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Don't know if someone posted this before but:
As the title says, do NOT use the stock unlock method if you ever think you'll need a warranty replacement, they store your serial number after using the tool, this means that they know your warranty is voided. By using the official tool you're basically guaranteeing you won't be able to get a warranty replacement.
Ohhhhh Thank kuuuuuu
This is OLD news my friend. If you read the HTC website terms before using it (which you SHOULD be doing), you will see it states that your warranty is effected.
The problem with this is how does rooting alone void your warranty. Say you just want an unlocked phone for the sake of having an unlocked phone. That alone shouldn't void your warranty.
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ibsk8 said:
The problem with this is how does rooting alone void your warranty. Say you just want an unlocked phone for the sake of having an unlocked phone. That alone shouldn't void your warranty.
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Same logic as buying drugs for the sake of having them...
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ibsk8 said:
The problem with this is how does rooting alone void your warranty. Say you just want an unlocked phone for the sake of having an unlocked phone. That alone shouldn't void your warranty.
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LOL. Please. As if HTC shouldn't do anything to your warranty simply because you "may" want to unlock it just to unlock it. They should be cool with it just because maybe .1% of people do it just to do it.
I had my turbocharged car chipped just to, you know, do it. Not because I want to drive fast or anything.
I've done repairs on my Nexus One (dust) with an unlocked bootloader. Not at first but that's because i sent it in with CM. They sent it back to me and I restored it to stock and they fixed it.
If you have an issue that cant be caused by software they should fix it.
Anyone with a Nexus at launch, could you root the phone without the official method? Nope and it was like that for a very long time because there was no incentive, we could root out of the box.
HTC lagged it hard with their method and it defeats the purpose of what they are doing. Who unlocks the phone and doesn't know about XDA?
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The problem with this is how does rooting alone void your warranty. Say you just want an unlocked phone for the sake of having an unlocked phone. That alone shouldn't void your warranty.
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There's always a risk involved when flashing something.
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The problem with this is how does rooting alone void your warranty. Say you just want an unlocked phone for the sake of having an unlocked phone. That alone shouldn't void your warranty.
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This is OLD news my friend. If you read the HTC website terms before using it (which you SHOULD be doing), you will see it states that your warranty is effected.
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Yes it is old news but some ppl either just got here or missed it earlier. Chill out troll
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LOLOL The Scotsman is anything but a troll and this thread is anything but useful. In any case, it actually only voids PARTS of your warranty I.E. if you need a new battery cover or if your volume rocker breaks you won't be up ****'s creek without a paddle.
If you brick your phone, you will be. Not only is this thread redundant, its title is inaccurate and wrong.
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Yes it is old news but some ppl either just got here or missed it earlier. Chill out troll
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It's also inaccurate. In the U.S. a company can't void your warranty for product modifications made by the user unless those modifications specifically caused the defect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson–Moss_Warranty_Act
And I don't blame HTC for trying to control their warranty costs. If someone unlocks their phone and OC's the chip and fries it or does something else equally stupid the user should have to pay for the repair. You pay to play.
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I've done repairs on my Nexus One (dust) with an unlocked bootloader. Not at first but that's because i sent it in with CM. They sent it back to me and I restored it to stock and they fixed it.
If you have an issue that cant be caused by software they should fix it.
Anyone with a Nexus at launch, could you root the phone without the official method? Nope and it was like that for a very long time because there was no incentive, we could root out of the box.
HTC lagged it hard with their method and it defeats the purpose of what they are doing. Who unlocks the phone and doesn't know about XDA?
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Haha I sent my Nexus in after restoring to stock, they fixed it and relocked the bootloader.
Next time, I sent it in with CM7, they sent it back with CM7 and they repaired it.
Guys! The HTC Method is ok! Its was the same at the Nexus One! You void your warranty with unlocking but only the software not the hardware! If you flash back to stock and the error is still theire (software related) they will repairit and hardware they will everytime repair...They take no warranty for flashed software that is not authorized by them ... and this is ok!
AND they are not really able to find out if u flashed a bad radio or hboot! when its bricked. they can easily restore your phone!! This warranty thing just that you are aware of bad software!! They will repair your phone if its needed to be!
But it is fair that we brick our devices and they need to repair? No! We buy the phone as it is! Root is a feature that is not mentioned by HTC!!!
