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[q] screen of death on froyo :(

So this morning I was checking out the new choices in my Froyo leak - rooted Captivate, I clicked on every one of them to see what it is and then I clicked on one that said something like user accounts, well ever since then my phone has been a black screen only displaying the top clock and a no signal bar. What should I do next? Unfortunately Im stuck at work with no programs. So Im wondering what would you do, which Odin should I use? Ill be checkin in cause at least I can do this and plan fixing my phone for later

Im guessing you tried pulling the battery?
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sure did tried the reboot screen.

and the other thing, now the phone wont go into sleep mode so my battery is slowly dying too

try to boot into recovery and clear out the cache...

I did that too and it clears and then i reboot then it goes right back to black screen

The same thing happened to me, but I wasn't digging around in the settings. Like previously mentioned, I booted into recovery, and cleared cache/factory wipe, and it booted back fresh. Luckily, I had a Titanium Backup from a few hours before it happened, so I didn't really lose anything.

I had something like this too. Can you get into Download mode and use Odin to return to stock rom? It took me several tries before Odin worked.

Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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i will try when i get home, im stuck at work unfortunately, at least i know im not the only one, i was also fooling with settings

thank you

Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)

loserskater said:
Theres been a few people that have fully bricked their captivates... Including me.
If you got your captivate within the last couple weeks be careful using odin with a froyo kernel. Check the Q&A thread for a post titled "phone-pc something" (Using my phone otherwise I'd provide a link)
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Well that sucks.
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theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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I had one. OTA update. And I wasn't the only one. I couldn't even get into download mode.

yeah, bricked here too trying to go to Froyo. Sent to Samsung, they fixed it.

theMaginator said:
Well I still haven't heard anyone who has completely bricked there samsung captivate yet so I think you'll be alright. Just to be the 1 click Odin when you get home.
I'm pretty new myself at this But I think the only way were really screwed Is if we kill the bootloader.
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lol its happened to many people, myself included.

[Q] Question about charging while off..

So, I just rooted my shift a couple days ago and installed clockwork recovery thru Rom Manager and my phone doesn't charge while it's off. It goes to recovery. So I was wondering what would happen if my phone died?

Noel2255 said:
So, I just rooted my shift a couple days ago and installed clockwork recovery thru Rom Manager and my phone doesn't charge while it's off. It goes to recovery. So I was wondering what would happen if my phone died?
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Don't let it die, you don't wanna know.

riggsandroid said:
Don't let it die, you don't wanna know.
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It shifts
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Lol, ok. So is everyone elses like that?

Haha
your good
Don't worry bout it

So it's ok to let it die? I'm confused lol. I just wanted to condition my battery like I did with my evo. But I don't want it to brick.

Noel2255 said:
So it's ok to let it die? I'm confused lol. I just wanted to condition my battery like I did with my evo. But I don't want it to brick.
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Mine has died once. It had just enough juice to boot though, luckily.
Perhaps if a bounty was put on it, koush would consider fixing it.
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Yup. Your good noal... just like if u got stuck in bootloader u can just pull the battery out

Cool Discovery After having a bricked infuse

So My phone got stuck at the FactoryFS part while flashing. Battery pull=Soft brick with message (phone)---!----(Computer) screen and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. after like 5 hours of trying to get download mode to work, It just didnt. tried many different stock images. so, after being totally pissed I noticed that usb showed up while my phone was at the phone----computer screen. Tried to flash and BAM! my phones back to normal. So did you guys know you can flash from the soft brick screen? or am I totally late?

totally late
cheers!

thephoneguy206 said:
So My phone got stuck at the FactoryFS part while flashing. Battery pull=Soft brick with message (phone)---!----(Computer) screen and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. after like 5 hours of trying to get download mode to work, It just didnt. tried many different stock images. so, after being totally pissed I noticed that usb showed up while my phone was at the phone----computer screen. Tried to flash and BAM! my phones back to normal. So did you guys know you can flash from the soft brick screen? or am I totally late?
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You're late.
It's been known for a long time that the only time you're hardbricked is when the phone shows NO signs of life at all. The phone-PC screen is just "forced" download mode.

thephoneguy206 said:
So My phone got stuck at the FactoryFS part while flashing. Battery pull=Soft brick with message (phone)---!----(Computer) screen and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. after like 5 hours of trying to get download mode to work, It just didnt. tried many different stock images. so, after being totally pissed I noticed that usb showed up while my phone was at the phone----computer screen. Tried to flash and BAM! my phones back to normal. So did you guys know you can flash from the soft brick screen? or am I totally late?
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Back in the day I thought I discovered this too
Turns out I did - just months late.

WHAT?!?!?!? really! omg, im sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo late.... i dont even... whatever. EVERYONE LOOK AWAY! STOP LOOKING AT ME!
-turns around-

Lol...
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OMG!!!!!! You are sooooooooo late.
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Ahhhhhh! This a breakthrough in technology!
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This post cracks me up!

