend I rooted it and have been installing different roms (mainly AOKP) but just today my power button stopped working. I have searched the forums and got a lot of different threads, but no definite solutions. My button is doing the "seesaw" thing like I saw on another thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023158) and will not lock my screen or turn the phone off.
I went to vzw and I am still under the manufacturer warranty, but the guy told me that I needed to unroot my phone and make sure there is no signs of it being rooted. Is this possible to do without the power button?
I also saw on a the same thread mentioned earlier that someone said just buy the button online it snaps in. Is this true and how hard is this to do or will it even solve my problem? I would really like to just replace my button but I am afraid of turning my phone off.
Speaking of turning my phone off, as soon as I noticed my button not working my brain stopped and I took off my back cover and popped out the battery. First thought that popped into my head was how stupid can you be? If your power button doesn't work why would you even think about taking out the battery!?!? But believe it or not it turned back on right away.
The button still wouldn't work after turning it on. It will not lock/unlock the phone, bring up the power menu, or turn off the phone and I have been too afraid to take out the battery again.
Has anyone else had this problem and what should I do?
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How about downloading a stock ROM and just flashing that? If your on AOKP you should able to reboot into recovery from the home screen on the phone then just flash the stock ROM. If its rooted just use the stock TW launcher to HIDE the SUPERUSER OR SUPERSU app from the app drawer. Just hit the menu button after opening app drawer and select HIDE APPLICATIONS. if the stock ROM has SUPERSU you can always choose the FULL UNROOT option in the settings of that app and it will delete the app.
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On the power button thing I don't know, but if your phone is under the manufacturer warranty like you say, you can always just call Verizon and they will just send one to your house then you just ship your old one back. That way nobody sees the device except you. I've sent back rooted and ROM'D phones and have had 0 issues.
That is, if you can't fix the button yourself like you would like.

Yeah well apparently it's a "known issue".
Sudden death syndrome or some nonsense.
Go Samsung.

Carloskeee said:
How about downloading a stock ROM and just flashing that? If your on AOKP you should able to reboot into recovery from the home screen on the phone then just flash the stock ROM. If its rooted just use the stock TW launcher to HIDE the SUPERUSER OR SUPERSU app from the app drawer. Just hit the menu button after opening app drawer and select HIDE APPLICATIONS. if the stock ROM has SUPERSU you can always choose the FULL UNROOT option in the settings of that app and it will delete the app.
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On the power button thing I don't know, but if your phone is under the manufacturer warranty like you say, you can always just call Verizon and they will just send one to your house then you just ship your old one back. That way nobody sees the device except you. I've sent back rooted and ROM'D phones and have had 0 issues.
That is, if you can't fix the button yourself like you would like.
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You are an idiot for sending back rooted and ROMed phones
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Before I flashed my phone for the very first time I made a back up on CWM of my stock rom, but I really don't want to send back a rooted phone. I assume that if my phone really does go through an audit at vzw that they would catch that fairly quick and charge me full price for my refurb
redwings - did you have this problem or do you know anyone who has replaced the button and does that even help?

Update -
I think my switch has gone bad. I took the back casing off and the 10 or so small phillips screws that hold on an outer frame and took my button out and tried to press the button in and it would not lock or unlock the phone still :/
I am not sure what to do now. Idk if I can replace this switch or not.
Does anyone know if I can send it to someone who can do it for a reasonable price?
Has anyone else just flashed a stock rom on their rooted phone and sent it back to vzw? Sounds like a bad idea but almost better than waiting until nov 2014 when my contract is up

Mobile tech videos does the power switch repair. I had mine done (out of warranty) and it's been great ever since. Pretty easy process, buy the repair service through the website, mail off the phone according to their instructions, and get it back a few days later. You can choose to pay more for rush processing and faster return shipping if you want to.

