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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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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
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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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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?
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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?
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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.
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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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How do I get a refund on my R? Should i just barge in and say, I don't want this phone anymore with all the problems. Gimme my money back!! Btw, I will buy a Sensation or a used S2 with that money. Just tell me am i eligible for the refund? I bought my phone in Dec'11
So you used it for cca half a year and now gonna claim for refund?
Sounds...
Well, I am facing quite a lot of problems. It crashes once everyday, The other day I was giving my exam( was copying answers from my phone xD) and BOOM it crashed..RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES! I also face headphone jack issues, screen issues and Phone heating/battery issues. And i have a ****ty service centre in my area.. Real bad reviews.
So once i give it to get serviced it will take a while to come back.
P.S - What is the time period to get a refund?
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Well, I am facing quite a lot of problems. It crashes once everyday, The other day I was giving my exam( was copying answers from my phone xD) and BOOM it crashed..RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES! I also face headphone jack issues, screen issues and Phone heating/battery issues. And i have a ****ty service centre in my area.. Real bad reviews.
So once i give it to get serviced it will take a while to come back.
P.S - What is the time period to get a refund?
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To tell you in simple words you won't get a complete refund after using it for like 5 months.
At the most you can request the service center guys to put in a brand new motherboard & be happy if they do that.
I will take it to the service centre tommorow and revert back
And one more thing before I take it to the service centre. I did not fill the warranty card that came with the phone
I just have the bill.
Did you guys fill the warranty card and submit it to your service centre?
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I have one insane idea, brick ur phone that way that no one can fix it, not even ssc guys and than claim replcement either they will refund or will give u new sgr which is not possible as sgr has been discontinued.
(Sorry just joking, dnt even think of doing this)
U can sell ur phone if u get great deal they wont give u refund, only will repair or replace parts.
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how about use it until the last day of warranty and then request a refund. who know they might humor u and give full refund plus sgs3 as token of apologize
an0nym0us_ said:
how about use it until the last day of warranty and then request a refund. who know they might humor u and give full refund plus sgs3 as token of apologize
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OhMyGawd you are the funniest human being alive. You need to get some copyrights on your jokes. The ^**** you just said made my day. -_-
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its not anywhere near a joke.
3 Doors Down said:
And one more thing before I take it to the service centre. I did not fill the warranty card that came with the phone
I just have the bill.
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no need of warranty card, they will ask u for a copy of bill. just give them a photo copy of bill thats all.
xlm13x said:
no need of warranty card, they will ask u for a copy of bill. just give them a photo copy of bill thats all.
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Thanks, hope to get my problems rectified.
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3 Doors Down said:
How do I get a refund on my R? Should i just barge in and say, I don't want this phone anymore with all the problems. Gimme my money back!! Btw, I will buy a Sensation or a used S2 with that money. Just tell me am i eligible for the refund? I bought my phone in Dec'11
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One way of getting a refund is screwing up ur motherboard (dont ask me how, **** happens!) and hoping that the SSC doesnt have any stock. I got my SGR's MB replaced once already and it got screwed again, so I've given it back and they said they hv to replace the motherboard again.
Although Galaxy R is a fantastic device in itself, one part of me hopes that they will gimme refund saying MB is outta stock. And this is mainly due to the step motherly treatment meted out to it by Samsung and relative lack of dev support compared to HTC and other Samsung flagship devices.
I'll know in a couple of days. And maybe u can use this trick.
P.S. My SGR's motherboard got screwed on it own, I did not do it for the refund
reymysterio7 said:
P.S. My SGR's motherboard got screwed on it own, I did not do it for the refund
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Riiiiiiiiight
I too like my R but I want my hands on the stock ICS ROM (The galaxy nexus one) and the S2 has it
.. when I first saw the stock ICS ROM on my friends S2 I regretted buying R almost immediately. I really hope our R to get some ICS like ROM.
Stock ICS is the sexiest thing that happened to mankind after Amanda Bynes xD
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an0nym0us_ said:
its not anywhere near a joke.
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LOL when did you get here sir ? XD
The iPad 2. Revolutionary. (jk)
No I don't care if you're anti-Apple.
3 Doors Down said:
Thanks, hope to get my problems rectified.
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reymysterio7 said:
One way of getting a refund is screwing up ur motherboard (dont ask me how, **** happens!) and hoping that the SSC doesnt have any stock. I got my SGR's MB replaced once already and it got screwed again, so I've given it back and they said they hv to replace the motherboard again.