MOD EDIT: No swearing - and no, I'm not a troll, so please refrain from calling me one.
Where i called someone a troll? im from germany troll means to me you are a little toy... why i should say this
because of "****ing" ? this was just to underline my fu***** statement
just thought here were no kids that can take my words to the playground ^^
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Yes it is old news but some ppl either just got here or missed it earlier. Chill out troll
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It's also inaccurate. In the U.S. a company can't void your warranty for product modifications made by the user unless those modifications specifically caused the defect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson–Moss_Warranty_Act
And I don't blame HTC for trying to control their warranty costs. If someone unlocks their phone and OC's the chip and fries it or does something else equally stupid the user should have to pay for the repair. You pay to play.
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Well HTC still state on their website that the warranty is affected:
Please note that changing your bootloader can cause significant issues with your device and once you have unlocked your device, you have agreed to the disclaimer that states a change in warranty status such that in the event you render your device unusable, you are responsible for the recovery of your device, whether by repair or by other means.
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Pretty clear cut to me.
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Well HTC still state on their website that the warranty is affected:
Pretty clear cut to me.
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1) You brick your phone doing stupid stuff - HTC's not going to fix it.
2) You're unlocked and running a custom ROM and your display dies - HTC will fix it.
What they're saying is inline with what I originally posted. They'll repair a warrantied defect on the phone provided that unlocking it didn't cause the defect. Their statement pretty clearly infers they won't fix a bricked phone for free. It doesn't say your warranty is void if you unlock the phone and it has an unrelated defect. In the U.S., they couldn't say that if they wanted to.
So, I bricked my last A2 and had it replaced and the one they gave me is horrific (bunch of issues...). Anyway, I know I have to unroot, they will most certainly detect that. However, What about bootstrap? Do you think they will notice that when they bring it to the back to do their "troubleshooting"? Because I was just planning on unrooting and then uninstalling bootstrap app (incase they know what that is, i know that that wont remove they bootstrap). So, what are your opinions on that?
Fzx back to stock.
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Fzx back to stock.
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Yeah thats never worked out well for me...
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So, I bricked my last A2 and had it replaced and the one they gave me is horrific (bunch of issues...). Anyway, I know I have to unroot, they will most certainly detect that. However, What about bootstrap? Do you think they will notice that when they bring it to the back to do their "troubleshooting"? Because I was just planning on unrooting and then uninstalling bootstrap app (incase they know what that is, i know that that wont remove they bootstrap). So, what are your opinions on that?
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Throw it in a microwave to kill it so it wont turn on.
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Throw it in a microwave to kill it so it wont turn on.
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Ever since I bought a Moto phone I feel the need to do that every day
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Ever since I bought a Moto phone I feel the need to do that every day
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Lol.
Me too.....
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Lol.
Me too.....
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Horrible mistake. Live and Learn...unless youre a sophmore who doesnt have any money and is stuck with it for another year...omg.
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Horrible mistake. Live and Learn...unless youre a sophmore who doesnt have any money and is stuck with it for another year...omg.
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My case lol
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Not sure if I'm completely off topic but don't want to start a new thread either: so does AT&T/Motorola salvage the bricked phones returned/exchanged under warranty? I understand if you microwave it, it's gone for good, but otherwise do they have a way to salvage a phone with hosed bootloader or hard bricking? Will it require special hardware setup to recover these phones? I am sure bricking would be a common phenomena in Moto's lab ...
OMG, just took a look at your sign - okachowwa - your smartphone's histories usage so terrible ...
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OMG, just took a look at your sign - okachowwa - your smartphone's histories usage so terrible ...
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Dude's also only 15, which it states as well, and to cut the kid some slack!
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OMG, just took a look at your sign - okachowwa - your smartphone's histories usage so terrible ...
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Hey now lol. I try I try. I totally fixed my Captivate...after I bought this AWESOME phone. But I didn't brick this one, it was a bad replacement, and my last one, yeah FXZ confused me so my ignorance overtook my ability to fix it, because I couldnt find the files on the forums (links were down) and flashed wrong ones (live and learn?). But yes, being a sophmore in high school I probably shouldn't being doing this stuff as I don't have any money lol.
