This may sound strange...but i need to find a way to brick my phone so that not even the bootloader will work.
i tried flashing different roms from different phones but everything seems to have a script to check phone models now so it wont let me flash.
i also tried to wipe everything, cache, system and stuff and force rebooting, doesnt work either.
any ideas?
May I ask why you want to do this?
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Why would you want to do such thing?
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My earpiece volume is very low to the point i cant hear anyone while walking on the street.
i borrowed my sisters onex and hers was totally fine.
i have a service plan through futureshop but they wont take it back if i modified it (they are smart enough to check bootloader which says tampered and stuff all over it)
so in order for me to fix it/get a new one i have to brick it to the point where they cant even see the tampering
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My earpiece volume is very low to the point i cant hear anyone while walking on the street.
i borrowed my sisters onex and hers was totally fine.
i have a service plan through futureshop but they wont take it back if i modified it (they are smart enough to check bootloader which says tampered and stuff all over it)
so in order for me to fix it/get a new one i have to brick it to the point where they cant even see the tampering
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So you want help to commit insurance fraud? There is a saying "pull down your pants to play and you will pull out your wallet and pay". That's the risk of modding.
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Well, you play you pay.
Next time, if you wanna play, research what phone to get first.
I do not believe anybody is going to help you, in fact this question is perse against xda regulations I believe.
Moderators, please close this thread!
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pull the phone from the unibody, sip the battery wires, put back in unibody and return it
There are countless posts about people hardbricking with recoveries and such.
Do your research... Seriously
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This dude is a joke... Research ur ****..and then you won't look like a tool.
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His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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Flash something from another device that will fit on the partition.. That ought to the trick.
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dalvarez0312 said:
His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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When did his earpiece start being defective ? I'm sure it didn't come after rooting? he should have gotten a replacement before and than got a new one and than flashed away...butthere is a warning on every root guide that it will void your warranty but oh well.......on a another note if the op wants to brick his phone go to international one x forums and flash coredroid or android revolution roms if u want to do some damage to that baby
dalvarez0312 said:
His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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I've discussed this many times, unlocking your bootloader does NOT void your warranty.
HTC says it MAY void your warranty.
Flash a ruu and send it back would be the ethical way to go. They don't check the bootloader, they probably send it to HTC or some sort of repair center.
Me personally I would brick it to reduce the chance of them trying to stick me with the cost of the phone. But I wouldnt tell anyone
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dalvarez0312 said:
His earpiece is defective. If he had not installed a ROM he would have been able to get a replacement. I dont think he should be punished for flashing a ROM by being forced to keep an already detective device.
And op, props for being honest, I hope you find what u need.
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Thanks for the support
something this forum clearly lacks
omario8484 said:
When did his earpiece start being defective ? I'm sure it didn't come after rooting? he should have gotten a replacement before and than got a new one and than flashed away...butthere is a warning on every root guide that it will void your warranty but oh well.......on a another note if the op wants to brick his phone go to international one x forums and flash coredroid or android revolution roms if u want to do some damage to that baby
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Actually yes this problem happened after root/bootloader unlock
I am not the only one with this problem and it hasnt been the first phone ive had with this problem either
It was fine for a couple of months and then it was on and off, sometimes the volume will be normal in calls and sometimes it wont
then it just fully dies and stays a low volume
had the exact same problem with my evo3d and xperia arc
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Me personally I would brick it to reduce the chance of them trying to stick me with the cost of the phone. But I wouldnt tell anyone
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I feel the same
but i spent a long time trying different ways to do it and nothing worked.
its not as easy as my other phones
Wouldn't a bricked device be more suspicious than a defective earpiece? What would be the situation you could brick a device without unlocking the bootloader, or using a microwave? They can verify the earpiece is bad. I have some sort of defect with the screen, like a scratch or smudge between the LCD and the glass. I was just going to send it back with the bl relocked. But, my new one came with 2.20 already on it. So, I sent it back and will try again later for another, or if an exploit is found for 2.20, or take them up on the early upgrade GS III offer.
How bad is the earpiece issue? Worse than running stock sense? You may want to wait until you get a replacement to decide what to do.
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Use adb
Fastboot erase bootloader
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quarlow said:
Wouldn't a bricked device be more suspicious than a defective earpiece? What would be the situation you could brick a device without unlocking the bootloader, or using a microwave? They can verify the earpiece is bad. I have some sort of defect with the screen, like a scratch or smudge between the LCD and the glass. I was just going to send it back with the bl relocked. But, my new one came with 2.20 already on it. So, I sent it back and will try again later for another, or if an exploit is found for 2.20, or take them up on the early upgrade GS III offer.
