I first reported this morning that after the first OTA update, a second update became available and was downloaded by my phone. I did not install it because I was noit sure what it was...and I am glad I didn't! This update appears to BRICK phones, so beware of this second update and DON'T INSTALL IT!!!!
Brick rooted phones? Mines completely stock, will it be bricked? If it does get bricked can I get a new Evo?
Don't download an OTA update if your rooted. pretty simple. You won't download an update for a patched piece of software
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Brick rooted phones? Mines completely stock, will it be bricked? If it does get bricked can I get a new Evo?
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shouldn't/won't brick it, if it does yes you can get a new one.
Nope, it doesn't brick stock phones.
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Brick rooted phones? Mines completely stock, will it be bricked? If it does get bricked can I get a new Evo?
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Uhm, no. Because there are no Evos to be had, so you can brick your Evo all you want but you won't get a new Evo.
Update breaks root nowai
sent with my evo from a secret place
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Uhm, no. Because there are no Evos to be had, so you can brick your Evo all you want but you won't get a new Evo.
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OH yeah I forgot, I'd be without a phone for a while .
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Uhm, no. Because there are no Evos to be had, so you can brick your Evo all you want but you won't get a new Evo.
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Of course he will, as long as Sprint can confirm he didn't break his warranty. They'll give him a new one when their new shipment comes in. After all, it would be their fault and they would have to provide a replacement.
Second update? I did the ota update my evo works even better now! But I didn't get a second update
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Second update? I did the ota update my evo works even better now! But I didn't get a second update
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A friend said something about seeing it when he re-searched for an update. Not sure if others are getting a prompt or what not after initial update.
Also bumping so it's nearer to the top.
Yeah, I'm not getting an option for a second update. Maybe it's only area based.
It's not a new update its the same one and if you reply yes your definitely gonna get a brick Sprint messed up lol bringing back the old Samsung instinct days lol
it would help alot if you shared the name of this update
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it would help alot if you shared the name of this update
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if you got the first one, install it, if you got a second one, don't. easy
what i did was uninstall all apps requiring su then uninstalled unrevoked and the restarted and shut off anything that didnt have to be running and updated...so far no problems short of having to reload a couple of widgets, i cant seem to get back to regular android launcher though
a friend of mine updated with unrevoked still installed and his phone made it through but it hung for about 20 min and i had to take the phone from him because he was ready to remove the battery, his sister had wifi running and after update it wouldnt start, my cousin turned off wifi before updating and his wifi seems fine...
Does anyone have a "bricked" phone? I'm curious as to whether it's a true brick or if recovery/bootloader can still be reached. As far as I can tell it's only rooted phones having these problems, I'm also wondering if people are pulling their batteries. Reports are saying that normal unrooted customers are saying their phones were "bricked", but I'm sure there's a lot of people that were rooted trying to get theirs replaced that aren't going to admit that they were rooted.
since someone in my inner-circle designated me as tech support i have a lot of people calling me, i just had a somewhat akward convo with a friend ending... root?? whats root, i dont even know what that **** is....*background* um dad..... yeah safe to say if you have an expensive phone and a competent kid with access and general knowledge of general electronics keep your phone away from them
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Does anyone have a "bricked" phone? I'm curious as to whether it's a true brick or if recovery/bootloader can still be reached. As far as I can tell it's only rooted phones having these problems, I'm also wondering if people are pulling their batteries. Reports are saying that normal unrooted customers are saying their phones were "bricked", but I'm sure there's a lot of people that were rooted trying to get theirs replaced that aren't going to admit that they were rooted.
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I have a normal, unrooted EVO 4G paperweight. Won't boot at all. Dead.
YUP same here, normal EVO, installed second update and BOOM, will not turn on, went to near sprint store and order new one at no cost, should be getting it tuesday or wed.
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Hello!
Just got my Epic 4G a few days ago and I'm already itching to root it, but I'm paranoid about the warranty. Sprint rep told me that they were anal about it and it would void it.