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Not sure if I'm completely off topic but don't want to start a new thread either: so does AT&T/Motorola salvage the bricked phones returned/exchanged under warranty? I understand if you microwave it, it's gone for good, but otherwise do they have a way to salvage a phone with hosed bootloader or hard bricking? Will it require special hardware setup to recover these phones? I am sure bricking would be a common phenomena in Moto's lab ...
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Yes, unless the EMMC is corrupted beyond redemption they have special flashing tools to restore phones to a usable condition. Just think about when the phone is made; it is a blank slate. They have to have a way to flash it initially. They can use a similar method to resurrect it if it is not damaged beyond repair.
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Hmmm ... that's exactly is my point; if it is all software, why doesn't it leak like RSDlite? Then users could recover these bricked phones themselves and no need of these warranty calls. It must be some special hardware (to be connected to JTAG?) which even our service centers do not have available. Then we could take our out of warranty phones to them and get it restored for a small fee. Now if I take a bricked phone to them, they change the motherboard and charge ~30% of the phone value.
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Hmmm ... that's exactly is my point; if it is all software, why doesn't it leak like RSDlite? Then users could recover these bricked phones themselves and no need of these warranty calls. It must be some special hardware (to be connected to JTAG?) which even our service centers do not have available. Then we could take our out of warranty phones to them and get it restored for a small fee. Now if I take a bricked phone to them, they change the motherboard and charge ~30% of the phone value.
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That is because there is an efuse that was blown as part of this process, and you can't unblow a fuse/efuse. That is why you are getting new boards. I was at one the AT&T service centers last week and we looked at one of the bricks, and it did throw 2 efuses that I could find. We could connect them to JTAG with the correct connetions, but we could NOT see the phone from the JTAG device/software.
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That is because there is an efuse that was blown as part of this process, and you can't unblow a fuse/efuse. That is why you are getting new boards. I was at one the AT&T service centers last week and we looked at one of the bricks, and it did throw 2 efuses that I could find. We could connect them to JTAG with the correct connetions, but we could NOT see the phone from the JTAG device/software.
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Is it not an inefficient (or dangerous (or suicidal)) design that if you overwrite the bootloader (even by an older version) then a efuse blows somewhere and the motherboard becomes useless. You may refuse to boot if the bootloader isn't trusted but killing the phone in the process sounds too bad to me. Would this happen with phones with unlocked bootloader too?
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Is it not an inefficient (or dangerous (or suicidal)) design that if you overwrite the bootloader (even by an older version) then a efuse blows somewhere and the motherboard becomes useless. You may refuse to boot if the bootloader isn't trusted but killing the phone in the process sounds too bad to me. Would this happen with phones with unlocked bootloader too?
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No, this is a Motorola ONLY thing, as inefficient as it might be. There is no need for anything like is in a unlocked bootloader phone. This happens because these phones are just like iphones in that Motorola does NOT want us "playing" with them, or doing any kind of dev work on them, Moto phones have a HUGE history of being non developer friendly. That is also why certain devs like me find them a challenge and want to "breakthrough" all that.
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No, this is a Motorola ONLY thing, as inefficient as it might be. There is no need for anything like is in a unlocked bootloader phone.
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Well, except their managers we all see how it backfired. It doesn't interfere with people who wants to stay stock, and if it gets bricked doing some dev, they get a warranty call (and maybe they have to swap in 90% cases). Doesn't help anyone.
However I had a Milestone before (why did I buy another Moto afterwards questions my sanity) but even if it had a locked bootloader (and after stock 2.1 no update was given), devs could port froyo and finally CM7 and CM9. I am hoping in spite of the lock, we'll be able to port CM9/10, keeping the kernel same. I am hopeful as LG Thrill 4G, Motorola Droid 3 has CM9 already.
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Maybe thinking of returning my infinity. So far I see no difference between this and my android phone. I only bought it a week ago. Would best buy return in even if its unlocked and rooted?
I'd say its pretty unethical to return an unlocked device unless its defective, as they'd just put it back on the shelf and whoever buys it next would be conned out of their warranty. Its why many of us wait for our return period to expire before doing such things.
For that reason, the unlock might give you trouble if the staff there goes out of their way to look for it. In this case, your success would be completely dependent on luck.
Root itself shouldnt pose an issue as it can easily be undone.
