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[Q] RIP HTC Inspire 4G (2/13/11-3/4/11)

So I was forced to execute my Inspire today. It was rooted, I've tried different roms/radios, flashed rooted stock rom/stock rom. It was never reliable: always dropping service, not receiving/making calls at random times, mms unreliable. I took it back to best buy to try to get it exchanged for a new one. Of course the phone was working flawlessly when I got to the store. The good news is that I had purchased the best buy protection plan for it at $10/month. I had enough of the phone not working reliably for its intended purpose and had to smash it in order to get a new unit. I went back to best buy and turned in the broken phone, and after more than a few suspicious looks from workers-got my phone sent in for repair. Of course it's not going to be repairable (I hit it with my baton , which crushed the screen and phone in the middle), so now I wait a few weeks for my new unit.
My question is, should I cancel my ATT contract and go with a different provider. I loved the actual phone, I just think the ATT "4G" service is horribly unreliable in my area. Or, are there any good Android 3G phones for ATT?
BTW, I am coming from an iPhone 4 before i got the HTC Inspire. iPhone worked awesome, I'm just tired of Apple products.

You can exchange/return your phone within 30 days so why the hell did you "smash" it?
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If you were within the 30 days you had every right to just return it just because you wanted to.
I hope you get it all worked out. GL

brandon827 said:
(I hit it with my baton , which crushed the screen and phone in the middle)
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I LOL'd when I read that
In my opinion, you have the best android phone AT&T has to offer...and on this thread? I think a lot of people will think the same thing. A lot of us inspire owners are previous captivate owners! That phone REQUIRED tweaking to get it to work smoothly (and for me, to get gps to work)
You could get the atrix, but there's not much tweaking/modding/flashing you can do with it due to a signed bootloader.

yeah, smashing it was a stupid thing to do.
cancelling your at&t contract will cost you a lot of money.

LOL, its crazy that someone has to go to those lenths to return a phone, but its true especially at stores like bestbuy its like ok so u want me to go in parking lot and run over it with my car a few times? then you will exchange it? and if u didnt have a problem with it why would u want a new one? Funny the smashing with baton part though.

^ he said, he was having problems.
i agree with others, you had 30 days to return it, i don't understand why you didn't just do that, and get another phone.

epicKA8 said:
^ he said, he was having problems.
i agree with others, you had 30 days to return it, i don't understand why you didn't just do that, and get another phone.
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Right on... I also think $10 a month is crazy expensive.
For me, the Inspire has been a dream. Super stable... super fast... and I really haven't felt the need to root it.. yet.

bahairus said:
Right on... I also think $10 a month is crazy expensive.
For me, the Inspire has been a dream. Super stable... super fast... and I really haven't felt the need to root it.. yet.
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yea, $10 a month is nuts, i only paid $50 for the entire phone!

I don't think any of your understood, lol. Best Buy refused to take it back because it was working fine in front of them. And I did literally say to the kid working there, "So if I take it out in the parking lot and run it over with my truck, you guys will take it back?" He replied, "Do what you gotta do, if you come in tomorrow with a broken phone I'll act like I didn't see you come in today."
BTW I paid full price for the phone ($450ish).

You can return it for ANY reason within 30 days. Doesn't have to be broken.

AvengerBB said:
You can return it for ANY reason within 30 days. Doesn't have to be broken.
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This. Should have asked for a manager. That kid was totally wrong.
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I dont think bestbuy will do a swap without something wrong with it that they can see that isnt walmart. Not all stores are easy to work with. sure he could have returned it but that is a restocking fee

jc2470 said:
I dont think bestbuy will do a swap without something wrong with it that they can see that isnt walmart. Not all stores are easy to work with. sure he could have returned it but that is a restocking fee
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That's what I was thinking. I didn't want to push the issue and get the manager involved only to deny me getting a new phone. Then, I show up a few days later with a broken phone anyway. I will most likely be buying my next phone at Costco.

