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I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?

pulley06 said:
I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
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AFAIK, d moment they know that d fone is rooted, u have void d warranty...
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pulley06 said:
I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
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did u make nandroid backup before rooting ur device?
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have you taken EFS folder backup.. if not before going to service center flash stock firmware of your country and do factory reset, so that they will not know you have rooted your device..

pulley06 said:
I have a samsung galaxy r[gt-i9103]...had rooted it...but then after a couple of months of rooting the network suddenly vanished. the android version i currently have is 2.3.4 and kernel version is [email protected] 142 #3..the imei has changed to 004999010640000 which is not the imei number i am supposed to have. tried a lot of things but got no where close to getting it back. decided to take to the samsung guys..any idea as to how much would it cost me to get it repaired considering the fact they will know my phone is rooted?
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I think he has already given it for servicing, but I'm not sure of the cost of getting a phone repaired by ssc (samsung service centre) , normally through some contacts we just have to pay rs1000 and the ssc ppl close one eye and repair the phone as though its under warranty.
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vipul12389mehta said:
AFAIK, d moment they know that d fone is rooted, u have void d warranty...
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rajatsharma23 said:
did u make nandroid backup before rooting ur device?
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mj.vikram said:
have you taken EFS folder backup.. if not before going to service center flash stock firmware of your country and do factory reset, so that they will not know you have rooted your device..
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vbz89 said:
I think he has already given it for servicing, but I'm not sure of the cost of getting a phone repaired by csc, normally through some contacts we just have to pay rs1000 and the csc ppl close one eye and repair the phone as though its under warranty.
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I did not take a nandroid backup or the back up of the efs file...stupid of me not to read everything complete...and i havent given it yet..i am planning to give it to the samsung people...also i would like to know they do not check the binary counter ? and i know the minute you root your warranty gets voided..

vbz89 said:
I think he has already given it for servicing, but I'm not sure of the cost of getting a phone repaired by csc, normally through some contacts we just have to pay rs1000 and the csc ppl close one eye and repair the phone as though its under warranty.
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what exactly is CSC ?

Sorry for the typo, I meant ssc (samsung service centre)
I have seen rooted devices getting repaired under warranty by the samsung service centre in my city. But the owners of the phone just had to pay a little overhead
Hope you get your device repaired soon

i have same problem ........
but my when i checked my imei it says unknown , now i have nandroid back up it can restore the efs folder .......... i have restore the stock indian rom and i want to know about how much time and cost get to restore my imei through samsung service.............

amar1548 said:
but my when i checked my imei it says unknown , now i have nandroid back up it can restore the efs folder .......... i have restore the stock indian rom and i want to know about how much time and cost get to restore my imei through samsung service.............
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if u have warranty they will repair it for free, approx they will take 1~2 days in this as this is only a software issue.

xlm13x said:
if u have warranty they will repair it for free, approx they will take 1~2 days in this as this is only a software issue.
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i have warranty but somewhere i read that most of the time correpted imei can not be restored
and also buddy please tell me this method will work for galaxy r or not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021

amar1548 said:
i have warranty but somewhere i read that most of the time correpted imei can not be restored
and also buddy please tell me this method will work for galaxy r or not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
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if u have stock efs folder u can give it a try i m not sure it will work or not.
and about ssc they will fix it for free, just flash indian stock rom, reset counter and if possible format data so that they cant find traces of recovery or other apps which need root.
just claim that u were using ur phone and it restarted and boom ur networks gone, they will easily believe this and repair it for free. dont ever mention that u have messed with phone by rooting and flashing custom stuff. dont forget to take copy of bill with u

vbz89 said:
Sorry for the typo, I meant ssc (samsung service centre)
I have seen rooted devices getting repaired under warranty by the samsung service centre in my city. But the owners of the phone just had to pay a little overhead
Hope you get your device repaired soon
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Any idea as to how much would I need to shell out for that?

xlm13x said:
if u have stock efs folder u can give it a try i m not sure it will work or not.
and about ssc they will fix it for free, just flash indian stock rom, reset counter and if possible format data so that they cant find traces of recovery or other apps which need root.
just claim that u were using ur phone and it restarted and boom ur networks gone, they will easily believe this and repair it for free. dont ever mention that u have messed with phone by rooting and flashing custom stuff. dont forget to take copy of bill with u
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Resetting the counter is essential right?

pulley06 said:
Resetting the counter is essential right?
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Yes. If u wont reset they will tell u u have flashed unofficial stuff on ur phone and that voids warranty.
(usualy in ssc they write on notice board that flashing custom roms or rooting voids ur warranty)
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xlm13x said:
Yes. If u wont reset they will tell u u have flashed unofficial stuff on ur phone and that voids warranty.
(usualy in ssc they write on notice board that flashing custom roms or rooting voids ur warranty)
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even in worse case scenario that i am unable to get a jig and reset it they will repair it outside warranty and charge me right ? and any idea as to how much would they charge?