I used to work there, best buy wouldn't even know that it is rooted/unlocked. They will most likely send it back to the manufacturer anyways. Very rarely is it open boxed
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I used to work there, best buy wouldn't even know that it is rooted/unlocked. They will most likely send it back to the manufacturer anyways. Very rarely is it open boxed
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They would know if its unlocked since it will indicate it on initial boot on the top right or left from what I've read here.
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They would know if its unlocked though since it will indicate it on initial boot on the top right or left from what I've read here.
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Yep, it says something like"This device is unlocked" in the upper lefthand corner.
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Yep, it says something like"This device is unlocked" in the upper lefthand corner.
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I think the indication was that they literally don't even turn it on. They take what you give them and mail it back to Asus without looking at it.
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I think the indication was that they literally don't even turn it on. They take what you give them and mail it back to Asus without looking at it.
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From my experience returning tablets/electronics from BB, they check to make sure it works. With tablets they almost always attempt to turn the device on to see if it works regardless the reason for the return. Its pretty much the first thing they do after taking it out of its box. When I swapped out my Infinity, they turned mine on to check. They were going to do a factory reset but I had already done it prior. So in the end they will more then likely notice that it is unlocked. I hope they don't resell your unlocked tablet. I wouldn't want to get one already without warranty.
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yes, will turn it on. but just don't turn it off and they won't see the unlocked message. put to sleep instead.
Bestbuy won't know what the unlocked message means anyway and also wouldn't know it's not there on a retail TF.
FWIW, I returned a TF300 and TF700 to Bestbuy and both were unlocked. No issues with the return at all. They didn't even ask if anything was wrong with them.
Best buy will let you return it, but like others said unless it's defective they may well resell. However if it's defective i would have no qualms returning it.
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Hey One S community. I hope this will be my new home. I currently have a Samsung galaxy vibrant so the One S would be a huge update (original snapdragon so the s4). Anyways, I bought a like new condition HTC one S which will not boot. Apparently the guy was attempting to unlock the boot loader and ended up wiping the phone. The phone will power up to the HTC screen so fast boot should be accessible. I'm hoping to reflash it with the T-Mobile RUU. I played 170$ for it. What are my odds of this phone being bricked forever?
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Hey One S community. I hope this will be my new home. I currently have a Samsung galaxy vibrant so the One S would be a huge update (original snapdragon so the s4). Anyways, I bought a like new condition HTC one S which will not boot. Apparently the guy was attempting to unlock the boot loader and ended up wiping the phone. The phone will power up to the HTC screen so fast boot should be accessible. I'm hoping to reflash it with the T-Mobile RUU. I played 170$ for it. What are my odds of this phone being bricked forever?
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Can you get into bootloader? Hold Vol- when turning it on if you didn't know.
You paid 170 for a bootlooped phone? I couldn't even sell a new in box for 200 on craigslist lol
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Can you get into bootloader? Hold Vol- when turning it on if you didn't know.
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Waiting to see if I can. Is there any known situations where you wouldn't be able to? (assuming hardware is perfect). The guy claims that he can get into the bootloader and I can't see any situations where I couldn't fix it. If there is something he didn't tell me I should be fine as eBay buyer protection says that all his comments on the sale must be "in good faith" and not sneaky.
this was his item description: The phone is soft bricked, it will only boot to the htc logo. The bootloader needs to be re-locked in order to get it working. The phone is in excellent condition with no signs of wear, no charger included.
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You paid 170 for a bootlooped phone? I couldn't even sell a new in box for 200 on craigslist lol
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Sure wish I had seen your ad then . There seems to be a real bubble on the pricing of these phones. Check out ebay, for anything in new condition it is 300+ and anything with heavy use or moderate scratching is in the 230-250 range. I thought 170$ for a phone that seems a likely fix and is in mint condition is pretty good. I've always admired the One S as a phone anyways. Oh and the nexus 4 is out of stock all the time. here is some ebay reference, these are the last few One S's sold, I am the 165$: http://www.ebay.com/csc/Cell-Phones...Sold=1&_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=htc+one+s
Can you load anything to memory from computer? If so you need to relock bootloader and flash ruu. There are guides here that explain what to do. On my phone and there is more to type than my pointer finger had the energy for on this phone
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Waiting to see if I can. Is there any known situations where you wouldn't be able to? (assuming hardware is perfect). The guy claims that he can get into the bootloader and I can't see any situations where I couldn't fix it. If there is something he didn't tell me I should be fine as eBay buyer protection says that all his comments on the sale must be "in good faith" and not sneaky.
this was his item description: The phone is soft bricked, it will only boot to the htc logo. The bootloader needs to be re-locked in order to get it working. The phone is in excellent condition with no signs of wear, no charger included.