I had the same exact same problem... out the blue signal went to ****.. took it back to the At&t store of course it worked fine..lol .. got a new one hope it don't happen again... the people at the at&t store were like "I never seen the H without a the +"
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jc2470 said:
I dont think bestbuy will do a swap without something wrong with it that they can see that isnt walmart. Not all stores are easy to work with. sure he could have returned it but that is a restocking fee
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Restocking fees no longer apply at best buy, and their return policy does not say something has to be wrong.
<--- worked there for three years and still has many friends that do.
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ReppinFlorida said:
I had the same exact same problem... out the blue signal went to ****.. took it back to the At&t store of course it worked fine..lol .. got a new one hope it don't happen again... the people at the at&t store were like "I never seen the H without a the +"
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You took it back rooted and s-off ed? Hahaha classic.
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They actually gave me a had time had to go back a couple times... they said I had to unroot it for warranty purposes... I used visionary to unroot and left the s-off and the custom Rom
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ReppinFlorida said:
They actually gave me a had time had to go back a couple times... they said I had to unroot it for warranty purposes... I used visionary to unroot and left the s-off and the custom Rom
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You should post how you un rooted in the Dev or General section. I'm sure a lot of people would appreciate that.
Also, thanks for confirming why we shouldn't buy at 'Beast' Buy
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If you have to take it in just take a nandroid and run the ruu. Then take your SD out. Simple and effective.
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amazon appstore and at&t

i read that At&t started to allow the htc inspire to use the amazon update, with some sort of update. my wife bought an inspire two days ago and she cant get it to work. we just did a htc update and still no allowing of non market apps. i have the infuse and mine will do it right out of the box. thanks for the help

I think you have to call att and ask for them to give you the update...that's at least how I've heard you can get the update.
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speedfreak228 said:
i read that At&t started to allow the htc inspire to use the amazon update, with some sort of update. my wife bought an inspire two days ago and she cant get it to work. we just did a htc update and still no allowing of non market apps. i have the infuse and mine will do it right out of the box. thanks for the help
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I assume you have verified under settings > applications to see whether or not you have the "unknown sources" option, and if it is there, that is is checked.
If it's not there then, as mentioned, you'll have to call ATT to get them to push it to the phone.

King Askaba said:
I think you have to call att and ask for them to give you the update...that's at least how I've heard you can get the update.
ok thanks
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Scott_S said:
I assume you have verified under settings > applications to see whether or not you have the "unknown sources" option, and if it is there, that is is checked.
If it's not there then, as mentioned, you'll have to call ATT to get them to push it to the phone.
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yea i already checked. thanks for the help

do yall know the name of the update? at&t do not know what im talking about

speedfreak228 said:
do yall know the name of the update? at&t do not know what im talking about
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It's the "sideloading update", or you can say it's the update that allows you to install 3rd party applications that aren't on the Android Market. If the AT&T wireless rep still doesn't know what you're talking about, then they are an untrained moron and you should ask to be transferred to someone else.

henrybravo said:
If the AT&T wireless rep still doesn't know what you're talking about, then they are an untrained moron and you should ask to be transferred to someone else.
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You just described 98% of ATT employees.

zelendel said:
You just described 98% of ATT employees.
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LOL!!! 10chars

been on the phone with at&t for 20 minutes now and they are still trying to figure it out

speedfreak228 said:
been on the phone with at&t for 20 minutes now and they are still trying to figure it out
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That's when you ask for their boss
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1.18.12 said:
That's when you ask for their boss
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ya now the imei isnt in there system to push the update too. just purchased it monday from at&t.
edit: well they found the imei number

1.18.12 said:
That's when you ask for their boss
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Or just root the phone
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The rep I talked to called HTC whom in return told him the update wasn't available yet for this phone. So I just rooted the phone using bubby's method. That opened up the 3rd party unknown sources.

dj sampson said:
The rep I talked to called HTC whom in return told him the update wasn't available yet for this phone. So I just rooted the phone using bubby's method. That opened up the 3rd party unknown sources.
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What a bunch of clueless people LOL. It was widely reported a month ago on tech sites like Engadget and HTC's own forum.

henrybravo said:
What a bunch of clueless people LOL. It was widely reported a month ago on tech sites like Engadget and HTC's own forum.
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Indeed. Not only that, but my parents both have bone stock inspires, and I checked their phones out of curiosity, and sure enough, they have "unknown sources" now.
Keep in mind, they don't have a friggin clue what it does, or that anything even changed on their phone.
Kinda funny how clueless parents get it without even asking for it, and the people desparate for it have to call up att.