The unbrickable infuse.....I had no idea...learn something new every day....
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Lol comon guys, I felt like a king for a sec. Ive been on here for a while and never saw nothing bout it sooo i was like Holy **** breakthrough....

thephoneguy206 said:
Lol comon guys, I felt like a king for a sec. Ive been on here for a while and never saw nothing bout it sooo i was like Holy **** breakthrough....
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Well atleat you fixed your own problem instead of running and starting three new threads about your totally bricked phone good job I say!!!
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OMFG REALLY? HOLY CRAP. DUDE. MAN. BRO. CUZ. That's super badass.

I agree +1 to op
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Heh yeah, Iguess we all learn something new once a while

dman3285 said:
The unbrickable infuse.....I had no idea...learn something new every day....
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It's not unbrickable. There's a reson I came up with the UnBrickable Mod for this device. It is totally possible to brick it with a bad bootloader flash.

AdamOutler said:
It's not unbrickable. There's a reson I came up with the UnBrickable Mod for this device. It is totally possible to brick it with a bad bootloader flash.
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Which I did for ****s and giggles, bricked my phone, brought it back to life.
Thank you so much.

thephoneguy206 said:
So My phone got stuck at the FactoryFS part while flashing. Battery pull=Soft brick with message (phone)---!----(Computer) screen and "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. after like 5 hours of trying to get download mode to work, It just didnt. tried many different stock images. so, after being totally pissed I noticed that usb showed up while my phone was at the phone----computer screen. Tried to flash and BAM! my phones back to normal. So did you guys know you can flash from the soft brick screen? or am I totally late?
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I was looking to return my phone back to stock and i ran into this same problem, the phone is stuck on the firmware upgrade screen and my computer does not seem to recognize it whatsoever. I would venture to call myself a noob when it comes to all of this, so if you guys could help me out that would be great.

jeepdude1 said:
I was looking to return my phone back to stock and i ran into this same problem, the phone is stuck on the firmware upgrade screen and my computer does not seem to recognize it whatsoever. I would venture to call myself a noob when it comes to all of this, so if you guys could help me out that would be great.
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Odin back to stock, use gtgs method
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DangKid said:
Odin back to stock, use gtgs method
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odin isnt recognizing my phone at all, i installed kies but even that doesnt recognize my phone. i thought kies installed the drivers, but is there a better way?

[Q] Help, SHG-I727R might be bricked

Hello, I have had a Samsung Galaxy S II LTE from Rogers for three months now and it suddenly stopped working after trying to make a phone call.
The firmware was the Gingerbread 2.3.6 I believe (The most current firmware before ICS for the SGH-I727R)
There has been a history of attemping to install Cyanogenmod 10, but I had Clockwork Recovery installed and I was never able to install Cyanogenmod 10 because it gave me errors.
So I used Odin and an official release from Rogers to restore back to Gingerbread.
A month later, this is where I am at.
Status:
I can boot as far as the Carrier logo before going blank and vibrating every 2 - 3 seconds
I can go into download and recovery mode for 5 seconds before being met with a quick flash of a blue screen.
The phone randomly vibrates when a battery is inserted, when it is being charged, or a combination of the two
The battery needs to be taken out and placed back in before attempting a normal, download or recovery boot.
I also do not know if Samsung can tell, as there is no Clockwork Mod or any left over roms or Superuser permissions.
What should I do? Thanks!

If you do a battery pull and reinsert it, does the phone start to boot on it's own without any button pushs
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xbladeinc said:
Hello, I have had a Samsung Galaxy S II LTE from Rogers for three months now and it suddenly stopped working after trying to make a phone call.
The firmware was the Gingerbread 2.3.6 I believe (The most current firmware before ICS for the SGH-I727R)
There has been a history of attemping to install Cyanogenmod 10, but I had Clockwork Recovery installed and I was never able to install Cyanogenmod 10 because it gave me errors.
So I used Odin and an official release from Rogers to restore back to Gingerbread.
A month later, this is where I am at.
Status:
I can boot as far as the Carrier logo before going blank and vibrating every 2 - 3 seconds
I can go into download and recovery mode for 5 seconds before being met with a quick flash of a blue screen.
The phone randomly vibrates when a battery is inserted, when it is being charged, or a combination of the two
The battery needs to be taken out and placed back in before attempting a normal, download or recovery boot.
I also do not know if Samsung can tell, as there is no Clockwork Mod or any left over roms or Superuser permissions.
What should I do? Thanks!
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You should read the stickies that people invested much time into helping.
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stoopendis said:
If you do a battery pull and reinsert it, does the phone start to boot on it's own without any button pushs
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Yes, it boots on its own. If I plug it in, it shows the battery icon for a moment and then goes to black.

