Sensation 4G Bricked? - HTC Sensation

Hello, I have an issue where I need to send my HTC Sensation in for repair. However, I had to re initiate S-ON, upon doing so. When I went to reboot, I get a blank screen with nothing showing. I can not even get into HBOOT. I know that if I send this to HTC for repair they are going to see I had S-OFF on this phone, and clockwork recovery. So they are going to charge me for the repair.
Anyone out there have any ideas on how to avoid this at all?

Just to let you know I just seen there was another thread on this and went to T-Mobile and they are sending me out a replacement free of charge except the $5 handling fee. Which is nominal at this point, they even let me use a loaner phone. This might be another avenue that people might be able to persue rather than wait the 6-10 business days for HTC to get done with their phone.

jamcomp said:
Just to let you know I just seen there was another thread on this and went to T-Mobile and they are sending me out a replacement free of charge except the $5 handling fee. Which is nominal at this point, they even let me use a loaner phone. This might be another avenue that people might be able to persue rather than wait the 6-10 business days for HTC to get done with their phone.
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Yup,they are a lot easier to deal with than HTC.I bricked mine on Christmas eve trying to flash an ICS firmware,contacted T-mo and got my replacement 2 days ago.

Got my new one a day later. Thank God that I had insurance on my phone so they replaced it. I told them that an OTA update must have corrupted the Android OS data.
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jamcomp said:
Hello, I have an issue where I need to send my HTC Sensation in for repair. However, I had to re initiate S-ON, upon doing so. When I went to reboot, I get a blank screen with nothing showing. I can not even get into HBOOT. I know that if I send this to HTC for repair they are going to see I had S-OFF on this phone, and clockwork recovery. So they are going to charge me for the repair.
Anyone out there have any ideas on how to avoid this at all?
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Did you flash the stock ROM before you put S-ON?

No I did not, that is the mistake that was made. Going to wit for the official launch of ICS before rooting my phone again so I don't have the same issue again.
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Poor HTC... It wasn't their fault...

Bricked
Same boat. ROM worked great... Now I'm bricked. Got my replacement today. Gonna wait a few days before sending bricked one to T Mo... Can they tell if I have S Off? Or do I hope for the best... Also in their terms and conditions they "conveniently" sent me it says " tampering or modifying your device is a violation that directly harms T-Mobile which cannot be fully redressed by money damages,and that T-Mobile shall be entitled to immediate injunctive relief in addition to all other remedies available." Should I be scared to send it back to them...? Lol

They don't mind. I had dust under screen and sent it back. I sent them it with miui lol. It came back still s offd but with the latest ota
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Audio issue. Please help.

