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.
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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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeO89VGAPuU
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
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Hi there,
I'd like to flash my phone back to stock because the volume up, 1, Q, A, FN, Shift keys are all not working. However, it looks like the first step in flashing back to stock is "enable download mode by holding down #1 and Power"
Well gee, that's impossible now . :-/ I was hoping to bring this into the sprint store to get a replacement... however when they see me running the Viper rom, I'm not sure how willing they are going to be..
Any ideas ?
Well my idea is this if you don't already have the insurance ... add it. Flash the stock rom threw clockwork and a kernal that doesn't interfere with the boot logo, then they won't even check in store if u go in for a keyboard problem.
But if you wanted to go all the way, break off one of the copper battery pins where the battery snaps in so the phone won't power on. Or apply a super small piece of scotch tape to them, and make sure its postioned where it can't bee seen easy, and the phone doesn't power on. Then go to the sprint store and say the phone will not turn on and for the past week or so before my keyboard keys bla bla bla have not been working.
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Well my idea is this if you don't already have the insurance ... add it. Flash the stock rom threw clockwork and a kernal that doesn't interfere with the boot logo, then they won't even check in store if u go in for a keyboard problem.
But if you wanted to go all the way, break off one of the copper battery pins where the battery snaps in so the phone won't power on. Or apply a super small piece of scotch tape to them, and make sure its postioned where it can't bee seen easy, and the phone doesn't power on. Then go to the sprint store and say the phone will not turn on and for the past week or so before my keyboard keys bla bla bla have not been working.
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Thanks for the ideas. I do have the full insurance on it. I'll try your first idea today!
Total protection $7.00 is what I have.
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Comando156 said:
Total protection $7.00 is what I have.
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Yeah I have that too, are they going to give me a fuss if I have a different ROM on it?
Well go figure........the keys are now working again......sigh. I didn't try to fix it at all on purpose.
I would odin back to stock and still go. To sprint store for replacement. And at my sprint store the guy didn't even power it on when I complained of screen wobble, or check for sd card. He just went to back room and grabbed another one. I suppose every store is different though, depending on how they follow rules.
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I just got mine replaced for one of the battery contacts breaking, for reals. So it's not an unheard of problem . They didn't give me any hastle, though they did try to turn in on.
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I would odin back to stock and still go. To sprint store for replacement. And at my sprint store the guy didn't even power it on when I complained of screen wobble, or check for sd card. He just went to back room and grabbed another one. I suppose every store is different though, depending on how they follow rules.
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That's how it went when I got a launc day hero that had the EvDO Rev. 0 bug and I went to trade it in for a "with google" hero. He just took I and went to the back and got an unopened box and handed it to me lol. He didn't even bother to take the sdcard out until I said somethiing lol
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J3ff said:
Hi there,
I'd like to flash my phone back to stock because the volume up, 1, Q, A, FN, Shift keys are all not working. However, it looks like the first step in flashing back to stock is "enable download mode by holding down #1 and Power"
Well gee, that's impossible now . :-/ I was hoping to bring this into the sprint store to get a replacement... however when they see me running the Viper rom, I'm not sure how willing they are going to be..
Any ideas ?
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I think you can use the command adb reboot download to put the phone in download mode.
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Comando156 said:
Well my idea is this if you don't already have the insurance ... add it. Flash the stock rom threw clockwork and a kernal that doesn't interfere with the boot logo, then they won't even check in store if u go in for a keyboard problem.
But if you wanted to go all the way, break off one of the copper battery pins where the battery snaps in so the phone won't power on. Or apply a super small piece of scotch tape to them, and make sure its postioned where it can't bee seen easy, and the phone doesn't power on. Then go to the sprint store and say the phone will not turn on and for the past week or so before my keyboard keys bla bla bla have not been working.
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... this is insurance fraud.
You can use clockworkmod to flash the stock di18 rom. After that, you can use clockworkmod to flash an update that restores the stock recovery. Both files are posted in the development section. I did this when I exchanged my wifes phone (the usb connection was broken so I couldn't odin) and didn't have any problems.
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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2xzEy-EK8s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvosH8UZrWw
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.
Okay so basically I have a damaged LCD and I need to wipe blind before I change phones, my phone has a security lock but I wanna be safe. On one of my mms messages I have a video of me banging an asian girl from behind. Don't want that to get out lol. Can anyone guide me step by step from Amon_Ra 2.3 how to factory reset?
i.e. Down Down Down Power Down Power etc etc.
