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Wow! Seriously?

To begin im not rooted or unlocked and ive read through the stickies and pages at "solutions" but i gotta say this is the worst phone ive ever owned. I figured it would be at least on par with my old g2 or mt4g but they would smoke this paperweight on edge network. Ive factory reset, used task killer, rebooted, called tech support, and im about ready to committ cellular homicide and mail it back piece by piece. I know im not the only one here....who else wants to vent some steam by sharing a nightmare?
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smokeuout said:
To begin im not rooted or unlocked and ive read through the stickies and pages at "solutions" but i gotta say this is the worst phone ive ever owned. I figured it would be at least on par with my old g2 or mt4g but they would smoke this paperweight on edge network. Ive factory reset, used task killer, rebooted, called tech support, and im about ready to committ cellular homicide and mail it back piece by piece. I know im not the only one here....who else wants to vent some steam by sharing a nightmare?
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Um it would quite help if you were to explain the reasons why you don't like this phone? And it would also really help if you didn't judge this phone stock because when its on the stock rom, its a piece of sh*t. I almost ran over this thing.
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It shouldnt have to be rooted to compete with the g2 or mt4g...this beat the iphone 4 in a speed test. This thing lags on every scroll and takes a good 10-15 sec to open anything you touch. This isnt the first one ive experience this with either. Tmobile hyped this up like its hot sh** but its just cold diahrea
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smokeuout said:
It shouldnt have to be rooted to compete with the g2 or mt4g...this beat the iphone 4 in a speed test. This thing lags on every scroll and takes a good 10-15 sec to open anything you touch. This isnt the first one ive experience this with either. Tmobile hyped this up like its hot sh** but its just cold diahrea
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If you are clearly having issues why not custom rom it? I really don't understand why are you refusing to do something that has SOO MANY benefits and zero disadvantages. Sounds like lazyness to me. Shouldn't even bother with xda if you won't even root the phone
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My wife and I both got the SGS4G at the same time she had all of the same complaints and eventually caved in and got a different phone. I on the other hand came to XDA and got help and now I am perfectly happy with the phone. the Vibrant had all of the same issues and its a software problem form Samsung. I loaded a custom ROM and all of the issues I had are gone. the great thing about software is that it can be fixed. Hardware issues are another story of which this phone has none that I have found. It is possible to revert back to stock firmware and software so that its like you never did anything if you want to sell the phone later. So this is not the place to vent about how crappy your stock phone is it is the place to come and load the software needed to fix it.

I'm.with you... I miss my mytouch 4g. Such an awesome phone. So many roms. So fast.
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Honestly this is like if you bought a Ferrari and it had a rev limiter set at 2k with the top speed limited to 10mph but refused to turn off the limiters. The limiters are clearly there and you can clearly turn them off but you refuse to and instead of fixing the issue, you complain saying that you shouldnt have to turn them off and your ford fiesta is faster.
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icy56 said:
Honestly this is like if you bought a Ferrari and it had a rev limiter set at 2k with the top speed limited to 10mph but refused to turn off the limiters. The limiters are clearly there and you can clearly turn them off but you refuse to and instead of fixing the issue, you complain saying that you shouldnt have to turn them off and your ford fiesta is faster.
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Lol...damn dude you got me pegged huh? It couldnt be that i dont have a pc right now, and thats one of the requirements to take off your so called "limiters". Think a little before you flame boi. I feel real sorry for the people that dont know anything about root and deal with this steaming pile daily.
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Lol...damn dude you got me pegged huh? It couldnt be that i dont have a pc right now, and thats one of the requirements to take off your so called "limiters". Think a little before you flame boi. I feel real sorry for the people that dont know anything about root and deal with this steaming pile daily.
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I know that rooting the phone isn't simply going to make all the problems go away. I absolutely hated this phone. Then when the new gb roms came out and all the tweaks started pumping out, I actually started to like this "p.o.s". Well why don't you wait till you have a PC and flash a custom rom first before you go flaming away at the device.
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So this is not the place to vent about how crappy your stock phone is it is the place to come and load the software needed to fix it.
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That B.S. dude this is a forum...i dont have to come here and download software. Thats only part of what this sites about. I also like coming here and shoting the breeze about phones..maybe ill talk about dev stuff maybe ill talk about how slow my phone is.
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I know that rooting the phone isn't simply going to make all the problems go away. I absolutely hated this phone. Then when the new gb roms came out and all the tweaks started pumping out, I actually started to like this "p.o.s". Well why don't you wait till you have a PC and flash a custom rom first before you go flaming away at the device.
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i think ur saying stock=crap rooted=good....so you basically agree with me so far...we both hate it stock and when my pc is back up n running ill root and update my review when i got custom rom. But as it stands im at 1ghz slow as hell. And its like i said before i dont want to buy a phone depending on root in order to make it function like its supposed to. If the cpu acted like it was at 1ghz i wouldnt be slammin this p o s.
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just a note you dont ever need a pc anyomre to cough root a phone and flash a diffrent rom at all all yuo need is root explorer and to start off the recovery from krylons cwm final and then the update.zip and then the custom rom or a few of them push the recovery record reboot install zip via update gets u to cwm and then install new rom never once haveing to touch a pc
and if your on froyo u can use the market and get root theres apps that work for that