Recently I noticed that out of nowhere my audio for me phones speaker stopped working. I know its not something to do with the phones overall sound because plugging in headphones or some other audio cable gives me sound when playing music etc. I don't get any sound when playing music through my phones speaker.
Last known thing I did to my phone was try and reflash leedroid's gb 3.3.3 and then the dhd to inspire + audio fix combo in the op of the Dev thread for the leedroid Rom. Now even after nandroid restoring there is still no sound. Fully wiping doesn't give me sound either.
Did my speaker just decide to take a poop (not the best way to describe the speaker) ?
Let me know if you can help me out. Thanks.
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Try flashing back to stock. If still an issue, then you are at stock already and can use warranty on it.
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Downloading the RUU that recently came out to go back to stock. Ill see how that goes. Hopefully I don't have to go all the way back to 2.2 froyo stock and unrooted to fix this.
If nothing works as far as flashing then my speakerphone blew some how. I never increased the volume for long periods of time.
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shugga101 said:
Downloading the RUU that recently came out to go back to stock. Ill see how that goes. Hopefully I don't have to go all the way back to 2.2 froyo stock and unrooted to fix this.
If nothing works as far as flashing then my speakerphone blew some how. I never increased the volume for long periods of time.
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Well it's no big deal to back to stock. Just do a nandroid and if you need to flash back to rooted everything is saved. It's probably a connection messed up in the phone, not a blown speaker.
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So I flashed the stock RUU rom for gingerbread 2.3.3. I'm still rooted because that should mess up the speaker phone.
All in all nothing worked. I called ATT and HTC. ATT wants me to pay $125 for a new phone, yet I paid $99 for the phone when I got it. I have the insurance plan and it's under warranty.
Or see if i can fix it by flashing something.
HTC said, just send in the phone once they get it they will try and fix it as long as they don't detect i'm rooted. I don't know if I should go back to no root for the time being send my phone in get it fixed for free hopefully and wait the 6-10 business days for the phone.
HTC said if they can't fix due to some other issue (most likely warranty being voided) then I would have to pay $35 for labor and shipping. And they won't fix my phone.
So those are my options.
I'd choose the HTC option over $125 from ATT.
Let me hear your opinions.
Thanks
shugga101 said:
So I flashed the stock RUU rom for gingerbread 2.3.3. I'm still rooted because that should mess up the speaker phone.
All in all nothing worked. I called ATT and HTC. ATT wants me to pay $125 for a new phone, yet I paid $99 for the phone when I got it. I have the insurance plan and it's under warranty.
Or see if i can fix it by flashing something.
HTC said, just send in the phone once they get it they will try and fix it as long as they don't detect i'm rooted. I don't know if I should go back to no root for the time being send my phone in get it fixed for free hopefully and wait the 6-10 business days for the phone.
HTC said if they can't fix due to some other issue (most likely warranty being voided) then I would have to pay $35 for labor and shipping. And they won't fix my phone.
So those are my options.
I'd choose the HTC option over $125 from ATT.
Let me hear your opinions.
Thanks
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Dude just unroot your phone... HTC is great to deal with they repaired my rooted n1 no questions asked.
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shugga101 said:
So I flashed the stock RUU rom for gingerbread 2.3.3. I'm still rooted because that should mess up the speaker phone.
All in all nothing worked. I called ATT and HTC. ATT wants me to pay $125 for a new phone, yet I paid $99 for the phone when I got it. I have the insurance plan and it's under warranty.
Or see if i can fix it by flashing something.
HTC said, just send in the phone once they get it they will try and fix it as long as they don't detect i'm rooted. I don't know if I should go back to no root for the time being send my phone in get it fixed for free hopefully and wait the 6-10 business days for the phone.
HTC said if they can't fix due to some other issue (most likely warranty being voided) then I would have to pay $35 for labor and shipping. And they won't fix my phone.
So those are my options.
I'd choose the HTC option over $125 from ATT.
Let me hear your opinions.
Thanks
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LOL...HTC actually said to you, unprompted, "as long as we don't detect you're rooted"? Or did you subtly and hypothetically bring up the rooting issue? I'm surprised they said that, given the rooting community is so small compared to the general user base. It would be like your local car dealer saying, "Yes, we will fix your new car under warranty as long as you haven't put a new engine in it". Kind of a rare situation that doesn't warrant even mentioning IMO.
I had the same issue for my phone few months back. It's the speaker popping.
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henrybravo said:
LOL...HTC actually said to you, unprompted, "as long as we don't detect you're rooted"? Or did you subtly and hypothetically bring up the rooting issue? I'm surprised they said that, given the rooting community is so small compared to the general user base. It would be like your local car dealer saying, "Yes, we will fix your new car under warranty as long as you haven't put a new engine in it". Kind of a rare situation that doesn't warrant even mentioning IMO.
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Yes only a small number roots, but out of that small number most of their repairs come from rooted phones.

Did i just brick my phone?