Scott_S said:
Indeed. Not only that, but my parents both have bone stock inspires, and I checked their phones out of curiosity, and sure enough, they have "unknown sources" now.
Keep in mind, they don't have a friggin clue what it does, or that anything even changed on their phone.
Kinda funny how clueless parents get it without even asking for it, and the people desparate for it have to call up att.
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ya lol. i finally got att to send the update. bunch of clueless people

Just ask them to push the Sideloading update to your phone. If they don't know what they are doing, then their customer support must be terrible.

your welcome works on my att inspire 4g. it will prompt for update. the update works without issue.

So there are people who have had success with att doing this then huh? I've called 3 different reps and no one could find anything. This is for my girlfriend's phone who does not want it rooted but one of the main selling points over the atrix was having the appstore.

[Q] Unrooting Before Shipping Back to VZW

Unfortunately, I've encountered a hardware defect on my phone...
...the dreaded power button is getting stuck and becoming virtually unusable. The VZW Tech Support is sending me a CLNR device which should be here on Friday. (Apparently, they got rid of free overnight shipping.)
I'm unrooting tonight so I can play around with the new OTA over the next couple of days.
Is there anything I need to do to the phone other than un-root it so that VZW doesn't know it was rooted, thereby avoiding any future headaches and $299 charges.
Thanks!
Drew

Just to remember to remove your sd card before sending it back. If left in by accident they can tell some of what you have been doing with your phone.

jett2314 said:
Just to remember to remove your sd card before sending it back. If left in by accident they can tell some of what you have been doing with your phone.
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Oh yeah. That for me was a given. lol
I'm removing the SIM, SD card, battery and back battery cover.
If that's it then I should be set. Just trying to cover all of my bases. ya know?

CanesDrew said:
Oh yeah. That for me was a given. lol
I'm removing the SIM, SD card, battery and back battery cover.
If that's it then I should be set. Just trying to cover all of my bases. ya know?
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Just make sure to follow the unroot process in the dev forums so you put your phone back to "stock". You want to make sure its back to "S-ON" but that's about it.
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capflya said:
Just make sure to follow the unroot process in the dev forums so you put your phone back to "stock". You want to make sure its back to "S-ON" but that's about it.
This post is infected with the 3D strain of Gingeritis
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Thanks but this is not my first time un-rooting my phone. I got that part covered. Installing the official OTA now.
Good Lord it takes forever over 3G. lol

CanesDrew said:
Thanks but this is not my first time un-rooting my phone. I got that part covered. Installing the official OTA now.
Good Lord it takes forever over 3G. lol
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You asked
Hope your new phone is better in regards to the power button issue. Mine seems to be OK... Except I keep finding its randomly shut itself off. If its not one thing its something else I guess lol
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When your next phone arrives, consider using quickboot to restart/turn off the phone. Might help prevent you from going thru the same ordeal again.
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Wrong thread LOL.
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capflya said:
You asked
Hope your new phone is better in regards to the power button issue. Mine seems to be OK... Except I keep finding its randomly shut itself off. If its not one thing its something else I guess lol
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Actually just got the new phone today and rooted it this evening. Everything works perfectly fine and the power button actually presses down now. lol
The only annoyance is that the speaker seems to crackle if above more than 1/2 volume. Thankfully, I can hear just fine if below that. But if it becomes too bad, I'll have to do another swap.