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That B.S. dude this is a forum...i dont have to come here and download software. Thats only part of what this sites about. I also like coming here and shoting the breeze about phones..maybe ill talk about dev stuff maybe ill talk about how slow my phone is.
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You came here with the sole purpose of complaining about the phone and not showing any interest about doing anything about it. If you want to complain about how bad this phone is try doing it on the T-Mobile forums so at least people who are thinking about buying the phone might be persuaded against it. I fell into it by commenting in the first place and I overlooked the first rule of the internet...Don't feed the trolls.

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You came here with the sole purpose of complaining about the phone and not showing any interest about doing anything about it. If you want to complain about how bad this phone is try doing it on the T-Mobile forums so at least people who are thinking about buying the phone might be persuaded against it. I fell into it by commenting in the first place and I overlooked the first rule of the internet...Don't feed the trolls.
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Ok...when did i say i didnt wanna do anything about it? Your the ones that came and flamed me for speaking blasphemy. I just made a topic for everyone whos pissed at this phones sluggishness to come and vent, maybe tell some funny experience and we all feel better at the end of the day. Thats what venting is to me......guuuussssffrraba.....get it?
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seems the market app may have been removed sent u a link with one that will root any 1.6-2.2 android rom without needing a pc just make sure to pick 2.2 version of froyo should work

Part Four, is that you?
Anyways, I've actually played with my cousin's MT4G (3 cousins have that phone). I honestly wouldn't say that the SGS4G falls too far behind it.
My cousins always complain about the battery life, since they can't even get half a day's worth with the screen at the lowest setting. On the other hand, the SGS4G put up excellent battery life since I got it. I ran it with its first brightness setting and easily got a full day's use out of it.
Speaking of the screen, you can't deny that this screen is quite beautiful.
As for the stock speed of the phone, I kinda have to agree that the MT4G is slightly better. It's not ridiculously faster, but it is faster by a hair. On a more interesting note, my friends had a rooted G2 which lagged more than my stock SGS4G.

bkoon1218 said:
Part Four, is that you?
Anyways, I've actually played with my cousin's MT4G (3 cousins have that phone). I honestly wouldn't say that the SGS4G falls too far behind it.
My cousins always complain about the battery life, since they can't even get half a day's worth with the screen at the lowest setting. On the other hand, the SGS4G put up excellent battery life since I got it. I ran it with its first brightness setting and easily got a full day's use out of it.
Speaking of the screen, you can't deny that this screen is quite beautiful.
As for the stock speed of the phone, I kinda have to agree that the MT4G is slightly better. It's not ridiculously faster, but it is faster by a hair. On a more interesting note, my friends had a rooted G2 which lagged more than my stock SGS4G.
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Ill give you the screen, it is beautifull and that was a big selling point .my battery drains fast and charges slow ive downloaded maybe a couple apps, my display takes 99% of my battery and its at half power if you can believe that. But a g2 that lagged worse? He should get mexdroid or pyromod and start blazing up and down the superhighway. Those were my fav anyway
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seems the market app may have been removed sent u a link with one that will root any 1.6-2.2 android rom without needing a pc just make sure to pick 2.2 version of froyo should work
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Yeah i tried all the one clicks but to no avail...i tried like hell to find superoneclick that didnt require a pc but it doesnt exist yet apparently. Ill probly mess around with your cwm method....thanx for the tip
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smokeuout said:
Yeah i tried all the one clicks but to no avail...i tried like hell to find superoneclick that didnt require a pc but it doesnt exist yet apparently. Ill probly mess around with your cwm method....thanx for the tip
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But don't stay on a froyo rom. I didn't really like those either. The big difference is when you start using a gingerbread rom which you will need a PC for to flash the bootloaders.
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I have two mytouch 4gs. The screen on that phone blows away the sgs4g. The only reason I don't use it is because the wife and daughter have taken them over and stuck me with this thing.
Mytouch4g running Faux123's AOSP rom gets well over a day with heavy usage. About the same as CM.
I like the sgs4g.... its what I'm stuck with for now... but its no where near what the mt4g has to offer.
Better camera. Flash. Better screen. Better wifi.
And AOSP.
This phone with every tweak and rom doesn't come close to the mt4g.
Sorry. But its true.
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Samsung Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V Unlock Codes

Just wondering where you guys got yours unlocked at?Ive tried to places even know the phones on there list they got back with me saying they cant generate a code.waiting on refunds.Let me know thanks.