I used to have a Nexus One with T-Mobile and I was flashing new ROMs and kernels almost every day. I've always been a 'nerd' so I know what it all means and how to do it... but there's that lingering warranty in my mind. I was worried about it at first on my Nexus One, but eventually rooted and unlocked the bootloader even though I knew it meant the warranty went byebye.
Can someone offer me some piece of mind? Are these things easy to un-root? Is there any way that a Sprint tech could find out if it was ever rooted should I ever need to take advantage of the warranty?
I'll be honest with you, I'm not sure if it's worth it. I am not going to flash custom ROMs (yes, I miss FroYo, but I'm content)... the only reason I'm interested in rooting is for things like AdFree, Juice Defender, and removing stock apps.
Thoughts?
99% of Sprint reps not only could never tell your phones been rooted without seeing a different boot screen, but don't even know what root is.
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Hello!
Just got my Epic 4G a few days ago and I'm already itching to root it, but I'm paranoid about the warranty. Sprint rep told me that they were anal about it and it would void it.
I used to have a Nexus One with T-Mobile and I was flashing new ROMs and kernels almost every day. I've always been a 'nerd' so I know what it all means and how to do it... but there's that lingering warranty in my mind. I was worried about it at first on my Nexus One, but eventually rooted and unlocked the bootloader even though I knew it meant the warranty went byebye.
Can someone offer me some piece of mind? Are these things easy to un-root? Is there any way that a Sprint tech could find out if it was ever rooted should I ever need to take advantage of the warranty?
I'll be honest with you, I'm not sure if it's worth it. I am not going to flash custom ROMs (yes, I miss FroYo, but I'm content)... the only reason I'm interested in rooting is for things like AdFree, Juice Defender, and removing stock apps.
Thoughts?
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Nothing to worry about... If you have to take your phone back to the store just Odin back to stock and problem solve. Everything is on the Wiki.
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99% of Sprint reps not only could never tell your phones been rooted without seeing a different boot screen, but don't even know what root is.
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exactly! I took my epic in back in November to complain about battery management issue I was having and to swap out for a new one. I told the rep what a bummer it was that I had to re-install all my apps and he said
"naw man, you can just save everything on your sd card no problem. that's what its there for!"
to which I replied, "only on froyo, and only if you install the leaked dk28 build"
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Yeah they don't even know.if a phone is rooted or not. Besides just like people aid previously just use Odin and it.flashes it.back to stock. Its a lifesaver sometimes.
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Some older phones used to have flash counters, and I don't know if the epic has one. Typically they are buried deep in inaccessible areas and I doubt that any sprint store would have the wherewithal to get at it. I'm sure that Samsung could probably tell, but when Sprint sends them back they just throw them in a big box. The point of accountability is at the store where you exchange for another one. So either odin back to stock or short out the hardware and sprint will be none the wiser.
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Some older phones used to have flash counters, and I don't know if the epic has one. Typically they are buried deep in inaccessible areas and I doubt that any sprint store would have the wherewithal to get at it. I'm sure that Samsung could probably tell, but when Sprint sends them back they just throw them in a big box. The point of accountability is at the store where you exchange for another one. So either odin back to stock or short out the hardware and sprint will be none the wiser.
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Yeah, there is actually a code that you can bring up to see if the phone is a refurb'd or not. I did that on mine and it was definately new.
Thanks for all the replies.
Rooted today using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
No problems.
Now if only there was a Gingerbread ROM...
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Now if only there was a Gingerbread ROM...
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Don't even start
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Yeah, there is actually a code that you can bring up to see if the phone is a refurb'd or not. I did that on mine and it was definately new.
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I did too and with the code check it shows new but hey do you believe that I don't cuz if we can make the phone looks unrooted with Odin they can make their own phone to appear as brand new.
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I accidentally updated to the 2.3 update from sprint, which naturally killed root and battery life of my shift, and so now I'm wondering if there is a way to ruu back to 2.2 so I can root and save some juice, or am I just S.O.L. until devs figure something else out?
This has been answered in several different threads... As of right now there is no way to return to 2.2. Until another root method is found, your pretty much stuck with what you have.
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This has been answered in several different threads... As of right now there is no way to return to 2.2. Until another root method is found, your pretty much stuck with what you have.
