anybody know how much Samsung would charge to restore a imei number? imei comes up when he phone is switched on then the signal goes restart it and null/null comes up. take the battery out put it back in and te imei is back.
thanks james
Seems like something they would repair as a part of the warranty agreement. No idea how much would it cost without one though, sorry.
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i just bought a new nexus s at best buy and when i turned it on i wasn't prompted to the android screen that tells me to touch the green android to sign into my gmail account so i got a little paranoid. the screen protector is still on the front and back, the battery was sealed and the charger was wrapped like it was new so i'm not sure if it was used and sold as new.
i did a factory reset and then upgraded from 2.3.1 to 2.3.2 and then 2.3.3 manually so i think it would have removed anything if something WAS installed and it is was rooted and then rooted updating to 2.3.3 removed the root. it's in new condition and there is nothing wrong with it (so far) so i don't want to have to deal with exchanging it and then getting a phone in bad condition which i would have to exchange again.
anyone know what bestbuy does if they get a returned cell phone? are they able to resell it as new?
should i be afraid that the phone was used and something could have been installed that could steal my information once i enter it?
could the IMEI number have been copied down and could it be duplicated so i end up getting charged for someone using it with another phone? could the IMEI number have been copied and could the phone be reported as stolen by someone else without my cell phone provider confirming if they actually own the phone?
i know it these might be irrational fears but could anyone give me peace of mind and let me know if those things could possibly be done?
Even if there was something intalled as u fear, it should have been removed when u flashed the phone with the new versions.. Also i think the manufacturer will do the initaill bootup.. it may be possible that they forgot to reset the phone..
you think i should worry about the IMEI number being compromised at all?
Yeah, I wouldn't worry about it.
I wouldn't worry about it too much.
awesome my phone info (barcode, model number IMEI) ALL GONE
yeah, I went to rub wipe off what I thought was a scratch behind ny battery and some of my IMEI rubbed off. I suppose it's ok if I had it written don somewhere else, plus it's on the box.
*#06# for IMEI
That's all you really need.
Imei is under phone information under settings. Rubbing the barcode off the back could piss off a atnt employee if you ever use your warranty. They scan that when getting another phone.
Ok, so my MT4GS has stopped being able to vibrate. I can hear the motor trying to turn and if I give it a good smack it will work... Kinda when it does work it sounds like it's dying. I just want to know if there is anything I can do and if I can get it fixed or something. I have heard of people getting them fixed and such, but how does that work especially since I'm not the original owner? I know with Virgin Mobile they will just send you a replacement phone and you send the defective one. Any help is appreciated.
Vibrate motor dead
had the same problem. Sent it back to HTC for repair and got it back 8 days later. Would have been a warranty repair but since I foolishly did not revert to stock I had to pay $180. They had to replace the whole mainboard.
Ok, so even though I'm not the original owner is it still covered under warranty? Does anyone know?
marc12868 said:
Ok, so even though I'm not the original owner is it still covered under warranty? Does anyone know?
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I dont think it would matter becuase your not the orginal owner so you dont have warrenty LOL
So basically I'm screwed? Ughh... :/ I guess it's not that big of a deal, just no haptic feedback is annoying...
I feel you i dont use haptic feed back i have it turned off i hate the vibration feel
Vibrate motor
It should not matter if you are the original owner. Give them a call. All they asked for was the serial number presumably to check when the phone was made. If you do end up sending it back, make sure it is reset back to factory if you have rooted it.
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It should not matter if you are the original owner. Give them a call. All they asked for was the serial number presumably to check when the phone was made. If you do end up sending it back, make sure it is reset back to factory if you have rooted it.
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Ok... I'll probably end up doing that some time... How long does it take usually?
I shipped it from the post office Wednesday afternoon and had it back Friday of the following week. About 9 days.
I have a nexus 5 rooted with stock rom and kernel and stock recovery+ xposed+GravityBox and some other xposed modules.
this happened sunday and again today.
I unlocked the screen and then the screen looked like that:
even on reboot the screen still was with the pixel snow
and after a few minutes of locking and unlocking repeatedly the screen turned OK again.
couldn't find a lot of information online.
does anyone knows why has this happened?
has someone experienced this kind of failure?
any advice?
thanks.
It's a hardware failure. Most probably the screen or the Flex cable went bad. It can only be solved by replacing it.
Definitely a hardware fault.... Had exactly the same screen on my n86 when the repair guyz told me that flex cable was damaged...
thanks..
the problem is I bought the phone on ebay and had it sent to my uncle who was in the states for a business trip and then he brought it to me when he finished his trip.
I'm not from the US so I don't know who should I complain to :\
sending it back to the US and **** will take a lot of time and probably money
rozin said:
thanks..
the problem is I bought the phone on ebay and had it sent to my uncle who was in the states for a business trip and then he brought it to me when he finished his trip.
I'm not from the US so I don't know who should I complain to :\
sending it back to the US and **** will take a lot of time and probably money
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Totally depends on the device's IMEI. If the IMEI if not of the country you're residing in, warranty goes out of the window. In any case, you need to send it in to get it fixed whether it's under warranty or not.