I followed the extended menu from the pdf found on the Amon_Ra thread but I believe I get to the wipe option but get stuck at the confirmation screen, I don't remember how many times to scroll down to hit "YES".
So far I'm at:
Amon_Ra 2.3 Home
Down (To usb toggle)
Down (To Backup/Restore)
Down (To Flash)
Down (To Wipe)
Power (Wipe ALL)
..... I get stuck here.
Help. Please.
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Okay so basically I have a damaged LCD and I need to wipe blind before I change phones, my phone has a security lock but I wanna be safe. On one of my mms messages I have a video of me banging an asian girl from behind. Don't want that to get out lol. Can anyone guide me step by step from Amon_Ra 2.3 how to factory reset?
i.e. Down Down Down Power Down Power etc etc.
I followed the extended menu from the pdf found on the Amon_Ra thread but I believe I get to the wipe option but get stuck at the confirmation screen, I don't remember how many times to scroll down to hit "YES".
So far I'm at:
Amon_Ra 2.3 Home
Down (To usb toggle)
Down (To Backup/Restore)
Down (To Flash)
Down (To Wipe)
Power (Wipe ALL)
..... I get stuck here.
Help. Please.
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Once you hit power to wipe all you just to hit power again to confirm you want to wipe.
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I do that but the phone reboots and when I check /data/app my apps are still there.
david1023 said:
Okay so basically I have a damaged LCD and I need to wipe blind before I change phones, my phone has a security lock but I wanna be safe. On one of my mms messages I have a video of me banging an asian girl from behind. Don't want that to get out lol.
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is this a serious post?
so let it get out, you will be famous if she was hott!
oh yeah, why not just run the RUU and be done with it? you will be factory stock and unrooted.
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So far I'm at:
Amon_Ra 2.3 Home
Down (To usb toggle)
Down (To Backup/Restore)
Down (To Flash)
Down (To Wipe)
Power (Wipe ALL)
..... I get stuck here.
Help. Please.
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After Your last step:
Down
power
power
wait, power twice more.
david1023 said:
On one of my mms messages I have a video of me banging an asian girl from behind.
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Sometimes you don't need to share every detail.
bkrodgers said:
Sometimes you don't need to share every detail.
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he didnt...it was a lady boy. Which explains why he didnt post the vid.
Just a FYI, that nice clip you got is stored on your sd card.
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Rydah805 said:
Just a FYI, that nice clip you got is stored on your sd card.
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Yep, if that's all you are worried about, just delete it from the card.
Android stores mms messages on your SD card?
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aimbdd said:
Android stores mms messages on your SD card?
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When you open the attached media, yes, it downloads that media to your SD card, I think to the /sdcard/download folder.
OP, are you sure you didn't mean to say "masturbating furiously in the bathroom mirror" instead of "banging an asian chick from behind"???
fixxxer2008 said:
is this a serious post?
so let it get out, you will be famous if she was hott!
oh yeah, why not just run the RUU and be done with it? you will be factory stock and unrooted.
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I honestly don't know why I didn't think of that. That's exactly what I did. Thanks.
Rydah805 said:
Just a FYI, that nice clip you got is stored on your sd card.
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Thanks I didn't know that!
matt2053 said:
OP, are you sure you didn't mean to say "masturbating furiously in the bathroom mirror" instead of "banging an asian chick from behind"???
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No sir, she was the real deal, and all it cost me was a meal and a bottle of wine. Asian women are wild, she wanted to see how she looked riding me from behind so I recorded a couple of videos and sent them to her.
So in the end there was good news there was bad news. Let's start with how I broke the lcd in the first place. I'm leaving work to see a client, busy and running late carrying a lot of **** and I'm rather clumsy when I have to multitask. I forget my phone on the roof of the car, drove off and heard the phone slide off the back end of my civic coupe. I felt it's demise in slow motion and all I could do was say "nooooooooooooooo!" Ironically the front plastic was not scratched at all, so much for spending $15 on ZAGG. Phone on, lcd lit but the impact caused the crystals to crack, or whatever.
Fast forward to yesterday, took the phone to the Sprint service center, they said come back in 2 hours. Replaced the lcd free of charge! I was a happy camper, except now the volume keys don't work so I need to go back first thing in the morning.