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Wow fml, I should have known better. Thanks for the heads up though. This is going to be a long edc.
I'm in the same boat. If there isn't a solution found within a week or so, I'm going to reactivate my Palm Pre and use it until the fix is found. I NEED to have wifi tethering and the Pre was really easy to get it working on. FML
i just got off phone from sprint for my bill but the girl said she soo busy resting phone back to stock alot of people dont like update so call them maybe a way they can roll it back
I'm certainly going to call and see if they can...
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I'm certainly going to call and see if they can...
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Yeah,make sure you let us know. I updated my wife's phone the other day .I want to take it back to 2.2 so I can root it if need be.
So I recently got the EVO, and mine came with the 2.3 update. after reading here i realized there was NO root exploit for me. so I thought I would see if Sprint could use one of their magic machines and somehow downgrade my device to 2.2.
Keep in mind, I went in NOT trying to get a replacement device! I was NOT trying to commit fraud of any sort.
So I talked with a guy at the local sprint store about a couple issues i am having, no wireless N, BT is sporadic, adn about twice a day i get a Data Call Error message screen...
the guy asked me if I had taken the update and I said yes I have both the GB update and the maintenance update, but am still having my slight issues...
He looked at my account and told me since I had TEP he would just replace my device. Ummm.. Ok. I was actually just hoping you could downgrad it back to 2.2. Nope, they cant do that... So he went into the back and dug through the cabinet that had the Evo's in it and got me one from the very back.
after booting it up, he showed me it had 2.2 on it!! YAY!!! I( CAN ROOT AGAIN!!
Im just so stoked I had to share my good news.
Good news! Congrats!
It's like the story of the prodigal son. He returns and all the people rejoice!
Good to hear you got a phone you could work with brother!
Thanks for sharing ... you have been blessed with an increasingly rare commodity these days. Enjoy!
I had to get a phone replaced by asurion and it had 2.2 on it shipped a week after the updates rolled out..... I was also lucky
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well I just finished rooting it, now to decide what flavor of ROM to try first...
Congrats, hope everyone gets as lucky haha.
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So I recently got the EVO, and mine came with the 2.3 update. after reading here i realized there was NO root exploit for me. so I thought I would see if Sprint could use one of their magic machines and somehow downgrade my device to 2.2.
Keep in mind, I went in NOT trying to get a replacement device! I was NOT trying to commit fraud of any sort.
So I talked with a guy at the local sprint store about a couple issues i am having, no wireless N, BT is sporadic, adn about twice a day i get a Data Call Error message screen...
the guy asked me if I had taken the update and I said yes I have both the GB update and the maintenance update, but am still having my slight issues...
He looked at my account and told me since I had TEP he would just replace my device. Ummm.. Ok. I was actually just hoping you could downgrad it back to 2.2. Nope, they cant do that... So he went into the back and dug through the cabinet that had the Evo's in it and got me one from the very back.
after booting it up, he showed me it had 2.2 on it!! YAY!!! I( CAN ROOT AGAIN!!
Im just so stoked I had to share my good news.
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I'm shocked they had one there. I have been waiting for 5 days for mine just to ship. Backordered which is weird to me since this is the most popular phone sprint has ever sold. I would think they would have plenty with all the warranty and assurion exchanges. Keeping my fingers crossed that mine will have Froyo also.
Shocked they had an Evo or shock they had one with Froyo? they had plenty of Evo's... so did the reseller that I originally got my sprint service through last week.
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Shocked they had an Evo or shock they had one with Froyo? they had plenty of Evo's... so did the reseller that I originally got my sprint service through last week.
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Shocked they had a replacement Evo right there. ARe you talking about brand new, refurb or just a returned Evo? I have had my Evo replaced three times including this one now and I have never gotten a replacement on site. They always have to get it shipped out to me. Having froyo on the phone doesn't shock me because I have friends with Evo's and if I didn't tell them there was an update they would never even know to check.
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Shocked they had a replacement Evo right there. ARe you talking about brand new, refurb or just a returned Evo? I have had my Evo replaced three times including this one now and I have never gotten a replacement on site. They always have to get it shipped out to me. Having froyo on the phone doesn't shock me because I have friends with Evo's and if I didn't tell them there was an update they would never even know to check.