Although Galaxy R is a fantastic device in itself, one part of me hopes that they will gimme refund saying MB is outta stock. And this is mainly due to the step motherly treatment meted out to it by Samsung and relative lack of dev support compared to HTC and other Samsung flagship devices.
I'll know in a couple of days. And maybe u can use this trick.
P.S. My SGR's motherboard got screwed on it own, I did not do it for the refund
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Did any of you get a refund??
how to screw up the phone so it Must be refunded ?
I like my device but that SoD is so '**** that i would use Nokia 3310 again B-)
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Birki96 said:
how to screw up the phone so it Must be refunded ?
I like my device but that SoD is so '**** that i would use Nokia 3310 again B-)
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Hi if you don't mind which country are you from ? Are you from India ?
If not then it seems that you don't have any service centers in your country ? Why don't you take it to one ?
It won't help by posting in every thread that your handset has SOD.
My beloved Galaxy R suffered its first casualty last night and I think its a big one.I kept it for charging overnight while it was switched on from 2.30pm to 7 am.In the morning I noticed the phone was in 'deep sleep' mode.I tried force restarting the phone and removing the battery and replacing it just didnt budge.I then skipped work took it to the service centre in Dadar,Mumbai where they were clueless about the model itself let alone the problem.They couldnt diagnose the problem for 20 mins and asked me to carry on and call them in the afternoon.The afternoon call was fruitless and they told me that it would take a couple of days to repair it. Although I have serious doubts about whether my phone would be repaired.
Fingers crossed eitherways,but I am not going down without adequate compensation if the phone cannot be repaired
oh your phone will be repaired, i am sure
nightmareweaver said:
My beloved Galaxy R suffered its first casualty last night and I think its a big one.I kept it for charging overnight while it was switched on from 2.30pm to 7 am.In the morning I noticed the phone was in 'deep sleep' mode.I tried force restarting the phone and removing the battery and replacing it just didnt budge.I then skipped work took it to the service centre in Dadar,Mumbai where they were clueless about the model itself let alone the problem.They couldnt diagnose the problem for 20 mins and asked me to carry on and call them in the afternoon.The afternoon call was fruitless and they told me that it would take a couple of days to repair it. Although I have serious doubts about whether my phone would be repaired.
Fingers crossed eitherways,but I am not going down without adequate compensation if the phone cannot be repaired
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Nothing great our new...
cool down.... They will replace your motherboard, lcd...
And only the cabinet and battery will be let alone... Its the instruction for all samsung service centres for SGR... I guess
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SGR 2.3.6 Neo Rom with Voodoo Sound Enhancements.......
UnknownzD's kernel....
anyone successfully hard unbricked *themselves* with JTAG, or this "Riff Box" ?
I have a hard bricked Skyrocket. I see that I can send it in for $50. But I'm all about solutions where I'm not paying someone else, and I actually fix it myself. I learn something, and if I ever make the mistake again, I can fix it again. Not just that, but it can help other people.
I did some Googling and searching with XDA forums, but I haven't seen anyone who has been able to fix their hard brick other than sending it in for repair.
I did manage to find this result in Google:
http://www.jtagbox.com/2012/03/page/2/
It seems to be for something called a RIFF Box. It appears to be some sort of USB based JTAG solution, and they also appear to have a working flash for the Skyrocket.
Here is some more info on the RIFF Box:
http://www.unlockforum.com/showthre...-How-to-set-up-RIFF-Box-!?p=145560#post145560
It *seems* legitimate, but I need to do some more digging. Has anyone tried it? Downside is that it's ~$150
This guy who is the only person that I can find in the US unbricking the Skyrocket is *clearly* using the Riff Box in his video, saying he is the "first" to do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk&t=1m50s
Here is the link to order a Riff Box, $150 + shipping, but I'm pretty sure it's international
I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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You should just get a flip phone.
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aznrice2k4 said:
I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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Wow you must really hate reading manuals and paying attention to wtf your doing
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xcrazydx said:
You should just get a flip phone.
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or a lumia.
BaconStep said:
or a lumia.
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or, two tin cans & string.
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or, two tin cans & string.
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Or a rock
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"and the Forth one stayed up"
aznrice2k4 said:
I went through 4 skyrockets already. I'm on my 5th one. The first hard bricked was when I accidentally checked repartition in Odin. Second I accidently deleted the efs folder. Third I forgot the letter d in adb for cwr. Fourth it just stop working. ATT replaced all of them without any real hassles. I advise you to go to att and just blame on the OTAs. Tell them that you were trying to update it then it failed during the update. Consequently your phone stopped working.
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Sounds like this Monty Python scene... and the Forth one stayed up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YiPC91QUk
It's not that at all. All the bricks were careless mistakes. The first brick was less than 12 hours into receiving the skyrocket. This was dated back into less than a week when the skyrocket was launched. I push my skyrocket to the limit. While on gingerbread I benchmarked on Antutu with 76xx score. Yeah I know benchmarks are just figures. Hell I'm just a guy who don't like limits. Lol
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aznrice2k4 said:
It's not that at all. All the bricks were careless mistakes. The first brick was less than 12 hours into receiving the skyrocket. This was dated back into less than a week when the skyrocket was launched. I push my skyrocket to the limit. While on gingerbread I benchmarked on Antutu with 76xx score. Yeah I know benchmarks are just figures. Hell I'm just a guy who don't like limits. Lol
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lrn2 read
which is odd since i duno how 2 rd
but i haven't bricked my skrocket and went thru lots of roms and all dem ics ones
im right there with ya,...friend....im on my seventh rocket.. first five were before the last 4months of" READING".....have got black circles around my eyes.. look like the walking dead.. cones and rods are fried from l.e.display... and now i look back at all the rockets i took back to at&t that i couldnt fix...?... i thought they were bricked for sure.. now i soft brick'em 3..4.. times a day.. and back to show room beautiful within the few short moments it takes to boot up my netbook..dang...but this one is a paperweight forsure... ive got techvideos ready to go in paypal... but i just cant stop searching......searching...for a solution... if they can connect a few wires to the motherboard and enter.. run.bat.........****....i got this son....! i just made a soldering gun outta no.2 pencil....got my vizio tablet back running my whole theatre system... i would really luv to pick your brain on ideas.... and processes you'vd tryed..or heard through the grapvine... or urban legends...im game... like i just replied in another thread.. ive got phonez!!... ill be alright..... i wanna repair this dang thing ...for those without the means or resources i do... the ones that are about to shed tears for the first time in yrs... cause trust me i know the value of a dollar...and 6billz is not just a drop in the bucket..P.M me anything you can.. ill be up all night and all day.......ive also seen riffbox for 150$... but what else do i need?..... hell... i tell ya what.... if i get a list of what teckdudez got over there... i personally swear... that i will let any registered xda member use this hardware based on the ... F the dumb sh** code...and return it in a timely manner..,...just pay the shippin.. brother...thanx.. @godbless...
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im right there with ya,...friend....im on my seventh rocket.. first five were before the last 4months of" READING".....have got black circles around my eyes.. look like the walking dead.. cones and rods are fried from l.e.display... and now i look back at all the rockets i took back to at&t that i couldnt fix...?... i thought they were bricked for sure.. now i soft brick'em 3..4.. times a day.. and back to show room beautiful within the few short moments it takes to boot up my netbook..dang...but this one is a paperweight forsure... ive got techvideos ready to go in paypal... but i just cant stop searching......searching...for a solution... if they can connect a few wires to the motherboard and enter.. run.bat.........****....i got this son....! i just made a soldering gun outta no.2 pencil....got my vizio tablet back running my whole theatre system... i would really luv to pick your brain on ideas.... and processes you'vd tryed..or heard through the grapvine... or urban legends...im game... like i just replied in another thread.. ive got phonez!!... ill be alright..... i wanna repair this dang thing ...for those without the means or resources i do... the ones that are about to shed tears for the first time in yrs... cause trust me i know the value of a dollar...and 6billz is not just a drop in the bucket..P.M me anything you can.. ill be up all night and all day.......ive also seen riffbox for 150$... but what else do i need?..... hell... i tell ya what.... if i get a list of what teckdudez got over there... i personally swear... that i will let any registered xda member use this hardware based on the ... F the dumb sh** code...and return it in a timely manner..,...just pay the shippin.. brother...thanx.. @godbless...
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I have no idea how it works, but here's what I found....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkJQAbwZjRk
http://faq.riffbox.org/index.php?action=artikel&cat=10&id=53&artlang=en
http://www.forum4phone.com/showthread.php/2157-RIFF-JTAG-Box-How-to-use-it
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f634/new-riff-box-users-read-1111319/
im on it bro... thanx.. ive got a list of items to research amile long.. woulda took me forever to find these links... good lookin.... we will be the first free source jtagg debrick recovery repair service....haha.....im exited..ok..back to work.. [email protected]
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im on it bro... thanx.. ive got a list of items to research amile long.. woulda took me forever to find these links... good lookin.... we will be the first free source jtagg debrick recovery repair service....haha.....im exited..ok..back to work.. [email protected]
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Is...your...spacebar...broken?
And you would be this weeks fail. Wow five bricked skyrockets. I guess flashing with your eyes closed doesn't really work....
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ur kool. my riffbox and jtagg software are being delivered to my door... wheres yours?.... oh..you would rather be a little fagg.... then help others?.. grow up.
"Grow up" said the person who just called someone a 'fagg'.
Don't use that word. Thank you.
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well my desire s has finally given up the ghost,it ran out of battery last night,i charged it all night long without powering it back on.when i turned it on this morning it has the emmc failure
just wanted to say thanks to all the clever people here that helped make my desire the great phone it was.im sad that ill no longer have a reason to come on here .
so i guess this is farewell xda as the only other phone i have is an iphone 3gs
thanks for sharing your hard earned knowledge with me ,
peace
DJisGOD!
Have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756287
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or maybe this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1543310
cheers for the replys ,im not capable of soldering a new emmc on so thats out the window.and unfotunatly for me my volume rocker no longer works so booting the memeory card would be a complete pain.i guess its just time to get a new phone.which im afraid to say DEFINATLY wont be made by htc. i love how it waited till 2 weeks after my warrenty ran out to die lol
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i love how it waited till 2 weeks after my warrenty ran out to die lol
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HTC got that bit just right then! He he
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Sorry to hear that about your phone...but are you completely sure that it is the eMMC issue and how did you found out?
I've cracked my screen and the phones battery doesn't last (I could get a new one lol) but I think its time to move on. My next device won't be a HTC maybe ill get a Samsung or LG. HTC has been good to me. Time to move on. -_-,
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LG?!?! are you sure this is a fair comparison?
Have you confirmed the warranty has run out? When my brother sent in his Desire S for repair he was told that the warranty was 2 years. Not sure if it's just UK or not.
dan-fish said:
Have you confirmed the warranty has run out? When my brother sent in his Desire S for repair he was told that the warranty was 2 years. Not sure if it's just UK or not.
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yeah looking at the warrenty it says 2 years,but my phone got dropped a while back when the volume rocker got broken and the case got scratched.so i dont think id be covered anyway.
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Sorry to hear that about your phone...but are you completely sure that it is the eMMC issue and how did you found out?
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Actually i used your guide and things to try before sending for repair post lol thanks for that it saved my desire s last time i had a scare along those lines but turned out to be a messed up partition table.no such luck this time it is deceased
i think im just going to bite the bullet and buy an s3!(secretly fancied one anyway lol) just going to be pricey for a sim free one!
I'm sure there's gonna be a way to revive this beautiful phone..
You said that your vol rocker doesn't work and it is out of warranty?
Why not follow some instructions in YouTube on how to open up your Desire S and clean some contacts, most of the time, it doesn't work because of accumulations of dirt, sweat (i know, gross ) or just bad contact, and usually it can be repaired easily at home. After that. you can try to fix the eMMC by following amidabuddha's guide, or try running an SD version of CM7.1..
Why don't you try that first? But you should go ahead and buy that SGS3.. But try revive this one. It's better to have two androids with you, right?
I'm sure there is a way. Desire S doesn't just give up there.
I'm sad and sorry to hear that, too, but I'm sure there will be a way..
I wish you the very best of luck, mate!
djisgod said:
i think im just going to bite the bullet and buy an s3!(secretly fancied one anyway lol) just going to be pricey for a sim free one!
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Welcome to the dark side... tectas and I will be waiting to welcome you if you decide to defect, lol...
Really sorry to hear about your desire S though. Pity such a beautiful little piece of hardware going to waste.
Swyped from my Galaxy S3.
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Welcome to the dark side... tectas and I will be waiting to welcome you if you decide to defect, lol...
Really sorry to hear about your desire S though. Pity such a beautiful little piece of hardware going to waste.
Swyped from my Galaxy S3.
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just ordered my s3.not going to be delivered for 3 weeks though.see you there!
Yea I know, make fun of me. Tonight I was trying to install CM 9.0 for my i727.
I already had Clockwork and Odin installed, everything was working 100%
I decided to follow TeamChopsticks guide to get there.
Unfortunately CM was not installing after I did the "Format /system (mounts and storage->format /system)" step and I decided to take matters into my own hands.
I went into Odin hoping to just flash CM. I then saw that the only option was "PIT" and naive, stupid, tired me decided to do it.
I mean what could go wrong. I had titanium backup and everything.
Turns out I probably reformatted my internal mem to something my i727 can not use. Yay...
Now my phone won't go into download mode, it wont boot, actually it wont do anything.
I've spent the last 3 hours reading online on what to do. To my avail I found nothing. (I found QPST but it won't let me add "COM4" which my phone is on, so it's useless)
My phone is recognized by the computer as "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and Odin used to have it in COM4.
I really don't want to send my phone anywhere, I've had it since Christmas so it's not the newest, and upgrading to a SGSIII would be an option.
What should I do? What CAN I do?
Hopeless college guy here. =/
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
Crud... this was an expensive "upgrade"
Heading to AT&T in the morning to see if they know anyone around town that does this, else I'm gonna have a bad week...
Inhumanskills said:
Crud... this was an expensive "upgrade"
Heading to AT&T in the morning to see if they know anyone around town that does this, else I'm gonna have a bad week...
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just say it died and that you dont know why
Ouch, that's hard luck man. Not gonna rub it in man. You know exactly what you did and why it happened, and I genuinely feel for you there.
Like vincom said, take it to AT&T and tell them you don't know why it won't boot. They'll probably refer you to Sammy if you're outside of a month with no insurance. Best chance you've got short of JTAG.
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The guys are right, im afraid. Back in my newish days (heck i still am new) something similiar happened to me. Im on Rogers in Canada, and I told them it happened while upgrading through kies. They shipped me a refurbished model for 35 bucks, so hopefully ATT is as benevolent.
FYI this one had a faulty usb port and they were out of refurbs, so they just sent me a brand new one (second replacement). So follow your dreams, I guess. : D
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Damn man that sucks. I know the feeling when you try something new and you try to turn your device on and........nothing. heart drops into stomach. But the link vin game you might be an option. Def cheaper the the s3. Hang in there.
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I feel for you. Next time pay for insurance n just say u lost it.
Never check PIT in Odin unless you REALLY know what ur doin.
I think someone did this in the infuse forum n was able to unbrick but u r sayin phone won't even get to download mode so not sure...
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sb0 said:
I feel for you. Next time pay for insurance n just say u lost it.
Never check PIT in Odin unless you REALLY know what ur doin.
I think someone did this in the infuse forum n was able to unbrick but u r sayin phone won't even get to download mode so not sure...
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Wow. What a refreshing turn around. Usually whenever someone posts like this, a dozen people will comment on how much of an idiot the OP is, how they obviously can't read, and that they should be resigned to using crayons and craft paper since they obviously can't be trusted to use a smartphone.
I feel your pain, hope you get it resolved!
Tom
sb0 said:
I feel for you. Next time pay for insurance n just say u lost it.
Never check PIT in Odin unless you REALLY know what ur doin.
I think someone did this in the infuse forum n was able to unbrick but u r sayin phone won't even get to download mode so not sure...
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never check pit unless you have a pit file and absolutely need to use it.
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rpr69 said:
Wow. What a refreshing turn around. Usually whenever someone posts like this, a dozen people will comment on how much of an idiot the OP is, how they obviously can't read, and that they should be resigned to using crayons and craft paper since they obviously can't be trusted to use a smartphone.
I feel your pain, hope you get it resolved!
Tom
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its because he knew what he did wrong, he didnt say the "name of rom here that was not for i727" bricked my phone and then ask what can be done about it
Everything was going so well until now. Lets play nice guys. Thread cleaned
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Everything was going so well until now. Lets play nice guys. Thread cleaned
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There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you! Haha
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I feel for ya. That sucks. hopefully you get it resolved
If the device is still under warranty, no problem. Otherwise no matter what you say the retail AT&T reps are sort of clueless around Android and won't offer any steps to try. I just picked up my Skyrocket on Friday and want to go slowly haha I soft bricked my Captivate way back in 2010 so I understand how it feels.
vincom said:
just say it died and that you dont know why
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i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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If you are bricking "so many phones" you are clearly doing something wrong.
Dude good luck! Let us know how it goes...
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i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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Sick brag! What a joke
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Deliberate said:
i bricked my two days ago. bad not came on! no recovery no nothing computer couldnt read it. nothing. went to best buy (i pay 10 dollars a month for their insurance) and said "it was on just a few moments ago and then this happened"? and BAM they are sending me a new phone in the mail!!! i have literally done this same thing with so many phones. it always works. i mean technically thats what im paying for...
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I kind of hope someone from Best Buy is reading this...what did you say your name was again?
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