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Very high battery draw/camera issues

So a few days ago I checked my phone at work, had been off the charger for 4 hours not used at all and it was dead. Battery draw was ~300ma the whole time. The next day I noticed my camera wasn't working. Ill get an error message(activity camera not responding). Sometimes ill attempt to open the app and nothing will happen. This was all on gingerbeast. So I wiped all data and reflashed GB. Camera still doesn't work and battery draw is insane. I've since tryed AR, virtuous and cm7. For the record I've wiped battery stats,tryed without SD and sim card. I've been unable to find the cause of the high draw,although I think its related to the camera. Tomorrow I'm going to try and unroot and return to fully stock. Sorry for the long post any help is appreciated.
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If your camera isn't working on any freshly installed ROMs, you probably have a hardware problem. As a last resort, try going back to the stock ROM. If your camera is still bad, then you'll need to do a warranty exchange with AT&T. The camera issues may very well be causing your high battery drain.

So HTC told me to send it to them within 30 days. And what do you know the next day my camera works fine! Should I still send It in or wait it out? Im also getting slight screen lifting in the corner so I might as well? I don't have a spare phone to use but I can buy some cheapo for a temp
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killerkali said:
So HTC told me to send it to them within 30 days. And what do you know the next day my camera works fine! Should I still send It in or wait it out? Im also getting slight screen lifting in the corner so I might as well? I don't have a spare phone to use but I can buy some cheapo for a temp
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Yes. That screen lifting will get worse before it gets better, so take care of it while you still can.

Scott_S said:
Yes. That screen lifting will get worse before it gets better, so take care of it while you still can.
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Mine doing that on both lower corners now...just something I notice. I like the HTC since way back....just hopes it doesn't turn into a problem with particles under the screen...I'm an engineer I try to mitigate...but yeah I sure notice this commonly listed problem..it aint really serious....yet...jsut make it to next upgrade

meiguoguizi said:
Mine doing that on both lower corners now...just something I notice. I like the HTC since way back....just hopes it doesn't turn into a problem with particles under the screen...I'm an engineer I try to mitigate...but yeah I sure notice this commonly listed problem..it aint really serious....yet...jsut make it to next upgrade
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I've replaced an iPhone screen/digitizer just to prove a point that "I am a technician"....OK did that been there.....some peeps get into into it....rather have an elegant design that inhibits such use of a user's free time.....and not everyone can perform this sort of repair...elegant solutions peeps in the tech dev world..me likey...I will help where I can....

meiguoguizi said:
I've replaced an iPhone screen/digitizer just to prove a point that "I am a technician"....OK did that been there.....some peeps get into into it....rather have an elegant design that inhibits such use of a user's free time.....and not everyone can perform this sort of repair...elegant solutions peeps in the tech dev world..me likely...I will help where I can....
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From what I recall, the inspire is about 20 times harder to replace the screen/digitizer, because the thing it honestly slapped together.
@ OP Sad part is if you do wish to repair it your probably going to have to go through HTC as I had some lengthy conversations with ATT and had to threaten to cancel and report them to the BBB on face book before anyone actually wanted to help me. MY phone was to the point where the bottom right of the screen had lifted and I could press on the bottom center and here clicking noises.
Edit: Try downloading watch dog lite to see if any apps are causing the battery draw before you unroot, a little troubleshooting can go a long way .

[Q] Unroot before taking in phone for camera repair?

Hi everyone, I got my thunderbolt back in May and have been very happy with it. Sometime in June I cracked my camera lens The pictures that I took were unaffected. Over time the crack has spread to cover most of the lens and although you cannot see crack through the pictures I take there is nore light coming into the light sensor than there is supposed to be and all the pics are washed out around the edges when I am outside. So my question is do I need to unroot before I take the phone in to get the camera fixed. Technically they don't need to turn on the phone but maybe they will to see if the problem is actually fixed. OR, they might just give me a replacement phone. Then what do I do?

