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[Q] screen f**ed, among other things

When I boot the phone, whats supposed to be black is dark red and while its booting it shows white lines in various parts of the screen. Then it boots and it looks like crap and most every time, then shortly after I cant see anything because half the screen is polluted with the colored lines going on the screen. mostly white and blue.
Basically the phone is unusable. some other things are that the screen wont turn on when its plugged in to charge and the capacitive buttons don't work.
ANY help is appreciated. except for dumb ideas like the sprint chat "i reset service for your phone" so yeah.. thank you.
I could take a video?

this sunk to the bottom in a hurry, probably shouldn't bump it 4 minutes since I posted but....

pics/video. make it interesting. keep it tight on the junk. none of that artsy stuff.

Fine ill get a video, its amazing that it actaully worked to browse forums a little. theres a blue tint to thingsa and some pictures/icons are not clear, i need to bring this mofor to the sprint store. but im on dk28 and odin wont work...
edit: charging aa's for camera
edit2: sometimes theres no boot animation
From My Samsung Epic Using TapaTalk.

video being uploaded - no lines though maybe its fixing itself.
if you can see the clock digits it looks like it got scaled to like 8bit or something. pictures look like junk too.
**** i forgot plugging it in. thats a mojor thing.

Get a new phone. It should still be on warranty.
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Top Nurse said:
Get a new phone. It should still be on warranty.
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Ditto.
Odin it back to stock and warranty it to Samsung. Hardware is obviously defective. At the very least you can make sure it's not some obscure software glitch.
If you can't wait that long without a phone, Sprint will replace it for $35 if you don't have insurance.

Top Nurse said:
Get a new phone. It should still be on warranty.
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under warranty from who, its been ~53 days
jnadke said:
Ditto.
Odin it back to stock and warranty it to Samsung. Hardware is obviously defective. At the very least you can make sure it's not some obscure software glitch.
If you can't wait that long without a phone, Sprint will replace it for $35 if you don't have insurance.
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how would i go about getting it warrantied by samsung? I cant get to stock...

Why can't you get back to stock?

when its plugged into something I cant turn the screen on, I got it into download mode macically once but the screen still wasnt on, odin detected it so i tried to flash it but it stopped at factoryfs.

Awesome! 400$ paper weight for the office!

Kitteh298 said:
when its plugged into something I cant turn the screen on, I got it into download mode macically once but the screen still wasnt on, odin detected it so i tried to flash it but it stopped at factoryfs.
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You could still possibly try the $35 Sprint option. Sometimes they don't know any better..... it's up to them to decide to reject it.

so how do i do the $35 option, just go in there and say "uhh can i get a replacement for $35" and show them the issues?
also the thing is, im broke.

Kitteh298 said:
so how do i do the $35 option, just go in there and say "uhh can i get a replacement for $35" and show them the issues?
also the thing is, im broke.
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Ask them to repair it.
http://shop.sprint.com/en/services/service_repair/in_store_service.shtml
Otherwise try your hardest to Odin it so you can warranty it. Possibly use the Samsung EB13 upgrade tool (which is essentially Odin).
Make sure you have drivers installed properly?

White red and blue? That's one patriotic phone though have there lol
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jnadke said:
Ask them to repair it.
http://shop.sprint.com/en/services/service_repair/in_store_service.shtml
Otherwise try your hardest to Odin it so you can warranty it. Possibly use the Samsung EB13 upgrade tool (which is essentially Odin).
Make sure you have drivers installed properly?
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Also, I'm assuming you had rooted it (which shouldn't cause problems but Samsung won't like it).
If that's not the case, then disregard what I said and just go ahead and file the warranty claim.....

ahh cool, yah its a very patriotic phone i guess :3.
thanks for the link jnadke, ill be going to sprint tomorrow, but im broke, so thats a problem.
paypal me some money lol. no, really.

StickyPaws said:
White red and blue? That's one patriotic phone though have there lol
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Lololololol! At least he dont have to buy a american flag if he needs too. Just whip out tge epic. Awesome!