How bad is the earpiece issue? Worse than running stock sense? You may want to wait until you get a replacement to decide what to do.
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Good point. How would he explain the brick anyway?
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Good point. How would he explain the brick anyway?
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I left my phone on the charger overnight and when I woke up it wouldn't turn on
They go through a process asking you to do certain things then the issue a replacement
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He doesn't need to explain it. He's a customer and his phone doesn't work any more.
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there still going to ask what happened though. i bricked mine and told them i got the 2.20 update and i was watching a movie while (not on my phone) it installed and after a while checked on it and it was off and wouldnt charge or turn on. but now im on my second 2.20 replacement. first had a bad speakephone and service was crap. and this one the whites are not as white as they should be and are more pinkish and tan.
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So a couple of days ago I got the OTA Gingerbread update. After the update my phone has had some problems. When I text, the buttons stop vibrating sometimes. And also some of my contacts on the messaging app just show up as phone numbers. So please tell me what may be happening.
Can't offer any explanations but keep in mind, ota updates can be problematic because its insalling on top of what's currently installed, as opposed to wiping and doing a clean install.
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I would suggest taking the phone in or possibly better off calling tech support and have them re push the update and go from there...or just root it and flash a custom ROM and enjoy the phone how it should've been.
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The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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My screen is like that and I didn't return it cause I didn't notice it a huge problem
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drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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I've returned 2 phone because of that, 1st one was within the original 30 days and 2nd one was after and I thankfully have a tech warranty center close by.
How ever on the second one, a refurb I don't have working GPS and the guy would not let me exchange it again and gave me a number for HTC to call and get it exchanged that way, why I'm not sure but it may have been my fault any way. Lol
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bdpyo said:
I've returned 2 phone because of that, 1st one was within the original 30 days and 2nd one was after and I thankfully have a tech warranty center close by.
How ever on the second one, a refurb I don't have working GPS and the guy would not let me exchange it again and gave me a number for HTC to call and get it exchanged that way, why I'm not sure but it may have been my fault any way. Lol
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So you are under warranty and dealing with a non working gps? How did you do a name change?
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Alright, well right now I am trying to find a way to root the phone. I remember how to root my old Samsung Captivate, but this is very different. Including that I now have android 2.3.3 I havent found any way to root the Inspire with Gingerbread. So if you know where I can find a download, please post it while I keep searching.
drakizard said:
Alright, well right now I am trying to find a way to root the phone. I remember how to root my old Samsung Captivate, but this is very different. Including that I now have android 2.3.3 I havent found any way to root the Inspire with Gingerbread. So if you know where I can find a download, please post it while I keep searching.
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Ace Hack Kit v12 in the dev forum. Check the stickie.
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fernandezhjr said:
So you are under warranty and dealing with a non working gps? How did you do a name change?
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Still under the manufacture's warranty and you mean my username?
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Still under the manufacture's warranty and you mean my username?
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AT&T should honor that manufacturer warranty, no matter if you already had a couple of exchanges. I would push them on that hard. Yes, user name.
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fernandezhjr said:
AT&T should honor that manufacturer warranty, no matter if you already had a couple of exchanges. I would push them on that hard. Yes, user name.
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I contacted the admin
And yeah the guy at the store told me to call that number it was like some kind of direct line for HTC
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drakizard said:
The only problem to rooting my phone is that I might want to trade it in for another Inspire, because the screen is starting to pop out of the phone in the bottom left corner. I just don't want my phone to void the warrenty, and make it so I can't return it.
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If you search, there are procedures posted to return to stock/ s-on in the event you need to do a warranty exchange. I have done this myself and was able to get a warranty exchange.
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I just bought an HTC Panache and it came with the bad eMMC and bad screen. WOW the display is noticeably different from my MyTouch4G even when looking straight on.
Anyway, since it is still covered under HTC manu warranty, would I be able to send it in with the request of the new eMMC and the Sony display?
Who should I contact? I sent an e-mail to HTC and they're directing me to some third-party called PCD or something.
Has it worked for you? Should I just call them directly and see if I can talk them into something?
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I just bought an HTC Panache and it came with the bad eMMC and bad screen. WOW the display is noticeably different from my MyTouch4G even when looking straight on.
Anyway, since it is still covered under HTC manu warranty, would I be able to send it in with the request of the new eMMC and the Sony display?
Who should I contact? I sent an e-mail to HTC and they're directing me to some third-party called PCD or something.
Has it worked for you? Should I just call them directly and see if I can talk them into something?