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nope, it was brand new, not a refurb or return. But don't worry, not all my luck is good today... I just heard a crash and a kid start crying outside, when i looked turns out a kid was learning how to ride a bike in our community parking lot and ran straight into the side of my 86 Mustang....
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nope, it was brand new, not a refurb or return. But don't worry, not all my luck is good today... I just heard a crash and a kid start crying outside, when i looked turns out a kid was learning how to ride a bike in our community parking lot and ran straight into the side of my 86 Mustang....
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Wow, I would be pissed, but then again, I would've root.
Me, I feel stupid, I got service last week and had a rootable EVO, I just didn't know there wasn't a way to root the updates so I installed them because I wanted to test it out with the stock first. Came here the next day to check for rooting procedures to find out I fk myself!
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Just did similar this morning....bought an Evo 4G for wifey, 3d for myself last friday. Went back to Best Buy and told them hers was acting up, wanted to exchange. No problem...then told the tech I'd like to power it on & update it myself at home...they were fine with that. Cancelled the update, and have a minty fresh Evo 4G with 2.2, now rooted and about to flash some Kingdom.
Got my sensation with 2.2 (didnt even know that was possible?) Didn't care for root then, so I did the GB... Now I feel like I fk'ed myself... Wellwell, waiting on root, with a smile on my face now, as I realised that "cut the rope" STILL is an amazing game
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lol good dude glad to hear ur rooted
Just had to get a new evo from insurance and they asked if i wanted them to activate it for me. I said NO. lol i want my rooted evo back. Damn water and electronics.
I'm so pissed my replacement has 2.3 on it. I wanna throw this phone out the window.
Time to buy a nexus.
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So I recently got the EVO, and mine came with the 2.3 update. after reading here i realized there was NO root exploit for me. so I thought I would see if Sprint could use one of their magic machines and somehow downgrade my device to 2.2.
Keep in mind, I went in NOT trying to get a replacement device! I was NOT trying to commit fraud of any sort.
So I talked with a guy at the local sprint store about a couple issues i am having, no wireless N, BT is sporadic, adn about twice a day i get a Data Call Error message screen...
the guy asked me if I had taken the update and I said yes I have both the GB update and the maintenance update, but am still having my slight issues...
He looked at my account and told me since I had TEP he would just replace my device. Ummm.. Ok. I was actually just hoping you could downgrad it back to 2.2. Nope, they cant do that... So he went into the back and dug through the cabinet that had the Evo's in it and got me one from the very back.
after booting it up, he showed me it had 2.2 on it!! YAY!!! I( CAN ROOT AGAIN!!
Im just so stoked I had to share my good news.
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Was curious how come you did'nt just downgrade by using original RUU?
http://www.multiupload.com/7H8NVWTK95
Tekn010933 said:
Was curious how come you did'nt just downgrade by using original RUU?
http://www.multiupload.com/7H8NVWTK95
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it wont work new hboot says cant be downgraded but im trying this way
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1155916
if anyone would like to try
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Was curious how come you did'nt just downgrade by using original RUU?
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Trust me, I RUU'd the crap outta it. as stated, Hboot wont allow the downgrade. I tried about 5 different RUU files.
Phones speaker, yet again, went out.
Took phone to best buy, rooted with a custom rom on it. Think it was Fresh 4.2 or something I don't remember tbh.
Get phone back and it's all manufactured and has latest update.
From what I've read, no root for it yet.
What do?
Well, if we can get HTC to roll another small update out for us for the bad timezone and other small bugs... maybe they'll unlock the boot loader for us. :-D Send HTC saying your timezone is messed up. :-D
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Phones speaker, yet again, went out.
Took phone to best buy, rooted with a custom rom on it. Think it was Fresh 4.2 or something I don't remember tbh.
Get phone back and it's all manufactured and has latest update.
From what I've read, no root for it yet.
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If it happens again, just buy a new speaker off eBay. They're really easy to swap out and cheap as hell. Just look on you tube for a walk-through.
not terribly worried about it. i plan on switching to the BB Bold 9930 when it comes out to Sprint in a couple months.