Kitteh298 said:
ahh cool, yah its a very patriotic phone i guess :3.
thanks for the link jnadke, ill be going to sprint tomorrow, but im broke, so thats a problem.
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Did it happen after you went to EB13 FroYo?
Perhaps mention so, if it's true. They may have an exception for FroYo-bricked phones.
However, don't say anything that's not true foremost. Generally the less information, the better when it comes to these matters..... just tell them the hardware is defective, show them what's wrong (flickering) and ask them to fix it and leave it at that.

HELP! phone won't turn on won't do anything :/

i tried flashing eb13 odin to my phone it hung up so i turned off my phone now i can't get it to turn on, pulled battery over and over plugged phone in no light no nothing tried download mode 3 finger salute. phone is not responding to anything. help i sure hope i didnt completely fry it

sweepingzero said:
i tried flashing eb13 odin to my phone it hung up so i turned off my phone now i can't get it to turn on, pulled battery over and over plugged phone in no light no nothing tried download mode 3 finger salute. phone is not responding to anything. help i sure hope i didnt completely fry it
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I heard stopping Odin in it's process causes the phone to Brick. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think this is the case here.

Overstew said:
I heard stopping Odin in it's process causes the phone to Brick. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think this is the case here.
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i've had to do it before because odin wasnt doing anything it sat at the same place for half hour. !#@*%

sweepingzero said:
i've had to do it before because odin wasnt doing anything it sat at the same place for half hour. !#@*%
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You sure you had PDA selected? Another user bricked his phone because he flashed his Epic through Odin and didn't check PDA so his phone was wiped of EVERYTHING. lol

Overstew said:
You sure you had PDA selected? Another user bricked his phone because he flashed his Epic through Odin and didn't check PDA so his phone was wiped of EVERYTHING. lol
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yeah i was having problems with eb13 none of them would work it would just hang up. so theres nothing i can do is there

try download mode?
if not, sounds like you got a nice brick there. bring it to sprint store and say, "it jUSt wont turn on one day!!"

Kitteh298 said:
try download mode?
if not, sounds like you got a nice brick there. bring it to sprint store and say, "it jUSt wont turn on one day!!"
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Or he could say a software update made his phone break. (Which is the truth, really). LOL

Kitteh298 said:
try download mode?
if not, sounds like you got a nice brick there. bring it to sprint store and say, "it jUSt wont turn on one day!!"
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tried download mode literally not a damn thing will sprint even do anything?

sweepingzero said:
tried download mode literally not a damn thing will sprint even do anything?
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Nah, just say that you tried to update your phone because there was a software update and they'll exchange it for you.

Overstew said:
Nah, just say that you tried to update your phone because there was a software update and they'll exchange it for you.
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i hope its that easy. good thing i live nowhere near a sprint store got att verizon and us cellular nice n close

sweepingzero said:
i hope its that easy. good thing i live nowhere near a sprint store got att verizon and us cellular nice n close
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If the first rep says no, try another one. I've had to trade in a phone before and some associates help you and some just don't care. If the first store doesn't work, try one more. you'll get a replacement nice and quick.

Overstew said:
If the first rep says no, try another one. I've had to trade in a phone before and some associates help you and some just don't care. If the first store doesn't work, try one more. you'll get a replacement nice and quick.
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thanks . i have a friend that works for sprint but i cant call him . oy

sweepingzero said:
thanks . i have a friend that works for sprint but i cant call him . oy
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how did it go???