CanesDrew said:
Actually just got the new phone today and rooted it this evening. Everything works perfectly fine and the power button actually presses down now. lol
The only annoyance is that the speaker seems to crackle if above more than 1/2 volume. Thankfully, I can hear just fine if below that. But if it becomes too bad, I'll have to do another swap.
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I try to avoid sending in for replacements...they always have problems.
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Curious as to why you would bother unrooting software when hardware is the issue? Here's why I ask.
I buy all of my companies pcs and cell phones. If I wipe MSCRAP7 off the machine and it has a MB failure and I call the mfg and they send a new one i don't restore back to 7 why would you on the phone?

rcstilgar said:
Curious as to why you would bother unrooting software when hardware is the issue? Here's why I ask.
I buy all of my companies pcs and cell phones. If I wipe MSCRAP7 off the machine and it has a MB failure and I call the mfg and they send a new one i don't restore back to 7 why would you on the phone?
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Because rooting voids your warranty...

rcstilgar said:
Curious as to why you would bother unrooting software when hardware is the issue? Here's why I ask.
I buy all of my companies pcs and cell phones. If I wipe MSCRAP7 off the machine and it has a MB failure and I call the mfg and they send a new one i don't restore back to 7 why would you on the phone?
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Because if I don't, theres a strong risk I'll have to pay full retail for this replacement even though rooting didn't cause the hardware failure.
I'm guessing you're not rooted...
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CanesDrew-
Love your signature. Care if I borrow it? I am a nursing student too.

emsrider said:
CanesDrew-
Love your signature. Care if I borrow it? I am a nursing student too.
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Absolutely. Glad to know I'm not the only future male nurse on XDA. Lol
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Verizon rep said my nova launcher voids my warranty?

Ive been using and rooting droids for about 4 years, lately ive been haveing issues with my s3 gps took it in talked to a VZ rep and the first thing he said when he saw my phone was "YOU HAVE A LAUNCHER ON YOUR PHONE YOU KNOW THAT VOIDS THE WARRANTY! Make sure you uninstall that before sending back" thats the first time i have ever heard that is this guy full of it or is this something new?

theres nothing wrong with nova launcher on your phone.
most reps are not as knowledgeable as they should be.

maxcaos said:
Ive been using and rooting droids for about 4 years, lately ive been haveing issues with my s3 gps took it in talked to a VZ rep and the first thing he said when he saw my phone was "YOU HAVE A LAUNCHER ON YOUR PHONE YOU KNOW THAT VOIDS THE WARRANTY! Make sure you uninstall that before sending back" thats the first time i have ever heard that is this guy full of it or is this something new?
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vzw reps are notoriously known for being dumbasses...don't listen to em lol.......and anyway, unless its completely hard bricked, who doesn't reset their phone back to complete stock before sending it back anyway to ensure they don't see any traces of ya tweaking w/ it?

The VZW rep sounds ridiculous like expected. My guess is that rep was thinking the phone doesn't "look" how TW looks and therefore assumes that's an indication of modified software. Regardless, it's good practice to reset your phone to stock for exchanges and returns.
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I honestly would have told that guy he's an idiot straight to his face. God people are dumb.
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I am a Verizon rep and the guy was either an idiot and doesnt know what he is talking about or he is just a complete douche. There is nothing wrong with running a launcher that is able to be put on a phone that doent require root. There are many instances when I had the unfortunate job to tell people they are screwed. I have also instructed people how to get back to stock or referred them here to XDA. I love opening the potential of my phone up and customizing it as it is an extension of myself.

I would have been tempted to go over to their working demo, download it and say yours is voided now too and leave !

maxcaos said:
Ive been using and rooting droids for about 4 years, lately ive been haveing issues with my s3 gps took it in talked to a VZ rep and the first thing he said when he saw my phone was "YOU HAVE A LAUNCHER ON YOUR PHONE YOU KNOW THAT VOIDS THE WARRANTY! Make sure you uninstall that before sending back" thats the first time i have ever heard that is this guy full of it or is this something new?
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All none rooted apps on the Market are perfectly 100% legit. The guy is FULL of Sh****. I wish I could say it to his face.

Appreciate all the feedback everyone, I thought he was full of crap but I appreciate the opinions and advice some of which I will use in the future should of wrote his name down and started a VZ REP HALL OF SHAME post
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I've also noticed that most people selling electronics really have no idea what there talking about I've asked questions to some pretty basic questions that I've already knew the answer just to see if they knew and there just clueless.
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sfobrien said:
I would have been tempted to go over to their working demo, download it and say yours is voided now too and leave !
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^ha! rep is an asshat.

I think Radio Shack has the biggest idiots...lol In my area anyways

benny3 said:
I think Radio Shack has the biggest idiots...lol In my area anyways
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Thats why I don't mess with them

bairste said:
I am a Verizon rep and the guy was either an idiot and doesnt know what he is talking about or he is just a complete douche. There is nothing wrong with running a launcher that is able to be put on a phone that doent require root. There are many instances when I had the unfortunate job to tell people they are screwed. I have also instructed people how to get back to stock or referred them here to XDA. I love opening the potential of my phone up and customizing it as it is an extension of myself.
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To bad not all vzw reps think like you!!
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Mark930 said:
I've also noticed that most people selling electronics really have no idea what there talking about I've asked questions to some pretty basic questions that I've already knew the answer just to see if they knew and there just clueless.
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Hahaha I do this too!!!
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Did you ask him if changing the ringtone voids the warrenty too
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benny3 said:
I think Radio Shack has the biggest idiots...lol In my area anyways
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Here, it's Best Buy. While our Radio Shack is not the best place to get advice, it's better than Best Buy.
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yea i had a verizon wireless rep tell me something similar. He took one look at my phone and said, "to be honest i dont know what kind of software you have going on here but whatever it is that is what is causing your problem". i guess Nova Launcher causes the phone's radio to disfunction and lose data all of a sudden......

bwassef said:
yea i had a verizon wireless rep tell me something similar. He took one look at my phone and said, "to be honest i dont know what kind of software you have going on here but whatever it is that is what is causing your problem". i guess Nova Launcher causes the phone's radio to disfunction and lose data all of a sudden......
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Haha.. same thing here. Crazy data drops with my first phone, took it into vzw, dude takes one look at the clock on the home screen and asks what ROM I'm running. I told him there was no ROM, but he insisted the clock wasn't stock so I must have a different ROM on it. Went to the display s3's, changed all their clocks to what mine had then asked if he'd help me with my problem.
Man he ****ed my account up... I spent weeks arguing with vzw over the **** he did...
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gunz.jones said:
Here, it's Best Buy. While our Radio Shack is not the best place to get advice, it's better than Best Buy.
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Indeed! I bought a sprint Note II and went to BestBuy to look for accessories....
Lady was adamant that its "not even released in the US yet."
I just laughed, pulled my phone out my pocket, and said... Yeah, sure its not and this doesnt exist...
Then just walked out, lol
Morons!

Found a S3, how to get owners info?

I found a S3 today and it looks BRAND NEW. no scratches, in a case, looks perfect. So I want to be able to give it back to the owner. I went into my verizon store and they said they wouldnt do anything. It was a young guy and maybe he didnt care or maybe because its hawaii and everyone is laid back... Anyways, I want to be able to return this phone to its owner. I tried putting in random passwords for the lock screen and i got up to attempt 55 and its not asking for an email; though i dont know if it would show their email. Anyway I can hook it up USB and use a debugger and grab some kind of info? Name? Number? Email? Bypass lock screen to call one of their contacts? Any help would be great!

Call a contact in the across book or put up a craigslish add in lost+found
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check if it has an sd card, swap it on your phone or direct to a pc, look for identifying information.

ericrcan said:
I found a S3 today and it looks BRAND NEW. no scratches, in a case, looks perfect. So I want to be able to give it back to the owner. I went into my verizon store and they said they wouldnt do anything. It was a young guy and maybe he didnt care or maybe because its hawaii and everyone is laid back... Anyways, I want to be able to return this phone to its owner. I tried putting in random passwords for the lock screen and i got up to attempt 55 and its not asking for an email; though i dont know if it would show their email. Anyway I can hook it up USB and use a debugger and grab some kind of info? Name? Number? Email? Bypass lock screen to call one of their contacts? Any help would be great!
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hey man, cant really help but wanted to say thanks for being a good person.
Id try the vzw route again. im surprised theyre unwilling to help. maybe call the 1800 number and tehy might be able to help and relay information to the store closest to you wtihout giving out the persons information to you over the phone. or call local PD and see if anyone reported something like that stolen. maybe they have the persons info on hand in case its found.

cammykool said:
Call a contact in the across book or put up a craigslish add in lost+found
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what is the across book? If I go to emergency call it doesn't show any contacts. There is no sd card, and I have a att phone so I can't put the sim card in my phone to look at it for contacts. I posted a CL ad already, and will go to the police station and talk to them, though they ha e been rated the most corrupt in the US its hard to see if they will help or just take the phone. I know what it feels like to lose a phone, hopefully I can find the owner!