pulley06 said:
even in worse case scenario that i am unable to get a jig and reset it they will repair it outside warranty and charge me right ? and any idea as to how much would they charge?
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if u goto ssc with rooted or counter increased device they will declare that ur device no longer in warranty and all future problems will be chargeable too.
why u cant get jig? if u have cc related issue than use this thread, many peoples are sharing their jig.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495867
what is ur location?

just gave the phone to ssc.....
they said that it will take 1-2 weeks to repair my phone's imei............

what ssc said?
amar1548 said:
they said that it will take 1-2 weeks to repair my phone's imei............
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if you didn't reset the counter.they may charge you...and i-2 weeks to repair is unacceptable dude.

amar1548 said:
they said that it will take 1-2 weeks to repair my phone's imei............
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What explanation did you give for your IMEI which had vanished ?
And did he buy it ?

[Q] How to get my Nexus S working ?

Hi, this is my first post
Last year I found a new Nexus S outside Undergroung (subway), when I got home I checked and it worked fine with my simcards (vodafone and t mobile) I but never used it really.
My phone is now broked and I tried to use this Nexus but any simcard I insert is now not working everything else is fine, wifi, apps etc. It just won't recognise any simcards.
When I try to make a call it says " mobile network not available".
I searched the forum but found nothing to solve the issue. I have taken it to my local repair shop and they couldn't help me. It has the ice cream sandwich android version 4.0.4.
Can anyone here help me with getting the sim to work ? : )

Did it have ICS when you found it? Also, what model is it? (I9020A, I9020T, I9023?)

It did not. I updated it.
Its I9023.
Any more info required?

How did you update it?
I'd try to flash the factory image with fastboot and see if simcards work.

Maybe it got reported lost so IMEI got disabled
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enricobattocchi said:
How did you update it?
I'd try to flash the factory image with fastboot and see if simcards work.
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When I connected through Wifi it just popped up and I clicked to install it.
How do i do flash factory image with fastboot ? I've done factory reset but it didn't help.

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timhl7 said:
Maybe it got reported lost so IMEI got disabled
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I haven't thought of that lol. If that is the case what do I do ?

zokiii said:
I haven't thought of that lol. If that is the case what do I do ?
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COntact your carrier to unblock the device, this is the only way

Billchen0014 said:
COntact your carrier to unblock the device, this is the only way
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Will they do that even though I found the phone, not bought it ? :/

zokiii said:
How do i do flash factory image with fastboot ? I've done factory reset but it didn't help.
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Here are the instructions.

zokiii said:
Will they do that even though I found the phone, not bought it ? :/
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Right, did you obtain the phone legally (purchase), or did you find the phone lying around and picked it up?
oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S!

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Billchen0014 said:
Right, did you obtain the phone legally (purchase), or did you find the phone lying around and picked it up?
oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S!
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I found it last year as I said in the opening post.
Would they still do it ?

Try flashing it back to an earlier version like 2.3.6

zokiii said:
I found it last year as I said in the opening post.
Would they still do it ?
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If it was reported stolen, no, if anything they might report you for having a stolen device
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Hand it in to the police. If no one claims it within some time frame, it's yours (at least true for uk)
Then if you do get to keep it, then you can ask your network to unblock the imei, and cite the police reference so they know it's legit

djquick said:
Try flashing it back to an earlier version like 2.3.6
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I could try that. How do I flash it back to an earlier version ?
Sorry for being such a noob, I have no knowledge about phone technology

zokiii said:
I could try that. How do I flash it back to an earlier version ?
Sorry for being such a noob, I have no knowledge about phone technology
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Do ths first: http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/
then using the recovery (power+volume up) flash the second one if your phone is i9023 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307 there you go, stock 2.3.6, rooted.
I do suggest you hand this to the police, for legal purposes only

bedalus said:
Hand it in to the police. If no one claims it within some time frame, it's yours (at least true for uk)
Then if you do get to keep it, then you can ask your network to unblock the imei, and cite the police reference so they know it's legit
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Sound good. any idea on the time frame ?

zokiii said:
Sound good. any idea on the time frame ?
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I thinks its between 1 week to a month, could be longer idk
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[Q] Help!

hey guys i just recently bought and unlocked my skyrocket...the phone has been working great for a couple weeks now the battery randomly shuts off and i get a black screen with a vibrate when trying to boot phone up. I installed the Juggernaut ROM onto this phone and it works like a charm. I even bought a new battery and it worked for a day and now back to square 1. I even tried my battery from SGS 4G and that started the phone. What exactly is wrong? Rom or battery?