Sure wish I had seen your ad then . There seems to be a real bubble on the pricing of these phones. Check out ebay, for anything in new condition it is 300+ and anything with heavy use or moderate scratching is in the 230-250 range. I thought 170$ for a phone that seems a likely fix and is in mint condition is pretty good. I've always admired the One S as a phone anyways. Oh and the nexus 4 is out of stock all the time. here is some ebay reference, these are the last few One S's sold, I am the 165$: http://www.ebay.com/csc/Cell-Phones...Sold=1&_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=htc+one+s
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Like Spastic909 says a RUU should fix that.
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Can you load anything to memory from computer? If so you need to relock bootloader and flash ruu. There are guides here that explain what to do. On my phone and there is more to type than my pointer finger had the energy for on this phone
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yeah don't worry, I've read up quite a bit and I know what my options are. I'm already prepped for the arrival of the phone and have installed the htc drivers and downloaded the RUU. I also know how to lock the bootloader. My real question right now is if you know of any scenarios where while being able to go into the bootloader the phone was unsalvagable. I'll return with results once it arrives
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yeah don't worry, I've read up quite a bit and I know what my options are. I'm already prepped for the arrival of the phone and have installed the htc drivers and downloaded the RUU. I also know how to lock the bootloader. My real question right now is if you know of any scenarios where while being able to go into the bootloader the phone was unsalvagable. I'll return with results once it arrives
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Has long its only a software fault and can get to bootloader then it should be fine.
Yeah what he/she said ( don't take offense as I don't know your sex lol) as long as the phone and screen power on its not a hard brick and shouldn't have any issues
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Yeah what he/she said ( don't take offense as I don't know your sex lol) as long as the phone and screen power on its not a hard brick and shouldn't have any issues
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A he lol
should be able to revive it.
but, you paid too much for the phone.
got mine brand new for $150, plus $75 gift card thrown in for a local grocery store.
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should be able to revive it.
but, you paid too much for the phone.
got mine brand new for $150, plus $75 gift card thrown in for a local grocery store.
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On contract? I bought the phone unlocked. If you got it new unlocked for that price, tell me where cause I'll take 3. On eBay they seem to be going for 300ish new. Moreover thanks for the help guys. Seems like a great community I'll be back with results!
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Time to double post for a statu update so I go the phone and got it running within and hour. checked the IMEI with t mobile and everything. Mint condition. What's the most vanilla jellybean rom I can go to? thanks.
Vanilla like cm10 with no sense, or the virtuous with sense and jb?
I'd say vanilla CM10 no paranoidandroid or anything. I tend to be a purist. if theres any other aosp roms that'd be good too. also how's the state of android 4.2? can you direct me to the right threads?
There is an unofficial for 4.2 but I'd go with the mist recent nightly here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1799139
Thanks. I ended up going with cm10 because while I loved 4.2 on my vibrant, camera is important to me. great phone so far. The amoled screen is a little of putting with the colorful edges on the text.
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On contract? I bought the phone unlocked. If you got it new unlocked for that price, tell me where cause I'll take 3. On eBay they seem to be going for 300ish new. Moreover thanks for the help guys. Seems like a great community I'll be back with results!
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it was a deal during christmas. locked to virgin mobile in canada. i'm with another carrier. bought it for $0 on contract and it was $150 fee to break contract. and unlocked for $1.50 on ebay. sold out everywhere now.
Hi guys, I bought this tablet almost a year ago and now it's becoming more laggy every day so I thought I could unlock it just to flash a ROM and try to solve I/O problems. The only thing I'm worried about is the warranty which I wouldn't have if I unlocked the tablet and it broke. Finally my question is: 'Is it really worth it to unlock the Infinity?'
Yes definitely
Doesn't the manufacturer's warranty expire after 1 year?
If so, then unlocking it would be an option.