Come on bro, use search next time
[REF] How to unlock/unfreeze all SGS Models [NOW WORKS ON Vibrant 4G][Updated 4-9-11]
If you find that a little hard to follow, use this instead:
How to Unlock Samsung Galaxy S 4G
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vgcraze said:
Come on bro, use search next time
[REF] How to unlock/unfreeze all SGS Models [NOW WORKS ON Vibrant 4G][Updated 4-9-11]
If you find that a little hard to follow, use this instead:
How to Unlock Samsung Galaxy S 4G
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Your a funny guy BRO that would might work but I cant get any of my PCs to recognize my phone so Im not rooted.Thats why Im looking for a good trust worthy pay site to order one thanks for ya help though

Have you already downloaded the SG4G drivers on all of your PCs? It would be odd that not even one of them worked. You're best bet to getting your phone unlocked, other than from at home, is to call T-mobile and ask them for the code. I heard they will be hesitant to give it to you if you haven't owned the phone for at least 3 months though.
As for myself, I don't know any sites that do this, sorry.

Yes Ive tried drivers some reason nothing works I must be getting the wrong drivers I dont get it.

Try uninstalling the drivers, reinstalling them, then rebooting your phone and PC.
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Just call tmobile to get it unlocked. Free fast and easy
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jager555 said:
Just call tmobile to get it unlocked. Free fast and easy
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I just bought this phone yesterday off a guy from craigslist for $50.00 I cant do that.

Ooh you are the
poster from the other thread. Try uninstalling Kies and using these drivers.
http://firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip
And reboot your PC so the changes take effect
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vgcraze said:
Ooh you are the
poster from the other thread. Try uninstalling Kies and using these drivers.
http://firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip
And reboot your PC so the changes take effect
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I have over and over lol I have never had a phone do this to me before.Wish I would of kept my G2x but I didnt lol I dont get it.

what happens when you plug your phone in the pc?
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You don't need to have tmobile. Just an imei number
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Also, did the guy from craigslist give you a generic USB cord or the official Samsung one? Not all of the generic USB cord provide syncing features, so they just charge the phone.
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When i plug the phone into the pc the phone just charges thats it.Not sure if its the right cord or not.
I ended up finding a unlocker the guys actually called me to make sure what phone I had now Im running with AT&T go phone.I left tmobile because of the service was just awful in the area that I had to move to.Now I can make calls and text with full bars.
I really want to get this phone rooted so I can try out some roms.I sure miss the G2x was fun testing all the different ones it had

you have to buy a new USB plug! Went tthrough the same problem on my old vibrant I thought I bricked it because it wouldn't turn on,I sent it in and tthey fixed it and sent it back.. still undergoing the same problem I asked a friend for help. He said maybe it was the wire And tthat's exactly what it was. It is most likely without a doubt the wrong wire. Buy a new one!
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flip193 said:
you have to buy a new USB plug! Went tthrough the same problem on my old vibrant I thought I bricked it because it wouldn't turn on,I sent it in and tthey fixed it and sent it back.. still undergoing the same problem I asked a friend for help. He said maybe it was the wire And tthat's exactly what it was. It is most likely without a doubt the wrong wire. Buy a new one!
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I actually never thought about that.Will have to try that.I have another post on this problem here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398437
That does make sense.Thanks for stating the obvious

My original cable got hosed (dropped it in a parking lot...D'oh!) and I bought a new T-Mobile branded one from the T-Mobile store. Was $14 or so, which I felt was robbery, but it works like a champ. I've had no problems flashing ROMs or anything with it.

I just looked the cord over man Im dumb and feel really stupid right now lol Its a LG cord.They say when you hit 40 ya go blind

Honestly, one wouldn't think the brand would matter. And no 40 jokes...hittin' 41 tomorrow

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Honestly, one wouldn't think the brand would matter. And no 40 jokes...hittin' 41 tomorrow
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Oh just figured it was for just LG phones. It doesnt feel like it connects to the phone to snug either.