DrKnyght said:
hey guys i just recently bought and unlocked my skyrocket...the phone has been working great for a couple weeks now the battery randomly shuts off and i get a black screen with a vibrate when trying to boot phone up. I installed the Juggernaut ROM onto this phone and it works like a charm. I even bought a new battery and it worked for a day and now back to square 1. I even tried my battery from SGS 4G and that started the phone. What exactly is wrong? Rom or battery?
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b4 the Juggernaut ROM, was it working as out of th box? If it was, then I'd go back to original configuration.

Elpidio said:
b4 the Juggernaut ROM, was it working as out of th box? If it was, then I'd go back to original configuration.
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it was working before i rooted and flashed Juggernaut ROM this battery and black screen problem only started happening recently

Odin back to stock and use it for a few days then try flashing Sky Jelly Bean. I've had no issues with Sean's JB!

Why are you using a really old t989 Rom?
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artbybart said:
Odin back to stock and use it for a few days then try flashing Sky Jelly Bean. I've had no issues with Sean's JB!
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i unlocked and rooted it so i can use it on tmobile if i put it back to stock i wont be able to use it unless i put back to stock and use Sky Jelly Bean and @crazyd it was the rom most suggested in the skyrocket radio thread

DrKnyght said:
i unlocked and rooted it so i can use it on tmobile if i put it back to stock i wont be able to use it unless i put back to stock and use Sky Jelly Bean and @crazyd it was the rom most suggested in the skyrocket radio thread
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Use a newer Sr Rom. That Rom you have is super old gb.
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xcrazydx said:
Use a newer Sr Rom. That Rom you have is super old gb.
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ok which rom would you suggest as i am having battery problems and i like the look of juggernaut anything similar to that

DrKnyght said:
ok which rom would you suggest as i am having battery problems and i like the look of juggernaut anything similar to that
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I don't even remember what juggz looks like. It's a year old gb Rom. Try an ics Rom if you want stability and a newer os. Sky-ics, mohans embryo, to name a couple.
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xcrazydx said:
I don't even remember what juggz looks like. It's a year old gb Rom. Try an ics Rom if you want stability and a newer os. Sky-ics, mohans embryo, to name a couple.
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i restored back to odin and im trying to charge the battery but i keep getting the battery disconnected icon...is it possible i have a defective usb port?

DrKnyght said:
i restored back to odin and im trying to charge the battery but i keep getting the battery disconnected icon...is it possible i have a defective usb port?
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Doesn't seem likely if you just performed an Odin to stock.
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cdshepherd said:
Doesn't seem likely if you just performed an Odin to stock.
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it is a possibilty seeing as i had to move my sdcard to another phone to get stock rom to run...i thought that would fix the problem but it seems it didnt and now im getting this battery disconnected icon every few seconds...i dont know what happened it was working fine for a couple weeks now this

DrKnyght said:
it is a possibilty seeing as i had to move my sdcard to another phone to get stock rom to run...i thought that would fix the problem but it seems it didnt and now im getting this battery disconnected icon every few seconds...i dont know what happened it was working fine for a couple weeks now this
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Are the battery contacts all dirty, bent, or something look wrong with them?

Restoring to stock makes no change meaning that the problem is with the phone itself or something. Maybe you had messed it up by doing something wrong while flashing or... ))
I think what better for you is that you should contact your carrier and have them replace your phone. This will not be a problem as you've just got it.
Just tell them exactly what happens to the phone, but don't tell them that the phone used to be rooted.
When you got your replacement, pm me inbox, I'm gonna show you how to install CMW, and then go straight ahead to Jelly Bean which is the ROM I'm running right now. Since you said your phone was unlocked, I think even if you use your stock ROM, you still are able to use T-Mobile SIM card or any others. ( But I was told by an ATT agent that the phone needed to be used at least 3 months or something in order to get the code to unlock it)
The reason I'm using custom ROMs is that I can do a wifi tether whenever I want, and be able to run the most recent Android version as soon as it is released.
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[Q] Can I return my Galaxy s3?

Hi all, First post on here hope everyone is nice. So I rooted my s3 played around with wickeds rom and liked it alot! Then I saw Synergy came up with the multi window rom so I flashed that! Everything worked great except wifi was not turning on. I saw someone say you need to unlock bootloader and reflash. So...
I used ez unlock to unlock bootloader
I pressed reboot into recovery
AND.... Bricked.. I think.
Can this be fixed? Most people who brick their phones by flashing to a wrong rom but not in my case. The phone wont turn on and wont go into download mode.
WHAT CAN I DO? can i call samsung and tell them that the screen stopped working or something? Its a 2 week old phone!
PLEASE HELP!!!!