You will get a replacement, they will send yours in to get repaired. Unroot just to be safe

definitely unroot!
no one wants a surprise bill for $600....

holy ****! it's that much? I'm definitely unrooting! thanks for the warning/advice. is there any way to save my clockwork backup so I can restore it after I get my new phone?
lostnuke said:
definitely unroot!
no one wants a surprise bill for $600....
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Unroot, go back to stock, or Verizon may not fix. They gave a freind of mine with a rooted D2 global a lot of verify and a bill when he took it in running a custom Rom forbthe replacement he got. He had keyboard issues.
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ok thanks.

xTFGx said:
holy ****! it's that much? I'm definitely unrooting! thanks for the warning/advice. is there any way to save my clockwork backup so I can restore it after I get my new phone?
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You can save the Clockwork backup on your pc but ifyou get another phone is no the best thing to use a backup from another phone , problems might come after this
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[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.
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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
This post is infected with the 3D strain of Gingeritis

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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thank you LG for gingerbread works great!!!

I updated..must restore stock recovery and unroot...wow everything works great...lets talk about positive changes this update has done to our beloved g2x's.

Plugging in a USB cable the mass storage notification now pops up so fast it startles me.

Finally a positive thread.. My phones doing good as well.. No update will be bugless..

Everything I use works great. But there are some tiny things...... but its the best gingerbread build I've ever run on the g2x that's for sure.
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Spyvie said:
Plugging in a USB cable the mass storage notification now pops up so fast it startles me.
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Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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moshe22 said:
Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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+1 same here!

slickerxcuh said:
+1 same here!
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Is almost unreal, I'm so happy
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moshe22 said:
Not only that but if you try your gps you will get instant locks!
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Yes it does. Wohoo!
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Could someone answer these two questions please?
1. How's the battery life after the upgrade?
2. Can it be rooted? Is everything such as bluetooth ADP working fine?
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On my 3rd G2x and it has been solid cept for a few things, such as GPS taking up to 20 minutes to lock, apps being unable to be moved to SD-card, whenever adding an app or widget to the homescreen would lock up the phone for a bit and would take up to 5 minutes to pull up a list, eating through a battery down to 40% after a full charge within 3 hours of light use.
Granted I fixed almost all those issues by rooting it and applying fixes I discovered through this wonderful forum. From the GPS fix (it locked within about 20sec-3minutes, much better than before) and the pre-opt-dex patch that was put up here which totally helped when adding apps/widgets to the homescreen(3-10 seconds compared to the 5 minutes). To some battery monitoring apps and charging techniques that helped me get the best out of my battery, which saw a full charge last about 9 hours before it squealed to be plugged back in.
Now with Gingerbread finally installed the GPS lock is virtually instant, the apps/widgets are likewise, almost instant. The battery seems to be a bit better. I took it off the charger at 4pm and its still at 25% at this time (12:49am).
As odd as it seems, I look back and am thankful for the buggy G2X. While I really liked my Nexus One, I never really delved into the community much. It was a solid phone and never had any problem, save for the complete lack of space to put apps on it. The buggy G2x lead me to this wonderful forum which was full of people with helpful opinions and great tips. Through the assistance of everyone here I learned a lot more about the Android system and about phones in general. Coming from a big PC background (I like building and fixing them) I liked that the Android OS provided me with similar work around that I did when working on PC's.
So, while the initial experience with the phone was nightmarish, in retrospect I really learned something, it's good to know that there is a group of people dedicated to making sure we get the best out of our phones and freeing us from the shackles of the providers limitations on the phones (rooting rocks!!)
A note to T-Mobile and LG. Why did you rush this phone?!?! I would have gladly waited till July for a fully functional phone. Without Gingerbread this is one of the most powerful phones in the universe, with Gingerbread it can now take advantage of that power. It's not like the competition was putting out anything much better than the MyTouch4g at that time, yes the Atrix, but that was a buggy nightmare too. So what if the Sensation beat this to market, this has stock android, an arguably better (supported at least) GPU, and is rootable. I would have waited. Look right now, for my criteriahttp://blogs.computerworld.com/16755/android_user_interface for a phone my options are currently the G2X, Nexus S and....can't really think of anything else... So seriously, coming from a Nexus One, the obvious choice is the G2X. I would think that a decent chunk of the people reading this would agree.

same here
I was one of the lucky ones to have a G2x without issues
stock phone not rooted, update went thru without problems and the phone feels snappier; I do miss the original LG camera app though

It's good to hear everyone is happy with their phone...now I won't have to read about everyone jumping ship to the sensation.
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After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?

mr.johnsexydavis911 said:
After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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try doing a factory reset.