Question about going back to stock

Hi i just got a question so im getting ready to cancel my tmobile contract i did hemidall one click stock did i also had to check bootloaders and do again or no?
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Is your phone working? If yes your bootloaders are fine and go return it.

I would use kies if you are going to return it... that makes it 100% stock... no questions asked...

Raver made a 100% Stock GB ROM. If you use Kies mini you will need to flash back to Pure Stock Froyo then do the upgrade.

lumin30 said:
Raver made a 100% Stock GB ROM. If you use Kies mini you will need to flash back to Pure Stock Froyo then do the upgrade.
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I believe the sgs4g is still being sold with 2.2; therefore, it would be in his best interest to flash back to froyo and not do the update. Otherwise, Tmo might not take the phone back...

I am pretty sure it's ok to send the phone back with the updated ROM provided by T-Mobile and Samsung.

lumin30 said:
I am pretty sure it's ok to send the phone back with the updated ROM provided by T-Mobile and Samsung.
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I wouldn't be too sure of that... Encountered a similar issue with my old blackberry. I updated it to 6.0 (supposedly bb's reply to android) but I found it had a battery issue. So I took it back to get a different phone (sgs4g) after having the bb for 3 days, and they wouldn't take it back. I had to downgrade it back to 5.2 in order for them to acept it... Has to be in the EXACT same condition as when you bought it per the Tmo agreement...

We have some people on here that sell phones... I bet they let us know.

Actually my phone came with 2.3.6 from a tmobile seller/friend i saw him cut open the seal to show phone, its quite funny he gets tons of customers but nothing is in his store like phone display and such just a desk or two.
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reddd123 said:
Actually my phone came with 2.3.6 from a tmobile seller/friend i saw him cut open the seal to show phone, its quite funny he gets tons of customers but nothing is in his store like phone display and such just a desk or two.
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Then you should be ok...

But my phones preloaded with inception movie when i click on the icon it says is missing!
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reddd123 said:
But my phones preloaded with inception movie when i click on the icon it says is missing!
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You deleted inception from the sdcard.

FBis251 said:
You deleted inception from the sdcard.
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So would tmobile still take my phone if they check also what do i pay if i got the first monthly bill but not 30 days yet in cali i can cancel
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reddd123 said:
So would tmobile still take my phone if they check also what do i pay if i got the first monthly bill but not 30 days yet in cali i can cancel
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That's would be a question for tmo customer service... Not here... Stay on topic...

I called tmobile im able to cancel my contract abd keep my phone.which i paid 125 for now should i keep this phone or try to sell
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reddd123 said:
I called tmobile im able to cancel my contract abd keep my phone.which i paid 125 for now should i keep this phone or try to sell
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I think that's more of a personal decision. I know you can use FBs carrier unlocker script to unlock it for use with other carriers if you like the phone.
Also, please add [SOLVED] to the title of this thread.
Thanks!

stephen_w said:
I think that's more of a personal decision. I know you can use FBs carrier unlocker script to unlock it for use with other carriers if you like the phone.
Also, please add [SOLVED] to the title of this thread.
Thanks!
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Im fine with tmobile been thinking i mean other phones got.better roms but all we need is just a single decent rom which vahalla black final does greatly a broad question but im just wondering when ics will come i know we got miui in development.
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2 questions please help me !!!

ok so i really need help
im a noob at android but really exp in ios so its alot diff
my first question is
my mytouch 4g slide is black and the screen freezes when ever its on and the keys light up so idk i think it might b a software problem because it first started happning while watching netflix soo ya so the question is how do i root my phone and with complete easy instructions and i want to put a diff rom on it cause i think something is wrong with that rom so ya
its 2.3.4 and 3.0 sense its up to date with everything
my 2nd question is how to fix that so if you do please just let me now thanks in return and i really appreciate it

What have you done with it already? Tried to install a ROM? Running stock? Bootloader?
Did you attempt to hard reset the phone?
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rorytmeadows said:
What have you done with it already? Tried to install a ROM? Running stock? Bootloader?
Did you attempt to hard reset the phone?
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i did a hard reset and it only fixes it for a short time and thats it
and i havent done anything else cause idk how to so yaaaa hahaha and if you can i can skype you and show you what happands to it on skype

qandil said:
i did a hard reset and it only fixes it for a short time and thats it
and i havent done anything else cause idk how to so yaaaa hahaha and if you can i can skype you and show you what happands to it on skype
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If you haven't altered your phone and having THAT bad a problem you need to sent it back, STOP messing with it and get one that's not screwed up. JMHO, of course....