U can search for hardbrick solution, i think there is a way to reflash bootloader. If not take it to samsung, maybe they won't see what u did.
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I've returned a phone that was bricked back to a retailer no problem. Going through a carrier might be different.
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Look for JTAG repair if you are absolutely sure you cannot get into download mode.

I will take it to tmobile today and post back what happens. Thanks guys

maks630 said:
I will take it to tmobile today and post back what happens. Thanks guys
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I've also flashed that ROM. You must flash Ktoonsez kernel in order to fix the WiFi problem.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1871946&highlight=ktoon

Its official Tmobile is AWESOME!!
They shipped a new phone within 3 minutes of me walking through the door.

maks630 said:
Its official Tmobile is AWESOME!!
They shipped a new phone within 3 minutes of me walking through the door.
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That wasn't quite necessary but OK, good luck with your new phone.

[Q] random reboot or shutdown

hey Folks,
i got a new sg s2+ 10 days ago, so 1 day after it started random reboot or shutdown.
it runs on JB 4.1.2
i monitored the apps using watchdog nothing is misbehaving
lately i flash new stock rom same one 4.1.2
it stopped for couple of days then back again rebootin or shutindown but not as much as b4
the last time happened she left at night and woke up morning to find it Off.
i run abd and logcat but i wouldnt reboot when u want too Eh!
anyway it is my sister phone couldnt hold it any longer.
so plz if some1 got anyidea of wat to do next.
and i dont want to flash some custom rom !!

Did you turn on power saving?
And if you did. Next time do some searching before you ask. You may find your answer on the others threads
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Brian_SGW_CM9 said:
Did you turn on power saving?
And if you did. Next time do some searching before you ask. You may find your answer on the others threads
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yes i did on and off, same result.
i know i registered lately to this forum but i have been following you guys a while and i love your work
and i looked for similiar problem in other threads so far got no solution.
the last thing to do is to try a new battery , do u think it might cause reboot or shutdown ?!
thnks for being patient :angel:

Try to update to 4.2.2
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Xevyy7 Also have it with a new battery
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xevyy7 said:
yes i did on and off, same result.
i know i registered lately to this forum but i have been following you guys a while and i love your work
and i looked for similiar problem in other threads so far got no solution.
the last thing to do is to try a new battery , do u think it might cause reboot or shutdown ?!
thnks for being patient :angel:
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um.... maybe you should try flashing another rom with Odin first.
there might be a system bug instead of hardware problems

i got same problem yesterday,i was on data mode with wechat and dialer running that time.

yes, my also hangs, new battery does not help, I tried about 5 ROMs with/without root 4.1.2, 4.2.2, I also tried other kernels, the undervoltage ones - it reset and hangs much more - so I assume it might be something to do with voltage on cpu on certain frequences

Same problem here. I've already taken my phone back to store for repairs twice and updated to 4.2.2, but still no change. It behaved nicely for a week since last repairs, but now it keeps restarting and powering off randomly.

voldejort said:
Same problem here. I've already taken my phone back to store for repairs twice and updated to 4.2.2, but still no change. It behaved nicely for a week since last repairs, but now it keeps restarting and powering off randomly.
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My friend have the same problem on 4.2.2 JB. It was ok on 4.1.2 before. If anyone got solution please tell me. :good:

shut_down said:
My friend have the same problem on 4.2.2 JB. It was ok on 4.1.2 before. If anyone got solution please tell me. :good:
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sometimes when i use my phone the phone completely freezes black screen and i have to do i hard reboot this happens 2 to 3 times in a week i wish i have never buyed this phone realy!
btw:
this happens on 4.1.2/4.2.2

safariking said:
sometimes when i use my phone the phone completely freezes black screen and i have to do i hard reboot this happens 2 to 3 times in a week i wish i have never bought this phone realy!
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Yeah, like that. Is there way to downgrade phone to 4.1.2?
P.S. Oh, it happends on 4.1.2 too?

shut_down said:
Yeah, like that. Is there way to downgrade phone to 4.1.2?
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yes download the 4.1.2 firmware from here:
I9105P: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9105P&pcode=0#firmware
I9105: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9105&pcode=0#firmware
flash back with odin 3.07
Jups have these problems also on 4.1.2 the best thing now is to wait for a fully working CyanogenMod Build.

safariking said:
yes download the 4.1.2 firmware from here:
I9105P: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9105P&pcode=0#firmware
I9105: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9105&pcode=0#firmware
flash back with odin 3.07
Jups have these problems also on 4.1.2 the best thing now is to wait for a fully working CyanogenMod Build.
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Thanks. I will see if he wants to go to service again, or let me try to fix it. But better to ask them to downgrade for him, he did not have problems before 4.2.2 I think. And next solution would be CM.

Lol. Another solution is to buy another phone
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