I personally think they just replaced the phone with a refurb because I tried to adb to recovery but it was gone, red triangle, since the volume keys don't work I used adb to boot to bootloader and S was back on.
I'll keep you guys posted, not that you care.
Did you ever think that we might want to see this asian girl?
zikronix said:
he didnt...it was a lady boy. Which explains why he didnt post the vid.
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Lmfao made me spit out water
david1023 said:
she wanted to see how she looked riding me from behind so I recorded a couple of videos and sent them to her.
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Yep, lady boy.
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bkrodgers said:
Sometimes you don't need to share every detail.
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True.....but it wouldn't have been nearly as funny if he didn't.
If I post the video the trolls will still make up an excuse to doubt but **** it, do you folks want to see one of the clips? It's 4:25 ET, if I get 10 YES's within the hour I will post a link to the clip, probaby get banned for it in the process but oh well lol.
LOL trolls for the lose?
i am a dumbass i just got a replacement for my epic through asurion. BRAND NEW phone not a refurb. and guess what i did? forgot to uncheck repartition on odin and BAM insta-perma-fossil bricked! not even a sign of life. so yeah go ahead and call me an idiot!
Accidentally did that myself once the night ef02 was leaked. There was someone in noobnl's thread that suggested pulling the sd card and battery and leaving it like that for a bit. I tried that and it worked for me. maybe it will help you too. Good luck and here's to hoping you can revive it.
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yeah im gonna try for that. i hope it works.
And if no asurion gives a year warranty for defection jut cal them and tell them the phone u received doesn't work
schnowdapowda said:
yeah im gonna try for that. i hope it works.
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that was what i had in mind. i just didnt want to get called out by one of those dueschbags who think people that flash their phones are why insurance is so expensive. (seriously anyone who thinks that needs to gtfo of XDA)
schnowdapowda said:
that was what i had in mind. i just didnt want to get called out by one of those dueschbags who think people that flash their phones are why insurance is so expensive. (seriously anyone who thinks that needs to gtfo of XDA)
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yeah well i dont recommend bricking your phone to get a free replacement or anything but you already paid your deductible why not use it lol
schnowdapowda said:
i am a dumbass i just got a replacement for my epic through asurion. BRAND NEW phone not a refurb. and guess what i did? forgot to uncheck repartition on odin and BAM insta-perma-fossil bricked! not even a sign of life. so yeah go ahead and call me an idiot!
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Try battery pull above and try to have battery out and plug phone in to PC and try that...that's what I did thentry with battery in if that disentangle work just try these few ways alot I had to
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Wow, I have re-partitioned many times, maybe I should start to worry...
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Wow, I have re-partitioned many times, maybe I should start to worry...
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I did just this morning... Uh oh
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I re-partitioned the other night I got my replacement from my bricked epic and freaked the **** out but everything went fine but I re-flashed to be safe lol
AJC9000 said:
I re-partitioned the other night I got my replacement from my bricked epic and freaked the **** out but everything went fine but I re-flashed to be safe lol
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Lol this is exactly what I did.
I was excited to try out gb leak then... *click* "oh shiii***!..."
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ac16313 said:
Lol this is exactly what I did.
I was excited to try out gb leak then... *click* "oh shiii***!..."
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I knew not to do it and I unchecked it then added the rom, and it checked its self again but I didn't notice and then I look at my screen again and in big red letters it said do not check re-partition so I started freaking it was about 3 am so I started cursing myself haha
I repartition and update phone bootloader a lot, I screwed up in the middle of the process many times and most of the time these so called "brick" are not bricks, it takes a few try to get into download mode
Yeah same here way too early to be using odin safely lol
And I don't see how a repartition would brick anyway?
But I'm glad it didn't either way, if anything I kinda felt like it was better afterwards.
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i mightve had the other one checked as well. **** maybe all three of them it changes everytime i start the friggin program i swear! any way im gonna keep trying and if worst comes to worst than ill give asurion a call tomorrow.
noobnl said:
I repartition and update phone bootloader a lot, I screwed up in the middle of the process many times and most of the time these so called "brick" are not bricks, it takes a few try to get into download mode
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glad to see im not the only insomniac on these forums, thanks for the tips guys. one question: when you do that does it at least give you the samsung logo? or just nothing like mine?
schnowdapowda said:
glad to see im not the only insomniac on these forums, thanks for the tips guys. one question: when you do that does it at least give you the samsung logo? or just nothing like mine?
