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O.k. so I totally bricked my Inspire. I tried to partition my device with CWM via the ROM manager, and apparently there is/was a bug in it that gave it a bad repartition. This completely bricks the phone (and has been discussed widely on the Desire forums).
So can AT&T tell, will they even look. The phone has absolutely no reactions to any button, they would have to maybe re-flash it just to get it to boot. Will they look for a hardware fault, will they simply determine it was a critical failure and replace the guts and put it back into referb stock. How much actual time do you think they would put into researching/validating?
Sure on a semi functional phone they check s-off and firmware versions, but there is no access to that info on this phone in this case. I know there are no guarantees, but what are your experiences?
sell the phone as is (bricked) and buy new?
I am running leedroid as well... (I read your post) and I didnt even fool with anything more than installing the ROM.... I tried the radio flash through ROM manager gtg download section, but it didnt work.. you know I have great data speeds and good phone quality, I'm not gonna risk bricking my phone because I wann "try" to get better speed.. when infact it might get worse..
I remember back in my g1 days people used the excuse that they was updating the phone and it got stuck..maybe that will work since there is an update still going around
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boufa said:
O.k. so I totally bricked my Inspire. I tried to partition my device with CWM via the ROM manager, and apparently there is/was a bug in it that gave it a bad repartition. This completely bricks the phone (and has been discussed widely on the Desire forums).
So can AT&T tell, will they even look. The phone has absolutely no reactions to any button, they would have to maybe re-flash it just to get it to boot. Will they look for a hardware fault, will they simply determine it was a critical failure and replace the guts and put it back into referb stock. How much actual time do you think they would put into researching/validating?
Sure on a semi functional phone they check s-off and firmware versions, but there is no access to that info on this phone in this case. I know there are no guarantees, but what are your experiences?
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just bring it in tell them you was doing the OTA update and now it won't boot up or anything
boufa said:
O.k. so I totally bricked my Inspire. I tried to partition my device with CWM via the ROM manager, and apparently there is/was a bug in it that gave it a bad repartition. This completely bricks the phone (and has been discussed widely on the Desire forums).
So can AT&T tell, will they even look. The phone has absolutely no reactions to any button, they would have to maybe re-flash it just to get it to boot. Will they look for a hardware fault, will they simply determine it was a critical failure and replace the guts and put it back into referb stock. How much actual time do you think they would put into researching/validating?
Sure on a semi functional phone they check s-off and firmware versions, but there is no access to that info on this phone in this case. I know there are no guarantees, but what are your experiences?
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Really? Far as I know ROM Manager only sets up partitioning for SDCARDS, not the device.
Can you point me to the other threads that discuss this in more accurate detail, because I can't find them with my evidently feeble search ability?
Its in desire HD forum somewhere, supposedly koush fixed it with the new clockwork recoverys, but there is LOTS of bricks in that thread. I think he was using an old script for repartitioning, and it was calling the wrong partitions to repartition. I believe it was supposed to repartition the external SD which would be dev/block/mmcblk0 on a g1 or older phones, but on our phones that happens to be internal flash memory, which results in unrecoverable brick.
Edit - here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043160
di11igaf said:
Its in desire HD forum somewhere, supposedly koush fixed it with the new clockwork recoverys, but there is LOTS of bricks in that thread. I think he was using an old script for repartitioning, and it was calling the wrong partitions to repartition. I believe it was supposed to repartition the external SD which would be dev/block/mmcblk0 on a g1 or older phones, but on our phones that happens to be internal flash memory, which results in unrecoverable brick.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043160
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Cut the USB Cable Strip the wires on the end. Plug the micro end into the phone attach a battary charger to the wires flip switch. let it cook for a few. Unhook it and return it. Toasty. This is fraud, but you are talking that anyways... ...
I bricked my Aria trying to flash a new Rom. Since it was still under the limited warranty, I called HTC. They give you a tracking number, you send it in, and they diagnose it. If it falls under the warranty then they repair it free. Otherwise if there is water damage or physical damage they'll tell you the cost to repair it or you can just have them send it back to you with no repair, but with a $39 charge. If your Inspire does not turn on at all then you should have no problem getting it repaired. Good luck
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Cut the USB Cable Strip the wires on the end. Plug the micro end into the phone attach a battary charger to the wires flip switch. let it cook for a few. Unhook it and return it. Toasty. This is fraud, but you are talking that anyways... ...
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Instead of trying to return the phone, why doesn't the OP find someone locally who he can pay to fix it? I had a similar screw up last fall, when I was trying to root my Droid X. I found a "for real" cell phone repair man and he fixed it for me. Cost me $40.00, and the guy gave me a finger wagging lecture on the dangers of rooting your phone. Since I had by that time figured out what I had done wrong, I took the repaired phone home and rooted it correctly, and it's still running fine today.
There *has* to be a shop or a person in the same city as the OP who can fix that phone for a fee, and that's the better solution. Yeah, it costs money, but it's also a case of "You broke it, YOU fix it".
-Mike
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Instead of trying to return the phone, why doesn't the OP find someone locally who he can pay to fix it? I had a similar screw up last fall, when I was trying to root my Droid X. I found a "for real" cell phone repair man and he fixed it for me. Cost me $40.00, and the guy gave me a finger wagging lecture on the dangers of rooting your phone. Since I had by that time figured out what I had done wrong, I took the repaired phone home and rooted it correctly, and it's still running fine today.
There *has* to be a shop or a person in the same city as the OP who can fix that phone for a fee, and that's the better solution. Yeah, it costs money, but it's also a case of "You broke it, YOU fix it".
-Mike
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Who knows what the the OP is going to do? Yer suggestion is a good one if he doesn't live in BFE Oklahoma...I do not suggest he commit fraud. But I love when ppl fry stuff with battery chargers.
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Who knows what the the OP is going to do? Yer suggestion is a good one if he doesn't live in BFE Oklahoma...I do not suggest he commit fraud. But I love when ppl fry stuff with battery chargers.
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LOL! I need to clarify something - I wasn't trying to direct any criticism towards you or any of the other posters, I just hit "quote", and yours was the last post. The thing that gets me personally upset is the people who post on this and other forums, saying that their rooting or ram installation froze their phone, they think they bricked it, and now they want to give it back to AT&T or Verizon and claim it's defective.
Nowhere is there a *hint* of "can someone help me find a shop in Baltimore, Maryland who I can pay to fix my phone?" - not a thought of "Well, *I* screwed up, so I guess this is going to cost me some money to fix". They seem to feel that rooting their phone (which voids their warranty) falls under an "accepted use" exception and that the service provider is obligated to give them a new phone for free, in a kind of "do over".
When I bricked my Droid X last fall, I knew that I'd screwed-up big time, but it never entered my mind to take it back to Verizon and claim it was a defective phone. The thing was fine out the box, Verizon and Motorola didn't screw up, *I* did. But that's just me, and where I'm coming from.
-Mike
Mike ur a good man. I feel ya. I was flashing my vibrant and while it was writing system,it died. It wouldn't do anything and was totally bricked. So I decided to work with it instead of blaming the companies. Finally I learned odin and managed to salvage the device.
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tweaked said:
Who knows what the the OP is going to do? Yer suggestion is a good one if he doesn't live in BFE Oklahoma...I do not suggest he commit fraud. But I love when ppl fry stuff with battery chargers.
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Haha def from BFE Oklahoma haha...
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mattmiller said:
Mike ur a good man. I feel ya. I was flashing my vibrant and while it was writing system,it died. It wouldn't do anything and was totally bricked. So I decided to work with it instead of blaming the companies. Finally I learned odin and managed to salvage the device.
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Do you have a link or any odin reference info
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Ultra Droid said:
...The thing was fine out the box, Verizon and Motorola didn't screw up, *I* did. But that's just me, and where I'm coming from.
-Mike
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You're speaking of a concept that is all but lost these days, that being personal responsibility. It's big brother accountability was killed same 10+ years ago.
Folks don't like when the consequences of their choices bring an undesired result. I could go on and on bu I'll end the beginnings of a rant right here.
Tx
Go to the vibrant forums,look in stickies.
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Do you have a link or any odin reference info
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mattmiller said:
Mike ur a good man. I feel ya. I was flashing my vibrant and while it was writing system,it died. It wouldn't do anything and was totally bricked. So I decided to work with it instead of blaming the companies. Finally I learned odin and managed to salvage the device.
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Well, that's my point - there was no indication that the OP made any effort what so ever to fix it himself, or to pay someone to do it, if he couldn't. It came across as "Damn! Well, back to AT&T for a replacement." Personal Responsibility...
-Mike
Some people in this thread give me hope. Personal responsibility is all but lost these days and its good to see people offer good suggestions. Mine would be follow the golden rule. Trust me when I say no one hates ATT more than I, but still. Not saying anything about the op, just sayin.
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Cut the USB Cable Strip the wires on the end. Plug the micro end into the phone attach a battary charger to the wires flip switch. let it cook for a few. Unhook it and return it. Toasty. This is fraud, but you are talking that anyways... ...
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Lithium Ion batteries have pre-programmed circuitry in them that measures the range of current. If current outside of the pre-programmed range is introduced, it simply will not charge.
So...with that said, the only way to make this method work, is to use...say...a car battery charger. Something that will spike the current at least 5 to 6 times higher than that of the battery. Otherwise the circuitry in the battery will simply stop it, and allow it to "pass-through."
Now...while we are on the subject of fraud and "frying" electronics... Put it in a microwave for LITERALLY 2 seconds. Anymore than that, and you WILL be caught once the device is inspected. This is not enough to melt any circuitry on the phone at all, nor harm anything physically. The microwave essentially is like hitting the device with an EMP. ;-) (EMP = Electro Magnetic Pulse)
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Lithium Ion batteries have pre-programmed circuitry in them that measures the range of current. If current outside of the pre-programmed range is introduced, it simply will not charge.
So...with that said, the only way to make this method work, is to use...say...a car battery charger. Something that will spike the current at least 5 to 6 times higher than that of the battery. Otherwise the circuitry in the battery will simply stop it, and allow it to "pass-through."
Now...while we are on the subject of fraud and "frying" electronics... Put it in a microwave for LITERALLY 2 seconds. Anymore than that, and you WILL be caught once the device is inspected. This is not enough to melt any circuitry on the phone at all, nor harm anything physically. The microwave essentially is like hitting the device with an EMP. ;-) (EMP = Electro Magnetic Pulse)
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Yeah, a car battery charger. What other kind of battery charger would you attach to bare stripped wires? Lol
Hello i just bought a used nexus s and well here it goes...
the story goes like this he bought it a month ago and just this past week he dropped it in a puddle but was quick enough to retrive said phone he then did the rice trick and now there is no sign of water damage aside from the 2 white seals faded red he said the phone worked for a bout a day and now just freezes in a google logo,...
now this leads me to believe a software issue so i am going to stiack with that for now
i am lookin at any ideas of what it could and what i should do now keep in mind i only paid 50 bucks so if it is repairable i have no issue in doing so for this phone as i wanna be able too use it sometime and toss this optimus one away lol
than you very much
can you adb to it while it is in the google loop?
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well it is just the google screen with a lock at the bottom of the screen right i also tryed the power and volume hard restart and it took me to the bootloader options for recovery but i think my usb needs to be hooked up maybe as should i have the andriod software for it like im not really used to this and i really would love to see this phone work
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well it is just the google screen with a lock at the bottom of the screen right i also tryed the power and volume hard restart and it took me to the bootloader options for recovery but i think my usb needs to be hooked up maybe as should i have the andriod software for it like im not really used to this and i really would love to see this phone work
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If you can get into the bootloader and it is just a software issue check this thread for info on returning to stock system in the bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078213
Did you get it to work?
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Not yet it charges fine but when i got to turn it on it goes to a black screen with the google logo with a lock on it also goes into fast boot recovery fine im just have an connectin it to the pc due to lack of knowledge and finding proper usb drivers... the pc picks it up fine just cant seem to find what it asks for... kinda upsetting cause its a nice phone and being that it seems to be a software issue im willing to have ot proffessionally done...
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what is the model of your phone and also the operating system of your computer? You want to be careful about using the correct ROM for your phone. Read up about adb. The process is simple enough if you provide enough information.
adb load cwm
adb flash ROM
and you should be good to go.
Not 110% sure if some one were to tale it and tend too itt i would pay for shipping completely i just wanna try to use it
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I'm betting the NFC/"SIM Card" daughter board is hosed. If that's the case, you may be screwed, since I'm pretty sure your ESN is stored there. Tear apart the phone and look for corrosion and/or PCB trace delamination. Spray all PCBs down with a mild contact cleaner and fully dry.
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I think my ATT htc one x may be hard bricked...
I was playing around with ROMs and lost track of time. The last recovery I had on there was clockworkmod (was going back and forth between it and twrp).
I was trying to install the new jellybean rom and it kept on giving me an "assert failed" error. At this point, I deleted the assert lines from the recovery script as advised by one of the posters, and ran the install again. Went through... rebooted and...
The phone is completely dead now. I think it may have discharged? I plugged it in to the wall socket and nothing... absolutely no lights, no screen..... Power+ vol down does not work either....
Please help me, is there any way to recover from this situation?
Wrong subforum.
You don't flash a Tegra One X ROM to your Qcom S4 One X did you? I assume the partition layouts are quite different, so this is bad.
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You don't flash a Tegra One X ROM to your Qcom S4 One X did you? I assume the partition layouts are quite different, so this is bad.
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Doesn't seem like a rare thing occurring. Either people are overseeing this or they are not really aware that for you can't flash a rom made for a tegra quad core device onto a dual krait.
I used this....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763240
Sheesh..... Is this meant for the tegra? I never thought I would do such a thing.... I was aware of the issue/hardware differences....
Is there any hope? Actually, in device manager it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD and I heard thats a bad sign?
If it cannot be fixed, does anyone have an estimate about how much HTC would charge to reflash/fix it?
My signficant other is as po'ed at me as can be... especially since I had really pushed for the upgrade.... man...
Yes it's meant for the Tegra One X, that's why it wouldn't install (that, and it's not in the AT&T One X section). You bypassed the check the install script does to make sure you're installing it on the right phone.
In short, yes you have buggered it, QHUSUSB_DLOAD is a state where you can write things to the phone, but whether anyone as done any research into it on the S4 One X I don't know.
As for getting it fixed, I have no idea on cost, however... if you convince HTC that you didn't do it yourself, it might be possible to get it done under warranty.
Edit: Did a bit of research and /system on the Tegra One X is is HBOOT on the S4 One X, that's why it's ruined your phone.
htc would just replace the motherboard and charge for that - loads of people have reported the cost its something like £169 to replace motherboard, which would of course un brick it.
Have you tried to keep it plugged in to a charger for an hour or so? My HOX was dead too but started to flash red light after an hour, moment after solid light and it booted
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He doesn't have an HBOOT any more, there is nothing he can do.
This is why people should stop being stubborn and call that phone HTC One XL. These kinds of situations would happen sooner or later.
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I guess I did... I actually had come to that page via google and since, perhaps I was a bit sleepy, did not verify the source... should have....
Is there any fix at all? Like loading the drivers and reformatting it or something?
Im a bit confused about the motherboard replacement: since its a software issue, cant HTC fix it with a software update? Ill call them today and post the answer on this group as well, but knowing what I am dealing with may help in talking with them.
Thanks to everyone again
No fix that I'm aware of. You really need to be asking this in the XL section though. The phones really are quite different, we don't have the mode you're stuck in (not being Qualcomm based).
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No fix that I'm aware of. You really need to be asking this in the XL section though. The phones really are quite different, we don't have the mode you're stuck in (not being Qualcomm based).
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Thanks... Someone in that section has kindly agreed to see if he/she can help me... Keeping fingers crossed... doent feel right to tell att that my phone stopped working for a replacemenf...
Hate to say it but your phone is dead. It's not revivable ar this time and so your only option is jtag or warranty replacement because you overwrote the Hboot.
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Don't let morals get you on that one. Lie to them, if not for yourself than for me.
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RobertX1 said:
I used this....in device manager it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD ..
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I am sorry, QHSUSB_DLOAD is dead end at every HTC phone. There is nothing you can do. I know what I am speaking, I hardbrick my last HTC in the same way.
But quarrantee will work, HTC cannot find out that you root it. They will replace you mainboard..as someone already mentioned
Not quite, there is a debricking method for the Sensation that can recover from it.
In most cases though, you're right.
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I am sorry, QHSUSB_DLOAD is dead end at every HTC phone. There is nothing you can do. I know what I am speaking, I hardbrick my last HTC in the same way.
But quarrantee will work, HTC cannot find out that you root it. They will replace you mainboard..as someone already mentioned
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i already revived 2 sensation xe's from the qhusb_dload.
need linux though but it definetly is possible:-o
Please move this thread to the XL subforum
miniterror said:
i already revived 2 sensation xe's from the qhusb_dload.
need linux though but it definetly is possible:-o
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Thanks... any hope for this being possible for the one XL? Also, could the mods please move this thread to the ATT section (sorry for posting it in the wrong section... but I really didnt know the importance of the difference.... wanna look at my phone? )
Thanks everyone. I think I might send the phone to HTC to get it repaired.... although the s***ty thing with that is that Ive heard they take that opportunity to replace the motherboard instead of just replacing the software, and hit me with a big bill rather than a reasonable/fair price....
So.... trying to be honest (by not returning the phone as defective to HTC) ensures that I get scammed by them... :victory:
Possible? Yes of course, that's the point of that mode as I understand it, with some other HTC phones you can hook it up to a RIFF Box and load it up.
Likely? Probably not, as it'll take people looking into it in depth to figure it out and as far as I can see, no-one has/is looked/is looking into it on the OXL.
It really does look like you'll need to send it to HTC, which (as you sound quite honest) will probably be expensive.
There was an Evita Unbrick thread that died months back and I was curious if any new methods have been discovered for fixing phones that don't enumerate their partitions and are stuck in QDL.
Today I fat fingered an update from the terminal emulator. I stuck TWRP 2.3.3.1 in P4. Aaaand I'm never using terminal emulator again. It was a really busy day at work and I was totally not thinking about what I was doing. It was one of those moments where you're staring at your phone thinking "oh my God what did I just do". All this so I could try out the new CleanROM that doesn't work in 2.5.0.0. I haven't failed this hard since I put the power connectors on wrong on a pentium motherboard. Don't judge, I know at least a few of you guys did that too!
I doubt anything new has been discovered since I wasn't able to uncover anything when searching, nor could I find much on the RIFF Box (not like I'm actually going to rip it apart and JTAG it or anything). HTC wouldn't quote me a repair cost just "send it in and we'll see if it's covered under warranty".
If anyone has any info they can link me to it would be much appreciated. I may just have to send it in to HTC and hope they're feeling generous. Honestly though if they want me to pay $200 to replace the board I'll probably just say no. That's pretty poor customer service when they could be fixing these for a reasonable cost.
No other method unfortunately, why not send for jtagging?
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No other method unfortunately, why not send for jtagging?
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It's expensive and from my experience it doesn't always work.
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It's expensive and from my experience it doesn't always work.
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That's why I won't send it to get it j-tagged. Paying $60-100 to have someone else crack open my phone and take a whack at it v.s. seeing if HTC will be reasonable about the repair. I love HTC. Their phones are awesome, their customer service is extremely friendly, it's just their repair practices (from what I've read from others) that may leave something to be desired. I did read other posts of them fixing it under warranty when the people told them straight up how they broke it like I did, but then others ended up paying for a new mainboard. HTC can totally fix a bad flash without replacing hardware. If they wanted to be real nice they could release those tools to the community.
I dusted off my old EVO (running SOS ROM) and I'm using that in the mean time. One X on Straight Talk > EVO on Boost. Phone still runs like a champ though. Except for the water damage to the screen from putting on a skinomi. I had one of the first EVOs where they didn't seal the screens right.
Worst case scenario if they want too much to fix it I use this as an excuse to buy a RIFF box, crack my phone open, and probably destroy it so I can convince myself to buy the One X+ or whatever AT&T calls it. I just realized I have passwords and what not that would be sitting in the open on that phone if I sold it and someone managed to fix it without destroying all the data, so my idea of selling it for parts went out the window. I have to either repair it myself or let HTC do it, or destroy the phone. I'm a geek and I love tampering with things as long as I don't think I'll totally break it. I've messed with my phones, my PCs, and my car. I modded a wii, a PS3, and an xbox 360 just for the fun of it even though I don't play console games. It's an addiction.
HTC will bill you just for sending the phone in even if you choose for them not to fix it.
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Flash img gui is only 99 pennies j/s. Sucks dude
my blazing fast hatka xl!
I'm a pretty sad panda now because I don't see any suitable replacement for the Photon Q. In typical work fashion virtually no one knew about the switch until they started trying to hand out iFail5 to people in the office....
I can get an S4 so I'd at least have a powerful phone but I strongly prefer the slider/physical keyboard. I've contemplated trying the SIM card mod to see what happens but it doesn't look like anyone has tried it yet, not sure if it'll even work.
Anyone have any other ideas? The option to buy something unlockable from another carrier may exist but what other choices are there? I don't recall any newer sliders than the Q so I would wind up with something older.
If I worded this badly, and I probably did, here's the TLDR version : Work switching from Sprint to T-Mobile, I luvs my Photon Q, gimme ideas for preferably keeping a physical keyboard.
T-Mobile unfortunately doesn't have any keyboard phones.
You should totally go for the Nexus 4 or HTC One (Google Edition), though.
I did like HTC's sense ui when I had the evo shift, the One does look like a rather well built phone. The nexus 4 doesn't really scream anything obviously beneficial to me. Sure you get the long upgrade future but when I can't even keep a phone for a year at this place it doesn't seem to matter....
So do you get to keep the Q or do you have to give it back? If you get to keep the Q, you might aswell try the simcard mod (I would, if I was you) and get a new phone in the process. If not, then personally I'd go for the htc one.
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It isn't expected that they'll get any trade in value for it so I'll probably just quietly hold onto it. I know someone that wants to get away from their dumbphone family plan so maybe I'll just let them use it, otherwise I'll attempt the sim card mod FOR SCIENCE!
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I did like HTC's sense ui when I had the evo shift, the One does look like a rather well built phone. The nexus 4 doesn't really scream anything obviously beneficial to me. Sure you get the long upgrade future but when I can't even keep a phone for a year at this place it doesn't seem to matter....
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You could just take the crapPhone5 they're trying to hand out, and once MotoGoogle releases the X-Phone (rumored to go out August 1st on every carrier) you could go for that. I've read it'll have the same price point as the current Nexus. If you want I can hunt around for some links for things I've read about it.
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I just dug through the boxes of the "ready to go" phones, there doesn't seem to be one for me in there so I guess I dodged this upgrade wave and will have some time to decide on the One or S4. I don't want to bother with waiting for Motorola's phone. Its looking pretty doubtful that they'll spend the $600 or more on a developer edition phone but it a quick check at both phone's forums sections reveals that rooting them and running cleaner roms is rather straightforward and certainly moving along.
EDIT: Whoops... apparently there was another hidden box containing the android phones, guess there is an S4 in there already set aside for me. I might as well give it a shot, I've seen someone else's S4 and the touchwiz interface feels rather cartoonish and kiddy, certainly going to change that.
And the story gets even better! The ones responsible for the switch complained about poor reception and being unable to receive calls at their homes last night.... so now everything is up in the air!