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what is the across book? If I go to emergency call it doesn't show any contacts. There is no sd card, and I have a att phone so I can't put the sim card in my phone to look at it for contacts. I posted a CL ad already, and will go to the police station and talk to them, though they ha e been rated the most corrupt in the US its hard to see if they will help or just take the phone. I know what it feels like to lose a phone, hopefully I can find the owner!
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I wouldn't worry about the police necessarily especially if they say they're bad. I'd say keep it, and if nobody claims it from craigslist keep it and sell it after wiping it.
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Yea there's not much to do at this point except play the waiting game. Usually after a week or so it'll be claimed IF its gonna be claimed.
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ericrcan said:
what is the across book? If I go to emergency call it doesn't show any contacts. There is no sd card, and I have a att phone so I can't put the sim card in my phone to look at it for contacts. I posted a CL ad already, and will go to the police station and talk to them, though they ha e been rated the most corrupt in the US its hard to see if they will help or just take the phone. I know what it feels like to lose a phone, hopefully I can find the owner!
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sorry 4am typing kills me....

Why not look through the contacts see if any contacts say mom dad brother baby etc... Call them...
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He can't get into the phone. It's locked with a code.
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It has a pin lock and no way to see the contacts. What does everyone feel a reasonable time would be to wait before claiming it as my own?

Maybe a week
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ericrcan said:
It has a pin lock and no way to see the contacts. What does everyone feel a reasonable time would be to wait before claiming it as my own?
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Id try verizon one more time. If theyre willing to let you keep someone elses device then my conscious would be clear to be hoenst with you.
A carrier should be more willing to help you in this situation youre doing the right thing.

I'll try them again and see. Anyone know if it will work using my att sim card? I know the phone had a message that said global mode and its the i535 version

ddurandSGS3 said:
Id try verizon one more time. If theyre willing to let you keep someone elses device then my conscious would be clear to be hoenst with you.
A carrier should be more willing to help you in this situation youre doing the right thing.
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Carrier is not useful at all! i once ended up buying A AT&T Iphone and it was around the time they started Black Listing IMEI, Anyways long story short..the guy who sold it to me had stolen it! So went to the Store to try to see if they will call the owner and give it back. They told me if id try to do that i could possibly end up in trouble and just toss the device in the garbage or keep it as a Ipod.

djteotancolis said:
Carrier is not useful at all! i once ended up buying A AT&T Iphone and it was around the time they started Black Listing IMEI, Anyways long story short..the guy who sold it to me had stolen it! So went to the Store to try to see if they will call the owner and give it back. They told me if id try to do that i could possibly end up in trouble and just toss the device in the garbage or keep it as a Ipod.
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Wtf?!
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Still no owner yet.....

How has the owner not called his missing phone by now?
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ericrcan said:
Still no owner yet.....
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Is his phone rooted? If it is you could reboot, backup, and dirty flash a rom... or would that keep the lock? can't think of anything else
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blueb0x said:
How has the owner not called his missing phone by now?
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Exactly!
joshua5683 said:
Is his phone rooted? If it is you could reboot, backup, and dirty flash a rom... or would that keep the lock? can't think of anything else
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That would still keep the lock if all you did was wipe the caches. I had an idea of maybe using a no wipe stock image to Odin flash but wouldn't the same thing happen with the lock screen? Either way, I think runs the risk of it bootlooping and there would be less chance of getting through and calling someone. If it's rooted, maybe there is a nandroid you could restore and maybe they didn't set the lockscreen up?
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