I think i just bricked my phone. I am trying to return to S-on and after following all the instructions in the main sticky, i wrote the SUPERCID back to tmobile, and put in the writesecuflag 3 command, and rebooted the bootloader. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Won't power on regular and cannot turn it on into the bootloader. When i plug the phone into the computer QHUSB-DLOAD comes up in the device manager as to what it is saying it is attatched as. Adb shows no devices and RUU's cannot find the device. Omg i really hope i didnt hose this phone.
Did you flash first the ruu that came with your phone?
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and1kar said:
Did you flash first the ruu that came with your phone?
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Nope i used the tmous 1.50.
I am pretty sure you forgot to run the RUU, and sadly yes I have to inform you that it is bricked :/
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I think i just bricked my phone. I am trying to return to S-on and after following all the instructions in the main sticky, i wrote the SUPERCID back to tmobile, and put in the writesecuflag 3 command, and rebooted the bootloader. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Won't power on regular and cannot turn it on into the bootloader. When i plug the phone into the computer QHUSB-DLOAD comes up in the device manager as to what it is saying it is attatched as. Adb shows no devices and RUU's cannot find the device. Omg i really hope i didnt hose this phone.
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Sounds like you bricked it, yes :s
Thanks for the replies guys.
Since i got it from craigslist my only hope is paying htc to repair it i'm assuming?
It should still be covered by the original warranty right?
LooieENG said:
It should still be covered by the original warranty right?
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Just got off the phone with HTC. It is still covered under their warranty. Hopefully since all my void stickers in good standing, I have no physical damage, was able to get the CID back to Tmous and the write secureflag3 went through, there will be no reason to deny it. Here is hoping! I think EXT4 recovery is still on there though. Hopefully it will be so bricked that they will have to reset it and reload the software to be able to do anything with it
Hope you manage to get it fixed!
A question, I have yet to root my XE, but is SUPERCID a must on a sim free phone if you want to flash roms?
the fact is that if it is so bricked that it won't turn on at all they won't check it further. many members achieved to get a new phone as replacement
Just make sure you tell HTC you are the original owner and didnt get it from craigslist.Also DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES Mention any hacking forums like XDA,or ROOT, Just claim that it said "an update was available" so you chose to update and the battery died.I've had free repairs under warranty by using that same advice, A friend of mine mentioned root on his nexus one and they charged him for repair even though it was a month old as he voided the warranty
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Just make sure you tell HTC you are the original owner and didnt get it from craigslist.Also DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES Mention any hacking forums like XDA,or ROOT, Just claim that it said "an update was available" so you chose to update and the battery died.I've had free repairs under warranty by using that same advice, A friend of mine mentioned root on his nexus one and they charged him for repair even though it was a month old as he voided the warranty
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I definitely didnt mention xda or flashing roms or anything, and I told them i received it as an anniversary gift (even though i really did get it from craigslist). Told them i rebooted the phone and it just never came back on. Which really is what happened while leaving out a few details lol.
I wonder what would them HTC guys think if they are already among us
same thing happened to me the other day on my evo 3d...gonna send it in to htc as well...hope they won't know...what are the chances of them getting the phone to turn on??
xsteven77x said:
I think i just bricked my phone. I am trying to return to S-on and after following all the instructions in the main sticky, i wrote the SUPERCID back to tmobile, and put in the writesecuflag 3 command, and rebooted the bootloader. Now the phone will not turn on at all. Won't power on regular and cannot turn it on into the bootloader. When i plug the phone into the computer QHUSB-DLOAD comes up in the device manager as to what it is saying it is attatched as. Adb shows no devices and RUU's cannot find the device. Omg i really hope i didnt hose this phone.
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poktangju said:
same thing happened to me the other day on my evo 3d...gonna send it in to htc as well...hope they won't know...what are the chances of them getting the phone to turn on??
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From everything i read online it really seems hit or miss depending on the technician you get. More often than not they seem to let things slide even if it seems obvious that they should have been able to see it was rooted etc. Here is hoping . I'm gonna send it out tomorrow and will keep this thread updated with developments if anyone is interested in how it went. I have read some HORROR stories about people sending there phone to HTC and it become missing in action for MONTHS. I really pray to christ that does not happen to me.
O/T a little bit, but how come with just about any other "thing" in life a warranty is good and is tied to the object and not to the person. Even though i got this phone off of craigslist, why should that have ANYTHING to do with it. The phone is the phone and the warranty is the warranty regardless of whose possession it is in. I just don't think tmobile should be able to do that. Also i think it's BS that if you buy a brand new phone and it breaks 2 days later, they give you a refurb and not a new one. How do they get away with this ****!
i think im gonna take my chances as well...the person i talked to at htc did say that if the damages were caused by me then i would have a choice to pay them to fix if not i would have to pay $35 to get the phone back...so this could end up costing the shipping to send phone and the $35 to get the phone back.
xsteven77x said:
From everything i read online it really seems hit or miss depending on the technician you get. More often than not they seem to let things slide even if it seems obvious that they should have been able to see it was rooted etc. Here is hoping . I'm gonna send it out tomorrow and will keep this thread updated with developments if anyone is interested in how it went.
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Just wondering how this has progressed. Did you send your phone to HTC? Did they say what the potential repair costs could be?
Well i sent it out on 12/21 and they received it on 12/28. On the tracking website, it says "In repair". From experience, if it is going to have any issues or gonna charge you any money, it says under review until you have spoke to them and made arrangements or paid them. One thing that is pissing me off good is that every day, the day it says it was received is changed. So everyday i have checked, it went from saying received on 12/28, to 12/29, to 12/30, and now 1/1. So i dont know if that is just the way the system works, or if they are trying to sheist me and take forever and a day like some of the horror stories i have read. Not really sure what their is to do but send a replacement since it is hard bricked and cannot be resuscitated even with professional tools from all the research i have done online. In the meantime, i bought a galaxy s 2 and am LOVING it, except for the lack of development in comparison to here in sensation land!
did you get your phone back?
xsteven77x said:
Well i sent it out on 12/21 and they received it on 12/28. On the tracking website, it says "In repair". From experience, if it is going to have any issues or gonna charge you any money, it says under review until you have spoke to them and made arrangements or paid them. One thing that is pissing me off good is that every day, the day it says it was received is changed. So everyday i have checked, it went from saying received on 12/28, to 12/29, to 12/30, and now 1/1. So i dont know if that is just the way the system works, or if they are trying to sheist me and take forever and a day like some of the horror stories i have read. Not really sure what their is to do but send a replacement since it is hard bricked and cannot be resuscitated even with professional tools from all the research i have done online. In the meantime, i bought a galaxy s 2 and am LOVING it, except for the lack of development in comparison to here in sensation land!
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My Warranty Replacment Experience

Well, to start off the new year right, my original G2x stopped sending/receiving SMS messages under any circumstances, whether it was on wifi, 4G, Edge, or GPRS. I unrooted it and got a new SIM card, still have the same issue (according to the person at the T-Mobile store, I had a "2G SIM card in a 4G phone.") They suggest a whole new phone, and I agree.
One day later with overnight shipping, I get my new G2x, and the first thing I notice is the LG branding in place of the T-Mobile branding. Ignoring that, I turn on the phone only to see dead pixels everywhere, I don't understand how they could have even sent this one out. I call up customer care and they make me go through the whole troubleshooting procedure, and they decided to send me another one. They also told me if this next one had problems, they'd send me a replacement phone of a different model.
So I'm getting a new G2x sent to me tomorrow. I hope this next one works just fine, or I'll have to get a new phone. Also, what replacement phones do they usually offer for the G2x?
I have been through this process, I'm on my third G2x and CC told me if I ha e anymore problems with my G2x then they will give me a different phone.e... When I asked what them replacement model would be the CC Rep told me they could only exchange it for the Sidekick 4G and I told them I would just deal with the G2x and any problems it my have
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Milton515 said:
I have been through this process, I'm on my third G2x and CC told me if I ha e anymore problems with my G2x then they will give me a different phone.e... When I asked what them replacement model would be the CC Rep told me they could only exchange it for the Sidekick 4G and I told them I would just deal with the G2x and any problems it my have
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yea they offer me a sidekick 4g as well, straight up told them no thanks lol, and also i got a replacement that only says "LG" in the front and not tmobile
Guess they got tired of people trading in just for the Sensation 4g.... disappointing.
C0dy said:
Well, to start off the new year right, my original G2x stopped sending/receiving SMS messages under any circumstances, whether it was on wifi, 4G, Edge, or GPRS. I unrooted it and got a new SIM card, still have the same issue (according to the person at the T-Mobile store, I had a "2G SIM card in a 4G phone.") They suggest a whole new phone, and I agree.
One day later with overnight shipping, I get my new G2x, and the first thing I notice is the LG branding in place of the T-Mobile branding. Ignoring that, I turn on the phone only to see dead pixels everywhere, I don't understand how they could have even sent this one out. I call up customer care and they make me go through the whole troubleshooting procedure, and they decided to send me another one. They also told me if this next one had problems, they'd send me a replacement phone of a different model.
So I'm getting a new G2x sent to me tomorrow. I hope this next one works just fine, or I'll have to get a new phone. Also, what replacement phones do they usually offer for the G2x?
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All of my warranty exchanges have been great! My most recent one had the LG Logo as well. I made a thread about it last month. No problems except a bit of screen bleed.
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Thought I'd follow up on my original post. Got my new G2x in the mail, and it's much better. The screen is flawless (no bleeding!), and it was obviously brand new, it still had the original plastic covering on the screen and buttons. Still has the LG branding, but I think I'll live. Overall, a good experience from T-Mobile.
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i hate tmobile first off i got my refurb g2x for 45 bucks and a gaurentee and lifetime warrenty that my sreen wouldnt break crack or fail. long story short my screen broke and the hassle began. tmobile said the insurance would replace it. insurance said it would be 140 to replace it. i love the phone hate the company second time i got robbed
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i hate tmobile first off i got my refurb g2x for 45 bucks and a gaurentee and lifetime warrenty that my sreen wouldnt break crack or fail. long story short my screen broke and the hassle began. tmobile said the insurance would replace it. insurance said it would be 140 to replace it. i love the phone hate the company second time i got robbed
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What kind of insurance did you have on the phone? I had premium handset protection.
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Are we even calling the same Tmobile CC?
FatalityBoyZahy said:
All of my warranty exchanges have been great! My most recent one had the LG Logo as well. I made a thread about it last month. No problems except a bit of screen bleed.
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C0dy said:
Thought I'd follow up on my original post. Got my new G2x in the mail, and it's much better. The screen is flawless (no bleeding!), and it was obviously brand new, it still had the original plastic covering on the screen and buttons. Still has the LG branding, but I think I'll live. Overall, a good experience from T-Mobile.
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I warrantied my phone twice... long story short, I ended up returning both of the replacement phones. They ending up putting me on a tracking list and told me to call back within a few weeks. I called back today and they told me to call LG and let them deal with it. Are you calling another Tmobile customer service number that I don't know about?
Plz can anyone explain me in detail how to claim warranty.
I stay in india.I Brought it from USA (Dont have international warranty )Do i have to send back my phone to usa(my sis stays there) !
-->Is it possible to claim warranty without producing the old phone (If this is possible than i dont need to send my phone back)?
I went through the warranty claim page of LG ,but im unable to figure it out what to do plz help me!
Reason for warranty claim :My Mobile stopped at 4% during update ! (I did all possible ways to get it back to normal stage , i was half successful as baseband was unknown )
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I warrantied my phone twice... long story short, I ended up returning both of the replacement phones. They ending up putting me on a tracking list and told me to call back within a few weeks. I called back today and they told me to call LG and let them deal with it. Are you calling another Tmobile customer service number that I don't know about?
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I'm calling 611.
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Got my replacement about a week ago and still having the same issues , phone picks up back round noise during a call more than my voice,so the other person cant understand what im saying . after about a 1hr with the rep, master reset(again) no market for 2 days and no memory card(he thinks this is the problem).... will see tomorrow when i call some one if its the same issue.
Do you guys restore the stock rom before you call?
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Do you guys restore the stock rom before you call?
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yes i do
really easy by doing this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGIv8KQVIE
and dont forget to delete EVERYTHING from the internal memory
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yes i do
really easy by doing this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGIv8KQVIE
and dont forget to delete EVERYTHING from the internal memory
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Ok cool, I will give it a try
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yes i do
really easy by doing this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryGIv8KQVIE
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the stock rom is 2.2.2 is that ok?
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the stock rom is 2.2.2 is that ok?
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Yep, I sent mine back as 2.2 and they didn't say anything.
well im unrooted but after flashing back to stock with one click I cant boot into stock recovery. will that be a problem? lol
tdizzle404 said:
well im unrooted but after flashing back to stock with one click I cant boot into stock recovery. will that be a problem? lol
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On the g2x if you hold the power and down button, it should just do a master reset, it's not like HTC where it takes you to recovery (correct me if I'm wrong) but just to make sure your unrooted try to download and use a app that requires root
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Thanks! so it doesn't boot into a stock recovery mode to master reset,that's weird I could have swore it had a blue boot screen maybe im thinking of my galaxy.
BTW a little ot but im wondering if you know about mobile security from asurion is it free?

[Q] Water damaged insured Sensation, what will happen?

Hi
About a month ago my senny fell out of my training bag, and spent a night out in the rain. When I got it back, it seemed to work fine, until I discovered a few things:
I had to charge my phone 3 times a day
I could not hear the other person when I spoke to them in the phone
It does random shutdowns/reboots about ten times a day.
I have a insurance that follows my sim, and I'm thinking about returning it. If I return it, do I have to return to stock/s-on, and if I return it, what will they do with it? Fix it? Replace it? Send me another phone?
Thanks!
If they discover it's rooted they will deny your claim and blame rooting for the problem. So you have to go back to stock. Someone more knowledgeable about returning to stock can help you with that .but I'm positive it must be done .unfortunately .then it's up to your carrier to decide what to give for replacement. It could be another sensation, your sensation repaired, or another device they consider comparable. Likely it will be another sensation. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you!
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Hi
About a month ago my senny fell out of my training bag, and spent a night out in the rain. When I got it back, it seemed to work fine, until I discovered a few things:
I had to charge my phone 3 times a day
I could not hear the other person when I spoke to them in the phone
It does random shutdowns/reboots about ten times a day.
I have a insurance that follows my sim, and I'm thinking about returning it. If I return it, do I have to return to stock/s-on, and if I return it, what will they do with it? Fix it? Replace it? Send me another phone?
Thanks!
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I'm pretty certain they will not cover an damage whatsoever if there is evidence of water damage (meaning that little white moisture indicator turns red)
Doesn't matter what the damage is, they will deny warrenty due to water damage.
So unfortunately, you are probably screwed. You can call HTC or your phone company and ask (I'd leave out the part about rooting, even though there are many many reports of peopl ewho've sent a rooted phone in who got warrenty repairs no questions asked, but not with water damage) and quite frankly that's probably your best option right now. Get REAL answers, not our guesses.
But be prepared for them to say you have to buy a new device or pay for repairs out of pocket.
Sorry, bro.
Actually I had the same problem and By myself can change the digitalizer and the upper electronic without any problem, the process is so easy and Youtube is full of how-to videos.
I can reapir my sensation for 70 euros.
Skipjacks said:
I'm pretty certain they will not cover an damage whatsoever if there is evidence of water damage (meaning that little white moisture indicator turns red)
Doesn't matter what the damage is, they will deny warrenty due to water damage.
So unfortunately, you are probably screwed. You can call HTC or your phone company and ask (I'd leave out the part about rooting, even though there are many many reports of peopl ewho've sent a rooted phone in who got warrenty repairs no questions asked, but not with water damage) and quite frankly that's probably your best option right now. Get REAL answers, not our guesses.
But be prepared for them to say you have to buy a new device or pay for repairs out of pocket.
Sorry, bro.
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I read on the internet that the insurance covered water damage, as long as it was not thrown in the sink or something.
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If they discover it's rooted they will deny your claim and blame rooting for the problem. So you have to go back to stock. Someone more knowledgeable about returning to stock can help you with that .but I'm positive it must be done .unfortunately .then it's up to your carrier to decide what to give for replacement. It could be another sensation, your sensation repaired, or another device they consider comparable. Likely it will be another sensation. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you!
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Running an ruu is something i can do. But i feel a little uncomfortable with returning to Son. And also, the stickers is still white
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. And also, the stickers is still white
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Oh!? Then dont worry about what I said. If the sticker is white, its not water damaged as far as the warrenty is concerned.
Skipjacks said:
Oh!? Then dont worry about what I said. If the sticker is white, its not water damaged as far as the warrenty is concerned.
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That's good! But what if I flash a stock and rooted ROM, and change the build prop to stock, and do a full unroot
InfinityFTW said:
That's good! But what if I flash a stock and rooted ROM, and change the build prop to stock, and do a full unroot
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All it will take is a simple check of the boot loader and you're screwed. Besides, if they replace it or change the motherboard it'll be son anyway
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InfinityFTW said:
That's good! But what if I flash a stock and rooted ROM, and change the build prop to stock, and do a full unroot
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After backing up data, just flash an RUU and follow the s-on guides carefully. I've done it several times for warranty repairs and never had a problem.
InfinityFTW said:
That's good! But what if I flash a stock and rooted ROM, and change the build prop to stock, and do a full unroot
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Step 5 of this method works flawlessly for me, Ive done it quite a few times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
I got her back to stock GB. Turning her in today. I wonder what will happen next Will they repair it, send me another sensation, or will they send me a corresponding device? Time will show

[Q] AT&T One X bricked/warranty question

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with my situation. I have an AT&T One X that I rooted and flashed CM10.1, but was having problems with, so I relocked/unrooted the bootloader and restored the factory stock RUU using instructions from a youtube video to 2.20.
I then wanted to update to Jellybean using AT&T OTA software update, but that didn't work so I downloaded the RUU from the official HTC website. Everything was going fine until the end, when it said that the I was finished and the phone would restart. So I stupidly clicked finish and unplugged the phone from the computer, thinking that it would restart on its own. But the phone didn't restart, and I tried to hold the power button, no luck. I tried plugging the charger in, no red notification light came on. I tried holding the down volume button and power button, and that didn't work. I researched some online and it seems that my phone is bricked.
My question is will I be able to go to the ATT store or send it to HTC under warranty (it's been less than a year since I got this phone) for repair/replacement, or is the warranty void even after I relocked and unrooted the phone back to factory stock? If so, is sending it to JTAG it the best option? Thanks a lot.
nitwit2033 said:
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with my situation. I have an AT&T One X that I rooted and flashed CM10.1, but was having problems with, so I relocked/unrooted the bootloader and restored the factory stock RUU using instructions from a youtube video to 2.20.
I then wanted to update to Jellybean using AT&T OTA software update, but that didn't work so I downloaded the RUU from the official HTC website. Everything was going fine until the end, when it said that the I was finished and the phone would restart. So I stupidly clicked finish and unplugged the phone from the computer, thinking that it would restart on its own. But the phone didn't restart, and I tried to hold the power button, no luck. I tried plugging the charger in, no red notification light came on. I tried holding the down volume button and power button, and that didn't work. I researched some online and it seems that my phone is bricked.
My question is will I be able to go to the ATT store or send it to HTC under warranty (it's been less than a year since I got this phone) for repair/replacement, or is the warranty void even after I relocked and unrooted the phone back to factory stock? If so, is sending it to JTAG it the best option? Thanks a lot.
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S-on and SuperCID = brick
Think of it this way if you can't power it on neither can they. It's not quite honest but att shouldn't give you a problem if it's under warranty
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If it's truly bricked they won't bee able to tell anyway. And from all reports, at&t don't even care if you messed with the phone. So you should take it in to get it replaced as your first option.
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Would it be worth it to try the unlimited.io solution for QHUSB-DLOAD mode, since that's what shows up when I plug the phone in?
nitwit2033 said:
Would it be worth it to try the unlimited.io solution for QHUSB-DLOAD mode, since that's what shows up when I plug the phone in?
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Never tried it. Won't hurt though
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31ken31 said:
Never tried it. Won't hurt though
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I tried it, didn't work. Gonna go to the ATT store tomorrow and hope they can fix/replace it under warranty.
nitwit2033 said:
I tried it, didn't work. Gonna go to the ATT store tomorrow and hope they can fix/replace it under warranty.
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Just play stupid. And ask them if they can make it turn on. They will most likely give up quick and hand off a new one
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nitwit2033 said:
My question is will I be able to go to the ATT store or send it to HTC under warranty (it's been less than a year since I got this phone) for repair/replacement, or is the warranty void even after I relocked and unrooted the phone back to factory stock? If so, is sending it to JTAG it the best option? Thanks a lot.
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The AT&T store won't help you, unless the phone is less than 30 days from purchase. After 30 days, you need to work through the AT&T warranty department, and send the phone in, unless you happen to have a AT&T device support center nearby.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB91429&cv=820#fbid=Vcnkfogij67
HTC is much more strict about denying warranty service than AT&T. AT&T doesn't care if the phone is modded, bootloader unlocked, even custom ROM. But in the state your phone is in, they can't tell anyway. They just want to keep you happy as a service customer, paying that montly bill. Recommend you sent to AT&T, not to HTC.
Also, you should have done more reading before running the RUU: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2181929
Thanks for the info guys. The ATT store sent me to a nearby device support center and they couldn't turn it on and so they replaced it under warranty! Thanks again for the help.
nitwit2033 said:
Thanks for the info guys. The ATT store sent me to a nearby device support center and they couldn't turn it on and so they replaced it under warranty! Thanks again for the help.
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Out of curiosity... How long they try and get it to boot up?
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