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It gives you nothing....I was wondering why it didn't show up....well now I do lol
schnowdapowda said:
glad to see im not the only insomniac on these forums, thanks for the tips guys. one question: when you do that does it at least give you the samsung logo? or just nothing like mine?
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nothing, it was blank till i got it to download mode, it took me a few tries. 1 and power keys
try pushing the 1 at least 10 second before pushing the power key
noobnl said:
nothing, it was blank till i got it to download mode, it took me a few tries. 1 and power keys
try pushing the 1 at least 10 second before pushing the power key
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good then i have hope! X2
Ummm i have done repartition before and it works fine. It just takes longer to finish. **** i have even pulled out my usb cable mid flash once all i had to do was odin it again.
My wife's evo has some hardware issues with the camera. It is rooted, would you all recommend unrooting if going for a replacement?
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Anything else to clean up other than unrooting, and removing root only apps and .apks? Do they really go digging for any related files?
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I thought it was an absolute yes, until I read a few threads on here where it didn't seem to matter for some.
Anything else to clean up other than unrooting, and removing root only apps and .apks? Do they really go digging for any related files?
Iv ran into this problem in the summer. My charger port was a little funky and non stop went into car mode. i was rooted and at the time was not able to unroot it. I asked for a replacement and when i had to send it in i did EVERYthing possiable so they wouldnt be able to even turn it on to see its rooted lol.
i cracked the screen badly.
shoved a screwdriver into the charger port so they couldnt charge it.
messed up the battery charging cells so no battery could power it on.
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Warrior 3000 said:
Iv ran into this problem in the summer. My charger port was a little funky and non stop went into car mode. i was rooted and at the time was not able to unroot it. I asked for a replacement and when i had to send it in i did EVERYthing possiable so they wouldnt be able to even turn it on to see its rooted lol.
i cracked the screen badly.
shoved a screwdriver into the charger port so they couldnt charge it.
messed up the battery charging cells so no battery could power it on.
=p
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Wow, don't think I'll go that route, but makes for a good story!
ladle3000 said:
Wow, don't think I'll go that route, but makes for a good story!
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Yeah i went a little overkill but i was not able to unroot at all because my phone would not connect to any PC. It was the only other way lol! it worked though!
This question has probably been asked at least 50 times on here. The general consensus is that most sprint stores won't care if you are rooted, as long as you are on a stock rom. However, it is very possible they could flag your device and void your warranty. Since unrooting and re-rooting only takes 5 minutes, just do it to be safe.
The second part of my question is more my interest. I am aware of the general consensus.
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If you're gonna unroot (which I've never found necessary, after numerous screen and camera and speaker and bezel replacements), and remove any root related app, I'm not sure what more you could do, or what you're asking.
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The reason I say yes is because it's really hit or miss, it depends on the employee who is taking care of you. There are many people who've had success without unrooting and plenty who haven't.
I'm just a better safe than sorry type of guy. Rooting and unrooting only take a couple minutes anyway. Also there are enough refurb evos that most stores will take in your phone for repair and have you pick up a refurb the next day while your phone gets sent off to be repaired for the next person.
But if you plan on not unrooting then I would suggest a stock rooted rom without any root related apps and also a cleared SD card. I've heard a few stories of being turned down for repair for root related material on the SD card even after they unrooted lol.
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The reason I say yes is because it's really hit or miss, it depends on the employee who is taking care of you. There are many people who've had success without unrooting and plenty who haven't.
I'm just a better safe than sorry type of guy. Rooting and unrooting only take a couple minutes anyway. Also there are enough refurb evos that most stores will take in your phone for repair and have you pick up a refurb the next day while your phone gets sent off to be repaired for the next person.
But if you plan on not unrooting then I would suggest a stock rooted rom without any root related apps and also a cleared SD card. I've heard a few stories of being turned down for repair for root related material on the SD card even after they unrooted lol.
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Thanks man. Exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for.
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ladle3000 said:
Thanks man. Exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for.
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No worries, good luck.
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id say pull your sd card, they wont give you a new one anyway. whenever iv got a new phone it didnt include sd card or battery. They just reused my old ones.