Overstew said:
If the first rep says no, try another one. I've had to trade in a phone before and some associates help you and some just don't care. If the first store doesn't work, try one more. you'll get a replacement nice and quick.
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I second that, the guy that replaced my 1st Epic when it was stuck in stock recovery said "just rate me 5 stars so I get my $5 lol). I was reluctant to go in for no reason, didn't even charge me the $100 deposit. Hope it worked out
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Yeah, I went to Sprint with the computer/android icon and they gave me a completely new phone in the box.
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johnyardavid said:
Yeah, I went to Sprint with the computer/android icon and they gave me a completely new phone in the box.
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Glad things worked out. :>

Overstew said:
Glad things worked out. :>
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Thaats not the OP..
From My Samsung Epic Using TapaTalk.

lol going to try and go to sprint tommorow hopefully this is quick and painless. ill let you guys know, and thanks for the help

I did have a similar problem and all I did was let the phone sit for about an hour with the battery out and then put the battery back in and was able to turn the phone back on and boot into downloader mode and used odin to recover my phone. now it works like a charm,

yea i just went threw that last month just had my phonee eplaced xD i was so mad for a week because i couldnt use my baby<3

Warning to all on bonsai 4.1.. Flash Back while you can!!!

My phone is totally bricked, no download mode, no samsung screen, no clockwork, no nothing!!!
I didnt do anything i tried turning on my wifi and constantly disconnected and shut off on the phone i tried rebooting in the quick menu then BAM!!! Bricked,
If i have tep will it replace it for free since it can turn on... ???

davidrules7778 said:
My phone is totally bricked, no download mode, no samsung screen, no clockwork, no nothing!!!
I didnt do anything i tried turning on my wifi and constantly disconnected and shut off on the phone i tried rebooting in the quick menu then BAM!!! Bricked,
If i have tep will it replace it for free since it can turn on... ???
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Several people had theirs replaced for free so as long as you don't get a **** of a tech....

For those that are on the beta Bonsai 4.1.0b9 the 2 quickest ways to get back to 4.0.1 is to flash 4.0.1 then run one click root Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.6 since it does not play nice with the imbedded 3.0.2.4 from 4.1.0 or you can Odin EB13 prerooted with CWM 3.0.0.6 then after converting to EXT 4 restore a nandroid of 4.0.1. Reflash 4.0.1 after that to disable journaling. Then Odin the EC05 modem.
EB13 link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
One click root CWM 3.0.0.6: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
If anyone needs Odin let me know.

charge the battery for an hour or so. then try to get into download mode again. if you can, stop and charge the battery to full. if you can't, it may actually be bricked. download mode uses alot of juice, and you can think you're bricked when you really just have a dead battery.

That happened to me once. I freaked out cause I thought my phone was bricked. So I went to have a cigarette, left it on the charger, and when I came back in, it turned right on
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Everyone who had access to the beta should have received a pm/email alerting them to the issue a few hours ago. Some users chose to disregard.
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JBakey said:
That happened to me once. I freaked out cause I thought my phone was bricked. So I went to have a cigarette, left it on the charger, and when I came back in, it turned right on
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One of the guys with the bricked phones had extra batteries charged, and no go. Another just came back from the Sprint store and they ordered him another phone after trying to revive it for 2 hours. Whatever this is, it is really bricking the phones. It could be CWM 3.0.2.4 related since that was imbedded in the ROM.

mattallica76 said:
Everyone who had access to the beta should have received a pm/email alerting them to the issue. Some users chose to disregard.
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Still a warning I just got to check my messages after te fact as I was very very swamped at work

kennyglass123 said:
One of the guys with the bricked phones had extra batteries charged, and no go. Another just came back from the Sprint store and they ordered him another phone after trying to revive it for 2 hours. Whatever this is, it is really bricking the phones. It could be CWM 3.0.2.4 related since that was imbedded in the ROM.
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There is modified charging code in the kernel. That could be the culprit.
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davidrules7778 said:
Still a warning I just got to check my messages after te fact as I was very very swamped at work
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I didn't take it seriously until the 4th bricked phone. I even tried to convince myself that I would be safe with the Genocide kernel on it. But then common sense took over and I went back to 4.0.1 and passed the word here.