xbladeinc said:
Yes, it boots on its own. If I plug it in, it shows the battery icon for a moment and then goes to black.
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Sounds like a stuck power button. I'd try pushing it on and off a ton and see if that clears it. Reinserting the battery shouldn't do anything until you push the power button. If all else fails.... Bring it back.
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stoopendis said:
Sounds like a stuck power button. I'd try pushing it on and off a ton and see if that clears it. Reinserting the battery shouldn't do anything until you push the power button. If all else fails.... Bring it back.
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I will keep on trying that. Any more ideas? Should I send it in to Rogers or send it to mobiletechvideos.com for their J-TAG service?

xbladeinc said:
I will keep on trying that. Any more ideas? Should I send it in to Rogers or send it to mobiletechvideos.com for their J-TAG service?
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It's not bricked. This phone we have is notorious for power button issues... Not your fault.. Let Rogers deal with it!
Is there a Rogers store near by where you can take your phone?
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stoopendis said:
It's not bricked. This phone we have is notorious for power button issues... Not your fault.. Let Rogers deal with it!
Is there a Rogers store near by where you can take your phone?
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Yeah, I am going to take it there tomorrow. Would they be able to tell if I have previously rooted my phone before in this case? I know that it is an official firmware on here now, but still. Thanks for the help!

xbladeinc said:
Yeah, I am going to take it there tomorrow. Would they be able to tell if I have previously rooted my phone before in this case? I know that it is an official firmware on here now, but still. Thanks for the help!
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Just show them how it starts to boot on it's own. They should recognize the issue. If the phone never fully boots they can't see what's on there. And if you've never used Odin then the flash counter has never been incremented.
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Btw... Your welcome!
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stoopendis said:
Just show them how it starts to boot on it's own. They should recognize the issue. If the phone never fully boots they can't see what's on there. And if you've never used Odin then the flash counter has never been incremented.
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Btw... Your welcome!
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I have used Odin a few times, but I cleared all my caches, reformated and etc. using Clockwork Recovery with ICS, then I installed the Gingerbread Rom. This was a month ago, so idk.
If I can't even get into it, then it should be fine. Right?

xbladeinc said:
I have used Odin a few times, but I cleared all my caches, reformated and etc. using Clockwork Recovery with ICS, then I installed the Gingerbread Rom. This was a month ago, so idk.
If I can't even get into it, then it should be fine. Right?
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Right. You gotta start somewhere. Just claim ignorance...... You got the official update and bam!
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xbladeinc said:
I have used Odin a few times, but I cleared all my caches, reformated and etc. using Clockwork Recovery with ICS, then I installed the Gingerbread Rom. This was a month ago, so idk.
If I can't even get into it, then it should be fine. Right?
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Once they unstick that button they'll see everything. They might not care, if they do you'll be paying for a new phone.
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xcrazydx said:
Once they unstick that button they'll see everything. They might not care, if they do you'll be paying for a new phone.
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The thing is about this is that I don't have it Clockwork Recovery installed nor is it rooted, so I don't know if they would be able to tell.

xbladeinc said:
The thing is about this is that I don't have it Clockwork Recovery installed nor is it rooted, so I don't know if they would be able to tell.
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if you restored to stock w/odin then you are fine, it wipes over previous roms/recoveries/rooting and "no one" would be able to see that you had previously installed custom roms or that the phone was rooted.
using odin does "not" increase the flash counter, using certain modified stock firmware like k0anes stock rom which you would use odin to install would increase your flash counter, but thats from an old thread and no one else has made a odin flashable stock rom since then, all the latest recovery flashable roms(zip files) would not increase the flash counter.
you are good to go for warranty repair, maybe wipe your internal sdcard if you can and take out your sdcard

My phone is currently experiencing same problem as the OP. :crying: Please don't tell me bringing it back to Rogers is the only option. My 1 year warranty might be expired already.

A quick update. I went to the store and they said that they would take it. They tried to fix the button with an exacto knife. I wasn't ready to send it in yet so I waited a few hours. I tried again and I was able to boot it properly. So, there is nothing wrong with the software. To those who might be having the same issues, check your power button first before sending it in.
Thanks for the help!

xbladeinc said:
A quick update. I went to the store and they said that they would take it. They tried to fix the button with an exacto knife. I wasn't ready to send it in yet so I waited a few hours. I tried again and I was able to boot it properly. So, there is nothing wrong with the software. To those who might be having the same issues, check your power button first before sending it in.
Thanks for the help!
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They fixed it.?.... With a exacto knife?
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To Juude90
Hi I had a similar issue. I'ts most likely the power button. If you're willing to open up the device and clean the power button area try that.
If you're still under warranty, try to send it in for a repair.
Here is some info on my situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993616
Here is info that was helpful to me.
vincom said:
its 99% the power button, hearing it click is no indication thats its working as its an internal problem, theres 3 links to the problem in the "info" section in the "1 stop" sticky in my sig . taking it apart to get to the internal contact is one way to fix it, maybe the only way to fix it. if phone starts as soon as you put the battery in w/out touching any buttons then its a sticky/failed power button. warranty repair is also another solution
its 1% for a battery and/or battery contact problem
here are the links:
[INFO] Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals ...... possible sticky power button and solution
[INFO] Another thread with a bootloop problem
[INFO] Video of Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals />
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I hope it helps.