Alternatively, you could root it (while keeping it locked) & remove/disable functions you're not using in order to see if that helps (personally, I haven't noticed any lag or I/O issues on mine).
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Doesn't the manufacturer's warranty expire after 1 year?
If so, then unlocking it would be an option.
Alternatively, you could root it (while keeping it locked) & remove/disable functions you're not using in order to see if that helps (personally, I haven't noticed any lag or I/O issues on mine).
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I live in Italy where the legal warranty is two years and my tablet is already rooted but I didn't manage to improve my tablet's performances.
As your manufacturer's warranty has passed anyway, I'd vote for unlocking and installing a custom ROM. You will not believe you could stand the performance out of the box afterwards.
It hasn't passed unfortunately...
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It hasn't passed unfortunately...
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It's a decision you'll have to make: Live with a locked tablet that you are dissapointed with each time you turn it on, or unlock and tremendously enjoy it each time you turn it on.
What type of person are you? Would you go for a family sedan with all the security bells and whistles or rather drive a 70's Aston Martin convertible with no seart belts? :laugh:
I can guarantee you this tablet on Cromi-X will feel as if you bought a new device!
In the meantime you could implement elfaure's Browser2RAM script on your locked and rooted device. That will improve your browsing experience a lot, but do nothing for lag in multi-tasking and such. Look for his thread in the development section.
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It's a decision you'll have to make: Live with a locked tablet that you are dissapointed with each time you turn it on, or unlock and tremendously enjoy it each time you turn it on.
What type of person are you? Would you go for a family sedan with all the security bells and whistles or rather drive a 70's Aston Martin convertible with no seart belts? :laugh:
I can guarantee you this tablet on Cromi-X will feel as if you bought a new device!
In the meantime you could implement elfaure's Browser2RAM script on your locked and rooted device. That will improve your browsing experience a lot, but do nothing for lag in multi-tasking and such. Look for his thread in the development section.
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I'll choose the Aston Martin... You persuaded me that unlocking the tablet is the best solution to all the issues. Thank you very much man!
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I'll choose the Aston Martin... You persuaded me that unlocking the tablet is the best solution to all the issues. Thank you very much man!
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Drive carefully!
Unlocked...
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I cant tell you in public what i think about what you did cus i am your bro but remember: our society is catafratta
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jeff96 said:
Hi guys, I bought this tablet almost a year ago and now it's becoming more laggy every day so I thought I could unlock it just to flash a ROM and try to solve I/O problems. The only thing I'm worried about is the warranty which I wouldn't have if I unlocked the tablet and it broke. Finally my question is: 'Is it really worth it to unlock the Infinity?'
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Of course you should
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TonyStarkArc said:
I cant tell you in public what i think about what you did cus i am your bro but remember: our society is catafratta
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I'm afraid that my crash course Italian does not provide me with enough knowledge to understand what you're saying here. Or have you been using recreational drugs?
Do it. If it's lasted a year without showing any manufacturer flaws then it will be fine. The warranty only covers manufacturer defects anyway. Trust me I felt the same way you did, it's definitely worth it to unlock.
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jeff96 said:
Hi guys, I bought this tablet almost a year ago and now it's becoming more laggy every day so I thought I could unlock it just to flash a ROM and try to solve I/O problems. The only thing I'm worried about is the warranty which I wouldn't have if I unlocked the tablet and it broke. Finally my question is: 'Is it really worth it to unlock the Infinity?'
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I have the same thinking as you, after 2 months i decided that I should unlock my tablet. TF700 is laggy and slow out from the box, it defeat the purpose of using this tablet. Once you unlock, you'll never ever want to go back.:good::cyclops: I recommend the Chromi-X rom and Max kernel, one of the best.
MartyHulskemper said:
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I'm afraid that my crash course Italian does not provide me with enough knowledge to understand what you're saying here. Or have you been using recreational drugs?
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just search in youtube ''Andrea Diprè canta per Sasha Grey - by Christian Ice''
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I have found out that installing Seeder improved my performance a good deal. (Requires root.)
Thanks for the thread.
My warranty just expired and I was wondering whether there was anything preventing me from unlocking.
etique57 said:
Thanks for the thread.
My warranty just expired and I was wondering whether there was anything preventing me from unlocking.
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Nope! Do it! :cyclops: