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hi friends,
i have just f*cked up my desire S!! pls help me out!!
i have done S-OFF with XTC - Clip and also ENG HBOOT,
i tested some coustom roms on my new device till now.
now i tell you what i did:
i had this rom on my device:
[ROM] 06-13-2011 SAGA LBC MOD v0.5.1 link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048203
then i wiped all data and cache over costum recovery (vers. 3.2.0.0)
after wiping i flashed this rom:
[ROM][Jun 14] Virtuous Unity 1.24.0 Sense 3.0 based on Pyramid link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122797
and rebooted my phone!
i also read that the recomanded radio for this rom is:
Recommended radio: 12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2
but i downloaded the wrong radioimage - file and i flashed instead this one:
http://files.virtuousrom.com/vision/radio/Vision_RADIO_12.52.60.25_26.08.04.30_M3.img
i flashed the radiorom with fastboot ober adb - everything was OK but i took the wrong radio ROM so after reboot the device does NOT boot!!!!
AND i cant get to BOOTLOADER or recovery!!! USB is also bricked!!! my PC can not find my device ( ADB)
so i NEEED help pls help me out devs!!!
i don't think the desire s has JTAG. i could be mistaken though.
does the phone register as a usb device at all when you connect to usb and push the power button?
PUSH
@ all devs in here!!!
pls help me out if possible,
NO bootloader, no USB (ADB), no recovery, NOT booting --> is my device DEAD?!?
is there any chance to get back to life without any further hardware (JTEG - BOX)?!
nothing happens when i conect my desire s to my pc!
well to 99,9999% except if you are hardware developer and know how to write to the chip directly - yes it is dead
So, this means if you flash the wrong radioimage, it can kill your phone?
flx-grafix said:
So, this means if you flash the wrong radioimage, it can kill your phone?
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yes, i had bricked 1 year ago my htc magic with this
depends on the device, for example my old DHD recovered it's radio after i flashed a raido of the desire z, so it looks liek some devices got a protection against it
anyway, wondering why the desire s didn't has that protection when the dhd has, but can be duo locked down bootloader so they won't need it
i have to say i am surprised that flashing the wrong radio breaks it. the bootloader should remain unaffected by this and therefore still kick in and allow to flash a correct radio rom
Ep1cF4il said:
i have to say i am surprised that flashing the wrong radio breaks it. the bootloader should remain unaffected by this and therefore still kick in and allow to flash a correct radio rom
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I'm also very suprised but its a fact. Anyone know how to get it back to life? I read times ago about MYTTI I hope it the right name. Can this help me out.
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I have always been told flashing the wrong radio will cause a brick. This thread seems to explain it for me. But whether this goes for every device I don't know.
Thanks for the link, L0cke.
But the initial question from the OP in that thread never got a precise answer...
"All I'm asking is to know exactly what is the real, down and dirty dynamics behind the radio flashing danger so I can be absolutely sure to avoid it in the future. I have yet to see a truly understandble explanation of this."
Can someone answer this in understandable words?
I actually never flashed a radio with my old Desire, even though I flashed roms like crazy and it always worked for me. I knew that flashing a radio is a critical process, so I thought unless something didn't work at all, I don't need to touch this radio stuff...
Over 600 views but no answer so far. I fear that I really ****ed up my new device.
If any dev knows a solution pls help. Remember I have S-OFF and ENG-hboot also.
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what shows up when you attempt to boot into bootloader?
r_benamin said:
Over 600 views but no answer so far. I fear that I really ****ed up my new device.
If any dev knows a solution pls help. Remember I have S-OFF and ENG-hboot also.
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if there is absolutley no life in it then its bricked and you cant do a thing anymore besides going to the store and tell them in the morning when you woke up it didnt turn on anymore.
ive done that with a samsung galaxy s 1 and i got a new one under warranty
if there is any sign of life then tell precise what kind of life there is in the phone then there mgiht be a chance of recovering it i think
i mean when you plug it in the ac will the charging light burn?
when you turn it on will there be any message on the screen?
if nothing is seen do you see the backlight of the screen turn on but dont display a thing
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what shows up when you attempt to boot into bootloader?
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I just see.the. tmobile bootscreen
It vibrated once after starting and a secound time after 20sec. When I try to enter bootloader.
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... And after powering on the.led goes for one secound to green and then it turns off. Then I see the tmobile startscreen.
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... And after powering on the.led goes for one secound to green and then it turns off. Then I see the tmobile startscreen.
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Adb doesnt recognize the phone you said.
Any idea about fastboot commands?
As it still turns on it should be able to do something.
Instead of booting bootloader could you try recovery with vol UP and power
What happens when you do that?
Edit: not sure if that whas the combo as it dont work on my dhd. Will try it tonight when i get home on my gf here desire s
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Have you remove sdcard + sim and than Boot in bootloader?
Also you can try to install the radio Form a New formated sdcard.
Volume UP and power is the same only startscreen.
Fastboot command need working adb
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My dad came home from work today and his stock Inspire 4G has stopped working. Nothing has been done to it. It simply hard locked and turned itself off. Since then I can't get it to boot past the boot loader. Once it's in the bootloader it checks for the PG98IMG.zip and then doesn't respond to anything else. I have tried numerous battery pulls, connecting to the phone with ADB and so forth but no response from the phone. Any ideas? AT&T has shipped him a refurb, but I figured I would take a crack at it until then since his phone would probably be better than some random refurb.
Sad, seems like it's boot looping: on stock rom, no less. My options will void the warranty, though, as it entails installing custom roms:
1. Push a cooked rom by rooting it. The cooked rom should be clean, but it will be rooted, thus, warranty void.
2. Try looking for stock rom for the HTC Inspire, push that using ADB and have the bootloader use it. Hopefully, it should restore stock settings to your inspire and still be replaced through warranty (i wouldn't know, I haven't sent a rooted phone in to warranty yet)
If that fails, might as well call AT&T and say it's a dud.
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My dad came home from work today and his stock Inspire 4G has stopped working. Nothing has been done to it. It simply hard locked and turned itself off. Since then I can't get it to boot past the boot loader. Once it's in the bootloader it checks for the PG98IMG.zip and then doesn't respond to anything else. I have tried numerous battery pulls, connecting to the phone with ADB and so forth but no response from the phone. Any ideas? AT&T has shipped him a refurb, but I figured I would take a crack at it until then since his phone would probably be better than some random refurb.
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You could take the pd98img.zip from the ruu and it would do a clean install and more then likely boot the phone up, unless it is a hardware issue. I don't see the need to root it if all he wants is the stock rom.
Btw you can find the pd98img.zip in the guide stickied in the general section.
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Wait, how did you get into the bootloader if you dad's phone is stock?
same way you do on a rooted phone power plus volume down..I think you are confusing the bootloader with recovery.
mudknot2005 said:
same way you do on a rooted phone power plus volume down..I think you are confusing the bootloader with recovery.
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No, I just didn't know you could do that on stock.
mudknot2005 said:
You could take the pd98img.zip from the ruu and it would do a clean install and more then likely boot the phone up, unless it is a hardware issue. I don't see the need to root it if all he wants is the stock rom.
Btw you can find the pd98img.zip in the guide stickied in the general section.
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I think I'll try this. I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem though. My dad just told me that yesterday it was losing signal and then he would reboot it and it would regain signal for a little while and drop it again. May be a radio problem.
LEAVE IT BE. There is no reason to monkey with it if you already got the refurb, just send it away. Just because you want to poke around like bill nye or something might end up costing your dad $450.
I Agree Leave it be
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Truculent said:
I think I'll try this. I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem though. My dad just told me that yesterday it was losing signal and then he would reboot it and it would regain signal for a little while and drop it again. May be a radio problem.
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hi, friends my problem is ike that too. I swithed on to Hboot and pushed to recovery. after that my phone can not read PD98IMG.zip, I wanna install stock rom by sd card but it can not read it. when I stand in it sd card with PD98Img, its "checking" then again staying on Hboot system. please help me how to do it?
Why not just take the stock ruu which installs from the pc?
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Hello to Sensation world,
I've just arrived from Sony Ericsson x10 world and i'm new to htc, specially sensation.
I now that my warranty voids if I root my device. Is there any way to return it to stock state, unroot and with stock rom so I can send it to the service if I have any problem???
It's the only thing I wanna now, after that, all the doors are opened!
Thank's in advance
Everything you need to know about S-OFF, rooting, debranding and going back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300
I honestly think the Sensation is the first phone I've had that if you did a factory restore you'd still have to do some work to get S=On...I'd go to the above link to make sure you can do it before taking that risk.
I heard that RUU gives you back S-ON and probably warranty (not sure because I haven't tried it yet)
Oh, and RUU = Rom Update Utility. In case you didn't know because you are new
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
Even if you sent your phone back with S=OFF...do they check for that? I sent 2 mytouch 4g's back with S=OFF and it never prevented me from getting an exchange.
idavid_ said:
I heard that RUU gives you back S-ON and probably warranty (not sure because I haven't tried it yet)
Oh, and RUU = Rom Update Utility. In case you didn't know because you are new
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
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I did RUU and it didn't give me S=ON...actually NOTHING I tried work. I wanted to restore my phone back to stock for a exchange because it was lagging terribly. I finally said, forget it..flashed Leedroids which I didn't like then flashed Android Revolution HD, phone stopped lagging after that so I kept it.
I"m pretty new at this so I think my terminology is backwards.
I already s-off and rooted it. Hope not to have any problems...
Sincerely I don't find any difference between the stock rom and the custom roms, and almost the same.
it would be nice to easily turn s-on as needed but honestly? I've returned several rooted phones. Never told I voided warranty...because I don't think they check!
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A little late, but if you read the sticky in dev section, it says how to get S-ON back. You will need ADB
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
MT4G OCR 1.2 Now Released this should fix alot of the problems
https://rapidshare.com/files/3531245457/MT4G_OCR_1.2.zip
SORRY WRONG FILE WAS UPLOADED PLEASE DELETE AND DOWNLOAD THIS ONE INSTED....
https://rapidshare.com/files/1213949270/MT4G_OCR_1.2.zip
again please let me know if it works or doesn't work for you.....
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so i made a program that is a one click root for the mytouch 4g i have included the Md5 hash so you can verify its mine..
Now please this works on my phone and my girlfriends phone but its from the same laptop so it could be diffrent...
you must be on android 2.2.1 tho
Didn't add a option to unroot that will be in the next version...
Ok make sure your phone has usb debuging on and sdcard isn't mounted to the pc.
This should give you S-off.
Again still really early stages
NOT RESPONSEABLE FOR ANY BRICKED PHONES AND YES THIS WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SR12E6ME
PLEASE Give Feed back
Now i have added the Downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2.1 this to is VERY Early Stages just wanted to get it out here see what problems anyone may have becuase again it works great on my phones.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CNNAR4LB
AGAIN BETA STAGES>>>>>>
Does this give a temproot or a permroot ?
What methodology do you adopt ?
Does it also give you unroot option.
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It's perm root...
And no it never crossed my mind about unroot will have to work on that... I am also going to list the code so anyone can work on it...
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Nice work......keep it up......
Does it give s-off or no?
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It should s off it doesn't change boot loader due to some phones will brick on eng h boot
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ran this without my mytouch connected to my laptop and it said it was copying files to proper places and then 'reconnect in 20sec'. If my phone isn't connected, where did it copy the files to?
I just checked the folder I have the exe in and all the files are there, am I supposed to run this ON my phone or with my phone connected to pc?
Plug ur phone in make sure Ian debugging is on and that the sdcard is not mounted
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williamx87 said:
Plug ur phone in make sure Ian debugging is on and that the sdcard is not mounted
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When you? say make sure your sd card is not mounted, do you mean to the pc or the phone?
Kingissa said:
When you? say make sure your sd card is not mounted, do you mean to the pc or the phone?
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make sure your SD is not set to 'disk drive', change it to 'charge only'
make sure its not mounted to the pc
is this way reliable? i want to try it but i dont want to brick my phone... has anyone tried this yet and got it working successfully without any bugs?
I can verify this works 100%, I got a replacement from t=mo for my mt4g its emmc failed on me. It already had 2.3.4 gingerbread on it. I followed the guide to downgrade me back to 2.2.1 and used his 1 click root and it worked flawlessly!!! Now I'm running VU 2.37 on it.
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I can verify this works 100%, I got a replacement from t=mo for my mt4g its emmc failed on me. It already had 2.3.4 gingerbread on it. I followed the guide to downgrade me back to 2.2.1 and used his 1 click root and it worked flawlessly!!! Now I'm running VU 2.37 on it.
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which guide did you use to downgrade? I've seen several, some more advanced than others
There is one proper guide to downgrade, from G2 forums. It can be found on Glacier Wiki, section "Root", subsection "Gingerbread", link in my signature.
I'm still getting S=On I'm not sure what i'm doing wrong.
2.2.1
SD is not mounted, charge only
Debugging is on
After reboot like the program tells me, i'm still getting S=On
I use the the guide in Jack_R1 sig. Ounce I get adb set up its pretty strait forward. They sent a phone with 2.3.4 and bootloader 85.0005 or 6. I did get the bad screen, but I can live with it I guess.
It would help greatly for a guide to root 2.3.4 mytouch was a sticky in the dev section. That would make it much easier to find the info we need for people new to mytouch 4g or who aare getting the replacement phones. They all are coming with 2.3.4 gingerbread now.
Hummm
i dont know why ur still getting s-on i can't test this anymore i was a idiot and deleted the back up files and well now can't un do the s-off i wish i really could tho so i can see what ur saying... if anyone know a way to get s-on again with out the back up file please let me know
Never mind i found a way to turn s back on.... i will update soon
**** Stand Corrected i can't undo my S-OFF
why would you want s=on ?
Hey I am running CM9 on a Canadian Bell HTC Sensation.
The Audiojack is acting up and cutting sound out of the left speaker with a little movement. I no it is not the backcover but an issue inside the jack.
I am sending it to get fixed as it is in warranty still, do I need to change the S-Off and firmware... or can I just install the Bell Stock Rom and that would be fine?? Thanks!!
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Hey I am running CM9 on a Canadian Bell HTC Sensation.
The Audiojack is acting up and cutting sound out of the left speaker with a little movement. I no it is not the backcover but an issue inside the jack.
I am sending it to get fixed as it is in warranty still, do I need to change the S-Off and firmware... or can I just install the Bell Stock Rom and that would be fine?? Thanks!!
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Have you tried apples headphones ?? I did and it stopped also yes you need to get back to s-on completly stock its preferable you use a RUU to do so ..
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Read here alot of people post about sending with s off
Don't do it they make u buy motherboard
Brick it or son
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I think if you flash radio and pull battery out its dead for ever
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Why brick the device???????
I mean it can still be reverted back to S-on and everything and sent back in for repairs then. I mean if you intentionally hard brick it, what are you going to do if HTC finds some reason to deny your claim under warranty? I mean you will have to fix it or just have a paper weight. Cause I am sure you will just have HTC send the device back to you if hey will not cover it under warranty. So that means it will be just like it was before you sent it in and you can re S-off and flash you a custom Recovery and ROM again. Just throwing it out there.
Just brick that one during a boot loader update and it should hopefully be bricked if that's what you truly want. I would try another pair of headphones before jumping ship. Or do what the above poster said.
i am confused.... if I send it S-Off it will come back bricked??? There is nothing wrong with the phone tho... wont It still work with S off and stock Rom anyway?
If you do brick it would htc replace it with a new phone? I'd rather have a fresh phone over a used one with a few new parts.
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Not saying to brick it but some times s on don't or won't work try s on first for sure
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No i read a post someone sent s off and HTC charged them for a new motherboard so son of brick it don't sent s off 1 it voids warranty 2 guy was charged for board you pick
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Wow this thread is wack. LOL...............
I never seen so many post telling the OP to brick their phone, just does not seem natural.
At the OP at least try this toolkit first as it has a option to re lock your bootloader. And if that does not work try then follow the steps quoted below from [Guide] to Installing S-off, Unlocking, ClockWork, Root, SuperCID & S-on thread.
STEP 5 - CHANGING BACK TO S-ON - PROCEED WITH CAUTION. ONLY DO THIS IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. BEWARE THERE IS A RISK OF BRICKING READ BEFORE GOING TO STEP 1.
YOU MUST Follow this correctly otherwise you could semi-brick your device (Semi bricks recovery by re-flashing RUU). If you follow it correctly YOU WILL GET S-ON SUCCESSFULLY -confirmed by other users
I cannot be held responsible if anything goes wrong but i will help in every situation. 2 unrecoverable bricks so far. 1 due to not flashing RUU
First time i did this with a custom ROM installed - semi-bricked my device (couldn't boot due to security warning as S-on doesn't work with custom roms), restored it using RUU.exe
Second time after S-off i took the following steps and successfully went back to S-ON without any problems and booted up into stock rom.
Confirmed to work by several others as well as myself
1. Follow Step 4 above to get SuperCID - Skip if you already have it
2. Restore your official stock Rom: Just click here to download an Official Rom RESTORE STOCK EVEN IF YOU JUST RESTORED IT RECENTLY OR ARE ALREADY ON STOCK ROM. This is to ensure nothing gets changed in stock for S-on to be successful
So if you are already on a stock ROM or you just went back to stock ROM, i don't care, restore the stock ROM again using the RUU.exe if you don't want to be bricked!
Connect to your phone in charging mode. click the "RUU_pyramid_*****.exe" file you downloaded and follow on screen instructions.
3. Make sure when you download the RUU. download the same or similiar RUU version as your phone came with (e.g. Tmous or EU or Asian etc). As long as you install a stock rom similiar to what you had you should be ok. FAILURE TO DO THIS MAY BRICK YOUR PHONE.
4. Switch your phone on now and let it boot for the first time and just skip through the welcome screen.
5. Go back to Step 4 - SUPERCID and go through 1 to 7 to get to the fastboot bootloader. (so just do what you did before, put adb files in local disk, adb reboot bootloader etc)
6. enter the command "fastboot oem writesecureflag 3" (Thanks Dazweeja)
7. Reboot into bootloader using "fastboot reboot-bootloader" or remove & reinsert the battery and press power on while keeping hold of volume down.
8. Bootloader should now read Pyramid PVT Ship S-ON RL.
9. Remove and reinsert the battery. Press power on as normal
You should now have S-on back and you can return your device or do whatever it is covered again under warranty.
10. IF IT DOESN'T REBOOT and bootloader says ***Security Warning**
Remove and re-insert the battery and go back into bootloader and holding Volume Down +power button select fastboot
11. Run RUU_Pyramid_***.exe to reflash stock rom. (the one u just downloaded in step 1) and then reboot. It should work now
The above method works successfully. So do not under any circumstances try this without going back to stock first using Ruu.exe. and Follow the instructions correctly if you want S-on WITHOUT problems Any doubts or questions PM me and i will get back to you and help you.
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DO NOT BRICK DEVICE OMG !! JUST GET S - ON THATS IT RUN A RUU AS SIMPLE AS THAT NO HASSLE NOTHING GOSH..
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Here is what I want to know about warranty exchange
1. When sent in, if the device is bricked do they replace it with another device New/refurbished?
2. If the device is experiencing a software malfunction, do they fix the issue then return the same device back?
Cause if #2 is the case why not brick it and get a new/refurbished unit back, over one that has failed on you already.
Just want to properly understand so I can know what to expect if my device fails me at some point.
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SinisterModz said:
Here is what I want to know about warranty exchange
1. When sent in, if the device is bricked do they replace it with another device New/refurbished?
2. If the device is experiencing a software malfunction, do they fix the issue then return the same device back?
Cause if #2 is the case why not brick it and get a new/refurbished unit back, over one that has failed on you already.
Just want to properly understand so I can know what to expect if my device fails me at some point.
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Because even if the device is hard bricked, HTC can still teardown the device and connect to the hardware with UART and JTAG. The can then find out hat state the device was in before being bricked and deny any warranty work.
Now if you experience complete hardware failed like I did with my first Sensation they can not deny your claim.
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Because even if the device is hard bricked, HTC can still teardown the device and connect to the hardware with UART and JTAG. The can then find out hat state the device was in before being bricked and deny any warranty work.
Now if you experience complete hardware failed like I did with my first Sensation they can not deny your claim.
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Good to know, thanks
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i put my phone back to s-on last time when i sent it for repair