What's the process to get the Gingerbread? Is everyone updating through LG update then what are you flashing?
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mr.johnsexydavis911 said:
After the update my phone lost signal. For the baseband it says unknown. Does anyone know how to fix this?
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uhhhh try restarting the phone first and see if that fixes it... otherwise you are going to have to throw CWM on there and restore to stock and try doing the update again OR wait until there is a flashable bootloader posted up which is likely to be soon...

You guys seem giddy as school girls. I'm going to have to try this rom today.
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And was it my imagination, or is the universally-despised "battery fully charged" pop-up gone now? (I charge overnight while I'm sleeping, so it could well be that I dismissed it in my sleep.)

Updated mine as i couldn't resist anymore. Only thing now is getting root access again.
I tried Super 1 Click Root 1.9.5 but no go. Has anyone succeeded in getting root after updating to 2.3.3? Please share your root info.
Thanks in advance.
UPDATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748

wmm said:
And was it my imagination, or is the universally-despised "battery fully charged" pop-up gone now? (I charge overnight while I'm sleeping, so it could well be that I dismissed it in my sleep.)
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It's still there, :-( I guess I must have hit the dismiss button in my sleep yesterday morning when the alarm went off. I woke up before the alarm sounded this morning, and there was the pop-up, same as always. Oh, well...

Thinking about wiping my infuse... what happens to my bought apps?

Well I want to wipe this piece of **** thing, this phone is having so many problems it is a refurb so that explains it...
Have you guys ever had any problems like... here's one
Sometimes my phone freezes, then when the screen turns on the four main icons (phone web, email etc..) are oriented portrait while staying in their same spot, basically rotating 90 degrees to the right.
What the eff...
Also what will happen to my apps which I spent money on... will I have to buy them again? (of course not that sounds like a ****ty corporate world talking)
Also do you guys think that I have a virus?
This random app popped up in one of my windows, called "search" the icon is a magnifying glass this happened to me recently and I installed norton, **** me man viruses for phones?
I did not install this app, nor put it on my screen... so I'm assuming that it is not my work.
Somebody's got to make money somewhere I Guess...
If you guys could answer my questions, I'd be greatly satisfied.
Thanks

Your paid apps are backed up by google, after wipe, just go into the market hit menu/my apps. I'm guessing your stock?
And I would just wipe and see if that fixes your issues. Wiping deletes pretty much everything on your phone except the sdcards. Before you wipe go into accounts and settings and back your **** up with google such as contacts, wifi passwords, i think even apps...then wipe

The apps you bought on the market are saved to your gmail account.
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Nevermind I was too late.
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Thanks guys
I am rooted but not many of the roms appeal to me
I'm waiting to develop my own design (on my blog) or if somebody else builds it
I don't mind the stock stuff, I run the Infusion kernel for 1.8ghz speed
Damn I have to do all this crap again...
Thank you guys for the response

I've had freezes too. It's not always the phone but apps.
As like others have said, doing a data only wipe will clear out all installed apps and app data, any user created content like media and docs is saved to sd or extsd and won't be cleared with a data wipe.
After you perform the wipe, be aware of what apps you install and the affect they have on your phone. Don't just start mass installing everything again. Also be aware of all widgets you setup on home screens as they start services that stay resident and take up CPU and RAM.
These smartphones are basically PC's and are subject to the same potential for problems that plague PC's. Too many programs running together.
If your phone has true hardware problems..remember the steps leading up to the hang condition and attempt to replicate it. If you can't replicate it easily it may be a transient condition, otherwise try an alternate method to narrow down what part of the phone is failing.
If you can I.D. the problem and you're sure it's the hardware, take it to AT&T and explain it to them. They may give you an exchange right in the store and transfer your data to the replacement. No charge.
And as always before any major change...BACKUP YOUR DATA!!!!!