stoopendis said:
They fixed it.?.... With a exacto knife?
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was wondering what the hell they were doing. It worked I guess, but sometimes it still randomly reboots. I will send it in when I have the time, I'm not in a rush.
Yeah, Rogers acted in an unprofessional manner.

Take it in to Rogers,
I just had mine serviced and returned from Rogers, No problems and free of charge.
I dropped it off to Rogers with TWRP recovery/CM10 still installed, and the reason it was broken was I used a screwdriver to remove my sim card and tore out the sim card slot from the motherboard. Totally my fault. Also, my skyrocket is a used one from ebay, no less. Did not get it new from rogers myself.
Rogers fixed, no problems or cost to me. Rogers kindly restored it to a rogers Firmware, which I promptly removed immediately.
Heeter

[Q] Phone won't boot after TWRP reboot

So...was testing some zips in recovery. Everything went fine, phone was still plugged into computer.
Then I hit "reboot system" instead of "reboot recovery" so I'm like *Ok, I'll just pull the battery and go into recovery from bootloader*.
Pulled battery, now phone wont start. Getting a red light when plugged into computer, nothing else though. Won't show up in adb, or as a device in Device Manager.
Help?

CNexus said:
So...was testing some zips in recovery. Everything went fine, phone was still plugged into computer.
Then I hit "reboot system" instead of "reboot recovery" so I'm like *Ok, I'll just pull the battery and go into recovery from bootloader*.
Pulled battery, now phone wont start. Getting a red light when plugged into computer, nothing else though. Won't show up in adb, or as a device in Device Manager.
Help?
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When that happened on my evo lte it was a soft brick.
Have you tried connecting the device to a Linux machine and doing lsusb in terminal?
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Thanks for the reply. No not yet, booting into Ubuntu now...

jesuscash said:
When that happened on my evo lte it was a soft brick.
Have you tried connecting the device to a Linux machine and doing lsusb in terminal?
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Welp, no. Linux wont detect it either.
Looks like its the end of the road for me...

CNexus said:
Welp, no. Linux wont detect it either.
Looks like its the end of the road for me...
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Damn...
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Yeah, after some realizing of how dumb I was being, it turns out that I've hard-bricked my phone. Great....
Thanks for the help, but it looks like my last and only option is to use my upgrade to buy something. Thanks for the help either way :thumbup:

CNexus said:
Yeah, after some realizing of how dumb I was being, it turns out that I've hard-bricked my phone. Great....
Thanks for the help, but it looks like my last and only option is to use my upgrade to buy something. Thanks for the help either way :thumbup:
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I'd send you my spare shift but my little bro decided to take it for a swim lol
Keep us posted on what you end up getting.
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Can you still get into the bootloader???
stare into oblivion
Fall into sleep

No. We did the same thing. Instead of flashing to /dev/block/mmcblk0p21, we flashed to /dev/block/mmcblk0p18, which is the bootloader...

turkbot said:
Can you still get into the bootloader???
stare into oblivion
Fall into sleep
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Yeah. I was being dumb and mixed my files for the S3 with my shift files...the S3s rexovery partition is mmcblk0p18, but on our phone thats the bootloader....so game over.

Try an ruu , I flashed a evo 3d ROM on my hero by accident then it messed it up bad so then I used ruu and it worked. Now I'm not exactly sure if it fixes boot loader , its been so long because I'm so used to LGs cab restore where it relocks the bootloader
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Nope, phone isn't even recognized by my computer
Thanks though :thumbup:

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That's really odd, is your speedy your daily ?
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Yeah. :|
Been phoneless for the past couple days now.

CNexus said:
Yeah. :|
Been phoneless for the past couple days now.
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Damm man . Wish I could up with one to send you.

prboy1969 said:
Damm man . Wish I could up with one to send you.
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Yeah, sucks to reach for my pocket and just feel empty space there
The Shift really was an awesome phone. And there were and still are awesome people here.
And its alright man, thanks for the words though, still means a lot even if you can't help out in that department. :thumbup:

I'll keep an eye out anyway. Always here to help out if I can .

Get a hero for cheap as temp
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i have 2 fully working devices, aside from them both only needing the slide ribbon. been keeping them for parts in case i end up doing the same to mine somehow >_<