Tewell86 said:
Update -
I think my switch has gone bad. I took the back casing off and the 10 or so small phillips screws that hold on an outer frame and took my button out and tried to press the button in and it would not lock or unlock the phone still :/
I am not sure what to do now. Idk if I can replace this switch or not.
Does anyone know if I can send it to someone who can do it for a reasonable price?
Has anyone else just flashed a stock rom on their rooted phone and sent it back to vzw? Sounds like a bad idea but almost better than waiting until nov 2014 when my contract is up
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I would use Triangle away to reset flash counter. Flash stock 4.1.2, stock Kernel, and stock bootchain in Odin. Call Verizon and the them u had a hardware failure. That is what happened you are being honest.
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Sandman-007 said:
You are an idiot for sending back rooted and ROMed phones
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I don't understand your statement. How is he a idiot? If he played for a device that comes with a warranty shouldnt it be honored? You saying he should flash stock rom etc is being just as dishonest. On top of that he even opened up the phone to check the power button. That also voids warranty does it not? If sending back a rooted/romed phone is not acceptible by verizon they will send the phone back. Theres no way they will charge you full retail without the phone itself being PHYSICALLY DAMAGED. when they send you a warranty replacement they specifically state everything you need to know. Your a idiot for calling someone a idiot.
Hypocrisy at its finest.

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I don't understand your statement. How is he a idiot? If he played for a device that comes with a warranty shouldnt it be honored? You saying he should flash stock rom etc is being just as dishonest. On top of that he even opened up the phone to check the power button. That also voids warranty does it not? If sending back a rooted/romed phone is not acceptible by verizon they will send the phone back. Theres no way they will charge you full retail without the phone itself being PHYSICALLY DAMAGED. when they send you a warranty replacement they specifically state everything you need to know. Your a idiot for calling someone a idiot.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
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He is expecting them to take a phone that is root and ROMd. That's the idiotic part.
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He is expecting them to take a phone that is root and ROMd. That's the idiotic part.
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And you expecting them to take a phone that's been opened up is any different? He said he's done it twice. So obviously there was no problem the first time because he's done it once more.
Your a fool if you think they can't tell the phone has been flashed or tampered with, even with your triangle away. Its no different.

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I would use Triangle away to reset flash counter. Flash stock 4.1.2, stock Kernel, and stock bootchain in Odin. Call Verizon and the them u had a hardware failure. That is what happened you are being honest.
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He is expecting them to take a phone that is root and ROMd. That's the idiotic part.
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& your expecting them to take back a phone that he's already opened up. Hahaha.

You guys should quit putting words in my mouth. I never said that. They are both equally as stupid.
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Tewell86 said:
Update -
I think my switch has gone bad. I took the back casing off and the 10 or so small phillips screws that hold on an outer frame and took my button out and tried to press the button in and it would not lock or unlock the phone still :/
I am not sure what to do now. Idk if I can replace this switch or not.
Does anyone know if I can send it to someone who can do it for a reasonable price?
Has anyone else just flashed a stock rom on their rooted phone and sent it back to vzw? Sounds like a bad idea but almost better than waiting until nov 2014 when my contract is up
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I would use Triangle away to reset flash counter. Flash stock 4.1.2, stock Kernel, and stock bootchain in Odin. Call Verizon and the them u had a hardware failure. That is what happened you are being honest.
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Oh okay. So what OP said prior to your post was "Took the caseing off and the 10 or so small..." Meaning he's already opened up the phone.
THEN you post that you would just "Use triangle away to reset..."
You didn't say that? Knowing the phone has already been opened and thus "Voiding" his warranty.
You called me a idiot for returning a rom'd phone? How is your statement regarding him returning a phone that's been opened up any different.? I agree with @Billbill123 at the hypocrisy statement.

I admit I didn't read the whole OP. I didn't see that he has taken the phone apart. He has Voided his warrenty by doing that.
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Online vendor???
I also have a faulty power switch on my phone. I ordered a new button, though once it arrived, I realized this is not the part I needed. I need the actual switch from the circuit board. Does anyone know of a reputable company through which I can quickly acquire a new power switch?

bionik9 said:
I also have a faulty power switch on my phone. I ordered a new button, though once it arrived, I realized this is not the part I needed. I need the actual switch from the circuit board. Does anyone know of a reputable company through which I can quickly acquire a new power switch?
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I plan on doing this soon.
mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-power-button-repair/
For $40 it seems really reasonable and I can activate my old phone while mine is gone. I e-mailed them my problem and they said it will fix it or money back.
Thanks again to everyone who has helped me so far! I will try to give an update after I send my phone off and maybe a review so then if this topic comes up for more people this thread will help them and they won't have to post a new one!