Thank god for Google! What would the world be without it? I hope you guys don't plan on answering that question. Lol
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Well this is my fourth phone
My first new phone had a cracked screen, (first mistake) sent it to asurion for replacement for $99.99 then this was stolen by some ****s
Then I got another one sent to my home, this one was stolen off of my porch, so I filed that either FedEx never delivered it or it was stolen from my porch.
So this is my fourth phone from asurion, I have ended my insurance since I don't need it as I have used my two phones within 6 months

GreenAce92 said:
Well this is my fourth phone
My first new phone had a cracked screen, (first mistake) sent it to asurion for replacement for $99.99 then this was stolen by some ****s
Then I got another one sent to my home, this one was stolen off of my porch, so I filed that either FedEx never delivered it or it was stolen from my porch.
So this is my fourth phone from asurion, I have ended my insurance since I don't need it as I have used my two phones within 6 months
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Do you live in the hood?. Crummy ass ppl sounds like Florida to me cause that's where I'm from and that **** happens here.
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@Green..If your rooted, use Titanium Backup, you can choose the apps you want to re-install instead of all at once.
****, I don't even have to lock up here in Texas...its amazing how some ppl are these days, stealing mail? really?

Yeah it sucks man
And I filed my phone stolen, and yet Asurion keeps bothering my friend (I used his phone to call them) to return the other phone...
I'm like what the eff man! I don't have it!
Damn people, stealing mail, they don't steal any of my airplane parts but then my phone? ****...
yes I do have Titanium Backup installed
Is there a way to do like a system diagnostic to see if anything physical has failed on my board? Not that it is something that I can do anything about... but I was curious.
Thanks for the responses!

GreenAce92 said:
Yeah it sucks man
And I filed my phone stolen, and yet Asurion keeps bothering my friend (I used his phone to call them) to return the other phone...
I'm like what the eff man! I don't have it!
Damn people, stealing mail, they don't steal any of my airplane parts but then my phone? ****...
yes I do have Titanium Backup installed
Is there a way to do like a system diagnostic to see if anything physical has failed on my board? Not that it is something that I can do anything about... but I was curious.
Thanks for the responses!
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Sounds like classic shady corporate behavior man.
And I could be wrong but I have never heard of such an app

Hey, is this a normal web browser page?
I feel like I may have been obliviously using my web browser and typing in all of my **** while I'm using a virus browser
This happens to be that app that appeared randomly on my screen but with a magnifying glass with the name "search"

GreenAce92 said:
Hey, is this a normal web browser page?
I feel like I may have been obliviously using my web browser and typing in all of my **** while I'm using a virus browser
This happens to be that app that appeared randomly on my screen but with a magnifying glass with the name "search"
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Don't use that one. Had it before. Original is the At&t Yahoo page, but the other is of course, Google.
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Kevinr678 said:
Don't use that one. Had it before. Original is the At&t Yahoo page, but the other is of course, Google.
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Yeaaah that one looks pretty sketchy lol

Axiomkid said:
Thank god for Google! What would the world be without it? I hope you guys don't plan on answering that question. Lol
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Happier?
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Your screen shot looks iffy, green.
If I were in your shoe, and you don't mind stock.
And your paid apps are backed up in google.
I would go to /settings/privacy and reset the dang thing.
Then put it in download mode and odin the thing to a stock of your choice, whether it's 2.2.1 or uckj4(2.3) where super1click still works. hell, odin and reset a few times.
download your apps new from the market

Don't get on porn sites on your phone and things like this wont happen. Lol
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tmease1 said:
Don't get on porn sites on your phone and things like this wont happen. Lol
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Yeah...listen to mtease. He speaks wisdom from extended experiencs.

Ya, I've locked up a few phones in my day because of that. Lol
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