Yea just send the phone back
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dont you think i would but i cant return it man

when i take out the battery and hold down the pwer and vol down it says at the very top that its locked if you want ill try to put up a pic

qandil said:
dont you think i would but i cant return it man
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You'd be surprised how many people don't know whether they can or can't. How long have you had it and is it thru TMobile?

I bought it off craigslist 2 weeks ago and it worked perfect for awhile so idk
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qandil said:
I bought it off craigslist 2 weeks ago and it worked perfect for awhile so idk
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Then you need to call HTC and find out who you need to talk to to find out if your serial number is still covered by the manufacturer's warranty. If not, it's probably something you should have done BEFORE you made the purchase. I could be wrong but it sounds like someone passed a hardware problem off on an unsuspecting buyer. BUT....it MAY still be covered and they didn't know either.
Isn't it worth a try?

Where can I find there number and can u get me it please?
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Where can I find there number and can u get me it please?
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This is their online "Warranty Statement". But it does conflict with the results some others have had doing a return. It COULD be that they returned it thru their carrier.
http://dl4.htc.com/Web_materials/Manual/Warranty/Android/0525_G_WarrantyEULA_76x126_US-BP.pdf
This is their website where you can directly e-mail the company with questions if you like.
http://www.htc.com/www/help/
(all I did was Google it.....)

[Q] Bricked? Can't enter download mode

I just tried flashing to the latest slim bean rom and when I went to reboot, the phone turned off. Can't turn it back on, can't get into download mode with the USB cable, battery out/anything. Is there anything I can do at this point? IT seems completely dead. Doesn't even show a charging icon when I plug it into the charger. I've had problems before but I've at least been able to get into download mode.
Any suggestions??

Doesn't sound good. You have no life at all in the phone? If not you're hard bricked and jtag is your only hope. You sure you flashed to correct Rom for your device?
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yeah I've been tinkering for a while and never had this happen before. No sign of life at all. What's jtag? I was thinking of trying to get it replaced at at&t

Dracarnion said:
yeah I've been tinkering for a while and never had this happen before. No sign of life at all. What's jtag? I was thinking of trying to get it replaced at at&t
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Google mobiletechvideos. They can fix it for about 50 bucks
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It's possible I installed something for i777 by accident Thanks. I will give that a try. Think I would have any luck getting it replaced at AT&T?

Dracarnion said:
It's possible I installed something for i777 by accident Thanks. I will give that a try. Think I would have any luck getting it replaced at AT&T?
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It's possible and that would brick you.
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Are you still under warranty? If do its worth a try. Just play dumb and tell them it won't turn on.
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Yeah, i have the extended warranty, but it looks like they want to charge $199 to replace it, regardless :-\. Guess it makes more sense to go through jtag.. are they legitimate? How long until I would get it back?

Dracarnion said:
Yeah, i have the extended warranty, but it looks like they want to charge $199 to replace it, regardless :-\. Guess it makes more sense to go through jtag.. are they legitimate? How long until I would get it back?
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I've never used them but a lot on xda have and it sounds like good service. Typical turn around time seems to be about a week. You can pay for faster service.
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jd1639 said:
I've never used them but a lot on xda have and it sounds like good service. Typical turn around time seems to be about a week. You can pay for faster service.
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Thanks for all your help. I actually have an extended warranty, but they wanted to charge me $200 for a replacement (which would probably end up being a refurb anyway). I sent it out to mobiletechvideos today and I'm hoping to have my phone back by the end of the next week. Better make sure I double-check what I'm flashing next time
Another side question - I tried flashing a few ROMs but I got errors during the flash (CM10, CM9) Do I need to have a specific bootloader enabled for those?

Dracarnion said:
Thanks for all your help. I actually have an extended warranty, but they wanted to charge me $200 for a replacement (which would probably end up being a refurb anyway). I sent it out to mobiletechvideos today and I'm hoping to have my phone back by the end of the next week. Better make sure I double-check what I'm flashing next time
Another side question - I tried flashing a few ROMs but I got errors during the flash (CM10, CM9) Do I need to have a specific bootloader enabled for those?
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No. Don't have to worry about boot loaders on the i727. Just make sure the Rom is for it. As you learned, flashing a rom for a different device is not a good thing. Good luck on the jtag.
Read vincoms stickies in the development forum. They have good information on flashing. There is a lot of info there so its not an easy read but they'll save you a lot of headaches of you go thru them.
Edit: what recovery were you using to flash? If you were having problems out its probably an older version. Check that you have the latest. I've had good luck with twrp 2.4.4.0
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