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I doubt they'll care. You may get lucky, but you better be, like, megaball winner lucky.
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i bought my glacier off craigslist. In rooting with the gfree method, i ended up with a brick that blinks a yellow light (download mode). Tmobile was unable to help me, but i called htc and they took care of it.
I had to pay shipping to them, and i got back the same phone fixed about 2 weeks late i think.
not sure how easy it will be when you have a phone that works but has flaws, my situation was such that the phone was clearly broken, so there was no judgment call by the rep.
i called the htc customer service number here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hotline
good luck
zguithues said:
i bought my glacier off craigslist. In rooting with the gfree method, i ended up with a brick that blinks a yellow light (download mode). Tmobile was unable to help me, but i called htc and they took care of it.
I had to pay shipping to them, and i got back the same phone fixed about 2 weeks late i think.
not sure how easy it will be when you have a phone that works but has flaws, my situation was such that the phone was clearly broken, so there was no judgment call by the rep.
i called the htc customer service number here:
http://www.htc.com/us/support/hotline
good luck
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maybe i should brick my phone first
hope theyd replace the screen too. ill call them tomorrow
grimey01 said:
maybe i should brick my phone first
hope theyd replace the screen too. ill call them tomorrow
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The bad emmc is a load of garbage. I have been flashing my phone repeatedly for a whole year now with no problems on the bad emmc.
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eqjunkie829 said:
The bad emmc is a load of garbage. I have been flashing my phone repeatedly for a whole year now with no problems on the bad emmc.
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Same except for 6 months. I am a flashaholic. So no worries.
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I thought I was the only one who felt this way...the data they used to determine it was far from conclusive...not everyone reported when they bricked their phone. I've always felt it was user error, but I could be wrong
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well i just rooted and backed up my nandroid from my mt4g
everything working perfectly, i couldnt care less about the eMMC anymore, i just wont mess with it and crackflash with the mt4g instead
but the screen.. its a HUGE difference compared to the sony display used on my mt4g
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I thought I was the only one who felt this way...the data they used to determine it was far from conclusive...not everyone reported when they bricked their phone. I've always felt it was user error, but I could be wrong
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I do believe that there was a bad batch of emmc chips, but I don't think that all of that batch was bad. I think that only a portion of them are doomed to fail.
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Interesting little story about how I received my One S:
For the past year or so, I was using the T-Mobile LG G2x. Good at first, then I started to really dislike the phone for a variety of reasons. I ended up dropping my phone about a month after receiving it, cracking the top of the screen. The phone was still fully functional.
So last month I'm like, you know what, I'm tired of looking at the crack, let me use my insurance/deductable to get a new one. I file my claim online (130$) and they send me a refurbished G2x with a Samsung battery....
So I call them up; they apologize profusely and I request to just have them send me the new battery. They said they couldn't because "the whole package has to be together." They said they looked in their inventory and they are out of stock on the G2x (presumably since they no longer produce them). They said they would be able to offer me another device, a brand new HTC One S, to try for a week; if I like it I can keep it, if not I can return it and we can discuss other devices.
Safe to say, I love the HTC One S. It is the best phone I have ever used and I plan on using it for a long time.
Funny how things work out eh?
Haha great story
Cool story bro.
If only we had such customer service in the UK! The One S is a very nice phone you'll enjoy it
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Glad asurian worked out for you. They drove me crazy when I had to deal with them. Make sure you flash some cm10 its just pure awesomeness
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No make sure u flash venom is awesome
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I've never rooted and flashed a ROM. Im too scared I'd brick my phone or something similar; I'm not the smartest when it comes to things like that guide or not lol.
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vanbroekjames said:
I've never rooted and flashed a ROM. Im too scared I'd brick my phone or something similar; I'm not the smartest when it comes to things like that guide or not lol.
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It's hard to brick your phone very hard if your not trying to do it someone made a thread how to brick their one s that's how hard it is if ur not trying at the most you'll go into a bootloop Nd easy to get out of its the part of learning it took Me 1week to root my phone and 6 attempts to get my first good Rom on its just a part of learning now it never happens to me cuz I understand it all one s was my first android phone
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I have a Rogers htc one x that is ICJ bricked, and a line on a working, rooted Rogers one x that just has a shattered digitizer for $135. I'm planning on swapping the motherboard. I'm not worried about the physical swap, I've already disassembled the phone and I'm totally comfortable with that.
my only question is if there will be issues with hardware that I'm unaware of. my impression is that the motherboard has all the components with IDs on it like imei etc. and all the other components are totally swappable. so in essence, putting this other motherboard into my phone is more like transferring all my parts around his phone.
like saying "a brain transplant will never be possible, but perhaps a full body transplant one day."
but I digress...
is there anything I'm not considering?