I got my Evo4g, because my previous job had hours upon hours of down time. So SNESoid and many other games filled that void and made my work day enjoyable. New job...can't even take my phone into the building, at all =( So all I need my phone now is just text and email. I could probably just get a dumb flip phone really. But I couldn't do that after having a smartphone for a few years now.
Nrre said:
Phones speaker, yet again, went out.
Took phone to best buy, rooted with a custom rom on it. Think it was Fresh 4.2 or something I don't remember tbh.
Get phone back and it's all manufactured and has latest update.
From what I've read, no root for it yet.
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Is it your same phone? Check your bootloader to see if it is still s-off. You may get lucky and still be able to install a custom recovery.
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Is it your same phone? Check your bootloader to see if it is still s-off. You may get lucky and still be able to install a custom recovery.
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ha, not sure why I didn't think of that.
i jsut assumed it was a new phone, sticker under battery now says 'remanufactured' and the screen doesnt have the scratch it had before and the camera lens is brand new looking.
welp, S-ON hboot 2.16.000
I have given Sprint my phone to repair a blown speaker, and also gave Best Buy my phone for a couple days.
Both times phone was rooted, to Sprint it had a stock looking rom with superusers though etc, they didn't say anything.
Gave phone to Best Buy, with a Sense 3.0 rom on it, she even mentioned "This looks like my Evo3d" and i told her I was rooted and was running a sense3.0 rom etc etc and she was all "cool."
however i got my phone back from both places and they were refurbs and i obviously lost my roots.
Most recently I got my refurb phone with the 2.3 OTA so no root anymores.
I guess it depends on who you return it to, but on both of my occasions, both for the same reason, even at about the same time span...they didn't say anything negative or 'sorry we can't help you' etc.
Just bored on xda..no root is driving me nuts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15508256&postcount=104
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wow, with all the QQ from them posting in that....you'd think 3/4 of their customers walk in with rooted phones...
i have the feeling a VAST MAJORITY of Sprint phone owners are not rooted...am i wrong?
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wow, that is quite the discovery... i have returned a rooted samsung moment to sprint before, and it was really messed up, stripped down custom rom and all, and they didnt ask questions. very very interesting...
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I tried opening the link inside the file, but it would not load for me.
What does it say in 20 words or less?
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I tried opening the link inside the file, but it would not load for me.
What does it say in 20 words or less?
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Rooted phone are covered under warranty and 100% OK by Sprint.
So, I wasted my time getting it back to stock to take it in for a blown speaker.
Awesome.
Thanks for the reply.
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Rooted phone are covered under warranty and 100% OK by Sprint.
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Proof?
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Proof?
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....the link to the document posted?
My friends phone was rooted and sprint forced an upgrage. He has the Sprint Evo 4G. It was rooted with Evervolv v1.1.0b3 (2.3.4). the HTC white screen kept repeating itself. I used my SD card to try to get the upgrade to complete but when it got to the system upgrade the second part progress bar was in red. It would never upgrade. Has anyone else experienced this problem. I saw your OTA upgrage prevents you rooting and I found it on my EVO. I liked rooting but is it now impossible to do. Any information that will help would be highly appreciated.
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I have given Sprint my phone to repair a blown speaker, and also gave Best Buy my phone for a couple days.
Both times phone was rooted, to Sprint it had a stock looking rom with superusers though etc, they didn't say anything.
Gave phone to Best Buy, with a Sense 3.0 rom on it, she even mentioned "This looks like my Evo3d" and i told her I was rooted and was running a sense3.0 rom etc etc and she was all "cool."
however i got my phone back from both places and they were refurbs and i obviously lost my roots.
Most recently I got my refurb phone with the 2.3 OTA so no root anymores.
I guess it depends on who you return it to, but on both of my occasions, both for the same reason, even at about the same time span...they didn't say anything negative or 'sorry we can't help you' etc.
Just bored on xda..no root is driving me nuts.
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They swapped your phone for a blown speaker? They obviously didn't know what they were doing if that's all that was wrong with it. I'd suggest finding another service center.