Good Luck :good:
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Totally depends on the device's IMEI. If the IMEI if not of the country you're residing in, warranty goes out of the window. In any case, you need to send it in to get it fixed whether it's under warranty or not.
Good Luck :good:
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Changing the flex cable won't cost alot...
If the screen is damaged (i hope its not) it will hurt...
So best is to get it done from local lg service center ..as u have no warranty by any means
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So, I flashed my S8+ onto BatMan-Rom today with no apparent issues. Clean flash, booted with no problems. While restoring apps (not system data) with Titanium Backup, my phone's screen switched off and I couldn't get it back on. The phone got really hot but would not reset with holding power+vol+bixby or any other button combination. Tried plugging into my PC, ADB didn't detect the phone. Desperate, I disassembled the phone far enough to disconnect the battery from the mainboard and then reconnect it, hoping that would force some kind of reset. Instead, I went from a hot phone I couldn't do anything with to a cold one. No button combo gets me anything - no recovery, no odin mode, nothing. Am I as screwed as I think I am? It seems to me I'm out $900 on a paperweight, and I can't even figure out what went wrong since I wasn't messing with anything at the system level when this happened.
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So, I flashed my S8+ onto BatMan-Rom today with no apparent issues. Clean flash, booted with no problems. While restoring apps (not system data) with Titanium Backup, my phone's screen switched off and I couldn't get it back on. The phone got really hot but would not reset with holding power+vol+bixby or any other button combination. Tried plugging into my PC, ADB didn't detect the phone. Desperate, I disassembled the phone far enough to disconnect the battery from the mainboard and then reconnect it, hoping that would force some kind of reset. Instead, I went from a hot phone I couldn't do anything with to a cold one. No button combo gets me anything - no recovery, no odin mode, nothing. Am I as screwed as I think I am? It seems to me I'm out $900 on a paperweight, and I can't even figure out what went wrong since I wasn't messing with anything at the system level when this happened.
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Oh, dude...I feel your pain....wish I could help.
Can't you just contact the retailer and sort of, ahem, forget to tell them that you rooted it and took it apart and that it just, well, simply broke?
Surely there's some kinda warranty?
Or claim on home contents insurance?
Sorry i can't be more help..but hopefully some of the XDA experts will be replying very soon.
Come on guys, try and help this guy out:good:
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matthew33 said:
Can't you just contact the retailer and sort of, ahem, forget to tell them that you rooted it and took it apart and that it just, well, simply broke?
Surely there's some kinda warranty?
Or claim on home contents insurance?
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You're proposing fraud, which is a form of theft. And ultimately, it's all the other customers who subsidize such acts.
What we customers are subsidizing is Samsung's greedy bull**** of producing different versions of a product specifically so they can get away with not offering warranty coverage for unlocked/rooted devices in North America. If there were a way for me to game the system to force them (or a retailer) to replace my phone, believe me, I would, especially since this happened when I was restoring apps and not in the course of flashing a rom or otherwise messing with anything at the system level; it does feel like a defect in the device to me at this point.
That's all academic though, since I'm outside the retailer's return window and there's not going to be anything accomplished through that angle. Worst case scenario at this point is selling the device for parts and going back to my Nexus 6P with all its battery issues until I can get my hands on a phone made by a company that doesn't pull this "no warranty for power users" crap - an Essential Phone or a Pixel 2 XL, I guess. But I would of course prefer to find a way to fix my S8+. At the moment I think the first problem is that it's not charging - battery doesn't even get warmer than room temperature after being plugged in for hours. I'm going to try a wireless charger tonight and see if the charger lights up saying it's connected to the device, but I'm not holding out much hope.
I've read that previous Galaxy devices could be reflashed to stock with special USB devices that repair shops had access to...do we know if there's anything like that with the S8?
"Power users" amount to nothing now with all the millions sold and billions made. They make more locking down there stuff. Doing the stuff we do now is considered a security risk.
Look, this is getting off topic. Whether or not you think billion-dollar corporations should be able to artificially create situations that drive certain customers to purchase devices without warranty coverage so they can ignore us when things go wrong and make another easy $800 is not really important. The situation I'm in is what it is, and I imagine others might find themselves in that situation sooner or later, so does anyone have any ideas on a) how this might have happened in the first place or b) what I might try in the way of repairs, short of replacing the mainboard?
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Look, this is getting off topic. Whether or not you think billion-dollar corporations should be able to artificially create situations that drive certain customers to purchase devices without warranty coverage so they can ignore us when things go wrong and make another easy $800 is not really important. The situation I'm in is what it is, and I imagine others might find themselves in that situation sooner or later, so does anyone have any ideas on a) how this might have happened in the first place or b) what I might try in the way of repairs, short of replacing the mainboard?
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just sent it to change/repair using ur garant...it seems a phisical problem more than firmware/software issue...if not go to a repair service so they can check wich piece is making the problem.
Theres a posibility is the mainboard so dont waste more time asking here and go to a repair center in or out of warranty.