Your imei is stored in mmcblk0p4 you can just dd it and hex edit your imei and cid into it and then dd it back
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absolutelygrim said:
Your imei is stored in mmcblk0p4 you can just dd it and hex edit your imei and cid into it and then dd it back
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Thanks I'm still committed to unbricking my current motherboard, but im just going to work on it in the other phone's body just getting sick of not having a nice phone lol
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Thanks I'm still committed to unbricking my current motherboard, but im just going to work on it in the other phone's body just getting sick of not having a nice phone lol
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Do it. If you need help just text me. You still got my number
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absolutelygrim said:
Do it. If you need help just text me. You still got my number
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Thanks man! You meet and exceed the requirements of being awesome in my books.
Did it work?
Hey, how did this turn out for you? I'm in the same predicament.
shane0569 said:
Hey, how did this turn out for you? I'm in the same predicament.
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It turned out quite well! I needed to unlock the Frankensteined phone, note that the imei needs to match the motherboard. Also, I needed to have a stock based (i.e. sense based) Rom installed for the unlock to work.
Other than that, the phone isn't too tough to disassemble (find a video, if you need help, let me know), although when I pulled one of the phones apart, it pulled the button portion of the power button off. I needed to swap the power button assembly with the other phone.
So as it stands, I have a perfect condition one xl, and one bricked xl with a shattered digitizer ($25 part) and no power button ($15 part). Still trying to figure out what to do with it...right now I'm just waiting to see if it can be unbricked. If so, I can fix it and sell it, or just let my wife have it.
I was under the impression that grim could unbrick icj phones that aren't 2.20
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area51avenger said:
I was under the impression that grim could unbrick icj phones that aren't 2.20
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Grim and I did a few sessions with the phone, and it looks like it's 2.20. =(
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It turned out quite well!
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Impressive. I applaud you for fixing this yourself and not playing dumb to get a free replacement.
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Impressive. I applaud you for fixing this yourself and not playing dumb to get a free replacement.
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"Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon." -Rorschach
Good job man...yeah these phones are surprisingly not that difficult to work on physically. I just had to do a motherboard swap.
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Hello, I have a rooted At&T One X with TWRP. Installed CM10 on it first and then i decided to try IceColdJelly AOKP Rom. So after it finished flash my phone just went blank.
I tried charging it for over 8 hours, no led notification coming on and i held down the volume down and power button. No luck with anything i've tried. Im hearing the usb sound when plugged in to a pc but its not really recognizing the device. No luck as well with the wall charger
Whats can I do?? Helpppp!!! I need my phone to be on
I do not know how to help you but I did find this. Sorry bro...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974101
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Sounds similar to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790598
Not sure if it's exactly this, but good luck.
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jayvan89 said:
Hello, I have a rooted At&T One X with TWRP. Installed CM10 on it first and then i decided to try IceColdJelly AOKP Rom. So after it finished flash my phone just went blank.
I tried charging it for over 8 hours, no led notification coming on and i held down the volume down and power button. No luck with anything i've tried. Im hearing the usb sound when plugged in to a pc but its not really recognizing the device. No luck as well with the wall charger
Whats can I do?? Helpppp!!! I need my phone to be on
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Wow.
Not only are you hard-bricked, you hard-bricked after you were warned in your last thread to stay away from international ROMs.
There's nothing you can do but return it and hope you can get a warranty replacement. There is currently no fix for your predicament.
congrats
iElvis said:
There's nothing you can do but return it and hope you can get a warranty replacement.
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Naw, time for OP to buy a new phone. Warranty does not cover lack of knowledge and research.
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The thing that really bothers me was he already tried to flash a intl Rom and was warned not too again
.....seriously kid? I don't know whether to laugh, or feel sorry...
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redpoint73 said:
Naw, time for OP to buy a new phone. Warranty does not cover lack of knowledge and research.
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I have heard from a couple sources on this forum that HTC will replace the motherboard for $120
area51avenger said:
I have heard from a couple sources on this forum that HTC will replace the motherboard for $120
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So what yor saying is that it would be easier and the same price to just get a new phone... Personally, I think they should charge more. You can't put a set price on the lack of knowledge and reasoning..
Myrder said:
So what yor saying is that it would be easier and the same price to just get a new phone... Personally, I think they should charge more. You can't put a set price on the lack of knowledge and reasoning..
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE
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Literally LOL'd. :good:
120 for new mobo vs 199 for insurance replacement