After taking my brick in and they worked with it for a couple of hours they said they would replace it no questions asked. When I first went in I told them I took it off the charger and it wouldn't turn on. Nothing they could do would get it running.
None in stock so I wait until tomorrow or the next day.

intulsa said:
After taking my brick in and they worked with it for a couple of hours they said they would replace it no questions asked. When I first went in I told them I took it off the charger and it wouldn't turn on. Nothing they could do would get it running.
None in stock so I wait until tomorrow or the next day.
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And of course no loner phone.

Could someone explain to me why Sprint should be eating the cost of replacing these phones?

edonnelly said:
Could someone explain to me why Sprint should be eating the cost of replacing these phones?
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They are not. The insurance is.

edonnelly said:
Could someone explain to me why Sprint should be eating the cost of replacing these phones?
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And they don't eat the phones. They get refurbed and given to the next insurance claim.

They shouldn't be, but things like this is exactly the ammunition they need to lock down the bootloader, up insurance cost, etc. . .
I am not sure why anyone would think it would be okay to rob a bank and then tell everyone about it, but people seem to think posting in a public forum is some how annomymous.
No I am not saying anyone is going to get in trouble, but a simple google search pulls this stuff up.

socos25 said:
They shouldn't be, but things like this is exactly the ammunition they need to lock down the bootloader, up insurance cost, etc. . .
I am not sure why anyone would think it would be okay to rob a bank and then tell everyone about it, but people seem to think posting in a public forum is some how annomymous.
No I am not saying anyone is going to get in trouble, but a simple google search pulls this stuff up.
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Really? You are on the side of the insurance company? The same one that gets $7 a month from most people and then instead of giving people a new phone immediately makes them wait for a refurbed one, a couple of days. The same insurance that makes you wait a couple of days to get your keyboard fixed instead of giving you another phone. Believe me they are not losing any money. Don't cry for them.

kennyglass123 said:
Really? You are on the side of the insurance company? The same one that gets $7 a month from most people and then instead of giving people a new phone immediately makes them wait for a refurbed one, a couple of days. The same insurance that makes you wait a couple of days to get your keyboard fixed instead of giving you another phone. Believe me they are not losing any money. Don't cry for them.
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Indeed, they are not losing anything. In fact, the insurance industry is the only field that hires more mathematicians than NASA. They make sure that no matter what, prices and deductibles are set so they profit. It's one of the longest going scams in history. I have TEP on 5 lines. So I don't feel bad when someone gets their money's worth.

kennyglass123 said:
Really? You are on the side of the insurance company? The same one that gets $7 a month from most people and then instead of giving people a new phone immediately makes them wait for a refurbed one, a couple of days. The same insurance that makes you wait a couple of days to get your keyboard fixed instead of giving you another phone. Believe me they are not losing any money. Don't cry for them.
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Banks are insured too. So should we say the same thing when they're robbed? Hell, let's not even go after the people who robbed it because they're insured right?
Somebody has to eat the cost any time a claim is made. And unfortunately, it's the consumer. TEP used to be $5 a month. Nobody is forced to have insurance on their phone. And nobody is forced to load custom ROMs either. Don't try to justify the risk you took by thinking you're entitled to a claim any time you want it.
Auto insurance companies deny claims all the time because of negligence. Why should we all pay when someone is doing 150mph down the freeway? It's the same concept here.

Ok bonsai fans, please stop talking about getting phones replaced. We are starting to attract all the party poopers and well they are going to poop on your party(in a ****ty arnold voice)

[Q] Samsung epic 4g completely locked out

Ok it might be on here already but.... i dont know how many times or different ways i can vary my words in hopes of a different response.
I have the 'epic' of course galaxyS 4g from sprint. Im completely locked out. I left i at a buddy's house and they got drunk and were playing with it. Worst of all i forgot my password so i'm in a bit of a bind here. I've tried each and every way to get to the bootloader i can think of and it's too the point i just want to break it in a trillion pieces but! i dont want to loose the money i spent on this aledged investment. Help please!!!!

Hopefully u have a recent nandroid or beat it out of your buddy
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If you don't want to save data, you can reset by 3 finger salute, volume down/camera (while holding those 2 down) now hit the power button, reset to factory...
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Just take it into a Sprint store. They will help you. Why haven't you called them yet? Of course they're going to verify that you own it, so if that's an issue, GOOD LUCK.....of course you should turn it in to sprint so they can return it to its owner.
Seems a little odd that a Sprint customer having such an issue with their phone wouldn't have tried them first. You have 2 posts, so one could deduce that you don't follow the forum.

oh cant we all just get along...................wait nevermind I know the answer to that one already............lol

NoSoMo said:
Just take it into a Sprint store. They will help you. Why haven't you called them yet? Of course they're going to verify that you own it, so if that's an issue, GOOD LUCK.....of course you should turn it in to sprint so they can return it to its owner.
Seems a little odd that a Sprint customer having such an issue with their phone wouldn't have tried them first. You have 2 posts, so one could deduce that you don't follow the forum.
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I never even thought to check post count DOH...
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Of course, we do thank you for understanding who the leader of smartphone forums are. And since you stated that you've asked the question several times previously, and only have 2 posts, I assume this isn't your first forum you've visited with such an issue.
I had someone once who couldn't 'remember' "their" laptops boot password, and based on the fact they had to ask, I didn't think for one second about not mentioning that wiping the bios would do it. The story then changed to 'oh I just bought it from a pawn shop', but having dealt with pawn shops before, one would already know that they're not going to take in a machine with even the OS password'd, let alone the BOOT!
mcdeeandhisepic said:
oh cant we all just get along...................wait nevermind I know the answer to that one already............lol
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WE? Yes! Unless Samsung is included into the We.....they hate us, even after we bought the most expensive Sprint phone to date. However this post isn't about us, we own Epics

i almost fell outta my chair laughing so F'in hard
you know just so your informed there zavien nexus ..... ( clears throat) HAS ITS OWN PAGE try there

mcdeeandhisepic said:
i almost fell outta my chair laughing so F'in hard
you know just so your informed there zavien nexus ..... ( clears throat) HAS ITS OWN PAGE try there
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See my sig

actually it just happened because i got it back today i posted this round 11pm yesterday now so the option i do have now is to take it back to sprint thnx though

fair enough will do next time although i'm unreasonably new to this stuff..... but i will learn and i will conquer i've down loaded and installed so much much it's a process....

zavien said:
fair enough will do next time although i'm unreasonably new to this stuff..... but i will learn and i will conquer i've down loaded and installed so much much it's a process....
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Lurking is good, but if you're going to be modding your phone, you really need to be part of the discussion as it goes on.
Who doesn't keep their phone locked anyway?

NoSoMo said:
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thought you would like that lol
that is why i did it
i dont lock my phone what would be the purpose then i end up like this guy lol
no harm just humor

Its not that hard to do a factory reset but I was in the same position this guy was in when I first got the phone... my gf locked me out and I had no idea how to get into recovery mode until I saw the sprint rep do it....
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mcdeeandhisepic said:
thought you would like that lol
that is why i did it
i dont lock my phone what would be the purpose then i end up like this guy lol
no harm just humor
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Ha, NOT locking your phone makes you end up like this guy! If you have a lock, no matter how talented of a drunk one may be, they're not getting past your 'lock'.
Now an unlocked phone can have one put onto it, as stated by the OP

You might as well just reset the wipe the phone. That is exactly what Sprint will tell you to do. Or try to request your gmail password.

Photon or Another Epic or Wait?

Had a little water damage on my epic last week. Everything ended up working ok, except the power button kinda 50/50. Got some more rain drops this afternoon, and power button is worse. It's in a bag of rice now.
Anyway, kind of annoying with the power button issue and was thinking about taking it to sprint. Guess it's $100 swap if I have insurance? What if I took it in with my friends battery (I think the water detector is on the battery?) Kinda want to be honest though...
Do you have the option to switch to another phone... say the Photon? Would you rather have a Photon or another Epic?
Get my upgrade/rebate like next month also, so what's coming down the line? I used to be a "gotta have a keyboard" person, now I sometimes think I'm hanging onto the past.... old school.
Thanks.

I'd still go with another Epic at this point. That's just me, though.

Gs2 is where its at
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I wouldn't do the battery swap, because there is the swatch on the battery that indicates that it has water damage, but there is also one inside the phone, and they will check for it.
On that note, I have water damage on mine too, and I am seeing if I can find an evo or something equivalent for around $100. That way I will have a different phone, and the esn on my epic won't be deactivated so I will still have a backup.

I just swapped my old phone to the epic! so far im really liking it

MrTimz said:
I just swapped my old phone to the epic! so far im really liking it
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Good, its a great phone. You should try out the ReVolted Rom. Best rom imo.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
Good, its a great phone. You should try out the ReVolted Rom. Best rom imo.
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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Actually, I was thinking about the SCrAMbLED EGgs22 rom, because I really like the new(I think its new?) ACE theme. Thanks for the suggestion though.

MrTimz said:
I just swapped my old phone to the epic! so far im really liking it
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What did u have b4?
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The Root said:
I'd still go with another Epic at this point. That's just me, though.
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Can u opinionate further?
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Well not much luck after a nights rice bath. Couldn't even power on! Luckily my gf has some funky usb cable on her charger that instantly boots it up.
Gonna tb, and nandroid and return to stock for a trip to Sprint.
Good to know there's also a moisture det on the inside.
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Do yourself a favor my epic went curplunk in water about 5 monthsago and is still going strong.however at first my buttons were acting a little weird.unscrew your phon carefully take it apart so you can clean the rockers,etc and put it back together and it should be better.
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blspyro said:
Do yourself a favor my epic went curplunk in water about 5 monthsago and is still going strong.however at first my buttons were acting a little weird.unscrew your phon carefully take it apart so you can clean the rockers,etc and put it back together and it should be better.
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Thanks. Will try that first maybe. Trying to do Nandroid now and I get:
Error while backing up boot image
Wassup with that? Gonna format SD card...

blspyro said:
Do yourself a favor my epic went curplunk in water about 5 monthsago and is still going strong.however at first my buttons were acting a little weird.unscrew your phon carefully take it apart so you can clean the rockers,etc and put it back together and it should be better.
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The rockers seem to be sealed. Did you take them apart?

No luck.... about to give up and go to Sprint. Unfortunately, I can't get into download mode so it's going back with Bonsai.
btw, I didn't see any moisture indicator inside. I went as far as taking out the speaker and motherboard.
And still get same error with Nandroid backup even after formating SD card:
Error while backing up boot image

akenis said:
No luck.... about to give up and go to Sprint. Unfortunately, I can't get into download mode so it's going back with Bonsai.
btw, I didn't see any moisture indicator inside. I went as far as taking out the speaker and motherboard.
And still get same error with Nandroid backup even after formating SD card:
Error while backing up boot image
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Flash the reRFS rom and stock recovery(in that order) from the link in my sig to get back to stock
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
Flash the reRFS rom and stock recovery(in that order) from the link in my sig to get back to stock
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Are those flashable from Bonsai Recovery? Having trouble finding the files you are referring to. Ohh found it. Thanks

zanderman112 said:
Flash the reRFS rom and stock recovery(in that order) from the link in my sig to get back to stock
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Got the ROM on, but lost root so no way to reboot recovery. Good enough I'm sure.

if you want to stick with the keyboard, i'd wait for the epic2. otherwise, gs2 all the way. (or nexus prime if you can to wait.)

Call sprint and tell them if you can get an advance exchange, they'll ask whats the problem explain briefly tell them your buttons sudden stopped working and they'll send you a refurbished one in the mail for free, since your paying TEP. I did it that when my capacitive buttons stopped functioning now i have a "new" epic. if you get turned down, hang up and call again.

This is a no brainer ..... go for the Echo !
But really .... Wait for the SGS2